Germans rowing the Elbe River to surrender to the 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division. 1945
National Guardsmen of D Company, 151st Infantry Regiment on patrol in Vietnam. The "Indiana Rangers" were the only National Guard infantry unit to serve intact in Vietnam.
Found out recently this was my great-great-great grandfather. 87th Regiment, Company E of the Indiana Infantry.
My x4 great grandfather holding my ×3 great grandfather after he got back from fighting for the union in the civil war in 1863. Named joseph shepard potts (1838-1907) from 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
[Early Modern] Pair of detached pvts of 84th RoF, practicing light infantry tactics in backcountry of SC, ca. 1780
American soldiers of the 84th Infantry Division, United States 9th Army examine a knocked out 9th Panzer Division ( Wehrmacht) Sturmgeschutz III (StuG III Ausf G) assault gun near the town of Geilenkirchen during Operation Clipper on 21st November 1944 in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany
Members of a Wehrmacht 84th Artillery Regiment fire from a 240-mm Czech-made 24 cm kanon vz.16 cannon during the siege of Leningrad.
Finnish soldiers from their 46th Infantry Regiment, printed in the April 1943 issue of Signal. Note that the Finnish helmets were almost identical to German helmets.
Turkish soldiers offering cigarettes to a Greek who was caught trying to poison the water of the 261st Infantry Regiment during Operation Atilla, 1974
TIL Iowa contributed to the Union’s effort against the Confederate South during the Civil war with 48 regiments of state infantry, 1 regiment of black infantry (the 1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment (African Descent), 9 regiments of cavalry, and 4 artillery batteries.
4th USCT Infantry Regiment, Company E, Detail (November, 1865) reddit.com/gallery/rjodud
A M18 Hellcat of the 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion firing its 76mm gun in Wiesloch, Germany, in support of the 397th Infantry Regiment. 1 April, 1945
Cpl. Thomas O'Brien from Company C, 101st Infantry Regiment eats a cold ration from his mess-kit during a lull. On 25 January 1945, two weeks after this photo was taken, O'Brien was killed by a German sniper while he was guarding a crossroad outside the city of Clervaux in Luxembourg.
My grandfather receiving his Silver Star after the Battle of Pork Chop Hill. He also earned a Purple Heart during this engagement. E Company, 2nd BN, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, 1953.
On this day, 77 years ago, a young captain of the 194th Glider Infantry Regiment named Jack R. Klinger was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, leaving behind a wife and young daughter.
[75mm] Corporal, 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment Iron Brigade 1862 - Heroes and Villains - Enzo Macaluzo imgur.com/a/iYgMy
French soldiers from the 5th Infantry Regiment in Paris waiting to depart for the front, August 6, 1914.
GIs of 2nd Platoon, D Company, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, firing a .30 caliber machine gun into the town of Schlich, Germany, December 10, 1944.
My collection of the Cap Badges of 69 British Infantry Regiments dated c.1900
Samuel Pryor escaped from slavery in Tennessee at the age of 22 and promptly enlisted in the Union's black infantry regiment, circa 1864
Soldiers from the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division advancing towards Wallerode, northwest of Sankt Vith on 25 January 1945, was the last photo the American war photographer Technician Fifth Grade Hugh F. McHugh ever took.
What's the esprit de corps look like for many infantry units in various NATO allied armies? Are there any historical regiments from WW2 or even older that are still active today or have they all been mostly dissolved?
I'm curious if say the average Polish or Norwegian or even Estonian soldier can point to a historical battalion or regiment that's looked upon as the historical legacy of previous campaigns across their nation's history.
Cathay Williams (pseudonym William Cathay), Union soldier, 38 Regiment, Infantry Division, 1862, location unknown [640 x 800]
Review of Bohemian Infantry Regiment Nr.88 (mainly Czech) before being sent to frontline of WW1, Trieste, Austria, April 1918 [Colorized] [1680 x 1220]
An abandoned Tiger II of the 506th Heavy Panzer Battalion, Sixth Panzer Army, is inspected by US Troops of the 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, Battle of the Bulge, December 19th, 1944
Why did american infantry rifle regiments not get completely replaced by mechanized in WW2?
It seems like they were equipped for assaults with the use of grenades and the thought that went into the BAR (a light machine gun that handles almost like any rifle). There was only 2 medium machine guns per company in 1944 and no ATGs (because well, ATGs are more effective if you can quickly move them around to where the tanks are going to be; hence them being in the armored infantry companies, rather than just the infantry rifles).
It seems to suggest that they were not entirely exceptional for defense, and only had some capacity at that. I didn't see any engineers in the regiment for assisting in defences (ie. land mines, barbed wire, etc.). What advantages did they really have compared to mechanized US infantry? Certainly not speed or attack. Were they just there to fill out an army ("eg. not enough vehicles atm, but lots of men, so send em in")? Were they for forest and urban fighting, or for being sneaky (ie. less vehicles means a smaller target)? They weren't light infantry for mountain warfare, nor were they airborne that could jump in wherever there wasn't too much enemy anti-air...
Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole near Bastogne. Circa January 1945, He was killed in action on January 14th 1945, aged 22 [1167x1665]
members of the Suffolk Regiment (accompanied by the parachute regiment) go to the staging point to meet other regiments of the 3rd infantry division - YWE 2021 colourised
Legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment patrolling the surroundings of Europe's Spaceport prior to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, December 2021. [1920×1280]
Cpl. Thomas O'Brien from Company C, 101st Infantry Regiment eats a cold ration from his mess-kit during a lull. On 25 January 1945, two weeks after this photo was taken, O'Brien was killed by a German sniper while he was guarding a crossroad outside the city of Clervaux in Luxembourg. [723x723]
The mortar crew of a 120-mm mortar of the 646th Infantry Regiment of the 152nd Infantry Division of Senior Sergeant Pyotr Korneevich Shinkaruk is firing in the area of the village of Ligovka, Kharkiv Region. August 1943
Members of the U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment gathered around a campfire in San Jerónimo, Mexico during the Pancho Villa Expedition. May 27, 1916
Three US Army soldiers of the 85th infantry regiment, 10th mountain division. Somewhere in Italy. Presumably 1944 or 1945. The short guy in the middle is my great uncle. KIA. April 14th 1945.
36th armored infantry regiment / 3rd armored division late 1944 / 1945 reddit.com/gallery/rbvt84
A M18 Hellcat of the 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion firing its 76mm gun in Wiesloch, Germany, in support of the 397th Infantry Regiment. 1 April, 1945
Wounded American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, who stormed Omaha Beach. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944.
American soldiers of the 289th Infantry Regiment march along the snow-covered road on their way to cut off the Saint Vith-Houffalize road in Belgium at the tail end of the Battle of the Bulge, 24 January 1945.
I bought this a while a go but im stil not 100% sure what unit/regiment this guys where from 31st and 50th infantry and that A.R menas artilery but i cant be sure. Any help will be much appriciated. reddit.com/gallery/rj995a
