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8th Mountain Cazadores Company
The 8th Mountain Huntsmen Company ( es, Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 8) is a unit of the Argentine Army specialised in mountain warfare. The Company is based at based Puente del Inca, Mendoza Province. The name of the unit is "''Teniente 1ro Ibañez''". This unit is part of the 8th Mountain Infantry Brigade. The troops and soldiers of this unit wear a tan beret with unit insignia. See also *Mountain warfare Mountain warfare (also known as alpine warfare) is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. Mountain ranges are of strategic importance since they often act as a natural border, and may also be the origin of a water source (for example, t ... * 8th Mountain Infantry Brigade * Cazadores de Montaña External links Official websiteArgentine Infantry Official website8th Mountain Infantry Brigade Army units and formations of Argentina Mountain units and formations {{mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Army
The Argentine Army ( es, Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, exercising his or her command authority through the Minister of Defense. The Army's official foundation date is May 29, 1810 (celebrated in Argentina as the ''Army Day''), four days after the Spanish colonial administration in Buenos Aires was overthrown. The new national army was formed out of several pre-existing colonial militia units and locally manned regiments; most notably the Infantry Regiment "Patricios", which to this date is still an active unit. , the active element of the Argentine Army numbered some 70,600 military personnel. History Several armed expeditions were sent to the Upper Peru (now Bolivia), Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile to fight Spanish forces and secure Argentina's newly gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Warfare
Mountain warfare (also known as alpine warfare) is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. Mountain ranges are of strategic importance since they often act as a natural border, and may also be the origin of a water source (for example, the Golan Heights). Attacking a prepared enemy position in mountain terrain generally requires a greater ratio of attacking soldiers to defending soldiers than a war conducted on level ground. Mountains present natural hazards such as lightning, strong gusts of wind, rock falls, avalanches, snow packs, ice, extreme cold, and glaciers with their crevasses. The general uneven terrain and the slow pace of troop and material movement are all additional threats to combatants. Movement, reinforcements, and medical evacuation up and down steep slopes and areas where even pack animals cannot reach involves an enormous exertion of energy. History Second Punic War In 218 BC (DXXXVI a.u.c.) the Carthaginian army commander Hannibal marched troop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puente Del Inca
Puente del Inca (English "Bridge of the Inca"), is a natural arch that forms a bridge over the Las Cuevas River, a tributary of the Mendoza River. It is located near the small village of , in Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The nearby hot springs are also named Puente del Inca. While Puente del Inca has shown signs of deterioration, it remains stable under its weight under present conditions. Factors of safety ranging from 1.5 to 3.0 have been estimated for the arch. Formation Both glaciers and the hot springs were involved in the formation of the arch. During an ice age, glaciers would have expanded down throughout the entire valley; then, at the end of the ice age when the Earth began to warm up again, the retreating ice would have left behind massive piles of eroded debris. The water that flows from the hot springs is extremely rich in mineral content, to the point that it has been known to petrify small objects in a layer of minerals. Similarly, the pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendoza Province
Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic of Chile to the west; the international limit is marked by the Andes mountain range. Its capital city is the homonymous city of Mendoza. Covering an area of 148,827 km2, it is the seventh biggest province of Argentina with 5.35% of the country's total area. The population for 2010 is 1,741,610 inhabitants, which makes it the fourth most populated province of the country, or 4.35% of the total national population. History Pre-Columbian times Archeological studies have determined that the first inhabitants in the area date from the Holocene, but there are few remains of those people to know their habits. The earliest sites of human occupation in Mendoza Province, Agua de la Cueva and Gruta del Indio, are 12,000–13,000 years old. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Mountain Infantry Brigade
The 8th Mountain Infantry Brigade ( es, Brigada de Montaña 8/VIII) is a unit of the Argentine Army specialised in mountain warfare. The headquarters of the Brigade is based on Mendoza, Mendoza Province. Is formed by different types of mountain units: Order of battle *11th Mountain Infantry Regiment "''General Las Heras''", based at Tupungato, Mendoza Province. *16th Mountain Infantry Regiment "''Cazadores de Los Andes''", based at Uspallata, Mendoza Province. *22nd Mountain Infantry Regiment "''Teniente Coronel Juan Manuel Cabot''", based at El Marquesado, San Juan Province. *8th Mountain Cazadores Company "''Teniente 1ro Ibañez''", based at Puente del Inca, Mendoza Province. *15th Light Cavalry Regiment "''Libertador Simón Bolívar''", based at Campo de los Andes, Mendoza Province. *8th Mountain Artillery Group "''Coronel Regalado de la Plaza''", based at Uspallata, Mendoza Province. *7th Artillery Group, San Luis, San Luis Province San Luis () is a province of Argenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Warfare
Mountain warfare (also known as alpine warfare) is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. Mountain ranges are of strategic importance since they often act as a natural border, and may also be the origin of a water source (for example, the Golan Heights). Attacking a prepared enemy position in mountain terrain generally requires a greater ratio of attacking soldiers to defending soldiers than a war conducted on level ground. Mountains present natural hazards such as lightning, strong gusts of wind, rock falls, avalanches, snow packs, ice, extreme cold, and glaciers with their crevasses. The general uneven terrain and the slow pace of troop and material movement are all additional threats to combatants. Movement, reinforcements, and medical evacuation up and down steep slopes and areas where even pack animals cannot reach involves an enormous exertion of energy. History Second Punic War In 218 BC (DXXXVI a.u.c.) the Carthaginian army commander Hannibal marched troop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cazadores De Montaña (Argentine Army)
''Cazadores de Montaña should not be confused with Cazadores de Monte'' The ''Cazadores de Montaña'' (Spanish for Mountain Huntsmen), are special Mountain troops of the Argentine Army. Currently there are two Mountain Huntsmen units: * The 6th Mountain Cazadores Company (Spanish: ''Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 6''), which is part of the 6th Mountain Infantry Brigade * The 8th Mountain Cazadores Company (Spanish: ''Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 8''), which is part of the 8th Mountain Infantry Brigade These units are specialised in mountain warfare. See also * List of mountain warfare forces * Huntsmen (military) * France: Chasseurs Alpins * Germany: Gebirgsjäger * Italy: Alpini * Poland: Podhale rifles * Romania: Vânători de munte Vânători may refer to several places: Romania * Vânători, Galați, a commune in Galați County * Vânători, Iași, a commune in Iaşi County * Vânători, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi County * Vânători, Mureș, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Units And Formations Of Argentina
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by possessing an army aviation component. Within a national military force, the word army may also mean a field army. In some countries, such as France and China, the term "army", especially in its plural form "armies", has the broader meaning of armed forces as a whole, while retaining the colloquial sense of land forces. To differentiate the colloquial army from the formal concept of military force, the term is qualified, for example in France the land force is called ''Armée de terre'', meaning Land Army, and the air and space force is called ''Armée de l'Air et de l’Espace' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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