The armed forces of ukraine

Lesson 5

The land forces (lf) of ukraine

1.	Try to answer these questions before listening to the text

1. What do you understand by the term “land forces”?

2. What branches of the land forces do you know?

3. What do you know about the organization of the land forces?

4. What types of armament do you know?

5. What are the tasks of the land forces?

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In this exercise we’ll concentrate on the words and word combinations to be sure you know what they mean

Land forces – armed forces serving on land. Land forces consist of such branches: Mechanized and armoured forces, Rocket troops and artillery, the Army aviation, the airmobile forces, the Army Air Defense;

decisive – very important for the final result of a particular situation;

combat power – the effective material, social and intellectual factors in a nation that determine the quality of its armed forces and their actual ability to carry out missions on a strategic, operational or tactical scale. Combat power is a vital component of the state;

wartime – a period or time of war;

troops - (plural) armed forces; soldiers;

missile - a rocket-propelled weapon that flies either in a fixed trajectory (ballistic missile) or in a trajectory that can be controlled during flight (guided missile);

howitzer - a cannon having a short or medium barrel with a low muzzle velocity and a steep angle of fire;

cannon - a heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a carriage;

mortar - a muzzle-loading cannon having a short barrel and relatively wide bore that fires low-velocity shells in high trajectories over a short range;

weapon - an object or instrument used in fighting;

reconnaissance - the process of obtaining information about the position, activities, resources, etc., of an enemy or potential enemy;

combat readiness – the status of forces that enables them to begin combat operations and to accomplish their missions within a prescribed period.

3.

Read the text and translate into Ukrainian

The land forces (lf): history of creation

The Land Forces (LF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was formed as an organic structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the basis of the Decree of the President of Ukraine according to the Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Armed Forces of Ukraine” in 1996.

The Land Forces (LF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the main possessor of the combat power of the Armed Forces of the independent Ukrainian country.

According to the its designation and tasks, the Land Forces is a decisive factor in peace and wartime.

The branches of the army of the armed forces of ukraine

  Mechanized and armoured forces, which make a basis of the Army, execute tasks of holding the occupied areas, lines and positions tasks of enemy’s impacts repelling, of penetrating enemy’s defence lines, of defeating the enemy forces, of capturing the important areas, lines and objects, operate in structure of marine and landing troops.

Mechanized and armoured forces consist of mechanized and armoured divisions and brigades.

  Rocket troops and artillery of The Land Forces consist of formations of operational-tactical and tactical missiles, of formations and units of howitzer, cannon, jet-propelled and anti-tank artillery, of artillery reconnaissance, of mortar units and of units of anti-tank missiles. They are assigned to destroy human resources, tanks, artillery, anti-tanks enemy weapons, aircraft, objects of air defense and other important objects during the combat arms operations.

  The Army aviation is the most maneuverable branch of the Land Forces, intended to conduct the tasks under different conditions of combat arms operations.

Units and elements of the Army aviation provide reconnaissance, defeat weapons, equipment and humane resources of enemy, give fire support during the offence or counterattack, land tactical troops, deliver combat weapons and personnel at the specified areas, execute other main tasks.

  The airmobile forces is a highly mobile component of the Land Forces. The airmobile forces consists of formations, units and elements of the Army and the Army aviation, whichis well-trained for combined activities in the rear of the enemy.

The airmobile forces is in constant combat readiness and is the high mobility branch of forces, that is capable of conducting any task under any conditions.

  The Army Air Defense covers troops against enemy attacks from air in all kinds of combat operations, during regrouping and dislocation on terrain.

The Army Air Defense is equipped by effective surface-to-air missile systems and complexes of division level and antiaircraft missile and artillery complexes of regiment level characterized by high rate of fire, vitality, maneuverability, by capability of action under all conditions of modern combat arms operations.

4.	Answer the questions

1. What is the main characteristic the Land Forces?

2. What is the principle task of mechanized and armoured forces?

3. What weapons of mechanized and armoured forces do you know?

4. What is the principle task of rocket troops and artillery (weapons)?

5. What is the mission of army aviation?

6. How can you characterize the airmobile forces?

7. What are the main tasks of the army air defence?

5.	Complete the speech bubbles

1. The Land Forces (LD) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the main possessor of the ___________ of the Armed Forces of the independent Ukrainian country.

2. They are assigned to destroy ____________, tanks, artillery, anti-tanks enemy weapons, ___________, objects of air defense and other important objects during the ___________.

3. Units and elements of the Army aviation provide ___________, defeat weapons, equipment and humane resources of enemy, give fire support during the offence or ___________, land tactical troops, deliver ___________ and personnel at the specified areas, execute other main tasks.

4. The airmobile forces is in constant ___________ and is the high mobility branch of forces, which is capable of conducting any task under any ___________.

5. The Army Air Defense covers troops against enemy attacks from air in all kinds of ___________, during regrouping and dislocation on terrain.

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Discuss these questions in pairs or small groups

1. What do you know about the history of creation of the Land Forces?

2. How can you characterize the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?

3. What branches of the Land Forces do you know? What are their tasks?

4. What types of armament do you know?

5. What do you know about the history of the airmobile forces?

7.	Translate words and word combinations into English

Сухопутні війська, танкові війська, дивізія, бригада, ракетні війська і артилерія, розвідка, бойова техніка, аеромобільні війська, війська протиповітряної оборони, зенітні ракетні комплекси.

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Describe the picture.

Ukrainian Army soldiers aboard a APC-80 in Iraq.

APC-armoured personnel carrier