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List Of Mountain Warfare Forces
Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained for mountain troops tasks. The list does not include non-mountain special forces units, even if several of them have some mountain warfare capabilities. Abkhazia * Mountain Rifle Battalion (''Горнострелковый Батальон - Gornostrelkovyy Batal'on'')''De facto'' state with limited international recognition. Argentina * 5th Mountain Brigade "General Manuel Belgrano" (''Brigada de Montaña V "General Manuel Belgrano"'') ** 15th Mountain Infantry Regiment "General Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo" (''Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 15 "General Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo"'') ** 20th Mountain Infantry Regiment "Andes Light Infantry" (''Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 20 "Cazadores de los Andes"'') ** 5th Mountain Reconnaissance Cavalry Regiment "General Martín Miguel de Güemes" (''Regimiento de Caballería de Exploración de Montaña 5 "General Martin Miguel de Güeme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Troops
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] |
Humberto Viola
Captain Humberto Viola (1943 – December 1, 1974 in San Miguel de Tucumán) was an Argentine military, who was assassinated Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ... in 1974, along with his 3 year-old daughter María Cristina, by the People's Revolutionary Army guerrilla organization. Captain Humberto Viola was featured in the province of Tucuman where he worked in intelligence on the orders of General Luciano Benjamín Menéndez. Viola was killed while arriving with his car at his parents home along with his wife María Cristina Picon and his two small daughters María Cristina of 3 years and María Fernanda of 5 years. His daughter María Cristina was also killed while his daughter María Fernanda was seriously injured. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Viola, Humberto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Lavalle
Juan Galo Lavalle (17 October 1797 – 9 October 1841) was an Argentine military and political figure. Biography Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires to María Mercedes González Bordallo and Manuel José Lavalle, general accountant of rents and tobacco for the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. In 1799, the family moved to Santiago de Chile, but returned to Buenos Aires in 1807. In 1812 Lavalle joined the Regiment of mounted grenadiers as a cadet. By 1813 he reached the grade of lieutenant and moved to the army, which under orders of Carlos María de Alvear besieged Montevideo. Lavalle fought against José Gervasio Artigas in 1815 and in the Battle of Guayabos under the command of Manuel Dorrego. In 1816 Lavalle moved to Mendoza to join the '' Army of the Andes'' of the " liberator" José de San Martín and fought in Chacabuco and the Maipú in Chile. He continued along with San Martín on his way to Peru and Ecuador and took part in the battles of Pichincha and the Riob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufino Ortega
Rufino Ortega (August 22, 1847 - November 20, 1917) was an Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ... military man and politician. Governors of Mendoza Province 1847 births 1917 deaths People from Mendoza, Argentina Argentine generals Argentine people of Spanish descent {{Argentina-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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