Combined Arms Brigade conversion programme

The programme to convert to Combined Arms Brigades would see the Grand Army of the Federation reorganise the legacy Rapid Reaction Units and Territorial Defence Units into flexible and mobile units, capable of both rapid manoeuvre and of holding territory, functions which had essentially been unsatisfactorily divided between the two formations under the previous army structure.

The programme, alongside certain equipment upgrades, was a main focus for the Grand Army during the period of modernisation begun in the 1740s.

Force 1752 concept

Type One

Combined Arms Brigade (Breakthrough)

Regiment	Strength	Primary role
Command & Control Regiment	1,200	Full-spectrum C4ISTAR + brigade-level drone AI
Heavy Armoured Regiment	1,200	Main manoeuvre formation with organic C-UAS and UAV support
Area Defence Demi-Brigade	3,200	Area Denial and Force Protection
Combat Engineer Regiment	620	Obstacles, breaching, survivability
Brigade Fires Regiment	580	70–300 km precision deep strike
Commissariat Regiment	400	Logistics and sustainment sufficient to support 14-day period of independent combat
Total	7,200	Fully self-contained heavy brigade

Type Two

Combined Arms Brigade (Exploitation)

Regiment	Strength	Primary role
Command & Control Regiment	1,200	Full-spectrum C4ISTAR + brigade-level drone AI
Armoured Regiment	1,200	Breakthrough formation with organic C-UAS and UAV support
Area Defence Demi-Brigade	3,200	Area Denial and Force Protection
Mechanised Infantry Regiment	1,200	Manoeuvre warfare element built around a Regimental Combat Cohort and a Combat Support Demi-Regiment
Commissariat Regiment	1,200	Logistics and sustainment sufficient to support 14-day period of independent combat
Total	8,000	Flexible manoeuvre and assault capable brigade

Points to consider

• MBT-3 Sovereign, 1,800 in inventory, with 80% availability and 40% assigned to the Keltia Command theatre of operations, would yield a force of 12 heavy armoured regiments on the basis of 48 assigned to each, which may be considered reasonable. A similar consideration of the 1,750 MBT-2 Victor II yields another 11 heavy armoured regiments for the Keltian theatre – 23 in total.
• Area Defence/Area Denial as a whole force concept, from the corps down to the regimental level, embracing anti-air systems, artillery, heavy weapons systems including anti-tank weaponry, and UAVs. By establishing layered and interlocking area denial bubbles, the AD/AD doctrine allows for manoeuvre warfare to resume by permitting mobile formations to conduct operational advances whilst remaining on the tactical defensive.

See also

• Force 1752 initiative