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[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Also, sometimes they were expected to throw 'grenades' resembling the classic cartoon bomb, which were pretty damn heavy.

Which is why they were called Grenadier.

[–] Mika@piefed.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Ha, I remember this unit type in Cossacks :D

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago

C&C: Red Alert, had them, modern. Pretty good units.

[–] negativenull@piefed.world 1 points 13 hours ago

What a game that was! I totally forgot about it