Irregular military
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Irregular military is any military component distinct from a country's regular armed forces, representing non-standard militant elements outside of conventional governmental backing. Irregular element
Chouans hiding behind a dolmen
British SAS patrol in armed jeeps during the North African campaign of World War II
A group of Ottoman bashi-bazouks in Bulgaria, irregular soldiers of the military of the Ottoman Empire, 1877–1878
Gardner's Irregular Horse of Hindustani Mahomedans
Militia
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A militia is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of n
Irregular military
…regular armed forces, representing non-standard militant elements outside of conventional governmental backing. Irregular elements can consist of militias, private armies, mercenaries, or other non-state actors, though no single definition exists beyond exclusion from national service. Without standard…
Confederate militiamen at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1861
Armenian fedayi were Armenian irregular militia formed in the late 19th and early 20th century to defend Armenian villages.
Republikanischer Schutzbund was an Austrian militia formed in 1923, one of several militias formed in post-World War I Austria.
The 2nd Regiment of York Militia at the Battle of Queenston Heights