barrier troops

English

Noun

barrier troops pl (plural only)

1. Military units that are located in the rear or on the front line to maintain military discipline of the main forces by preventing desertion.
   • 2023 March 27, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian soldiers say commanders used ‘barrier troops’ to stop them retreating”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Russian president has also claimed Ukraine was using its own barrier troops, “shooting their own soldiers in the back”.

Synonyms

• blocking unit, blocking formation, blocking detachment
• anti-retreat unit, anti-retreat troops

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 督戰隊 / 督战队 (zh) (dūzhàn duì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sulkujoukot pl
• German: Sperreinheit f, Sperrabteilung f
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: заградотря́д (ru) m (zagradotrjád), загради́тельный отря́д (ru) m (zagradítelʹnyj otrjád)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• barrier troops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia