Fusilier - Portugal and Brazil

Portugal and Brazil

From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the term fuzileiros (fusiliers) was used, in the Portuguese Army, to designate the regular line infantry, as opposed to the grenadiers (granadeiros) and the light infantry (caçadores and atiradores). The Portuguese Army discontinued the use of the term in the 1860s, but the Brazilian Army continues to use it today, to designate all infantry soldiers.

The term fuzileiros marinheiros (fusiliers sailors) was used in the Portuguese Navy, since the late 18th century, to designate the naval infantry. Presently, both the Portuguese and the Brazilian Marine Corps is called Fuzileiros Navais (Naval Fusiliers).

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