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3044:, during the buildup phase of the First Gulf War, the U.S. Army was concerned about the lack of mobility, protection and firepower offered by existing rapid deployment (i.e., airborne) formations; and also about the slowness of deploying regular armored units. The experience led the U.S. Army to form
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APCs and one with the tracked BMP-1 IFV. The "light" regiments were intended to make dismounted attacks on the division's flanks, while the BMP-equipped "heavy" regiment remained mounted and supported the division's tank regiment on the main axis of advance. Both types of infantry regiment still were
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supplies (spare vehicle components), and a comparatively larger proportion of manpower is required to crew and maintain the vehicles. For example, most APCs mount a section of seven or eight infantrymen but have a crew of two. Most IFVs carry only six or seven infantry but require a crew of three. To
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but could be carried in or even parachuted from the standard Soviet transport aircraft. That made airborne formations into mechanized infantry at the cost of reducing their "bayonet" strength, as the BMD could carry only three or at most four paratroopers in addition to its three-man crew. They were
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officially appeared in accordance with the
Directive of the Minister of Defense of the USSR No. org. / 3/62540 of February 27, 1957. This directive ordered part of the mechanized divisions and all rifle units and formations reorganized into 'motorised rifle' in the period 1957 to 1964. Creation of
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No. GKO-9488ss, "On the
Resupply of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army" was issued. It ordered the creation of mechanised divisions from many rifle divisions, included in the Armored and Mechanised Troops. In some cases, cavalry divisions and airborne divisions also became mechanised
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and early 21st century, various countries developed medium infantry forces armed with armored vehicles, which typically consisted of wheeled armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and assault guns. Medium mechanized forces are characterized by having more strategic air and road
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could all be used to break through an enemy defense, but almost all offensives launched in 1918 ground to a halt after a few days. The following infantry quickly became exhausted, and artillery, supplies and fresh formations could not be brought forward over the battlefields quickly enough to
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It is generally accepted that single weapons system types are much less effective without the support of the full combined arms team; the pre-World War II notion of "tank fleets" has proven to be as unsound as the World War I idea of unsupported infantry attacks. Though many nations' armored
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At present, almost all infantry units from industrialized nations are provided with some type of motor transport. Infantry units equipped with IFVs rather than lighter vehicles are commonly designated as "heavy", indicating more combat power but also more costly long-range transportation
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in late March 1918, A7Vs were accompanied by twenty stormtroopers from Rohr
Assault Battalion, but it is unspecified if they were acting as dismounts or were accompanying the tanks on foot. During the battle, tank crews were reported to have dismounted and attacked enemy positions with
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using the vehicle showed that troops were far more effective while they were mounted in the vehicles than when they dismounted. American doctrine subsequently emphasized mounted tactics. The
Americans ultimately deployed a mechanized brigade and ten mechanized battalions to Vietnam.
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began the war while still in the process of reorganizing its armored and mechanized formations, most of which were destroyed during the first months of the German
Invasion of the Soviet Union. About a year later, the Soviets recreated division-sized mechanized infantry units, termed
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formation, in which vehicles were considered "battle taxis" due to poor protection. The earliest experiment was the short-lived Soviet Light Motor Rifle
Division in 1987, which consisted of wheeled BTR platforms for its primary armament. In the 1990s, the United States explored
2825:, were used, some of which lacked overhead protection and were therefore vulnerable to artillery fire. It still gave the Soviet Army greater strategic flexibility because of the large land area and the long borders of the Soviet Union and its allies in the
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divisions were mechanized, except in a few favored formations. The rest were moved by truck. However, most German reconnaissance units in such formations were also primarily mechanized infantry and could undertake infantry missions when it was needed. The
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The support weapons for mechanized infantry are also provided with motorized transport, or they are built directly into combat vehicles to keep pace with the mechanized infantry in combat. For units equipped with most types of APC or any type of IFV,
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to that which prompted the
Russians to convert tanks to APCs, the occupying armies have found it necessary to apply extra armor to existing APCs and IFVs, which adds to the overall size and weight. Some of the latest designs (such as the German
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Soviet organization led to different tactics between the "light" and the "heavy" varieties of mechanized infantry. In the Soviet Army, a first-line "motor rifle" division from the 1970s onward usually had two regiments equipped with wheeled
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in that its vehicles provide a degree of armor protection and armament for use in combat, whereas motorized infantry are provided with "soft-skinned" wheeled vehicles for transportation only. Most APCs and IFVs are fully tracked or are
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of 1973 that a doctrine that relied primarily on tanks and aircraft had proven inadequate. As a makeshift remedy, paratroopers were provided with motorized transport and used as mechanized infantry in coordination with the armor.
