"Those are loopholes big enough to drive an armed battalion through," Senator McCain declared.

General Shaheen, who said he would lead the armed battalion, said that the soldiers would be armed with heavy submachine guns.

As this was going on, a heavily armed Serbian battalion moved in to overpower the two Kenyan platoons.

And now his colleagues in the three armed battalions of the Golani Brigade advanced upon his territory.

Backing them up was a lightly armed Dutch battalion of about 300 United Nations peacekeepers.

She walked out into the open, surprised that there wasn't an armed battalion waiting for her.

They'd nothing to fear from him, the soldiers in the camp; they were an armed battalion.

At the time, it was one of the most well armed infantry battalions on the East Front - fully equipped with automatic guns and semiautomatic infantry weapons.

But the civilian leaders felt doubtful about their ability to maintain control over more heavily armed battalions.

Black Banners has been identified as the armed battalion of the Secret Islamic Army.