1934 The Last Sabre Charge

9 May 1934. Fort Myer, Virginia. Title cards in French. The end of the sabre charge as part of regular cavalry drills and the rising employment of machineguns and revolvers.

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[0371998]

Je pensais que c'était la Pologne en 1939 qui l'avait fait contre le reich allemand.

[batulefou]

the last cavalry charge was around late 1940's in Chinese Civil War.

[Mullahgrrl]

@Mar1vs I recall reading about American 7th cav scouts made a charge somewhere in east asia/pacific when fighting Japanese forces, so at earliest 1941

[Mar1vs]

Nice vid but this isn't a battle charge, but a regular cavalry drill. I think the last sabre charge in a battle was, like ORKSIZDABEST previously said, the polish counter-attack from 1939.

But regular drills continued in many european countries, as well as in mine (Romania). My mother's uncle did his military service in the last Romanian Cav. Rgt., in 1951. There are some videos on YT with Romanian cav. drills:

/watch?v=LjPTrShr_TQ

Anyway, thanks for posting. It's a part of history.

[Vovk3]

It seems mankind has forgotten how to war.

[Musketnpistol]

@ORKSIZDABEST Brave men , anyway you look at it!!!!!



[ORKSIZDABEST]

@Musketnpistol the was also one confirmed sabre chrge by poles in 1939 and it was even a partial sucsess.

[CallMeLegendary92]

oldschool

[Musketnpistol]

There was at least ONE cav charge made by the US Cavalry in the Phillipines on the J.A. and it was sucsessful butI beleive the C.O. was wounded and by the time he was released from the hospital they had already slaughtered the remaining cav horses

[DonMeaker]

The cavalry in the phillipines didn't get provisioned. So when the bell tolled for the Cavalry, it was a dinner bell.