Battalion, the Glossary
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.[1]
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146 relations: Adjutant, Adjutant General's Corps, AGS-17, Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, American Civil War, Anti-tank warfare, Armoured personnel carrier, Armoured regiment (United Kingdom), Artillery, Artillery battery, Aviation combat element, Battalion, Battle of the Bulge, BGM-71 TOW, BM-21 Grad, BMP-1, Brigade, Brigadier general, BTR (vehicle), Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, Captain (armed forces), Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Classical Latin, Colonel, Colonel (India), Combat engineer, Combat service support, Combat support company, Combined arms, Command sergeant major, Commanding officer, Company (military unit), Corps, Defense Media Activity, Desertion, Encyclopædia Britannica, Executive officer, Facebook, Fänrik, French language, Furir, Grenade, Ground combat element, Group (military unit), Headquarters and headquarters company (United States), Headquarters and service company, Howitzer, Indian Army, Indonesian Army infantry battalions, ... Expand index (96 more) »
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Adjutant
Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit.
Adjutant General's Corps
The Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services, named for the Adjutant-General to the Forces (now the Commander Home Command).
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AGS-17
The AGS-17 Plamya (Russian: Пламя; Flame) is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher in service worldwide.
Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) is an airborne fire support and liaison unit of the United States Marine Corps.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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Anti-tank warfare
Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks.
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Armoured personnel carrier
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.
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Armoured regiment (United Kingdom)
Armoured regiments are units provided by the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army.
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Artillery
Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.
Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
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Aviation combat element
In the United States Marine Corps, the aviation combat element or air combat element (ACE) is the aviation component of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
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Battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain. Battalion and battalion are battalions.
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.
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BGM-71 TOW
The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced) is an American anti-tank missile.
BM-21 Grad
The BM-21 "Grad" (lit) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union.
BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present.
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.
Brigadier general
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.
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BTR (vehicle)
BTR (БТР), from Bronetransportyor/Bronetransporter (бронетранспортёр/бронетранспортер; literally "armoured transporter"), is any of a series of Soviet or post-Soviet military armoured personnel carriers (APCs).
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Canadian Armed Forces
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; Forces armées canadiennes, FAC) are the unified military forces of Canada, including land, sea, and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Captain (armed forces)
The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.
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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.
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Classical Latin
Classical Latin is the form of Literary Latin recognized as a literary standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire.
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Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.
Colonel (India)
Colonel is a rank in the Indian Army.
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Combat engineer
A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations.
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Combat service support
The term combat service support (or CSS) is utilized by numerous military organizations throughout the world to describe entities that provide direct and indirect sustainment services to the groups that engage (or are potentially to be engaged) in combat.
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Combat support company
A combat support company (CSC) is a company-echelon unit in some United States Army infantry battalion organizations which consolidates combat support elements of the battalion under a company headquarters.
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Combined arms
Combined arms is an approach to warfare that seeks to integrate different combat arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects—for example, using infantry and armour in an urban environment in which each supports the other.
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Command sergeant major
A command sergeant major (CSM) is a non-commissioned rank and position of office in the United States Army.
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Commanding officer
The commanding officer (CO) or commander, or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG) or general officer commanding (GOC), is the officer in command of a military unit.
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Company (military unit)
A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.
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Corps
Corps (plural corps; from French corps, from the Latin corpus "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization.
The Defense Media Activity (DMA) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) field activity.
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Desertion
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Executive officer
An executive officer is a person who is principally responsible for leading all or part of an organization, although the exact nature of the role varies depending on the organization.
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Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
Fänrik
Fänrik (second lieutenant in the Swedish Army/Air Force, Acting sub-lieutenant in the Navy) is a company grade officer rank.
French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Furir
Furir (from French fourrier, a person responsible for the feed) is a Swedish military rank (OR5) reintroduced in 2019, after having been abolished in 2009.
Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.
Ground combat element
In the United States Marine Corps, the ground combat element (GCE) is the land force of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
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Group (military unit)
A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation.
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Headquarters and headquarters company (United States)
In United States Army units, a headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) is a company-sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher.
