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APCs and one with the tracked BMP-1 IFV. The "light" regiments were intended to make dismounted attacks on the division's flanks, while the BMP-equipped "heavy" regiment remained mounted and supported the division's tank regiment on the main axis of advance. Both types of infantry regiment still were
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supplies (spare vehicle components), and a comparatively larger proportion of manpower is required to crew and maintain the vehicles. For example, most APCs mount a section of seven or eight infantrymen but have a crew of two. Most IFVs carry only six or seven infantry but require a crew of three. To
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but could be carried in or even parachuted from the standard Soviet transport aircraft. That made airborne formations into mechanized infantry at the cost of reducing their "bayonet" strength, as the BMD could carry only three or at most four paratroopers in addition to its three-man crew. They were
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officially appeared in accordance with the
Directive of the Minister of Defense of the USSR No. org. / 3/62540 of February 27, 1957. This directive ordered part of the mechanized divisions and all rifle units and formations reorganized into 'motorised rifle' in the period 1957 to 1964. Creation of
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No. GKO-9488ss, "On the
Resupply of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army" was issued. It ordered the creation of mechanised divisions from many rifle divisions, included in the Armored and Mechanised Troops. In some cases, cavalry divisions and airborne divisions also became mechanised
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and early 21st century, various countries developed medium infantry forces armed with armored vehicles, which typically consisted of wheeled armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and assault guns. Medium mechanized forces are characterized by having more strategic air and road
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could all be used to break through an enemy defense, but almost all offensives launched in 1918 ground to a halt after a few days. The following infantry quickly became exhausted, and artillery, supplies and fresh formations could not be brought forward over the battlefields quickly enough to
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It is generally accepted that single weapons system types are much less effective without the support of the full combined arms team; the pre-World War II notion of "tank fleets" has proven to be as unsound as the World War I idea of unsupported infantry attacks. Though many nations' armored
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At present, almost all infantry units from industrialized nations are provided with some type of motor transport. Infantry units equipped with IFVs rather than lighter vehicles are commonly designated as "heavy", indicating more combat power but also more costly long-range transportation
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in late March 1918, A7Vs were accompanied by twenty stormtroopers from Rohr
Assault Battalion, but it is unspecified if they were acting as dismounts or were accompanying the tanks on foot. During the battle, tank crews were reported to have dismounted and attacked enemy positions with
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using the vehicle showed that troops were far more effective while they were mounted in the vehicles than when they dismounted. American doctrine subsequently emphasized mounted tactics. The
Americans ultimately deployed a mechanized brigade and ten mechanized battalions to Vietnam.
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began the war while still in the process of reorganizing its armored and mechanized formations, most of which were destroyed during the first months of the German
Invasion of the Soviet Union. About a year later, the Soviets recreated division-sized mechanized infantry units, termed
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formation, in which vehicles were considered "battle taxis" due to poor protection. The earliest experiment was the short-lived Soviet Light Motor Rifle
Division in 1987, which consisted of wheeled BTR platforms for its primary armament. In the 1990s, the United States explored
2800:, were used, some of which lacked overhead protection and were therefore vulnerable to artillery fire. It still gave the Soviet Army greater strategic flexibility because of the large land area and the long borders of the Soviet Union and its allies in the
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divisions were mechanized, except in a few favored formations. The rest were moved by truck. However, most German reconnaissance units in such formations were also primarily mechanized infantry and could undertake infantry missions when it was needed. The
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The support weapons for mechanized infantry are also provided with motorized transport, or they are built directly into combat vehicles to keep pace with the mechanized infantry in combat. For units equipped with most types of APC or any type of IFV,
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to that which prompted the
Russians to convert tanks to APCs, the occupying armies have found it necessary to apply extra armor to existing APCs and IFVs, which adds to the overall size and weight. Some of the latest designs (such as the German
3196:, where the nation fielded two different types of armored divisions: one which was almost exclusively armor (the 1st), while another was more balanced (the 6th). The latter division showed itself to be far more combat-capable than the former.
