Towarzysz pancerny
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Towarzysz pancerny ("chain-armor companion"; plural: towarzysze pancerni, or pancerni) was a medium-cavalryman in 17th- and 18th-century Poland, named for his chainmail armor ("pancerz"). These units were the second-most-important cavalry arm in the Polish Army, after the Hussars.
Most pancerni were recruited from the middle or lower classes of szlachta (nobility). They were organized into companies (singular: chorągiew pancerna) of 60-200 horsemen.
In modern Polish, "pancerni" also means "tank men," as in the title of the book and TV series, Czterej pancerni i pies (Four Tank Men and a Dog). The word "pancerny" is seldom used in that context, however, the common word being "czołgista" (from "czołg," "tank").
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