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AF-Odin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:45 pm Paladin,

Interesting and enjoyable article.

One minor quibble, US Horse Cavalry survived until circa 1943 and the "Mounted Course of Fire" was still used. Admittedly, that is almost 80 years ago, but not quite 100. My Dad was with the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard. They were Federalized in 1940 as a Horse Cavalry regiment, participated as horse mounted in the Louisiana maneuvers and patrolling the Texas/Mexico border horse mounted until July 1942 when they were ordered to deploy to the SW Pacific after turning in their horses. Upon arrival in Australia, they were re-mounted for some time on Australian horses for patrol duty, finally turning in their horses in May 1943. The 112th then served as a dismounted Regimental Combat Team in New Guinea and was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division (also dismounted) for the invasion of the Philippines. According to my Dad, the first time he fired the Mounted Course was with a S&W Model 1917 revolver and he said he barely qualified due to the requirement for mounted reloads even though they were using half-moon clips. Later, with the 1911 he was able to fire expert. I still have his "expert" Marksmanship badge with bars for Pistol-D (dismounted), Pistol-M (mounted), and Carbine.