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Soviet organization led to different tactics between the "light" and the "heavy" varieties of mechanized infantry. In the Soviet Army, a first-line "motor rifle" division from the 1970s onward usually had two regiments equipped with wheeled
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in that its vehicles provide a degree of armor protection and armament for use in combat, whereas motorized infantry are provided with "soft-skinned" wheeled vehicles for transportation only. Most APCs and IFVs are fully tracked or are
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of 1973 that a doctrine that relied primarily on tanks and aircraft had proven inadequate. As a makeshift remedy, paratroopers were provided with motorized transport and used as mechanized infantry in coordination with the armor.
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Many APCs and IFVs currently under development are intended for rapid deployment by aircraft. New technologies that promise reduction in weight, such as electric drive, may be incorporated. However, facing a similar threat in
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The transport and other logistic requirements have led many armies to adopt wheeled APCs when their existing stocks of tracked APCs require replacement. An example is the
Canadian Army, which has used the
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Allied armored formations included a mechanized infantry element for combined arms teamwork. For example, US armored divisions had a balance of three battalions each of tanks, armored infantry, and
2896:. Many IFVs were also equipped with firing ports from which their infantry could fire their weapons from inside, but they were generally not successful and have been dropped from modern IFVs.
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Compared with "light" truck-mobile infantry, mechanized infantry can maintain rapid tactical movement and, if mounted in IFVs, have more integral firepower. They require more combat supplies (
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and other transport aircraft. The vehicle gave infantry the same mobility as tanks but with much less effective armor protection (it still had nuclear, biological, and chemical protection).
2874:, appeared only in 1970. Unlike the APC, which was intended merely to transport the infantry from place to place under armor, the IFV had heavy firepower that could support infantry. The
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mechanized infantry component at the start of World War II, the proportion of mechanized infantry in such combined arms formations was increased by most armies as the war progressed.
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universal wheeled platform. A similar trend of adopting the medium mechanized forces was observed in
European countries, including the Italian, Polish, and French armed forces.
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Infantry
Division Transportation Battalion and Transportation, Tactical Carrier Units. (1962). United States: Headquarters, Department of the Army. p. 15
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armored personnel carrier. In the early 21st century, China reformed its ground forces with the concept called Medium Combined Arms Brigade (CA-BDE), armed with
2443:, recognized that tank units required close support from infantry and other arms and that such supporting arms needed to maintain the same pace as the tanks.
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that could carry 50 equipped troops under armour but the project got no further than trials before cancellation. Some of the first mechanized infantry were
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armies, "Type A armoured brigades," intended for independent operations or to form part of armored divisions, had a "motor infantry" battalion mounted in
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One or two motorised rifle regiments were also present in each tank division, and many tank regiments included one motorised rifle battalion.
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Following the war, development of mechanized forces was largely theoretical for some time, but many nations began rearming in the 1930s. The
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Tank Sword of the Country of the Soviets. Drogovoz Igor Grigorievich. Publisher: AST, Harvest. Year of publication: 2004. ISBN 985-13-2133-8
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were mixed. They were also used in the exploitation and pursuit phases of offensives. Red Army mechanized infantry were generally
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was designed solely for carrying troops with space for 30 but the war ended before the order was complete and they could be used.
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mobility than heavier, tank-based armored forces while offering better armor protection for the formation than the lighter
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units. In the middle of the war, it created entire mechanized infantry divisions and named
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armies are adopting (and exporting) new indigenous-produced tracked IFVs. The Swedish
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of a roughly similar composition to a Soviet mechanized corps, which fought in the
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as "mechanised infantry". This convention is becoming widespread; for example the
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fully tracked tractors. The Romanians also produced five prototypes of an
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which was specifically built for the Romanian Army) as well as 300 German
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be effective in the field, mechanized units also require many
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Johnson, David E.; Grissom, Adam R.; Oliker, Olga (2009).
