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Stopping a cavalry charge by destroying the ground in front of it?


Stopping a cavalry charge by destroying the ground in front of it?

If you can, try making a nice, deep trench. Make it deep enough, and entire horses will tumble into it. Half the enemy's charge could well end ...

What would be a best defense against a charging cavalry? - Reddit

In more modern engagements, line tactics were very effective. They couldn't flank as easily, and if they tried to charge right through, they'd ...

How would infantry defend against cavalry charges without ... - Quora

Horses will NOT charge into anything the Horse thinks is solid. Thus if the infantry just stand side by side, the horses will stop their ...

Cavalry tactics - Wikipedia

Tactically, the main advantages of cavalry over infantry were greater mobility, a larger impact, and a higher riding position. Charge of the French 4th Hussars ...

How effective are missiles in stopping a cavalry charge? - Historum

Breaking a charge by inflicting overwhelming death amongst the cavalry only by missiles never happened until perhaps WW1 or WW2. However causing ...

Do real Cavalry Charges trample down over troops that don't have ...

I know of course shields and long polar arms like Pike sand spears would stop such a cavalry charge even assuming it penetrates the first row.

Charge (warfare) - Wikipedia

A charge is an offensive maneuver in battle in which combatants advance towards their enemy at their best speed in an attempt to engage in a decisive close ...

Do real Cavalry Charges trample down over troops that don't have ...

That real life cavalry charges could be stopped by the weight of men behind the first row much like how a the momentum of a Phalanx would stop ...

Physics of a heavy cavalry charge? - History Stack Exchange

When the charge has been properly timed, the infantry breaks and the pursuit begins; first by the heavy cavalry to prevent a reforming of the ...

Death or glory: Famous cavalry charges | National Army Museum

... stop before rushing into a gully full of 2,500 hidden tribesmen. The Dervishes stood their ground, killing 21 lancers and wounding many more. Half the 447 ...

Anyone know how to correctly use spearmen against cavalry ...

You will always have to sacrifice a unit to recieve the brunt of the charge since most cavalry will destroy anything they touch during a charge.

How to stop cavalry - Total War Heaven Forum

Use x-bows or arty against cavalry (put off fire at will). They will kill a good deal of them before the charge. I usually use x bows in front of spearmen to ...

Tactics in warfare during World War I - Anzac Portal - DVA

Charge describes a manoeuvre where a force advances towards the enemy and tries to engage in close combat. The force could be infantry, cavalry, ...

Heavy Cavalry Versus Infantry – Charging the Lines - War Fantasy

By this explanation, the entire heavy cavalry charge is based solely on morale, a “who blinks the first” game of nerves. If infantry stays in ...

How Effective were Spears Against Cavalry? - Roman Army Talk

What a cavalry charge, a massive line of iron-clad horses thundering towards the infantry could achieve was that the line could not withstand ...

Charge On: Re-examining Civil War Cavalry Tactics

A cavalry charge was a one-shot weapon and its success depended on the commander knowing when to commit the charge at the decisive point at the ...

"Heads Up, By God!" French Cavalry At Eylau, 1807 And Napoleon's ...

While Davout and Ney arrived later in the day to stabilize Napoleon's front, it was Murat's gallant charge that destroyed Russian attempts to break the ...

WWI's Daring Cavalry Charge at Beersheba - Warfare History Network

By Alex Zakrzewski. In late 1917, the most successful cavalry charge of World War I took place not on the muddy killing fields of the Western Front, but at ...

cavalry overpowered? - Total War Center Forums

If you include the use of pikes then well trained infantry could usually stop a cavalry charge but even then there are a few instances of heavy ...

Forming Squares: responses to cavalry charges - Warlord Games

It does not flee, allowing your cavalry to chase it down and destroy it. ... Infantry only get this option when charged from the front quarter. 2. The ...