Towarzysz pancerny

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Towarzysz pancerny. Oil on canvas by Józef Brandt.

Towarzysz pancerny (companion of 'mail-coated' cavalry), plural: Towarzysze pancerni or Pancerni the name of a class of medium cavalry in 17th and 18th century Poland, so called after their armour made of chainmail (Old Polish pancerz). The second important cavalry branch of the Polish army, after the Hussars.

Most pancerni were recruited from the middle or poorer levels of the Polish nobility or szlachta. They were organized into companies (Chorągiew pancerna) of between 60 and 200 horsemen.

Armor and equipment of Polish medium cavalryman (Towarzysz pancerny), from the second half of the 17th century. Muzeum Wojska Polskiego in Warsaw. Photo by Dariusz T. Wielec.

Note: In modern Polish, "pancerni" also means "tank men".

Photo in the same place, same photographer

Picture by Dariusz T. Wielec. Towarzysz pancerny

Picture by Dariusz T. Wielec. Towarzysz pancerny

See also

• Polish cavalry
• Towarzysz
• Towarzysz husarski
• Poczet
• Pocztowy
• Offices in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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