Colonial troops

thumb|Nepali soldiers; drawing by Gustave Le Bon, 1885 thumb|Monument to the Gurkha Soldier in Horse Guards Avenue, outside the Ministry of Defence, [[City of Westminster, London]] thumb|A Kukri|khukuri, the signature weapon of the Gurkhas thumb|Kaji (Nepal)|Kaji (equivalent to [[Prime Minister of Gorkha Kingdom) Vamshidhar "Kalu" Pande and Chief of the Gorkhali Army; one of the most highly decorated Gorkhali commanders]]

A sepoy () was the designation given to an Indian infantryman armed with a musket in the armies of the Mughal Empire and the British East India Company.

thumb|An askari with an assegai at [[AFB Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943.]] An askari or ascari (from Somali, Swahili, and Arabic , , meaning 'soldier' or 'military', also 'police' in Somali) was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, particularly in the African Great Lakes, Northeast Africa and Central Africa. The word is used in this sense in English, as well as in German, Italian, Urdu, and Portuguese. In French, the word is used only in reference to native troops outside the French colonial empire. The designation is still in occas

thumb|right|A young Harki, French Algeria. 1961.

The ' ("Indigenous Regular Forces"), known simply as the ' (Regulars), are infantry units of the Spanish Army, largely recruited in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Historically, the force, which has also included mounted divisions, has consisted of Berbers officered by Spaniards. The troops served as the indigenous component of the Army of Africa and played a significant role in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). It is the most decorated unit in the history of the Spanish armed forces.

'''''' (, Protection Force) was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to 1918. Similar to other colonial armies, the consisted of volunteer European commissioned and non-commissioned officers, medical and veterinary officers. Most enlisted ranks were recruited from indigenous communities within the German colonies or from elsewhere in Africa.

soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army recruited from Taiwanese aboriginal tribes

military units raised in or for service in a country's colonial possessions

organization

former French Army corps raised for overseas service