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The lesson was re-learned, first by the Pakistani Army in
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are described as "armoured infantry", and units with the
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IFV in particular has been adopted by several armies.
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maintain the pressure on the regrouping enemy forces.
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armored vehicles deploying mounted infantry in 1979
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2522:. The US armored infantry was fully equipped with
3006:vehicle and dismounted infantry of the US Army's
3008:1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
138:U.S. Army mechanized infantry dismount from an
3506:"The Genesis of Medium Weight Wheeled Forces"
3252:A7V i Prekursorzy Niemieckiej Broni Pancernej
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3298:Legiunea Romana: Romanian General's Handbook
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3272:. London: Collins. p. 413.
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2912:. The first of them was the
2827:, which could be carried by
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3166:Stryker Brigade Combat Team
3101:A recent trend seen in the
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2810:Weapons of Mass Destruction
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3560:Starry, Donn A., General.
2860:Infantry fighting vehicles
2750:armored personnel carriers
2435:in the United States, and
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3562:Armored Combat in Vietnam
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3564:. 1980, Arno Press Inc.
3180:Combined arms operations
3150:Medium mechanized forces
2881:The introduction of the
2520:self-propelled artillery
2312:. All machine-gun-armed
1974:Military science fiction
1459:Technology and equipment
880:List of military tactics
142:during training in 1985.
3194:the 1965 war with India
3185:formations included an
3017:Operation Desert Shield
2910:Russian Airborne Troops
2829:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
2733:State Defence Committee
2655:Soviet armored tractors
2651:Renault UE Chenillettes
2042:Wartime sexual violence
1798:Full-spectrum dominance
1609:Supply-chain management
3474:Inside the Soviet Army
3098:
3089:A tracked IFV, the US
3011:
2852:motorized rifle troops
2754:motorized rifle troops
2738:motorised rifle troops
2728:
2566:
2492:
2285:
1954:Awards and decorations
1927:Peace through strength
1902:Low-intensity conflict
1536:Conscientious objector
1409:Area of responsibility
143:
3414:on November 22, 2011.
3282:Ronald L. Tarnstrom,
3205:Israel Defense Forces
3103:Israel Defense Forces
3088:
3010:in Mosul, Iraq, 2004.
3002:
2736:divisions The Soviet
2716:
2530:. In the British and
2482:
2416:the frontiers of the
2350:to cross wide German
2329:Battle of St. Quentin
2288:As early as 1915 the
2267:
546:Torpedo data computer
536:Ship gun fire-control
137:
71:"Mechanized infantry"
3377:on November 29, 2018
3117:(such as the Soviet
2961:improve this section
2743:Soviet Ground Forces
2685:901 4x4 field cars.
2596:for reconnaissance.
2437:Mikhail Tukhachevsky
2375:infiltration tactics
2154:units equipped with
2072:Military occupations
1907:Military engineering
1809:Unrestricted Warfare
1666:Force multiplication
564:Military manoeuvrers
56:improve this article
3512:. December 6, 2017.
3494:. October 20, 2023.
3270:Struggle for Europe
2856:Soviet Armed Forces
2794:airborne formations
2705:artillery tractor.
