Exercise Eastern Pennant

Exercise Eastern Pennant
Date 13.V.1717 AN – Location Eastern Shahzamin
Belligerents
Raspur Pact  Constancia  Suren  Nouvelle Alexandrie	Free State of Constancia Alleged material support:  The Green
Commanders and leaders
Iñigo  Bjørn Hendriksson  Suren	Free State of Constancia
Units involved
Trans-Euran Command Nivardom Banner Command Combined Arms Corps "Zeta" 510th Army Nivardom Banner Fleet Nivardom Banner Air Group  Grand Commissariat of Eura and Corum  General Inspectorate of Eura and Corum	Revolutionary Army  Revolutionary Volunteers  Democratic Militia  Partisans
Strength
Constancia Constancian Foreign Legion – 16,723 Home Guard – 189,908 Support vehicles – 31,432 AFV – 1,664 SPAAD – 278 MBT – 12 Mortar – 1,256 Towed artillery – 200 Coastal patrol boat – 157 Auxiliary vessels – 56 Logistic support vessel – 36 Corvette – 27 Offshore-patrol vessel – 26 Missile attack boat – 16 Amphibious assault ship – 2 Destroyer – 2 Landing ship tank – 2 U-Boat – 2 Light-attack aircraft – 296 Ground-attack aircraft – 170 Rotorcraft – 88 UAV – 80 Strike fighter – 10  Suren Popular Levy – 216,416 Support vehicles – 25,016 Towed artillery – 202 AFV – 9 MBT – 4 Light tank – 1 Corvette – 9 Frigate – 4 UAV – 200 Light attack-aircraft – 187 Transport aircraft – 25	Free State of Constancia Militia – 1,027,929 Infantry – 96,394 APC – 3,143 MBT – 665 SPAAD – 456 IFV – 193 MLRS – 186 Rotorcraft – 88 UAV – 49 Strike fighter – 29 Maritime light attack craft – 22 Guided-missile cruiser – 1
Casualties and losses

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Operation Eastern Pennant was a field exercise of the Imperial Constancian Armed Forces to test the readiness of the 510th (Shahzamin) Army for battle, premised on the assumption of a sudden attack from external forces with zero time for preparation.

This was a timely exercise, as it surprisingly turned out to be the prelude for Operation Jungle Bolo.

Background

Shahzamin is a province of the Imperial State of Constancia established by Autokratorial Decree after Operation Paramount in 1698 AN, broadly congruent with the former Babkhan satrapy of the same name which had been destroyed during the 1598 Babkhan Holocaust.

The Sanpo-Çakar War reinforced to the local leadership just how porous the border was, and how vulnerable the province was to external aggression.

Prelude

The 510th (Shahzamin) Army was formed in Fort Ardashir Khan on 1698, under the command of Sarhang (Colonel) Periklês Metaxas, formerly of the 8th Syntagma of the Mihanokiniti Merarhia (Mechanised Division). Initially composed of Home Guard units formed by conscripts, its arming, equipping, and training was soon prioritized when the Basileus Giamousi made known his concern of a potential threat in light of the Sanpo-Çakar War and the 1715–1716 eruption of Mount Broadshaw.

X-Day

At his own request and upon recommendation of his daughter the Governor, Bjørn Hendriksson was called to active duty on 2.I.1711, promoted to the rank of Sepahbod (Lieutenant-General), and assumed command of the 510th (Shahzamin) Army.