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Inspired by Gawain's now closed "greatest military organisation" thread which descended into petty squabbling about the wording of the question, and other things, but I have put the conditiond of infantry and regiment on it, now.
What do you think is the greatest infantry regiment (excluding special forces) of all time and why?
I have to say the Black Watch. Feared across the world, innumerable battle honours, internationally renown, and recruiting on my doorstep
Royal Marines. One of the oldest and best light infantry corps in the World. Ohhh...and my Dad was a bootneck. :bow:
The 95th Greenjackets that fought in the Peninsular War.
I agree with Malcolm. Black Watch were the elite of British armies.
The Black Watch still is the elite.
But haven't all the Scots regiments been merged into one uber regiment?
Next year, next year...
The last Edinburgh Military Tattoo with all the regiments is broadcast on the BBC this Saturday, if you wish to watch it.
Arent the British SAS 22 a regiment?
Then if so they would have to be the best.
Then the Australian SAS...mind you that is Australias entire military... ~:eek:
True, but the original poster excluded elite forces, and the 22 regiment is elite forces.
yes, the SAS would be the best regiment, no questions asked, so I had to say no special forces...
The First or Grenadier Regiment of Her Majesty's Foot Guards is and was the greatest infantry regiment in history in my opinion. In its history, thirteen of its members have been awarded the Victoria Cross and personal routed Napoleon's Old Guard at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Victoria Crosses of the Grenadier Guards
Battle Honours of the Grenadier Guards
History of the Grenadier Guards Official site
The 74th highlanders....marching into the cannons at Assaye, death and cavalry all around, and still coming victorious
either them or the 4th Paras
The Gurkhas... They are a regiment right? Have more or less been so always?
Anyway, I know enough about military formations, but I simply hadn't heard of the Black Watch before I saw it here. So apparently they aren't as feared/known as mentioned, but I do know the Gurkhas, and I have heard them mentioned often enough among military people to consider them tough enough.
But we also have that Japanese-American regiment in WWII. True, it was a short period they existed, but that just makes their achievements that much more impressive.
So the question is which is the best non-elite regiment?
So it has to be a regiment that does not have a special selection process?
Doesn't that eliminate all Guard units?
Non-elite would be all army regiments really.
No isn't it non-SF regiments? They have to be linetroops, and there elites do fit in, even Guards.
The 75th Ranger Regiment United States Army
Followed by the 442nd Infantry Regiment - Japanese-American Regiment of WW2 fame. Most decorated unit of the United States Military.
The 112.657th pink beret regiment of the 67th and 1/4 yellow underwear brigade of the National Lapland's army in the years 788-788.2 of the CE