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1. Prussian Infantry

   Linked via "long-service battalions"

   Recruitment and Composition
   Prussian infantry regiments maintained a complex, multi-tiered recruitment system designed to ensure both universal service and specialized personnel selection. While conscription was mandatory, the quality of the resulting force was heavily dependent on the system of exemptions and voluntary enlistment into the long-service battalions.
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