Despite its great length and considerable weight by modern standards ... was always considered the primary weapon for regular light cavalry, and the troops were often admonished not to break ...
AMMAN - Heavily armoured cavalry was called cataphracts and they originated in Persia during ancient times. The cataphracts took part in many campaigns on the ancient war theatres in Eurasia and ...
Although the Great War had shown the limitations of cavalry, the Reichswehr under Hans von Seeckt still believed that the mounted arm had its place in modern warfare. Dorondo does a very good job ...
Modern pentathlon tests athletes across five separate disciplines. Athletes must swim, fence, ride an unfamiliar horse through a show jumping course — they get just 20 minutes to get acquainted — and ...