Is there a place for horses in modern warfare?

Neigh

>>63835903 (OP)
Kinda?

>>63835903 (OP)
Yes, as entertainment.

>>63835903 (OP)
I wouldn't feel bad about killing a Russian but I'd feel bad about killing a horse, so it might make me hesitate to drop a drone on one.

>>63835903 (OP)
In extremely rough terrain and in snow for movement only, as you depicted in the picture. There is no use for horses in combat anymore since they make you such a large and unprotected target.

>>63835903 (OP)
Logistics and maybe transport in some select, specialized regions. Never for combat. Assuming we are talking about moderately modernized state warfare, of course they could be useful in small scale engagements with irregulars.

emergency rations

>>63835903 (OP)
People still use horses and camels for patrols.

>>63835903 (OP)
They're good for riot cops. Everybody thinks they're hard until they're facing down a cavalry charge.

Considering the cost of rebuilding the logistics system to support a large number of war horses, it is difficult to break the unification of vehicles.

>>63835903 (OP)
They were using horses in Afghanistan as it was the only way they could move around outside of walking in a number of cases.

>>63837774
Do horses have a genuine advantage over bikes and buggies in harsh terrain? or was it a "we have horses so we are gonna use horses" situation?

>>63835903 (OP)
>rough terrain recon/patrol/infiltration
>riot police/crowd control
You could also argue for rough terrain logistics but mules are much better for that

>>63835903 (OP)
Poland uses them for border patrols, better in mud. Crowd control is obvious, i suppose occupation duties would fall into that, but direct combat would be suicidal and retarded.

>>63835903 (OP)
for traveling in some specialized regions yes, for combat no.

>>63837799
>Do horses have a genuine advantage over bikes and buggies in harsh terrain?
Yes

>>63835903 (OP)
logistics

They still teach soldiers to use donkeys and horses because it's not uncommon to work in without roads.

>>63841474
>>63841474

>>63837799

horses, donkeys and mules are godtier on rough terrian, horses in skyrim are semi realistic with how they climb
>>63837799

They make excellent stress relief animals.
>soft, pettable, smooshable noses
>flappy funny lips to feed carrots and apples to
>pretty coats to brush
>warm
>smell like sunshine and fresh hay
>good for napping against
Donkeys are just sillier, smaller horses.

>In 1942, a mounted column of the Burma Frontier Force, under the command of Captain Arthur Sandeman (seconded from the Central India Horse) led a mounted infantry column. Near Toungoo airfield in central Burma the 60-man mounted patrol mistook Japanese troops for Chinese ones and closed with them before realizing their mistake. Most of the patrol (including Sandeman) were killed in what was probably the last cavalry charge by a force under the command of the British crown.[2][3]
Yeah