Mod era: Rickenbacker basses were seen as the stable bass of many 1970s / 1980s mod revival bands such as the Jam, with the notorious growl and clank sound featuring on hit records such as the Jam's " Eton Rifles " and " Going Underground ".

A line-up of Glen Johnson, Miguel Marin, John Cheves and Paul Tornbohm recorded the third album, Artists ’ Rifles with John A Rivers ( producer of Dead Can Dance and Felt ) and showcased its guitar based sound, " a mixture of chiming guitars and processional rhythms ", at the Benicassim and BAM music festivals.

Rifles or even a shotgun would be sufficient to persuade the crew to close all the hatches, and then the view from the tank is very limited ; a turret-mounted machine gun has a very slow traverse and cannot hope to fend off attackers coming from all directions.

He left school in 1944 and wanted to join the Royal Air Force, but as he would have been unable to fly owing to slightly deficient eyesight, he instead signed up with the British Indian Army and served as an officer in the 1st Gurkha Rifles.

During the Mexican War McNair joined the 1st Mississippi Rifles under the command of Colonel Jefferson Davis, who would later become President of the Confederacy.

Although every subsequent single had a placing within the Top 40, it would not be until the band released " The Eton Rifles ", with Weller's very political lyrics, that they broke into the Top 10, hitting the No. 3 spot in November 1979.

No further advance would be made up the ravine until the 1st and 6th Gurkha Rifles would capture the post on the night of 12 – 13 May.

The new force was initially to be called the North West Mounted Rifles, but this proposal was rejected as sounding too militaristic in nature, which Macdonald feared would antagonize both aboriginals and Americans ; however, the force was organized along the lines of a cavalry regiment in the British Army, and was to wear red uniforms.

M. M. Jacob, the then Minister of State for Home in 1992 had announced in a speech that the Assam Rifles would hand over the historic fort to the state government.

This new regiment was to be called The Rifles and would be formed by the end of 2007.

However, on 24 November 2005 it was announced that after discussions between The Light Infantry and the RGJ, the two would be merged with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry and Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ( RGBW ) by the end of 2007 to form a single large regiment to be called The Rifles.

On 24 November 2005, in a change to the planned amalgamations, it was announced by the Ministry of Defence that, after discussions between The Light Infantry, the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets, the four regiments would amalgamate to form a single, large regiment to be named The Rifles.

By the end of the war, 1, 800 men from the Post Office Rifles would be dead and 4, 500 more would be wounded.

On 24 November 2005, it was announced by the Ministry of Defence that the battalion would be amalgamated with other units into a new large regiment to be called The Rifles.

He would serve in government positions until Bangladesh's independence in 1971, a revolution in which he was personally involved ( as an honorary colonel in the Bengal Rifles State Guard ).

However, once they had reached Gothenburg in May, the troops remained aboard the anchored ships for two months due to a misunderstanding between the British and Swedish governments and returned to Britain before being redirected to Portugal to take part in the Peninsular War, a war designed to help Portugal and Spain in their fight against the French, and where the 95th Rifles would gain their fame.

*" For the first time in my life I was a member of a brotherhood ," Powell would later say about the Pershing Rifles.

General Stoessel had about 17, 000 men and the 4th, 5th, 13th, 14th and 15th East Siberian Rifles, from which about 3, 000 men of the 5th East Siberian Rifles under Colonel Nikolai Tretyakov were dug into fortified positions on Nanshan hill, where they planned to hold out despite knowing they would be greatly outnumbered.

In March 2005, it was announced that this regiment would merge with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion, The Rifles.

Rifles were similar in that they used the same kind of flintlock or caplock firing mechanism, but the main difference was that their barrels were rifled-that is, their barrels had grooves cut into the interior wall which would cause the bullet to spin as it left the barrel.

Dress uniforms are also devoid of implementations that provide a shine like buttons or collar dogs, which most units would have brass, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles have all black or dark green and are even required to darken their cap badge ( via marker or boot polish ).

This group included Lt. Col. Arthur Herbert Virgin OBE, formerly of the 2nd Bombay Pioneers, who at that time would have been a Captain or Major in the 20th Burma Rifles, which later formed part of the Fourteenth Army under Field Marshal Sir William Slim.

In Toronto, Peuchen was deemed a coward largely because of his self-serving attitude, and speculation gathered that his expected promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in The Queen's Own Rifles would not be awarded.

After the rebellion the 60th Rifles pressed for the Sirmoor Battalion to become a rifle regiment.

As well as Ochterlony ’ s Gorkhali battalions, William Fraser and Lieutenant Frederick Young raised the Sirmoor battalion, later to become the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles ; an additional battalion, the Kumaon battalion was also raised eventually becoming the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles.

At this time, however, trouble struck in the British rear along their line of communications through the Khyber where the Khyber Rifles began to become disaffected by the situation and began to desert en masse.

Through its deployment in what has become known as the " tribal belt ", the Assam Rifles have developed an ethos that is based primarily upon the notion of extending the hand of friendship with the people of the region despite the troubles that have occurred there.

At the beginning of the First World War, the Alberta militia units destined to become part of SALH were four cavalry regiments – 15th Light Horse in Calgary, 19th Alberta Dragoons in Edmonton, 21st Alberta Hussars in Medicine Hat and 23rd Alberta Rangers in Fort Macleod – and two infantry regiments – 101st Regiment " Edmonton Fusiliers " and 103rd Regiment " Calgary Rifles ".

* The various amalgamated D & D / RGBW companies and the Light Infantry companies have now become a new battalion in the new regiment, The Rifles as part of the restructuring of the infantry.

