The 2nd Mounted Rifles were a
light cavalry
Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and body armor, armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored. The purpose of light cavalry was p ...
regiment of the
Royal Prussian Army. The regiment was formed 1 October 1905 in
Langensalza
Bad Langensalza (; until 1956: Langensalza) is a spa town of 17,500 inhabitants in the Unstrut-Hainich district, Thuringia, central Germany.
Geography Location
Bad Langensalza is located in the Thuringian Basin, the fertile lowlands along t ...
where it belonged to the
XI Army Corps.
See also
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List of Imperial German cavalry regiments
Cavalry regiments of Germany,
Regiments of the German Army in World War I,
Lists of military units and formations of World War I, German
Lists of military units and formations of Germany, Imperial German cavalry regiments ...
References
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Mounted Rifles of the Prussian Army
Military units and formations established in 1905
1905 establishments in Germany
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