lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
tank (military vehicle); chariot
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
fort; stronghold; fortification
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
amount of material resources
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
simultaneous; all at once
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
funny story; funny anecdote
caterpillar track; continuous track
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
finishing blow; coup de grâce
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
parts; accessories; components
(barbed) wire entanglements
weight; heavyweight boxer
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management