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.

CategoryAustriaEnglandFrancePrussiaRussiaSpain
Light InfantryJäger,
Grenzere
LightsInfanterie LégèreFüsiliereYegerskiyCazadores,
Infantería Ligero
RiflesJäger,
Schützen
Line InfantryGrenadiereGrenadiersGrenadiersGrenadiereGrenaderskiy,
Svodno-Grenaderskiye,
Fuzilerskiy
Granaderos
Infanterie/FüsiliereFootInfanterie de LigneMusketiere 1792-1807,
Infanterie 1808-1815
Mushketeryskiy 1793-1807,
Infanterii 1808-1812,
Pehotniy 1812-1815
Infantería de Línea
Irregular/Militia InfantryLandwehrMilitia,
Provincials
OpolchenieTercios
Light CavalryChevaulegersLight DragoonsChasseurs à ChevalKonno-YegerskiyCazadores a Caballo
HusarenHussarsHussardsHusarenGusarskiyHúsares
UlanenLancersChevaux-Légèr-LanciersUlanenUlanskiyLanceros
DragoonsDragonerDragonsDragonerDragunskiyDragones
Heavy CavalryKürassierenHeavy DragoonsCuirassiers,
Carabiniers à Cheval
KürassierenKirasirskiyCaballería de Línea
Partisan Irregular CavalryFreikorps KavallerieFreikorps KavallerieKazachiy,
Konno-Tatarskiy,
Bashkirskiy Konnyy
Heavy ArtilleryPosition-BatterienReserve ArtilleryRéserve ArtillerieReserveartillerieBatareynaya ArtilleriyskayaArtillería de Campo
Foot ArtilleryBrigade-BatterienFoot ArtilleryArtillerie à PiedArtillerie zu FußLegkaya ArtilleriyskayaArtillería a Pie
Horse ArtilleryWurst-BatterienHorse ArtilleryArtillerie à ChevalArtillerie zu PferdKonno-ArtilleriyskayaArtillería a Caballo
Partisan ArtilleryDonskaya Artilleriyskaya
TrainFuhrwesenTrainTrain d’Artillerie,
Train d’Equipages
TrainObozTren de Artillería
Pioneers/SappersPionere,
Sapeurs
Pioneers,
Sappers
SapeursPionerePioneryZapadores