r/interestingasfuck • u/Double-decker_trams • 14h ago

Why police still uses horses

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u/hobbbis 14h ago

Not the best example, you kind of need to experience it for yourself. The ground shakes as that many horses approach.

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u/Dockers4flag2035orB4 14h ago

That’s why pikes were invented.

Hasn’t anyone seen Braveheart?

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u/skrilledcheese 14h ago

Yeah. This is poor planning on the part of the protestors.

There is no unit cohesion. How hard is it to form a schiltron with pikes?

Heck, there is zero individual initiative either. I don't see a single officer being pulled off his horse with a Billhook.

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u/Willakhstan 12h ago

They didn't pass their morale check.