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Saracens
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- In 1095 were the equivalent of Hezbollah. Saracen cavalry was a fine force with a mix of horse archers and heavy strike cavalry. It proved a deadly mix to Crusading westerners. Infantry were little more than a rabble though ... so not much change there.
- The Saracens Rugby Football Club, also known as Saracens F.C. or usually just Saracens, are a professional rugby union team based in Watford. Why Watford? ... no one is quite sure.
- The FV 603 Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier built by Alvis and used in the policing of Northern Ireland.



