"Shoot the horses!!!"

I am sorry if this issue has been discussed already, but I could not find anything about it in the 'Citadel'. So, here is my question:

Can you shoot the horses out from under the heavily armoured (or any other) riders Among others, the Mongols used this "tactic" very effectively, but I feel the game does not represent this realisticly.

I know that cavarly has a greater "surface", giving archers a larger and easier target to shoot. Question is, this is all where the above mentioned option is taken into account?

In MTW horses were a little easier to shoot at than men. As for shooting the horse, heavily armored knights in M2TW are actually *less* well protected than equivalent foot troops, so I think CA takes the vulnerability of the mount into account somewhat. Anyway, gendarmes in advanced plate still lose 4-6 men with every light shower of militia crossbow bolts, so cavalry is hardly invulnerable to archery.