Lancer (disambiguation)

A lancer is a cavalry soldier who fights with a lance.

Lancer may also refer to:

Military

  • Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force
  • Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer, a late-1960s proposed update to the F-104 Starfighter
  • Republic P-43 Lancer, a single-engine fighter first delivered to the United States Army Air Corps in 1940
  • Sperry Lancer, an American crew-served partially portable surface-to-air missile system, designed in 1957 by the Drone and Missile Flight Control Department of Sperry Gyroscope, but never reached production
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Lancer, a variant of the MiG-21 made for the Romanian Air Force
  • HAL Lancer, a variant of the Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama helicopter
  • the nickname for VMFA-212, U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212
  • Lancer Barracks, a historic military facility and grounds in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  • Operation Lancer, a 1942 Dutch and Australian World War II operation on Timor

Transportation

  • Austin Lancer, a passenger car produced by the British Motor Corporation of Australia between 1958 and 1964
  • Dodge Lancer, a car produced from 1955–1962 and 1985–1989
    • Shelby Lancer, a limited-production hatchback sports sedan based on the Dodge Lancer
  • Mitsubishi Lancer, a car produced since 1973
  • Type C7 ship (Lancer class), a designation for a cargo ship and the first purpose-built container ship
  • Champion Lancer, a twin-engine training plane produced in 1963 by Champion Aircraft

Sports

  • Omaha Lancers, a United States Hockey League franchise
  • Longwood Lancers, the sports teams of Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia
  • Rochester Lancers (2011–15), a professional indoor soccer team in Rochester, New York
  • UV Green Lancers, the sports teams of the University of the Visayas in Cebu City, Philippines
  • Windsor Lancers, the sports teams of the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada

The athletics teams of numerous high schools are named Lancers:

In entertainment

Other

  • Lancer, Saskatchewan, a small village in Canada
  • The U.S. Secret Service codename for President John F. Kennedy
  • Lancers (wine brand), a brand of sparkling wine from Portugal
  • Lancer Books, a publishing house

See also

  • Les Lanciers or The Lancers, a form of dance
  • Lancero (English: Lancer), a Colombian National Army training course
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