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  • Colonels Aliyev and Tolkunov stood behind him, speaking in Russian over their individual telephones to the 265th Motor Rifle's command post.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • Captain Feodor Il'ych Aleksandrov commanded the 265th Motor Rifle's divisional reconnaissance element-the division was supposed to have a full battalion for this task, but he was all they had-and for that task he had eight of the new BRM reconnaissance tracks.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • He would have liked a band at this moment, he wanted to hear the music in his ears as he went forward, the crash of a good tune such as 'The Downfall of Paris' or, better still, the Rifle's song 'Over the Hills and Far Away', but there was only the bugle still sounding.

    Sharpe's Enemy Cornwell, Bernard 1984

  • "Old trousers" was the Rifle's strange nickname for the French, and Hogan had adopted the phrase with relish.

    Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981

  • "Rifle's pointing downward at the correct angle now?" he asked.

    The Return H. Beam Piper 1934

  • "Rifle's pointing downward at the correct angle now?" he asked.

    The Return H. Beam Piper 1934

  • "Rifle's in the way if it's a long crawl," said his cousin.

    With Haig on the Somme D. H. Parry 1915

  • “ 'Rifle's all right ” I know it is,' answered the boy; 'but where's your squirrel?'

    The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907

  • Captain Rifle's ship was well on her way to Unalaska.

    The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • They shook hands, and Captain Rifle's fingers still held to Alan's as they went to the door and opened it.

    The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1903

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