small minority south slavic origin among leaders also members old byzantine greek noble families palaiologoi comneni stratioti pioneers light cavalry tactics era early th century heavy cavalry european armies principally remodeled albanian stradioti venetian army hungarian hussars german mercenary cavalry units schwarzreitern employed hit run tactics ambushes feigned retreats complex maneuvers ways tactics echoed ottoman sipahis akinci notable successes also french heavy
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