Timeline for When did cavalry soldiers unsheathe swords?
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| Jun 4, 2017 at 15:34 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | Charging cavalry used their sabre as a sort of mini-lance, leaning forward from the stirrups and pointing it forward of the horses head. Length of reach was valuable, for the same reason that a longer lance would enable one to unhorse and/or skewer an opponent before their weapon made contact with you. One could also catch the opponents sabre and parry it just as in any other fencing encounter. | |
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| Sep 7, 2015 at 10:59 | history | answered | Matt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |