Pike & Shotte Epic Battles - English Civil Wars Cavalry Wing 0721 The lead of her class

The lead of her class

Commissioned 14 July 1942

including a 2pdr on the foredeck

The later Mk IV replaced the 15mm gun with a US M5 or M6 37mm anti-tank gun

Pike & Shotte Epic Battles - English Civil Wars Cavalry Wing 0721 The lead of her classHuge numbers of cavalry were fielded in the warfare of the 17th century. The most common being light cavalry harquebusiers, armed with doglock carbines which could be fired from the saddle. Parliament cavalry initially relied on pistols rather than an all out charge with cold steel, as favoured by the dashing Royalist cavaliers, though by war's end full blooded charges were the norm. Cuirassiers were rare in the English Civil Wars, limited to only a