Let us come up with some interesting historical units

[Vlad The Impaler]

http://www.caransebes.ro/istorie/istoric/istoria_en.htm

Through an imperial decree from 1762 the Empress Maria Theresa sets up the military units for the guarding of the borders, and so, in the year 1768, the Romanian-Banat Border Regiment nr.13 is established. From its founding, the regiment had quite a few names: the Border Regiment nr.72 (1769), the Romanian - Illyrian Border Infantry Regiment (1775), the Wallachian - Illyrian Border Regiment nr.13 (1798), the Wallachian - Banat Border Regiment nr.13 (1838), and finally, the Romanian - Banat Border Regiment nr.13 (1849).
In its organization it had many stages, before it finally contained: the Bistra Valley, from the Marga commune until Caransebes, the Timis - Cerna passage (with the adjacent valleys), from Orsova until the Svinita commune, Craina Banateana and the Almaj Valley, from the Prigor commune until the Lapusnicul Mare commune. From a military point of view, in the peace time, regiment was organized in 12 companies, who had a variable number of border guard communes (a total of 96).
During the 104 years in which the regiment functioned, it gave 25 generals, over 200 superior officers, a great number of inferior officers and sub officers. Over 40 boarder guards followed the superior courses. For the courageous actions, the flag of the regiment, officers and sub officer and also boarder guards were recompensed with the following orders and medals: 10 of gold, 31 of silver 1st class and 36 of silver 2nd class. On one of the straps of the flag of the regiment there was written: “The courage of Romus, let it be over us”. This strap is exposed at the History Museum in Vienna.
20 years after the disbanding of the Nasaud regiment, in 1871, the border regiment of Caransebes is also disbanded, because of a new form of governing, the Austro-Hungarian dualism, but also because of the reduction of the Turkish danger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%83s%C4%83ud

A former Habsburg border town known for its border regiments with panache and good schools

So the austrian army can have in her ranks two wallachian borders regiments, Caransebes and Nasaud.One of them fought against Napoleon in Italy. I have hard time in finding resources regarding these two units but maybe somebody that have more knowledge in austrian army history can help me

[IvarrWolfsong]

Hakkapeliitta actually rode Finnhorses which were very high quality and rather large for the time.

They were light cavalry that hit like heavy cavalry and terrified their foes to the point of inspiring special prayers for protection against them. Their ferocity, speed and violence of action led some to believe they were enhanced by witchcraft (and being wierd Finns didn't help in that regard... Freaky hungaraineskimoscandanavianreindeersovietmassacringwoodsysaunagoing types ).

[Akeichi Mitsuhide]

British Redcoats, dont need a pic or discription cuz every1 knows who they were.

[Rodion Romanovich]

British Redcoats, dont need a pic or discristion cuz every1 knows who they were.

The lobsters!

[LegioScythia]

Since i see that the hussars were already mentioned.

Cossacks

The Cossacks (Russian: Каза́ки, Kazaki; Ukrainian: Коза́ки, Kozaky, Polish: Kozacy) are a traditional community of people living in the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe (primarily Ukraine and southern Russia) and Asian Russia. They are famous for their self-reliance and military skills, particularly horsemanship. "Cossack" may also refer to a member of a Cossack military unit. Originally Cossacks were runaway Ruthenian peasants who escaped Polish and Russian feudal pressure and settled in the southern steppes.

[Daithi MacGuillaCathair]

the wild geese were not a regiment but a name that applied to those irish who had gone into exile and served forces of other nations (apart from england) from those of france to more obscure units such as the san padrigos (spelling?) of Mexico.

[MansaSakura]

Hessian Mercenaries (I think i spelled that wrong) for the Brits in the Revolutionary War.

[monkian]

The lobsters!

I thought 'lobsters' was the name given by the Brittish to French heavy cav because of their armoured breast plates ?

Gotta have 95th Rifles in there ; )

[geala]

Only a few simple wishes now. Horse artillery (Prussia, France and Great Britain at least had it), Kings German Legion troops and Prussian Jägerbataillon were my candidates. Perhaps a British unit with Fergusons ingenious fast firing breechloaders which had no great impact only due to some strange circumstances - although such weapons would be unfair.

[Akeichi Mitsuhide]

Ive got another unit, more of a ship :)

Fluyt/Fly boat: A BIG cargo ship designed and made AND used in and by Holland/Netherlands and several other country's for transport. Even though this type of ship was designed to be a cargo vessle, it had 2 rows of guns and quite some room for on-deck muskets, propably for own protection. These were the preferred ships for the hunt on the Silver Fleet by with Piet Hein as commander.

http://www.modelships.de/Derfflinger_I/kgDSC01244.jpg

Note: This pic is of a model ship and thusly, think the guns to be of 2 rows, and a broad lower-deck.

[Rodion Romanovich]

I thought 'lobsters' was the name given by the Brittish to French heavy cav because of their armoured breast plates ?

Gotta have 95th Rifles in there ; )

Ok, but they said "lobsters" in one of the Hornblower movies

[Boyar Son]

it was lobster back.

spain has to have some? dont they?

were the scotch troops mentioned? they would be a good addition to the British army.

[Freedom Onanist]

Ok, but they said "lobsters" in one of the Hornblower movies

Yep, sailors called marines lobster backs. It was also a term picked up and used by American revolutionaries.