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Force Type

This dimension sorts armed forces by their basic type, an army, a navy, an air force or a coast guard. Wikipedia notes that a military "may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard." Browsing by force type keeps forces of the same kind grouped together.

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Comparison

Era

1775 to 1944 1

Force Type

Air arm of the German Wehrmacht

Air arm of the Indian Armed Forces

Air service branch of the United States Armed Forces

Armed forces

Armed forces of Mexico in two independent branches

Army

Combined armed forces of Argentina

Expeditionary force

Maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces

Military wing of the Chinese Communist Party

Multinational corps-organized field army

National military force

Naval infantry: amphibious and expeditionary landing force

Navy

Paramilitary combat branch of the SS

Principal ground force of Austria-Hungary

Space service branch of the United States Armed Forces

standing army

standing army (provisional volunteer force)

standing army (reformed European-style force after 1826)

standing army with Cossack and Muslim auxiliary troops

standing army with volunteer and conscripted units

Unified armed forces of Finland

Unified armed forces of the Soviet state

Unified national armed forces of six services