Ostrich Cavalry???

[Schone23666]

Well, I guess I can blame this on the meds I'm currently on as I'm recovering from a nasty case of stomach flu over the weekend.....ugh.

Sooooo....

Ostrich Cavalry. Yes, you read it right. We know that animals such as horses and mules will see more use in a Twilight 2000 scenario for transporation, but what about ostriches? They can cover great distances, they're quick, might not be ideal for carrying heavy loads, but certainly could be trained to ferry a small platoon of troops/militia/marauders on various raids, recon, that sort of thing.

Just imagine...as your small band of men and women in Poland crest over the hill to get a view of what's ahead, what comes trodding toward them than none other than a group of armed riders on ostriches? Their reaction may look like a combination of this:

(Okay, okay, so you don't find ostriches very often in Poland...unless they escaped and/or were bred from a zoo. It could be some other place like somewhere in Africa....)