Never Mess With a Country That Has Yak Cavalry Meet China's yak troops Those Pesky Chinese Marko Marjanović 6 May 19 1316 4 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: Those Pesky Chinese
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