翼骑兵是hussar,大部分hussar是轻骑兵——A hussar was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries.
但是波兰翼骑兵是重骑兵,The Polish heavy hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Common wealth were far more manoeuvrable than the heavily armoured lancers previously employed.翼骑兵是heavy hussars。
你就看这护甲,在东欧妥妥的是重骑兵。
Over the course of the 16th century, hussars in Transylvania and Hungary became heavier in character: They had abandoned wooden shields and adopted plate-metal body armour. When Stephen Báthory, a Transylvanian-Hungarian prince, was elected King of Poland in 1576, he reorganised the Polish-Lithuanian Hussars of his Royal Guard along Hungarian lines, making them a heavy formation, equipped with a long lance as their main weapon. By the reign of King Stephen Báthory, the hussars had replaced medieval-style lancers in the Polish–Lithuanian army, and they now formed the bulk of the Polish cavalry. By the 1590s, most Polish–Lithuanian hussar units had been reformed along the same 'heavy', Hungarian model. Due to the same resemblance, the Polish heavy hussars came with their own style, the Polish winged hussars or Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth winged husaria.
介绍了波兰翼骑兵的简单历史,妥妥的重骑兵。
翼骑兵属于hussar,中文翻译为骠骑兵。
中文里的轻骑兵重骑兵本身就是不科学的说法,因为争义比较大。
一战二战,穿着马甲举着马刀列阵冲锋的骑兵,冲击敌军步兵阵线,这算轻骑兵还是重骑兵?
拿破仑时期的胸甲骑兵,穿着板甲钢盔,采用游回战术,在阵前拿着手枪射击,放风筝。那这算轻骑兵重骑兵?
所谓的“重骑兵”,主要负责推线冲锋陷阵。套着麻袋拿着板砖骑着老母猪冲锋,那也是“重骑兵”。
轻重骑兵是看作用,不是单纯看装备。