War horse (disambiguation)

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War horse, Warhorse, or War horses can refer to:

• Horses in Warfare used in combat and battle throughout history.
• The medieval knights' horses Destrier, Courser or Rouncey
• Cavalry, the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback, or mounted soldiers collectively. The predecessors of motorized, armored units of a military force organized for maximum mobility.
• Horses in the Middle Ages, generally, the war horses being the best-known.
• Chariot horses, used to pull chariots in ancient warfare.
• The Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 (HMH-465), nicknamed Warhorse.
• War horse can be an informal term for an overused standard of the musical repertory, usually a 19th-century symphonic work, dependable but somewhat threadbare from familiarity, such as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
• It can also be said affectionately of a person; Robert E. Lee is said to have referred to James Longstreet as his Old War Horse. When used in this sense, the term often implies that the recipient is dependable, if a bit lacking in imagination.