land forces
Soldiers on foot
Land forces are military personnel and equipment that operate on the ground, as distinguished from naval and air forces.
The term encompasses infantry, armor, artillery, and support units: The general commanded all land forces in the region.
In strategic discussions, land forces often implies the capacity for territorial control that sea and air power alone cannot achieve.
- armored divisionsArmored military ground formations
- tank divisionsMilitary formations of armored vehicles
- howitzersHigh-angle artillery weapons
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- cavalryMounted military force
march · Roman legions · infantry · combat troops · boots on the ground · tanks · boot camps · chain of command · tactical drills · drill sergeant · battalions · counterinsurgency · medieval knights · garrison · reserves · squad · military academies · mechanized infantry
- Asian MilitariesJapanese Navy, PLAN, Gurkhas
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, soldiers, platoons
- Army Recruitmentenlistment, recruits, recruitment center, recruitment office, recruitment drive
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, training manual, combat drills, drilling
land forcesnaval forces
Warships and sailors collectively
navy · air forces · air power · naval power · air force
land forcescivilian population
non-combatants · civilians · noncombatants · civil society · peacekeepers