Tiradores is Spanish for shooters/sharpshooters and can refer to any of the following:
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Tiradores de Ifni
The Tiradores de Ifni ("Ifni Rifles" or "Ifni Shooters") were volunteer indigenous infantry units of the Spanish Army, largely recruited in the enclave of Ifni The tiradores were originally recruited from the Spanish Morocco, forming part of t ...
- a Spanish colonial army unit in Morocco,
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IPSC Peru - the Peruvian association for practical shooting commonly called the tiradores in Peru,
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Luna Sharpshooters
The Luna Sharpshooters, also known as the "Marksmen of Death" (Spanish: ''Tiradores de la Muerte''), was an elite unit formed by General Antonio Luna to serve under the Philippine Revolutionary Army. They became famous for fighting fiercer than ...
also known as the "Marksmen of Death" (Spanish "Tiradores de la Muerte"), was a unit in the Philippine Revolutionary Army,
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Light Reaction Regiment
The Light Reaction Regiment is the premier counter-terrorist unit of the Philippine Army. It was formerly known as the Light Reaction Battalion and Light Reaction Company. Due to its specialization in counter-terrorism operations and its formati ...
is the premier counter-terrorist unit of the Philippine Army and the Special Mission Unit of the Philippines who is also called the "Tiradores de la Muerte".
See also
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Tirailleur
A tirailleur (), in the Napoleonic era, was a type of light infantry trained to skirmish ahead of the main columns. Later, the term "''tirailleur''" was used by the French Army as a designation for indigenous infantry recruited in the French c ...
, the French equivalent
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