Yes, I believe that the kollet was the regular dress uniform for the dragoons but they were authorized to wear the litewka on campaign and, in the case of the dragoons, most of the rank and file chose the litewka. These figures are not in fighting poses so they're not necessarily on campaign although I suspect most people will want to use them on campaign and I would prefer them in litewka.
Conversely, I believe that the uhlans of the three regular army regiments were authorised to wear the litewka on campaign but preferred to wear the kollet.
I'd be happy if Strelets made further sets of dragoons in litewkas and uhlans in kollets, especially if they were in action poses but, in the mean time I see Prussian cavalry in litewkas and kollets and braided dolmans here. Maybe I can swap things around a bit.
marc zijp wrote:As a side note: people now beg for command figures on the infantry/trooper sprue, instead of a separate command sprue.
I am one of those people and I would point out that we are talking about some of the recent Strelets sets which have four identical sprues in the box but on three of the sprues the command figures have been cut off. Better to include the figures, many people are building battalions of 16 or 20 or 24 figures so one set of command figures in a box of 48 figures is not enough. The other consideration is that we pay the production costs of a set in the purchase price. If I'm paying to produce figures I prefer to get the figures, then I can decide whether I want to use them or not.
The civilians are great. I'm happy to buy these sets to get them but I think Strelets should consider also combining them into a separate set.