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Armoury

The field community’s gear, as we are building it for the game right now. Pick a piece from the inventory, turn it and look up close.

Armoury inventory

  1. War wagon

    The wagon fort

    A farm wagon reinforced with boards along its sides. In the field the wagons were chained together into a wall, boards and pavises closed the gaps between the wheels, and shooters stood behind the sideboards.

  2. Pavise

    Large shield for infantry and shooters

    The pavise stood on the ground, propped on its own brace, and covered a shooter while he reloaded. The Hussites used them to close the gaps between wagons and painted them with the chalice, their emblem.

  3. Píšťala

    Hand-held firearm

    A barrel on a wooden bed, fired by a slow match held to the touch hole. Its Czech name, meaning a pipe, is the origin of the word pistol.

  4. Crossbow

    Missile weapon

    The crossbow shot short bolts and was spanned with a belt hook or a lever. It was slower than a bow, but behind a wagon’s sideboard it could be reloaded under cover.

  5. Sudlice

    Polearm

    A long shaft with a narrow blade and a hook. It was used to thrust and to drag riders from the saddle; infantry held the passages through the wagon fort with it.

  6. Flail

    Farm tool adapted for war

    A striking bar joined to the handle by a hinge, shod with iron for battle. Country people joined the field armies and fought with what they knew how to handle at home.

  7. Sword

    Edged weapon

    Swords were carried mostly by nobles, captains and experienced mercenaries. In a field community a sword was rarer than a sudlice or a flail.

  8. Banner

    Field standard

    The banner marked a unit and could be seen above the wagon fort and through the smoke. Fighters formed up by it and followed it when the line moved. The chalice on it stood for communion in both kinds, bread and wine, which the Hussites fought for.

  9. Shield with a cross

    Crusader gear

    Those who joined the crusades against the Hussites wore the sign of the cross. On the side of Sigismund’s armies you will meet shields like this in the field.

The models are reduced previews from the game’s development. They belong to RIGELIO Studio; downloading them or using them elsewhere is not permitted.

Development stage: prototype in progress

How the models are made

We build each piece from surviving objects, period depictions and descriptions from the time of the Hussite Wars. Where the sources are silent, we choose the shape most likely for the period.

The website shows simplified versions with smaller textures. In the game every model has a detailed form for close views and simpler ones for long distances.

What comes next

The armoury will grow with the game. We are preparing the guns of the field armies: the houfnice, which gave English its howitzer and German its Haubitze, and the lighter tarasnice.

The game is in development. The models may still change.