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A grenadier (/ ˌ ɡ r ɛ n ə ˈ d ɪər / GREN-ə-DEER, French: [ɡʁənadje] ⓘ; derived from the word grenade) [1] was historically an assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles. The distinct combat function of the grenadier was established in the mid-17th century, when grenadiers were recruited from ...
Panzergrenadier (pronunciation ⓘ), abbreviated as PzG (WWII) or PzGren (modern), meaning "Armour"-ed fighting vehicle "Grenadier", is the German term for the military doctrine of mechanized infantry units in armoured forces who specialize in fighting from and in conjunction with infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) – that is, armoured troop carriers designed to carry a mechanized squad of six ...
An example of an officer's bearskin cap worn by an Irish fusilier regiment, c. 1878. Attached to the various types of fusilier headdress, including the modern beret , is the hackle . This is a short cut feather plume, the colours of which vary according to the regiment.
USS Grenadier, multiple ships of the United States Navy; Grenadier Models Inc., a miniature figures manufacturer; Grenadier (apple), an apple cultivar; Ineos Grenadier, an off-road utility vehicle; Les Grenadiers (Op. 207), title of a waltz by Émile Waldteufel, and named after the British regiment; Grenadier, a 1972 Napoleonic board wargame
An example of a People's Volunteer Army fireteam in the late Korean War, [15] Squad leader/second in command/party member: Carried a Type 50 SMG, acted as the team leader; Rifleman/machine gunner: Carried a Mosin–Nagant rifle or a DP-27 machinegun; Rifleman/assistant machine gunner: Carried a Mosin–Nagant rifle
"Bomb aimer" was the preferred term in the military forces of the Commonwealth, while "bombardier" (from the French word for "bomb thrower" and similar in meaning to "grenadier") was the equivalent position in the United States Armed Forces.
Can mean either the road structure or a ship's command center, also the supporting framework that existed below the bird-like monoplane wings of the earlier examples of the Etrich Taube before World War I. Brückenleger – bridgelayer. Brummbär – "grumbling bear"; a children's word for "bear" in German. It was the nickname for a heavy ...
These may vary according to the service branch (Heer, Luftwaffe, Bundeswehr, medical service etc.). Other examples are Grenadier for mechanized infantrymen and Kanonier for artillerymen. The German Bundeswehr rejected the term Feldgendarmerie and instead kept the term Feldjäger for its military police units.