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From: v064lnev@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Zerxes Bhagalia)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Specification Definitions
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Date: 16 Nov 90 05:21:20 GMT
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From: v064lnev@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Zerxes Bhagalia)

I have been looking through the various force listings, and have been
perplexed by the confusing specifications of the various units.

Please post the definitions and distinctions for the following military terms.

Army         Corps	Division	Regiment	Brigade	
Battalion    Company	Squad

Infantry	Mechanized Infantry 	Armored Infantry
Airborne(prefix appended to above terms) 	

Artillery	Mechanized Infantry	Armored Artillery

Cavalry		Mechanized Cavalry	Armored Cavalry
Air Cavalry 	Airborne(prefix appended to above terms) 

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