Carabinier
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A carabinier is in principle a soldier armed with a carbine, musket, or rifle, which became commonplace by the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. The word is derived from the identical French
Napoleonic French Carabinier, 1810
Spanish Carabiniers in the Pyrenees, 1892.
"A Promising Candidate for the Carbineers" by Karl Binder, (Swiss woodcarver)
Belgian Carabiniers with dog drawn machine gun carts during the Battle of the Frontiers in 1914
Light infantry
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Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history. They have a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry.
Painting of jägers of the Electorate of Hesse
Agrianian peltast, c. 4th century BC
The pioneer company of the Imperial German Army's 27th Jäger Battalion returning from a parade in Liepāja, 1917
The Georgian Land Forces' 23rd Light Infantry Battalion on joint military exercise with US Marines, 2005