2634:ultimately fielded
2433:Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
2408:had established an
2369:Towards the end of
2148:Mechanized infantry
1758:Penal military unit
1743:Rules of engagement
1419:Command and control
1044:Operations research
508:Director (military)
498:Fire-control system
268:Command and control
149:Part of a series on
3161:motorized infantry
3139:post-invasion Iraq
3099:
3012:
2729:
2718:Swiss Armed Forces
2555:Battle of Normandy
2551:Operation Totalize
2536:Universal Carriers
2493:
2387:Motorized infantry
2362:tank based on the
2316:carried two small
2286:
2179:motorized infantry
2175:United States Army
2173:As defined by the
1867:Counter-insurgency
1788:Command of the sea
1733:Jewish laws on war
1708:Geneva Conventions
1244:Divide and conquer
1039:Military operation
1004:Tactical objective
503:Fire-control radar
480:Electronic-warfare
144:
3296:Manuel Granillo,
3131:First Chechen War
3115:main battle tanks
3015:requirements. In
2997:
2996:
2989:
2278:Operation Michael
2214:weapons, such as
2145:
2144:
2037:Horses in warfare
1984:Anti-war movement
1887:Gunboat diplomacy
1877:Disaster response
1825:Philosophy of war
1820:Principles of war
1793:Deterrence theory
1738:Right of conquest
1661:Lanchester's laws
1429:Principles of war
1119:Counter-offensive
1104:Military campaign
1009:Target saturation
932:Counterinsurgency
541:Gun data computer
475:Close air support
437:Aircraft carriers
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131:
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3598:
3586:Armoured warfare
3545:Dunstan, Simon.
3533:
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3529:RAND Corporation
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2640:Italian Campaign
2632:New Zealand Army
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2509:combat engineers
2463:légÚre mécanisée
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1892:Humanitarian aid
1830:Security dilemma
1651:Power projection
1434:Economy of force
1414:Chain of command
1129:Defence in depth
1114:Commerce raiding
937:Defeat in detail
273:Defense ministry
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2584:Panzergrenadier
2575:Panzergrenadier
2568:Panzergrenadier
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2425:J. F. C. Fuller
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2184:all-wheel drive
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2418:British Empire
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1496:Mobilization
1491:Conscription
1449:Intelligence
1402:Organization
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793:Conventional
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3201:Six-Day War
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3036:Bulldog APC
3032:Warrior IFV
2929:Present day
2887:West German
2836:Vietnam War
2802:Warsaw Pact
2663:Sd.Kfz. 251
2659:Sd.Kfz. 250
2594:light tanks
2578:divisions.
2491:, June 1942
2459:French Army
2455:Sd.Kfz. 251
2399:barbed wire
2371:World War I
2327:During the
2306:World War I
2282:World War I
2274:Roye, Somme
2227:direct-fire
2220:autocannons
2032:War studies
1855:Non-warfare
1783:Appeasement
1748:Martial law
1587:War economy
1526:Transgender
1479:Recruitment
1239:Containment
1124:Culminating
1032:Operational
952:Envelopment
895:Air assault
776:Air cavalry
736:Air defence
716:Information
617:Cold-region
582:Battlespace
531:Historical:
377:Land units:
303:Space force
298:Coast guard
231:Late modern
192:Prehistoric
3580:Categories
3052:mécanisées
3044:motorisées
2894:M2 Bradley
2703:indigenous
2695:Sd.Kfz. 10
2636:a division
2468:Blitzkrieg
2452:half-track
2241:ammunition
2224:small-bore
2186:vehicles (
2166:(see also
2158:(APCs) or
2092:War crimes
2082:Operations
1989:Foot drill
1959:Battle cry
1872:deterrence
1531:Harassment
1506:Specialism
1329:Technology
1324:Succession
1269:Liberation
1204:Asymmetric
1139:Empty fort
1050:Blitzkrieg
1019:Withdrawal
982:Investment
761:Camouflage
756:Biological
694:Underwater
669:Amphibious
588:Aerospace
455:Air units:
432:Submarines
241:fourth-gen
236:industrial
224:napoleonic
82:newspapers
3133:in 1995.
3091:30th ABCT
2948:does not
2925:in 1979.
