- air(borne) infantry
- воздушно-десантная пехота, пехота ВДВ
English-Russian military dictionary. 2014.
English-Russian military dictionary. 2014.
infantry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. soldiery, troops, foot soldiers. See combatant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. foot soldiers, infantrymen, rifles, riflemen, dogfaces*, grunts*, doughboys*, combat troops, shock troops; see also army 1 ,… … English dictionary for students
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