Editing Musketeer (section)

===Britain===
[[File:An heraldic supporter. A Pikeman of the Honourable Artillery Company, in sand.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|A heraldic supporter: a musketeer of the [[Honourable Artillery Company]], in sand, 19th century]]
The iconic "[[Red coat (British army)|Redcoat]]" of the [[British Empire]] was the staple unit in the British armies that created the largest empire in history. The British infantryman was equipped with the .75 calibre [[Land Pattern Musket]], or Brown Bess. He was well trained by the standards of the time, training with live ammunition. A fully trained redcoat could fire four times a minute. This, combined with the technique of firing by companies (a method wherein blocks of men fired smaller volleys in succession, creating a wave of fire down the front of the regiment), made it possible for the British musketeer to win pitched battles against superior numbers.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

The term "musketeer" was rarely used in the titles of regiments. Examples include the [[106th Regiment of Foot (Black Musqueteers)]], the [[110th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)]] and the [[112th Regiment of Foot (King's Royal Musqueteers)]], all raised and disbanded in the 1760s.

The musket was withdrawn from service with the British Army in 1854, replaced by the muzzle-loading [[Minié rifle]], which had an accurate range of over three times that of the Brown Bess which it replaced.<ref>R. M. Barnes, ''A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army'', Sphere Books, p. 95.</ref>