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The 1st Swiss Regiment (French: 1ère Régiment Suisse) was a Swiss mercenary line infantry regiment in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars.During the expansion of the Imperial Army in 1803, Napoleon decreed the formation of four Swiss mercenary regiments, one of these later becoming the famed 1st Swiss.
A shako (/ ˈ ʃ æ k oʊ /, / ˈ ʃ ... The Swiss and Dutch armies wore shakos, even for field wear, until after 1916. The Japanese Army had worn the shako as a ...
A grenadier (/ ˌ ɡ r ɛ n ə ˈ d ɪər / GREN-ə-DEER, French: [ɡʁənadje] ⓘ; derived from the word grenade) [1] was historically an assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles. The distinct combat function of the grenadier was established in the mid-17th century, when grenadiers were recruited from ...
Additional Grenadier courses offered to recruits include basic training of shotguns (notably the Remington 870, which is designated as MzGw 91, Mehrzweckgewehr 91) and for marksmen/snipers (for the 8.6 mm Sako TRG) (SSGw 04, Scharfschützengewehr 04) and 12.7 mm PGM Hécate II rifle 12.7mm PGw 04 (12.7 mm Präzisionsgewehr 04 ) and survival ...
Shako as used since 1854. In 1843 the open coats were replaced by green closed ones. The shakos were replaced by Prussian Pickelhauben. On parades the riflemen wore white trousers. Since 1854 the guards rifles wore again shakos, but this time made from leather and showing the star of the Prussian royal guard and a cockade. Only slight ...
• 15,000 Swiss • 10,000 Danes and Norwegians [14] ... a shako replaced the colpack, with a large yellow plume and yellow lining. ... Soldat or Grenadier or ...
French line infantry grenadier (left) and voltigeur (right) c. 1808. The uniform was made of a blue coat with yellow collar and cuffs piped red, red and green epaulettes with a yellow crescent, and yellow bugle horns on the turnbacks. From 1804, they wore shakos, but some had bicorne hats with green pompoms and a yellow brush.
Swiss soldiers of Charles X's royal guard defending the Louvre Palace during the July Revolution. During the first Bourbon Restoration of 1814–1815, the grenadier companies of the by now under-strength four Swiss