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Camel cavalry, or camelry (French: méharistes, pronounced), is a generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes warriors or soldiers of this type also fought from camel-back with spears , bows , or firearms .
Camel cavalry units in the Spanish, French, Italian and British colonial possessions in North Africa and the Middle East, for instance: Méhariste , a camel mounted African unit in the French army Free French Camel Corps , a camel cavalry unit of the Free French forces under General Charles de Gaulle during World War II in Eastern Africa
David Nicolle also mentioned the use of distinct camel cavalry during the battle of Qadisiyyah. [139] It is known that horses can be scared by the stench of camels. [140] [141] Caliphate archers rode camels inside or outside battle, and only dismounted when they were taking position to shoot volleys. [57] [103]
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Photo released on November 12, 2001, claiming to show "the first American cavalry charge of the 21st century" [2] in league with Northern Alliance forces in the Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif. [3] The horse was the most widely used animal throughout the recorded history of warfare. Early mounts could pull a chariot or carry lightly armored ...
Italian camel cavalry in Rome, 1926. Locally recruited camel corps, named Meharisti, were maintained by the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops in the Italian North African territories of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania during the colonial period. The Italian Zaptie meharista served primarily as desert gendarmerie. Like their French and Spanish ...
The Free French Camel Corps (French: Corps de Méharistes Français Libres) was a méhariste camel cavalry unit of the Free French forces, founded by among others Captain Edouard Dieffenbach, under command of General Charles de Gaulle during World War II.
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