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    The Caçadores (hunters) were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Units of Caçadores – with...
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    were named caçadores especiais (special huntsmen). The caçadores especiais wore a brown beret in the colour of the uniforms of the caçadores of the Peninsular...
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  • caçadores). These were organized in companies of caçadores that could be independent or be grouped in battalions of caçadores. Besides the caçadores units...
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  • "Batalhão de Caçadores n.ª 1". Arqnet.pt. Retrieved 2015-05-21. "Regimento de Caçadores n.ª 2". Arqnet.pt. Retrieved 2015-05-21. "Regimento de Caçadores n.ª 3"...
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  • Clube Caçadores das Taipas is a Portuguese sports club from Caldas das Taipas. The men's football team plays in the Braga Football Association Serie 2...
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  • counterinsurgency force, the Companhias de Caçadores Especiais (Special Sharpshooter Companies, or CCE). The initial Caçadores Especiais companies were composed...
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    of special caçadores, trained in guerrilla and counter-insurgency warfare. The Army tried to extend the training of the special caçadores to all the light...
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  • weapon of the Caçadores Especiais due to its lighter weight and better practical accuracy compared to the m/961 G3. The 4th Company Caçadores Especiais in...
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  • South region of Brazil. Caçador (plural: Caçadores) may also refer to: Caçador Airport, Caçador, Brazil Caçadores, historical Portuguese infantry Rui Caçador...
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  • Brito S.C. Pevidém S.C. Athletic Club of Gonça Amigos de Urgeses Clube Caçadores das Taipas G.D. Serzedelo G.D.R.C. Os Sandinenses Guimarães Sports Centre...
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  • "red beret." Historically maroon was the distinguishing color of the Caçadores (rifle) regiments of the Portuguese Army. Business Maroon is the signature...
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    elite commando units such as the Caçadores Especiais. At the beginning of the war, the elite airborne units (Caçadores Pára-quedistas) rarely used the...
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    Espingarda de Infantaria 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Infantry Rifle; Carabina de Caçadores 8 mm m/1886: 8 mm Light Infantry Carbine; Carabina de Cavalaria 8 mm m/1886:...
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  • Portuguese Army special caçadores advancing in the African jungle in the early 1960s, during the Angolan War of Independence....
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    1st Mozambique Light Infantry (Mozambique Caçadores) Company 2nd Mozambique Light Infantry (Mozambique Caçadores) Company 1 Portuguese artillery company...
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  • companies) 1st Caçadores Vandeleur's Brigade Maj Gen John O. Vandeleur 1st Battalion, 52nd Foot 1st Battalion, 95th Foot (8 companies) 3rd Caçadores Independent...
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    disbanded, the 1st battalion became the 7th Caçadores and the 2nd battalion the 8th Caçadores. The 9th Caçadores was organized with the rest of the Legion's...
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    wrong with that city." Hayden went to Europe where he appeared in Ternos Caçadores (1970), Angel's Leap (1971) and Le grand départ (1972). He had small but...
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    coach) Youth career 1985–1986 Santoantoniense 1986–1987 Quimigal 1987–1991 Caçadores Torreenses 1991–1992 Vitória Guimarães Senior career* Years Team Apps...
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    (with the hunting horn also being a symbol of marksmanship), being called caçadores, chasseurs and Jäger. Other words for sniper include franc-tireur, tireur...
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  • the Army created again a commando type unit, the Caçadores Especiais (Special Rifles). The Caçadores Especiais would fight in the beginning of the Portuguese...
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    AR-10 was officially adopted by the Portuguese paratrooper battalions (Caçadores páraquedistas), and the rifle saw considerable combat service in Portugal's...
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    irregulars were organized into a Group of Battalions of Caçadores, with three Patriotic Battalions of Caçadores, named according to their patrons: 1st ("Fernando...
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    included four motorised reconnaissance squadrons, eight rifle companies (caçadores), two artillery batteries and an engineer detachment. In addition to the...
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    and ...And Millions Die! (1973) and the occasional feature like Ternos Caçadores (1970), The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972), and Orson Welles' The Other...
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    infantry, as opposed to the grenadiers (granadeiros) and the light infantry (caçadores and atiradores). In addition, the Brazilian Marine Corps is called Fuzileiros...
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  • rifles, and they became favoured by special forces units such as the Caçadores Especiais ("Special Hunters/Rangers"). Like most British dependencies...
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    Portuguese Army special caçadores advancing in the African jungle during the Angola War of Independence...
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    each. At the same time, 12 battalions of caçadores, numbered from 46th to 57th, and 13 companies of caçadores emerged. The battalions had three companies...
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  • Administração Militar), Lisbon 5th Rifle Battalion: BC 5 (Batalhão de Caçadores N.º 5), Lisbon 1st Light Artillery Regiment: RAL 1 (Regimento de Artilharia...
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