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Military horses

Military Horses

The horses bred by the most effective mounted archers were used to grazing as opposed to horses that needed grains to feed. Thus the armies of the Huns, Magyars, Mongols, etc. did not need carts to carry food for their horses, making them more mobile than other armies. Moreover, European archers used crossbows, which were