dragoon

The carbines that dragoons carried were called dragons. Grenadiers and fusiliers used to carry grenades (cf pomegranate) and fusils (light muskets). Cuirassiers wore cuirasses; lancers carried lances; chausseurs and Jägers chased or hunted. Then there's the hats they wore: czapkas, busbies, bearskins, shakos, etc.


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