Armed forces
Armed forces noun - The combined army, air force, and navy of a nation.
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Synonyms for Armed forces
Infantry and armed forces are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Infantry" instead a noun phrase "Armed forces".
Infantry
Infantry noun - An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot.
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Synonyms for Infantry
Armed forces and infantry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Armed forces" instead a noun "Infantry".
Nearby Word: infant
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Related pairs
- wing and armed forces
- wing and infantry
- detail and armed forces
- detail and infantry
- company and armed forces
- company and infantry
- host and armed forces
- host and infantry
- division and armed forces
- division and infantry
- legion and armed forces
- legion and infantry
- squad and armed forces
- squad and infantry
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This is sheer Rule of Cool in action; while some games feature entire armed forces with gatlings as standard issue infantry weapons, no real army has ever seriously considered deploying such a weapon.
Source: Rare Guns - The tactic used by the US Armed Forces in the American reclamation is almost this: two lines of infantry, stretching the entire continent, moving in synchronicity.
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Since it's the standard general-purpose machine gun during that time, the M1919 will appear if the media features American armed forces during WWII, though they will be often seen more on tanks or as an anti-infantry MG position.
Source: Cool Guns / Machine Guns
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