Dragoon
id:
dragoon-169-5487386
title:
Dragoon
text:
Mounted Riflemen were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, mounted riflemen were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback. While their use goes back to the late 16th century, mounted riflemen regiments were established in most European armies during the 17th and early 18th centuries; they provided greater mobility than regu
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Type of mounted soldiers
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon
date created:
2001-11-04T14:20:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T09:52:20Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q194199","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q194199"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/02_187_Book_illustrations_of_Historical_description_of_the_clothes_and_weapons_of_Russian_troops.jpg","width":394,"height":548}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16