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Recent Examples of infantry
China is developing the next generation of amphibious infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to replace the existing Type 05 family, according to a new post on X (formerly Twitter) by the handle OedoSoldier.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2025
On October 19, 2023, Shrike drones targeted a Russian convoy, destroying eight tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles valued at around $19 million.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
That means deploying tens of thousands of additional soldiers, acquiring thousands of new tanks and infantry fighting vehicles and ramping up production of long-range drones and other advanced military technologies.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
While economic considerations played a role, these militaries also reorganized to better support UN and NATO peacekeeping and counterterrorism efforts, which focused on light infantry operations.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2025
On October 19, 2023, Shrike drones targeted a Russian convoy, destroying eight tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles valued at around $19 million.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
That means deploying tens of thousands of additional soldiers, acquiring thousands of new tanks and infantry fighting vehicles and ramping up production of long-range drones and other advanced military technologies.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
While economic considerations played a role, these militaries also reorganized to better support UN and NATO peacekeeping and counterterrorism efforts, which focused on light infantry operations.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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For several weeks, fighting has intensified between the army and the RSF as government troops push to reclaim territories occupied by the militia.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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But even Russia’s huge army cannot survive this sort of attrition indefinitely, and Birds of Magyar’s numbers show just how well Ukraine can fight even without foreign weapons. Follow me on Twitter.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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Yet what this film really nails is the battalion camaraderie that goes beyond spending hours, days, weeks with the same folks and flips into something else entirely once shots are fired.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dudayev also asked Solovyov to clarify whether his criticism was directed at Chechen representatives or the Akhmat battalion.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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