5th Cavalry, 5th Cavalry Corps, V Cavalry Corps, 5th Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Brigade or 5th Cavalry Regiment may refer to:

Corps

5th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union) The 5th Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps of the Red Army. The 5th Cavalry Corps headquarters was formed at Pskov in accordance with a Red Army General Staff directive of 25 August 1935 and a Leningrad Military District directive of 8 Februar ...

5th Cavalry Corps (Russian Empire) The 5th Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps in the Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state m ...

V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) The V Cavalry Corps of the ''Grande Armée'' was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was created in 1813 and fought until 1814. Emperor Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte first organized the corps during the summer ...

* V Cavalry Corps (German Empire)

Divisions

* 5th Light Cavalry Division (France) *

5th Cavalry Division (German Empire) The 5th Cavalry Division (''5. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the German Army in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was dissolved in February 1918. Combat chronicle It ...

2nd Indian Cavalry Division The 2nd Indian Cavalry Division was a division of the British Indian Army formed at the outbreak of World War I. It served on the Western Front, being renamed as 5th Cavalry Division on 26 November 1916. In March 1918, the 5th Cavalry Divisio ...

, which was designated the 5th Cavalry Division from November 1916 to March 1918 in France *

5th Cavalry Division (India) The 2nd Mounted Division was a cavalry Division (military), division that served as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine (region), Palestine in World War I. It was formed in April 1918 when three brigades already in Palestine w ...

5th Guards Cavalry Division The 5th Guards Cavalry Division (Bessarabian–Tannenberg, Order of Lenin, Grigory Kotovsky, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov) was a military unit in the Red Army, Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces) of the Soviet Union ...

, of the Soviet Army

Brigades

5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade The 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army that saw active service in the Indian Army during the First World War. Formed in November 1914, it served on the Western Front as part of the 2nd and 1st Indian C ...

, of the Indian Army * 5th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade, of the Indian Army from September 1920 to 1923 *

5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) The 5th Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (notably at the Battle of Waterloo), in the First World War on the Western Front where it was initially independent before being assigned t ...

Regiments

5th Cavalry (India) The 5th Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the Bengal Army (1841-1895) and the British Indian Army (1895-1921) until it was amalgamated with the 8th Lancers to form the 3rd Cavalry. History The regiment was raised at Bareilly as the 7th Irregul ...

, a former regiment of the Indian Army *

5th Bengal Light Cavalry 5th Bengal Light Cavalry (5th BLC) was a cavalry regiment of the Bengal Army of the East India Company. History The 5th Bengal Light Cavalry was raised in 1800 as part of the Bengal Army of the East India Company. It participated in the occupat ...

, a former regiment of the East India Company *

5th Bengal European Cavalry The 5th Bengal European Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the East India Company, created in 1858 and disbanded in 1859. The regiment was raised in Bengal by the East India Company in 1858 as the 5th Bengal European Light Cavalry, for service in t ...

, a former regiment of the East India Company *

5th Cavalry Regiment (United States) The 5th Cavalry Regiment ("Black Knights") is a historical unit of the United States Army that began its service on March 3, 1855, as the Second Cavalry Regiment. On August 3, 1861, it was redesignated as the 5th Cavalry Regiment following an ...

5th Armored Cavalry Regiment The 5th Armored Brigade is an AC/RC (active component/reserve component) unit based at Fort Bliss, Texas. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve (USAR) & Army National Guard units west of the Mississippi River be ...

, of the United States Army *

5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment The 5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (1863–1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War. The regiment was designated at various times as Newton's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, Morgan's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, 2nd Regim ...

, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War *

5th Georgia Cavalry The 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Composed of enlistees from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, it served entirely in the Western Theater of the American C ...

, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War *

5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer. Service Orga ...

, a Union regiment of the American Civil War *

5th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union) 5th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Benton Hussars, was a cavalry unit from Missouri that briefly served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed on 14 February 1862. The regiment fought at the Battle o ...

, a Union regiment of the American Civil War *

5th Ohio Cavalry The 5th Ohio Cavalry Regiment was a regiment of Union cavalry raised in seven counties in southwestern Ohio for service during the American Civil War. It primarily served in the Western Theater in several major campaigns of the Army of the Tennes ...

, a Union regiment of the American Civil War * 5th Virginia Cavalry, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War {{mil-unit-dis