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Journal articles on the topic "Cavalry drills and tactics"

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Joo, Jung Youl. "A Study of Napoleon’s Cavalry Tactics." military history ll, no. 89 (December 2013): 267–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.29212/mh.2013..89.267.

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Wojnowski, Michał. "Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the KATÁFRAKTOI in the Byzantine Army." Studia Ceranea 2 (December 30, 2012): 195–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2084-140x.02.16.

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This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elitist cavalry, defined as catafracti and clibanarii had existed from the Hellenistic period until the end of Late Antiquity. Whereas a comparison of the construction, material and use of the individual elements of weapons and armour used by the Byzantine heavy cavalry from the sixth century and the first half of the seventh century with those of the ancient catafracti and clibanarii, allows us to draw the conclusion that the Byzantine heavily armed cavalry was its continuation, not necessarily in respect of the identity of the formations and their tactics, but more so in respect of the used arms and other elements of equipment. The term catafracti was not used at that time. Classifying the Byzantine cavalry from this period as catafracti, despite the fact that it is not usually defined in this way is based on the opinion of emperor Leo VI, expressed in Tactica, in accordance with which the chief element which distinguished catafracti and clibanarii units from other types of cavalry, was the complete armour of both the horse and rider. In spite of the fact, that the Romans, in response to the Sasanid heavy horsemen created their own mailed cavalry described by names catafracti or clibanarii, the influence of the Steppe people (principally the Huns and Avars) was more pronounced in the next centuries. Their weapons and tactics completely transformed the Byzantine way of war. In particular, this development concerned the cavalry – the main striking force of Byzantine army at this time. As we have seen, a disappearance of the ancient terms catafracti and clibanarii and their tactics (fighting in wedge-column order) was linked with this process of change. In the 10th century, in contemporary military treatises the term katáfraktoi appeared once again, a fact that can be connected with a usage typical for the “Macedonian renaissance”. At this time, the elitist formations of this type constituted a force marginal as compared to other cavalry units making up the Byzantine forces. However, the appearance of the 10th century katáfraktoi were a practical effect of the revival of ancient traditions in the Byzantine culture: they were not a formation which was only modeled on its ancient predecessor, but its constituted a continuation of the ancient patterns. The horsemen were equipped with similar protective armour as their ancient forerunners. They also applied the same tactics, for instance by fighting in the wedge-column order, which is ascribed to the ancient cavalry of this type. Sources mentioned above indicates, that this kind of battle array was reintroduced at this time. Moreover, the katáfraktoi were also present as a main striking cavalry force in the Comnenian army, which indicates, that heavy-armoured cavalry was still necessary. There is no reason to accept the opinion that there was no continuous tradition of heavy-armoured cavalry in the Byzantine Empire.
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István, Fábián. "“Bellator Equus”. Roman Republican Cavalry Tactics in the 3rd-2nd Centuries Bc." Acta Marisiensis. Seria Historia 2, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 5–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/amsh-2020-0008.

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Abstract One of the most interesting periods in the history of the Roman cavalry were the Punic wars. Many historians believe that during these conflicts the ill fame of the Roman cavalry was founded but, as it can be observed it was not the determination that lacked. The main issue is the presence of the political factor who decided in the main battles of this conflict. The present paper has as aim to outline a few aspects of how the Roman mid-republican cavalry met these odds and how they tried to incline the balance in their favor.
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Gassmann, Jack. "Thoughts on the Role of Cavalry in Medieval Warfare." Acta Periodica Duellatorum 2, no. 1 (February 13, 2021): 149–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.36950/apd-2014-005.

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This article explores the role of cavalry in medieval warfare starting with it’s origins in the Carolingian age, examining how cavalry was used as a strategic asset within the context of the period on at an operational level, as well as the tactics they were likely to have employed. Due to my interest in both medieval warhorses and mounted combat research into the context and use of medieval cavalry was a natural by-product. Using primary resources such as first-hand accounts and period artwork as well as secondary literature, the article summarizes the findings of my research. Most historians, despite the recognition that field-battles were not the heart and soul of medieval warfare, still judge medieval cavalry by their performance within them. My findings show a much greater concentration on small unit actions, both in armament and organization, with cavalry centred on chevauchées on raiding and subduing castles in swift commando type take and hold missions. The diversity of mounted forces are also examined in the context of the lance and the integration of mounted crossbowmen and bowmen for combined arms tactics.
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Speidel, Michael P. "Mauri equites. The tactics on light cavalry in Mauretania." Antiquités africaines 29, no. 1 (1993): 121–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/antaf.1993.1214.

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Kazanski, Michel. "BARBARIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND ITS EVOLUTION IN THE LATE ROMAN AND GREAT MIGRATION PERIODS (3RD–5TH C. A.D.)." Late Antique Archaeology 8, no. 2 (January 25, 2013): 493–521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134522-90000016a.

