Apart from supression, does CAVALRY has any use?

[Constans]

According to Paradox, a particular mode of transportation (a truck, a horse, a shortbus) the soldiers have used to get to the battlefield affects their performance. I mean, I can easily see our proud shortbus inf ridiculed by the enemy propaganda... but malus - wtf???

(The actual malus of cavalry would be inability to sustain long battles as they simply don't carry enough ammo, but I don't even know what stat would reflect that in the game.)

Yeah, one would actually expect Cavalry to have a better performance in rougher terrain types than Motorized, like Mountains for example.

 

[Admiral Piett]

I like cavalry when I don't have the factories or spare resources for motorized. It has niche use outside of garrison duties though. I like using it in China as either the Chinese or Japanese, but as the latter I phase it out (beside suppression garrisons) after China is defeated and station full motorized on the soviet border.

 

[davej]

Is there any nation that can make good use of CAVALRY? Such as Mongolia or China Perhaps? In fact, what type of warfare does calvary excels in?

Historically, the Soviets used over 200,000 of them against the Germans during Barbarossa. It proved to be in valuable during the winter when the motorized units were immobile.

 

[P3D]

If you have CAV minister, you can build 5CAV+4INF+4MTN+2Art+2RArt+2SpAA brigades. You end up with ~5-10% better combat performance for ~10% higher price, where the disadvantages of CAV are diluted. These divisions also cost 25 more army XP.

So countries like HUN or SOV are candidates.

 

[Zwirbaum]

If you have CAV minister, you can build 5CAV+4INF+4MTN+2Art+2RArt+2SpAA brigades. You end up with ~5-10% better combat performance for ~10% higher price, where the disadvantages of CAV are diluted. These divisions also cost 25 more army XP.

So countries like HUN or SOV are candidates.

SOV have no CAV minister...

 

[P3D]

SOV have no CAV minister...

For some reason, I thought Voroshilov or Budennij was one.

Better to cheese with Par+SpAA though.

 

[seattle]

That's it, you guys got me hooked on cavalry. I'll start a new Mongolia game with the Kaiserreich mod and will conquer the world on horseback.

Edit: Here's a strategy discussion for Kaiserreich Mongolia with pony spam:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/mongolia-strategy-cavalry-spam-ftw.1009286/

 

[aantia]

Cavalry is very useful in high-attrition areas like the Sahara and Siberia. You can just send in a tiny unit of cavalry and mop up all the undefended areas. The attrition is basically free (especially for China with its infinite manpower).
I also use cavalry to outmanoeuvre the enemy when I'm playing a minor. This is just exploiting the dodgy AI, though, which leaves provinces undefended and ignores the enemy's undefended provinces.

 

[Zwirbaum]

Cavalry is very useful in high-attrition areas like the Sahara and Siberia. You can just send in a tiny unit of cavalry and mop up all the undefended areas. The attrition is basically free (especially for China with its infinite manpower).
I also use cavalry to outmanoeuvre the enemy when I'm playing a minor. This is just exploiting the dodgy AI, though, which leaves provinces undefended and ignores the enemy's undefended provinces.

Attrition doesn't affect manpower in any way. It only 'destroys' equipment.

 

[aantia]

Attrition doesn't affect manpower in any way. It only 'destroys' equipment.

Suddenly everything I thought I knew is tumbling into darkness.

Motorised infantry does get its speed crippled when it has an equipment shortage, right?

 

[Zwirbaum]

Suddenly everything I thought I knew is tumbling into darkness.

Motorised infantry does get its speed crippled when it has an equipment shortage, right?

Yep.

 

[cat013]

SOV have no CAV minister...

He defected to Italy apparently.