The core of the army originally consisted of 6-8 thousand mercenaries.

This document was considered the moral core of the Japanese army and naval forces until their dissolution in 1945.

The hird also formed the professional core of the Norwegian army as maintained by the king.

The core of the army, which may have reached 90,000 men, was Mandinka.

The core of the army was the Forbidden Palace Guard.

Following the foundation of Bangladesh, these units formed the core of the new army.

The core of the Assyrian army lay in its chariots.

It had a fine cavalry, for that force was the core of the army, as was the case in Thessaly.

The hoplite type troops were not abandoned, but were no longer the core of the army.

We'll have to form the core of the new army, of course.