52nd Foot 

My regimental knowledge is pretty much during the Napoleonic wars (I'll have to research the other periods), but at that time they were equipped with muskets.  Early on, there was some talk of providing rifles, but expected/perceived supply issues  of rifled  weapons  caused them to stick with muskets.  As you can imagine, this  made for interesting skirmishing.  The French were equipped with  muskets also, so  fire-fights probably took place at distances of about 50 yds!  If you had nerves of steel, you'd wait for your opposite number to  come within 10 yds.   I'll add some weaponry and fighting tactics to the article, eventaully.  It's all a bit rough at the moment. Thanks for the interest, anyway!