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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Foot soldier" redirects here. For other uses of "foot soldier", see <a href="Foot_soldier_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Foot soldier (disambiguation)">Foot soldier (disambiguation)</a>.</div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the professional journal of the United States Army, see <a href="Infantry_(magazine)" title="Infantry (magazine)">Infantry (magazine)</a>. For the 1999 video game, see <a href="Infantry_(video_game)" title="Infantry (video game)">Infantry (video game)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks hlist" style="width:"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:150%;"><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="War" title="War">War</a></span><br><span class="nobold"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Outline_of_war" title="Outline of war">outline</a>)</span></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric</a></li>

<li><a href="Ancient_warfare" title="Ancient warfare">Ancient</a>

<ul><li><a href="Early_thermal_weapons" title="Early thermal weapons">Thermal</a></li>

<li><a href="History_of_gunpowder" title="History of gunpowder">Gunpowder</a>

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_the_gunpowder_age" title="Timeline of the gunpowder age">Timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Medieval_warfare" title="Medieval warfare">Post-classical</a>

<ul><li><a href="Medieval_fortification" title="Medieval fortification">Castles</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">Early modern</a>

<ul><li><a href="Military_Revolution" title="Military Revolution">Military revolution</a></li>

<li><a href="Napoleonic_weaponry_and_warfare" title="Napoleonic weaponry and warfare">Napoleonic warfare</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">Late modern</a>

<ul><li><a href="Industrial_warfare" title="Industrial warfare">Industrial warfare</a></li>

<li><a href="Fourth-generation_warfare" title="Fourth-generation warfare">Fourth-gen warfare</a></li>

<li><a href="Artificial_intelligence_arms_race" title="Artificial intelligence arms race">AI warfare</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td>

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<ul><li><a href="Military_organization" title="Military organization">Organization</a></li>

<li><a href="Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a></li>

<li><a href="Defense_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense ministry">Defense ministry</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">Reserves</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Branches:</i></li>

<li><a href="Air_force" title="Air force">Air force</a></li>

<li><a href="Marines" title="Marines">Marines</a></li>

<li><a href="Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">Coast guard</a></li>

<li><a href="Border_guard" title="Border guard">Border guard</a></li>

<li><a href="Special_forces" title="Special forces">Special forces</a></li>

<li><a href="Cyber_force" title="Cyber force">Cyber force</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_force" title="Space force">Space force</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Specialties:</i></li>

<li><a href="Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">Staff</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_engineer" title="Combat engineer">Engineers</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intel</a></li>

<li><a href="Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Recon</a></li>

<li><a href="Medical_corps" title="Medical corps">Medical</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_police" title="Military police">Police</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_diving" title="Military diving">Diving</a></li>

<li><a href="Aircraft_pilot" title="Aircraft pilot">Pilot</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Land units:</i></li>

<li><a href="Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a>

<ul><li><a href="Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li>

<li><a href="Special_forces" title="Special forces">Special forces</a></li>

<li><a href="Signal_corps" title="Signal corps">Signal corps</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Naval units:</i></li>

<li><a href="Warship" title="Warship">Warships</a></li>

<li><a href="Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></li>

<li><a href="Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></li>

<li><a href="Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">Landing craft</a></li>

<li><a href="Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ships</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Air units:</i></li>

<li><a href="Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighters</a></li>

<li><a href="Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></li>

<li><a href="Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Command</a></li>

<li><a href="Close_air_support" title="Close air support">Close air support</a></li>

<li><a href="Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic-warfare</a></li>

<li><a href="Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Combat systems:</i></li>

<li><a href="Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control system</a></li>

<li><a href="Fire-control_radar" title="Fire-control radar">Fire-control radar</a></li>

<li><a href="Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">Director (military)</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_information_center" title="Combat information center">Combat information center</a></li>

<li><a href="Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li>

<li><a href="Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Historical:</i></li>

<li><a href="Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Ship gun fire-control</a></li>

<li><a href="Gun_data_computer" title="Gun data computer">Gun data computer</a></li>

<li><a href="Torpedo_Data_Computer" title="Torpedo Data Computer">Torpedo data computer</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Development:</i></li>

<li><a href="Basic_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Basic training">Basic training</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Military manoeuvrers</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat training">Combat training</a></li></ul></div></div></td>

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<ul><li><a href="Aerospace" title="Aerospace">Aerospace</a>

<ul><li><a href="Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial</a></li>

<li><a href="Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_warfare" title="Space warfare">Space</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Cold-weather_warfare" title="Cold-weather warfare">Cold-region</a></li>

<li><a href="Desert_warfare" title="Desert warfare">Desert</a></li>

<li><a href="Fortification" title="Fortification">Fortification</a></li>

<li><a href="Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">Jungle</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">Mountain</a></li>

<li><a href="Urban_warfare" title="Urban warfare">Urban</a></li>

<li><a href="Subterranean_warfare" title="Subterranean warfare">Subterranean</a>

<ul><li><a href="Tunnel_warfare" title="Tunnel warfare">Tunnel</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">Amphibious</a></li>

<li><a href="Brown-water_navy" title="Brown-water navy">Brown</a></li>

<li><a href="Green-water_navy" title="Green-water navy">Green</a></li>

<li><a href="Surface_warfare" title="Surface warfare">Surface</a></li>

<li><a href="Underwater_warfare" title="Underwater warfare">Underwater</a>

<ul><li><a href="Seabed_warfare" title="Seabed warfare">Seabed</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Cyberwarfare" title="Cyberwarfare">Cyber</a></li>

