▁down ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁regiment ), ▁made ▁it ▁possible ▁for ▁the ▁British ▁mus k ete er ▁to ▁win ▁pitch ed ▁batt les ▁against ▁superior ▁numbers . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁" mus k ete er " ▁was ▁rarely ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁titles ▁of ▁reg iments . ▁Ex amples ▁include ▁the ▁ 1 0 6 th ▁Regiment ▁of ▁Foot ▁( Black ▁Mus qu ete ers ), ▁the ▁ 1 1 0 th ▁Regiment ▁of ▁Foot ▁( Que en ' s ▁Royal ▁Mus qu ete ers ) ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 1 2 th ▁Regiment ▁of ▁Foot ▁( K ing ' s ▁Royal ▁Mus qu ete ers ), ▁all ▁raised ▁and ▁dis band ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 6 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁mus ket ▁was ▁with dra wn ▁from ▁service ▁with ▁the ▁British ▁Army ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁m uzz le - loading ▁M ini é ▁rif le , ▁which ▁had ▁an ▁accurate ▁range ▁of ▁over ▁three ▁times ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Brown ▁B ess ▁which ▁it ▁replaced . ▁ ▁E uras ia ▁ ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁ ▁The ▁famous ▁Jan iss ary ▁corps ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁army ▁were ▁using ▁match lock ▁mus k ets ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 4 4 0 s . ▁The ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁cent ering ▁on ▁Turkey ▁and ▁extending ▁into ▁B alk ans , ▁Arab ia ▁and ▁North ▁Africa ▁used ▁mus k ets ▁to ▁conquer ▁Constantin ople ▁( mod ern ▁Ist an bul ) ▁and ▁were ▁one ▁of