Flashcards: Military animals

William "Billy" Windsor I is a cashmere goat who served as a lance corporal in the 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, an infantry battalion of the British Army.

Military animals are domesticated animals that are used in warfare and other combat related activities.

The Oketz Unit (Hebrew: יחידת עוקץ‎‎, lit. sting), is the independent canine special forces (sayeret) unit of the Israel Defense Forces.

A horse archer, horsed archer, or mounted archer is a cavalryman armed with a bow, able to shoot while riding from horseback.

Brigadier Sir Nils Olav is a king penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland.

The first use of horses in warfare occurred over 5,000 years ago.

Simon (c. 1947 – 28 November 1949) was the ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst.

A war elephant is an elephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat.

Cher Ami (French for "dear friend", in the masculine) was a homing pigeon who had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.

Sergeant Stubby (July 21, 1916 – March 16, 1926), has been called the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be nominated for rank and then promoted to sergeant through combat, a claim having no official documentary evidence, but recognized in connection with an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution.

The PDSA Dickin Medal was instituted in 1943 in the United Kingdom by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in World War II.

War pigs are pigs reported to have been used in ancient warfare as a military animal, mostly as a countermeasure against war elephants.

Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States.

A pack animal or beast of burden is an individual or type of working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back, in contrast to draft animals which pull loads but do not carry them.

Lex (1999 – March 25, 2012) was the first active duty, fully fit military working dog to be granted early retirement in order to be adopted.

The ship's cat has been a common feature on many trading, exploration, and naval ships, and dates back to ancient times.

The Defence Animal Centre (DAC) is a training centre, based in Melton Mowbray, east Leicestershire, that trains animals (mainly dogs) for all three armed forces.