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Cavalry of Nazi Germany training to fire from horseback, 1935? (lemmy.world)
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[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh god... Imagine the horse bolting after hearing the gunshot and you're falling from your own height plus the height of the horse. I bet a lot of necks were broken from this experiment before they cancelled it.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Horses can be acclimatized to gunfire. All of the calvary horses used after the invention of firearms had to be trained not to bolt at the first shot.

[–] Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What makes you say it was an 'experiment'? Guns were shot from horseback for centuries. Germany used cavalry throughout the entire WW2, as did most countries.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Im not sure these guys are positioned to handle the kickback.