main-force
Americanadjective
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Fewer than half are North Vietnamese troops or Viet Cong main-force fighters, but these "regulars" are at least as numerous as a year ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heaviest main-force fighting took place in the provinces of Thua Thien and Binh Dinh, several hundred miles northeast of Saigon, where government troops tried to block Communist efforts to push into rice-rich coastal regions.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There is no longer anything ragtag, bobtail or worn out about their main-force weapons," says Major General Joseph A. McChristian, senior American intelligence officer in Viet Nam.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are an estimated 30,000 "hard hat" or main-force Viet Cong soldiers and some 50,000 local guerrillas and political agents.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young men came in, Mavering with his nervous laugh first, and then Boardman with his twinkling black eyes, and his main-force self-possession.
From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean
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