Search for:Welcome to the Regimental website of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Western Canada's oldest Infantry RegimentThe Royal Winnipeg Rifles is an Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve . The Royal Winnipeg Rifles fall under the command of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group , a Brigade within the 3rd Canadian Division, which is responsible for all Army units from Northwestern Ontario to British Columbia.Based out of Minto Armouries in Winnipeg Manitob,a The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are the premier Infantry unit in Manitob,a founded in 1883, with a long and proud history of service to Canada and the Crown.The officers and men of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles train as Infantry soldiers: their task 'to close with, and destroy the enemy'. As a Light Infantry unit, soldiers are taught field craft, weapons handling, navigation, infantry tactics and other skills, many of which originated Rifle Regiments of the British Army. These tactics, developed in the early 1800s under Colonel Coote Manningham, were a departure from the tactics used by the Line Infantry of the day more... See more text