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To: vannrox
Both the Germans and Russians relied heavily on horses during the war in logistical roles, employing millions of horses each for hauling artillery, ambulances, etc.

The only country that did not rely on horses to some extend was the United States. We were fully mechanicizedby 1940.

2 posted on 02/21/2019 4:46:33 AM PST by TheDandyMan
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To: TheDandyMan
But then Afghanistan.


4 posted on 02/21/2019 5:24:49 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: TheDandyMan

The British army was fully mechanized too. The Germans took 600,000 horse into Russia. They had one cavalry division which screened the Pripet Marshes. The red army created mech units mixing cavalry with light armor after the initial loses during Barbarossa.


10 posted on 02/21/2019 7:20:38 AM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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