, CAT IX, 1969 70. Courtesy of National Museum of the U. S. Army. Armouredcavalry or U.S. armored began to replace horse cavalry as the reconnaissance arm in most armies after the First World War, although many armies continued to maintain horse cavalry through the end of the Second World War. It differed from regular armour units in that the main Armoured fighting vehicle AFVs were armoured ... armouredcavalry referred to any horse mounted troops that used chain mail or plate armour ... 17th and mid 19th centuries armouredcavalry referred to those cavalry regiment s that retained the cuirass ... type became meaningless cavalry regiments moved between the heavy and light armoured roles regardless of their names. Vietnam U.S. armouredcavalry U.S. Army armouredcavalry has the mission of reconnaissance and security. Unlike armoured and infantry units, U.S. Cavalry is organized in Regiments , Squadron ... respectively. A regiment of armouredcavalry, such as the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment the Black Horse Regiment in Vietnam, consisted of three full squadrons of armouredcavalry. The squadron normally ... . Armouredcavalry regiments operated in country for the Corps Theater Commander, while the squadrons ... Vietnam in 1972 air units remained in country most armouredcavalry units except the 11th ACR s tank ..., known to historians as a light tank . Armouredcavalry units can use hunter killer teams. Scout ... Current British cavalry regiments in armoured role br The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Carabiniers and Greys ... cavalry which referred to their large horses and not the weight of the cuirass. After the First World War cavalry units were mostly converted from horses to either Armored car military armoured car s or tank s and became known as either mechanized cavalry fulfilling a reconnaissance role, or armouredcavalry serving in the offensive role that seeks to breakthrough military break through the enemy defences. In October 1928, a new era began for the cavalry of the British Army when the 11th Hussars ... more details
DKPanc na paradzie w Slubicach 11 11 2008.jpg 200px caption Soldiers of the 11th ArmouredCavalry ... symbol 2 label The 11th Lubuska ArmouredCavalry Division lang pl 11 Lubuska Dywizja Kawalerii Pancernej is an armoured division of the Polish Land Forces , which traces its history to the formation ... in 1945. The 11th ArmouredCavalry Division draws its history in a straight line from the formation ... Dresden . In July 1992, the type designation armouredcavalry was granted, although the division was eventually restructured as a regular armoured division. The new type designation recalled the service of pre war and Second World War Western Front Polish armoured units. As of July 2011, the division ... 8 pos3 right bg3 white lat3 deg 54 lat3 min 10 lon3 deg 19 lon3 min 24 quotation 11th ArmouredCavalry ... Cavalry Brigade Poland 10th ArmouredCavalry Brigade wi tosz w 17th Greater Poland Mechanized Brigade Mi dzyrzecz 34th ArmouredCavalry Brigade aga 4th Anti Aircraft Regiment Czerwie sk 69th Anti ... Links http www.11ldkpanc.mil.pl 11 Lubuska ArmouredCavalry Division pl http www.11ldkpanc.mil.pl ... armoured warfare size command structure garrison aga garrison label equipment equipment label nickname ... a part of the 2nd Armoured Corps . The 11th Motorised Infantry Division was authorized 10,028 soldiers, 76 medium tanks, 21 assault guns, 5 armoured cars, 73 76 mm artillery pieces, 26 122 mm howitzers ..., 15 armoured cars, 26 122 mm howitzers, 40 76 mm artillery pieces, nine 57 mm antitank guns, 21 37 mm anti aircraft guns, 40 82 mm mortars, and 54 120 mm mortars. On September 4, 1956, the 2nd Armoured ... was carried out, and in April 1963 it reorganized as the 11th Armoured Division. In August and September 1968, the 11th Armoured Division was one of the Polish units that took part in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia . The 11th Armoured Division was structured and quartered as quotation 11th Armoured Division 1989 br br Division Headquarters and Staff aga 3rd Medium Tank ... more details
Image French AMX 30 Desert Storm.jpg thumb An AMX 30 of the French 6th Armoured Brigade France 6th Light Armoured Division bivouaced near Al Salman during Operation Daguet in the First Gulf War . Expand French Arme blind e et cavalerie date April 2009 The ArmouredCavalry Branch lang fr Arme blind e cavalerie, ABC is a component of the French Army . It was formed after the World War II by merging tank and cavalry branches. It operates the majority of France s armoured vehicles, though a small minority of France s armour is still operated by infantry regiments. It continues the traditions and mission of the French cavalry and horse artillery . Its training establishment is the Armoured Branch and Cavalry Training School at Saumur . Military doctrine La doctrine d emploi de l arme blind e et cavalerie reprend les missions traditionnelles de la cavalerie adapt es au contexte moderne rupture du front, en utilisant la charge conjointement avec l aviation militaire