Manchurian cavalry and Cossack cavalry, who was stronger

Comparing the two, many people think of the Battle of Yaksa in the early Qing Dynasty. But the Battle of Yaksa Chinese and Russian troops were simply disproportionate, when the Qing dynasty on behalf of China's army several times (or even dozens of times) than the enemy, that would not have machine guns and other weapons of mass murder and also took a long siege tactics, and finally forced the other side to surrender. And at that time the Far East was not the center of Tsarist Russia, compared to the west, this place is not so important, for the Manchus can be different, that is Guannei, their hometown, the two sides of the attitude towards the war and commitment to the root is not a grade. On the other hand, the Cossack cavalry on behalf of Russia at that time, only to the size of a small group of raids is enough to make the whole Qing Empire sit down and rest in peace, which shows that its fighting strength. In addition, Russia in the process of expansion to Central Asia, Siberia and the Far East, the Cossack cavalry is also the vanguard of the elite, even the powerful Mongols are afraid of three points, if the Manchu cavalry is not in the case of a large number of people, the consequences can be imagined.

Cossack cavalry in Russia, for hundreds of years is one of the mainstays of its army. Until World War II, the Cossack cavalry still played a huge role. But compared to the Manchu cavalry, since the entry into the customs and gained the world, presumptuous, Manchu children in addition to walking birds, fighting crickets, kiln shopping basically nothing. Combat effectiveness is declining. To the end of the Qing Dynasty, but also Lin Zexu issued a "ten years later, not only the pay is not available, and no available soldiers" sigh. The weakness of its strength can be seen.

Third, only from the cavalry equipment, the Cossack cavalry equipment compared to the full riding, has always held a considerable advantage.

In the history of Eastern Europe ~ wearing a black cloak, wielding the Cossack cavalry knife charge of the Cossack knights were made "Don Valley eagle", they wielded the opponent's fear of the Cossack cavalry knife, is the eagle's talons; traditional Cossack cavalry knife length of about 90CM, the use of Central Asian iron ore smelting out of the steel made. The traditional Cossack cavalry knife is about 90cm long, made of steel extracted from Central Asian iron ore. With a thick back and wide blade, oak leaf tip, deep curved blood groove occupying 2/3 of the overall width, the blade has a graceful yet fierce arc, eagle head-like copper clad handle, and the center of gravity is leaning back.

The sheath made of hardwood is edged with copper flakes and clamped with copper hoops, usually black in color. The overall simplicity of the knife when sheathed is such that you won't give it a second glance. However, the steel knife out of the sheath, anyone who wields it, its own curvature to bring the power of chopping can easily cut through small trees, open stakes, this power is reflected in the Cossack knights popular saying "like chopping field greens chopping off the head of the opponent!". . When you jumped on the back of a horse, holding a Cossack cavalry knife waved in the wind ~ you can experience "like an eagle spreading its wings, rushing to the prey" feeling.

Because of the standard Cossack cavalry knife grip without handguard, the center of gravity is backward to facilitate the intense movement of swinging, turning the knife, the Cossack rider's traditional chopping skills is to use the center of gravity arc chopping. The backward center of gravity also makes it easier to keep the blade steady and not sway when poking an opponent with a mounted blow.

The copper parts on the traditional/standard Gothak cavalry sword are bronze/brass, and the more they are rubbed the brighter they become. Standard Cossack cavalry knives do not have hand guards, Cossack knives with hand guards have rear mounted or customized grips. In order to keep the overall center of gravity of the blade back and stable, some Cossack knives had a cast or leaded "eagle's head pouch", which had the side benefit that when an opponent got close enough to the rider to pull on him, the bottom of the grip was heavy enough to easily knock out the opponent or even crack his head open.

Especially in the later years, this was related to Russia's proximity to Europe and the early initiation of military reforms, though. But at the same time also reflects, the national strength is strong soldiers, the national decline is weak soldiers.