Project 1727
Project 1727 is a development project of the Confederate States Armed Forces with its main objective to modernise all areas of the Florian Armed forces to the point it's the most advanced military force on Micras by 1727 AN.
Introduction
Weaponry
Small Arms (Phase 1)
Small Arms vastly improved under the 1711 Act with the introduction of the SA1680 as the new standard service rifle. However under Project 1727 the LSW form of the weapon system would be dropped in favour for the introduction of a new General Purpose Machine Gun operated by an operator in ‘Delta’ fireteams throughout the army’s vast number of sections.
As well as introduction of a new GPMG, during the Kapavian insurgency Florian soldiers also needed a new marksman rifle in the event that Florian infantry units were engaged by small arms fire from outside the range of their own assault rifles and light machine guns. The only weapon systems capable for such combat was the cherrypicker however these are unsuitable for a patrolling soldier. This is led to the development of the Florian sharpshooter rifle.
The rifle is a semi-automatic rifle designed to give an infantry section the ability to engage targets with accurate fire out to 800 metres. Fitted with 20 round mags the rifle can also be used in close combat. The weapon system like the SA1680 can be fitted with a bayonet and is equipped with 7.62 rounds.
The Sabre anti-tank weapon system was also introduced under Project 1727. The Sabre would accompany Florian infantry fireteams In the event that the fireteams came in contact with enemy armoured units. The Sabre is not assigned to any specific section member. The weapon systems maximum range is 600 metres and weighs at 12.5kg.
Air defence (Phase 2)
Air defence of Floria was reviewed by the government and it was deemed that the War of Lost Brother era equipment was unacceptable for a modern military force. Therefore the Falcon Air Defence system was developed. The Falcon defence system is a short to medium range anti-aircraft and anti-missile defence system.It is designed to respond to sophisticated missile attacks and has the capability to defend against saturation attacks of supersonic high-performance targets.It does this via multiple channels of fire, providing 360-degree simultaneous coverage and high degrees of manoeuvrability. The Florian Defence Commission states it has a "high rate of fire against multiple simultaneous targets".
Armoured vehicles (Phase 2)
The Defence Commission desired to increase the armoured firepower of the armed forces. Armour was considered as significantly important and vital for future operations and as a result the Wolverine MBT was commissioned. The most modernised and advanced tank on the battlefield, Floria would build 650 units and first use them in Operation Green Marauder.
Artillery (Phase 3)
During Operation Green Marauder it was significantly clear that Floria's biggest weakness was artillery, which led to the infamous use of CBRN weapons on the Ostlander population. Florian troops had to receive aid for howitzers from the Benacian Union Defence Forces. Due to this failure of poor artillery, howitzers received heavy funding from the Florian Government.
Aircraft (Phase 5)
Rotary Aircraft was regarded as a weak area of the Army’s aerial threat and the Alban helicopter was designed and produced.
Organisation
Infantry Regiments
Under the project, the ‘Infantry Regiment’ split into numerous individual regiments classed by specialisms. New regiments included the Rifles (light infantry) and The Parachute Regiment (Air assault). They full list of regiments are as follows:
Presidents Guards
- Northcliff Guards (Light infantry)
- Victoria Guards (Mechanised infantry)
- Etourney Guards (Light infantry)
- Port Balaine Guards (Mechanised infantry)
- Mesoun Guards (Armoured infantry)
Line Infantry
- Rifles (Light Role Infantry, Armoured, Mechanised, foreign security roles)
- Kingsland Regiment (Armoured and mechanised infantry)
- Southland Regiment (Armoured and light infantry)
- Ontario Regiment (Armoured infantry)
- Pentucky Regiment (Light infantry)
- Mesoun Peace Corps (Mechanised infantry)
- Sri Alba Peace Corps (Mechanised infantry)
- Victorian Legion (Armoured infantry)
- The Parachute Regiment (Airborne infantry)
Other regiments and corps
Under Project 1727 other corps of the Florian Army were renamed. The name changes were as follows:
- Army Training Regiment to School of Army Training.
- Artillery Regiment to Presidents Own Artillery.
- Army Commissariat Regiment to Logistics Corps.
- Signals Regiment to the Presidents Signallers
- Engineers Regiment to Corps of Confederate Engineers
- Provosts Regiment to Confederate Military Police.
In addition to these renaming of regiments and Corps some merged. The Music Corps was merged into the Adjutant Generals Corps but was given its own autonomy as a branch. The Air Defence Regiment was merged into the Presidents Own Artillery.
Recruitment
Under Project 1727 the Florian Government finally announced after many years of pressure to make the armed forces of the Confederate States an all volunteer force. This meant that all men over the age 18 were not required to do mandatory military service.
Regimental Recruitment Areas were also established. Previously infanteers were assigned regardless of geographic origin. The new RRAs established were as follows:
- Presidents Guards: Nationwide.
- Rifles: Nationwide except Port Balaine and Etourney.
- Kingsland Regiment: All of Kingsland plus those with Kingslandian antecedents.
- Southland Regiment: All of Southland plus those with Southlandian antecedents.
- Ontario Regiment: Ontario.
- Pentucky Regiment:Pentucky
- Mesoun Peace Corps:Mesoun
- Sri Alba Peace Corps:Sri Alba
- Victorian Legion:Victoria
- The Parachute Regiment: Nationwide.
