One of the exciting cavalry charges ever screened. No, it's not historically accurate. But there's some truth to the fact that Custer helped to save the Army of Potomac on the 3rd day of the Battle Gettysburg. His 3 charges smashed into Jeb Stuart's Division - hitting them on the front end and forcing the Rebs to retreat - upsetting part of Lee's plan that day for a pincer attack: Stuart from the rear and Pickett's Charge from the front - crushing the Federals in between.
Had the shoe been on the other foot at Plevna and the Turks were the attackers they wouldn't have been able to carry two rifles and ammo with them. It would have had to have been the Martini or the Winchester. and the repeater was underpowered except at close range, delicate and prone to fouling.
@deriter64 I have not heard of the battle of Plevna but will check it out.
What I wonder about is that the United States army officials overlooked or ignored the impact of the Spencer repeating carbines when used by Union calvary troopers during the American Civil War. Such shortsightedness is staggering.
@Steve17010 Hi, I come off sounding so bloodthirsty but I'm not, nor am I a gun nut, just curious. These things happened and I wonder. You probably already know but for a good example of the impact of the repeating firearms on the battlefield look up Plevna and what the Turks with their Winchesters did to the Russian army. (Turks? Winchesters? Weird but true.) Or the Texas Rangers with those clumsy Colt Walkers against the Commanche. Or what Ike said about the M1. All the best.
@Steve17010 Thank you for an intelligent response. But I stll believe that given the Winchester, the 16 shot Henry or the even more deadly Spencer the Seventh wouldn't have wouldn't have won Liitle Bighorn against those odds but would not have been massacred. Hell, I don't think it's fair but if the British army had Spencers instead of obsolete Martini Henrys the Zulu nation would have died 200 yards from the first line of infantry.
One of the exciting cavalry charges ever screened. No, it's not historically accurate. But there's some truth to the fact that Custer helped to save the Army of Potomac on the 3rd day of the Battle Gettysburg. His 3 charges smashed into Jeb Stuart's Division - hitting them on the front end and forcing the Rebs to retreat - upsetting part of Lee's plan that day for a pincer attack: Stuart from the rear and Pickett's Charge from the front - crushing the Federals in between.
michsylvan 3 months ago
The scene describes this battle as Hanover, but those Custer charges were actually at North Cavalry Field, outside Gettysburg.
tcrlaf 4 months ago
Classic-
JG40061 5 months ago
@Steve17010 some things never change
hulkmeister23 5 months ago
Had the shoe been on the other foot at Plevna and the Turks were the attackers they wouldn't have been able to carry two rifles and ammo with them. It would have had to have been the Martini or the Winchester. and the repeater was underpowered except at close range, delicate and prone to fouling.
kpadmirer 5 months ago
After the Civil War there were plans to issue the US cavalry with a single-shot pistol.
The troopers were expected to rely on the saber and the pistol was to be used in an emergency or to dispatch a wounded horse.
kpadmirer 5 months ago
@deriter64 I have not heard of the battle of Plevna but will check it out.
What I wonder about is that the United States army officials overlooked or ignored the impact of the Spencer repeating carbines when used by Union calvary troopers during the American Civil War. Such shortsightedness is staggering.
Steve17010 5 months ago
@Steve17010 Hi, I come off sounding so bloodthirsty but I'm not, nor am I a gun nut, just curious. These things happened and I wonder. You probably already know but for a good example of the impact of the repeating firearms on the battlefield look up Plevna and what the Turks with their Winchesters did to the Russian army. (Turks? Winchesters? Weird but true.) Or the Texas Rangers with those clumsy Colt Walkers against the Commanche. Or what Ike said about the M1. All the best.
deriter64 5 months ago
@deriter64 I agree with you.
Steve17010 6 months ago
@Steve17010 Thank you for an intelligent response. But I stll believe that given the Winchester, the 16 shot Henry or the even more deadly Spencer the Seventh wouldn't have wouldn't have won Liitle Bighorn against those odds but would not have been massacred. Hell, I don't think it's fair but if the British army had Spencers instead of obsolete Martini Henrys the Zulu nation would have died 200 yards from the first line of infantry.
deriter64 6 months ago