Talk:Winged Hussar/@comment-79.187.150.213-20150810095356

In many sources, we can find that hussar started using wings during the battles with the Tatars. The Tatars captured people with so called “arkan”(lasso). Hussar wings, mounted either on the back or on saddle, prevented from effective binding of ropes or facilitate getting out of the ropes. Their use in the fight with another opponent did not matter much, but probably they used it because of the scary appearance of such a rider.