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Re: The Mess

Post by skankhunt42 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:03 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:Why y'all trying to get me to play vidya games, yo? This is my video game here, if I got hooked on some video war game, I might never post again, and what would you all do without me, eh? Gonna get pretty boring around here, If ol' Smitty wanders off to play another type of video war.
If you ever started playing Civilization we'd never see you again.
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Re: The Mess

Post by Okeefenokee » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:03 am

Read a paper years ago on cavalry in the civil war and the lesson learned by European observers. Interesting stuff.

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Re: The Mess

Post by Okeefenokee » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:08 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:Dumb slut partied too hard and woke up in a weird house. Ran out the door, weeping for her failed life choices, concerned townsfolk notes her appearance and alerted the fuzz.

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Re: The Mess

Post by ssu » Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:36 am

Actually, last Place for cavalry to be used was (is) in Africa. When you don't have roads, sometimes a horse might be handy, especially in the rainy season, when vehicles get stuck in mud.

Rhodesian Cavalry
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South African Cavarly
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Portuguese Dragoons during the war in Angola:
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Chadian soldier mounting his camel, from the green grass it looks as the rainy season
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Re: The Mess

Post by Montegriffo » Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:21 am

Splitting hairs here but,
cavalry or mounted infantry SSU?
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Re: The Mess

Post by Smitty-48 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:26 pm

Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
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Re: The Mess

Post by Montegriffo » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:09 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
So you don't technically need to fight from the saddle to be a type of cavalry?
Were mounted longbow archers cavalry in that case?
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Re: The Mess

Post by Smitty-48 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:12 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Smitty-48 wrote:Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
So you don't technically need to fight from the saddle to be a type of cavalry?
Were mounted longbow archers cavalry in that case?
Indeed, cavalry need not fight from the saddle at all times, and indeed, horse archers are cavalry, the Mongols being the most infamous therein.
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Re: The Mess

Post by Okeefenokee » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:15 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Smitty-48 wrote:Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
So you don't technically need to fight from the saddle to be a type of cavalry?
Were mounted longbow archers cavalry in that case?
Saddle, wheeled vehicle, tracked vehicle, skids, or on foot. It has more to do with the era you're talking about and what the soldier is going.
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Re: The Mess

Post by Smitty-48 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:17 pm

M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle with 25mm chain gun and scout dismounts; Horse Archer Dragoons.
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