Grenadier (disambiguation)

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Grenadier may refer to:

• A grenadier, originally a specialized assault soldier for siege operations, later an honorific applied to many infantry military units. See Grenadier (soldier) for main article. Grenadier regiments included:
  • The Grenadier Guards, a regiment in the British Army.
  • The Grenadiers is a regiment in the Indian Army.
  • The Canadian Grenadier Guards, a regiment in the Canadian Army.
  • The 101st Grenadiers, a regiment of the former British Indian Army, now known as the Indian Grenadiers.
  • The Potsdam Grenadiers, an 18th-century regiment of the Prussian Guard.

Other uses of the term include:

• Grenadiers or rattails, deep-sea fishes in the family Macrouridae.
• Two submarines of the United States Navy named USS Grenadier.
• Grenadier - The Senshi of Smiles, a Japanese anime series.
• The grenade launcher operator in a fire team.