95th Rifles - Chosen Men paint-primer the lance had been retired

the lance had been retired and was used largely for ceremonial purposes

the M3 was still effective

and was used throughout the conflict on most theatres

hewing their way through packed pike ranks or either assaulting or defending a breach

95th Rifles - Chosen Men paint-primer the lance had been retiredThe 95th Rifles were an elite unit of hard marching, sharp shooting light infantry that served in many bloody battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Unusually they did not wear the classic red coat of the British army, but instead a dark bottle green uniform which gave them their nickname of the Sweeps or the Grasshoppers by their French foes. They were equipped with the Baker rifle a supremely accurate weapon for the period which would hit single targets at