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13:45 Jul 6, 2020 |
Russian to English translations [PRO] Military / Defense | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Turdimurod Rakhmanov Kyrgyzstan Local time: 03:10 | ||||||
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4 +1 | "Blob" formation |
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3 | close order formation; blunt wedge formation |
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3 | small dispersed ("blob") group formation |
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"Blob" formation Explanation: "Blob" formation of infantry section. |
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close order formation; blunt wedge formation Explanation: "Blob" formation is unknown in English military terminology in standard use (including historical such English terminology). Note: "Blunt wedge" infantry formation is also known as the vee formation (V formation). |
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small dispersed ("blob") group formation Explanation: The meaning of the blob formation: https://books.google.com/books?id=J2LNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT175&lpg=... The blob formation, first used in 1917, referred to ad hoc gatherings of 2 to 4 men, hidden as well as possible. The regular single file formation was only used in certain circumstances, such as when the squad was advancing behind a hedgerow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_tactics#:~:text=The b... |
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