Note: they got the name they didn’t do calvary charges in ww2 they just have the title now.
Sword: Russia M1927 Calvary sword. This sword would come with the Cossack Calvary squad due to the fact, that alot of Calvary units have the Russian event sword or this Calvary M1927 sword.
Uniform: due to the fact they were calvary they had their own uniforms, to differentiate between the Calvary unit and the average Russian soldier from a Ukrainian front, and also to represent the Don Cossack units.
Rifle. The Cossack Mosin 1901 which is a Dragoon rifle but shorter and can’t take a bayonet, due to it was made for Calvary units, but this rifle had updated numbers for serialization and unit of measurement.
Actualy not as uncommon thing as you’d expect. A lot of British/Commonwealth cavalry formations reformed into armoured formations as time went on, a lot of cavalry terminology survived the transition:
Examples
Tanks were referred to as “mounts”, that you would of course in turn “mount” or “dismount”, you could also be told to “saddle up” instead.
If you lost your tank in action but you yourself survived you were “de-horsed”, and when requisitioning a new vehicle you would be “remounted”.
Even working tanks need servicing, and so they would often go on their “stable calls”-
There were no “privates” in British tank crews, they were “troopers” because that’s the cavalry equivelant.
These “troopers”, if they were green would be expected to “earn their spurs”.
As for the squad suggestion itself, cool idea. I guess a Event squad would suffice, since all the weapons you showed are already in the game (sword is slightly different though, but it could still work), that would be neat because it would mean these guys are fully customizeable which is a bonus (swords could even be taken off them and given to other units if the player chooses to), then you could fully enjoy these custom uniforms in every BR rather than them being stuck as a BR 1 unit.
Yeah but the British part prove my point they kept the name bc of ego mainly
Tho swords being removable idk the last squad that came with a unique melee weapon was the British SAS and you cannot remove the knife to give them a sword tho I like idea
I happen to be a firm believer in making all weapons unequipable and be able to put them in other squads (though that’s not what I meant with my reply, I meant that they could have the current sword), I worked for them (and paid for them, if it’s premium), they should be mine to do with as I wish (would also solve a big pet-peeve of mine, that being MG squads where everyone has a MG, just looks dumb, and I’d rather that wasn’t the case gameplay wise as well).
Yeah but the issue is that if the engineer doesn’t have a MG ppl wouldn’t buy it that’s why I haven’t bought alot except if the MG I REALLY like which was the Chautchat and that was it
But tbh having everyone can be considered goofy but when you’re buying a prem squad you should Imo have everyone be equipped
Like I’m not gonna buy the PPD-1944 bc it’s $45 and 4/5 soldiers would have the gun I would rather have 5/5
I been suggesting neat bolt action rifles this whole time tbh I was getting sick the amount of smgs,ARs,MGs, so I been doing low br bolt actions or semi automatic rifles that are interesting
Cavalry was still utilised in WW2 because of it’s old fame, it is the most traditional class. Many generals and officers in the European armies (even including USSR) were of old noble families and their forefathers had served as men-at-arms, knights, hussars ect.
Cavalry was deeply respected even though it was out-dated and a suicide role.
While they were very useful due their ability to cross rough terrain and deploy quicker than infantry, trucks need roads, horses dont so they can wage guerrilla warfare and strike deep.
However cavalry units would suffer heavy casulties, this is true for every single nation that had deplyed them in the second world war.
The last cavalry charge of the Hungarian Army took place during the battle of Nikolayev, on 15 August 1941. The German infantry were pinned down behind a railway embankment; they had attempted to attack four times, but each time were pushed back by superior Soviet forces. Although the Germans had requested an artillery barrage to defeat the enemy, they were surprised to see Hungarian cavalry moving up in support instead. Major Kálmán Mikecz, commander of the Hussar Squadron was in the front with his unit
One eyewitness of the events, German war correspondent named Erich Kern, recorded his impressions of the Hussars’ exploits in his book Der Grosse Rausch: Der Russlandfeldzug 1941-1945, published in English in 1951 as The Dance of Death. “Morning found us once again fighting hard against a desperately struggling enemy, who had dug himself in along a high railway embarkment. Four times we attacked, four times we were thrown back. Artillery support for which we had asked did not come but instead a regiment of Hungarian Hussars came in its place. We laughed. What the devil did these chaps think they were going to do here? Suddenly we stood aghast: those Magyars had gone stark raving crazy. Squadron after squadron moved up towards us. And they were off, the whole regiment, careering across the wide plain, their sabres flashing in the afternoon sun. All caution forgotten, we scrambled out of our holes. The first shots whipped across the embarkment, strangely thin and sparse. Then, google-eyed, we saw the Soviet regiment, which had fiercely and fanatically resisted all our assaults, turn tail and run in panic. The glitter of steel had been too much for the Russian Moujik’s nerve. His primitive heart had been shattered and defeated by the primitive weapon."
