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{{Define specific type
| type = Mounted
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A '''mounted brigade''' was a formation of [[mounted]] troops that usually consisted of three or four units of one of the following types:

* [[Cavalry regiment]]
* [[Mounted infantry regiment]]
* [[Light horse regiment]]
* [[Camel battalion]]
* [[Cyclist battalion]]

It could also include:

* a [[machine gun squadron]]
* a [[mounted field ambulance]]
* a [[signal troop]]
* a [[field troop]] (engineers)
* a [[horse artillery battery]]
* an [[ammunition column]]

== British Empire ==

=== Australian Army ===

Mounted brigades were known as Light Horse Brigades and contained [[light horse regiment]]s.

[[:Category:Australian light horse brigades]] lists brigades that have pages.

=== British Army ===

Brigades of the regular cavalry were known as Cavalry Brigades. Brigades of the yeomanry were known as Mounted Brigades. This site treats them as the same type.

{{Cite TLLT|http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/definitions-of-units/what-was-a-cavalry-brigade/|What was a Cavalry Brigade?}} gives the establishment of a British cavalry brigade.

[[:Category:British cavalry and mounted brigades]] lists all cavalry, mounted, cyclist and camel brigades that have pages on this site.

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		+	Some Indian brigades were titled Cavalry Brigades and some Mounted Brigades but there was little difference in practice. [[:Category:Indian cavalry and mounted brigades]] lists all cavalry and mounted brigades that have pages on this site.

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 * a [[field troop]] (engineers)
 * a [[horse artillery battery]]
-* an [[ammunition column]]
+* a [[horse artillery ammunition column]]
 == British Empire ==