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Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Thread Started on Jan 3, 2012, 1:51am »

I wonder which horse is most suitable for warfare, also which one is biggest and fastest?

From readings I got the impression of arab horses being the biggest and most suitable for warfare, also the akhal tekke is a big horse but not as big as the arab horse I read, but I heard that the akhal tekke is actually bigger, which one is correct?

the difference between the arab and akhal-tekke according to a article I read is the hooves, arab horses have bigger hooves to get better grip at the sand countrary to akhal - tekke which has small hooves to get good grip in steppe enivorment.

also the mongolian horse pony is suitable for warfare I read, they dont need to be feed but finds grass on its own even during snow, is this true?

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #1 on Jan 6, 2012, 12:08am »

in general, you can't have both. either a horse is big, or it's fast.

don't know about native Mongolian ponies, but the severe winter in 2009/10 almost annihilated the re-settled Przewalski horses in Mongolia: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/Przewalskis-horse%20.html

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #2 on Jan 6, 2012, 6:26am »

I've never really considered Arabians as big horses. I thought Akhal Tekke is bigger.

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #3 on Jan 6, 2012, 12:20pm »

Oh that's bad.

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #4 on Jan 7, 2012, 2:02pm »

Yeah it's pretty bad, -35C average to below -50C

It's freakin Arctic temperatures, but without the penguins and polar bears

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #5 on Jan 7, 2012, 10:02pm »

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Yeah it's pretty bad, -35C average to below -50C

It's freakin Arctic temperatures, but without the penguins and polar bears

Read more: http://www.steppes.proboards.com/index.c....1#ixzz1inhLl5re

U mean in mongolia during the winter?

lets get back to topic,

how come the arabian horses are so famous , I mean in race situations or is that just a myth?

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #6 on Jan 9, 2012, 2:29pm »

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #7 on Jan 21, 2012, 9:20am »

Different horses are good for differrent things. Arab horses are fast and agile. Wesern horses are big. Steppe horses can run the furthest and live without help when it is n0t -50.

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Re: Most suitable horse for warfare?
« Reply #8 on Feb 22, 2012, 8:00pm »

Yeah, Mongolian horses are famous for being able to dig through snow to find grass to eat. Some other steppe people, like the Yenesei Kirghiz, bred larger, faster horses. But those horses couldn't forage for grass and were harder to take care of.

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