Editing New Model Army (section)

===Horse===

The New Model Army's elite troops were its Regiments of [[cavalry|Horse]]. They were armed and equipped in the style known at the time as [[harquebusier]]s, rather than as heavily armoured [[cuirassier]]s. They wore a back-and-front breastplate over a [[Buff coat|buff leather coat]], which itself gave some protection against sword cuts, and normally a [[lobster-tailed pot helmet]] with a movable three-barred visor.{{sfn|LaFontaine|1998|p=33}}

Regiments were organised into six troops, of one hundred troopers plus officers, non-commissioned officers and specialists ([[Drummer (military)|drummers]], [[farriers]] etc.). Each troop had its own standard, {{convert|2|ft|cm}} square. On the battlefield, a regiment was normally formed as two "divisions" of three troops, one commanded by the regiment's colonel (or the major, if the colonel was not present), the other by the lieutenant colonel.{{sfn|Young|Holmes|2000|pp=44–46}}

Their discipline was markedly superior to that of their Royalist counterparts. Cromwell specifically forbade his men to gallop after a fleeing enemy, but demanded they hold the battlefield. This meant that the New Model cavalry could charge, break an enemy force, regroup and charge again at another objective. On the other hand, when required to pursue, they did so relentlessly, not breaking ranks to loot abandoned enemy baggage as Royalist horse often did.{{sfn|Rogers|1968|p=239}}