<li><a href="Information_warfare" title="Information warfare">Information</a></li></ul></div></div></td>

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<ul><li><a href="Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Air defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armor</a></li>

<li><a href="Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li>

<li><a href="Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">Barrage</a></li>

<li><a href="Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">Biological</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a></li>

<li><a href="Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a>

<ul><li><a href="Horses_in_warfare" title="Horses in warfare">Horses</a></li>

<li><a href="Cavalry_tactics#Cavalry_in_modern_warfare" title="Cavalry tactics">Air cavalry</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chemical_warfare" title="Chemical warfare">Chemical</a></li>

<li><a href="Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">Combined arms</a></li>

<li><a href="Conventional_warfare" title="Conventional warfare">Conventional</a></li>

<li><a href="Cyberweapon" title="Cyberweapon">Cyber</a></li>

<li><a href="Area_denial_weapon" title="Area denial weapon">Denial</a></li>

<li><a href="Disinformation" title="Disinformation">Disinformation</a></li>

<li><a href="Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a> / <a href="Military_robot" title="Military robot">Robot</a></li>

<li><a href="Electromagnetic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Electromagnetic warfare">Electromagnetic</a></li>

<li><a href="Firearm" title="Firearm">Firearms</a></li>

<li><a href="Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">Loitering</a></li>

<li><a href="Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">Missile</a></li>

<li><a href="Martial_music" title="Martial music">Music</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear</a></li>

<li><a href="Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li>

<li><a href="Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li>

<li><a href="Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">Submarine</a></li>

<li><a href="Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul></div></div></td>

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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="List_of_military_tactics" title="List of military tactics">List of military tactics</a>

<ul><li><a href="Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">Aerial</a></li>

<li><a href="Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a>

<ul><li><a href="Air_assault" title="Air assault">Air assault</a></li>

<li><a href="Airbridge_(logistics)" title="Airbridge (logistics)">Airbridge</a></li>

<li><a href="Airdrop" title="Airdrop">Airdrop</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Anti-aircraft</a></li>

<li><a href="Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li>

<li><a href="Cavalry_tactics" title="Cavalry tactics">Cavalry</a></li>

<li><a href="Charge_(warfare)" title="Charge (warfare)">Charge</a></li>

<li><a href="Counterattack" title="Counterattack">Counterattack</a></li>

<li><a href="Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">Counterinsurgency</a></li>

<li><a href="Convoy" title="Convoy">Convoy</a></li>

<li><a href="Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li>

<li><a href="Defensive_fighting_position" title="Defensive fighting position">Foxhole</a></li>

<li><a href="Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li>

<li><a href="Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a></li>

<li><a href="Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">Formation</a></li>

<li><a href="Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">Guerrilla</a></li>

<li><a href="Naval_tactics" title="Naval tactics">Naval</a></li>

<li><a href="Shock_and_awe" title="Shock and awe">Rapid dominance</a></li>

<li><a href="Encirclement" title="Encirclement">Encirclement</a></li>

<li><a href="Investment_(military)" title="Investment (military)">Investment</a>

<ul><li><a href="Siege" title="Siege">Siege</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Swarming_(military)" title="Swarming (military)">Swarm</a></li>

<li><a href="Screening_(tactical)" title="Screening (tactical)">Screen</a></li>

<li><a href="Tactical_objective" title="Tactical objective">Tactical objective</a></li>

<li><a href="Saturation_attack" title="Saturation attack">Target saturation</a></li>

<li><a href="Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">Trench</a></li>

<li><a href="Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">Withdrawal</a></li></ul></div></div></td>

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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">Operational</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">

<ul><li><a href="Military_operation" title="Military operation">Military operation</a>

<ul><li><a href="Special_operations" title="Special operations">Special</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Operations_research" title="Operations research">Operations research</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">Expeditionary</a></li>

<li><a href="Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></li>

<li><a href="Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">Maneuver</a></li>

<li><a href="Operational_manoeuvre_group" title="Operational manoeuvre group">Operational manoeuvre group</a></li>

<li><a href="Covert_operation" title="Covert operation">Covert</a></li>

<li><a href="Stay-behind" title="Stay-behind">Stay-behind</a></li></ul></div></div></td>

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<p><b>Infantry</b>, or <b>infantryman</b> are a type of <a href="Soldier" title="Soldier">soldier</a> who specialize in ground <a href="Combat" title="Combat">combat</a>, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadly encompasses a wide variety of subspecialties, including <a href="Light_infantry" title="Light infantry">light infantry</a>, <a href="Irregular_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Irregular infantry">irregular infantry</a>, <a href="Heavy_infantry" title="Heavy infantry">heavy infantry</a>, <a href="Mountain_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain infantry">mountain infantry</a>, <a href="Motorized_infantry" title="Motorized infantry">motorized infantry</a>, <a href="Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a>, <a href="Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne infantry</a>, <a href="Air_assault" title="Air assault">air assault infantry</a>, and <a href="Marines" title="Marines">naval infantry</a>. Other subtypes of infantry, such as <a href="Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">line infantry</a> and <a href="Mounted_infantry" title="Mounted infantry">mounted infantry</a>, were once commonplace but fell out of favor in the 1800s with the invention of more accurate and powerful weapons.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_terminology">Etymology and terminology</h2></div>

