%0 Journal Article
%T ORIGINS OF THE McCLELLAN CAVALRY SADDLE USED BY SADF MOUNTED UNITS IN THE SOUTH WEST AFRICA CAMPAIGN AND ELSEWHERE
%A Nick Steele
%J Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies
%D 2012
%I Stellenbosch University
%R 10.5787/21-1-347
%X Contrary to predictions that the role of the horse in war was over when it was effectively replaced by mechanisation in the Second World War, it still plays a small but important role in military operations. In the late South West African campaign and now in unrest areas in the Transvaal and Natal the mounted infantrymen still perform a service in combat and in keeping the peace.
%K the role of the horse in war
%K South West African campaign
%K mounted infantrymen
%K American saddle
%K McClellan cavalry saddle
%K SADF
%U http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/347