How does a cavalary charge work?

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I don’t understand why Horses wouldn’t be afraid to charge into a wall of humans with weapons. And if they would do it, wouldn’t the first row tumble and all the other incoming horses would trip over them resulting in a domino effect?

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You can get a properly trained horse to do all kinds of things, including charging a spear line. Especially if there’s other horses close on either side, so they have nowhere else to turn.

Elephants, however? They are much harder to train, which has lead to embarassing moments in military history when an elephant charge pulls up short and refuses to go near the pointy sticks.

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