When we developed our ESR Series 3 Campaign Guides we decided to use native terms for each nationality’s historical military units – This means that instead of calling all hussars ‘hussars’, English ones would be ‘hussars’, French ones would be ‘hussards’, German speaking states would likely call them ‘husaren’, the Russians would call them ‘gusary’, and the Spanish would call them ‘húsares’.
For convenience we also wanted to provide an easy reference of equivalencies so that players could quickly see what each nation called a given troop type.
Category | Austria | England | France | Prussia | Russia | Spain |
Light Infantry | Jäger, Grenzere | Lights | Infanterie Légère | Füsiliere | Yegerskiy | Cazadores, Infantería Ligero |
Rifles | Jäger, Schützen | |||||
Line Infantry | Grenadiere | Grenadiers | Grenadiers | Grenadiere | Grenaderskiy, Svodno-Grenaderskiye, Fuzilerskiy | Granaderos |
Infanterie/Füsiliere | Foot | Infanterie de Ligne | Musketiere 1792-1807, Infanterie 1808-1815 | Mushketeryskiy 1793-1807, Infanterii 1808-1812, Pehotniy 1812-1815 | Infantería de Línea | |
Irregular/Militia Infantry | Landwehr | Militia, Provincials | Opolchenie | Tercios | ||
Light Cavalry | Chevaulegers | Light Dragoons | Chasseurs à Cheval | Konno-Yegerskiy | Cazadores a Caballo | |
Husaren | Hussars | Hussards | Husaren | Gusarskiy | Húsares | |
Ulanen | Lancers | Chevaux-Légèr-Lanciers | Ulanen | Ulanskiy | Lanceros | |
Dragoons | Dragoner | Dragons | Dragoner | Dragunskiy | Dragones | |
Heavy Cavalry | Kürassieren | Heavy Dragoons | Cuirassiers, Carabiniers à Cheval | Kürassieren | Kirasirskiy | Caballería de Línea |
Partisan Irregular Cavalry | Freikorps Kavallerie | Freikorps Kavallerie | Kazachiy, Konno-Tatarskiy, Bashkirskiy Konnyy | |||
Heavy Artillery | Position-Batterien | Reserve Artillery | Réserve Artillerie | Reserveartillerie | Batareynaya Artilleriyskaya | Artillería de Campo |
Foot Artillery | Brigade-Batterien | Foot Artillery | Artillerie à Pied | Artillerie zu Fuß | Legkaya Artilleriyskaya | Artillería a Pie |
Horse Artillery | Wurst-Batterien | Horse Artillery | Artillerie à Cheval | Artillerie zu Pferd | Konno-Artilleriyskaya | Artillería a Caballo |
Partisan Artillery | Donskaya Artilleriyskaya | |||||
Train | Fuhrwesen | Train | Train d’Artillerie, Train d’Equipages | Train | Oboz | Tren de Artillería |
Pioneers/Sappers | Pionere, Sapeurs | Pioneers, Sappers | Sapeurs | Pionere | Pionery | Zapadores |