LEGNICA: THE MONGOL TERROR REACHES POLAND

not truly amazing when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it sir. they most likely foraged a lot for food and other necessary items. I doubt their supply train was anything like some of ours that I have seen in my years. lol

SGT John C. - would disagree with you SGT Cook - their logistics was amazing - and they did things that no western army since had managed to do since the early days of the Eastern Roman Empire. How many mounts per warrior did the Mongols bring - and then they could also resupply on stocks enemies had built - and their spies identified. If I find a piece on their system - will post it - but something worth looking for to see.

Mongol armies traveled light, and were able to live largely off the land. Their equipment included fish hooks and other tools meant to make each warrior independent of any fixed supply source. The most common travel food of the Mongols was dried and ground meat borts, which remains common in Mongolian cuisine today. Borts is light and easy to transport, and can be cooked with water similarly to a modern "instant soup".
To ensure they would always have fresh horses, each trooper usually had 3 or 4 mounts.[1] The horse is viewed much like a cow in Mongolia, and is milked and slaughtered for meat as such. Since most of the Mongols' mounts were mares, they were able to live off their horses' milk or milk products as they moved through enemy territory. In dire straits, the Mongol warrior could drink some of the blood from his string of remounts. They could survive a whole month only by drinking mare's milk combined with mare's blood.[citation needed]
Heavier equipment was brought up by well organized supply trains. Wagons and carts carried, amongst other things, large stockpiles of arrows. The main logistical factor limiting their advance was finding enough food and water for their animals. This would lead to serious difficulties during some of the Mongol campaigns, such as their conflicts with the Mamluks, the arid terrain of Syria and the Levant making it difficult for large Mongol armies to penetrate the region, especially given the Mamluk's scorched earth policy of burning grazing lands throughout the region. It also limited the Mongol ability to exploit their success following the Battle of Mohi, as even the Great Hungarian Plain was not large enough to provide grazing for all the flocks and herds following Subutai's army permanently.

I guess I am 2% Mongol and 2% Neanderthal lol

Well - Mongols drove several central Asia steppe tribes into Europe..