Mariuz Howolski Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 cavalry troops to Poland? why discriminate polish people. Abgar greshia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hugo Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Because the German tanks just rolled over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzeh Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 The Polish did not have a cavalry corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 How about a fortification for the Warsaw Ghetto? @John Hugo --- Why bother to have German military units? We bombed them to death, split their country in half. Don't diss on the Poles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill101 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 The scale of the game wouldn't allow the representation of brigades, and I don't feel that the result of any German invasion is any different because the Poles only have Corps and Armies. The cavalry division formed during the invasion also wasn't a big enough unit to feature in a game at this scale. It's not discrimination, it's simply that in making a playable game some abstractions have to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Aside from which, in 1939 the Germans still had a cavalry division and I think the United States also had one -- soon to be completely mechanized. The Soviet Army had some large formations that were designated as being cavalry and I know they used cavalry in irregular groups along with T-34s, mainly behind the Axis lines. But the thing is, from the Boer War (c1900) and probably even earlier, cavalry was really mounted infantry using the horses as transportation. Early in WWI there were many cavalry formations on both sides. The German Belgium campaign had so many cavalry formations that in the 1930s Heinz Guderian started out writing about the cavalry in that operation before switching to armor in Achtung Panzer! There even instances of WWI cavalry attacking machine gun positions, with the obvious results. Anyway, on a corps and army level what benefit would there be in having separate cavalry units during the 1940s? Horses made sense on the steppes because horses don't use as much petrol as trucks and tanks -- can't satisfy a motorized column's needs by having it eat grass for a few hours before continueing. But other than that --? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbellamy Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Victorious German cavalry units moving through Poland ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 blackbellamy Great photo! Yeah, cavalry still had it's uses during WWII and I'm sure we've all seen the film footage of Mongolian / Soviet horsemen aiming and firing a rifle while riding at full speed, wearing gas masks and the horse having a mask as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin P. Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 PS: US Special Forces rode horses into battle during the recent conflict in Afghanistan. I would not have expected it, but there are some places where vehicles can't go or be fueled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 "You stupid Nazi! You have horses? Haven't you ever heard of Ford & General Motors?" --- Webster in the movie classic series, Band of Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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