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Lithuanian Land Forces, the Glossary

The Lithuanian Land Forces (LLF) form the backbone of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, capable of acting as an integral part of NATO forces.^[1]

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Lithuanian Land Force

Adolfas Ramanauskas

Adolfas Ramanauskas (March 6, 1918 – November 29, 1957), code name Vanagas, was a prominent Lithuanian partisan and one of the leaders of the Lithuanian resistance.

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Algirdas

Algirdas (Alhierd; Olherd, Olgerd, Olgierd; – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377.

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Alytus

Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania.

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Anykščiai

Anykščiai (Onikschten; see other names) is a ski resort city in Lithuania, west of Utena.

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Army

An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land.

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Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine.

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AT4

The AT4 is a Swedish unguided, man-portable, disposable, shoulder-fired recoilless anti-tank weapon manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics (formerly: FFV Ordance, later, Bofors Anti-Armour Systems).

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Aukštaitija (literally Highland or Upland) is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the fact that the lands are in the upper basin of the Nemunas, as opposed to the Lowlands that begin from Šiauliai westward. Although Kaunas is surrounded by Aukštaitija, the city itself is not considered to be a part of any ethnographic region in most cases.

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Šalčininkai

Šalčininkai (Sassenicken; סאָלעטשניק Solechnik; Салечнікі) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, situated south-east of Vilnius, near the border with Belarus.

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Šiauliai

Šiauliai (Šiaulē) is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city and the sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 108,000 in 2023.

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Šilalė

Šilalė (Samogitian: Šėlalė, Szyłele) is a city in western Lithuania, Samogitia, Tauragė County.

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Šilutė

Šilutė (previously Šilokarčiama; Heydekrug) is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania.

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Švenčionys

Švenčionys (Schwintzen; known also by several alternative names) is north of Vilnius in Lithuania.

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Biržai

Biržai (also known by several alternative names) is a city in northern Lithuania.

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Birutė

Birutė (died 1382) was the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great.

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Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle)

The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Butigeidis

Butigeidis (Budikid; Будзікід; died 1290 or 1291) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1285 to 1290 or 1291.

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CAESAR self-propelled howitzer

The Camion Équipé d'un Système d'Artillerie (English: "Truck equipped with an artillery system") or CAESAR is a French 155 mm, 52-caliber self-propelled howitzer that can fire 39/52 caliber NATO-standard shells.

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Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle

The Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle (named after Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori, which initially produced it) is a Swedish-developed caliber shoulder-fired recoilless rifle, initially developed by the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration during the second half of the 1940s as a crew-served man-portable infantry support gun for close-range multi-role anti-armour, anti-personnel, battlefield illumination, smoke screening and marking fire, which has seen great export success around the globe and continues to be a popular multi-purpose support weapon in use by many nations.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Combat

Combat (French for fight) is a purposeful violent conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition.

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Conscription

Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.

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Demining

Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area.

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Dragoon

Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.

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Druskininkai

Druskininkai (also see other names) is a spa city on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland.

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Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.

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FN MAG

The FN MAG (Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général, English: General Purpose Machine Gun) is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier.

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Gargždai

Gargždai is a city in western Lithuania located in Klaipėda County.

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General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion

The General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion, equipped with 155mm howitzers, was founded in December 2000, under a joint Lithuanian-Danish project – LITART. Lithuanian Land Forces and General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion are Lithuanian Land Force.

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General-purpose machine gun

A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns.

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Glock

Glock (stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after becoming the top performer in reliability and safety tests.

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Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead.

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Heckler & Koch G36

The Heckler & Koch G36 (Gewehr 36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.

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Heckler & Koch GMG

The GMG (Granatmaschinengewehr or "grenade machine gun") is an automatic grenade launcher developed by Heckler & Koch for the German Army.

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Hussar

A hussar (huszár; husarz; Croatian - husar, Serbian - husar /) was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Central Europe (Hungary) during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Ignalina

Ignalina (Ignalino; Ingelin) is a city in eastern Lithuania.

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Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.

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International Institute for Strategic Studies

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is an international research institute or think tank focusing on defence and security issues.

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Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655)

Prince Janusz Radziwiłł, also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger (Jonušas Radvila, 2 December 1612 – 31 December 1655) was a noble and magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Joniškis

Joniškis (Samogitian: Juonėškis; Janiszki) is a city in northern Lithuania with a population of about 9,900.

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Juozas Lukša

Juozas Lukša (10 August 1921 – 4 September 1951), also known among other pseudonyms as Daumantas and Skirmantas, was a leader of the anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan armed resistance movement.

