Red Box 111 1/72 16th c. Moscow Infantry (ratniki) Set 1

At the start of the 16th century the way in which a Muscovite ruler raised an army would have been familiar to many medieval European monarchs. The core of the army was the cavalry, made up of boyars and their retinues or druzhinas, but there was also infantry raised from the peasants on a boyar’s estate or from town militias. Ivan IV introduced the first professional troops into his armies, the famous streltsi, but there was still a need for large numbers of cheap soldiers who may have had less military value but could combine to produce armies of enormous size by the standards of the day. The title of this set refers to ratniki, literally warriors, which has no more specific meaning and seems only to help distinguish this set from the firearms set released at the same time.

Specifications

• Contents: 28 figures
• Poses: 10 poses
• Material: Plastic (Medium Consistency)