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
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
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