order of battle

noun

plural

orders of battle 

1. the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.

2. the planned sequence in which military units arrive and are deployed on a battlefield, usually based on estimates of their combat effectiveness.

Example Sentences

With that as a backdrop, Mr. Schanzer said the “real question for Israel is the order of battle.”

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So, what’s the order of battle, on the eve of Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive to break the impasse and drive back the Russians?

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They are a combination of the current order of battle and — perhaps most valuable to Russian military planners — American projections of where the air defenses being rushed into Ukraine could be located next month.

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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.

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Putin miscalculated what military strategists call “the order of battle” — overestimating his country’s strength and underappreciating Ukrainian and U.S. resolve.

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