The Caçadores (hunters) were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Units of Caçadores – with...
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were named caçadores especiais (special huntsmen). The caçadores especiais wore a brown beret in the colour of the uniforms of the caçadores of the Peninsular...
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"Batalhão de Caçadores n.ª 1". Arqnet.pt. Retrieved 2015-05-21. "Regimento de Caçadores n.ª 2". Arqnet.pt. Retrieved 2015-05-21. "Regimento de Caçadores n.ª 3"...
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caçadores). These were organized in companies of caçadores that could be independent or be grouped in battalions of caçadores. Besides the caçadores units...
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Clube Caçadores das Taipas is a Portuguese sports club from Caldas das Taipas, Guimarães. The men's football team plays in the Braga Football Association...
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companies) 1st Caçadores Vandeleur's Brigade Maj Gen John O. Vandeleur 1st Battalion, 52nd Foot 1st Battalion, 95th Foot (8 companies) 3rd Caçadores Independent...
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irregulars were organized into a Group of Battalions of Caçadores, with three Patriotic Battalions of Caçadores, named according to their patrons: 1st ("Fernando...
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South region of Brazil. Caçador (plural: Caçadores) may also refer to: Caçador Airport, Caçador, Brazil Caçadores, historical Portuguese infantry Rui Caçador...
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disbanded, the 1st battalion became the 7th Caçadores and the 2nd battalion the 8th Caçadores. The 9th Caçadores was organized with the rest of the Legion's...
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Brito S.C. Pevidém S.C. Athletic Club of Gonça Amigos de Urgeses Clube Caçadores das Taipas G.D. Serzedelo G.D.R.C. Os Sandinenses Guimarães Sports Centre...
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(manager) Youth career 1985–1986 Santoantoniense 1986–1987 Quimigal 1987–1991 Caçadores Torreenses 1991–1992 Vitória Guimarães Senior career* Years Team Apps...
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each. At the same time, 12 battalions of caçadores, numbered from 46th to 57th, and 13 companies of caçadores emerged. The battalions had three companies...
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counterinsurgency force, the Companhias de Caçadores Especiais (Special Sharpshooter Companies, or CCE). The initial Caçadores Especiais companies were composed...
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rebel forces ousted the colonial garrison (known as the Companhia de Caçadores 1790) from Boe. The men retreated north and needed to cross the Corubal...
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Portuguese Army special caçadores advancing in the African jungle in the early 1960s, during the Angolan War of Independence....
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1st Mozambique Light Infantry (Mozambique Caçadores) Company 2nd Mozambique Light Infantry (Mozambique Caçadores) Company 1 Portuguese artillery company...
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Brito S.C. Pevidém S.C. Athletic Club of Gonça Amigos de Urgeses Clube Caçadores das Taipas G.D. Serzedelo G.D.R.C. Os Sandinenses Guimarães Sports Centre...
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in 1961 in Angola, the Portuguese Army employed its units of Special Caçadores. These were special light infantry units organized and trained by the...
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wrong with that city." Hayden went to Europe where he appeared in Ternos Caçadores (1970), Angel's Leap (1971) and Le grand départ (1972). He had small but...
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Espingarda de Infantaria 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Infantry Rifle; Carabina de Caçadores 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Light Infantry Carbine; Carabina de Cavalaria 8 mm m/1886:...
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the uprising would take place in a few barracks: the 4th Battalion of Caçadores (BC), in Santana, the Cavalry Regiment of the Public Force, in Luz, and...
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of special caçadores, trained in guerrilla and counter-insurgency warfare. The Army tried to extend the training of the special caçadores to all the light...
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Monserrat) was founded in 1621 next to the old barracks named Batalhão de Caçadores 9. In 1627 a decision was taken to establish a monastery of the Order...
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weapon of the Caçadores Especiais due to its lighter weight and better practical accuracy compared to the m/961 G3. The 4th Company Caçadores Especiais in...
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AR-10 was officially adopted by the Portuguese paratrooper battalions (Caçadores páraquedistas), and the rifle saw considerable combat service in Portugal's...
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and ...And Millions Die! (1973) and the occasional feature like Ternos Caçadores (1970), The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972), and Orson Welles' The Other...
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infantry, as opposed to the grenadiers (granadeiros) and the light infantry (caçadores and atiradores). In addition, the Brazilian Marine Corps is called Fuzileiros...
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4th Caçadores Bradford's Brigade Maj Gen Thomas Bradford (2,392 total) 13th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 24th Portuguese Line (2 bns) 5th Caçadores Spanish...
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(with the hunting horn also being a symbol of marksmanship), being called caçadores, chasseurs and Jäger. Other words for sniper include franc-tireur, tireur...
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"red beret." Historically maroon was the distinguishing color of the Caçadores (rifle) regiments of the Portuguese Army. Business Maroon is the signature...
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