About 420 results for ‘Infantry’
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Infantry
Infantrymen are land based soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are still the backbone of modern armies. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on discipline, physical strength, fitness and spontaneous sustained aggression. The Infantryman himself, with or without his personal weapon is considered a weapon system. Infantrymen are easily distinguished from soldiers trained to fight on horseback, in tanks, or in technical roles such as armourers or signallers. Rudimentary infantry skills such as basic individual movement techniques, shooting positions and field craft are fundamental to the training of every soldier. Infantry can access and maneuver in terrain inaccessible to vehicles and tanks, and employ infantry support weapons that can provide firepower in the absence of artillery. Since the end of the Second World War, the infantry has become a very small part of the Western world's armies. Typically between 5% and 30% of an army's personnel are trained infantry. Despite this number they may still represent one of the largest individual arms; with the exception of logistics and supply. Infantry numbers are vastly reduced from pre-WWII levels. For instance, in the United States Army of 2009, there were only approximately 49,000 Infantrymen out of about 565,000 active duty enlisted personnel. The Marine Corps has another 10,000-20,000 Infantrymen. This means that there are fewer than 70,000 Infantrymen in the entire US military. The US Air Force does not have infantry assets. The Russian Navy on the other hand employs a small number of troops, less than 2,000, as Infantrymen. This Naval Infantry functions as Marine Infantry which usually assault land objectives from the sea. These lower infantry numbers reflect the greatly increased lethality and degree and type of training afforded modern Infantry regiments. This combined with a higher demand for technical and logistical specialists in Western armies. Western armies have increasingly complex technology based weapons systems which drive the demand for and the importance of logistics in modern armies
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PASSAGE DU MONT SAINT-BERNARD. (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Cannon
- French Consulate
- Great St Bernard Pass
- Infantry
- Injury
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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AVANT-VEILLE D'AUSTERLITZ. (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cavalry
- Conversation
- Deciduous
- Fire
- Infantry
- Military camp
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE GENERAL BERTHIER A LATESTE DES TROUPES FRANCAISES EN I...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cavalry
- Clarion (instrument)
- Cymbal
- Drum
- Equestrianism
- General officer
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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BATAILLE ET PASSAGE DU PONT DE LODI. (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Bridge
- French Consulate
- Infantry
- Lodi, Lombardy
- Napoleon
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- Date:
- 19th century
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INFANTERIE LEGERE.VOLTIGEURS 17 (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Clarion (instrument)
- Flag
- Infantry
- Serviceman
- Sword
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- Date:
- 19th century
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INFANTERIE LEGERE.CARABINIERS 18 (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Drum
- Flag
- Infantry
- Serviceman
- Swagger stick
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BATAILLE DE MARENGO. - Mort de Desaix (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arms industry
- Cavalry
- Death
- Equestrianism
- Flag
- General officer
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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NAPOLEON A LA BATAILLE DE WAGRAM (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Cavalry
- Charge (warfare)
- City
- Conflagration
- Horse
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- Date:
- 19th century
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GLOIRE NATIONALE. / LE GAL CAMBRONE (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Column
- Combat
- Crown (headgear)
- Flag
- French people
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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GLOIRE NATIONALE. / LE MAL MORTIER (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Ancient Rome
- Cavalry
- Column
- Crown (headgear)
- Flag
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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EXECUTION DE FIESCHI, PEPIN ET MOREY (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Balcony
- Capital punishment
- Cart
- Cavalry
- Crowd
- Guillotine
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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NAPOLEON ET LA MERE DU GRENADIER. (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Infantry
- Napoleon
- Serviceman
- Staff (military)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PRISE D'ALEXANDRIE. (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Death
- Infantry
- Littoral zone
- Napoleon
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BATAILLE DE MARENGO. (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Death
- French Consulate
- Infantry
- Napoleon
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BATAILLE DE LA MOSCOWA (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Blood
- Cannon
- Crus (lower leg)
- Death
- First French Empire
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BATAILLE DE LUTZEN (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Cannon
- First French Empire
- Flag
- French people
- Infantry
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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