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  2. Grenadier - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Panzergrenadier - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Ineos Grenadier - Wikipedia

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    The Ineos Grenadier is an off-road utility vehicle designed and produced by Ineos Automotive.It went into production in October 2022. The Grenadier was designed to be a modern replacement of the original Land Rover Defender, with boxy bodywork, a steel ladder chassis, beam axles with long-travel progressive-rate coil spring suspension (front and rear), and powered by a BMW B58 inline six ...

  5. Grenadier Guards - Wikipedia

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    The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect the exiled Charles II . [ 2 ]

  6. British Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    Grenadier Guards: Garter star. Coldstream Guards: Garter star. Scots Guards: Thistle star. Irish Guards: Shamrock star; Welsh Guards: Garter star. During World War I, some officers took to wearing tunics with the rank badges on the shoulder, as the cuff badges made them too conspicuous to snipers. This practice was frowned on outside the ...

  7. Grenadier (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A grenadier was originally a specialized assault soldier for siege operations, later an honorific applied to many infantry military units. Grenadier or Grenadiers may also refer to: Military units

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  9. Volksgrenadier - Wikipedia

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    Volksgrenadier, also spelt Volks-Grenadier, was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the autumn of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Centre to the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the Fifth Panzer Army to the Western Allies in Normandy.