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The Brazilian cavalry is one of the branches that make up the Brazilian Army. It operates in armored vehicles and, like the infantry, has the role of directly confronting the enemy, but with distinct missions such as reconnaissance and vanguard. It is organized into regiments and squadrons, which are equivalent to the infantry's battalions and companies. The main kinds of cavalry are tank (using the Leopard 1 and M60), mechanized (with wheeled vehicles — EE-9 Cascavel, EE-11 Urutu and VBTP-MR Guarani), armored (with tracked vehicles — tanks and the M-113) and guard (on horseback).

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  • The Brazilian cavalry is one of the branches that make up the Brazilian Army. It operates in armored vehicles and, like the infantry, has the role of directly confronting the enemy, but with distinct missions such as reconnaissance and vanguard. It is organized into regiments and squadrons, which are equivalent to the infantry's battalions and companies. The main kinds of cavalry are tank (using the Leopard 1 and M60), mechanized (with wheeled vehicles — EE-9 Cascavel, EE-11 Urutu and VBTP-MR Guarani), armored (with tracked vehicles — tanks and the M-113) and guard (on horseback). Brazil has had cavalry on horseback since the colonial period, standing out in the South. It had different forms and origins, such as the social elite in the Milícias and Ordenanças, the Regular Regiment of Cavalry of Minas, the peon militias on Brazil's southern borders and the Guarani and German Lancers. Officers from Rio Grande do Sul preferred the cavalry branch during the Empire of Brazil era and in the Realengo Military School (1912–1945), among them the patron of the cavalry Manuel Luís Osório (1808–1879), who distinguished himself during the Paraguayan War. Material difficulties hampered the maintenance of horses during campaigns. Horses became obsolete in the 20th century world wars, being replaced in industrialized countries by motorized, mechanized and armored forces. In Brazil the process was lengthy, and traditionalists argued that the national economy and infrastructure were insufficient to sustain full mechanization. In the 50's and 60's mechanized forces coexisted with horses. Only during the 1970s reforms the war industry had developed enough to retire horses. As in some other countries, the change did not extinguish the cavalry branch: its armored vehicles have capabilities and roles similar to those of horses, while the traditions of the cavalrymen remain in part inherited from the horseback period. Since then, its technological level depends on the acquisition of new generations of vehicles. As in neighboring countries, it isn't of the latest generation. Most of its regiments are grouped into five brigades, four in the South and one in the Central-West region. Infantry brigades also have some cavalry forces, including specialized squadrons — parachute, airmobile and jungle squadrons. A division-based organization lasted from the 1921 reform until the 1970s, when it gave way to the current brigades, each with, in addition to cavalry, artillery, engineering and logistics forces. Four cavalry brigades are mechanized, with mechanized and armored regiments, and one is armored, with tank regiments and armored infantry battalions. (en)
  • A cavalaria do Brasil é uma das armas que compõem seu Exército. Opera em veículos blindados e tal como a infantaria, confronta diretamente o inimigo, porém, com missões distintas tal como o reconhecimento e a vanguarda. É organizada em regimentos e esquadrões, equivalentes aos batalhões e companhias da infantaria. Seus principais tipos são os de carros de combate (Leopard 1 e M60), mecanizados (com veículos sobre rodas — EE-9 Cascavel, EE-11 Urutu e VBTP-MR Guarani), blindados (com veículos sobre lagartas — carros de combate e M-113) e de guarda (a cavalo). Seu efetivo serve nas tripulações dos veículos ou como fuzileiros embarcados, que podem também combater a pé. O Brasil tem a cavalaria hipomóvel, isto é, a cavalo, desde o período colonial, destacando-se no Sul. Ela teve diversas formas e origens, como a elite social nas Milícias e Ordenanças, o Regimento Regular de Cavalaria de Minas, de caráter policial, as milícias de peões na fronteira gaúcha e os Lanceiros Guaranis e Alemães. Oficiais gaúchos preferiam a Arma no Brasil Império e na Escola Militar do Realengo (1912–1945), entre eles o patrono Manuel Luís Osório (1808–1879), que se destacou durante a Guerra do Paraguai. A manutenção dos cavalos era dificultada em campanha por deficiências materiais. Os cavalos tornaram-se obsoletos nas guerras mundiais do século XX, sendo substituídos nos países industrializados por forças motorizadas, mecanizadas e blindadas. No Brasil o processo foi demorado, e tradicionalistas argumentavam que a economia e infraestrutura nacionais eram insuficientes para sustentar a mecanização total. Nos anos 50 e 60 as forças mecanizadas conviveram com as hipomóveis. Somente nas reformas dos anos 70 a indústria bélica era desenvolvida o suficiente para aposentar os cavalos. Como em alguns outros países, a mudança não extinguiu a arma: as capacidades e missões dos blindados são semelhantes às dos equinos, enquanto as tradições dos cavalarianos permanecem em parte herdadas do uso do cavalo. Desde então seu nível tecnológico depende da aquisição de novas gerações de veículos. Como nos países vizinhos, eles não são de última geração. A maioria desses corpos estão agrupados em cinco brigadas, quatro no Sul do país e uma no Centro-Oeste. As brigadas de infantaria também contam com algumas forças de cavalaria, incluindo esquadrões especializados — paraquedista, aeromóvel e de selva. A organização à base de divisões vigorou da reforma de 1921 até ao redor dos anos 70, quando deu lugar às atuais brigadas, cada qual contando, além da cavalaria, com forças de artilharia, engenharia e logística. Quatro brigadas de cavalaria são mecanizadas, com regimentos mecanizados e blindados, e uma é blindada, com regimentos de carros de combate e batalhões de infantaria blindada. (pt)
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  • General Almério de Castro Neves (en)
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  • One day, the vertiginous progress of our country will lead us to carry out, with mechanized vehicles, the traditional missions that Osório and Andrade Neves did on horseback. However, this will only be possible when the Brazilian panorama changes through the transformation of the physical environment by man, that is, when our engines, powered by our oil, travel along real roads to any point in the country. Only then can we think of suppressing the horse. (en)
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  • A Cavalaria Hipomóvel Brasileira na Época Atual (en)
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  • Cavalry (en)
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  • Brazilian Cavalry (en)
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  • The Brazilian cavalry is one of the branches that make up the Brazilian Army. It operates in armored vehicles and, like the infantry, has the role of directly confronting the enemy, but with distinct missions such as reconnaissance and vanguard. It is organized into regiments and squadrons, which are equivalent to the infantry's battalions and companies. The main kinds of cavalry are tank (using the Leopard 1 and M60), mechanized (with wheeled vehicles — EE-9 Cascavel, EE-11 Urutu and VBTP-MR Guarani), armored (with tracked vehicles — tanks and the M-113) and guard (on horseback). (en)
  • A cavalaria do Brasil é uma das armas que compõem seu Exército. Opera em veículos blindados e tal como a infantaria, confronta diretamente o inimigo, porém, com missões distintas tal como o reconhecimento e a vanguarda. É organizada em regimentos e esquadrões, equivalentes aos batalhões e companhias da infantaria. Seus principais tipos são os de carros de combate (Leopard 1 e M60), mecanizados (com veículos sobre rodas — EE-9 Cascavel, EE-11 Urutu e VBTP-MR Guarani), blindados (com veículos sobre lagartas — carros de combate e M-113) e de guarda (a cavalo). Seu efetivo serve nas tripulações dos veículos ou como fuzileiros embarcados, que podem também combater a pé. (pt)
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