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Military equipment and, as a consequence, types of combat underwent significant changes between the 3rd and 6th c. A.D. The Germanic peoples’ and their neighbours’ weapons became more appropriate to rapid and close tactical manoeuvres in dispersed ranks. The spread of Germanic weapons within Roman territory and in the Pontic region indicates that the same tactics were employed by the Roman army’s barbarian troops and federates. A similar evolution occurred within the armies of the steppe peoples, including those fighting for the empire. The Early Roman armoured cavalry was first replaced by a lighter Alanic cavalry, and then by Hunnic mounted archers. Finally, the light Slavic infantry, with its ‘irregular’ guerrilla tactics, defeated the East Roman armies and conquered the Balkan Peninsula.
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Gassmann, Jürg. "East meets West: Mounted Encounters in Early and High Mediaeval Europe." Acta Periodica Duellatorum 5, no. 1 (May 1, 2017): 75–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/apd-2017-0003.

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Abstract By the Late Middle Ages, mounted troops - cavalry in the form of knights - are established as the dominant battlefield arm in North-Western Europe. This paper considers the development of cavalry after the Germanic Barbarian Successor Kingdoms such as the Visigoths in Spain or the Carolingian Franks emerged from Roman Late Antiquity and their encounters with Islam, as with the Moors in Iberia or the Saracens (Arabs and Turks) during the Crusades, since an important part of literature ascribes advances in European horse breeding and horsemanship to Arab influence. Special attention is paid to information about horse types or breeds, conformation, tactics - fighting with lance and bow - and training. Genetic studies and the archaeological record are incorporated to test the literary tradition.
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Gilliver, Catherine M. "Mons Graupius and the Role of Auxiliaries in Battle." Greece and Rome 43, no. 1 (April 1996): 54–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gr/43.1.54.

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Much recent work on the auxiliary units of the Roman army has concentrated on the cavalry, including their role and effectiveness in battle. Experimental archaeology has additionally illustrated how effective the cavalry could be with the Celtic style saddle, in spite of the lack of stirrups. As a result, the Roman cavalry is now seen by some modern commentators as something of an elite wing of the army. The auxiliary infantryman, on the other hand, is generally regarded as nothing better than foreign expendable ‘cannon-fodder’. This view, it seems, has its origin partly in Tacitus' famous commentary on the tactics of his father-in-law Agricola at Mons Graupius. There is, in fact, little other evidence to support this view, and Agricola probably had other reasons for his dispositions at the battle which his biographer does not mention. Rather than merely a piece of ‘cannon-fodder’, the auxiliary infantryman of the Principate should instead be seen as a competent fighting soldier who fulfilled an invaluable role in the Roman army.
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Rance, Philip. "Drungus, drouggos, and drouggisti: A Gallicism and Continuity in late Roman Cavalry Tactics." Phoenix 58, no. 1/2 (2004): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4135199.

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Šmidtas, Eligijus. "What Type of Cavalry Did Lithuanians Use to Counter the Crusaders in the 13th Century?" Lietuvos istorijos studijos 44 (December 20, 2019): 8–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/lis.2019.44.1.

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This article is dedicated to investigating the problems regarding the existence of Lithuanian cavalry in the 13th century as well as the identification of its type and its ability to counter the heavy cavalry of the West. Firstly, we analyze the validity of different opinions about the date when Lithuanians began to fight on horseback that are revealed in our historiography – that this had happened on the junction of the 13th and 14th centuries, on the second half of the 13th century, or long before the beginning of the Baltic crusade. We come to a conclusion that there is enough evidence to support the third opinion, oriented at pre-crusader times. Furthermore, we agree with the idea, soundly based in the description of the source, that these forces were light cavalry. In the second part of our article, we address attention to the peculiarity of the tactics employed by the previously mention cavalry forces: even being able to fight on horseback, these units would get out of their saddles and because of that were often mistaken for infantry. Even more, they would intentionally seek out areas unfavorable for cavalry forces (forests, for example), fighting on foot in these environments, because in those places the enemy was not capable of using anything to their advantage: big war horses, better armor, a close battle order, or lances. The article suggests that this battle method lets us determine, with more precision, the type of Lithuanian light cavalry, equating it to the better-known Irish hobelars who had served in England’s army. In the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia, the equivalent of hobelars were the native “free” Prussians. Both these types of units rode small horses, fought equally well on horseback as well as on foot, and used javelins. In the last part, we argue on the possibilities of such light cavalry overcoming its heavier counterparts. According to the author of this paper, such possibilities would arise only occasionally – when knights were trapped in swamps in the forests or did some sort of tactical mistake. Eliminating this backwardness, the Lithua­nian state had begun using heavy cavalry forces by the early 15th century.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Cavalry drills and tactics"

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Noulens, Thierry. "L'arme blindée et cavalerie en Guerre d'Algérie : adaptation d'un système d'arme en archaïsme et modernité 1954-1962." Thesis, Paris 4, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA040170.

