Difference between WSS horsemen

[Last Hussar]

Whats the difference between
MAL11 - Cavalry and
MAL12 - Mounted dragoons

Can we assume we've already had all the witty 'Ones dragoons, the other isn't' replies?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Not looked, so its a guess, but carbine or no carbine. In WSS dragoons were in theroy still mouinted infantry, although thye acted as cavalry most of the time.

IanS

[Hertsblue]

Cavalry are "horse" i.e. gentlemen horsemen; dragoons are infantry with delusions of grandeur.

But seriously, cavalry tended to be heavier (sometimes with cuirasses) and better mounted. Dragoons got whatever was left over and all the ropey jobs. The French dragoons at Blenheim gave up their horses to the cavalry and fought on foot after glanders decimated the cavalry's mounts.  

[maciek]

MAL11 - "jumping" horses, two crossbelts, one for carbine, one for sword. They were clearly sculpted to represent British WSS horse, and thus don't represent the majority of European WSS cavalry.

MAL12 - static horses, one crossbelt to carry cartridge pouch, carbine carried on the back. As above, they represent British dragoons, but not certainly the other ones, as majority of dragoons dropped the big cartridge pouches in favor of smaller boxes, similar to horse regiments.

BTW - there is one command pack - MAL13, for both cavalry and dragoons and it isn't compatible to any of them, because of horse poses. The officer and standard bearer are on static horses, while trumpeter rides "jumping" one. I recommend you to use some pretty cavalry staff figures from SYW range.

[Last Hussar]

Reason I ask is my units are 9 troopers and 3 command, and while Dave and Leon are accommodating chaps, I don't like to muck them about with special orders.  If I can use 'Mounted' for both, it makes ordering simpler - 3 pack does 5 regiments, which fits nicely with the 5 sets of 3 command figures in the Command pack.  As Dragoons should have drums and not trumpets, so that point about poses is moot anyway.