<p>In English, use of the term <i>infantry</i> began about the 1570s, describing <a href="Soldier" title="Soldier">soldiers</a> who march and fight on foot.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word derives from <a href="Middle_French" title="Middle French">Middle French</a> <span title="Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)-language text"><i lang="frm">infanterie</i></span>, from older Italian (also Spanish) <i>infanteria</i> (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infans" class="extiw external" title="wikt:infans">īnfāns</a></i> (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infant" class="extiw external" title="wikt:infant">infant</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The individual-soldier term <i>infantryman</i> was not coined until 1837.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In modern usage, foot soldiers of any era are now considered infantry and infantrymen.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>From the mid-18th century until 1881, the <a href="British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> named its infantry as numbered regiments "of Foot" to distinguish them from <a href="Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> and <a href="Dragoon" title="Dragoon">dragoon</a> regiments (see <a href="List_of_regiments_of_foot" title="List of regiments of foot">List of Regiments of Foot</a>).

</p><p>Infantry equipped with special weapons were often named after that weapon, such as <a href="Grenadier" title="Grenadier">grenadiers</a> for their <a href="Grenade" title="Grenade">grenades</a>, or <a href="Fusilier" title="Fusilier">fusiliers</a> for their <i>fusils</i>. These names can persist long after the weapon speciality; examples of infantry units that retained such names are the <a href="Royal_Irish_Fusiliers" title="Royal Irish Fusiliers">Royal Irish Fusiliers</a> and the <a href="Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a>.

</p><p><a href="Dragoon" title="Dragoon">Dragoons</a> were created as <a href="Mounted_infantry" title="Mounted infantry">mounted infantry</a>, with horses for travel between battles; they were still considered infantry since they dismounted before combat. However, if <a href="Light_cavalry" title="Light cavalry">light cavalry</a> was lacking in an army, any available dragoons might be assigned their duties; this practice increased over time, and dragoons eventually received all the weapons and training as both infantry and cavalry, and could be classified as both. Conversely, starting about the mid-19th century, regular cavalry have been forced to spend more of their time dismounted in combat due to the ever-increasing effectiveness of enemy infantry firearms. Thus most cavalry transitioned to mounted infantry. As with grenadiers, the <i>dragoon</i> and <i>cavalry</i> designations can be retained long after their horses, such as in the <a href="Royal_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Dragoon Guards">Royal Dragoon Guards</a>, <a href="Royal_Lancers" title="Royal Lancers">Royal Lancers</a>, and <a href="King's_Royal_Hussars" title="King's Royal Hussars">King's Royal Hussars</a>.

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<p>Similarly, <a href="Motorised_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorised infantry">motorised infantry</a> have trucks and other unarmed vehicles for non-combat movement, but are still infantry since they leave their vehicles for any combat. Most modern infantry have vehicle transport, to the point where infantry being motorised is generally assumed, and the few exceptions might be identified as modern <i>light infantry</i>. <a href="Mechanised_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanised infantry">Mechanised infantry</a> go beyond motorised, having transport vehicles with combat abilities, <a href="Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carriers</a> (APCs), providing at least some options for combat without leaving their vehicles. In modern infantry, some APCs have evolved to be <a href="Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a> (IFVs), which are transport vehicles with more substantial combat abilities, approaching those of <a href="Light_tank" title="Light tank">light tanks</a>. Some well-equipped mechanised infantry can be designated as <i>armoured infantry</i>. Given that infantry forces typically also have some tanks, and given that most armoured forces have more mechanised infantry units than tank units in their organisation, the distinction between mechanised infantry and armour forces has blurred.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="History_of_infantry" title="History of infantry">History of infantry</a></div>

