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An old question that puzzled me for a long time: How to stop a cavalry charge? Are there any rules, does any formula exist? We know that countless cavalry...
John, Your comment about intense firepower is correct but it happened rather earlier. It was the introduction of repeating firearms during the ACW which turned...
A couple of things you have to also take into consideration regarding ancient times. -horses didn't wear horse shoes -riders didn't use bridels or a seat on a...
Hi John, in my opinion, the horses aren't disuaded by long stickies or any other consideration, it is the rider who pulls up and blames the horse. As Tsun Tsu...
<<Your comment about intense firepower is correct but it happened rather earlier. It was the introduction of repeating firearms during the ACW which turned...
"<<Your comment about intense firepower is correct but it happened rather earlier. It was the introduction of repeating firearms during the ACW which turned...
... could. ... horse. Although I cannot point to any specific events of their use, caltrops [portable walking impediments] are mentioned as early as in...
... ACW = American Civil War. That said I don't think that the cavalry on either side had the numbers or training to do a Napoleonic style cavalry charge. As...
<<...Any time in history Cavalry Charge could have been stopped by infantry's fire power only, it just depends on the armament, passive defense - armor,...
giskhan wrote: Napoleon horses and the American cavalry were not so well protected. Maybe they could have learned a thing or two from the ancients?~~~~~~~~~~~ ...
I think the below is directed at what I wrote earlier regarding ancient battles. I never said they 'cannot properly stay on their horse while charging' Just...
... a phalanx in favourable conditions could withstand ... That was the point of pinning them down. Then all they could do was keep pushing against the enemy...
I believe John's question has 2 parts, or at least should be answered 2fold. The first is stopping a cavalry charge where the cavalry acts as a shock troop and...
... to ... you ... around you ... I do not consider Horse Archers to be "Panacea", not even against massively infantry armies like pre-Marius Romans. The...
It is important to distinguish between charges against formed bodies of steady troops and looser formations. There certainly were successful cavalry charges...
... Didn't some of the English 100 years war armies do so? One can argue that they had stakes out in some cases but the charges weren't some of the charges...
In a message dated 2/28/2008 9:14:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, PRou978588@... writes: A valid point. This is what happened to the Byzantines at Manzikert...
Reading the last messages, I got the feeling that before the advent of firearms, there was no real magic formula discovered by classic strategist thinkers to...
Hi Karamedes, trust me saddles are the issue. Stirrups are overrated (live in the rural west of the US and ride). Good saddles. I have ridded as "Xenophon"...
I agree with you post you sent before thsi one, but I do not agree with this one at all, dear Miltos. Because it is a fact that Scythian and even Hunnic Horse...
That's not what happened in Manzikert. This what happened. After 1 day of battle half of the Byzans army realized that they're also turks and began to fight...
Well, we also discussed that depending on the placement, experience, defense ability, maneuvrability of the defending army one could stand against massive and...
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