Cavalry

Cavalry was a type of soldier that typically traveled and fought from horseback.
Cavalry units had the speed and mobility to attack enemy troops behind the lines and avoid capture in a tactic known as cavalry raid. ()
The Colt .45 was a cavalry pistol invented by Colt Firearms in 1873. ()
The US 7th Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit of the United States Army. ()
In 2267, while on Capella IV, Captain Kirk commented that the "cavalry doesn't come over the hill in the nick of time anymore", when he couldn't reach the to call for help. ()
When aboard the Krayton in 2366, William T. Riker told Lwaxana Troi to keep DaiMon Tog occupied while he called the cavalry (meaning the ). ()
Similarly, in 2373 Captain Janeway ordered Harry Kim to "send in the cavalry", which meant creating false echoes of ten s to distract attacking Kazon ships. ()
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