Sentence examples for largest formations from inspiring English sources

The radar operators assessed the strengths of the three largest formations at 30, 50, and 60 plus.

The dense jungle also limited the size of the forces that could be deployed, with the largest formations being sent out by the division being limited to company size at this time.

The war also posed problems for the army commanders, given that prior to 1914, the largest formation any serving General in the BEF had commanded on operations was a division.

Hargest, with the rank of brigadier, left New Zealand with the Second Echelon, in which his brigade (which comprised the 21st, 22nd and 23 Battalions) was the largest formation, in May 1940.

They are not using large formations out in the open any more.

These were "resource plays" — large formations, easy to find but stubborn to extract from — that had recently been made viable by new recovery technologies.

I was enthralled and astounded by seeing these beautiful big — you know, glowing — men in these large formations, with the gleaming brass instruments, you know what I mean?

Cut by rivers and streams, the escarpment is often fringed by arroyos and larger formations, including the Palo Duro Canyon.

Very large formations of German aeroplanes - and we know that they are a very brave race - have turned on several occasions from the attack of one-quarter of their number of the Royal Air Force, and have dispersed in different directions.

Overall, air power has allowed N.A.T.O. to prevent the Taliban from operating in large formations or from taking and holding territory in a formal way, which is obviously important.

In 1997, then-lieutenant colonel Douglas A Macgregor published Breaking the Phalanx: a New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century describing a military transformation that would result in a smaller, less expensive force which would produce greater combat capability than the larger formations it would replace.