Infantry (designated at the beginning of as Granatiere) were originally with hand grenades armed infantrymen. The term became in 17. Century from the French taken over.

History

Since 1667 had to specialize in each French infantry company four soldiers in handling shells and as infantry was therefore designated. The portion of the infantry of the infantry rose in the future, so that already starting from 1671 each French battalion covered a company of infantry. Since 1678 also in England infantry units were set up, on which up to the end 17. Century most other European states followed. For the list of an infantry unit the strongest, most skillful and often also largest soldiers were selected (a famous example were "“being enough chap"” Friedrich of William I. of Prussia).

The infantry formed a military elite and with FE storages with particularly dangerous tasks were entrusted. To its armament beside approximately a dozen a Muskete with bayonet and a sword belonged to shells. Often one could differentiate the infantry also purely outwardly from the other soldiers: In order in throwing the shells to be obstructed, they carried always narrow head coverages (original the simple camp cap) instead of the then usual, broad hats (Dreispitz).

Already relatively early in 18. Century the hand grenades were abolished gradually again, the infantry remained however elite units; from their Zipfelmtzen - as status symbol and, in order to let their carriers appear larger and more threatening - high and partly very heavy head coverages with Metallschilden or made of fur developed, for whose stretchers a Kinnriemen was necessary. From the difficulty to take these caps off to the greeting the so-called "“infantry greeting"” (the bare suggest by creation of the hand to the cap) developed as special concession to the infantry, which became from prestige reasons from ever more units taken over and today the military military courtesy most spread world-wide.

The "“infantry of the old guard"” of the imperial guard of Napoleon I., who enjoyed the call of the Unbesiegbarkeit up to the battle of Waterloo, became particularly famous.

In the army of the German empire (1871 - 1918) it gave some few regiments with the designation to the infantry in the framework only "“infantryman"” in the names (e.g. the five Prussian guard infantry regiments or the Saxonian body infantry regiments 100 and 101).

In the armed forces starting from 1942 past "“contactors"” and "“upper contactors"” of the infantry "“infantryman"”, and/or "“upper infantryman"” were called. The moreover one nearly all designations were changed accordingly. Thus "“infantry regiments"” became now "“infantry regiments"”. The measure should serve the elevation of the moral. Only starting from division stage the divisions kept their name. Since that time after the assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 created divisions were called "“people infantry divisions"”. These were in the rest of conventional infantry divisions and stood in no connection with the people storm.

Germany

The German Federal Armed Forces took over the 1942 developed term "“armored infantryman"”, thereby designation however units, whose combat way corresponds to that former Dragoon.

Nowadays one calls a soldier without rank in the awake battalion of the German German Federal Armed Forces infantryman (Gren). Other branches of service use own designations, like contactors, fliers (at Air Force) or sailor (at navy).

Austria

In the Austrian federal army those are called the tank units assigned, motorized, infantry units armored infantry.

Switzerland

In Swiss army the infantry form the largest part of Swiss of special operation forces (AGFA) as a member of the Gren Kdo 1. While a basic training (recruit school) the beginning infantry become trained in Isone in the canton Tessin in a broad spectrum of military topics, which are to make the later employment possible than Direct Action Force. Among them among other things mountain training, close combat, advanced local and house fight, immediately action techniques, surviving and moving in opposing area as well as clearing-up training.

Each infantryman goes through special training in these 25 weeks additionally still another as sniper, reconnaissance aircraft, Medic (infantryman unit medic), PAL/Mg specialist, mine launcher, message/transmission specialist, sprinkler, tank fist specialist, driver/LMg contactor, or command/a troop boss.

What are the tasks of the The infantry are as a component of the GAF (infantry and clearing-up formations) to along-also for the execution of special operations. The GAF, consisting of the parachute reconnaissance aircraft of the Air Force, the army and the infantryman battalions of the infantry regiment, notices the following tasks in the context of the orders for army: - Procurement of key oh arranging protection of troops and person offensive employments in special surrounding field

The three infantry battalions of the infantry regiment are light infantry federations, which for offensive operations in the depth, as for example attacks for paralysis or destruction are used of goals of strategic or operational meaning, interruption of communication lines and procurement of key information. They consist to the majority of Milizsoldaten. The task spectrum of the infantry battalions is very extensive. In the context of the defense lead the Gren asked operations behind the hostile lines through, with penetration depths up to 150 km. In the operational framework the infantry battalion can its employment area terrestrial or by air, by means of helicopters or parachute jump, reach and in the depth of the area of operations attack actions accomplish. In the tactical framework is the Gren asked capably, fastidious attack actions in localities and in the mountains, in particular at night to accomplish as well as attack actions in localities with minimization of

Tasks of the Gren asked: - Attack actions in the deep tactical attack action attack actions with safeguard order offensive employments in the covered area offensive employments in the covered area with restrictive employment rule offensive employments in the mountains (difficult area) - offensive employments at night act of sabotage ion blocking and secure intelligence collection of employments without supply duration limited by key area with

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France

In France each line regiment until 1868 per a company bore the name of infantry.

To the first infantryman of France, see Latour d'Auvergne.

Guard units

Since infantry were always understood as elite units, one finds her this very day frequently in guard regiments and/or - to companies, where they are recognizable as infantry from their charakterischen, high caps, for instance the British infantryman Guards or the Danish king guard, which both bear skin caps carry.

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