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Autochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems like today's reenactors are doing a good job then :D

[–] Diplomjodler3 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If they're not, they were in for a nasty surprise the first time they charged into a position with machine guns.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

This is a year before the start of WW1, so that's likely precisely what happened. The start of the great war completely changed tactics and overall military doctrine. At the beginning, officers would often command cavalry charges against machine gun fire, with expected results

[–] davepleasebehave 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

some of them may have in WW1

[–] Diplomjodler3 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that was my point.

[–] davepleasebehave 5 points 5 months ago

Then it was a good point