<p>The first military forces in history were infantry. In <a href="Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">antiquity</a>, infantry were armed with early melee weapons such as a <a href="Spear" title="Spear">spear</a>, <a href="Battle_axe" title="Battle axe">axe</a>, or <a href="Sword" title="Sword">sword</a>, or an early ranged weapon like a <a href="Javelin" title="Javelin">javelin</a>, <a href="Sling_(weapon)" title="Sling (weapon)">sling</a>, or <a href="Bow_and_arrow" title="Bow and arrow">bow</a>, with a few infantrymen being expected to use both a melee and a ranged weapon. With the <a href="History_of_gunpowder" title="History of gunpowder">development of gunpowder</a>, infantry began converting to primarily <a href="Firearm" title="Firearm">firearms</a>. By the time of <a href="Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic warfare</a>, infantry, cavalry and artillery formed a basic triad of ground forces, though infantry usually remained the most numerous. With <a href="Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">armoured warfare</a>, <a href="Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">armoured fighting vehicles</a> have replaced the horses of cavalry, and <a href="Airpower" title="Airpower">airpower</a> has added a new dimension to ground combat, but infantry remains pivotal to all modern <a href="Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a> operations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The first warriors, adopting <a href="Hunting_weapon#History" title="Hunting weapon">hunting weapons</a> or improvised melee weapons,<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the existence of any organised military, likely started essentially as loose groups without any organisation or formation. But this changed sometime before <a href="Recorded_history" title="Recorded history">recorded history</a>; the first <a href="List_of_empires" title="List of empires">ancient empires</a> (2500–1500 BC) are shown to have some soldiers with standardised military equipment, and the training and discipline required for battlefield formations and manoeuvres: <a href="Regular_army" title="Regular army">regular infantry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the main force of the army, these forces were usually kept small due to their cost of training and upkeep, and might be supplemented by local short-term mass-conscript forces using the older <a href="Irregular_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Irregular infantry">irregular infantry</a> weapons and tactics; this remained a common practice almost up to modern times.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>Before the adoption of the <a href="Chariot" title="Chariot">chariot</a> to create the first mobile fighting forces <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2000 BC</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all armies were pure infantry. Even after, with a few exceptions like the <a href="Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a>, infantry has been the largest component of most armies in history.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In the <a href="Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, from <a href="Classical_Antiquity" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Antiquity">Classical Antiquity</a> through the <a href="Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span> 8th century BC to 15th century AD), infantry are categorised as either <a href="Heavy_infantry" title="Heavy infantry">heavy infantry</a> or <a href="Light_infantry" title="Light infantry">light infantry</a>. After the fall of Rome, the quality of heavy infantry declined, and warfare was dominated by <a href="Heavy_cavalry" title="Heavy cavalry">heavy cavalry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as <a href="Knight" title="Knight">knights</a>, forming small elite units for decisive <a href="Shock_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Shock combat">shock combat</a>, supported by peasant infantry <a href="Militia" title="Militia">militias</a> and assorted light infantry from the lower classes. Towards the end of Middle Ages, this began to change, where more professional and better trained light infantry could be effective against knights, such as the <a href="English_longbow" title="English longbow">English longbowmen</a> in the <a href="Hundred_Years'_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>. By the start of the <a href="Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, the infantry began to <a href="Infantry_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry revolution">return</a> to a larger role, with <a href="Swiss_pikemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss pikemen">Swiss pikemen</a> and German <a href="Landsknechts" class="mw-redirect" title="Landsknechts">Landsknechts</a> filling the role of heavy infantry again, using <a href="Pike_square" title="Pike square">dense formations of pikes</a> to drive off any cavalry.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Dense formations are vulnerable to ranged weapons. Technological developments allowed the raising of large numbers of light infantry units armed with ranged weapons, without the years of training expected for traditional high-skilled archers and slingers. This started slowly, first with <a href="Crossbow" title="Crossbow">crossbowmen</a>, then <a href="Hand_cannon" title="Hand cannon">hand cannoneers</a> and <a href="Arquebus" title="Arquebus">arquebusiers</a>, each with increasing effectiveness, marking the beginning of <a href="Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">early modern warfare</a>, when <a href="Firearm" title="Firearm">firearms</a> rendered the use of heavy infantry obsolete. The introduction of <a href="Musketeer" title="Musketeer">musketeers</a> using <a href="Bayonet" title="Bayonet">bayonets</a> in the mid 17th century began replacement of the pike with the <a href="Infantry_square" title="Infantry square">infantry square</a> replacing the pike square.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>To maximise their firepower, musketeer infantry were trained to fight in wide lines facing the enemy, creating <a href="Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">line infantry</a>. These fulfilled the central battlefield role of earlier heavy infantry, using ranged weapons instead of melee weapons. To support these lines, smaller infantry formations using dispersed <a href="Skirmish_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Skirmish line">skirmish lines</a> were created, called light infantry, fulfilling the same multiple roles as earlier light infantry. Their arms were no lighter than line infantry; they were distinguished by their skirmish formation and flexible tactics.

</p><p>The modern <a href="Rifleman" title="Rifleman">rifleman</a> infantry became the primary force for taking and holding ground on battlefields as an element of <a href="Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a>. As firepower continued to increase, use of infantry lines diminished, until all infantry became light infantry in practice. Modern classifications of infantry have since expanded to reflect modern equipment and tactics, such as <a href="Motorised_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorised infantry">motorised infantry</a>, <a href="Mechanised_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanised infantry">mechanised or armoured infantry</a>, <a href="Mountain_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain infantry">mountain infantry</a>, <a href="Marine_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine infantry">marine infantry</a>, and <a href="Airborne_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne infantry">airborne infantry</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2></div>

<p>Beyond main arms and armour, an infantryman's "military kit" generally includes <a href="Combat_boot" title="Combat boot">combat boots</a>, <a href="Battledress" class="mw-redirect" title="Battledress">battledress</a> or combat <a href="Military_uniform" title="Military uniform">uniform</a>, <a href="Camping_gear" class="mw-redirect" title="Camping gear">camping gear</a>, heavy weather gear, <a href="Survival_kit#Military_kits" title="Survival kit">survival gear</a>, secondary weapons and <a href="Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a>, weapon service and repair kits, health and hygiene items, <a href="Mess_kit#Military" title="Mess kit">mess kit</a>, <a href="Field_ration" title="Field ration">rations</a>, filled <a href="Canteen_(bottle)" title="Canteen (bottle)">water canteen</a>, and all other consumables each infantryman needs for the expected duration of time operating away from their unit's base, plus any special mission-specific equipment. One of the most valuable pieces of gear is the <a href="Entrenching_tool" title="Entrenching tool">entrenching tool</a>—basically a folding <a href="Spade" title="Spade">spade</a>—which can be employed not only to dig important defences, but also in a variety of other daily tasks, and even sometimes as a weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Infantry typically have shared equipment on top of this, like tents or heavy weapons, where the carrying burden is spread across several infantrymen. In all, this can reach 25–45 kg (60–100 lb) for each soldier on the march.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such heavy infantry burdens have changed little over centuries of warfare; in the late Roman Republic, legionaries were nicknamed "<a href="Marius'_mules" class="mw-redirect" title="Marius' mules">Marius' mules</a>" as their main activity seemed to be carrying the weight of their legion around on their backs, a practice that predates the eponymous <a href="Gaius_Marius" title="Gaius Marius">Gaius Marius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>When combat is expected, infantry typically switch to "packing light", meaning reducing their equipment to weapons, ammunition, and other basic essentials, and leaving other items deemed unnecessary with their transport or <a href="Baggage_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Baggage train">baggage train</a>, at camp or rally point, in temporary hidden caches, or even (in emergencies) simply discarding the items.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional specialised equipment may be required, depending on the mission or to the particular terrain or environment, including <a href="Satchel_charge" title="Satchel charge">satchel charges</a>, <a href="Demolition" title="Demolition">demolition</a> tools, <a href="Land_mine" title="Land mine">mines</a>, or <a href="Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">barbed wire</a>, carried by the infantry or attached specialists.

