Camel cavalry

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Camel cavalry is, most generally, armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes they also fight from camelback.

Camel cavalry was quite common in deserts, such as the Sahara, because horses, although they were much more reliable, could not survive in the hot climate of the desert as well as the camel could. The smell of the camel, according to folklore, alarms and disorientates horses, making camels an effective anti-cavalry weapon. For this purpose Emperor Claudius brought a detachment of camel cavalry as part of his invasion force for conquering Britain. The camel was used in this way by many civilizations, primarily Arabia, and are still in use today by armies and rebels in the region on some occasions.