Red Box 118 1/72 16th-17th c. Chinese Medium Cavalry ent

Our introduction to the RedBox light cavalry set explains that the Chinese cavalry arm of the 16th and 17th century was not nearly as impressive as it might have been. At this time the Chinese were mainly an infantry force with good technology, but thinking primarily of defence when it came to outside aggressors, of which the Great Wall is the most obvious example. Walls and fortifications are not the natural environment for cavalry, so when enemies got round such obstacles, as they often did, the Chinese found it difficult to catch the fast-moving raiders from the north. Despite various programmes, there was also a lack of suitable horses for such a force, since much of the country was not so well suited to the breeding and maintaining of good horses. This situation gradually got worse as the period went on, and eventually the Chinese Ming dynasty fell before the more mobile horsemen of the Manchus.

Specifications

• Contents: 12 figures, 12 horses
• Poses: 6 poses, 6 horse poses
• Material: Plastic (Medium Consistency)