military animal

Military animals are trained animals that are used in warfare and other combat related activities. As working animals, different military animals serve different functions. Horses, elephants, camels, and other animals have been used for both transportation and mounted attack. Pigeons were used for communication and photographic espionage. Many other animals have been reportedly used in various specialized military functions, including rats and pigs. Dogs have long been employed in a wide variety of military purposes, more recently focusing on guarding and bomb detection, and along with dolphins and sea lions are in active use today.

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animals in war; war animal
weapon, working animal, domesticated animal, 
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  military marine mammal
  marine mammal, military animal,

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  war dog
  military animal, working dog,

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  war elephant
  elephant, military animal,

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  war pig
  military animal, pig,

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  war pigeon
  homing pigeon, military animal,

military marine mammal – war dog – war elephant – war pig – war pigeon – 

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Tired man and horse. This man, Nicholls of Leichhardt, Sydney, was killed 2 hours after the photo was taken, by a bomb dropped from one of 17 Turkish aeroplanes, on 2nd May, Es Salt stunt by J.F. (13455933255)

Soldiers of Grenadier-Regiment „König Friedrich I.“ (4. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 5 post for a photograph with their equipment and two dogs in front of rubble.

Soldier and donkey

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		military marine mammal	marine mammal, military animal,	Wikidata
class	weapon		war dog	military animal, working dog,	Wikidata
class	weapon		war elephant	elephant, military animal,	Wikidata
class	weapon		war pig	military animal, pig,	Wikidata
class	weapon		war pigeon	homing pigeon, military animal,	Wikidata
commons	image	1915	Tired man and horse. This man, Nicholls of Leichhardt, Sydney, was killed 2 hours after the photo was taken, by a bomb dropped from one of 17 Turkish aeroplanes, on 2nd May, Es Salt stunt by J.F. (13455933255)		Commons
commons	image	1916	Soldiers of Grenadier-Regiment „König Friedrich I.“ (4. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 5 post for a photograph with their equipment and two dogs in front of rubble.		Commons
commons	image	2015	Soldier and donkey		Commons