Examples of the composition of the Polish Army

1581, Muscovy
9,000 cavalry (mainly hussars), 12,000 infantry (including 1,878 wybraniecka, 1,600 western mercenaries, 648 noble infantry) and 10,000 Lithuanians.

1596, Vs Turks
3,200 hussars, 1,330 Cossack cavalry, 800 Polish or Hungarian infantry, 1,240 wybraniecka infantry.

1609, Muscovy
5,556 hussars, 1,670 Cossack cavalry, 4,700 infantry (including a regiment of 1,500 western mercenaries), 700 Hungarians, 500 wybraniecka infantry, 400 guard, the rest were mostly Polish mercenaries with some private units) and 5,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks.

1621, Vs Turks
8,280 hussars, 8,200 Cossack cavalry, 1,400 Lisowski cavalry, 2,160 western cavalry, 6,800 Polish infantry, 5,800 western infantry, 800 Hungarian infantry and 20-30,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks.

1627, Vs Swedes
2,150 hussars, 3,290 Cossack cavalry, 2,515 western infantry, 1,620 Polish infantry, 1,265 dragoons and 2,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks.

1633, Muscovy
3,120 hussars, 4,260 Cossack cavalry, 1,700 western cavalry, 10,500 western infantry, 1,040 dragoons, 2,200 Polish infantry and a few thousand Zaporozhian infantry.

1634, Vs Turks
12,180 cavalry (including 4,180 hussars), 7,500 Polish infantry (large number of private troops), 5,500 western infantry, 3,460 dragoons and 16,000 Zaporozhian Cossacks.

Notes:

• Cossack cavalry comprises medium and light Polish cavalry but can also include other light cavalry in small numbers.
• 'Western troops' are generally German mercenaries pre-1633 and foreign section troops later.

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