In 1907 the title was changed to become the 3rd The Queen's Own Gurkha Rifles in honour of Alexandra of Denmark, queen consort of King Edward VII, and the following year the title became more specific when it became the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles.

In 1945, 13th Frontier Force Rifles dropped its the regimental number " 13 " to become Frontier Force Rifles.

On 1 February 2007 the 2nd battalion were ceremonially rebadged at Kiwi Barracks in Bulford to become the 4th Battalion of the newly formed regiment – The Rifles.

In 1968 due to a series of government austerity measures the remaining three Irish regiments, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ( 27th ) Royal Ulster Rifles ( 83rd & 86th ) and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ( 89th ) merged to become the Royal Irish Rangers.

( The 9th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment ( Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles ) was also part of the regiment, however in 1953 spilt to be become the Divisional Regiment )

They are still tailored in regimental colours and have become less common with the introduction of Combat Soldier ' 95 camouflaged uniform ( which for the first time serves as both barrack and combat dress ), although they are still worn by the Rifles, Royal Artillery and some cavalry and other infantry regiments.

until 1907 ; at that time, the 7th Gurkhas amalgamated with the 8th Gurkha Rifles to become its 2nd Battalion, while 2 / 10 Gurkha Rifles was renamed as the " new " 7th Gurkhas.

For nearly two years, Soledad did not work at all, but when she was offered a role in the western 100 Rifles she decided to return, hoping to receive a great role and become known outside of Spain.

After the First World War the 95th merged with the 60th Rifles of Canada ( in Moose Jaw ) to become the South Saskatchewan Regiment, which expanded to five battalions with the creation of units in Weyburn ( 3rd Battalion ), Moosomin ( 4th Battalion ) and Estevan ( 5th Battalion ).

The period between 1896 and 1900 saw the East African Rifles deployed in a number of campaigns in line with British colonial policies.

100 Rifles was one of the first films to feature an interracial sex scene between Jim Brown and Raquel Welch.

McDonnell hesitated, torn between advancing with further losses or retreating, watching as the inexperienced volunteer recruits from the Wellington Rangers and Rifles either bunched together and froze or panicked and fled.

As the line had fallen back, the 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Regiments ( 1st Light Horse Brigade ) had come in between the 6th and 7th Light Horse Regiments ( 2nd Light Horse Brigade ); from right to left, the line was now held by the 6th, 3rd, 2nd and 7th Light Horse and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments, while north north-west of Mount Royston, " D " Squadron of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars ( a regiment in the 5th Mounted Brigade ) held its ground.

The Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment arrived with its brigade between 11: 00 and 11: 30 to find the Composite Yeomanry Regiment ( 5th Mounted Yeomanry Brigade ) in contact with the German and Ottoman forces on the south-west side of Mount Royston.

Chaytor then moved the Auckland and Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiments, supported by the Somerset Battery, onto high ground between the right of the light horse and the Yeomanry, which was shortly afterwards joined by the remainder of the 5th Mounted Brigade under the command of Brigadier General Wiggin.

Cornwell followed this with two novels and four short stories which lie between Sharpe's Rifles ( 1809 ) and Sharpe's Devil ( 1820-21 ).

The two South African brigades advanced with 40mm Bofors guns marking the lines of advance between the respective battalions and the first objectives on the Corps objective line called " Oxalic " were occupied by the Natal Mounted Rifles at 2350.

Rifles varied between modern German, Turkish and British types, to obsolete Martinis and Snyders.

Two companies of Royal Green Jackets, F Company and G Company, formed part of the regiment between 1998 and 2004 thus the Artists ' Rifles became the only former unit of the old London Regiment not represented in the regiment during that period ( the heritage of the Artists ' Rifles is maintained by 21 Special Air Service Regiment ( Artists ) ( Reserve )).

The rifle was used by what were considered elite units, such as the 5th battalion, and rifle companies of the 6th and 7th Battalions, of the 60th Regiment of Foot, that were deployed around the world, the three battalions of the 95th Regiment of Foot that served under the Duke of Wellington between 1808 and 1814 in the Peninsular War, the War of 1812 ( 3rd Batt ./ 95th ( Rifles ), at Battle of New Orleans ), and again in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo.

Fort Siloso was manned by the 10th Gurkha Rifles to prevent Indonesian saboteurs from landing on Sentosa and Keppel Harbour during the Indonesia – Malaysia confrontation between 1963 and 1965, when Singapore was part of Malaysia.

* The brown cross belt was a compromise between the brown Sam Browne belts worn by the Fusiliers and the black cross belt worn in the Rifles

As tensions between the North and South increased over the winter of 1860 – 1861, Walker equipped himself and began drilling with Major Devens ' 3rd Battalion of Rifles in Worcester and New York.

The reconditioned rifles were used in competitive shooting matches ; and the United States Army purchased approximately 200 new Model 70 National Match Rifles with medium heavy barrels for match use between 1954 and 1957.

In 1991 the 4th Rajputana Rifles Unit are alleged to have entered the village of Kunan Poshpora and raped between 30 and 100 women aged between 13 and 70.

The modern UK army retains the traditional distinction between " line infantry " and " the Rifles ", although all are armed with rifles and none use linear tactics.

His acting career was interrupted by wartime service between 1939 and 1945 with the London Irish Rifles and the Assam Regiment of the Indian Army in Burma, China and Kohima.

Colonel Filipowicz ordered the 2nd Mounted Rifles to counter-attack and strengthen the positions between the 21st and 84th regiments.