Battalion

In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The nomenclature varies by nationality and by branch of arms, e.g. some armies organize their infantry into battalions, but call battalion-sized cavalry, reconnaissance, or tank units a squadron or a regiment instead. There may even be subtle distinctions within a nation's branches of arms, such a distinction between a tank battalion and an armored squadron, depending on how the unit's operational role is perceived to fit into the army's historical organization.

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A battalion is potentially the smallest military unit capable of independent operations (i.e. not attached to a higher command), but is usually part of a regiment or a brigade or both, depending on the organizational model used by that service. Battalions are ordinarily homogeneous with respect to type (e.g. an infantry battalion or a tank battalion), although there are occasional exceptions.

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Military: A military or military force (n., from Latin militarius, miles "soldier") has seen many different incarnations throughout time. Early armies may have been just men with sharpened sticks and rocks, through time they have included advancements such as men mounted on horses, men wielding swords and ot...

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Battalion related Images and Photos (experimental)

Suicide Battalion	The Second Battalion Twenty-Seventh Marines Land on Iwo Jima	Canada Overseas Battalion: Now Recruiting at 197 Peel Street Montreal	US Soldiers of 55th Armored Infantry Battalion Running Alongside Tank Manned by 22nd Tank Battalion
American 4th Battalion 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers Loading Wounded Onto a "Huey" Helicopter	Flag of the Feillant Battalion 1790	A Sepoy: an Indian Soldier in the French Battalion at Pondicherry