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História. A infantaria com seus combatentes, os infantes, desde a antiguidade, sempre foram a principal força combativa de um exército. Uma notável exceção foram as sociedades nômades, como os hunos ou mongóis, que lutavam basicamente com soldados montados a cavalo .
L' infanterie est l'ensemble des unités militaires qui combattent à pied. Le soldat est appelé fantassin. Le mot est emprunté de l'italien infanteria, dérivé de infante (« enfant ») qui prit au XIVe siècle le sens de « jeune soldat, fantassin » 1 .
WarOutline. Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, irregular infantry, heavy infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and naval infantry.
Infanterie, veraltet historisch Fußvolk, bezeichnet sich zu Fuß bewegende und kämpfende Soldaten der Kampftruppe der Landstreitkräfte, die mit Handwaffen ausgerüstet sind. Obwohl sich der Begriff Infanterie erst in der frühen Neuzeit einbürgerte, wird er auch für entsprechende Soldaten früherer Epochen verwendet.
Eine Infanteriedivision (InfDiv), auch Schützendivision, ist ein militärischer Großverband auf Divisionsebene, dessen Kampftruppenverbände der Truppengattung Infanterie angehören.
Line infantry and other contemporary types of infantry. Initially, soldiers equipped with firearms formed only a small part of the infantry branch of most armies, because of their vulnerability to hostile cavalry. Pikemen formed the majority of infantrymen and were known as heavy infantry.
Infantry was the primary combat arm of the Classical period. Examples of infantry units of the period are the Immortals of the Persian Empire, the hoplites of ancient Greece and the legions of Imperial Rome and Auxiliaries (Roman military) troops.
