Land Forces of the Benacian Union
Land Forces of the Benacian Union | |
Active | 1703 AN – |
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Country | Benacian Union |
Allegiance | Benacian Union Defence Force |
Branch |
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Size | 1,056,599 |
Headquarters | Merensk |
Commanders | |
Officer Commanding, Land Forces | Frainan Streïakeï Konstantin Uskok |
Organisation
Administrative
- Land Forces of the Benacian Union
- Command Corps
- Corps of the Black Legions
- Corps of the Artillery
- Corps of the Cavalry
- Corps of the Engineers
- Corps of the Infantry
- Corps of Signallers
- General Service Corps
- Land Forces Commissariat
- Land Forces Inspectorate
Command Corps
- Colours: Purple on Green
- Inspector of the Command Troops: Frainan Uihmanzis Bahramian Behdin
- Assigned Regiments:
Corps of the Black Legions
- Colours: Black on Green
- Inspector of the Black Legions: Frainan Uihmanzis Arshan Sarkari
Corps of the Artillery
- Colours: Dark Blue on Green
- Inspector of the Artillery: Frainan Uihmanzis Azarzushnes Shroff
- Assigned Regiments:
Corps of the Cavalry
- Colours: Light Blue on Green
- Inspector of the Cavalry: Frainan Uihmanzis Arshavir Majra
- Assigned Regiments:
Corps of the Engineers
- Colours: Brown on Green
- Inspector of the Engineers: Frainan Uihmanzis Hurang Jiveh
- Assigned Regiments:
Corps of the Infantry
- Colours: Red on Green
- Inspector of the Infantry: Frainan Uihmanzis Adarbad Bambaawala
- Assigned Regiments:
Corps of Signallers
- Colours: Yellow on Green
- Inspector of the Signals Troops: Frainan Uihmanzis Kurosh Davalien
- Assigned Regiments:
Corps of the Special Reconnaissance Troops
- Colours: Grey on Green
- Inspector of the Special Reconnaissance Troops: Frainan Uihmanzis Kaykavus Sarbh
- Assigned Regiments:
General Service Corps
- Colours: Pink on Green
- Inspector of the General Service Troops: Frainan Uihmanzis Ata Sharifabad
- Assigned Regiments:
Land Forces Commissariat
- Colours: Silver on Green
- Inspector of the Land Commissariat: Frainan Uihmanzis Babak Faredoonian
- Assigned Regiments:
Land Forces Inspectorate
- Colours: Gold on Green
- Inspector of the Land Commissariat: Frainan Uihmanzis Kaykavus Ardeshiri
- Assigned Regiments:
Operational
The Land Forces constitute the largest part of three service branches of the BUDF. Benacian armies have historically been massive, dating all the way back to the warring dynasties of the Second Era of Shireroth. Today, they are also highly mechanised, well-equipped, and have great firepower and manoeuvre potential. Manpower and material combined make the present Land Forces of the BUDF a formidable warfighting force in their own right.
The main combat power of the Land Forces is concentrated in the panzer, dragoon, and motorised infantry regiments that form the heart of the Combined Arms Corps which are the mainstay of the forces fielded by the Armies and Banner Groups organised by Benacia Command from the forces provided by the BUDF.
The basic principle of land warfare for the BUDF Land Forces is violent, sustained, and deep offensive action. Mechanised and armoured formations, supported by aviation and artillery, are to seize the initiative at the outset of hostilities, to penetrate the enemy's defences, and to drive deeply and decisively into the enemy's rear area. The effects of the Scouring convinced the Benacian Union that any future continental war against a near peer rival would be resolved by the indiscriminate use of weapons of mass destruction - the so-called Endsieg scenario - and that the duty of the Land Forces therefore would be to secure the positions that would be advantageous for the survival of the Union in the ensuing conditions of economic and civilisational collapse.