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Headquarters and service company
A headquarters and service company is a company-sized military unit, found at the battalion and regimental level in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Howitzer
The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.
Indonesian Army infantry battalions
The Indonesian Army has formed a large number of infantry battalions since it was formed from provisional militias during the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch colonial rule, 1945–1949.
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Infantry
Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.
Infantry fighting vehicle
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.
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Infantry of the British Army
The Infantry of the British Army comprises 49 infantry battalions, from 19 regiments.
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Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)
The Intelligence Corps (Int Corps) is a corps of the British Army.
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Italian language
Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.
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Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Lieutenant colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel.
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Lieutenant-colonel (Canada)
In the Canadian Forces, lieutenant-colonel (LCol, lieutenant-colonel or lcol) is a rank for officers who wear army or air force uniform, equal to commander for officers who wear navy uniform.
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Light Aid Detachment
A Light Aid Detachment is an attached independent minor unit of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, or Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment operating as a sub-unit of the supported unit.
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Machine gun
A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.
Major (Canada)
Major is a rank of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Major (rank)
Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.
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Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Major general
Major general is a military rank used in many countries.
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Man-portable air-defense system
Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles.
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March battalion
A march battalion (Bataillon de Marche,, Battaglione di marcia or) is a military unit comprising replacement and support personnel, usually for a regiment or brigade-sized formation. Battalion and march battalion are battalions.
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Marine air–ground task force
In the United States Marine Corps, a Marine Air–Ground Task Force (MAGTF, pronounced MAG-TAF) is the principal organization for all missions across the range of military operations.
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Marine expeditionary brigade
A Marine expeditionary brigade (MEB) is a formation of the United States Marine Corps, a Marine air-ground task force of approximately 14,500 Marines and sailors constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Marine aircraft group, a combat logistics regiment and a MEB command group.
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Marine expeditionary unit
A Marine expeditionary unit (MEU, pronounced as one syllable "" IPA) is the smallest air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet Marine Force.
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Military chaplain
A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military.
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Military communications
Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces.
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Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions.
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Military organization
Military organization (AE) or military organisation (BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as a national defense policy may require.
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Military reserve force
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations.
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Mortar (weapon)
A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
NATO Joint Military Symbology
NATO Joint Military Symbology is the NATO standard for military map symbols.
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Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group
The Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) is a United States Navy echelon IV component of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, delivering logistics capabilities with active and mobilization-ready Reserve Force personnel and equipment to theater commanders.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Netherlands Marine Corps
The Netherlands Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Non-commissioned officer
A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping comprises activities, especially military ones, intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace.
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Pioneer (military)
A pioneer is a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks.
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Platoon
A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four squads, sections, or patrols.
Primary Reserve
The Primary Reserve of the Canadian Armed Forces (Première réserve des Forces canadiennes) is the first and largest of the four sub-components of the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, followed by the Supplementary Reserve, the Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service (formerly the Cadet Instructors Cadre) and the Canadian Rangers.
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI, generally referred to as the Patricias) is one of the three Regular Force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Quartermaster
Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.
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Radar MASINT
Radar MASINT is a subdiscipline of measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) and refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of signals intelligence (SIGINT), imagery intelligence (IMINT), or human intelligence (HUMINT).
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Recoilless rifle
A recoilless rifle (rifled), recoilless launcher (smoothbore), or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propellant gas from the rear of the weapon at the moment of firing, creating forward thrust that counteracts most of the weapon's recoil.
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Reconnaissance
In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.
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Regiment
A regiment is a military unit.
Regimental quartermaster sergeant
Regimental quartermaster sergeant (RQMS) is a military rank in some militaries, and an appointment in others.
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Regimental sergeant major
Regimental sergeant major (RSM) is an appointment that may be held by a warrant officer (WO) in the British Army, the Royal Marines, and the armies of many other Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations.
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Regular Force
In the Canadian Armed Forces, a Regular Force unit or person is part of the full-time military, as opposed to being part of the Primary Reserve which has more flexibility.
