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The British Army’s new secret weapon: Stealth horses

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BY MARK WORGAN The British Army???s new stealth weapon is an old one in some new kit - camouflaged cavalry horses. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment has been testing how horses and traditional cavalry skills could be used in future military operations - and decking out an animal in a specially made camouflage outfit. Soldiers carried out a series of trials during the regiment's annual Summer Camp at Longmoor Training Area in Hampshire, examining the use of horses for reconnaissance, mobility across difficult terrain and concealment. One horse was fitted with his bespoke camouflage covering developed by Household Cavalry soldiers as part of experiments into concealment techniques for future operational environments. Major General James Bowder OBE, General Officer Commanding London District, inspected the trials. The exercise culminated in a 24-hour mounted navigation and reconnaissance challenge, designed to assess how effective horses could be in modern bat... </div> <div class= Read Entire Article
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