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Originally Posted by duff
So why have the cavalry units as they are?
If the best representation of WWII cav is the Dismounted cav unit and mounts to move them around, why have cav at all?
If the "shooting from horseback" units do have a place in the game, my question stands - would it be hard to have either mounts get more shooting when the troops mount up or let the mounted unit shoot?
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There is mounted cavalry because SSI did it that way, many moons ago.
There is dismounted cavalry because we gave the OOB designers the option, probably a decade back or so.
Some folk probably like them the original way, others will like the mounted infantry + mounts. Same with the motorcyclists - there is now the same choice. So some OOB designers have given the end user the choice by providing both sorts of formation.
Me - I use neither of them, unless I want to buy a cheap unit to find enemy MGs when in the attack. Since they are hard to hide, large tempting targets.
If I want to shift infantry, I buy some APC, trucks even - if you can get a covered approach to the debussing point - or just let them ride on tanks.
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only time I would see myself using animal transport really, especially for guns, is if it is a scenario that was made with them. Cavalry was quite obsolete by the end of WW1.