The III Cavalry Corps (German: Höheres Kavallerie-Kommando 3 / HKK 3 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 3) was a formation of the German Army in World War I.

Initially on the Western Front with 7th, 8th and Bavarian Cavalry Divisions preceding 6th Army.

[1] Transferred to the East on 9 September 1914 and assigned to 9th Army with just 8th Cavalry Division.

This culminated in them being redesignated as "General Commands for Special Use" Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung (Genkdo z.b.V.).

[8] On formation in August 1914, the Corps consisted of:[9] Each cavalry division consisted of 3 cavalry brigades (6 regiments each of 4 squadrons), a horse artillery Abteilung (3 four-gun batteries), a machine gun detachment (company size, 6 MGs), plus pioneers, signals and a motor vehicle column.