armored brigade

Heavy military unit

An armored brigade is a military unit built around tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, typically comprising several thousand soldiers organized into combined-arms battalions.

Armored brigades provide heavy firepower and mobility for offensive operations and breakthrough attacks: The armored brigade pushed through enemy lines at dawn.

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infantry · ground forces · military · combat · division · mechanized · warfare · shock and awe · steel · treads · convoy · deployment · forward operating base · barracks · soldiers · artillery · firepower · formation

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Opposites
military unit composition

armored brigadeinfantry brigade

Military unit of foot soldiers

foot soldiers · infantry regiment · light infantry · rifle brigade · parachute regiment

mobility and protection

armored brigadefoot patrol

On-foot police monitoring

horse cavalry

conventional vs. unconventional warfare

armored brigaderesistance movement

Organized opposition to occupation

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armor, armored, armour, armoured, armoury, armory, armed, arming, armament

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