aviation exploitation de cette rupture, gr ce la rapidit de d placement donn e par les v hicules motoris s et tout terrains couverture d une retraite, d un corps ami, d un vide entre deux corps amis par effet de masque reconnaissance mais de fa on de plus en plus restreinte, l aviation, les radars puis les satellites l ayant largement supplant e dans cette mission . Enfin, une des anciennes missions de la cavalerie, les Transmission militaire transmission s, remplie autrefois par les estafettes et actuellement par les moyens utilisant la Radiot l phonie radio , est souvent mont e au niveau divisionnaire ou sup rieur ... VAB 1 063 V hicule blind l ger VBL Empty section date July 2010 List of regiments Today the ArmouredCavalry Branch of the French Army consists of 4 Tank regiments, which field 52x Leclerc main ... Tank Regiment 501e R giment de Chars de Combat 501e RCC in Mourmelon le Grand 4 Cavalry regiments ... Forum on armoured engines Notes and references references Category Armoured warfare Category French ... more details
unreferenced date May 2009 Infobox Military Unit unit name 10th ArmouredCavalry Brigade abbreviation 10th Cav Bde Caption dates 1939 40 br 1942 c.1947 ? br 1995 country Poland allegiance branch Polish Army type Armoured role size Brigade command structure 1st Armoured Division Poland equipment Commanders ... anniversaries decorations battle honours The Poland Polish 10th ArmouredCavalry Brigade Polish ... that the rest of his unit would join them later. That small force was called the 10th ArmouredCavalry ... a Polish armoured unit was recreated, while others joined the Polish and French resistance organizations in France and Belgium. The 10th ArmouredCavalry Brigade was a small formation, but with an excellent fighting spirit. Most of its soldiers managed to get to Great Britain , where the 10th ArmouredCavalry Brigade was recreated as a part of General Maczek s 1st Armoured Division Poland 1st Armoured ... part of the 11th ArmouredCavalry Division headquartered at aga . References Stanis aw Maczek, Od Podwody do czo ga , Lublin London 1990 Category Armoured brigades of Poland Category Military ... was an armoured formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the West . It was organized in France during ... Motorized Cavalry Brigade Poland 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade who managed to escape from ... of 1940. It was later recreated in Great Britain as a part of the 1st Armoured Division Poland 1st Armoured Division . 1939 40 Black Brigade France and Poland had been allies in the leadup to World ... Brigade had one tank battalion, two strong motorized cavalry squadrons, one anti tank battery and one ... hold back full German armoured divisions. Polish soldiers managed only to cover one retreating ... 2A4 of the brigade, December 2005 The brigade fought with the 1st Armoured Division in north west ... War II Category Polish Cavalry Brigades pl 10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej we Francji Reference With the tanks of the 1st Polish Armoured Division A Tomaszewska H L Smit and zn, Hengelo, Holland, 1946 ... more details
The ArmouredCavalry Branch Training School lang fr cole d application de l arme blind e cavalerie, EAABC is a French military training establishment at Saumur . Originally set up to train the cavalry of the French Army , it now trains the troops of France s arme blind e et cavalerie ArmouredCavalry Branch in reconnaissance and armoured warfare. History File Saumur cole de Cavalerie Caserne grille.jpg thumb The main building of the cole de Cavalerie In 1763, Louis XV of France Louis XV via the C sar Gabriel de Choiseul Duc de Choiseul reorganised the French cavalry. A new school for officers from all the cavalry regiments was set up at Saumur, managed and supervised by the Corps Royal des Carabinier s since its inception the school has been hosted in the carabinier regiment s quarter of the town, latterly in a magnificent 18th century building. This functioned until 1788. At the end of 1814, after the First Restoration , Louis XVIII set up the cole d Instruction des Troupes cheval in Saumur. Its activities declined from 1822 onwards so it was regenerated by Charles X of France Charles X under the name of the cole Royale de Cavalerie later renamed the cole imp riale de cavalerie de Saumur . Most of its building complex was taken up with a military riding area and a riding academy training hall. From 1830, with the disappearance of the cole de Versailles, Saumur became the capital and sole repository of the French equestrian tradition, and its knowledge such as in the Cadre Noir and its training regime in dressage is still recognised throughout the world. At the end of the Second World War the French cavalry mainly in a reconnaissance role by this point and armoured troops merged to form the Arme blind e et cavalerie ABC , with the cole de Saumur becoming the new branch s training centre. Commandants of the E.A.A.B.C. Date of entering post and surname Multicol ... establishments of France Category Training establishments of the French Army Category Armoured ... more details
