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Post by dadiepiombo on Mar 11, 2010 17:43:51 GMT 1
My first list is a French, all infantry at the moment (Cuirasiers are on the way).
I'm planning to create an historical opponent and I wondered if a list made all with cavalry can have sense? Anybody tried it?
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Post by wrglaser on Mar 12, 2010 9:34:01 GMT 1
I did it (I had to  .... I do not advice a full cavalry list, for a lot of reasons, the first being terrain. If you opponent is lucky and makes the board (and in any case he can modify it if you do it) using a lot of woods, all you can do is circle around while being shot... or dismount and go chasing him. BUT there is a scarcity of dismounted cavalry figures in 28mm so players should use proxys... Cheers Sergio |
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Post by raven6 on Jul 14, 2010 13:43:34 GMT 1
If you're dead set on a full mounted list - you'd be better going with light cavalry - such as hussars, chasseurs a cheval, light drgaoons chevaux leger or uhlans, as these were the guys on scouting duties and the ones most likely to encounter enemy troops in a skirmish situation.
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Post by pineappleleader on Jul 28, 2011 3:45:59 GMT 1
Cavalry fighting dismounted was very rare in the Napoleonic Wars, although it was common by the time of the American Civil War (in America, not Europe. European cavalry didn't really fight dismounted until World War One). The French were the major (only?) nation to use dismounted cavalry - Dragoons in the Napoleonic Wars.
French Dragoons had both a saber and a carbine. They were about the only troops that regularly fought on both horse and foot. British cavalry would rather die (and many did) than un-horse themselves.
I'm not familiar enough with the other Nations involved to know if their cavalry also fought dismounted.
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