Army horse

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As army or military horse is known horses that find since the modern era use of organized military and warfare. This represents a special form of use of the domesticated horse. Mounted units (e.g. cavalry ) functioned as the most important tactical and strategic army parts for many centuries before the introduction of armored vehicles.

US soldier and horse with gas mask

Today, due to the general superiority of motorized technology, only a few horses are still in use, for example together with mules in mountain hunting units ; generally where vehicles still reach their limits.

Special knowledge about keeping, care and medicine in the field developed around the horses used in the military. The sometimes tragic numbers of horses killed in armed conflicts in the 20th century have hardly penetrated public awareness.

Source works

  • Henry Herbert of Pembroke: Instructions to train horses and to teach soldiers to ride for use in the army: Translated from English according to the second improved and increased edition. Frankfurth, Leipzig and cell in Verlag George Conrad Gsellius, Königl. privil. Bookseller in Cell, [1761]
  • The art of bridling horses and shod them well: in addition to a brief instruction to train young horses for general use but especially for military service; To which a new and sure way of teaching was added to train the horses in a short time fine and school-like . Published by JB von Sind, colonel of a cavalry regiment, and Chur-Cölln's first stable master. Second edition, with coppers. Frankfurt and Leipzig by Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1768

literature

  • Louis A. DiMarco: War Horse: A History of the Military Horse and Rider. Westholme, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59416-034-9 .
  • Karlheinz Gless: The horse in the military . 2nd edition. Military publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1982.
  • Peter Spohr: The natural health care of horses as a prevention against diseases: with special consideration of military conditions. After 54 years of own experience edit. 4. verm. And verb. Schmorl & von Seefeld, Hanover 1904.
  • Felix von Damnitz : The army horse and the supply of modern armies with horses. Göschen, Leipzig 1911 (Göschen collection 514).

Individual evidence

  1. WDR Quarks & CO power factor horse (from about 1'30 ")

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