Superteambox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image imagesiae caption team name The Cavalry publisher Marvel Comics debut Avengers The Initiative 12 mentioned , 18 shown creators base Georgia U. S. state Georgia , United States members memberlist subcat hero yes villain sortkey The Cavalry The Cavalry is a fictional character fictional superhero team appearing in books published by Marvel Comics , in particular those associated with The Avengers comics The Avengers . The group of heroes first appear as the official Georgia U. S. state Georgia Fifty State Initiative team and were created by Christos Gage and Stefano Caselli . Publication history The Cavalry begins as one of the superhero teams under the Fifty State Initiative , a government plan enacted following the conclusion of the 2006 2007 Civil War comic book Civil War storyline. Thor Girl , one of the team members, is revealed to be a Skrull impostor during the 2008 Secret Invasion storyline. ref name ATI18 During the 2011 Fear Itself comics Fear Itself storyline, the Cavalry minus Crime Buster stops a holdup in Atlanta right before they are summoned to a meeting by Prodigy Ritchie Gilmore Prodigy regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth. ref Fear Itself Youth In Revolt 1 ref Members Ultra Girl ref The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A Z hardcover Volume 5 October 2008 ref Thor Girl ref name CG4 cite web url http forums.comicbookresources.com showpost.php?p 8327002&postcount 64 title Christos Gage author Comments accessdate 2009 01 31 work comicbookresources.com forums ref Crimebuster Marvel Comics Crime Buster III ref name ATI18 Avengers The Initiative 18 ref Stuntmaster comics Stunt Master ref name ATI18 Red Nine ref name ATI21 Avengers The Initiative 21 ref References Reflist Initiative Category Marvel Comics superhero teams Marvel hero stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Image 75untitled.JPG thumb Unit Crest for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Clearly visible in the image the Armoured Fist , clenching a pair of lightning bolts The armoured fist is the symbol of Armoured warfare armoured cavalry . This derives from the fact that armoured cavalry are good for putting stress on a single point until the line breaks. This should not be confused with the American hand signal for halt or the commonwealth hand signal for strongarm . An example an armoured fist is incorporated into the crest of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps . The armoured fist s interponent is the infantry s crossed swords. DEFAULTSORT Armoured Fist Category Cavalry ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2009 File BundeswehrFennek.jpg 250px thumb A Fennek armoured reconnaissance vehicle of the German Army . Armoured reconnaissance is terrestrial reconnaissance by soldiers in reconnaissance vehicle s. The mission of armoured reconnaissance is to gather intelligence about the enemy. Armoured reconnaissance units Australia In the Australian Army the main reconnaissance vehicle is the ASLAV ... Cavalry Patrol Vehicle, aka the Regional Force Surveillance Vehicle, which is a variant of the Land Rover Perentie . Armoured reconnaissance regiments in the Australian Army Regular Australian 2nd Cavalry Regiment 2nd Cavalry Regiment 2nd 14th Light Horse Regiment Queensland Mounted Infantry Reserve ... Army has two armoured reconnaissance regiments 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles Guides 2nd 4th Regiment Mounted Rifles Canada In the Canadian Army, each Regular Force armoured regiment maintains both tank ... blind du Canada are recce heavy regiments. All armoured regiments in the Reserve Force are roled as armoured recce. Armoured reconnaissance regiments in the Reserve Force. The Governor General s Horse ... one armoured recce battalion in the Danish army. 3rd Battalion, III GHR Guard Hussar Regiment ... five reconnaissance bataillons and five independent companies Armoured Reconnaissance Aufkl rungslehrkompanie ... with communication, maintenance and transport. 2. armoured reconnaissance company The armoured ... Zealand Army only has one squadron that performs armoured reconnaissance. This is also the only reserve armoured squadron. 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles part of 6th Hauraki Battalion Group Sri Lanka The Sri Lanka Army has five recce regiments attached to the Sri Lanka Armoured ... one armoured recce regiment in the South African Army , and it is designated an armoured car reconnaissance ... One of the British CVR T variants FV101 Scorpion In the British Army armoured reconnaissance units ... of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked CVR T family. Some of the armoured regiments of the British ... more details
Armoured corps may refer to Armor Corps Israel I Armored Corps United States Pakistan Army Armoured Corps Indian Armoured Corps pre 1947 Indian Army Armoured Corps post 1947 Malaysian Royal Armoured Corps Rhodesian Armoured Corps Royal Armoured Corps Royal Australian Armoured Corps Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps Sri Lanka Armoured Corps See also Mechanized corps Soviet Tank corps Soviet disambig ... more details
