Dismountable Cavalry?

[Double_Deuce]

Originally Posted by DRG

There are already dismountable cavalry in some OOB's. The German "Unbritn Kav Zug" ( formation 409 ) is an example.

I see them now. In the US OOB, they are the "Cav Transport Tm".

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

the bad thing is that the cavalry dont disappears after you unload, so you get 2 units(but usually 1 light armed cavalry unit with low ammo loads)

[Marek_Tucan]

Originally Posted by iCaMpWiThAWP

the bad thing is that the cavalry dont disappears after you unload, so you get 2 units(but usually 1 light armed cavalry unit with low ammo loads)

Actually that's perfectly logical - someone has to keep the horses It's the same situation as with Motorcycle units.
(For example during and after the American Civil War, the cavalry usually deployed dismounted, forming a skirmish line, with 1 man out of 4 (or, in extreme cases, of 5) keeping horses.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Originally Posted by Marek_Tucan

Actually that's perfectly logical - someone has to keep the horses It's the same situation as with Motorcycle units.
(For example during and after the American Civil War, the cavalry usually deployed dismounted, forming a skirmish line, with 1 man out of 4 (or, in extreme cases, of 5) keeping horses.

yeah, so both, the number of men on the transport must be low, 3 or 4 man against ~6 man on the ground maybe?

[Firestorm]

Originally Posted by Marek_Tucan

Actually that's perfectly logical - someone has to keep the horses It's the same situation as with Motorcycle units.
(For example during and after the American Civil War, the cavalry usually deployed dismounted, forming a skirmish line, with 1 man out of 4 (or, in extreme cases, of 5) keeping horses.

I consider this to be something of a good thing.

At the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Nathan Bedford Forest employed dismounted cavarly in a defensive line against Federal infantry, and changed out his holders to counterattack and pursue the enemy forces with fresh men and horses.

I do something similar in alot of my early campaigns, with the addition of tankettes and armoured cars.

[DRG]

[quote=Firestorm;697448]

Originally Posted by Marek_Tucan

Actually that's perfectly logical - someone has to keep the horses It's the same situation as with Motorcycle units.
(For example during and after the American Civil War, the cavalry usually deployed dismounted, forming a skirmish line, with 1 man out of 4 (or, in extreme cases, of 5) keeping horses.

That is EXACTLY why it was done that way......here I was thinking evenyone knew you had to leave a man to deal with the horses when the troops dismounted and WHY would they disappear??? The whole point of dismountable cavalry was to allow troops to dismount AND REMOUNT.



Don

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Double_Deuce

I see them now. In the US OOB, they are the "Cav Transport Tm".

....and in a few weeks you'll have a US OOB with formations built to use them with the already existing dismounted troopers

Don

[Double_Deuce]

Originally Posted by DRG

....and in a few weeks you'll have a US OOB with formations built to use them with the already existing dismounted troopers

Don

Sounds good.