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A nation's army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. Within a national army, armies are formations composed of several corps. This article is about the military unit. ...
Militaries
An army is a country's military. The word army (armée in French) can refer to any armed force (for example, the People's Liberation Army of China consists of ground force, navy and air force branches). The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) (Traditional Chinese: 人民解放軍, Simplified Chinese: 人民解放军, pinyin: Rénmín Jiěfàng Jūn), which includes an army, navy, air force, and strategic nuclear forces, serves as the military of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
See also list of countries without an army, Category:Militaries. This is a list of countries that do not maintain an army. ...
National land forces More specifically, a national army is a nation's arm of the military service which conducts land-based warfare (for example, the United States Army, or the French Armée de Terre). The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
The French Army (Armée de Terre, Ground Army) is one component in the Military of France. ...
Most (but not all) armed forces make considerable distinction between the land-based army, the sea-based navy, and the air-based air force, often maintaining three independent organizations. Many air forces were formerly part of an army; historically, the United States Air Force originated as part of the United States Army. Navy is also:- shorthand for Navy Blue the nickname of the United States Naval Academy A navy is the branch of the armed forces of a nation that operates primarily on water. ...
An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ...
Seal of the Air Force. ...
The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
Modern armies use infantry, armoured fighting vehicles (e.g. tanks), artillery, and aircraft (especially helicopters), supported by engineers, communications, and supply organizations. Infantry in the First World War Infantry (or Infantrymen) are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, using personal weapons. ...
An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. ...
Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...
An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...
A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ...
A US army combat engineer setting up a communications cable. ...
See also: Category:Armies.
Formations An army is also be a large military organization (formation) comprising two or more corps. A particular army is named or numbered to distinguish it from military land forces in general—for example, The U.S. First Army and The Army of Northern Virginia. In the British Army it is normal to spell out the ordinal number of an army (e.g. First Army), whereas lower formations use figures (e.g. 1st Division). Military science concerns itself with the study and of the diverse technical, psychological, and practical phenomena that encompass the events that make up warfare, especially armed combat. ...
This article is about the military unit. ...
This article is about a military unit. ...
The United States First Army was first activated in August 1918. ...
The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War in the eastern theater. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ...
Armies (as well as army groups, and theaters) are large formations which vary significantly between armed forces in size, composition, and scope of responsibility. An army-group is a military organization (formation) consisting of several armies, and is supposed to be self-sufficient for indefinite periods. ...
Theater in military terms, is a geographic location used for military operations. ...
In the Soviet Red Army, "armies" were actually corps-sized formations, subordinate to an army-sized "front" in wartime. In peacetime a Soviet army was usually subordinate to a military district. See Army (Soviet Army). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: (СССР) listen; tr. ...
Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ...
This article is about a military unit. ...
Front was a major military subdivision of the Soviet Army, not to be mistaken with the more general term of a military front. ...
Military district (Russian: вое́нный о́круг (voyenny okrug)) is a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military establishments. ...
This article or section should be merged with the Military unit section of Army The term Army, besides its general-purpose meaning (see army) specifically denotes a major military unit in militaries various countries, including the Soviet Union. ...
For the hierarchy of land force organizations, see military organization. Military science concerns itself with the study and of the diverse technical, psychological, and practical phenomena that encompass the events that make up warfare, especially armed combat. ...
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The article provides links to lists of armies arranged by ordinal number, name, country or conflict. ...
This is a list of armies arranged by name. ...
List of armies — List of armies by number This is a list of armies arranged by ordinal number. ...
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