Never Mess With a Country That Has Yak Cavalry
Meet China's yak troops
The photos are of China’s yak troops (you never thought you’d see those words together did you?) in Xinjiang, but I’ve learned Pakistan and India use the beasts as well:
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Given the terrain, makes sense.
Indeed, it’s what the locals use, the army is just copying/learning from them.
Somehow I don’t think they’d do too well against tanks, bombs and all the other modern warfare available.
They can carry iglas and kornets at a reasonable price