Roughly equivalent to an army group, a Banner Group could be composed of three to five armies with organic artillery, missile, air defence, engineer, signal, intelligence, reconnaissance, and rear service units, plus aviation, air assault, and special purpose forces. As the top-level combined arms formation, a Banner Group would have a Banner Air Force and Banner Fleet attached.
An army meanwhile would comprise of three Combined Arms Corps, each one with a legion at its heart, providing the number, identity, and higher command staff of the corps. The legions, transferred into the BUDF Land Forces from the Black Legions of Benacia Command, have been organised to comprise of three motorised infantry regiments, each regiment consisting of three cohorts. It is these cohorts which provide the heart of the corp's war-fighting manoeuvre formations, the streïkrupp, being supported by a regimental train of squadron formations attached from the divisions of the "regular army" to fulfill combined-arms and combat support roles.
The divisions, army, cavalry, and armoured, were transferred into the BUDF from the loyalist remnant of the Elwynnese Union Defence Force. Recruited from amongst distinct ethnic groups, they are garrisoned in cities away from the bailiwicks in which they were recruited so as to ensure that they do not experience a conflict of interest when putting down revolts in the locale to which they have been assigned. The regiments of a division, when not assigned to a streïkrupp, are available to the governor of the Governorate in which they have been garrisoned to serve the civil authorities in an enforcement capacity, in addition to their normal training and preparedness maintenance cycles.
Armies
The composition of the armies of the BUDF are determined by Benacia Command to meet the wider needs of the Raspur Pact on the continent. As of 1708 AN the majority of formed armies under direct BUDF command remained within the Central Banner Group area of operations, covering the core territories of the Unified Governorates, where their subordinate formations screen the frontiers facing Batavia, Kalgachia, and Tellia.
Army | Area of Operations | Headquarters | Subordinate Units | Commandant | ||
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Eastern Banner Group | ||||||
Bivarhins Hohm | Chryse | Chryse |
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Frainan-bi-Mari Streïakeï Ryabin Chryseoï | ||
24th Army | Ransenar | Demonsfall |
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Troy Lyon (Ransenari Grouping of Forces) | ||
41st Combined Arms Army | Sovereign Confederation | Cortallia-Rathwood |
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Frainan Uihmanzis | ||
Central Banner Group | ||||||
15th Army | Austland | Peroz-Liv |
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Frainan Hohmin Hossein Taghipour | ||
16th Army | Lower Lywall | Klymdown |
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Frainan Hohmin Hebashe Kanamatovy | ||
31st Army | Lachmeren | Merensk |
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Frainan Hohmin | ||
32nd Army | Litel | Laikum's Wald |
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Frainan Hohmin Hassan Bagherzadeh | ||
35th Army | Kalgachia | Oktavyan |
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Frainan Hohmin Justin Hunka | ||
Northern Banner Group | ||||||
25th Combined Arms Army | Mishalacia | Rikštad |
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Frainan Uihmanzis | ||
30th Army | General Government - East | B'cawshrine |
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Frainan Uihmanzis | ||
58th Combined Arms Army | Governorate of Alalehzamin | Ardashirshahr |
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Frainan Uihmanzis | ||
Southern Banner Group | ||||||
19th Army | Capitolia |
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Frainan Hohmin Rikard Lange | |||
Western Banner Group | ||||||
11th Army | Upland Confederation, Bergburg | Bergburg |
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Frainan Hohmin Sepp Käser | ||
61st Shock Army | Governorate of Absentien | Thrallshaven |
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Siyacher Hohm | Siyachia | Litkov |
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Frainan Hohmin Farzad Riahi |
Legions
Legion no. and title |
Commandant | Emblem | Recruiting ethnicity |
Establishment | Garrison | Notes |
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Saznan Bivarhins (Palatine Guards) |
Bivarhins Salbnan Olov Knutsson Flyg |
Babkhan |
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Chryse |
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Salb I | Salbnan Klaus Alveydre |
Mishalanese |
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Merensk |
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Salb II | Salbnan |
Mishalanese |
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Klymhigh |
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Salb III | Salbnan |
Mishalanese |
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Litkov |
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Salb IV Aurangzeb | Salbnan Valdemar Einhorn al-Osman |
Babkhan |
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Oktavyan |
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Salb V Ketek | Salbnan Iskander Rustam al-Osman |
Goldshirian |
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Lepidopterum |
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Salb VI Jahangir | Salbnan Ardashir Jahangir al-Osman |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Dolobarh | Recruits in Utasia |
Salb VII Sikarikim | Salbnan Luqmon Qullyr-ra-Milion-la-Osmoni |
File:.png | Siyachi |
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Highbloom | Recruits in Siyachia Previously commanded by Tore-Johan Carstensen, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb VIII Anandja | Salbnan Morteza Poozesh |
File:.png | Brookshirian |