Armoured catfish may refer to any of the following Loricariidae family The armoured suckermouth catfish, also known as suckermouth catfish, armoured catfish or simply plecs or plecos Callichthyidae family Armoured catfish, includes the genera Corydoras , sometimes referred to as armoured catfish Callichthys , known as the armoured catfish Callichthys callichthys , a species popular in the aquarium trade, common name armoured catfish The thorny catfishes Doradidae are also sometimes referred to as armoured catfish. Disambig Category Armored catfish Category Fish common names ... more details
in schools of thought. The French school proposed the armoured forces to be largely an infantry supporting arm, demanding heavily armoured tanks armed with infantry support guns, as well as cavalry tanks ... as cavalry replacements. As such, the UK and French infantry tanks were heavily armoured, and as a consequence slow, whereas British cavalry cruiser tanks were swift, and as a result poorly armoured ... Cavalryarmoured divisions Divisions Legeres M caniques or Mechanized Light Divisions , the only ... among the Infantry and Cavalry. Guderian, with the help of others, established the armoured combined ... at the Second Battle of El Alamein during World War II . history of war Armoured warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicle s in modern warfare . It is a major component of modern Military science methods of war . The premise of armoured warfare rests on the ability of troops to penetrate conventional Defense military defensive lines through use of Maneuver warfare manoeuvre by armoured units. Much of the application of armoured warfare depends on the use of tank s and related ... , as well as mounted combat engineers and other support units. The doctrine of armoured warfare ... battle outcomes in military strategy . WW I Prior to World War I, horse mounted cavalry performed ... occupation of the flanks of armies, leading to closed front military front s, made cavalry too vulnerable for this task. Modern armoured warfare began with the need to break the tactical, operational ... cavalry. Tanks were first developed in Britain, as a way of navigating the barbed wire and other ... World War, the technical and doctrinal aspects of armoured warfare became more sophisticated and diverged ... and sappers to replace horse mounted cavalry. These self contained motorised detachments would depend ... during the previous century. Both doctrines were faced with the reality during the 1920s that the armoured ... armoured car s, a battalion of 48 Vickers Medium Mark I Vickers medium tanks , a motorised machine ... more details
class wikitable align right style margin 1em 0em 1em 1em Armoured buses Image RhinoRunner.JPG thumb center Rhino Runner armoured bus of the US military Image Jochukeibi.jpg thumb center Armoured police bus Image Armoured buses.jpg thumb center Armoured school bus es in Israel File Havlagah bus during 1936 1939 Arab revolt British Mandate of Palestine.jpg thumb center Armoured bus serving Jewish population of Palestine during 1936 1939 Arab Revolt An armoured bus or armored bus is a type of bus which provides increased protection for passengers, usually against small arms and improvised explosive device s. The bus can be a stock commercial bus with retro fitted vehicle armour as well as bulletproof glass , or a specially built Armored car military military armoured vehicle . Lighter armoured buses are also used for prisoner transport . History During World War 1 LGOC B type buses fitted with convert 2 in mm adj mid thick planks to provide some protection were used to move troops behind the lines. ref cite book last Livesey first Jack title Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Would Wars I and II year 2007 publisher Southwater isbn 9781844763702 pages p.84 ref Temsa , a Turkish bus manufacturer, made the world s first armoured passenger bus. Citation needed date December 2009 The bus was displayed at the 9th International Defence Industry Fair IDEF 09 . The bus was tested in Germany with bombs and multiple calibres of ammunition. Armored buses weigh considerably more than ordinary buses ... bus shortage 1.77425 Interim solution worked out for armored bus shortage ref Use of armoured buses In Israel, the use of armoured school buses is mandatory due to drive by shooting , suicide ... Merkavim company profile ref See also Non military armored vehicles Non military armoured vehicles Armoured personnel carrier Police vehicle List of buses References reflist Commons category Armoured buses Buses Category Types of buses Category Armoured vehicles ja ... more details
