2nd Pandur
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Origin and History
The regiment was raised on January 11 1752 by the regimentation of 20 companies (15 companies of pandurs, 5 companies of grenadiers), each of the 20 administrative districts of Novaia Serbia (a recent settlement of Serbian immigrants on the right bank of the Dnieper in Southern Ukraine) providing a company. This unit did not belong to the regular army.
As per the work of the German Grosser Generalstab, the regiment counted 4,000 men (200 men per company).
During the Seven Years' War, the regiment was commanded by:
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Service during the War
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Uniform
The uniform of the pandurs of Novaia Serbia was not formally regulated. Our tentative reconstruction is based on Viscovatov. In his work, all regiments of pandurs are given the same uniform.
Privates

Headgear |
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Neckstock | black | ||||||||||||
Coat | black edged red with red cords and copper buttons
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Cloak | red (not illustrated) | ||||||||||||
Waistcoat | green edged red with red cords and copper buttons | ||||||||||||
Breeches | tight red breeches | ||||||||||||
Gaiters | none | ||||||||||||
Leather Equipment |
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Troopers were armed with a musket and a sabre.
N.B.: Schirmer also mentions 2 pistols and a bayonet.
NCOs
NCO's wore the same uniform and armament as privates with the following differences:
- red cuffs edged gold (1 braid for the quartermaster, 2 braids for the senior corporal)
Corporals wore the same uniform as privates without any distinction.
Officers
Officers wore a completely different uniform:
- a green coat edged gold with golden cords and buttons with red cuffs
- red waistcoat edged gold with golden cords and buttons
- tight red breeches
- short yellow boots
Officers were armed with a sabre and a pair of pistols.
Musicians
Drummers wore the same uniform as the troopers with swallow nests on shoulders. Fifers of the companies of grenadiers were similarly dressed.
Colours
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References
Gromoboy, Vlad: The Russian Pandours - Pandour Hussars (1741-61), in Seven Years War Association Journal Vol. XII No. 1
Großer Generalstab, Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II (Publisher): Die Kriege Friedrichs des Großen. Dritter Teil: Der Siebenjährige Krieg 1756–1763. Vol. 4 Groß-Jägersdorf und Breslau, Berlin 1902
- chapter A: Das Kaiserlich Russiche Heer, page 1-46
- appendix: supplement 1, Das Kaiserlich Russiche Heer, page 3-18
Schirmer, Friedrich: Die Heere der kriegführenden Staaten 1756 - 1763. Edited and published by KLIO-Landesgruppe Baden-Württemberg e.V., Magstadt, 1989.
Vial J. L.: Nec Pluribus Impar
Viskovatov, A.V.: Istoritsheskoe opisanie odezhdy i voisk, vol. 3, St. Petersburg 1844-1856 Viskovatov
Zweguintzow W.: Russkaja armija, czast 1-ja 1700-1763, Paris, 1967, p. 72.