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re: In ancient warfare was it better to have light cavalry or heavy?

Posted on 7/21/18 at 8:29 pm to
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 7/21/18 at 8:29 pm to
I’d go for war elephants, all war elephants
Posted by Friar Tuck
Planet Earth
Member since Nov 2016
689 posts
Posted on 7/21/18 at 8:40 pm to
Depends on what you are facing or trying to accomplish.
Posted by tigahbruh
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2014
2858 posts
Posted on 7/21/18 at 11:02 pm to
Depends. Before the longbow and firearms, there was apparently nothing more intimidating and effective than a line of heavily armed knights on horseback. Like a giant tank made up of muscle and sinew covered in steel.
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7855 posts
Posted on 7/21/18 at 11:32 pm to
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Probably light. Heavy cavalry would get confusing.

To put it in more modern terms, if you were playing a game and in order to win the game all you had to do was catch a ball in the air, it would be more confusing to have 3 guys trying to catch the ball rather than 1.


Did only 12 people SWYDT? Brilliant!
Posted by shinerfan
Duckworld(Earth-616)
Member since Sep 2009
25543 posts
Posted on 7/22/18 at 1:17 am to
If I mounted my cavalry on tigers would that be light or heavy?
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