This article is about mounted infantry units that later became cavalry. For other uses, see Dragoon (disambiguation).
Mounted Russian dragoon armed with an infantry long gun, c. 1710
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback.[1] While their use goes back to the late 16th century, dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the 17th and early 18th centuries; they provided greater mobility than regular infantry but were far less expensive than cavalry.
The name reputedly derives from a type of firearm, called a dragon, which was a handgun version of a blunderbuss, carried by dragoons of the French Army.[2][3]
The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments.
^Carman 1977, p. 48.
^"Dragoon". Oxford English Dictionary. A kind of carbine or musket.
^"took his name from his weapon, a species of carbine or short musket called the dragon" (Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dragoon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 471.)
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