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Tel-Amok | Recruits in Monty Crisco (Ransenar) Previously commanded by Samuel Askeland Carstensen, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb IX Kokhba | Salbnan Vanu Enujohanenion |
File:.png | Siyachi |
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Selfoss | Recruits in Siyachia Previously commanded by Aksel Mossing, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb X Kana'im | Salbnan Jan Louis Bakker-Vaaksteik |
File:.png | Siyachi |
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Serovopolis | Recruits in Siyachia Previously commanded by Johannes Gruntland-Einhorn, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb XI Svyashchennaya Druzhina | Salbnan Mansour Yaghmaei |
File:.png | Mishalanese |
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Thrallshaven | Recruits in Mishalacia Previously commanded by Robin Einhorn, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb XIII Tyrannocricetus | Salbnan Yazdan Jafarnejad |
Lach |
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Anun | Recruits in Lachdolor Previously commanded by Henrik Gruntland-Einhorn, 1702 AN–1704 AN. | |
Salb XIX | Salbnan Darius Osman-Soballion |
Lywallers |
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Caligae | Recruits in Lywall Previously commanded by Konstantin Silk, 1702 AN–1704 AN. | |
Salb XX | Salbnan Alexander Osman-Soballion |
Overdolorish |
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Port Illumination | Recruits in Litel Previously commanded by Eirik Nordrum, 1702 AN–1704 AN. | |
Salb XXX | Salbnan Marqus Qullyr-ra-Milion-la-Osmoni |
File:.png | Florencian |
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Fieldburg | Recruits on Florencia Previously commanded by Oscar Sørgemann, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb XXXI | Salbnan Louis Martin Bakker-Vaaksteik |
File:.png | Lywallers |
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Underwall | Recruits in Lywall Previously commanded by Christian Einhorn Bratland, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb XXXIII | Salbnan Ahmad Rayegan |
File:.png | Lywallers |
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Ardashirshahr | Recruits in Lywall Previously commanded by Emil Einhorn Bratland, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb XXXIV | Salbnan Fiero Horjinmull |
File:.png | Lywallers |
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Station Sagittarius | Recruits in Lywall Previously commanded by Sander Mostad, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Salb XXXV | Salbnan Odissey Maksimov |
File:.png | Lywallers |
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Capitolia | Recruits in Lywall Previously commanded by Eivind Dahling, 1702 AN–1704 AN. |
Divisions
Division no. and name |
Commandant | Emblem | Recruiting ethnicity |
Establishment | Garrison | Notes |
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1 Kavallerifördelningen "Elwmacht" | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Albrecht Langenmantel |
File:.png | Alalehzamini Elw |
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Chryse |
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1 Pansarfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Georg Kramm |
File:.png | Utasian |
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Pozdam |
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2 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Mishalanese |
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Corrigible |
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2 Pansarfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Norse |
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Einhorn |
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3 Kossarfördelningen "Siyachia" | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Siyachi |
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Daschau |
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3 Pansarfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Mürtin |
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4 Pansarfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Afshin Aurangzebzadeh al-Osman |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Nova Venja | |
5 Pansarfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Nilas Kornaboxuun |
File:.png | Alalehzamini Elw |
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Gloomburg | |
6 Pansarfördelningen "Húskarlar" |
Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Norse |
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&zeter |
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7 Pansarfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Arian Osman-Soballion |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Sansabury | |
10 Kavallerifördelningen "Zjandariska Gardet" | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
Babkhan |
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Ardashirshahr |
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13 Bergsfördelningen "Mishalanska" | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Mishalanese |
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Fort Clarence |
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15 Kavallerifördelningen "Angularis" | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Lars Anders |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Monty Crisco |
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26 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Norse | Merensk | ||
31 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Norse | Mittlere Stadt | ||
32 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan | Konkord | ||
33 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan | Mishagrad | ||
37 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan | Bailiwick of Peroz-Liv | ||
40 Kavallerifördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan | Bailiwick of Angularis | ||
41 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Wintergleamer | Araxion | ||
42 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Wintergleamer | La Terre | ||
47 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan | Civitas Nova | ||
