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Reiter
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Reiter cavalry, c. 1575-1650 thumb| (Reiter swords) from Wendelin Boeheim, Waffenkunde (1890), figs. 281–283 thumb| A matched set of Reiter's pistols () Reiter or Schwarze Reiter ("black riders", anglicized swart reiters) were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others.
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thumb|300px|Reiter cavalry, c. 1575-1650 thumb| (Reiter swords) from Wendelin Boeheim, Waffenkunde (1890), figs. 281–283 thumb| A matched set of Reiter's pistols () Reiter or Schwarze Reiter ("black riders", anglicized swart reiters) were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others.
Contemporary to the cuirassier and lancer cavalry, they used smaller horses, for which reason they were also known as Ringerpferde (corresponding to the French Argoulets). They were originally recruited in the North German Plain, west of the Oder river at the time of the Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547).