Both the Hakkapeliittas and the common "gallop cavalry" were armed with broadswords, and as mentioned above the gallop cavalrymen were also equipped with one flintlock carbine and two flintlock pistols.
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Although the state of Magdeburg, one of Sweden's few allies in the region, were overwhelmed by an Imperial army and had their capital city burnt to the ground with its citizens slaughtered, this only served to make the Holy Roman army underestimate their adversaries, being crushed in the following battle of Werben by a less numerous Swedish force.
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Gustav II also introduced a new regimental system, in which every province would be able to maintain one regiment of 3,264 men, divided in twelve companies of 272 men each.
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