Cossack Question

[koshkin]

The rating of Cossack foot in the main Cossack list is:
Medium Foot / Unarmored / Average / Arq or Musket

The rating of Registered Cossacks in the Polish list is:
Medium Foot / Unarmored / Average / Arq or Musket / Swordsmen

I was under the impression that the registered Cossacks were simply a subset of the men generally under the Cossack banner. Those numbers fluctuated considerably year to year but the pool of men between the groups was the same.

Is there a different dynamic going on that I am missing? Is this an oversight or minor inconsistency between list authors?

[Maniakes]

In the Polish list that line is for both Haiduks and registered cossacks and has the option to take them with or without sword. In other lists Haiduk have a sword so I think the option translates to "take Haiduks (with sword) or cossacks (without) but don't take more than 24 altogether". Whether that's reasonable historically I'll leave for others to say - but I don't think there is inconsistency between lists.

[koshkin]

I suspect you're right. I probably leapt to a bad conclusion, which is why I was asking