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Editor's Note: This exclusive behind-the-lines report on fighting in Myanmar between pro-democracy forces and the military junta that seized control of the Asian country in 2021 is published in ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his nuclear arms buildup to overwhelm “hostile forces” at a key meeting where military leaders approved unspecified new operational duties for ...
This area has three subsystems of defenses. The frontline extends 150 kilometers with multiple barriers, supported by artillery. The second line could become a new front after a Ukrainian offensive. A third line consists of fortifications around key towns. Russian mobile and positional defenses mean the areas between are also guarded.
Australian soldiers in a front-line trench during World War I.Photograph taken by Capt. F. Hurley, sometime between August 1917 and August 1918.. A front line (alternatively front-line or frontline) in military terminology is the position(s) closest to the area of conflict of an armed force's personnel and equipment, usually referring to land forces.
Barrier troops, blocking units, or anti-retreat forces are military units that are located in the rear or on the front line (behind the main forces) to maintain military discipline, prevent the flight of servicemen from the battlefield, capture spies, saboteurs and deserters, and return troops who flee from the battlefield or lag behind their units.
Artillery barrage: a line or barrier of exploding artillery shells, created by continuous and co-ordinated fire of a large number of guns. Battalia: an army or a subcomponent of an army such as a battalion in battle array (common military parlance in the 17th century).
The U.S. Army inaugurated its new Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility in Mesquite, Texas, on Wednesday, marking a significant step in producing more 155mm artillery and modernizing ...
Two days later 22nd RF moved forward to take over the old German Support and Reserve Lines, and on 13 April to the new front line opposite Gavrelle, though the two companies could only cover a short front. The Germans then withdrew from the vulnerable villages beneath the ridge and fell back to a stronger position, 99th Bde following up.