Combat occupations of the late modern period

thumb|upright=1.35|4th Hussar Regiment (France)|French 4th Hussars at the [[Battle of Friedland, 1807]]

thumb|Vasily Zaitsev (sniper)|Vasily Zaytsev, left, and other Soviet snipers equipped with Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 during the [[Battle of Stalingrad in December 1942]] thumb|A modern sniper weapon system which consists of a [[sniper rifle (here Barak HTR 2000 chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum), telescopic sight (Leupold Mark IV x10), and additional optics]]

thumb|200px|Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary)|Archduke Stephen of Austria, Palatine of Hungary, in 19th-century Hungarian general's hussar style gala uniform; with characteristic tight [[dolman jacket, loose-hanging pelisse over-jacket, and busby]]

thumb|Painting of two British light dragoons in 1809 during the [[Peninsular War]]

thumb|upright|Grenadier of Old Guard (France)|Napoleon's Old Guard c.1812 by [[Édouard Detaille]]

thumb|Polish uhlans from the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, 1807–1815, [[January Suchodolski painting]] Uhlan (; ; ; ; ) is a type of light cavalry, primarily armed with a lance. The uhlans started with the tartars in the Lithuanian irregular cavalry, that were later also adopted by other countries during the 18th century, including Poland, France, Russia, Prussia, Saxony, and Austria. The term "lancer" was often used interchangeably with "uhlan"; the lancer regiments later formed for the British Army were directly inspired by the uhlans of other armies (even though they were never known by that

thumb|upright=1.2| Royal Marines from [[40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are pictured]]A commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating in small teams behind enemy lines.

thumb|212px|French cuirassier (1809)

thumb|An 1843 illustration of a First French Empire|French aide-de-camp (right) assisting a général de division (centre) during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] An aide-de-camp (; ; plural: aides-de-camp) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state. The term comes from a French expression meaning "helper in the military camp".

dog taught to carry explosives to tanks, armored vehicles and other military targets

thumb|upright=1.2|Paratroopers of the armies of British Army|Britain, Italy, Turkey and the United States during an exercise in [[Pordenone, Italy, 2019.]]

thumb|Modern sapper equipment

light infantry

thumb|upright=1.20|Polish Lancer (left) and Austrian Cuirassier (right) in a mêlée A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used for mounted warfare in Assyria as early as and subsequently by India, Egypt, China, Persia, Greece, and Rome. The weapon was widely used throughout Eurasia during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by heavy cavalry, but fell out of general use by the late 16th century, before its revival by light cavalry in the early 19th century. Lance cavalry remained in an active role into the early 20th century and World War I. In modern times, many

type of infantry

thumb|A SEAL Delivery Team member climbs aboard a delivery vehicle before launching from the back of the submarine USS Philadelphia (SSN-690)|USS Philadelphia.

soldiers who are highly mobile engaging in both direct and indirect combat on horseback

thumb|right|220px|A lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards bears the Regimental Colours during an inspection of No. 7 Company, prior to the start of the ceremonial season. thumb|right|220px|17th-century copy by Gerrit Lundens of The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch aka The Night Watch with lines added indicating the areas cut down from the original painting in 1715

Type of soldier that engages in direct combat on horseback

military vocation

military personnel who use bicycles

thumb|225px|A member of the French Army's , armed with a [[flintlock, ]] Fusilier is a name given to various kinds of soldiers; its meaning depends on the historical context. While fusilier is derived from the 17th-century French word – meaning a type of flintlock musket – the term has been used in contrasting ways in different countries and at different times, including soldiers guarding artillery, various elite units, ordinary line infantry and other uses.

thumb|367x367px|Napoleonic French Carabinier, 1810 thumb|300px|right|Spanish Carabiniers in the Pyrenees, 1892.

military personnel who have been trained to at least an EMT-Basic level

type of light infantry that were arrangeed into long thin lines of alternating rows and fired volleys of shot into enemy ranks

thumb|An American marksman looks for enemy activity along the hilltops near Dur Baba District, Afghanistan (2006) thumb|A soldier with a Heckler & Koch HK417|G28 of the [[German Army]] A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting. In modern military usage this typically refers to the use of projectile weapons such as an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle, sniper rifle and anti-materiel rifle to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges.

thumb|upright|Austrian pandur, , using a tree for cover while skirmishing thumb|upright=1.25|As with most other modern foot soldiers, the US 6th Marine Regiment, on patrol near [[Marjah, 2010, routinely uses skirmish formation.]]

soldier sent to a foreign nation to aid that nation in various military tasks

Generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation

thumb|Chasseurs à pied bugler, illustration by Édouard Detaille in ''L'Armee Française (1885) thumb|upright|The Charging Chasseur'' by Théodore Géricault, depicting an officer of the [[Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale]] thumb|The Chasseur in the Forest by Caspar David Friedrichthumb|Chasseur d'Afrique in 1914 Chasseur ( , ), a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry () or light cavalry () to denote troops trained for rapid action.

military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air, and often air-to-ground, combat

soldier fulfilling the marksman role in an infantry squad

infantry that rides on horseback

soldier tasked with engineering and construction

military role for observing artillery strikes and directing them to their targets

thumb|240px|Gun crew of the Wehrmacht 37-mm-PaK, 19391 2 Cannoneers (fuse, ammunition a. charge)2 Gunner (team leader)3 Gun pointer (dep. gunner)4 Loader

thumb|1st Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (Polish)|Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard during the Battle of Peterswalde.

thumb|Green jacketed British Army rifleman aiming a [[Baker rifle, c. 1803]]

flight crew responsible for operating defensive armament located at the tail of the aircraft

flight crew member responsible for operating aircraft gun armament not directly operated by the pilot

helicopter crew responsible for operating flexible-mount guns fired from the main cabin

someone who directs aircraft etc. in a military operation

terrestrial reconnaissance using tanks and armored reconnaissance vehicles

manned naval artillery guns as a member of a warship's crew

civilian who follows an army

military messenger

youth employed to play a drum in the military

crew member of a bomber aircraft responsible for the targeting of aerial bombs

thumb|right|upright=1.2|A wood engraving depicting an unidentified sharpshooter for the Army of the Potomac on [[picket duty during the American Civil War]] A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat. Along with "marksman" and "expert", "sharpshooter" is one of the three marksmanship badges awarded by the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps. The United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard use a ribbon with an attached "