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<blockquote data-quote="Dogbrain" data-source="post: 1282698" data-attributes="member: 14980">Oh, yeah, right.The Swiss mass infantry slaughtered all cavalry, light and heavy.The light cavalry at Balaclava were slaughtered to a man by massed infantry (charge of the light brigade).Light cavalry has never won a major battle against steady professional heavy infantry or equivalent.&nbsp; Never.&nbsp; Not once in all of history.I challenge you to produce a single instance to the contrary.Remember, you said LIGHT CAVALRY.&nbsp; That does NOT include hobilars (which includes US cavalry).&nbsp; It does NOT include heavily armed firearm cavalry (who are actually hussars, dragoons, etc).&nbsp; If you say &quot;light cavalry&quot;, I hold you to your claim of proper light cavalry.No knights--that's heavy cav.No cataphracts--even heavier.No hussars, dragoons, or other mounted heavy shock troops.Likewise, if infantry was so utterly and totally inferior, why did Wellington's infantry destroy Napoleon's cavalry.&nbsp; Yes, I know why--but YOU claimed that cavalry is 100% totally superior to &quot;massed infantry&quot;.&nbsp; Therefore, according to you, Mahon's charge succeeded and Napoleon won Waterloo.&nbsp; Funny, I don't think that's what happened.Likewise, if cavalry is 100% the end-all and be-all against massed infantry, why were the Swiss Pike so feared by cavalry?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dogbrain, post: 1282698, member: 14980"] Oh, yeah, right. The Swiss mass infantry slaughtered all cavalry, light and heavy. The light cavalry at Balaclava were slaughtered to a man by massed infantry (charge of the light brigade). Light cavalry has never won a major battle against steady professional heavy infantry or equivalent. Never. Not once in all of history. I challenge you to produce a single instance to the contrary. Remember, you said LIGHT CAVALRY. That does NOT include hobilars (which includes US cavalry). It does NOT include heavily armed firearm cavalry (who are actually hussars, dragoons, etc). If you say "light cavalry", I hold you to your claim of proper light cavalry. No knights--that's heavy cav. No cataphracts--even heavier. No hussars, dragoons, or other mounted heavy shock troops. Likewise, if infantry was so utterly and totally inferior, why did Wellington's infantry destroy Napoleon's cavalry. Yes, I know why--but YOU claimed that cavalry is 100% totally superior to "massed infantry". Therefore, according to you, Mahon's charge succeeded and Napoleon won Waterloo. Funny, I don't think that's what happened. Likewise, if cavalry is 100% the end-all and be-all against massed infantry, why were the Swiss Pike so feared by cavalry? [/QUOTE]

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