49 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Babkhan | Michaelion | ||
54 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan |
File:.png | Araxionian | Azshara | ||
55 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Walter Adolvsson |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Moss |
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56 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Jarl Bergfalk |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Dravotih iker |
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61 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Bakhtiar Varhami |
File:.png | Utasian |
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Asantelian |
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62 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Alfred Dahlgren |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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New Harbour |
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63 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Einar Malmberg |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Avakair |
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64 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Zacharias Visarnion |
File:.png | Alalehzamini Elw | Fort Farde | ||
69 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Valdemar Wahlström |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Echo |
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74 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Oskar Eberwolf Hanke |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Ketsire |
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75 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Iago Raynor-Targe |
File:.png | Norse | Gibbet Cove | ||
78 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Gerald Ottmar |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Underwall |
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83 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Vernon Posner |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Cortallia-Rathwood |
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84 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Jahangir Akhuna |
File:.png | Tapferite |
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High Harvest |
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89 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Nartshu Tarashevy |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Frieden |
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90 Arméfördelningen | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Belisarius Palamas |
File:.png | Babkhan |
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Elesmari |
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1st Air-Landing (Mounted) Infantry Division | Salbnan-Afzælthvaszhaldan Venebacht Carsten |
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Sabatini |
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Independent Brigades
Independent brigades of the BUDF, established after 1706 AN, are attached to Army and Corps level formations for the purpose of performing specific missions as required by that level of command.
Brigade no. and name |
Commandant | Emblem | Recruiting ethnicity |
Establishment | Garrison | Notes |
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1st Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Guðini Dijkstra |
75px | Babkhan |
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Austland | |
2nd Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Pouya Peshtoni |
75px | Alalehzamini Elw |
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Litel | |
3rd Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Rambod Radmanesh |
75px | Araxionian |
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Lachmeren | |
4th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Aryameher Yaganegi |
75px | Goldshirian |
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Austland | |
5th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Armun Nazir |
75px | Siyachi |
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Litel | |
6th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Athrina Rajwadwala |
75px | Lach |
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Lachmeren | |
7th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Kamran Kalyanwala |
75px | Cimmerian |
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Austland | |
8th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Sigismund Adema |
75px | Babkhan |
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Litel | |
9th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Kian Ghambhir |
75px | Alalehzamini Elw |
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Lachmeren | |
10th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Baktash Kukadaru |
75px | Araxionian |
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Benacia Isle | |
11th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Aushedar Afkham |
75px | Goldshirian |
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New Blackstone & Leng |
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12th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Behram Bahamy |
75px | Siyachi |
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Florencia | |
13th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Garshsb Minbattiwala |
75px | Lach |
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Naudia'Diva | |
14th Manoeuvre Brigade | Salbnan Aprang Meher |
75px | Cimmerian |
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Cimmeria and Raikoth Autonomous Region |
Independent Regiments
Independent or separate regiments of the BUDF, established after 1705 AN, are attached to Army and Corps level formations for the purpose of performing operational and support missions as required by that level of command. As such these are distinct from the regimental manoeuvre units that are assigned to the legion and division level formations.