Taxobox name Armoured flathead image Hoplichthys haswelli Armoured flathead .gif image caption Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Hoplichthyidae genus Hoplichthys species H. haswelli binomial Hoplichthys haswelli binomial authority McCulloch, 1907 The armoured flathead or deepsea flathead , Hoplichthys haswelli , is a ghost flathead of the family biology family Hoplichthyidae , found in the southwest Pacific Ocean , at depths between 140 and 700 m. Its length is up to 43 cm. References FishBase species genus Hoplichthys species haswelli month May year 2006 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand , William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982 ISBN 0 00 216987 8 Category Hoplichthyidae nl Hoplichthys haswelli ... more details
For the 1927 play by Vsevolod Ivanov Armoured Train 14 69 Refimprove date November 2008 Image Pancierovy vlak Zvolen.jpg thumb 300px The Armored train Hurban Hurban Armoured train located in Zvolen, Slovakia ... An armoured train is a train protected with vehicle armour armour . They are usually equipped with railroad ... more flexibility, and because armoured trains were too vulnerable to track sabotage as well as attacks from the air. However, the Russia Russian Federation used improvised armoured trains in the Second ... r.jpg thumb right A Poland Polish armoured train, the Danuta armoured train Danuta in 1939. From the left artillery wagon, infantry assault wagon, armoured locomotive, artillery wagon Image Drezyna pancerna typu TKS.jpg thumb right A TKS tankette used as an armoured reconnaissance draisine , an attempt to overcome one of the inflexibilities of the armoured train being limited to the Rail tracks track The railroad cars on an armoured train were designed for many tasks. Typical roles included ... to various metal plates, cement and sandbag s were used in some cases for ad hoc armoured trains. Armoured trains were sometimes escorted by a kind of rail tank called a draisine . One such example was the Littorina armoured trolley which had a cab in the front and rear, each with a control set ... MG13 machine gun turrets from Panzer I light tanks. History Origins Image Armoured train South Africa 1914 Project Gutenberg eText 18334.jpg thumb An armoured train at Bloemfontein , South Africa , circa ... I Armoured trains saw use during the 19th century in the American Civil War 1861 1865 , the Franco Prussian ... intensive use of armoured trains was during the Russian Civil War 1918 1920 . During the Boer War, Winston Churchill , then a war correspondent, was travelling aboard an armoured train on 15 November ... armoured trains were used by Russia during the Russo Japanese War . ref name Zaloga24 cite book ... Wagon pancerny s.jpg thumb left upright Austria Hungary An Austro Hungarian armoured train from 1915 ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Armoured Angel image caption image size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels. Set the value as a number without px . background group or band alias origin Canberra , Australia genre Thrash metal br Death ... Green br Yuri Ward br Steve Luff br Rick Wayy br Dave Davis br Tony Sheaffe br Rowan Powell Armoured ... artist p649278 biography author Eduardo Rivadavia title Armoured Angel Biography publisher ... metal festival, Metal For The Brain . History Armoured Angel was formed in 1982 as Metal Asylum ... author Scott title Armoured Angel A Historic Interview year 2008 journal Fallout Magazine volume 9 ... renaming the band in Armoured Angel the first line up 1984 was completetd with Dave Davis Drum kit ... Green drums, vocals and Matt Green guitar in 1987. Armoured Angel recorded a second demo titled Wings ... label CCG in 1991. Both the Wings of Death and Communion demos featured Armoured Angel in a very ... damaged and permanently disabled. The group continued to organise the festival until 1996. Armoured ... Joke produced the band s first full length release, recorded in Sydney in 1996. Armoured Angel ... as a pre production demo. ref name fallout Lucy reformed Armoured Angel in 1998 with guitarist vocalist ... length album showed Armoured Angel returning to their earlier thrash roots while still heavily in the death ... of Armoured Angel could not be repeated, and the band split again in 1999 after Luff decided to leave ... Green Green line up s material will be released at an undisclosed future date. In late 2007, Armoured ... info References Reflist External links http www.myspace.com armouredangelofficial Armoured Angel official MySpace http www.myspace.com armouredangelfanpage Armoured Angel fanpage MySpace http www.stigmartyrrecords.com ... DEFAULTSORT Angel, Armoured Category Musical groups established in 1984 Category Musical groups ... metal musical groups Category Australian death metal musical groups de Armoured Angel nl Armoured ... more details
