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Fusilier was originally the name of a soldier armed with a light flintlock musket called the fusil. The word was first used around 1680, and has later developed into a regimental designation. Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ...
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Various forms of flintlock small arms had been used in warfare since the middle of the 16th century. At the time of the English civil war (1642-1652) the term firelock was usually employed to distinguish these weapons from the more common matchlock musket. Two flintlock pistols Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. ...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...
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The Matchlock was the first firearm to have a trigger mechanism for firing. ...
The special value of the firelock in armies of the 17th century lay in the fact that the artillery of the time used open powder barrels for the service of the guns, making it unsafe to allow lighted matches in the muskets of the escort. Further, a military escort was required, not only for the protection, but also for the surveillance of the artillerymen of those days. Companies of firelocks were therefore organized for these duties, and out of these companies grew the fusiliers who were employed in the same way in the wars of Louis XIV. In the latter part of the Thirty Years' War (1643) fusiliers were simply mounted troops armed with the fusil, as carabiniers were with the carbine. But the escort companies of artillery came to be known by the name shortly afterwards, and the regiment of French Royal Fusiliers, organized in 1671 by Vauban, was considered the model for Europe. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715), reigned as King of France and of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death at the age of 77. ...
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A Carabinier (also sometimes spelled Carabineer) was a cavalry soldier armed with a carbine (a short rifle). ...
A carbine is a firearm similar to, but generally shorter and less powerful than, a rifle or musket of a given period. ...
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Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban (May 15, 1633 - March 30, 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for both his skill to design fortifications and to break through them. ...
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The general adoption of the flintlock musket and the suppression of the pike in the armies of Europe put an end to the original special duties of fusiliers, and they were subsequently employed to a large extent in light infantry work, perhaps on account of the greater individual aptitude for detached duties naturally shown by soldiers who had never been restricted to a fixed and unchangeable place in the line of battle. A modern recreation of a company of pikemen. ...
Traditionally light infantry (or skirmishers) were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. ...
Fusiliers by country
British Army The distinctive head-dress of fusiliers in the British service is a raccoon skin cap, generally resembling, but smaller than and different in details from, the bearskins of the Foot Guards. Attached to the beret, balmoral or tam o'shanter badge is the hackle. This is a short cut feather plume, the colour or colours of which varied according to the regiment. The eight regiments of fusiliers that existed in 1914 have been reduced by a series of disbandments and mergers to: The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ...
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Black beret with military emblem A beret (pronounced in British English and in American English) is a soft round cap with a flat crown which is worn by both men and women. ...
This article is about the hat called a tam o shanter. For the poem by Robert Burns, see Tam o Shanter (Burns poem) A tam oshanter is a Scottish bonnet worn by men which was named after the character Tam o Shanter in the poem of that name by...
A cap badge is a badge worn on the front of uniform headgear and distinguishes the wearers organisation. ...
The hackle is a feather plume (most plumes are made of horsehair) that is attached to the headdress. ...
Amalgamations in 2006 of both Welch and Scottish infantry regiments further reduced this total and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is now the only surviving fusilier regiment in the British Army to have a separate existence. The other two units named have been incorporated into larger regiments. Official name The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH The Duke of Kent Nicknames Motto Anniversaries St Georges Day (23 April) Minden (1 August) Marches Quick: The British Grenadiers Slow: Rule Britnnia Mascot Indian Black Buck named Bobby Description Infantry regiment Creation date 1968 Reason for creation...
Official name The Royal Welch Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Colonel Major-General Brian Peter Plummer CBE Nicknames Motto Nec Aspera Terrent Anniversaries St. ...
The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margarets Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)(21st, 71st, 74th). ...
Official name The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH The Duke of Kent Nicknames Motto Anniversaries St Georges Day (23 April) Minden (1 August) Marches Quick: The British Grenadiers Slow: Rule Britnnia Mascot Indian Black Buck named Bobby Description Infantry regiment Creation date 1968 Reason for creation...
Canadian Forces There are five fusilier regiments patterned on the British tradition. Le Royal 22e Régiment, although not fusiliers, wears fusilier ceremonial uniform because of its alliance with The Royal Welch Fusiliers. Badge of Le Royal 22e Régiment The Royal 22e Régiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. ...
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal is one of the oldest surviving units of the historical regiments of the Canadian army. ...
The Princess Louise Fusiliers is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. ...
German Army In the Prussian Army of 1870 Infantry Regiments 33 to 40 plus Regiments 73, 80 and 86 were all designated as fusiliers, as was the Guard Fusiliers Regiment. In addition the third battalions of all Guard, Grenadier and Line infantry were fusiliers. The title was honorific and did not have any tatical significance. These units remained in existence until the end of the German Imperial Army in 1918.
Until 1914 the various Fusilier regiments and battalions in the German Army were distinguished by black leather belts and other equipment (as opposed to the white leather harness of non-fusilier infantry).
French military In French service, there are the naval fusiliers (Fusiliers de Marine) and air fusiliers, who secure bases and other facilities. The military of France has a long history of serving its country. ...
The Fusiliers de Marine, or fusiliers marins, are units specialised in the protection and defence of sensitive points of the French Navy on land. ...
Netherlands Army In the Royal Netherlands Army, one of the two foot guards regiments, the Garderegiment Fusiliers Prinses Irene is a regiment of fusiliers. The Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land forces element of the Military of the Netherlands. ...
Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ...
The Garderegiment Fusiliers Prinses Irene is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Princess Irene, the sister of Queen Beatrix. ...
References - This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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