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cavalry
📅 Updated:2026-06-26
🕒 Created:2026-06-25
🆔 ID:106100
Description
A cavalry is a type of army (ground force) unit who specialize in speed and mobility. In ancient times this role was occupied by horseback or chariot riders. In modern times light-to-medium combat vehicles are considered as cavalry.
In fiction the definition goes beyond ground-based mounted units and can also refer to the air force's flying creatures (dragon riders, griffin riders, etc.) and the navy's swimming creatures (seahorse riders, whale riders, etc.)
Types
- Dragoon - Infantry that use mounts more as transport than for direct fighting.
- Heavy Cavalry - Armored frontline cavalry. These are your knights and cataphracts.
- Fictional Cavalry - Cavalry types that only exist in works of fiction.
- Cat Rider - Cavalry who ride felids into battles. (Example: He-Man and his mount Cringer)
- Dolphin/Whale Rider - Naval cavalry units who ride cetaceans into battles.
- Dragon Rider - Air force cavalry units who ride dragons into battles.
- Griffin Rider - Air force cavalry units who ride griffins into battles.
- Lancer - Cavalry who fights with lances (a type of spear).
- Light Cavalry - Their job is to outflank or outmaneuver the enemy as well as scouting.
- Missile Cavalry - Cavalry that uses ranged weapons while on horseback or on a vehicle.
