Earlier there was a question whether mountain troops are to be considered light infantry - you bet they are
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION
(LIGHT INFANTRY)
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They fulfill every criterion, be it 10th Mountain, Chasseurs Alpins, Alpinis or Gebirgsjäger... They use lightened rear, many special tools (for example mules instead of horses and trucks in the history), special weapons made to be lightweight and preferably easy to break up for transport (OTO 105mm M56 howitzer, 75mm IG-36...) and they usually hump on their backs more of their kit than regular grunts do.