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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: {{subpages}} ==Parent topics== {{r|Infantry}} {{r|Infantry tactics}} {{r|Military unit}} ==Subtopics== {{r|Assault rifle}} {{r|Fire team}} {{r|Intra-squad radio}} {{r|Squad tactical ra...) |
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Revision as of 09:39, 3 March 2009
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Parent topics
- Infantry [r]: Soldiers that directly confront the enemy, overcoming them with fire and maneuver while on foot or in specialized vehicles [e]
- Infantry tactics [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Military unit [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Assault rifle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fire team [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intra-squad radio [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Squad tactical radio [r]: The designation, in U.S. and many other militaries, for a backpack radio assigned to squads of 9-13 soldiers, used for tactical coordination over a range of approximately 5 miles/8 kilometers; subsequent generations are more rugged, secure, and more power-efficient [e]
- Company (land forces) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combat engineer [r]: Ground combat troops trained and equipped to improve the mobility of one's own side by breaching enemy obstacles, building bridges, etc.; blocking enemy mobility with barriers, demolition, mine warfare, etc. [e]
- Future Combat Systems [r]: An cancelled development program,including a variety of military systems, including armored fighting vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, artillery, precision guided munitions and unmanned aerial vehicles; was an evolutionary step in the restructuring of the United States Army and tailored to the brigade combat team organizational structure but will continue partially in the Brigade Combat Team Modernization [e]
- Machine gun [r]: A firearm capable not only of full-automatic fire, but with additional features, such as large ammunition supply mechanisms, barrel cooling or quick-change features, etc., that lets it fire for prolonged periods [e]
- Unguided rocket [r]: A form of artillery weapon that uses a rocket motor to propel a warhead at a target, using no guidance once launched [e]