12-16-2011, 09:42 PM
Thanks for your post Auke.
But now I have more questions ;)
A "runner" in a cavalry unit... does it mean he was not on a horse, but was running beside the cavaliers?
What weapon should he have? a saber, a shashka, a machine gun...
I am asking because the citation mentions that "with his machine gun, he anihilated 4 german gangsters and captured one". I thought (by ignorance probably) that members of cavalry units where all on horses and didn't have machine guns.
But then I guess it's the same as with one of my other soldier who was in a Tank unit, but was "chauffeur" of a field-kitchen. Not as sexy as being a tankman!
But now I have more questions ;)
A "runner" in a cavalry unit... does it mean he was not on a horse, but was running beside the cavaliers?
What weapon should he have? a saber, a shashka, a machine gun...
I am asking because the citation mentions that "with his machine gun, he anihilated 4 german gangsters and captured one". I thought (by ignorance probably) that members of cavalry units where all on horses and didn't have machine guns.
But then I guess it's the same as with one of my other soldier who was in a Tank unit, but was "chauffeur" of a field-kitchen. Not as sexy as being a tankman!
