>>>Hey, you said "a troop"! Then it does have a singular! So, how many soldiers was that?
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>>Sure it has a singular. I belonged to a Girl Scout troop when I was young. How many girls were in it varied over time.
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>They surely didn't have such large landmines at the time like they have now. A whole troop can step on one at once nowadays.

There were some big ones..

http://www.brookings.edu/projects/archive/nucweapons/madm.aspx

Those could ruin your whole day..