re: #33 Dread Pirate Ron

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Has an army ever looked so ill-prepared for modern warfare? This astounding (original colour) photo from 1913 shows the 7th regiment of French armoured cavalrymen at their camp northeast of Lyon in France, only a year before they joined the insanity of the First World War. pic.twitter.com/DXwmQ4kqC1

— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) July 29, 2020

French Cuirassiers really did ride into battle dressed like this in 1914. Part of the tragedy of 1914 was that basically 19th century (or even 18th century) armies fought with twentieth century weapons. Compare this image of a cuirassier from 1809, over a hundred years earlier.