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Contents 1 Red Coats 2 The Red Coats Wardrobe 3 Green Jackets 4 Green Jackets Wardrobe

The Red coat is a term often used to refer to a soldier of the historical British Army because of the colour of the uniforms formerly worn by the majority of regiments. The uniform of most British soldiers during the late 17th century, 18th century and 19th century, (other than artillery, rifles and some cavalry), included a madder red coat or coatee. From 1872 onwards, the more vivid shade of scarlet was adopted for all ranks, having previously been worn only by officers, sergeants and cavalry troopers.

The British Red coats were skilled in battle using a musket for long range fighting. The Red coats were offered the rifle instead, but after numerous tests the british discovered that the rifle was better to be used in small packs; becuase of this the british created the Green Jackets. (See Below.) The Red coats were always the British majesty's Main fighters, this was becuase the musket was easyier to reload and needed less skill to operate that the rifle.

Whether scarlet or red, the uniform coat has historically been made of wool with a lining of linen to give shape to the garment. The modern scarlet wool is supplied by "Abimelech Hainsworth" and is much lighter than the traditional material, which was intended for hard wear on active service. Their boots were made of fake thick animal hyde, this was then lined in a thin layer of wool. They would have a long leather sash over their chest for their musket ammunation.

The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry). It was formed in 1766, to use the knew Baker Rifles, by the amalgamation of the three separate regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade:

   * 1st Green Jackets (43rd, 52nd and 95th)
   * 2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
   * 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade

Their motto was Nil desperandum (Latin: "Never say Die"). As they were used as shock troops and marksmen, they had to get to the front line of battle as fast as was possible; as a result the RGJ marches at 140 paces per minute whereas other regiments march at just 120. Until recently no other regiment has devoted so much time to becoming highly proficient with the rifle, even though it has been part of standard army issue for 140 years; as a consequence, the RGJ's lowest rank (after 'recruit') is Rifleman (Rfn), rather than Private (Pte), as in other regiments.

All Green jackets would have historically been made of wool with a lining of linen to give shape to the garment. The modern scarlet wool is also supplied by "Abimelech Hainsworth" and is much lighter than the traditional material, which was intended for hard wear on active service. Their boots were made of fake thick animal hyde, this was then lined in a thin layer of wool. They had a small pouch on the side of their hip, this contained the ammunation for their Rifles.