Talk:Musketeers of the Guard

Rapier? Or something else?
The classic image has always been of the Three Musketeers wielding their rapiers, but I've started to wonder: Is that right? Especially considering that some of the musketeers acted as cavalry, you'd think they'd have used some other kind of sword on the battlefield. I asked this question somewhere else and was told that they probably used something more along the lines of a "walloon sword" on the battlefield, but that the officers in particular may have carried the more fashionable rapier off the battlefield (and perhaps the smallsword in later periods?).

So anyway, I just thought I'd say that a nice addition to the article (from anyone who has some good sources) would be something about the equipment/uniforms of the musketeers over the course of their history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macroidtoe (talk • contribs) 22:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Rapier was a civilian weapon used by noblemen for prestige, duelling and selfdefence. It could not have been standard equipment of any military unit. --Georgius (talk) 17:23, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

SV1XV (talk) 09:35, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * In the new Osprey book "French Musketeer 1622-1775" by René Chartrand, the legend of Plate B indicates that: "(circa 1657-1664) A musketeer's sword was likely to be a rapier still, but this was being replaced by the "musketeer-style" sword that featured a brass hilt and a sturdy and wider straight blade."

Better Translation
Wouldn't a better translation of "les mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France" be The Musketeers of the military house of the king of France, as that would be a literal translation, or is the current one what is accepted? 74.77.68.145 (talk) 22:40, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Merge info from Musketeer here
The section "Musketeers in France" of article Musketeer is actually more detailed than this dedicated article. I propose to merge information from Musketeer into this article. SV1XV (talk) 14:32, 18 September 2013 (UTC)