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En 1954, l’Arme Blindée et Cavalerie (ABC) est une arme qui monte en puissance pour faire face à la menace soviétique en Europe. Le général inspecteur de cette arme voit s’achever la guerre d’Indochine avec un soulagement car il pense pouvoir se consacrer pleinement à cette tâche. Aussi, est-ce avec une certaine réticence, qu’à partir de 1955, il fournit à la Xe région militaire (Algérie) les renforts qu’elle réclame. L’organisation opérationnelle des corps, l’instruction du personnel et le programme d’équipement s’en trouvent très perturbés. Voulant à la fois maintenir sa capacité opérationnelle en Europe et faire face aux besoins de l’Algérie, le commandement désorganise l’ABC. Les unités blindées ne sont adaptées ni à un conflit de type insurrectionnel, ni au terrain particulier de l’Algérie. Pourtant, à partir de 1958, elles donnent satisfaction. Leur composante portée s’est développée, leur puissance de feu et leur mobilité sont mises pleinement à profit sur les barrages, et les unités à cheval, qui ont refait leur apparition, sont employées plus judicieusement sur des terrains favorables. Mais cette adaptation s’est faite au prix de grands sacrifices. Le vieux matériel américain n’est remplacé que très progressivement soit par des engins français modernes (EBR ou AMX 13), que le commandement a le sentiment de gaspiller, soit par des nouveaux matériels (Ferret, AML 60, ou AMX 13 à tourelle de M24) qui ne peuvent être employés qu’en Algérie et dont l’acquisition se fait au détriment du char de 25 t dont doit pourtant être équipée l’ABC d’urgence. En somme, l’ABC aurait rencontré les pires difficultés si le conflit avait dû se prolonger au-delà de 1962
In 1954, the French Armored Cavalry was a corps that was aiming to get stronger to face the Soviet threat in Europe. The Inspector General of this corps was relieved when the war in Indochina ended because he thought he could rededicate himself to this task. So it was with some reluctance, that from 1955 on wards, he provided the tenth military region (Algeria) with the reinforcements it required. The operational organization of the units, personnel training and equipment program found it very disturbing. Seeking both to maintain its operational capacity in Europe and meet the needs of Algeria, the command reorganized the Armored Cavalry. Armored units were not adapted neither to counter-insurgency, neither to the particular terrain in Algeria. Yet in 1958, they gave satisfying result. The vehicle-mounted infantry had been expanded, their firepower and mobility were expertly used over fences; and horseback units were re-created and deployed more wisely on a favorable terrain. But this re-organization cost very much. The old American equipment was only gradually replaced by French modern equipment (EBR or AMX 13), the command considering this equipment was being wasted. The new materials (Ferret, AML 60, or AMX 13 with M24 turret) could only in Algeria and their acquisition was at the expense the 25 ton tank. However, the French Armored Corps urgently needed this battle tank. To sum up, the Armored Cavalry would have encountered severe difficulties if the conflict had been extended beyond 1962
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Books on the topic "Cavalry drills and tactics"

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Riggleman, Michael J. Poinsett's cavalry tactics for reenactors. United States: Michael J. Riggleman, 1999.

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Nicolle, David. European medieval tactics. Oxford: Osprey, 2011.

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Eckart, Meyners, and Hess Christoph, eds. H. Div. 12: army riding regulation 12: German cavalry manual on the training of horse and rider. Franktown, VA: Xenophon Press, 2014.

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Földi, Pál. A magyar lovasság története: Az ókortól a II. világháború végéig. Budapest]: Anno, 1999.

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Chauviré, Frédéric. Histoire de la cavalerie. Paris]: Perrin, 2013.

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Ewald, Johann von. Treatise on partisan warfare. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.

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Chosŏn hugi kibyŏng chŏnsul kwa masang muye. Sŏul-si: Hyean, 2013.

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Chosŏn'gun kibyŏng chŏnsul pyŏnhwa wa Tong Asia: Chosŏn chŏn'gi rŭl chungsim ŭro = A study on the transition of Joseon army cavalry tactics and the East Asia. Sŏul: Minsogwŏn, 2015.

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Charge!: Great cavalry charges of the Napoleonic Wars. London: Greenhill Books, 2003.

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Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb Aḥdab al-Rammāḥ. al-Furūsīyah wa-al-manāṣib al-ḥarbīyah: Al-bārūd, al-nīrān al-ḥarbīyah, al-taqṭīr, al-nayranjāt. [Aleppo]: Jāmiʻat Ḥalab, Maʻhad al-Turāth al-ʻIlmī al-ʻArabī, 1998.

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Book chapters on the topic "Cavalry drills and tactics"

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Morton, Nicholas. "Innovation and Cross-cultural Exchange in the Evolution of Near Eastern Warfare." In The Crusader States and their Neighbours, 218–41. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198824541.003.0008.

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Chapter 7 Innovation and Cross-cultural Exchange in the Evolution of Near Eastern Warfare considers the armies raised by the Near East’s Frankish and Turkish commanders. It examines the troops under their command—their strengths and weaknesses—as well as the tactics employed by both groups. Particular attention is given to some of the most common features of Turkish and Frankish battlefield stratagems, in particular: the Frankish cavalry charge and ‘fighting marches’ as well as the Turks’ use of feigned flight tactics. A key theme considered throughout this chapter is the question of ‘innovation’ and ‘adaptation’—how far were generals in this period willing (or able) to amend their warcraft so as to better combat their foes?
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