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
Sharpshooter
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A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat. Along
A wood engraving depicting an unidentified sharpshooter for the Army of the Potomac on picket duty during the American Civil War