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Many APCs and IFVs currently under development are intended for rapid deployment by aircraft. New technologies that promise reduction in weight, such as electric drive, may be incorporated. However, facing a similar threat in
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The transport and other logistic requirements have led many armies to adopt wheeled APCs when their existing stocks of tracked APCs require replacement. An example is the
Canadian Army, which has used the
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Allied armored formations included a mechanized infantry element for combined arms teamwork. For example, US armored divisions had a balance of three battalions each of tanks, armored infantry, and
2921:. Many IFVs were also equipped with firing ports from which their infantry could fire their weapons from inside, but they were generally not successful and have been dropped from modern IFVs.
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Compared with "light" truck-mobile infantry, mechanized infantry can maintain rapid tactical movement and, if mounted in IFVs, have more integral firepower. They require more combat supplies (
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and other transport aircraft. The vehicle gave infantry the same mobility as tanks but with much less effective armor protection (it still had nuclear, biological, and chemical protection).
2899:, appeared only in 1970. Unlike the APC, which was intended merely to transport the infantry from place to place under armor, the IFV had heavy firepower that could support infantry. The
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mechanized infantry component at the start of World War II, the proportion of mechanized infantry in such combined arms formations was increased by most armies as the war progressed.
2333:. The vehicles were extra-large to let them carry sizeable assault teams and would regularly carry infantry on board in addition to their already large crews that were trained as
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universal wheeled platform. A similar trend of adopting the medium mechanized forces was observed in
European countries, including the Italian, Polish, and French armed forces.
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Infantry
Division Transportation Battalion and Transportation, Tactical Carrier Units. (1962). United States: Headquarters, Department of the Army. p. 15
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armored personnel carrier. In the early 21st century, China reformed its ground forces with the concept called Medium Combined Arms Brigade (CA-BDE), armed with
2468:, recognized that tank units required close support from infantry and other arms and that such supporting arms needed to maintain the same pace as the tanks.
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that could carry 50 equipped troops under armour but the project got no further than trials before cancellation. Some of the first mechanized infantry were
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armies, "Type A armoured brigades," intended for independent operations or to form part of armored divisions, had a "motor infantry" battalion mounted in
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One or two motorised rifle regiments were also present in each tank division, and many tank regiments included one motorised rifle battalion.
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Because the German economy could not produce adequate numbers of its half-track APC, barely a quarter or a third of the infantry in Panzer or
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Following the war, development of mechanized forces was largely theoretical for some time, but many nations began rearming in the 1930s. The
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Tank Sword of the Country of the Soviets. Drogovoz Igor Grigorievich. Publisher: AST, Harvest. Year of publication: 2004. ISBN 985-13-2133-8
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or later in lend-lease halftracks. "Type B" brigades lacked a motor infantry component and were subordinated to infantry formations.
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were mixed. They were also used in the exploitation and pursuit phases of offensives. Red Army mechanized infantry were generally
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was designed solely for carrying troops with space for 30 but the war ended before the order was complete and they could be used.
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mobility than heavier, tank-based armored forces while offering better armor protection for the formation than the lighter
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units. In the middle of the war, it created entire mechanized infantry divisions and named
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armies are adopting (and exporting) new indigenous-produced tracked IFVs. The Swedish
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as "mechanised infantry". This convention is becoming widespread; for example the
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which was specifically built for the Romanian Army) as well as 300 German
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Johnson, David E.; Grissom, Adam R.; Oliker, Olga (2009).
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The lesson was re-learned, first by the Pakistani Army in
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IFV in particular has been adopted by several armies.
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maintain the pressure on the regrouping enemy forces.
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2187:(IFVs) for transport and
1681:Loss-of-strength gradient
533:Combat information center
3589:. 1980, Arno Press Inc.
3252:
3205:Combined arms operations
3175:Medium mechanized forces
2906:The introduction of the
2545:self-propelled artillery
2337:. All machine-gun-armed
1999:Military science fiction
1484:Technology and equipment
900:List of military tactics
142:during training in 1985.
18:Motorized rifle division
3219:the 1965 war with India
3210:formations included an
3042:Operation Desert Shield
2935:Russian Airborne Troops
2854:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
2758:State Defence Committee
2680:Soviet armored tractors
2676:Renault UE Chenillettes
2067:Wartime sexual violence
1823:Full-spectrum dominance
1634:Supply-chain management
3499:Inside the Soviet Army
3123:
3114:A tracked IFV, the US
3036:
2877:motorized rifle troops
2779:motorized rifle troops
2763:motorised rifle troops
2753:
2591:
2517:
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1979:Awards and decorations
1952:Peace through strength
1927:Low-intensity conflict
1561:Conscientious objector
1434:Area of responsibility
143:
3439:on November 22, 2011.
