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Camel Corps may refer to:

Military units

• Camel cavalry units in the Spanish, French, Italian and British colonial possessions in North Africa and the Middle East, for instance:
  • Méhariste, a camel mounted African unit in the French army
    • Free French Camel Corps, a camel cavalry unit of the Free French forces under General Charles de Gaulle during World War II in Eastern Africa
  • Tropas Nómadas, an auxiliary regiment to the colonial army in Spanish Sahara (1930s–1975)

Military formations

• United States Camel Corps, a mid-nineteenth century experiment by the United States Army in using camels as pack animals in the Southwest United States
• Scinde Camel Corps, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army (1843–1853)
• Egyptian Camel Corps, fighting in the Battle of Kirbekan and Ginnis (both 1885)
• Camel Corps (Gordon Relief Expedition), a camel corps in the Desert Column of the Gordon Relief Expedition (1884–85) under the command of Herbert Stewart, earning their colours in the Battle of Abu Klea
• Imperial Camel Corps, an Allied unit that fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I (1916–1919)
• Somaliland Camel Corps, a unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland (1914–1944)
• Sudan Camel Corps ('the Hajana'), a battalion in the Sudan Defence Force (1925–1950s)
• Bikaner Camel Corps, a unit of Imperial Service Troops from India (1889–present)

Other

• Camel Corps, nickname for British Foreign Office officials in the Middle East, see Adel Darwish

• Disambiguation pages