</p><p>Historically, infantry have suffered high casualty rates from <a href="Disease" title="Disease">disease</a>, exposure, exhaustion and privation—often in excess of the casualties suffered from enemy attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Better infantry equipment to support their health, energy, and protect from environmental factors greatly reduces these rates of loss, and increase their level of effective action. Health, energy, and morale are greatly influenced by how the soldier is fed, so militaries issue standardised <a href="Field_ration" title="Field ration">field rations</a> that provide palatable meals and enough calories to keep a soldier well-fed and combat-ready.

</p><p>Communications gear has become a necessity, as it allows effective command of infantry units over greater distances, and communication with artillery and other support units. Modern infantry can have <a href="GPS" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS">GPS</a>, encrypted individual communications equipment, surveillance and night vision equipment, advanced intelligence and other high-tech mission-unique aids.

</p><p>Armies have sought to improve and standardise infantry gear to reduce fatigue for extended carrying, increase freedom of movement, accessibility, and compatibility with other carried gear, such as the American <a href="All-purpose_lightweight_individual_carrying_equipment" title="All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment">all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment</a> (ALICE).

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons">Weapons</h3></div>

<p>Infantrymen are defined by their primary arms – the <a href="Personal_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal weapons">personal weapons</a> and <a href="Body_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Body armour">body armour</a> for their own individual use. The available technology, resources, history, and society can produce quite different weapons for each military and era, but common infantry weapons can be distinguished in a few basic categories.<sup id="cite_ref-Germany_at_War_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Germany_at_War-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-List_of_weapons_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_weapons-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><u>Ranged combat weapons</u>: <a href="Javelin" title="Javelin">javelins</a>, slings, <a href="Blowgun" title="Blowgun">blowguns</a>, bows, <a href="Crossbow" title="Crossbow">crossbows</a>, hand cannons, <a href="Arquebuses" class="mw-redirect" title="Arquebuses">arquebuses</a>, <a href="Muskets" class="mw-redirect" title="Muskets">muskets</a>, <a href="Grenades" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenades">grenades</a>, <a href="Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower">flamethrowers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-List_of_weapons_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_weapons-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><u>Melee combat weapons</u>: bludgeoning weapons like <a href="Club_(weapon)" title="Club (weapon)">clubs</a>, <a href="Flail_(weapon)" title="Flail (weapon)">flails</a> and <a href="Mace_(bludgeon)" title="Mace (bludgeon)">maces</a>; <a href="Bladed_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Bladed weapons">bladed weapons</a> like swords, <a href="Dagger" title="Dagger">daggers</a>, and <a href="Axe" title="Axe">axes</a>; <a href="Polearm" title="Polearm">polearms</a> like spears, halberds, <a href="Naginata" title="Naginata">naginata</a>, and pikes.<sup id="cite_ref-List_of_weapons_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_weapons-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><u>Both ranged and close weapons</u>: the bayonet fixed to a firearm allows infantrymen to use the same weapon for both ranged combat and close combat. This started with <a href="Musket" title="Musket">muskets</a> and its use still continues with modern <a href="Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-List_of_weapons_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_weapons-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Use of the bayonet has declined with the introduction of <a href="Automatic_firearm" title="Automatic firearm">automatic firearms</a>, but are still generally kept as a weapon of last resort.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<p>Infantrymen often carry secondary or back-up weapons, sometimes called a <a href="Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">sidearm</a> or ancillary weapons. Infantry with ranged or polearms often carried a sword or dagger for possible hand-to-hand combat.<sup id="cite_ref-Germany_at_War_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Germany_at_War-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="Pilum" title="Pilum">pilum</a></i> was a javelin the Roman legionaries threw just before drawing their primary weapon, the <i><a href="Gladius" title="Gladius">gladius</a></i> (short sword), and closing with the enemy line.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Modern infantrymen now treat the bayonet as a backup weapon, but may also have <a href="Handgun" title="Handgun">handguns</a> as <a href="Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">sidearms</a>. They may also deploy anti-personnel mines, booby traps, incendiary, or explosive devices defensively before combat.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protection">Protection</h3></div>

<p>Infantry have employed many different methods of protection from enemy attacks, including various kinds of armour and other gear, and tactical procedures.

