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NZ Mounted Rifles card pre-1900

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Post  Sean Sun 29 Apr 2012, 7:31 am

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Post  ChrisF202 Sun 29 Apr 2012, 9:54 am

Wouldent sabres have been worn instead of bayonets?

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Post  Sean Sun 29 Apr 2012, 7:00 pm

No. The Mounted Rifles were just that, mounted soldiers to fight on the ground, a more mobile infantryman. Strangely they were armed with Martini-Henry carbines instead of rifles (these came later), and yataghan sword-bayonets. But in this case a spike bayonet is shown.

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