armored columns
Protected vehicle formations
Armored columns are military formations of tanks, armored vehicles, and supporting units moving in a line along roads or across terrain.
The term appears frequently in war reporting and military history: German armored columns pushed deep into Soviet territory.
A column emphasizes linear movement rather than battle formation—vehicles traveling one behind another toward an objective.
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- battle tanksArmed, armored military vehicles
- panzerGerman armored fighting vehicle
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
shock and awe · ground forces · artillery · mechanized · assault · iron fist · advance · Wehrmacht · war machine · treads · steel · division · battalion · spearhead · offensive · breakthrough · enemy lines · formation
- armor warfaretanks, tank battalions, tank commanders, tank crews, blitzkrieg
- Armored Forcestanks, APCs, Bradley, Abrams, Abrams tank
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Ground combat troops
foot soldiers · light infantry · airborne forces · paratroopers · guerrilla fighters
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Airborne transportation vehicle
air power · fighter squadrons · naval fleet · warships · submarines
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