</p><p>The most basic is <a href="Personal_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal armour">personal armour</a>. This includes <a href="Shield" title="Shield">shields</a>, <a href="Military_helmet" class="mw-redirect" title="Military helmet">helmets</a> and many types of armour – <a href="Gambeson" title="Gambeson">padded linen</a>, leather, <a href="Lamellar_armour" title="Lamellar armour">lamellar</a>, <a href="Mail_(armor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail (armor)">mail</a>, <a href="Plate_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Plate armor">plate</a>, and <a href="Kevlar" title="Kevlar">kevlar</a>. Initially, armour was used to defend both from ranged and close combat; even a fairly light shield could help defend against most slings and javelins, though high-strength bows and crossbows might penetrate common armour at very close range. Infantry armour had to compromise between protection and coverage, as a full suit of attack-proof armour would be too heavy to wear in combat.

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<p>As firearms improved, armour for ranged defence had to be made thicker and heavier, which hindered mobility. With the introduction of the heavy arquebus designed to pierce standard steel armour, it was proven easier to make heavier firearms than heavier armour; armour transitioned to be only for close combat purposes. Pikemen armour tended to be just steel helmets and breastplates, and gunners had very little or no armour at all. By the time of the musket, the dominance of firepower shifted militaries away from any close combat, and use of armour decreased, until infantry typically went without wearing any armour.

</p><p>Helmets were added back during World War I as artillery began to dominate the battlefield, to protect against their <a href="Fragmentation_(weaponry)" title="Fragmentation (weaponry)">fragmentation</a> and other blast effects beyond a direct hit. Modern developments in bullet-proof composite materials like kevlar have started a return to body armour for infantry, though the extra weight is a notable burden.

</p><p>In modern times, infantrymen must also often carry protective measures against <a href="Chemical_warfare" title="Chemical warfare">chemical</a> and <a href="Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">biological</a> attack, including <a href="Military_gas_mask" class="mw-redirect" title="Military gas mask">military gas masks</a>, counter-agents, and protective suits. All of these protective measures add to the weight an infantryman must carry, and may decrease combat efficiency.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infantry-served_weapons">Infantry-served weapons</h3></div>

<p>Early crew-served weapons were <a href="Siege_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege weapon">siege weapons</a>, like the <a href="Ballista" title="Ballista">ballista</a>, <a href="Trebuchet" title="Trebuchet">trebuchet</a>, and <a href="Battering_ram" title="Battering ram">battering ram</a>. Modern versions include <a href="Machine_guns" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine guns">machine guns</a>, <a href="Anti-tank_missiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-tank missiles">anti-tank missiles</a>, and infantry <a href="Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortars</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formations">Formations</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">Tactical formation</a></div>

<p>Beginning with the development the first regular military forces, close-combat regular infantry fought less as unorganised groups of individuals and more in coordinated units, maintaining a defined <a href="Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">tactical formation</a> during combat, for increased battlefield effectiveness; such infantry formations and the arms they used developed together, starting with the spear and the shield.

</p><p>A spear has decent attack abilities with the additional advantage keeping opponents at distance; this advantage can be increased by using longer spears, but this could allow the opponent to side-step the point of the spear and close for <a href="Hand-to-hand_combat" title="Hand-to-hand combat">hand-to-hand combat</a> where the longer spear is near useless. This can be avoided when each spearman stays side by side with the others in close formation, each covering the ones next to him, presenting a solid wall of spears to the enemy that they cannot get around.

</p><p>Similarly, a shield has decent defence abilities, but is literally hit-or-miss; an attack from an unexpected angle can bypass it completely. Larger shields can cover more, but are also heavier and less manoeuvrable, making unexpected attacks even more of a problem. This can be avoided by having shield-armed soldiers stand close together, side-by-side, each protecting both themselves and their immediate comrades, presenting a solid <a href="Shield_wall" title="Shield wall">shield wall</a> to the enemy.

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<p>The opponents for these first formations, the close-combat infantry of more <a href="Tribal_society" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal society">tribal societies</a>, or any military without regular infantry (so called "<a href="Barbarian" title="Barbarian">barbarians</a>") used arms that focused on the individual – weapons using personal strength and force, such as larger swinging swords, axes, and clubs. These take more room and individual freedom to swing and wield, necessitating a more loose organisation. While this may allow for a fierce running attack (an initial shock advantage) the tighter formation of the heavy spear and shield infantry gave them a local manpower advantage where several might be able to fight each opponent.

</p><p>Thus tight formations heightened advantages of heavy arms, and gave greater local numbers in melee. To also increase their staying power, multiple rows of heavy infantrymen were added. This also increased their shock combat effect; individual opponents saw themselves literally lined-up against several heavy infantryman each, with seemingly no chance of defeating all of them. <i>Heavy infantry</i> developed into huge solid block formations, up to a hundred meters wide and a dozen rows deep.

