CZ:Core Articles/Military

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  • Stub Navy: A military force organized primarily for missions on, under, or above bodies of water [e]
  • Stub Soldier: Member of the land component of national armed forces; also used more generically to refer to uniformed members of any component [e]
  • Developing Article Military strategy: Add brief definition or description
  • Developing Article Logistics (military): "The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces." (Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms) [e]
  • Developing Article Tank (military): A large land combat vehicle that moves on continuous tracks rather than wheels, has its primary armament in a rotating armored turret, is armored against more than small arms fire, and, while it can be extremely effective in many combat situations, is optimized to kill other tanks [e]
  • Artillery: Add brief definition or description
  • Stub bomb: Explosive device that typically rely on the exothermic chemical reaction of an explosive material to produce an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. [e]
  • Developing Article machine gun: A firearm capable not only of full-automatic fire, but with additional features, such as large ammunition supply mechanisms, barrel cooling or quick-change features, etc., that lets it fire for prolonged periods [e]
  • Edged weapon: Add brief definition or description