• Shock troops or assault troops are special formations created to lead military attacks. They are often better trained and equipped than other military...
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  • Look up shock troop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shock troop might refer to: Shock troops, troops intended to lead an attack Shock Troopers, an...
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  • Shock Troops is the second album, and the first widely distributed, by punk rock band Cock Sparrer. It was released in 1983 on Razor Records. The lineup...
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  • For the 1934 film, see Shock Troop (film) Shock Troops (French: Un homme de trop) is a 1967 French-Italian action drama film directed by Costa-Gavras...
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    (Russian: батальо́ны сме́рти), also called shock battalions (Russian: уда́рные батальо́ны), were infantry shock troops established by the Russian Imperial Army...
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  • right and snag its leg under the tracks." After the publication of "Shock Troops", neocon outlets ranging from The Weekly Standard to National Review...
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    flamethrowers, would attack on narrow fronts against any Allied strongpoints the shock troops missed. Mortars and field guns would be in place to fire as needed to...
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    the Texans' riding and shooting skills often caused them to be used as shock troops. Their first major action was at the Battle of Shiloh, where they distinguished...
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  • close quarter battle tactic Shock troops, who apply shock tactics San Francisco Shock, a professional Overwatch League team Shock Linwood, American college...
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    SUMKA (section Shock troops)
    Technical unit. Immortal unit and Leader emblem. SUMKA Uniform diagram for shock troops and guards. Davud Monshizadeh with SUMKA members. Davud Monshizadeh in...
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  • certain weapons. Players take the role of the titular 'Helldivers', elite shock troops dropped from orbit onto hostile planets in bullet-like 'Hellpods' launched...
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  • Afghanistan, described in some accounts as special operations forces or shock troops. The Red Unit saw its first operational deployment in Sangin in early...
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    within the Ottoman Empire. Their main role was to act as front-line shock troops, also acting as personal guards for high-level Ottoman officials in the...
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  • Their name was given to them by General Bipin Chandra Joshi. They act as shock troops and spearhead assaults ahead of the battalion. Their operational role...
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    I. They and the opposing German Stormtroopers were the first modern shock troops, and they have been called "the most feared corps by opposing armies"...
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    Cavalry (redirect from Mounted troops)
    cataphracts and knights of the Early Middle Ages in Europe, were used as shock troops, charging the main body of the enemy at the height of a battle; in many...
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    ample resources, the order grew rapidly. Templars were often the advance shock troops in key battles of the Crusades, as the heavily armoured knights on their...
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    "England Belongs to Me" single. The next release was the band's debut album Shock Troops in 1983. It included the songs "Where Are They Now", "I Got Your Number"...
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  • Introduced in the original Star Wars film, the stormtroopers are the shock troops/space marines of the autocratic Galactic Empire, under the leadership...
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    اِسْتِشْهَادِيّ, "martyrdom seeker"), are forlorn hope or suicide attack shock troops utilized by several Sunni jihadist groups, such as the Islamic State...
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    World War when the title of Sturmführer was used by leaders of German shock troops and special action companies. By 1930, Sturmführer had become the lowest...
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  • harasses Lady Miyako's group and kills any intruders with Tetsuo's psychic shock troops. Kiyoko and Masaru become targets for the Empire's fanatical soldiers:...
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    Khishigten; lit. "favored", "blessed") were the imperial guard and shock troops for Mongol royalty in the Mongol Empire, particularly for rulers like...
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    Buffalo Soldier (redirect from Black troops)
    regiments. In the opinion of some, the Buffalo Soldiers were used as mere shock troops or accessories to the forceful settler-colonialist and westward expansionist...
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    (1852–1903) Alvin York (1887–1964) Designated marksman Marksman Sniper Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Fred L. Ray The Civil War, Geoffrey C. Ward, 130...
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    held by soldiers in German pioneer assault companies, also known as "shock troops". Following the defeat of Germany in 1918, Sturmmann became a paramilitary...
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    converted from conventional forces and likely had capabilities closer to shock troops than special forces. In 2022, the PLA SOF consisted of 15 Ground Force...
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    West was composed of army, air and naval forces. The Poles soon became shock troops in Allied service, most notably in the Battle of Monte Cassino during...
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  • convicts who have volunteered or been drafted into military service. Shock troops: infantry at the forefront of an attack. Suicide attack: an attack in...
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  • later half of the 20th century, missionaries were viewed as "ideological shock troops for colonial invasion whose zealotry blinded them", colonialism's "agent...
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