HaT 1:72 Napoleonic Hungarian Infantry (Action) 8335

HaT 1:72 Napoleonic Hungarian Infantry (Action) 8335

The position of Hungary within the Habsburg monarchy and, from 1804, the Austrian Empire, was complex and changeable, but throughout the Napoleonic Wars the Kingdom of Hungary (which at the time included large parts of Transylvania and Croatia) provided a large part of the emperor’s armed forces. In 1809 the Austrian army was the third largest in the world, and about a quarter of its 61 line infantry regiments were ‘Hungarian’, although in fact the average ‘Hungarian’ regiment was larger than the average ‘German’ one.

The Hungarians enjoyed a reputation as fearsome warriors, and unlike in much of the rest of the empire their ranks were filled through a feudal system organised by the Hungarian Diet rather than direct conscription.

HaT 1:72 Napoleonic Hungarian Infantry (Action) 8335 HaT 1:72 Napoleonic Hungarian Infantry (Action) 8335 HaT 1:72 Napoleonic Hungarian Infantry (Action) 8335 HaT 1:72 Napoleonic Hungarian Infantry (Action) 8335

The position of Hungary within the Habsburg monarchy and, from 1804, the Austrian Empire, was complex and changeable, but throughout the Napoleonic Wars the Kingdom of Hungary (which at the time included large parts of Transylvania and Croatia) provided a large part of the emperor’s armed forces. In 1809 the Austrian army was the third largest in the world, and about a quarter of its 61 line infantry regiments were ‘Hungarian’, although in fact the average ‘Hungarian’ regiment was larger than the average ‘German’ one.

The Hungarians enjoyed a reputation as fearsome warriors, and unlike in much of the rest of the empire their ranks were filled through a feudal system organised by the Hungarian Diet rather than direct conscription.