What was it like to be in a heavy cavalry charge?

[mikebadg3]

we're talking high Feudal ages with plate armor and horse barding, lances and the like.



must of been a rush









fuark boyos i was born in the wrong time

[Destor]

eh it was aight

[Train57]

if charging at some peasants then it must be fun but if it was a wall of pikes then rip

[SouthDakotaBrah]

Heavy Chariots were pretty much royalty, imagine being surrounded by 100 foot soldiers while you pretty much kill anyone/anything you want

[stupid000]

If you were a woman constant orgasm then death because you couldn't move and were vulnerable.

[LegDayLol]

probably alright until canons nd sheit were invented

[PBoutoftheJar]

I've actually been saying about this recently - you don't realise how big a fuarking horse is until you are stood next to one... now imagine that charging at you at full speed

[KingSWRV]

[IlChosenOne]

Depends which side of it you were on

[Kev1972]

I've actually been saying about this recently - you don't realise how big a fuarking horse is until you are stood next to one... now imagine that charging at you at full speed

War horses are way bigger than regular horses.

[PBoutoftheJar]

War horses are way bigger than regular horses.

Aren't those the type of horses used to pull artillery and **** though?

I thought those big horses were used for transportation etc, and then smaller faster horses were used in battle?

I dont really know tho so please enlighten me

[EDcellent]

Poles are having wet dreams of winged hussars tonight.

[Jasonw1178]

I'm sure it was better than being the foot soldier on the ground with no body armor and some dinky sword but war back then was brutal AF. I feel bad for the horses.

[mikebadg3]

War horses are way bigger than regular horses.

thick tight solid..

[Voluspa]

Adrenaline rush/10 OP

[pwoL]

Can you imagine the Chad energy of being a Winged Hussar? Unreal.

Brb GOAT cavalry. Brb saving Europe from the ottomans. Brb

[I3igAl]

Aren't those the type of horses used to pull artillery and **** though?

I thought those big horses were used for transportation etc, and then smaller faster horses were used in battle?

I dont really know tho so please enlighten me

Antique battle horses were actually quite small. Medieval Warhorses were bigger, but nowhere as massive as modern draft horses. They looked like tall riding horses.

Similar to this:

[Sinan09400]

It's all fun and games when the infantry pull out the hidden spikes

[Kev1972]

Large, heavy horses, weighing from 680 to 910 kilograms (1,500 to 2,000 lb), the ancestors of today's draught horses, were used, particularly in Europe, from the Middle Ages onward. They pulled heavy loads like supply wagons and were disposed to remain calm in battle. Some historians believe they may have carried the heaviest-armoured knights of the Late Medieval Period, though others dispute this claim, indicating that the destrier, or knight's battle horse, was a medium-weight animal. It is also disputed whether the destrier class included draught animals or not.[31] Breeds at the smaller end of the heavyweight category may have included the ancestors of the Percheron, agile for their size and physically able to manoeuvre in battle.[32]

Plus there were the war mammoths.

[Shortfuze]

Probably feels something like this

[mTm]

Miserable if you met the English.



Averaged 12 shots a minute.
5000+ bowmen at Agincourt for example.
So in 1 minute 60,000 arrows rained on you and your horse from 250 yards away.
The closer you got the more deadly they became.
Cant charge them with your horse because they drove a stake into the ground.
If you get close you have to maneuver around the stakes while they swarm and hammer you with polearms.
Years of manual labor and long bow practice made them stronger than you. You really do not want to get hit by that polearm.


Miserable if you met the French.



Can't charge them with your horse because they'll kill you or your horse.
Fire in pairs or in a group of 3. 1 shoots while the others reload.
If you manage to survive and get close enough to fight, 1 defends with a shield, 1 tries to yank your ass off with billhook, while the 3rd tries to shoot you.
They taunt you in French.

But you were, more respected, paid more (can live off wages), and got more pussy. Life outside of battle was much better, but being in a feudal cavalry charge? No thanks Jeff.