Across
4 Small handguns (7)
8 Native American tribe of the southern Great Plains (8)
9 Battle fought in northern France in August 1914 (2,6)
10 British Prime Minister during the Zulu War (8)
11 Light sword with a straight blade (8)
12 Light automatic rifles (8)
15 Item of upper body armour, originally made of leather (7)
17 Military transport aircraft of the 1920s built by Avro (7)
19 Gustavus ___, Swedish king killed in 1632 at the Battle of Lutzen (8)
21 Light sub-machine guns (4,4)
23 Perform guard duty at a gate or entrance (6,2)
25 World War II armoured personnel carrier (8)
26 Operation which started on 6 June 1944 (8)
27 Battle fought in New Jersey in December 1776 (7)
Down
1 Battle fought in north-east India from April to June 1944 (6)
2 French marshal, appointed commander of the 6th Army Corps in 1870 (9)
3 City besieged by the Crusaders in 1189 (4)
4 Fur-trimmed jacket worn by a hussar (7)
5 Battle fought in Kentucky in December 1861 (10)
6 Amphibious vehicle built by Pontiac and used by the USMC in Vietnam (5)
7 US Navy Sturgeon-class submarine launched in 1968 (8)
13 Machine-gunner’s forward position on an aircraft (4,6)
14 Non-commissioned officers ranking below sergeants (9)
16 British general, commander of the 1st Airborne Division in 1944-1945 (8)
18 English war poet awarded the Military Cross in 1916 (7)
20 Asian people whose kingdom was overrun by the Kyrgyz in the 9th century (6)
22 Forrest ___, US military historian, author of The Supreme Command (5)
24 ___ Irwin, British general, appointed commander of IV Corps in 1942 (4)
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Across: 4 Pistols, 8 Comanche, 9 Le Cateau, 10 Disraeli, 11 Spadroon, 12 Carbines, 15 Cuirass, 17 Andover, 19 Adolphus, 21 Burp guns, 23 Sentry go, 25 Kangaroo, 26 Overlord, 27 Trenton.
Down: 1 Kohima, 2 Canrobert, 3 Acre, 4 Pelisse, 5 Sacramento, 6 Otter, 7 Seahorse, 13 Nose turret, 14 Corporals, 16 Urquhart, 18 Sassoon, 20 Uigurs, 22 Pogue, 24 Noel.