</p><p>Maintaining the advantages of heavy infantry meant maintaining formation; this became even more important when two forces with heavy infantry met in battle; the solidity of the formation became the deciding factor. Intense discipline and training became paramount. Empires formed around their military.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Military_organization" title="Military organization">Military organization</a></div>

<p>The organization of military forces into regular military units is first noted in Egyptian records of the <a href="Battle_of_Kadesh" title="Battle of Kadesh">Battle of Kadesh</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1274 BC</span>). Soldiers were grouped into units of 50, which were in turn grouped into larger units of 250, then 1,000, and finally into units of up to 5,000 – the largest independent command. Several of these Egyptian "divisions" made up an army, but operated independently, both on the march and tactically, demonstrating sufficient military <a href="Command_and_control" title="Command and control">command and control</a> organisation for basic battlefield manoeuvres. Similar hierarchical organizations have been noted in other ancient armies, typically with approximately 10 to 100 to 1,000 ratios (even where <a href="Base_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Base 10">base 10</a> was not common), similar to modern <a href="Section_(military_unit)" title="Section (military unit)">sections (squads)</a>, <a href="Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">companies</a>, and <a href="Regiment" title="Regiment">regiments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Training">Training</h2></div>

<p>The training of the infantry has differed drastically over time and from place to place. The cost of maintaining an army in fighting order and the seasonal nature of warfare precluded large permanent armies.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The antiquity saw everything from the well-trained and motivated citizen armies of Greece and Rome, the tribal host assembled from farmers and hunters with only passing acquaintance with warfare and masses of lightly armed and ill-trained militia put up as a last ditch effort. <a href="Kingdom_of_Kush" title="Kingdom of Kush">Kushite</a> king <a href="Taharqa" title="Taharqa">Taharqa</a> enjoyed military success in the <a href="Near_East" title="Near East">Near East</a> as a result of his efforts to strengthen the army through daily training in long-distance running.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In medieval times the foot soldiers varied from peasant levies to semi-permanent companies of mercenaries, foremost among them the Swiss, English, <a href="Aragon" title="Aragon">Aragonese</a> and German, to men-at-arms who went into battle as well-armoured as knights, the latter of which at times also fought on foot.

</p><p>The creation of <a href="Standing_army" title="Standing army">standing armies</a>—permanently assembled for war or defence—saw increase in training and experience.

</p><p>The introduction of national and mass armies saw an establishment of minimum requirements and the introduction of special troops (first of them the engineers going back to medieval times, but also different kinds of infantry adopted to specific terrain, bicycle, motorcycle, motorised and mechanised troops) culminating with the introduction of highly trained special forces during the first and second World War.

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<li><a href="Glider_infantry" title="Glider infantry">Glider infantry</a> / <a href="Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">Paratrooper</a></li>

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<ul><li>Historic films and photos showing Infantries in World War I at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europeanfilmgateway.eu/node/33/infantry%20efg1914%20OR%20efg1914%20infantries/multilingual%3A1">europeanfilmgateway.eu</a></li>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nato.int/kfor/chronicle/2003/chronicle_02/12.htm">The Lagunari "Serenissima" Regiment</a> KFOR: KFOR Chronicle.</li>

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<li><a href="Commando" title="Commando">Commando</a></li>

<li><a href="Frogman" title="Frogman">Frogman</a></li>

<li><a href="Militia" title="Militia">Militia</a></li>

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<li><a href="Military_communications" title="Military communications">Communications</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_engineer" title="Combat engineer">Engineers</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intelligence</a></li>

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<li><a href="Gendarmerie" title="Gendarmerie">Gendarmerie</a></li>

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<li><a href="Border_guard" title="Border guard">Border guard</a></li>

<li><a href="Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">Coast guard</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">Logistics</a>

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<li><i>Categories:</i></li>

<li>Combat occupations</li>

<li><i>Development:</i></li>

<li><a href="Military_recruit_training" title="Military recruit training">Basic training</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Military maneuvers</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat" title="Combat">Combat training</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Combat_arms" title="Combat arms">Combat arms</a></li>

<li><a href="Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a>

<ul><li><a href="Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li>

<li><a href="Special_reconnaissance" title="Special reconnaissance">Special reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="Signal_corps" title="Signal corps">Signal corps</a></li>

<li><i>Naval units:</i></li>

<li><a href="Warship" title="Warship">Warships</a>

<ul><li><a href="Surface_combatant" title="Surface combatant">Surface</a></li>

<li><a href="Littoral_combat_ship" title="Littoral combat ship">Littoral</a></li>

<li><a href="Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></li>

<li><a href="Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></li>

<li><a href="Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">Landing craft</a></li>

<li><a href="Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ship</a></li>

<li><i>Air units:</i></li>

<li><a href="Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighters</a></li>

<li><a href="Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></li>

<li><a href="Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Command</a></li>

<li><a href="Close_air_support" title="Close air support">Close air support</a></li>

<li><a href="Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic-warfare</a></li>

<li><a href="Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>By country</li>

<li>Armies by country</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Command_hierarchy" title="Command hierarchy">Chain of command</a></li>

<li><a href="Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></li>

<li><a href="Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">General staff</a></li>

<li><a href="Army_group" title="Army group">Army group</a></li>

<li><a href="Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a></li>

<li><a href="Corps" title="Corps">Corps</a>

<li><a href="Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a>

<li><a href="Brigade" title="Brigade">Brigade</a>

<li><a href="Regiment" title="Regiment">Regiment</a>

<ul><li>By country</li>

<li><a href="Battalion" title="Battalion">Battalion</a>

<ul><li>By country</li>

<li><a href="Platoon" title="Platoon">Platoon</a></li>

<li><a href="Squad" title="Squad">Squad</a></li>

<li><i>Naval:</i></li>

<li><a href="Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">Naval fleet</a></li>

<li><a href="Task_force#Naval" title="Task force">Task force</a></li>

<li><a href="Carrier_strike_group" title="Carrier strike group">Carrier strike group</a></li>

