war establishment

British  

noun

1. the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit

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The entire war establishment, according to the information of the same Minister, including field army and reserves, consists of 2,800,000 men available on mobilization.

From Germany and the Next War by Friedrich von Bernhardi

It isn't a model war establishment this Portsmouth yard, but it is a pleasant resort, with its stately barracks and open square and occasional trees.

From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner

However, there was the army, and it was my business as its Commander-in-Chief to do all that I possibly could towards rendering it an efficient part of the war establishment of India.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts

One single list shows that a company of German infantry had 139 men killed and wounded, or more than half of its war establishment.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various

What nation on the continent, mine excepted, can maintain for two years longer its present war establishment?

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various