3307:Ronald L. Tarnstrom,
3230:Israel Defense Forces
3128:Israel Defense Forces
3113:
3035:in Mosul, Iraq, 2004.
3027:
2761:divisions The Soviet
2741:
2555:. In the British and
2507:
2441:the frontiers of the
2375:to cross wide German
2354:Battle of St. Quentin
2313:As early as 1915 the
2292:
566:Torpedo data computer
556:Ship gun fire-control
137:
71:"Mechanized infantry"
3402:on November 29, 2018
3142:(such as the Soviet
2986:improve this section
2768:Soviet Ground Forces
2710:901 4x4 field cars.
2621:for reconnaissance.
2462:Mikhail Tukhachevsky
2400:infiltration tactics
2179:units equipped with
2097:Military occupations
1932:Military engineering
1834:Unrestricted Warfare
1691:Force multiplication
584:Military manoeuvrers
56:improve this article
3537:. December 6, 2017.
3519:. October 20, 2023.
3295:Struggle for Europe
2881:Soviet Armed Forces
2819:airborne formations
2730:artillery tractor.
2659:ultimately fielded
2458:Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
2433:had established an
2394:Towards the end of
2173:Mechanized infantry
1783:Penal military unit
1768:Rules of engagement
1444:Command and control
1064:Operations research
528:Director (military)
518:Fire-control system
268:Command and control
149:Part of a series on
3186:motorized infantry
3164:post-invasion Iraq
3124:
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2743:Swiss Armed Forces
2580:Battle of Normandy
2576:Operation Totalize
2561:Universal Carriers
2518:
2412:Motorized infantry
2387:tank based on the
2341:carried two small
2311:
2204:motorized infantry
2200:United States Army
2198:As defined by the
1892:Counter-insurgency
1813:Command of the sea
1758:Jewish laws on war
1733:Geneva Conventions
1269:Divide and conquer
1059:Military operation
1024:Tactical objective
523:Fire-control radar
500:Electronic-warfare
144:
3321:Manuel Granillo,
3156:First Chechen War
3140:main battle tanks
3040:requirements. In
3022:
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2303:Operation Michael
2239:weapons, such as
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2062:Horses in warfare
2009:Anti-war movement
1912:Gunboat diplomacy
1902:Disaster response
1850:Philosophy of war
1845:Principles of war
1818:Deterrence theory
1763:Right of conquest
1686:Lanchester's laws
1454:Principles of war
1144:Counter-offensive
1124:Military campaign
1029:Target saturation
952:Counterinsurgency
561:Gun data computer
495:Close air support
457:Aircraft carriers
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3570:Dunstan, Simon.
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2665:Italian Campaign
2657:New Zealand Army
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2534:combat engineers
2488:légère mécanisée
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1917:Humanitarian aid
1855:Security dilemma
1676:Power projection
1459:Economy of force
1439:Chain of command
1154:Defence in depth
1139:Commerce raiding
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2443:British Empire
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2047:Women in war
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1521:Mobilization
1516:Conscription
1474:Intelligence
1427:Organization
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877:Radiological
813:Conventional
667:Subterranean
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3226:Six-Day War
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3065:French Army
3061:Bulldog APC
3057:Warrior IFV
2954:Present day
2912:West German
2861:Vietnam War
2827:Warsaw Pact
2688:Sd.Kfz. 251
2684:Sd.Kfz. 250
2619:light tanks
2603:divisions.
2516:, June 1942
2484:French Army
2480:Sd.Kfz. 251
2424:barbed wire
2396:World War I
2352:During the
2331:World War I
2307:World War I
2299:Roye, Somme
2252:direct-fire
2245:autocannons
2057:War studies
1880:Non-warfare
1808:Appeasement
1773:Martial law
1612:War economy
1551:Transgender
1504:Recruitment
1264:Containment
1149:Culminating
1129:Anti-access
1052:Operational
972:Envelopment
915:Air assault
796:Air cavalry
756:Air defence
736:Information
637:Cold-region
602:Battlespace
551:Historical:
397:Land units:
303:Space force
298:Coast guard
231:Late modern
192:Prehistoric
3605:Categories
3077:mécanisées
3069:motorisées
2919:M2 Bradley
2728:indigenous
2720:Sd.Kfz. 10
2661:a division
2493:Blitzkrieg
2477:half-track
2266:ammunition
2249:small-bore
2211:vehicles (
2191:(see also
2183:(APCs) or
2117:War crimes
2107:Operations
2014:Foot drill
1984:Battle cry
1897:deterrence
1556:Harassment
1531:Specialism
1354:Technology
1349:Succession
1294:Liberation
1229:Asymmetric
1164:Empty fort
1070:Blitzkrieg
1039:Withdrawal
1002:Investment
781:Camouflage
776:Biological
714:Underwater
689:Amphibious
608:Aerospace
475:Air units:
452:Submarines
241:fourth-gen
236:industrial
224:napoleonic
82:newspapers
3158:in 1995.
