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Heavy cavalry was a
class of
cavalry intended to
deliver a
battlefield charge and also to act as a
tactical reserve; they are also
often termed shock cavalry...
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cavalry were the most
mobile of the
combat arms,
operating as
light cavalry in the
roles of reconnaissance, screening, and skirmishing, or as
heavy cavalry...
- The
Pattern 1796
heavy cavalry sword was the
sword used by the
British heavy cavalry (Li****uards,
Royal Horse Guards,
Dragoon Guards and Dragoons), and...
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example of
combined arms tactics—the
heavy infantry phalanx,
skirmish infantry, archers,
light cavalry and
heavy cavalry, and
siege engines were all deplo****...
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battle and
break the
lines of the enemy. Rome's use of
heavy infantry and a
general lack of
major cavalry forces meant they were
stronger in
pitched battle...
- the
first cavalry sword adopted by the US Army. The iron-hilted M1833 was
based on a Napoleonic-era
British sword used by
heavy cavalry and reputed...
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models with less
curving blades became common and were also used by
heavy cavalry. The
military sabre was used as a
duelling weapon in
academic fencing...
- both
light cavalry and
heavy cavalry, for example, by the
Numidia and
Mongol light cavalry, and the Celtic, Cataphract, and
Mamluk heavy cavalry. The Celtic...
- The 6th
Cavalry ("Fighting Sixth'") is a
regiment of the
United States Army that
began as a
regiment of
cavalry in the
American Civil War. It currently...
- A
cataphract was a form of
armoured heavy cavalry that
originated in
Persia and was
fielded in
ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and
Northern Africa...
