Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

marsh-brosok

English translation:

forced march

Added to glossary by Leah Aharoni
Jul 31, 2003 18:59
20 yrs ago
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Russian term

marsh-brosok

Russian to English Other Military / Defense military
marsh-brosok po peresechennoi mestnosti (same war story)

Proposed translations

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forced march

(marching as rapidly as possible)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack slep : yeah, weren't they fun!
19 mins
With full kit and a heavy old-fashioned rifle. Mine was a Lee-Enfield, date of manufacture 1913.
agree Anna Timukova : Forced march across the rugged country
28 mins
Forced march across rugged country ("the" not required here).
agree GaryG
1 hr
agree Oleg Pashuk (X)
2 hrs
agree Sergey Strakhov : maybe "cross-country forced march"?
4 hrs
Maybe, but I like Anna's "rugged country". The British Royal Marines call it "yomping", but thet's their own slang.
agree JoeYeckley (X)
8 hrs
agree Gale
1 day 12 hrs
agree Mark Vaintroub
1 day 22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. "Force march over rugged terrain" it will be."
14 hrs

to support Jack's answer

broken ground forced march. Or "broken-ground" in this case, perhaps (quite hard with heavier RPK, when everybody around was carrying just lighter AKM). Good luck, Leah Aharoni!
Re.: 4. Russian-English Dictionary over 160 000 words & expressions, 1997,
ISBN 5-200-02419, Russian-English Dictionary, 34 000 words approx., Arakin, Soviet Encyclopedia Publ. House, Moscow, 1970
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