armored support
Shielded backing force
Armored support refers to military assistance provided by tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other heavily protected vehicles.
Infantry units call for armored support when facing fortified positions or heavy resistance: The battalion advanced with armored support.
The term emphasizes the protective and offensive capabilities that armored vehicles bring to ground operations.
- tankLarge storage vessel
- ground forcesMilitary troops on land
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- rolling thunderProlonged atmospheric reverberation
- battalionMid-sized military unit
platoon · reinforcement · shield · plating · turret · convoy · mechanized · military · combat · combat zone · front line · troops · flank · steel · firepower · backup · escort · brigade
armored supportlight infantry
Minimally equipped mobile troops
infantry · foot soldiers · airborne infantry · rifle company · ground pounders
armored supportair support
Aircraft aiding ground forces
close air support · artillery support · fire support · reconnaissance · logistics support
armored, armor, armour, armoured, armouring, armoring, armoury, armory, arms