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A musketeer (French: mousquetaire [muskətɛʁ] ) was a type of soldier equipped with a musket. Musketeers were an important part of early modern warfare from the mid 15th to mid 19th centuries, particularly in Europe, where they normally comprised the majority of their infantry after 1600. The musketeer was a precursor to the rifleman. Muskets were replaced by breech loading rifles as the almost universal firearm for modern armies during the period 1850 to 1870. The traditional designation of "musketeer" for an infantry private survived in the Imperial German Army until World War I.
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01 108 Book illustrations of Historical description of the clothes and weapons of Russian troops.jpg
Russian infantry (streltsy, in russ. стрельцы) in 1674.
Russian infantry (streltsy, in russ. стрельцы) in 1674.
1650 - tercio arquebuse2.jpg
arquebusier d'un tercio vers 1650.
arquebusier d'un tercio vers 1650.
A Mughal Infantryman.jpg
A painting of a Mughal Infantryman; one of seventeen drawings depicting castes and occupation.
A painting of a Mughal Infantryman; one of seventeen drawings depicting castes and occupation.
Aanwijzing 10 voor het hanteren van het musket - V lont afblaest, en u pan opent (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 10: blow the fuse and open your 'pan'.
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 10: blow the fuse and open your 'pan'.
Aanwijzing 11 voor het hanteren van het musket - V musquet om hooch hout ende aenlegt (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 11: hold the musket high and aim.
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 11: hold the musket high and aim.
Aanwijzing 12 voor het hanteren van het musket - Schiet (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 12:Fire.
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 12:Fire.
Aanwijzing 13 voor het hanteren van het musket - V Musquet afneemt ende neffens u furquet draecht (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 13: take the musket and hold it alongside the fi...
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 13: take the musket and hold it alongside the fi...
Aanwijzing 14 voor het hanteren van het musket - V lont afneemt (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 14: take off the fuse.
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 14: take off the fuse.
Aanwijzing 2 voor het hanteren van het musket - Marcheert ende draecht de furquet neffens de Musquet (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 2: March and carry the firing rest alongside the...
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 2: March and carry the firing rest alongside the...
Aanwijzing 3 voor het hanteren van het musket - V furquet sincken laet, en van u schouder u Musquet neemt (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 3: you lower the firing rest, and take the muske...
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 3: you lower the firing rest, and take the muske...
Aanwijzing 4 voor het hanteren van het musket - Mette rechter hant u Musquet om hooch hout, ende in de lincker hant sincken laet (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 4: with the right hand you hold the musket high,...
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 4: with the right hand you hold the musket high,...
Aanwijzing 8 voor het hanteren van het musket - V lont opdruckt (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 8: press the fuse.
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 8: press the fuse.
Aanwijzing 9 voor het hanteren van het musket - V lont versoeckt (Jacob de Gheyn, 1607).jpg
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 9: try the fuse.
Instructions for the use of the musket. Instruction 9: try the fuse.
Altblau regiment musketeer.jpg
Musketeer from Altblau regiment (1624-1650) from Swedish army with musket and with bardiche (long po...
Musketeer from Altblau regiment (1624-1650) from Swedish army with musket and with bardiche (long po...
An heraldic supporter. A Pikeman of the Honourable Artillery Company, in sand.jpg
My photo (R. de Salis, Rodolph (talk) 01:16, 5 March 2014 (UTC)) of an heraldic supporter. A Pikeman...
My photo (R. de Salis, Rodolph (talk) 01:16, 5 March 2014 (UTC)) of an heraldic supporter. A Pikeman...
Arkebusier.jpg
Darstellung eines Arkebusenschützen um 1600
Darstellung eines Arkebusenschützen um 1600
Jacob de Gheyn - Wapenhandelinge 4.jpg
Page showing musketeer (Plate 4) from Jacob van Gheyn's Wapenhandelingen van Roers, Musquetten ende ...
Page showing musketeer (Plate 4) from Jacob van Gheyn's Wapenhandelingen van Roers, Musquetten ende ...
Knotel-Janissaries.jpg
Uniformenkunde von Richard Knötel
Uniformenkunde von Richard Knötel
Mousquetaires du roi.jpg
Uniforms of Musketeers of the Guard, 1660-1814
Uniforms of Musketeers of the Guard, 1660-1814
Musketeers from Swidnica.jpg
Musketeers from Świdnica from 18th century. (Historical reenactment of Battle of Guntramovice and Do...
Musketeers from Świdnica from 18th century. (Historical reenactment of Battle of Guntramovice and Do...
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