Oh god… Imagine the horse bolting after hearing the gunshot and you’re falling from your own height plus the height of the horse. I bet a lot of necks were broken from this experiment before they cancelled it.
What makes you say it was an ‘experiment’? Guns were shot from horseback for centuries. Germany used cavalry throughout the entire WW2, as did most countries.
Oh god… Imagine the horse bolting after hearing the gunshot and you’re falling from your own height plus the height of the horse. I bet a lot of necks were broken from this experiment before they cancelled it.
Horses can be acclimatized to gunfire. All of the calvary horses used after the invention of firearms had to be trained not to bolt at the first shot.
What makes you say it was an ‘experiment’? Guns were shot from horseback for centuries. Germany used cavalry throughout the entire WW2, as did most countries.
Im not sure these guys are positioned to handle the kickback.