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"just realize that our Welfare states are also propped up by your Warfare. You're not actually defending us from threats, but you are propping us up by fabricating threats to maintain the Perpetual War." - Smitty
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Read a paper years ago on cavalry in the civil war and the lesson learned by European observers. Interesting stuff.
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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
South African Cavarly
Portuguese Dragoons during the war in Angola:
Chadian soldier mounting his camel, from the green grass it looks as the rainy season
Rhodesian Cavalry
South African Cavarly
Portuguese Dragoons during the war in Angola:
Chadian soldier mounting his camel, from the green grass it looks as the rainy season
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Splitting hairs here but,
cavalry or mounted infantry SSU?
cavalry or mounted infantry SSU?
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Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
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So you don't technically need to fight from the saddle to be a type of cavalry?Smitty-48 wrote:Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
Were mounted longbow archers cavalry in that case?
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Indeed, cavalry need not fight from the saddle at all times, and indeed, horse archers are cavalry, the Mongols being the most infamous therein.Montegriffo wrote:So you don't technically need to fight from the saddle to be a type of cavalry?Smitty-48 wrote:Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
Were mounted longbow archers cavalry in that case?
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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.Montegriffo wrote:So you don't technically need to fight from the saddle to be a type of cavalry?Smitty-48 wrote:Technically, Mounted Rifles, or Carabiniers, is a type of Cavalry; that's called a Dragoon.
Were mounted longbow archers cavalry in that case?
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M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle with 25mm chain gun and scout dismounts; Horse Archer Dragoons.
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