shock troops

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Mercenaries of the Wagner Group have served as shock troops in Ukraine and are expanding their presence in West Africa.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2023

Stormtroopers wear Totenkopf skulls for helmets and borrow their name from Hitler’s shock troops.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

It’s crawling down the valley’s western flank this week, tossing embers before it like shock troops.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

And, he tells Anushka Asthana, the unrest was fuelled, not diminished, by the arrival of Trump’s shock troops.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2020

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond