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... contains 7 to 14 soldiers and is led by a sergeant . ( A slightly larger unit is a section , which consists of 10 to 40 soldiers but is usually used only within headquarters or support organizations . ) Three or four squads make up a ...
... contains 7 to 14 soldiers and is led by a sergeant . ( A slightly larger unit is a section , which consists of 10 to 40 soldiers but is usually used only within headquarters or support organizations . ) Three or four squads make up a ...
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... contains about 5 kg of explosives and weighs about 9 kg in all . Anti- personnnel mines , which can kill or wound soldiers upon exploding into many small frag- ments , usually contain less than 0.5 kg of explosives and can be detonated ...
... contains about 5 kg of explosives and weighs about 9 kg in all . Anti- personnnel mines , which can kill or wound soldiers upon exploding into many small frag- ments , usually contain less than 0.5 kg of explosives and can be detonated ...
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... contains ri- bonucleic acid ( RNA ) . These viruses react with mucin ( mucoprotein ) on the surface of red blood cells ( hence the prefix myxo- , Greek for " mucin " ) ; many of them cause red cells to clump together ( agglutinate ) ...
... contains ri- bonucleic acid ( RNA ) . These viruses react with mucin ( mucoprotein ) on the surface of red blood cells ( hence the prefix myxo- , Greek for " mucin " ) ; many of them cause red cells to clump together ( agglutinate ) ...
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