This would give the U.S. Army five parachute-capable brigades, or two "middleweight" infantry brigades, or six light infantry brigades, or six airmobile brigades in only two multicapable divisions.
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Middleweight
Synonyms for "middleweight" (23 found)
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German
4 entries- Mittelgewicht noun (a weight class in professional boxing)
- Mittelgewicht noun (a boxer who fights in this division)
- Mittelgewichtler noun (a boxer who fights in this division)
- Mittelgewichtlerin noun (a boxer who fights in this division)
Hungarian
1 entries- középsúly noun (a weight class in professional boxing)
Swedish
2 entries- mellanvikt noun (a weight class in professional boxing)
- mellanviktare noun (a boxer who fights in this division)
Sample sentences
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In Ukraine, jaeger brigades are middleweight infantry—neither as light as territorial brigades, which generally lack tracked vehicles, nor as heavy as tank or mechanized brigades with their hundreds of tanks and fighting vehicles.
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And it's interesting because in a way they're much more of a design company, and they've got their juniors and their seniors and their middleweights and all this stuff.
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