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Originally Posted by kronckew
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More accordingly with my limited knowledge; the Swiss were reported to be rather efficient with halberds, Sempach and all; notwithstanding that Polish Hulans were so good that their profile ended up inspiring lancers formations in European armies ... Portugal included; and this meant as far as uniforms, including traditional czapkas.
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Originally Posted by kronckew
the polish lances i mentioned were counterbalanced at the rear end, and had hollow shafts to permit the long length. they broke on initial impact and were dropped ...
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Speaking of breaking lances, but in a different context, in the battle of Aljubarrota (1385), which has been an episode that marked the consolidation of Portuguese independence, when the Castillian cavalry realized they had no room to advance in a mounted mode, due to a defence built bottleneck, in great part came afoot and broke their long lances to adapt them for eminent hand to hand combat.