Regimental no. and name |
Commandant | Emblem | Recruiting ethnicity |
Establishment | Garrison | Notes |
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1st Chemical Biological Radiological & Nuclear (CBRN) Regiment | Ahmst Bræþstranin Roan Faustus |
Babkhi |
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Port Benacia, Benacia Isle |
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Israilov's Regiment of Kossars | Mustered, 1708 AN. | |||||
Yudaev's Regiment of Kossars | Mustered, 1708 AN. | |||||
Mavet's Regiment of Kossars | Mustered, 1708 AN. | |||||
Baruch's Regiment of Kossars | Mustered, 1708 AN. | |||||
1st Regiment of Registered Kossars | Citadel J-V, Ransenar | Mustered, 1708 AN. | ||||
2nd Regiment of Registered Kossars | Citadel J-V, Ransenar | Mustered, 1708 AN. | ||||
3rd Regiment of Registered Kossars | Citadel J-V, Ransenar | Mustered, 1708 AN. | ||||
Spindlelimb's Regiment | Legate Abraxis Spindlelimb |
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Lepidopterum | Mustered, 1708 AN. | ||
Umraid Auxiliary Service Regiment | Baatharzi | Iridian Isles | Raised from Umraid survivors of the Benacian Labour Reserve, 1716 AN. |
Unit templates
Armoured Regiment (Pansarregemente)
Equipment | Type | Quantity |
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BK-IX | Heavy Tank | 18 |
BK-X | Medium Tank | 36 |
BK-XI | Light Tank | 54 |
BK-XII | Tracked Reconnaissance Vehicle | 20 |
Unit | Equipment | Strength |
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Regimental HQ | - | 40 |
3 x demi-regiment | BK-IX (6 per demi-regiment) BK-X (12 per demi-regiment) BK-XI (18 per demi-regiment) |
360 per demi-regiment |
Reconnaissance Squadron | BK-XII (20) | 80 |
Dragoon regiments
Equipment | Type | Quantity |
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BK-XI | Light tank | 18 |
BK-XII | Tracked reconnaissance vehicle | 56 |
M1701 | 158mm MLRS | 18 |
Motorised Infantry Regiment
Equipment | Type | Quantity |
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BK-X | Medium Tank | 18 |
BK-XIII | Infantry Fighting Vehicle | 75 |
BK-VIII | Scout Vehicle | 20 |
Unit | Equipment | Strength |
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Regimental HQ | - | 40 |
3 x cohorts | BK-X (6 per cohort) BK-XIII (25 per cohort) |
360 per cohort |
Reconnaissance squadron | BK-VIII (20) | 80 |
Artillery Regiment (Artilleriregemente)
Equipment | Type | Quantity |
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M1701 158mm MLRS | Towed Rocket Artillery | 18 |
HK-VI 155mm | Towed Field Gun | 36 |
Unit | Equipment | Strength |
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Regimental HQ | - | 50 |
3 x demi-regiments | M1701 158mm MLRS (6 per battalion) HK-VI 155mm (12 per battalion) |
400 per demi-regiment |
Area Defence Regiment
Equipment | Type | Quantity |
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HK-III 155mm | Self-Propelled Howitzer | 18 |
BK-IV Bastiat | Short-Range Air Defence | 24 |
Burdock | Long-Range Air Defence | 12 launchers |
SAI RAPIER | Short-Range Air Defence (rare) | 6 |
System-2 | Surface-to-Air Missile/Rocket Artillery | 4 batteries |
M1679 | Mobile Air Defence Radar | 6 |
Unit | Equipment | Strength |
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Regimental HQ | - | 100 |
Artillery demi-regiment | HK-III 155mm (18) | 500 |
Air Defence demi-regiment | BK-IV Bastiat (24) Burdock (12 launchers) System-2 (4 batteries) M1679 (6) |
600 |