Exercise Eastern Pennant

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Exercise Eastern Pennant
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Date 13.V.1717 AN
Location Eastern Shahzamin
Belligerents
Raspur Pact Raspur Pact Free State of Constancia Free State of Constancia


Alleged material support: The Green The Green

Commanders and leaders
Units involved
Raspur Pact Trans-Euran Command
Strength
Constancia 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 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 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
Constancia Free State of Constancia
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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.

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 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.