cavalry division
Horse soldiers group
A cavalry division is a large military unit historically composed of soldiers on horseback, typically containing several brigades or regiments.
In modern armies, cavalry divisions have evolved to use armored vehicles and helicopters while retaining the name and traditional emphasis on speed, mobility, and reconnaissance: The 1st Cavalry Division deployed to Vietnam in 1965.
- sabersCurved cavalry blades
- saber rattlingThreatening military action ostentatiously
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- cuirassiersArmored cavalry troops
dragoons · mounted infantry · horse soldier · reconnaissance · hussars · battalion · mounted archers · corps · skirmishing · lancers · flanking · flank attack · stirrups · bugle call · saddles · charging · military traditions · warhorses
- Army Divisions82nd Airborne, 101st Airborne
- cavalrycavalryman, dragoons, hussars, lancers, lancer
- Civil War Cavalrytrooper, horse soldier, horse soldiers, saber, carbine
- military unitsarmy, battalion, squad, brigade, company
- Romanian HistoryRomania, Moldavia, Bucharest, Transylvania, unification
cavalry divisioninfantry division
Major army ground force unit
foot soldiers · infantry regiment · infantry · infantry brigade · light infantry
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