- friendly troops
- próprias tropas (amigas)
English-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology. 2014.
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Friendly fire — For other uses, see Friendly Fire (disambiguation). Blue on blue redirects here. For other uses, see Blue on blue (disambiguation). Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one s own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage… … Wikipedia
friendly fire — Fire burning in a place where it was intended to burn, although damages may result. In a military conflict, the discharge of weapons against one s own troops. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. friendly fire … Law dictionary
friendly fire — friend ly fire , n. (Mil.) Weapons fire[9], such as artillery or aerial bombardment, from one s own forces; used mostly when troops do damage or cause casualties among their own forces; as, the tank was hit by friendly fire. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
troops — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ crack (BrE), elite ▪ additional, extra ▪ armed ▪ a division of up to 6 000 heavily armed troops ▪ … Collocations dictionary
friendly — adj. 1 behaving in a kind/pleasant way VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely … Collocations dictionary
friendly fire — 1. Insurance. a fire deliberately set and remaining contained, as in a fireplace or boiler, from which any resulting loss cannot be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to hostile fire). 2. (in military combat) fire, as by artillery, by one … Universalium
friendly fire — friend′ly fire′ n. mil fire, as by artillery, by one s own forces, that causes casualties to one s own troops • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
troops — noun soldiers collectively (Freq. 27) • Syn: ↑military personnel, ↑soldiery • Derivationally related forms: ↑soldier (for: ↑soldiery) • Topics … Useful english dictionary
List of British friendly fire incidents by the U.S. military since World War II — This is a list of friendly fire incidents by the U.S. Military on allied British personnel. Due to recent occurrences the subject has often been portrayed satirically in the British media e.g. Monkey Dust, [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fPu… … Wikipedia
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops — U.S. soldiers wearing the PASGT helmet Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops, sometimes abbreviated to PASGT, was a combat helmet and ballistic vest used by the American military from the mid 1980s until 2005, when the system was succeeded by… … Wikipedia
Transit of German troops through Scandinavia (WWII) — The matter of German troop transfer through Sweden and Finland during World War II was one of the more controversial aspects of modern Scandinavian history beside Finland s co belligerence with Nazi Germany in the Continuation War, and the export … Wikipedia
