Timeline for If you could train them, would bulls make good cavalry?
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 14:02 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | Max charge speed is more a factor of technology and training than the mount. Napoleon commanded an army of commoners; so, they would not have had nearly the training or equipment of a medieval knight. Their stirrups were not hooked, and thier saddles had low backs meaning any significant impact would unhorse the rider (or rather skewer them since they lacked armor). A medieval knight on the other hand had hocked stirrups, a high backed saddle, and over a decade of training; so, during the last 100 meters of a charge they would speed up to a full gallop for maximum impact. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 1:44 | history | edited | Chebi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
was using horse's top charge speed vs bull top overall speed, made clarifications
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 1:32 | comment | added | Chebi | @Nosajimiki point taken, that's not top horse speed but top cavalry charge speed. Wikipedia puts cavalry charges at 20 km/h, stating: "moving faster resulted in a break in formation and fatigued horses". | |
| Jun 16, 2020 at 18:24 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 18:15 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | Max sprint speed of a horse is ~90kph. | |
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 17:34 | history | answered | Chebi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |