• _stranger_@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    They’re allowed to take out one German tank with light cavalry, for old time’s sake.

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      8 hours ago

      You know…as the battlefield becomes ever more automated, there might be a very brief window where the winged hussars could make a comeback.

      Let’s say you have a battlefield riddled with smart drones. They have image recognition and immediately attack anything resembling a tank or other military asset. Do you think anyone bothered to program the drones to seek out and attack a unit outfit like 18th century Polish cavalry? A charge on horseback just might be able to ride completely undisturbed through the right kind of drone-controlled battlefield.