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Pistoleer on horseback shoots an armored man in the head and fails to penetrate, English Civil War, 1643 (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was it 'against the rules' to just shoot the horse they were riding? Poor fella has no armor.

[–] PugJesus 10 points 4 months ago

Well, you can shoot a horse, but the issue is that horses are bigger and hardier than people. You'd do a bit of harm, but not necessarily kill it, and even if you did serious damage, a man with a dying horse is much more dangerous than a horse with a dying man, you know?