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Battalion
Battalion Bat*tal"ion, n. (Mil.)
An infantry command of two or more companies, which is the
tactical unit of the infantry, or the smallest command which
is self-supporting upon the battlefield, and also the unit in
which the strength of the infantry of an army is expressed.
Note: In the United States army, since April 29, 1898, a
battalion consists of four companies, and three
battalions form a regiment. The term is also applied to
two or more batteries of artillery combined into a
single command.
BattalionBattalion Bat*tal"ion, n. [F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione.
See Battalia.]
1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in
battle array. ``The whole battalion views.' --Milton.
2. (Mil.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment,
esp. when assembled for drill or battle. Battalion
Battalion Bat*tal"ion, v. t.
To form into battalions. [R.]
Meaning of Battalion from wikipedia
- A
battalion is a
military unit,
typically consisting of up to one
thousand soldiers.
Commanded by a
lieutenant colonel and
subdivided into
several companies...
- The 6888th
Central Postal Directory Battalion,
nicknamed the "Six
Triple Eight", was a
predominantly Black battalion of the US Women's Army
Corps (WAC)...
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consists of four
Regular battalions and
three Reserve battalions. Each
Regular battalion was
formerly an
individual battalion of one of the two
large regiments...
- from
which it
derives its name. It was
founded in May 2014 as the Azov
Battalion (Ukrainian: батальйон «Азов», romanized: Batalion "Azov"), a self-funded...
- Lost
Battalion may
refer to: Lost
Battalion (World War I),
American units which were
isolated by
Germans in 1918 Lost
Battalion (Europe,
World War II)...
- The
Lincoln Battalion (Spanish: Batallón
Abraham Lincoln), the
major component of what came to be
known as the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade, was the 17th (later...
- 32
Battalion (sometimes
nicknamed Buffalo Battalion, Three-two
battalion or Portuguese: Os Terríveis for The
Terrible Ones) was an
elite light infantry...
- The
Sparta Battalion (Russian: батальон «Спарта») or 80th
Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion "Sparta"
named after A. S.
Pavlov (Russian: 80-й отдельный...
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headquarters company, a
military intelligence battalion, a
special troops battalion, and
three Ranger battalions. The 75th
Ranger Regiment primarily handles...
- 3rd, and 4th
Raider Battalions became respectively the 1st, 3rd, and 2nd
Battalions of the 4th Marines. The 2nd
Raider Battalion filled out the regimental...
