The chasseurs alpins are the elite mountain infantry force of the French Army. They are trained to operate in mountainous terrain and in urban warfare.
Chasseurs alpins during the Occupation of the Ruhr in Buer (now Gelsenkirchen), 1923.
Vichy-era recruitment poster for the 13th Battalion
Training of chasseurs alpins on the Mont Blanc massif.
13th Battalion in Chambéry (Savoie)
Chasseur, a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry or light cavalry to denote troops trained for rapid action.
Chasseurs à pied bugler, illustration by Édouard Detaille in L'Armee Française (1885)
The Charging Chasseur by Théodore Géricault, depicting an officer of the Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
The Chasseur in the Forest by Caspar David Friedrich
Chasseur d'Afrique in 1914