>>96313185
Eh, the plan could've gone out the window with the mere adoption of cavalry, which did exist. I suppose they prevented it because they diversified their army accordingly.
I could see Breachers used in ZM to, you know, breach, but can still be used on regular surface operations as to create strong points for less armoured troops to fight around, should they need to
>>96313272
This is a space age scutum, anon. It's like a scutum being able to deflect a Scorpio's bolt with a bit of luck.
What I like about this setting is that protective technologies were able to keep up with gun tech, so cavalry charging an artillery line is indeed a viable strategy.
The Machinegun settled the Curved vs Straight sword debate. But Power armour sets up round two, and they brought Invulns :^)