cavalry

who had the best calvery of the ancient mediterrean?(mercenaries used by ancient mediterrenan civs. acpetable)

Originally posted by white dragon who had the best calvery of the ancient mediterrean?(mercenaries used by ancient mediterrenan civs. acpetable)

I assume you mean cavalry?

Hey, don't badmouth the moose cavalry.

Moose?  I thought that's what the Canadians used! 

Originally posted by Thegeneral Moose?  I thought that's what the Canadians used!

I heard 'riding' mooses has a whole different meaning in Canada.

lol

Shouldn't ancient be more like from beginning of Rome to End of Rome, as it is dated normally?

Moose cav? I bet the swedes have no mooses, finns have more mooses anyway.

Originally posted by rider Moose cav? I bet the swedes have no mooses, finns have more mooses anyway.

There are about three-four times as many moose in Sweden than in Finland

Both countries have huge forests.

Originally posted by Mahti Sweden has much more mooses than Finland. We hunt them down, unlike Swedes who are afraid of dark and wet forests. During the Swedish reign there was moose dragoons in Finland if I remember right.

Well, we still kill off a fourth of the moose population each year. Close to 110 000 animals yearly make much meat. They breed like rabbits though.

There were attempts to set up a moose cavalry regiment under Karl XI, but there was some problems with it even if they were very easy to domesticate - they couldn't be taught to get used to hearing guns firing (a quite big disadvantage...) Which was unfortunate, since the moose were way bigger than the horses of the time, up to 1,000 kg, and would've scared the Poles, Danes and Germans sh*tless (that was the whole point, me thinks). They were still used as couriers for some time.

edit: he, swearing filter working.


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