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Kalvarija, Lithuania

Kalvarija is a town in southwestern Lithuania, located in the Marijampolė County, close to the border with Poland.

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Kaunas

Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

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Kęstutis

Kęstutis (Kinstut,; – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Kelmė

Kelmė (Kielmy) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, a historical region of Samogitia.

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Klaipėda

Klaipėda (Memel) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast.

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Kretinga

Kretinga (Kretynga) is a city in Klaipėda County, in north-western Lithuania.

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Kupiškis

Kupiškis is a city in northeastern Lithuania.

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Lazdijai

Lazdijai, (Łoździeje, Lasdien) is a small city in Lithuania located about east of the border with Poland.

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List of equipment of the Lithuanian Armed Forces

This is a list of weapons and equipment currently used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

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List of Lithuanian monarchs

The monarchy of Lithuania concerned the monarchical head of state of Lithuania, which was established as an absolute and hereditary monarchy.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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Lithuanian Armed Forces

The Lithuanian Armed Forces are the military of Lithuania.

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Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces

The National Defence Volunteer Forces or NDVF (Krašto apsaugos savanorių pajėgos, previously) is a branch of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Lithuanian Land Forces and Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces are Lithuanian Land Force.

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M101 howitzer

The M101A1 (previously designated M2A1) howitzer is an artillery piece developed and used by the United States.

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M113 armored personnel carrier

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.

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M2 Browning

The M2 machine gun or Browning.50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning.

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Mažeikiai

Mažeikiai (Samogitian: Mažeikē; Mažeiķi; Możejki) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River.

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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.

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Margiris

Margiris or Margis (died 25 February 1336) was a medieval Lithuanian/Samogitian prince, mentioned by Caspar Schütz, via Wigand of Marburg, as the heroic defender of Pilėnai fortress in 1336.

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Marijampolė

Marijampolė (also known by several other names) is the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis.

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Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf

Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Iron Wolf" (MIB "Iron Wolf") (mechanizuotoji pėstininkų brigada "Geležinis Vilkas") is the core unit of the Lithuanian Army and forms the country's contribution to NATO collective defence. Lithuanian Land Forces and Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf are Lithuanian Land Force.

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Mechanized infantry

Mechanized infantry are infantry units equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also armoured corps).

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MG 3 machine gun

The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.

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Military operation

A military operation (op) is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation.

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Military recruit training

Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel.

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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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Mindaugas

Mindaugas (Myndowen, Mindowe, Mendog, Mindowh, Mendog; c. 1203 – 12 September 1263) was the first known grand duke of Lithuania and the only crowned king of Lithuania.

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Mobilization

Mobilization (alternatively spelled as mobilisation) is the act of assembling and readying military troops and supplies for war.

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Molėtai

Molėtai (Malaty; Mulau) is a city in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes.

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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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Motorized infantry

Motorized infantry is infantry that is transported by trucks or other motor vehicles.

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National security

National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government.

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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.

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Naujoji Akmenė

Naujoji Akmenė (Samogitian: Naujuojė Akmenė) is a town in north-western Lithuania, in the Šiauliai County, in the Samogitia region.

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Nemenčinė

Nemenčinė is a city in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania, it is located only about north-east of Vilnius.

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Pajūris

Pajūris is a small town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, in western Lithuania.

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Pakruojis

Pakruojis (Pockroy) is a city in Lithuania.

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Panevėžys

Panevėžys is the fifth largest city in Lithuania and the eighth most populous city in the Baltic States.

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Panzerhaubitze 2000

The Panzerhaubitze 2000, meaning "armoured howitzer 2000" and abbreviated PzH 2000, is a German 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall in the 1980s and 1990s for the German Army.

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Pasvalys

Pasvalys is a city in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River.

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Pistol

A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.

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Plungė

Plungė (Samogitian: Plongė; Płungiany) is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants.

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Pontoon bridge

A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel.

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Radviliškis

Radviliškis (Radwilischken; Radziwiliszki; ראדווילישאָק, Radvilishok) is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania.

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Rokantiškės, Šatrininkai

Rokantiškės is a village in the Vilnius District Municipality, from Grigaičiai.

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Rokiškis

Rokiškis is a city in northeastern Lithuania with a population of about 14,400.

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Rukla

Rukla is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania.

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Samogitia

Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania alongside Lithuania proper.

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Search and rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

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Skuodas

Skuodas (Samogitian: Skouds) is a city located in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania, on the border with Latvia.

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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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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Land_Forces

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