Pionieer 22nd Infantry Regiment, Prussia 1756

In December 1755, the line infantry counted 84,284 men in 99 battalions (including 2 battalions of pioneers and 2 of field artillery), more precisely (including supernumeraries and excluding junior staff and surgeons)

The Prussian army closely followed military innovations. It was the first to take advantage to the flintlock musket and to adopt the iron ramrod.