Superherobox image caption comic color character name Armoured Gideon real name publisher IPC Media Fleetway to 1999, thereafter Rebellion Developments debut 2000 AD Prog 671 1990 in comics 1990 creators John Tomlinson comics John Tomlinson alliance color status alliances previous alliances Armoured Jerubaal aliases relatives powers Variety of weapons designed specifically to counter the dead. Armoured Gideon is a comics character and their eponym ous story who first appeared in British comics British science fiction anthology 2000 AD comic 2000 AD . The stories were written by John Tomlinson comics John Tomlinson , with art by Simon Jacob . Fictional character biography Armoured Gideon is a robot created by a race known as The Silent Ones to prevent evil beings escaping from a parallel dimension to that of Earth s. Gideon is armed with a wide variety of weaponry to destroy anything it finds trying to escape the dimension known as The Edge . When Gideon attacks, he does so uttering the word Annihilate Other major characters A counterpart to Gideon was created called Armoured Jerubaal. Jerubaal was meant to carry out the same task as Gideon using its own catch phrase, Obliterate , but disabled Gideon to win the favour of their creators, The Silent Ones, by guarding The Edge itself. Jerubaal was however, overcome by the beings inhabiting The Edge and buried on Earth. When it re emerged in Gideon s debut story, damaged heavily and bent on revenge, Gideon came to Earth and destroyed it. Gideon was pursued and disabled once more by photographer Frank Weitz, once again in the debut story. Beings from The Edge are invisible to photographic film, but Frank is in possession of psychic ... Online thrill zone Bot generated title ref Armoured Gideon by John Tomlinson comics John Tomlinson and Simon Jacob Armoured Gideon in 2000 AD 671 681, 1990, reprinted in Extreme Edition 23, 2007 Starhavon s Edge in 2000AD Sci Fi Special 1990 No, No, Nanette in 2000 AD 722, 1991 Armoured Gideon Book ... more details
Taxobox name Armoured Frog status CR status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref Jean Marc Hero, Michael Cunningham, Ross Alford, Keith McDonald 2004. Litoria lorica. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . IUCNlink 12156 Downloaded on 08 January 2009. ref image regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Amphibia ordo Anura familia Hylidae genus Litoria species L. lorica binomial Litoria lorica binomial authority Davies and McDonald, 1979 synonyms Pengilleyia lorica br small Wells and Wellington, 1985 small range map Litoria Lorica range.PNG range map caption Distribution of the Armoured Frog, pre 2008 rediscovery The Armoured Frog or Armoured Mistfrog , Litoria lorica , is a species of tree frog that is in the Torrent Frog complex Litoria nannotis , a group that is restricted to north eastern Queensland, Australia . Distribution This species was known from four localities Alexandra Creek, Hilda Creek Cape Tribulation NP , Roaring Meg Cascades and Mossman, Queensland Mossman Bluff Creek Daintree National Park Daintree NP , north eastern Queensland&mdash between convert 640 and 1000 m ft in altitude&mdash and the historical extent of the species only was convert 120 km2 sqmi . It was not seen between 1991 and 2008, when a small population that had been rediscovered was confirmed to be of this species. ref http de.news.yahoo.com ap 20080911 twl seltene froschart in australien wied 1be00ca.html ref ref http www.cnn.com 2008 TECH science 09 11 frog.extinct.ap index.html Extinct Frogs Survive Devastating Fungus ref Physical description L. lorica is a small tree frog , growing up to convert 37 mm in in length. It is grey or grey brown on the dorsal ... endangered armoured mistfrog Environmental Protection Agency Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Armoured MistFrog http www.deh.gov.au cgi bin sprat public publicspecies.pl?taxon id 1841 Department of Environment and Heritage Armoured MistFrog http frogsaustralia.net.au frogs display.cfm?frog ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 The term cavalry wing in military history was used to refer to the cavalry units positioned on either of the army Flanking maneuver flanks when deployed for battle , predominantly during the period from the Middle Ages to the French Revolutionary Wars . In the British Army the term also referred to The British Cavalry Wing, an administrative division of the army that grouped horse mounted cavalry units until amalgamation with the Royal Tank Corps on 4 April 1939 to create the Royal Armoured Corps . References Category Cavalry ... more details
in the region. By 600 BC armouredcavalry began seeing use, though it was not until the later ancient Greek era that true heavy cavalry emerged. Assyrian army Cavalry Assyrian cavalry during the reign ... to the very heavily armouredcavalry of earlier days. However, the traditional view is that after ... force across Asia and Eastern Europe until the armouredcavalry of the Egypt ian Mamelukes ... in Sub Saharan Africa relied heavily on armouredcavalry, playing a similar role to that in Medieval .... Armouredcavalry, in which both soldier and steed are clad in complete armour, were employed since ... of lighter armed cavalry and infantry increased and that of the armouredcavalry decreased, the horse armours were seldom used. However, armouredcavalry were again used by the Song dynasty ... evidence of armouredcavalry is a mural painting drawn in the mid 4th century A.D., Koguryo ... began to carry two handed flails along with bows. Renaissance to 20th