armored division

Heavy military unit

An armored division is a military unit built around tanks and other armored vehicles, designed for mobile warfare and breakthrough operations.

These formations combine tanks with mechanized infantry, artillery, and support units to deliver concentrated firepower while maintaining rapid movement across battlefields: The armored division punched through enemy lines.

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tank · Patton · Rommel · regiment · main battle tank · combined arms · rolling thunder · World War II · battalion · corps · mobile warfare · platoon · counteroffensive · ground assault · iron fist · mechanized infantry · squadron · task force

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unit type/mobility doctrine

armored divisioninfantry division

Major army ground force unit

airborne division · light infantry · foot soldiers · irregular forces · special forces

domain of warfare

armored divisionnaval fleet

Organized warships at sea

air wing

military doctrine weight class

armored divisionexpeditionary force

Troops sent abroad

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division, armor, divided, dividing, armored, divider, divisive, subdivision, divisions

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