If you expect to be treated as a grown up, try reading the posts above yours, not just posting something to support your opinion !
Australian Light Horse.
This included my Grandpa, cus Kiwi's were here as well !
"Everything the Light Horse Trooper needed for living and fighting had to be carried by him and his horse,
fully loaded these horses carried between 130 -150kgs. They would carry these huge loads over long distances, searing heat, sometimes at a gallop, sometimes without water for periods of 60-70hours at a time. The bond between the men and their horses is unimaginable.
Over 100,000 horses went away to war (closer to 130k actually). Only one horse came home."
Then fodder etc.....
FYI, want a cavalry charge that succeded against machine guns and entrenched infantry ?
The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade which took part in the cavalry charge in the Battle of Beersheba (1917) during World War I are labelled as mounted infantry brigade in popular media, however they were in fact mounted rifles as were the
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade which also took part in this battle. Mounted rifles regiments lack the mass of a mounted infantry battalions, as a light horse brigade could only muster as many rifles in the line as a single battalion. Consequently their employment reflected this lack of mass, with the tactics seeking to harness greater mobility and fire to overcome opposition, rather than echeloned mass attacks.
These sword-less mounted infantrymen galloped over the plain, riding towards the town and a redoubt supported by entrenchments, on a mound of Tel es Saba south-east of Beersheba. While the 4th Light Horse Regiment on the right, jumped trenches before turning to make a dismounted attack on the Ottoman infantry (in the trenches, gun pits and redoubts on rising ground), most of the 12th Light Horse Regiment on the left rode on across the face of the main redoubt, to find a gap in the Ottoman defences. These squadrons rode on across the railway line and into Beersheba, to complete the first step of an offensive which would see the EEF capture Jerusalem, six weeks later.[Note 2]
Now, lets get back to this !
REPOST, see above.
LS3 is a rough-terrain robot designed to go anywhere Marines and Soldiers go on foot, helping carry their load. Each LS3 carries up to
400 lbs of gear and enough fuel for a 20-mile mission lasting 24 hours.
LS3 automatically follows its leader using computer vision, so it does not need a dedicated driver.
It also travels to designated locations using terrain sensing and GPS. LS3 began a 2-year field testing phase in 2012. LS3 isfunded by DARPA and the US Marine Corps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R7ezXBEBE6U
