Common Military Units: Difference between revisions

Soldiers who ride horses, hence, [[Cool Horse|inherently cool]]. Now largely relegated to ceremonial roles or an old name retained for a unit that does something else (e.g. the Household Cavalry, who are a reconnaissance regiment). In skilled hands, [[The Cavalry]] was known to turn the tide of battle, hence, it is a [[Trope Namer]]. In olden times theirthere were two basic types, heavy and light, heavy (big men on big horses with lots of armor), struck the heavy blow right when a formation was about to break. whileLights lights(small men on small horses with little armor) on the other hand did scouting, and in some ways would classify as either irregulars or special forces depending on where they are recruited.