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    Cuirassiers (/ˌkwɪrəˈsɪər/ KWIRR-ə-SEER; from French cuirassier [kɥiʁasje], 'wearing a cuirass') were cavalry equipped with a cuirass, sword, and pistols...
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    The Wounded Cuirassier (French: Le Cuirassier blessé quittant le feu) is an oil painting of a single anonymous soldier descending a slope with his nervous...
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    The Cuirassiers Regiment (Italian: Reggimento corazzieri) is a Carabinieri cavalry regiment acting as guard of honour of the President of the Italian...
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    The Guards Cuirassiers (German: Garde-Kürassier-Regiment) were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. Formed in 1815 as an Uhlans regiment...
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  • The 1st–11th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1er-11e RC) was an armoured (tank) regiment of the French Army. It was the armoured...
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  • disorganised plethora of bladed weapons was produced. It comes as a successor of the sabre of the elite Garde du Corps. Les Sabres de Cuirassiers. v t e v t e...
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  • Wittenberg) Torstensson Leib Cuirassier Hesse Cuirassier Duval Cuirassier – Colonel Tobias Macdougall Hoking Cuirassier Kinsky Cuirassier Detachments: each regiment...
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    The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e régiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then...
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    was minimalist and restricted almost entirely to cavalry, primarily to cuirassiers and, to a lesser degree, carabiniers and dragoons. Armour had been in...
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    The 1st Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1er RC) was the oldest armoured regiment in the French Army, until it was amalgamated...
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    Imperial Cuirassier - Colonel Giulio Marchese Rangoni Strozzi Imperial Cuirassier (Veteran) - Colonel Giacomo Strozzi Trèka Imperial Cuirassier - Colonel...
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  • The 6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 6e-12e Régiment de Cuirassiers,6e-12e RC) was an armoured cavalry (tank) regiment of the French Army. It was...
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    1805, Cuirassiers Before the Charge (French: 1805, Les Cuirassiers avant la charge), also known as Cuirassiers of 1805, before battle or 1805, is an 1878...
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    Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment, and Her Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment), the Chevalier Guards were equipped as cuirassiers (with some differences...
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    Cuirassier Regiment (French: 6e Régiment de Cuirassiers,6e RC) was an ancient French cavalry regiment. It has since merged with the 12th Cuirassier Regiment...
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  • (German) Horn Cuirassier (German) Kotchtitzky Cuirassier (German) Baden Cuirassier (German) Monro of Fowles Cuirassier (German) Schonberg Cuirassier (German)...
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    heavily-armoured cavalrymen such as the demi-lancer, or pistol-armed cavalry – the cuirassier and reiter. Towards the mid-17th century, the harquebusier became the...
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    horseman, trooper, cataphract, knight, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, samurai or horse archer. The designation of cavalry...
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    Regiment Palffy Cuirassier Regiment Bretlach Cuirassier Regiment Liechtenstein Dragoon Regiment Hohenembs Cuirassier Regiment St. Ignon Cuirassier Regiment Right...
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  • The Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 (German: Kürassier-Regiment "Königin" (Pommersches) Nr. 2) was a Prussian cavalry regiment. Formed in...
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    twenty cuirassier regiments. Imperial Russia formed its own cuirassier regiments in 1732, including a Leib Guards regiment. The Russian cuirassier units...
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  • First English Civil War. The unit was one of very few units raised as cuirassiers, equipped in suits of plate armour reaching from head to knee. It had...
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    troops of the period were heavy cavalry, such as the gendarmes and early cuirassiers, but the infantry troops of the Swiss mercenaries and the Landsknechts...
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    The Raft of the Medusa; The Woman with a Gambling Mania; The Wounded Cuirassier Greuze: The Bible Reading; The Broken Vessel; The Father's Curse; The...
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    Bindauf's Cuirassier Regiment led by himself, Colonel Ernst von Anhalt-Bernburg's Cuirassier Squadron, Colonel Lorenz Hofkirchen's Cuirassier Squadron...
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    new headwear was inspired by the leather helmet worn by the Russian cuirassiers, with the plumed crest being replaced by a pointed ornament in the shape...
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    - Metz 5e Régiment de Cuirassiers (5th Cuirassier Regiment) - United Arab Emirates 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers (12th Cuirassier Regiment), 2e Brigade...
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    of the Livregementetsbrigadens kyriassiärkår ("Life Regiment Brigade Cuirassier Corps"), which consisted of the companies closest to the capital and which...
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    The 12th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 12e RC) is an armoured cavalry (tank) regiment of the French Army. It provides the armoured...
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    armour stockpiled in armouries to equip both foot soldiers and mounted cuirassiers. During the Late Middle Ages, plate armour was expensive and tailor-made...
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