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  • noun Plural form of strongpoint.

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Examples

  • Whilst you can't construct bases, if you hold a control point with units for long enough, defensive turrets will appear to assist in the holding of these strongpoints, which is where the biggest battles occur.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • Whilst you can't construct bases, if you hold a control point with units for long enough, defensive turrets will appear to assist in the holding of these strongpoints, which is where the biggest battles occur.

    World in Conflict Adam Whitehead 2008

  • The artillery fires such concentrations for the successive neutralization or annihilation of specific targets or target groupings such as strongpoints, weapon systems, and C2 points deployed to the front and on the flanks of attacking troops.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • The artillery fires such concentrations for the successive neutralization or annihilation of specific targets or target groupings such as strongpoints, weapon systems, and C2 points deployed to the front and on the flanks of attacking troops.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • It can employ maneuver (a combination of fire and movement) to destroy enemy tanks, fighting vehicles, antiarmor systems, and emplacements (such as strongpoints and bunkers).

    FM 71-1 Chapter 1 Introduction United States Army 1998

  • This was part of the construction of a complex barrier system below the DMZ that consisted of wire obstacles, minefield, sensors, watch towers, and a series of defended strongpoints occupying commanding hills and ridgelines.

    Beth Crumley: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Does "Whatever it Takes" Beth Crumley 2012

  • This was part of the construction of a complex barrier system below the DMZ that consisted of wire obstacles, minefield, sensors, watch towers, and a series of defended strongpoints occupying commanding hills and ridgelines.

    Beth Crumley: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Does "Whatever it Takes" Beth Crumley 2012

  • They gave the infantry highly mobile heavy artillery with which to destroy strongpoints that would otherwise have held them up.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Nor did any part of the area have the dense network of towns and villages that afforded natural strongpoints.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Their specially developed ground attack aircraft, the infamous Stuka, was able to operate with impunity, delivering precision air strikes on strongpoints and troop concentrations; and their vulnerable transport planes were able to land airborne troops and secure key positions in Belgium and the Netherlands.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

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