century Armouredcavalry ...File Ottoman Mamluk horseman circa 1550.jpg thumb Ottoman Empire Ottoman Mamluk heavy cavalry, circa ... plate armour and heavy lances. Heavy cavalry is a class of cavalry ref p.490, Lynn ref ... s, or battle axe s. History of heavy cavalry Antiquity File BattleofIssus333BC mosaic detail1.jpg thumb right 200px Alexander the Great on horseback. Although some form of cavalry had been in use ... how this early heavy cavalry operated and performed. Persians see also Sassanid army Cataphract ... cavalry known as cataphract . During the time of Achaemenid Empire Achaemenid Persia cavalry was the elite ... cavalry Hetairoi due to their lack of long lances and Alexander s superior tactics. The Parthian Empire of Ancient Iran marks an early recorded utilization of armored cavalry in warfare, and are specifically ... s. These had a distinct role from ordinary heavy cavalry and were primarily used as an elite assault ... armoured cavalryman, from the Sassanid empire, at Taq i Bostan, near Kermanshah , Iran 4th century ... more details
, whilst still in the process of being equipped with armoured cars, 3rd Cavalry now part of the 11th ...Other uses Third Cavalry disambiguation Third Cavalry Infobox military unit unit name 3rd Cavalry abbreviation image caption dates 1922 1946 country British India allegiance British Crown branch British Indian Army type Cavalry role size Regiment command structure Indian Cavalry Corps equipment Horse ... Malaya 1941 42 The 3rd Cavalry was a regular cavalry Regiment in the British Indian Army formed from the 5th and 8th Cavalry regiments in 1922. The which served on the North West Frontier Province 1901 1955 North West Frontier and during World War I and World War II . Early history The 3rd Cavalry was formed from two older Regiments the 7th Irregular Cavalry which was raised in 1841 at Bareilly and the 17th Cavalry which was raised at Sultanpur Disambiguation needed date June 2011 in 1846. ref ... ref Often re designated, by the turn of the century they were called 5th Cavalry Indian Army 5th Cavalry and 8th Lancers . The two regiments serving in India and abroad, saw action in Afghanistan ... 18. they were amalgamated in 1922, ref name india post to form the 5th 8th Cavalry, re designated in 1923 as 3rd Cavalry, which was amongst the first Regiments to be Indianised. ref name india post 5th Cavalry Raised at Bareilly in 1841 as a result of the First Afghan War the regiment also served in the Second Afghan War between 1878 1880. Like all the regiments of the Indian Army, the 5th Cavalry ... Cavalry 1861 5th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry 1901 5th Bengal Cavalry 1903 5th Cavalry. World War I At the start of World War I the 5th Cavalry was part of the 4th Rawalpindi Infantry Brigade in October .... 1846 17th Irregular Cavalry 1847 18th Irregular Cavalry 1861 8th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry 1900 8th ... Malaya 1941 42 . ref name india post ref name india post British Indian Army Cavalry Regiments 1903 ... Uniforms of the late 19th Century Category British Indian Army cavalry regiments Category ... more details
3rd Cavalry , 3d Cavalry , Third Cavalry are cavalry unit designations 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment United States 3rd Cavalry 3rd Cavalry Division 3rd Madras Cavalry 3rd Cavalry Division United States IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade 3rd 4th Cavalry Regiment Australia 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division United States Third Colorado Cavalry 3rd Arkansas Cavalry 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry 3rd Regiment Indiana Cavalry 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry 3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry 3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment dab ... more details
been converted to motorized and armoured units, but they retained their cavalry traditions. In addition ... to armoured units, while Polish units on the Eastern Front used cavalry as mobile infantry until ... 1. batalion czo g w of 15th Greater Polish Brigade of ArmouredCavalry 15. Wielkopolskiej Brygady ... Uhlans Regiment File Pomnik Jazdy Polskiej 1.jpg thumb Monument in Warsaw 1000 years of Polish cavalry ... durning World War II The Polish cavalry lang pl jazda, kawaleria, konnica can trace its origins ... and mounted forces operate well in this environment. The knights and heavy horse cavalry gradually ... influenced western warfare and military science. This article details the evolution of Polish cavalry ... and m l e weapon s. Early medieval times The first polish cavalry was created by the Duke of Polans ... of the finest examples of usage of the early Polish cavalry was the Battle of Grunwald of 1410. During the battle, the Polish armouredcavalry was used to break through the Teutonic Order Teutonic lines. In addition, the Polish forces were helped by Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lithuanian light cavalry ..., after initial clashes of the light cavalry, the Teutonic Order split its forces, which were then defeated by an armouredcavalry charge. 