combat units
Military battle groups
Combat units are military formations organized and equipped to engage in direct fighting—as opposed to support, logistics, or administrative units.
The term applies across scales, from small infantry squads to entire divisions: The combat units took heavy casualties in the assault.
In strategy games and military discussions, combat units are distinguished from those that supply, transport, or provide intelligence.
- riflemenSoldiers armed with guns
- ground troopsSoldiers operating on land
- paratroopersSoldiers who parachute in
- commandosElite assault troops
- forward observersPersonnel directing remote strikes
grenadiers · snipers · scouts · fire teams · medics · battalions · strike teams · pathfinders · glider pilots · skirmishers · marines · tank crews · armored brigades · sharpshooters · guerrilla fighters · light infantry · machine gunners · platoons
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- U.S. MilitaryArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Pentagon
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, soldiers, platoons
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
- French Infantry WWIIfoot soldiers, riflemen, platoons, battalions, regiments
combat unitscivilian population
civilians · civilian contractors · non-combatants · noncombatants · civil society
combat unitspeacekeeping forces
Troops maintaining ceasefires
relief organizations · peace corps · aid workers · diplomatic missions · medical corps
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