Editing Musketeer (section)

{{Short description|Type of soldier equipped with a musket}}
{{For|other uses of this term|Musketeer (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}[[File:放迅雷銃圖.png|thumb|[[Ming dynasty|Ming]] gunman using multi barreled repeating firearm in 1598]]A '''musketeer''' ({{langx|fr|mousquetaire}} {{IPA|fr|muskətɛʁ||LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-mousquetaire.wav}}) was a type of [[soldier]] equipped with a [[musket]]. Musketeers were an important part of [[early modern warfare]], particularly in Europe, as they normally comprised the majority of their infantry. The musketeer was a precursor to the [[rifleman]]. Muskets were replaced by breech loading rifles as the almost universal firearm for modern armies during the period 1850 to 1870. The traditional designation of "musketeer" for an infantry private survived in the [[Imperial German Army]] until [[World War I]].