USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Grenadier Guards are one of the most senior infantry regiments in the British Army. Fast and mobile, they specialise in Light Role Infantry operations, often using light vehicles such as quad bikes to get around.

Detailed explanation-2: -grenadier, soldier particularly selected and trained to hurl grenades. The earliest grenadiers (late 16th century) were not organized in special units, but by the mid-17th century they formed special companies within battalions.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the eighteenth century, Grenadiers were conisdered elite troops of the British army. The term “grenadier” is derived from the fact that these troops originally hurled iron or porcelain grenades into enemy positions, although by the mid-eighteenth century this practice had ceased.

Detailed explanation-4: -A grenadier (from French, derived from the word grenade) was originally a specialized soldier, first established as a distinct role in the mid-to-late 17th century, for the throwing of grenades and sometimes assault operations. At that time grenadiers were chosen from the strongest and largest soldiers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Grenadier is the lowest rank (OR-1) in the Heeresteil (en: army part) of the Bundeswehr Wachbataillon (en: Bundeswehr guard battalion).