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* This is the whole point of ''Literature/HammersSlammers''. A regiment of well-trained and well-equipped mercenaries like the Slammers can outfight ten or twenty times their own number of guerillas, and even defeat an equally-well-equipped force of regular Army troops.
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* In ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'', three thousand soldiers of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Tserclaes,_Count_of_Tilly Tilly's]] mercenary army, armed with seventeenth century weapons, comes up against the four hundred member's of Grantville's "army" (armed with modern weaponry and modern vehicles) like a log hits a rotary saw. The end result is nearly 1,200 mercenary prisoners, nearly 1,800 dead mercenaries, and four hundred victorious Americans.
* The Mobile Infantry of the original ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' are very elite and use PoweredArmor.
* The Mobile Infantry of the original ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' are very elite and use PoweredArmor.
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* In ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'', three thousand soldiers of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Tserclaes,_Count_of_Tilly Tilly's]] mercenary army, armed with seventeenth century weapons, comes up against the four hundred member's members of Grantville's "army" (armed "army", who are armed with modern weaponry and modern vehicles) like vehicles. The ensuing battle resembles a log hits hitting a rotary saw. The end result is nearly 1,200 mercenary prisoners, nearly 1,800 dead mercenaries, and four hundred victorious Americans.
* The Mobile Infantry ofthe original ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' are very elite and use PoweredArmor.this to a T. Their PoweredArmor makes one trooper the equivalent of a company of tanks.
* The Mobile Infantry of
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* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'': At the outset of the first novel, ''the'' example of this in the setting are the Sardaukar, the Emperor's personal army (while they have become weaker than their glory days, they are still an elite and powerful force, and their main issue causing skill atrophy is simply that they've had so many thorough, ruthless, vicious victories that their reputation as unbeatable in combat generally does most of the work for them). Small in this case is a relative matter; the Sardaukar are actually a pretty large force by all indications, but they're still vastly outnumbered by the combined armies of the Great Houses of the Landsraad, yet still regarded as only slightly weaker. One of the triggers for the plot is the Atreides successfully training a small corps to near-Sardaukar levels, but it's not until the later parts of the book when the Fremen are trained and united into a singly army that a true rival for the Sardaukar appears[[note]]and even then some of that is simply the Fremen being experts at fighting specifically on ''the'' most important planet in the galaxy[[/note]].
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* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'': ''Literature/{{Dune}}'':
** At the outset of the first novel, ''the'' example of this in the setting are the Sardaukar, the Emperor's personal army (while they have become weaker than their glory days, they are still an elite and powerful force, and their main issue causing skill atrophy is simply that they've had so many thorough, ruthless, vicious victories that their reputation as unbeatable in combat generally does most of the work for them). Small in this case is a relative matter; the Sardaukar are actually a pretty large force by all indications, but they're still vastly outnumbered by the combined armies of the Great Houses of the Landsraad, yet still regarded as only slightly weaker. One of the triggers for the plot is the Atreides successfully training a small corps to near-Sardaukar levels, but it's not until the later parts of the book when the Fremen are trained and united into a singly army that a true rival for the Sardaukar appears[[note]]and even then some of that is simply the Fremen being experts at fighting specifically on ''the'' most important planet in thegalaxy[[/note]].galaxy[[/note]].
** Within the ranks of the Fremen themselves, there are Fedaykin -- the death commandos selected among the best Fremen warriors and trained by Paul Muad'Dib / Atreides himself to serve as his personal guard. Being the top dogs among people who are already incredibly tough in their own right, Fedaykin are so badass that they make aforementioned Sardaukar puny by comparison -- and, unsuprisingly, deliver one CurbStompBattle after another to them, the most notable one being the Battle of Arrakeen (though admittedly, they were just a part of a larger force). When the Fremen launch their Jihad against the rest of the galaxy, Fedaykin remain the elite of their army.
** At the outset of the first novel, ''the'' example of this in the setting are the Sardaukar, the Emperor's personal army (while they have become weaker than their glory days, they are still an elite and powerful force, and their main issue causing skill atrophy is simply that they've had so many thorough, ruthless, vicious victories that their reputation as unbeatable in combat generally does most of the work for them). Small in this case is a relative matter; the Sardaukar are actually a pretty large force by all indications, but they're still vastly outnumbered by the combined armies of the Great Houses of the Landsraad, yet still regarded as only slightly weaker. One of the triggers for the plot is the Atreides successfully training a small corps to near-Sardaukar levels, but it's not until the later parts of the book when the Fremen are trained and united into a singly army that a true rival for the Sardaukar appears[[note]]and even then some of that is simply the Fremen being experts at fighting specifically on ''the'' most important planet in the
** Within the ranks of the Fremen themselves, there are Fedaykin -- the death commandos selected among the best Fremen warriors and trained by Paul Muad'Dib / Atreides himself to serve as his personal guard. Being the top dogs among people who are already incredibly tough in their own right, Fedaykin are so badass that they make aforementioned Sardaukar puny by comparison -- and, unsuprisingly, deliver one CurbStompBattle after another to them, the most notable one being the Battle of Arrakeen (though admittedly, they were just a part of a larger force). When the Fremen launch their Jihad against the rest of the galaxy, Fedaykin remain the elite of their army.