<li><a href="Division_(naval)" title="Division (naval)">Division</a></li>

<li><a href="Flotilla" title="Flotilla">Flotilla</a></li>

<li><a href="Squadron_(naval)" title="Squadron (naval)">Squadron</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_box" title="Combat box">Combat box</a></li>

<li><i>Special units by nation:</i></li>

<li><a href="Battle_Fleet" title="Battle Fleet">Battle Fleet; U.S. Navy</a></li>

<li><a href="Front_(military_formation)" title="Front (military formation)">Front; Russian land forces</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Ground:</i></li>

<li><a href="Military_vehicle" title="Military vehicle">Ground</a>

<li><a href="Combat_vehicle" title="Combat vehicle">Combat</a></li>

<li>Tracked vehicles</li>

<li>Wheeled vehicles</li>

<li><a href="Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a>

<li><a href="Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">Infantry fighting vehicle</a></li>

<li><a href="Lists_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles" title="Lists of armoured fighting vehicles">Lists</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles_by_country" title="List of armoured fighting vehicles by country">By country</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">Armored car</a></li>

<li><a href="Scout_car" title="Scout car">Scout car</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_vehicle#Military_trucks" title="Military vehicle">Truck</a>

<li><a href="Gun_truck" title="Gun truck">Gun truck</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Self-propelled_artillery" title="Self-propelled artillery">Self-propelled artillery</a>

<li><a href="Self-propelled_anti-aircraft_weapon" title="Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon">Anti-aircraft</a></li></ul></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Weapon" title="Weapon">Weapons</a>

<li><i>Artillery:</i></li>

<li><a href="Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">Artillery</a>

<li><a href="List_of_artillery_by_country" title="List of artillery by country">By country</a></li>

<li><a href="Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">Battery</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Field_gun" title="Field gun">Field gun</a>

<li><a href="Howitzer" title="Howitzer">Howitzer</a>

<li><a href="Rocket_artillery" title="Rocket artillery">Rocket</a>

<li><i><a href="Small_Arms_and_Light_Weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Small Arms and Light Weapons">Infantry guns</a>:</i></li>

<li><a href="Service_pistol" title="Service pistol">Pistols</a></li>

<li><a href="Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a>

<li><i><a href="Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">Service rifles</a>:</i></li>

<li><a href="Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">Battle rifles</a>

<li><a href="Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">Assault rifle</a>

<li><a href="Sniper_rifle" title="Sniper rifle">Sniper rifle</a></li>

<li><i>Other infantry weapons:</i></li>

<li><a href="Bazooka" title="Bazooka">Bazooka</a></li>

<li><a href="Grenade" title="Grenade">Grenade</a>

<li><a href="Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower">Flamethrower</a></li>

<li><a href="Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_knife" title="Combat knife">Combat knife</a>

<li><i><a href="Missile" title="Missile">Missiles</a>:</i>

<ul><li><a href="Shoulder-fired_missile" title="Shoulder-fired missile">Shoulder-fired</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_missiles_by_country" title="List of missiles by country">By country</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">Mortar</a>

<ul><li><i>Lists:</i></li>

<li><a href="List_of_infantry_mortars" title="List of infantry mortars">Infantry</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_heavy_mortars" title="List of heavy mortars">Heavy</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i>Other:</i></li>

<li><a href="Shell_(projectile)" title="Shell (projectile)">Shells</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Missile" title="Missile">Guided missiles</a>

<li><i><a href="Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">Naval</a>:</i></li>

<li><a href="Naval_artillery" title="Naval artillery">Naval artillery</a>

<li><a href="Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">Anti-ship missiles</a></li>

<li><a href="Torpedo" title="Torpedo">Torpedoes</a></li>

<li><a href="Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charges</a></li>

<li><a href="Close-in_weapon_system" title="Close-in weapon system">Close-in weapons</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial</a>:</i></li>

<li>Missiles</li>

<li><a href="Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">Bombs</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Military_technology" title="Military technology">Military equipment</a>

<ul><li><a href="Lists_of_military_equipment" title="Lists of military equipment">Lists</a></li>

<li>By country</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Combat_helmet" title="Combat helmet">Helmet</a>

<li><a href="Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a>

<li><a href="Body_armor" title="Body armor">Body armor</a></li>

<li><i>Facilities:</i></li>

<li><a href="Military_base" title="Military base">Military base</a>

<ul><li><a href="Lists_of_military_installations" title="Lists of military installations">Lists</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Field_hospital" title="Field hospital">Field hospital</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control system</a></li>

<li><a href="Fire-control_radar" title="Fire-control radar">Fire-control radar</a></li>

<li><a href="Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">Director (military)</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat_information_center" title="Combat information center">Combat information center</a></li>

<li><a href="Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li>

<li><a href="Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li>

<li><i>Historical:</i></li>

<li><a href="Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Ship gun fire-control</a></li>

<li><a href="Gun_data_computer" title="Gun data computer">Gun data computer</a></li>

<li><a href="Torpedo_Data_Computer" title="Torpedo Data Computer">Torpedo Data Computer</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li>

<li><a href="Strategy" title="Strategy">Strategy</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></li>

<li><a href="Combat" title="Combat">Combat</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_science" title="Military science">Military science</a></li>

<li><a href="Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</a></li>

<li><a href="International_law" title="International law">International law</a></li>

<li><a href="Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric</a></li>

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