infantry division
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinfantryanddivision
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infantry
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˈɪn.fən.tri/us/ˈɪn.fən.tri/
the part of an army that fights ...
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division
noun
uk/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of separating something into parts or groups, or the way that it ...
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(Definition ofinfantryanddivisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinfantry division
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The formation is best thought of as a provincial or district command rather than as aninfantrydivision.
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It was a fully motorizedinfantrydivision.
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He was chief of motorizedinfantrydivisionfrom 1976 to 1982.
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In 1994, the division headquarters reorganized as a mechanizedinfantrydivisionheadquarters, a designation which it retained until 2008.
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This was made up of two mountain infantry divisions, oneinfantrydivision, one mechanised brigade, one artillery brigade, and a tank battalion.
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There was a friendly host country that would have taken in aninfantrydivisionin preparation for the drop of an airborne divison.
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Will he assure me that the cap badge will not change, and that the role of aninfantrydivisionwill be maintained?
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I congratulate fourthinfantrydivisionand others involved in that achievement.
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We need for that kind of operation an effectiveinfantrydivisionwith the usual supporting arms.
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Lastly there is the obvious fact that aninfantrydivisioncannot live on nothing.
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I honestly believe that the present organisation of theinfantrydivisionis wrong.
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But they gained primarily by reducing the size of theirinfantrydivisionfrom nine to seven battalions.
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They have come to a conclusion about the reorganisation of theinfantrydivision.
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I think that the mobile division should be much smaller than the oldinfantrydivision.
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Within the next two or three years, the difference will be like that between an old horse-drawn, foot-mountedinfantrydivisionand a mechanised armoured division.
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Would it be right to say that the distinction between the armoured and theinfantrydivisionis gradually being whittled away?
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Yet when the trouble blew up and became acute, we were able to send aninfantrydivisionout there and, for the most part, to fly them in.
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But after two years' experiment we have decided to go firm on this newinfantrydivisionwhich will be organised into what one might call three brigade groups.
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I suggest that something like one division, plus one armoured brigade, would be adequate: oneinfantrydivisionplus an armoured brigade—say 20,000 men, or something like that.
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I am quite certain that one could ruthlessly strip the number of vehicles in aninfantrydivisionand it would fight just as effectively as before.
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Approximately the same number of trains (about 40) were required to transport a cavalry division of 4,000 as to transport aninfantrydivisionof 16,000.
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More than 1,500 wood frame buildings were constructed, sized to hold more than one armyinfantrydivision.
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Theinfantrydivisionformation was changed again; they were now standardised with three infantry brigades each and three infantry battalions assigned as divisional troops.
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