User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Cavalry units of World War One: Australian Light Horse vs Don Cossacks/@comment-17814994-20170408135355

Elgb's "CHARGE OF THE BADASS BRIGADES!!!!" EDGES!!!

Rifle: The old-fashioned Mosin Nagant M1891 is known for its monstorus stopping power, but its 5 bullets short of from the quick-firing classic SMLE. The British rifle has the larger magazine and the faster bolt-action mechanism, giving it way more rate of fire to pin down or potshot enemies. EDGE: Aussies

Pistol: Yeah no contest. The Nagant has a very puny bullet and a frigging gixed cylinder, while the Enfield revolver can be reloaded faster with its top-break mechanism, giving it again a faster rate of fire and relaod speed. EDGE: Aussie

Melee: This may suprise many but I'm giving the edge to the shashka. Its way more useful and way more deadly when used on horseback than a bayonet. The latter maybe deadly when used on foot but the shashka can be too but with the use of little effort and time. EDGE: Cossacks

Horse: Easy edge to the Cossack here. The Aussie Cavalry are great horsemen but the Cossacks were legendary when it comes to horsebreeding and riding, not suprising because they've been doing it for hundreds of years already. Even today Cossack horse are still in demand in equestrian olympics and tournaments. EDGE: Cossacks

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Initially, I was going for the Aussie Cavalry for their better weapons such as the rifle and pistol, as well as better x-factors because Cossacks during WWI were horribly trained and supplied than they were before. But the fact still remains than the Aussie Light Horse Cavalry were nothing more than "mobile infantry", which is a fancy term for infantry on horseback. This means than that they were never used much as a cavalry, but as soldiers who only use horses to get to places and dismount when in battle. The Cossacks, though second-rate when it comes to more modern cavalry during WWI, were still in essence a cavalry unit. Real trained cavalry tends to beat infantry on horseback most of the time, and the Cossacks centrues old mastery of horseback will beat the Aussies on their walers.