Cuirassier

[Kit]

Napoleonic era. A type of heavy cavalry that got its name from the [cuirass], the French word for breast plate. The idea was [large men] upon powerful horses, who were able to charge head-on into the enemy and expose and [flanks] or holes left in the lines of infantry after an artillery barrage. They were equipped with a cuirass, a long sword, two pistols and eventually a carbine.

[Julian]

A cavalry soldier wearing a cuirass.