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A comment on “Devil’s horsemen”: Why Mongol horse archers were history’s most feared.

Re:“Devil’s horsemen”: Why Mongol horse archers were history... by hnbad on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:34AM (#36859963)
Without reading the article I would have assumed they just had good bows and that horse archers could kill you from a distance while also being ultra-mobile compared to regular archers (and I'm not at all basing opinion on futile attempts to chase down horse archers on foot in the Mount & Blade series of videogames).

Upon reading the article that seems to be all there is to it. A bit underwhelming to be honest.

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Re:“Devil’s horsemen”: Why Mongol horse archers were history... by hef19898 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:01AM (#36860133)
It was more: Incredible logistics, by virtue of being steppe nomads, command & control, government, in short organization in general. Mated with a hard to beat weapon, and army built around that. The bow was just one aspect.
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