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Rocket launcher
A rocket launcher is a weapon that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile.
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Royal 22nd Regiment
The Royal 22nd Regiment (R22R; Royal 22e Régiment) is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.
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Royal Anglian Regiment
The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Royal Army Chaplains' Department
The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD) is an all-officer department that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army.
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Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace.
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Royal Army Ordnance Corps
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army.
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Royal Canadian Regiment
The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.
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Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.
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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is the maintenance arm of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses.
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Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.
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Royal Netherlands Army
The Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht, KL) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment (R NFLD R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.
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Royal Pioneer Corps
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant and non-combatant corps used for light engineering tasks.
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Rustmästare
Rustmästare is a former Swedish rank that literally means the one responsible for the armory.
Seabee
United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF).
Second-in-command
Second-in-command (2i/c or 2IC) is a title denoting that the holder of the title is the second-highest authority within a certain organisation.
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Separate tank battalion
Separate tank battalions were military formations used by the United States Army during World War II, especially in the European Theater of Operations.
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Sergeant (Sweden and Finland)
Sergeant (Kersantti in Finnish) is a Swedish (OR6) and Finnish (OR5) military rank above överfurir in Sweden and alikersantti in Finland; and below översergeant in Sweden and ylikersantti in Finland.
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Sergeant major
Sergeant major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world.
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Soldier
A soldier is a person who is a member of an army.
Soviet Armed Forces
The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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SPG-9
The SPG-9 Kopyo (Russian: СПГ-9 Копьё, transliterated Russian: Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet "Kopyo" - Easel Antitank Grenade Launcher "Spear") is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimetre calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union.
Swiss Armed Forces
The Swiss Armed Forces (Schweizer Armee; Armée suisse; Esercito svizzero; Armada svizra) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland.
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T-54/T-55
The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.
T-62
The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961.
T-64
The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov.
T-72
The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1971.
T-80
The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) that was designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union and manufactured in Russia.
Tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.
Task force
A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity.
The Irrawaddy
The Irrawaddy is a news website by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG), founded in 1990 by Burmese exiles living in Thailand.
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The Rifles
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
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Vääpeli
(in Swedish) is a Finnish and former Swedish non-commissioned officer military rank above and below.
Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is the range of non-formal registers of Latin spoken from the Late Roman Republic onward.
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Warrant officer
Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries.
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Weapons company
A weapons company, sometimes called a manoeuvre support company, is a company-sized military unit attached to an infantry battalion to support the rifle companies of the battalion.
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120-PM-43 mortar
The M1943 Mortar or 120-PM-43 (120-Полковой Миномёт-43) or the 120-mm mortar Model 1943 (120-мм миномет обр.), also known as the SAMOVAR, is a Soviet 120 millimeter calibre smoothbore mortar first introduced in 1943 as a modified version of the M1938 mortar.
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122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)
The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960.
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2B9 Vasilek
The 2B9 Vasilek (2Б9 "Василёк" - Cornflower) is an automatic 82 mm gun-mortar developed in the Soviet Union in 1967 and fielded with the Soviet Army in 1970.
2S1 Gvozdika
The 2S1 Gvozdika (2С1 «Гвоздика», "Carnation") is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer introduced in 1972 and in service in Russia and other countries.
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9K111 Fagot
The 9K111 Fagot (Фагот; "bassoon") is a second-generation tube-launched semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) wire-guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union for use from ground or vehicle mounts.
9K32 Strela-2
The 9K32 Strela-2 (lit; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system.
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9K34 Strela-3
The 9K34 Strela-3 (9К34 «Стрела-3», 'arrow', NATO reporting name: SA-14 Gremlin) is a man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS) developed in the Soviet Union as a response to the poor performance of the earlier 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) system.
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9K38 Igla
The 9K38 Igla (Игла́, "needle", NATO reporting name SA-18 Grouse) is a Soviet/Russian man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
9M14 Malyutka
The 9M14 Malyutka (Малютка; "Little one", NATO reporting name: AT-3 Sagger) is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the Soviet Union.
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See also
Battalions
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion
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