<sod>A '''rifleman''' (abbr. Rfn<sup>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rifleman&printable=yes#cite_note-1 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rifleman&printable=yes#cite_note-2 <nowiki>[2]</nowiki>]</sup>) is a [[soldier]] in a [[light infantry]] unit who carries a rifled firearm. Although the infantry role has its roots with 16<sup>th</sup> century hand gunners, 17<sup>th</sup> century [[Musketeer|musketeers]], and [[Streltsy|''streltsy'']], the term “rifleman” originated in the 18<sup>th</sup> century. Entire [[Rifle regiment|regiments]] and bodies of troops were armed with rifles, and it later became the typical weapon for infantry units. Furthermore, it became the term for the archetypal common [[Infantry|infantryman]].<eod>
<sod>A '''rifleman''' (abbr. Rfn<ref>{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=James W.|title=The 1st Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War|date=2002|page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Forty|first1=George|title=British Army Handbook, 1939-1945|date=1998|page=190}}</ref>) is a [[soldier]] in a [[light infantry]] unit who carries a rifled firearm. Although the infantry role had its origin with 16th century hand gunners and 17th-century [[musketeer]]s and ''[[streltsy]]'', the term ''rifleman'' originated in the 18th century. Entire [[Rifle regiment|regiment]]s and bodies of troops were armed with the weapon. It later became the term for the archetypal common [[infantry]]man.<eod>