order of battle
Americannoun
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the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
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the planned sequence in which military units arrive and are deployed on a battlefield, usually based on estimates of their combat effectiveness.
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Munition factories are reportedly working triple shifts to meet demands, while the military’s order of battle tanks outstripped production capacity tenfold.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2023
While the US and its allies were focused upon counter-insurgency operations, Russia used its involvement in Syria as a testing ground for the incorporation of drones into its wider order of battle.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2022
It may the closest thing an outsider can find to an order of battle for the highly secretive Space Force.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021
The order of battle here would be significant, as we will discuss below.
From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2020
This will occur with the way the armed forces are created and a change in the order of battle.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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