tank regiment

collocation in English

meaningsoftankandregiment

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withregimentortank.
tank
noun[C]
uk
/tæŋk/us
/tæŋk/
a container that holds liquid ...
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regiment
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈredʒ.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈredʒ.ə.mənt/
a large group of soldiers, or (more generally) any large number of things ...
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(Definition oftankandregimentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Taking an infantry battalion out on exercise nowadays is very similar to taking atankregimentout 10 to 15 years ago.
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I was adjutant to a main battletankregimentduring that exact period.
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When they enter urban areas, people's lives become impossible: it is as if a rollingtankregimentwere passing their doors continuously, day and night.
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The cost of providing tanks for a newtankregimentis roughly £93 million.
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It takes years and years to become a skilled and professional infantry battalion ortankregiment.
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Armoured car regiments require specialised training and bear no similarity to the rôle of atankregiment: in fact, the two rôles are completely different.
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On the same basis the annual cost of atankregimentis about £12 million.
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In atankregiment, for instance, a junior officer, a troop leader, has to be an expert on wireless, an expert on gunnery, and a very competent mechanical engineer.
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Scotland'stankregimentwill disappear.
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The first major procurement was to set a milestone by building its first ever main battletankregiment.
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During this time it was mostly operating as a battletankregiment.
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Thetankregimentconsisted of four tank battalions.
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Eachtankregimenthad three medium tank battalions, each having 13 tanks.
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The commander of ourtankregimenthas positioned his command vehicle in the garden of the monastery.
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During 1943 another cavalry division was added, and all divisions received atankregiment.
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Wnsche, commander of thetankregiment, quietly transmits the enemy tank movements.
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By the end of the year the regiment successfully converted into a light cruisertankregiment.
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The mixed anti-aircraft/antitankregimentwas replaced by two specialised regiments.
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