| Theoreteically voltigeurs were armed with 141.7 cm long dragoon muskets (it was a shorter version of musket, easier to load and carry for the short man). But it was rare and voltigeurs were armed as the rest of infantry, with long muskets. They also carried a bayonet and short saber.
The voltigeurs distinguished themselves by wearing yellow collars, and yellow-red or yellow-green epaulettes. Wearing epaulettes by voltigeurs was never oficially allowed - actually it was prohibited. The Ministry of War even complained that voltigeurs were "entitled to no other dress distinctions than yellow collar." Order issued in September 1808 prohibited the use of regimental funds for the purchase of epaulettes for voltigeurs.
Between 1804 and 1809 some voltigeurs wore the unofficial colpacks, sort of fur cap replaced by 1809 with shakos.
Battle Honours
- 16e Regiment d'Infanterie Légère
- 5 Battle Honors: 1806 - Jena, 1807 - Eylau and Friedland, 1809 - Essling and Wagram
- 30 Battles: 1806 - Jena, 1807 - Eylau and Friedland, 1808 - Espinosa, Burgos, and Madrid, 1809 - Talevera, Essling and Wagram, 1810 - Ubrique, 1811 - Cadiz, Seguenza, Chiclana, Fuentes-d'Onoro, Albuhera, Bornos, and Tarifa, 1812 - Tarifa, 1813 - Col-de-Maya, Bidassoa, and Nive, 1813 - Lutzen, Wurschen, Dresden, Leipzig, and Dantzig, 1814 - Champaubert, Vauchamps, Reims, and Paris
- Colonels: 1802 - Harispe, 1807 - Dellard, 1810 - Morio de l'Isle, 1813 - Cornebise
Average height of infantryman:
LIGHT
carabinier - 168.25 cm chasseur - 162.98 cm voltigeur - 158.1 cm
(Average height taken from 900 recruits)
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