Moreover, what do they call those hats in the army UK?
The hats are known as bearskins because — you guessed it — they're made of bear fur. The pelts come from Canadian black bears (Ursus americanus) that are culled each year to control their numbers.
Secondly, what are the British guards with big hats called? They are called the Queen's Guard. They consists of Foot Guards in full-dress uniform of red tunics and bearskins (hats).
Similarly, you may ask, what are the army hats called?
In the U.S. Armed Forces it is known as a garrison cap, campaign cap (not to be confused with campaign hat, a distinct form of headgear), flight cap, garrison hat, fore-and-aft cap, envelope cap, or overseas cap.
Why do British soldiers wear bearskin hats?
Answer: The origins are that every gunner in the British military and the French military wore bearskin caps to make them taller and more intimidating because they were the ones that did the hand to hand fighting. In Napoleon's imperial guard everybody wore them, and they were supposed to be his elite troops.