2725:SPz 63/73
2721:Panzer 61
2691:Sd.Kfz. 9
2687:Sd.Kfz. 8
2489:Fort Knox
2450:with the
2314:A7V tanks
2272:tanks in
2254:mechanics
2230:howitzers
1979:War novel
1882:Grey-zone
1842:War games
1803:Overmatch
1753:War crime
1703:Desertion
1693:Ceasefire
1688:Armistice
1575:Logistics
1553:Mercenary
1541:Volunteer
1472:Personnel
1444:Engineers
1389:Sociology
1344:World war
1339:Total war
1319:Strategic
1309:Religious
1294:Political
1289:Perpetual
1264:Irregular
1179:Offensive
1154:Defensive
1149:Deception
1109:Attrition
962:Guerrilla
957:Formation
900:Airbridge
832:Loitering
746:Artillery
399:Artillery
349:Engineers
317:Irregular
288:Air force
3591:Infantry
3472:(1982).
3448:Archived
3428:Archived
3371:"BTR-40"
3335:July 17,
3329:Archived
3268:(1952).
3216:See also
3156:Cold War
3105:and the
2709:Cold War
2601:Red Army
2414:garrison
2356:Mark V**
2352:trenches
2334:grenades
2249:ordnance
2204:infantry
2200:armoured
2152:infantry
1994:War song
1969:War film
1602:Materiel
1521:Children
1501:Training
1439:Medicine
1424:Doctrine
1379:Training
1314:Resource
1299:Princely
1249:Economic
1234:Conquest
1229:Colonial
1224:Cold war
1209:Blockade
1094:Strategy
1066:Maneuver
827:Infantry
783:Chemical
637:Mountain
597:Airborne
460:Fighters
427:Warships
382:Infantry
308:Reserves
256:Military
3540:Sources
3187:organic
3174:Type 08
3170:Stryker
3076:Swedish
3072:Spanish
3068:Italian
3064:LAV III
3056:AMX-10P
3025:Stryker
3004:Stryker
2969:removed
2954:sources
2854:of the
2834:In the
2798:BTR-152
2773:BTR-152
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2515:units.
2439:in the
2395:craters
2383:cavalry
2360:Mark IX
2354:. This
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2290:British
2284:in 1918
2276:during
2268:German
2260:History
2196:armored
2107:Writers
2102:Weapons
2067:Battles
2016:Related
2004:Wargame
1999:Uniform
1947:Culture
1728:Perfidy
1723:Justice
1644:Science
1629:Outpost
1582:History
1562:Warrior
1558:Soldier
1546:foreign
1484:counter
1384:Service
1334:Theater
1274:Limited
1254:Endemic
1169:Nuclear
942:Foxhole
917:Cavalry
905:Airdrop
890:Airlift
875:Tactics
847:Nuclear
837:Missile
766:Cavalry
751:Barrage
729:Weapons
689:Surface
470:Command
465:Bombers
422:Frogman
392:Cavalry
364:Medical
331:Militia
313:Regular
293:Marines
207:castles
197:Ancient
185:History
164:outline
96:scholar
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3127:Grozny
2902:BTR-60
2890:Marder
2872:Marder
2840:ad hoc
2779:BRDM-1
2767:BTR-50
2761:BTR-40
2699:RSO/01
2590:Allies
2562:Panzer
2391:desert
2364:Mark V
2298:German
2247:) and
2232:, and
2164:combat
2087:Sieges
1771:Theory
1511:Morale
1369:Policy
1364:Branch
1144:Mosaic
1134:Fabian
1081:Covert
1014:Trench
999:Screen
922:Charge
912:Battle
885:Aerial
803:Denial
771:Horses
699:Seabed
652:Tunnel
632:Jungle
622:Desert
592:Aerial
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3228:Notes
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3050:and "
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2864:BMP-1
2683:Horch
2679:model
2675:Skoda
2671:Praga
2667:Tatra
2511:, as
2501:tanks
2483:U.S.
2060:Lists
1516:Women
1454:Ranks
1374:Staff
1304:Proxy
1219:Class
1174:Naval
1159:Depth
994:Swarm
987:Siege
967:Naval
947:Drone
842:Music
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711:Cyber
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602:Space
523:Radar
518:Sonar
387:Armor
344:Staff
322:Ranks
103:JSTOR
89:books
3566:ISBN
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3080:CV90
3074:and
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