16th and 17th centuries In the 16th century the introduction of gunpowder and firearm s made the medieval armouredcavalry obsolete. The standing army of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth was gradually converted to other, more modern forms of cavalry. Under ..., which added to the successes of the Polish cavalry in numerous wars against Muscovy , Ottomans ... in Poland. Being far more manoeuvrable than the Towarzysz pancerny heavily armoured lancers previously ... style lancers in the Polish army, and they now formed the bulk of the Polish cavalry. Over the course ... almost unchanged until they were absorbed into the National Cavalry regiments in 1770s. At first hussars performed most services but as they grew heavier the need arose for a medium or lighter cavalry ... more details
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of a Polybian legion and presumably confederate cavalry also was armoured and specialised in the shock ... cavalry were heavily armoured shock cavalry, used to the rudimentary tactic of charging. This, however ... including 3,000 cataphracti Parthian style heavily armouredcavalry then wheeled and assisted the legions ...File Roman Cavalry 2.jpg thumb Re enactor as Roman cavalryman Roman cavalry Latin language Latin equites .... Early cavalry to ca. 338 BC Romulus supposedly established a cavalry regiment of 300 men called ... a centuria century company of 100 men , This cavalry regiment was supposedly doubled in size ..., Servius Tullius also established a further 12 centuriae of cavalry. ref Livy I.43 ref But this is unlikely, as it would have increased the cavalry to 1,800 horse, implausibly large compared to 8,400 infantry in peninsular Italy, cavalry typically constituted about 8 of a field army . ref Based on figures in Polybius II.24 ref This is confirmed by the fact that in the early Republic the cavalry ... question is whether the royal cavalry was drawn exclusively from the ranks of the Patrician ancient ..., Cornell considers the supporting evidence tenuous. ref Cornell 1995 250 ref Since the cavalry was probably ... Cornell 1995 238, 446 note 32 ref However, the patrician monopoly on the cavalry seems to have ended ... needs of the cavalry. It is widely agreed that the new centuriae were open to non patricians, on the basis ... extant account of the Republic, Roman cavalry was originally unarmoured, wearing only a tunic and armed .... ref Polybius I. ref Republican cavalry 338 88 BC Recruitment As their name implies, the equites were liable to cavalry service in the Polybian legion. Equites originally provided a legion s entire cavalry contingent, although from an early stage, when equites numbers had become insufficient, large ... of the Second Punic War, it is likely that all members of the First Class served in the cavalry, since ... Each Polybian legion contained a cavalry contingent of 300 horse, which does not appear ... more details
are typical Household Cavalry regiments, employing armoured vehicles for combat duties and equestrian ... the Household Cavalry Regiment Armoured Regiment stationed at Combermere Barracks in Windsor, Berkshire ... in Whitehall , London, wearing traditional Jackboots and Cuirass The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Division s, a country ... refers to the Household Cavalry of the British Army . The British Household Cavalry is made up ... Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment . The two regiments are also stationed at Combermere barracks ... The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiment s the Life ... Wolfe . Every cavalry regiment in the Army, other than the Blues, and the Royal Horse Guards , originally ... cavalry Hyde Park.jpg thumb right Life Guards performing ceremonial drills on both horseback and with vehicles in London s Hyde Park. The Household Cavalry as a whole is split into two different units ... regiments. Like other Cavalry formations, the Household Cavalry is divided into regiments battalion sized units and Squadron cavalry squadrons Company military unit company sized sub units . The whole corps is under the command of the Commander Household Cavalry formerly Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Household Cavalry , who also holds the Royal Household appointment of Silver Stick in Waiting ... Commander is Colonel S H Cowan RHG D The first unit is the Household Cavalry Regiment HCR . It has an active operational role as a Formation Reconnaissance Regiment , serving in armoured fighting ... of the Royal Armoured Corps , and forms one of five formation reconnaissance regiments in the British ... to undertake special tasks as the Sovereign s personal troops. The Household Cavalry were called ... the Colour The second unit is the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment HCMR , which is horsed and carries ... . The rank names and insignia of non commissioned officer s in the Household Cavalry are unique in the British ... more details
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