cavalry unit
Horse soldiers group
A cavalry unit is a military formation of soldiers who fight from horseback or, in modern armies, from armored vehicles.
The term preserves the original sense of mounted troops even when horses have been replaced by tanks and helicopters: The cavalry unit was deployed to secure the perimeter.
Unit indicates an organized body within a larger force.
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- troopMobile group, organized
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- mounted troopsSoldiers fighting from horseback
- horsemenPeople who ride equines
horse soldiers · dragoons · hussars · lancers · charge · sabers · saber rattling · mounted · gallop · riders · horses · flanking · scouts · bugle · bugle call · standard · formation · skirmish
cavalry unitfoot soldiers
Ground-based military fighters
infantry · infantry regiment · infantry battalion · ground troops · fleet
cavalry unitgarrison
Stationed military force
artillery battery · entrenchment · reserve unit · defensive position
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