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Meanings of battle formations in English

Russian
порядок битвы
Catalan
ordre de batalla
Spanish
orden de batalla

Hierarchical organization, command structure, strength, disposition of personnel, and equipment of units and formations of the armed force.

порядок битвы
Usage of battle formations in English
1
All INOR ships accelerate transition into battle formations and stations.
The Universe — or Nothing
2
Such battle formations are hinted at in foreign sources.
Return of the Crimson Guard
3
A long time ago the Prince de Ligne justified battle formations, above all the famous oblique formation.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
4
They're breaking up our battle formations.'
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
5
The complicated battle formations of the 18th century would be abandoned, and the army freed from clumsy baggage trains.
Napoleon
6
I thought they were adopting one of our Māori battle formations because that is a battle formation that one.
Radio NZ
7
Once the warm up finished the rest of the night was followed by manoeuvres that resembled the gods, different battle formations and one-on-one combat.
Radio NZ