3116:30th ABCT
2973:does not
2950:in 1979.
2750:SPz 63/73
2746:Panzer 61
2716:Sd.Kfz. 9
2712:Sd.Kfz. 8
2514:Fort Knox
2475:with the
2339:A7V tanks
2297:tanks in
2279:mechanics
2255:howitzers
2004:War novel
1907:Grey-zone
1867:War games
1828:Overmatch
1778:War crime
1728:Desertion
1718:Ceasefire
1713:Armistice
1600:Logistics
1578:Mercenary
1566:Volunteer
1497:Personnel
1469:Engineers
1414:Sociology
1369:World war
1364:Total war
1344:Strategic
1334:Religious
1319:Political
1314:Perpetual
1289:Irregular
1204:Offensive
1179:Defensive
1174:Deception
1134:Attrition
982:Guerrilla
977:Formation
920:Airbridge
852:Loitering
766:Artillery
419:Artillery
354:Engineers
317:Irregular
288:Air force
3616:Infantry
3497:(1982).
3473:Archived
3453:Archived
3396:"BTR-40"
3360:July 17,
3354:Archived
3293:(1952).
3241:See also
3181:Cold War
3130:and the
2734:Cold War
2626:Red Army
2439:garrison
2381:Mark V**
2377:trenches
2359:grenades
2274:ordnance
2229:infantry
2225:armoured
2177:infantry
2019:War song
1994:War film
1627:Materiel
1546:Children
1526:Training
1464:Medicine
1449:Doctrine
1404:Training
1339:Resource
1324:Princely
1274:Economic
1259:Conquest
1254:Colonial
1249:Cold war
1234:Blockade
1114:Strategy
1086:Maneuver
847:Infantry
803:Chemical
657:Mountain
617:Airborne
480:Fighters
447:Warships
402:Infantry
344:Rifleman
308:Reserves
256:Military
3565:Sources
3212:organic
3199:Type 08
3195:Stryker
3101:Swedish
3097:Spanish
3093:Italian
3089:LAV III
3081:AMX-10P
3050:Stryker
3029:Stryker
2994:removed
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2879:of the
2859:In the
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2798:BTR-152
2578:in the
2540:units.
2464:in the
2420:craters
2408:cavalry
2385:Mark IX
2379:. This
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2301:during
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2285:History
2221:armored
2132:Writers
2127:Weapons
2092:Battles
2041:Related
2029:Wargame
2024:Uniform
1972:Culture
1753:Perfidy
1748:Justice
1669:Science
1654:Outpost
1607:History
1587:Warrior
1583:Soldier
1571:foreign
1509:counter
1409:Service
1359:Theater
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1279:Endemic
1194:Nuclear
962:Foxhole
937:Cavalry
925:Airdrop
910:Airlift
895:Tactics
867:Nuclear
857:Missile
786:Cavalry
771:Barrage
749:Weapons
709:Surface
490:Command
485:Bombers
442:Frogman
412:Cavalry
369:Medical
331:Militia
313:Regular
293:Marines
207:castles
197:Ancient
185:History
164:outline
96:scholar
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2927:BTR-60
2915:Marder
2897:Marder
2865:ad hoc
2804:BRDM-1
2792:BTR-50
2786:BTR-40
2724:RSO/01
2615:Allies
2587:Panzer
2416:desert
2389:Mark V
2323:German
2272:) and
2257:, and
2189:combat
2112:Sieges
1796:Theory
1536:Morale
1394:Policy
1389:Branch
1169:Mosaic
1159:Fabian
1101:Covert
1034:Trench
1019:Screen
942:Charge
932:Battle
905:Aerial
823:Denial
791:Horses
719:Seabed
672:Tunnel
652:Jungle
642:Desert
612:Aerial
379:Diving
374:Police
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3253:Notes
3148:RPG-7
3075:and "
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2889:BMP-1
2708:Horch
2704:model
2700:Skoda
2696:Praga
2692:Tatra
2536:, as
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2508:U.S.
2085:Lists
1541:Women
1479:Ranks
1399:Staff
1329:Proxy
1244:Class
1199:Naval
1184:Depth
1014:Swarm
1007:Siege
987:Naval
967:Drone
862:Music
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833:Drone
818:Cyber
761:Armor
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704:Green
699:Brown
662:Urban
622:Space
543:Radar
538:Sonar
407:Armor
389:Pilot
384:Comms
364:Recon
349:Staff
322:Ranks
103:JSTOR
89:books
3591:ISBN
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3481:2018
3408:2019
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3099:and
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