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Originally Posted by blankall
The Mongols managed to overcome heavy formations of armed knights and legions of Chinese soldiers. From a physics standpoint alone those half decayed whights way a fraction of what an armed person on horseback weighs.
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The Mongols overcame their enemies with incredibly skilled mounted archery, not charges into massed infantry. They had small, swift mounts, not the kind that would charge readied infantry.
Very few historical cavalry will charge formed infantry. Those that did had huge mounts, specially trained, and they used lances. Even then they almost never charged head-on. The Dothraki use sickle swords, a useless weapon for anything except chasing light infantry off the field.
Clearly the Dothraki are meant to look and seem cool. But their armaments and tactics are completely ahistorical and defy any sensible military tactics. Not much point criticizing them.