Black Powder - British 95th Rifles - Chosen Men - 28mm - Warlord Games
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Black Powder - British 95th Rifles - Chosen Men - 28mm - Warlord Games\n\nProduct Overview\nThe 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 \u2018Sweeps\u2019 or the \u2018Grasshoppers\u2019 by their French foes.They were equipped with the Baker rifle \u2013 a supremely accurate weapon for the period \u2013 which would hit single targets at ranges unheard of for the smoothbore muskets which most other troops carried.They earned a superb reputation in the Peninsular campaign and later at Waterloo, being battalions that Wellington could rely upon. To help maintain the effectiveness of the companies, reliable and trusted men would be issued with a white tape around the arm distinguishing them as \u2018chosen m!
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