mounted units
Troops on horseback
Mounted units are military or police forces that operate on horseback or, historically, on other animals like camels or elephants.
The term distinguishes cavalry and similar formations from infantry, who fight on foot.
Modern mounted units are mostly ceremonial or used for crowd control and patrol in terrain where vehicles are impractical: The park service uses mounted units on backcountry trails.
- dragoonsCompels by intimidation
- cuirassiersArmored cavalry troops
- cavalryMounted military force
- camelsHumped desert mammals
- chargeCost or accusation
horses · hussars · rapid response teams · lancers · outriders · knights · flanking maneuvers · patrols · patrol duty · saddle · shock troops · mules · bridles · sabers · bugle call · equestrian · spurs · hooves
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- cavalry tacticscavalry charge, cavalry charges, cavalry raids, flanking, flank attack
- paradesparade, marching bands, parade floats, floats, parade float
- police equipmentbadges, handcuffs, patrol cars, squad cars, batons
- Traffic Policetraffic cop, traffic stop, patrol car, traffic stops, highway patrol
- horsemanshipriding lesson, riding lessons, riding school, riding schools, riding instructor
mode of locomotion in military/combat formations
mounted unitsinfantry
Ground combat troops
foot soldiers · footmen · ground troops · light infantry · line infantry