[Canadian Army]

Originally Posted by Targan

James, I just thought of an appendix you could include in your PDF for cavalry operations in Thailand, Vietnam and some other parts of SE Asia and the Sub-Continent - elephant-mounted forces! Not as easy as horses to obtain, train, care for and feed but imagine the shock value. And it's a damn sight harder to shoot a mahout's mount out from under him than a horse cavalryman's.

Granted, it's a limited geographic area that elephant cavalry could be found in, but there have been a few discussions over the years about campaigns set in SE Asia. Imagine a group of foot or truck mounted infantrymen facing down a troop of the Royal Thai Elephant Cataphract Corps! I'd be fetching my brown trousers.

In Challenge #52; Going on Safari it has the following unit:

1st Alternative Cavalry Regiment
This unit was formally organized in May of 2000. What makes it unique is that instead of relying on tanks and APCs for transportation, members of the first rides elephants. The elephants, originally belonging to the Bishop Brothers Circus, were set free in Bellingham, Washington in late 1999 when the crew and performers fled into the countryside. Many of the animals died in the interning months. Roberts found the elephants grazing in a field in April and rounded them up with the aid of an infantry platoon subordinate to the 47th Infantry Division. In May Roberts went to the divisional HQ with his idea for an elephant-borne "cavalry" unit-and was surprised to find his idea readily accepted. Roberts was given command of the 1st Alternative Cavalry Regiment. Including leaders, the regiment consists of 45 members (20 Veteran, 15 Experienced and 10 Novice NPCs).