(Askeri) PİYADE OKULU: Piyade sınıfına ait taktik ve teknik öğretim yapan sınıf okulu. Piyade okulu; sahra hizmeti ve öğretmenlik için eğitim sağladığı gibi, piyade sınıfına subay yetiştirmek için şahısları eğitime tabi tutan ve kendilerine ehliyet kazandırır. ABD'de bu okul, Ordu Eğitim Servisi'ne bağlıdır. Bak. "service school"
(Askeri) ZIRHLI PİYADE: Düşmanı, ateş ve manevra ile yaklaşıp imha etmek, düşman hücumunu yakın muharebe ile püskürtmek ve tanklara destek sağlamak maksadıyla kurulmuş kara ordusu birlikleri
A branch of the army whose soldiers were trained to fight on foot The Infantry used small guns in battle and were usually equipped with shovels, sandbags, bombs, flares and bayonets
Infantry are soldiers who fight on foot rather than in tanks or on horses. an infantry division. soldiers who fight on foot (infanterie, from infanteria, from infante , from infans; INFANT). Troops who fight on foot. The term applies both to soldiers armed with hand weapons such as the spear and sword in ancient times and to troops armed with automatic rifles and rocket launchers in modern times. Their objective has always been to seize and hold ground and, when necessary, to occupy enemy territory. Apart from the temporary dominance of cavalry in the feudal period, it has been the largest single element in Western armies since ancient times
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
n Roman Infant meaning those with-out voice Modern body of soldiers who fight on foot, as distinct from CAVALRY or other branches of an ARMY In ancient times the relative military value of infantry fluctuated The Romans are believed to have made the most effective use of the foot soldier, but with the decline of Rome, cavalry became dominant in war, remaining so until firearms were introduced in the mid-14th cent Armed with muskets, and then rifles, troops fought in mass formation until the early 20th cent , when trench warfare and automatic weapons affected deployment Aircraft, TANKS, and ARTILLERY supported a massive use of infantry in WORLD WAR II Despite the innovations in weaponry since then, strategists continue to regard the infantry as the indispensable factor in military victory
The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers. (Compare artillery, armor.)
Infantry is several different types of soldiers who fought on foot The majority of these men were line infantry, but they were also referred to as fusiliers or musketeers Guard infantry were superior troops Heavy infantry, called grenadiers, were elite line troops selected for special combat roles Light infantry, also called legere or Jaeger, were used in open order; voltigeur and Schutzen were superior light infantry Landwehr, militia, national guard and other such units did not possess the same military training as regular frontline units
A heavily armed, armored combat vehicle, having tracks or wheels and often having amphibious capability, used to transport infantry into battle and support them there
award established in 1943 to be given to selected members of the American infantry for special recognition of their unique and difficult role as direct combat soldiers
() From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth", either way from Latin infans '(child) who doesn't speak (yet)' (from in- 'non-' + fari 'to speak')