Ask the Marshall

Horses rarely get shot in the Westerns, although they often go down when the rider is hit. What about in real life? Robert Lucas Carson City, Nevada Horses suffered heavy casualties in warfare of any kind. They presented large targets and bullets were flying in all directions. Also, shooters would fire at horses to get the rider on the ground and more vulnerable. With the advent of machine guns and barbed wire in the 20th century, armored vehicles soon replaced the horse cavalry. Marshall Tr