Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
рассыпной строй
English translation:
dispersed formation
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May 27, 2016 09:48
8 yrs ago
Russian term
Russian Federation
рассыпной строй
Russian to English
Other
Military / Defense
"Они могли вести атаку противника в рассыпном строю, обстреливая его с дистанции полета стрелы, или наступать в ближнем бою, атакуя копьями и саблями".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | dispersed formation |
Jack Doughty
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| 4 +1 | Skirmish formation |
Oleh Lytvynov
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References
| extended/loose formation |
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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Proposed translations
23 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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dispersed formation
Source (see below) gets its information from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. It may be a purely Russian concept.
Note from asker:
| thanks! |
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+1
17 mins
Oleh Lytvynov
Ukraine
Ukraine
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Ukraine
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, Russian 
Works in: English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
Skirmish formation
Skirmish (skirmishing) formation (line)
See for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skirmisher
or http://www.roman-empire.net/army/skirmishing.html
See for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skirmisher
or http://www.roman-empire.net/army/skirmishing.html
Reference comments
3 hrs
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm, Tashkent, Ferghana valley) , Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
Related KudoZ points
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32
Reference:
extended/loose formation
extended/loose formation - рассыпной строй/расчленённый, разомкнутой
syn:
field formation/open formation
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-05-27 14:59:15 GMT)
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https://books.google.kg/books?id=XAJEaXfZYVoC&pg=PA124&lpg=P...
syn:
field formation/open formation
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-05-27 14:59:15 GMT)
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https://books.google.kg/books?id=XAJEaXfZYVoC&pg=PA124&lpg=P...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Oleh Lytvynov
: All suggested options seem fine to me but "loose formation" is probably the best, IMO. To make the right choice it would be worth consulting war history books referring to relevant time and country.
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