First World War Campaigns - Cavalry Charges

[Volcano Man]

Well, say you have a bridge, and you put cavalry in a column to charge across it. While I understand the rationale that the entire unit is funneled into a small place, the cavalry still charge into the the enemy's LOCAL defense of the bridge, and (presumably) breakthrough those defenses (if they were successful in the initial charge). If they were not successful, then they will suffer heavy losses and will be shot down either way.

The way I look at it is that cavalry are simply fighting on horseback, they aren't necessarily making one single charge into the enemy's lines. So, they charge a confined place at the actual bridge, push through, then continue to charge and assault enemy elsewhere beyond the bridge itself. If you don't rationalize it this way, then you have just as many problems with cavalry assaulting down roads too.

As for the infantry, I guess I think it would be different issue with fast moving cavalry on the assault versus slow moving infantry, at least in regards with crossing a bridge, and lack of momentum, and the full unit of infantry pushing forward on the bridge like hoplite infantry. ;) It would be very difficult to take the bridge by storm. But I suppose I could see how someone could make an argument here. But quite honestly, sometimes you do need that hammer to smash across a bridge and while the cavalry might do that for you, you will likely loose them all in the process, so its not like this is some sort of golden bullet way to deal with bridge defenses.

In any case, that is not to say that none of this will improve, but for the time being I don't think it is vital. No one has mentioned this since F14 came out, so I am more inclined to handle it over time.