Arboreal Guard

Established in 1684 AN, and expanding upon the earlier Arboreal Volunteers, the Arboreal Guard is the demesnal defence force of the Principality of Arboria, comprising the militia, air guard, and coast guard.

Statutory basis

Under Chapter V, Section 11 of the Caprine Code Demesnes are encouraged to operate Demesne Defense Forces only in their respective jurisdictions: a militia, an air guard, and a coast guard within the Demesne's Reserve Zone (as defined by the MTOCLOS). The Consensus of Government for Aboria, enacted in 1676 AN empowered the Princess of Arboria in Council to decree the formation of the Arboreal Guard via a statutory instrument, this being done on the 17th day of Regnuary in the year 1684 AN at the Court at the Imperial Embassy of the Bovic Empire of the Natopian Nation at Astérapolis.

An ad valorem import tax of five percentum was levied on all goods imported into the Principality of Arboria from non-Raspur Pact nations to fund the Arboreal Guard.

The decree provided for the appointment of a Commandant-General who was authorized to promulgate General Orders pertaining to organisation, command and control, and operation of the Arboreal Guard and its respective service branches.

Organisation

General Staff

Commandants-General of the Arboreal Guard

№	Office Holder	Appointed	Relieved
1	Manfred de Cautzburg	1684 AN	1692 AN
2	Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman	1694 AN	In post

The Militia

1st Division

• Tanks – 28
• Armoured personnel carriers – 140
• Self-propelled guns – 18
• Personnel – 1,640

• 1x command & control troop
• 3x mechanised cohorts
• 1x tank squadron
• 1x reconnaissance squadron
• 1x sniper troop
• 1x self-propelled howitzer squadron
• 1x air defence squadron

Equipment

Articles recovered from the rebel garrison on Cimmeria and Raikoth by the Benacian Union Defence Force were transferred to the Arboreal Guard following the BUDF intervention there in 1705 AN.

Small Arms

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Clinger Bomb, Adhesive Anti-Tank Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	1,868
CP 60 "Cherry Picker" 7.62 mm sniper rifle	Shireroth	Small Arms	934
Cudgel	Shireroth	Small Arms	2,491
Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick)	Shireroth	Small Arms	163,646
LTM 60 "Trouble Maker" 9 mm submachine gun	Shireroth	Small Arms	2,491
M14 Fragmentation Hand Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	12,454
M1486 Webb-Lee 11.6 mm Revolver	Shireroth	Small Arms	179
M15 White Phosphorus Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	6,227
M1508 Martini-Rossi 11.56 mm Rifle	Shireroth	Small Arms	1,868
M1525 9 mm Pistol	Shireroth	Small Arms	622
M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine	Shireroth	Small Arms	387
M1591 7.62 mm Rifle	Shireroth	Small Arms	1,245
M16 Mustard Gas Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	6,227
M1610 7.9 mm Rifle (Semi-Automatic)	Shireroth	Small Arms	77,054
M1656 9 mm SMG	Shireroth	Small Arms	2,036
M1686 assault rifle (7.62×67mmB)	Unified Governorates	Small Arms	3,601
M18 Red Smoke Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	12,454
Pattern 1496 Sabre	Shireroth	Small Arms	506
Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle (Anti-Materiel)	Shireroth	Inf Spt Wpn	6
Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG	Shireroth	Machine Gun	389
Wren 7.62mm LMG	Shireroth	Machine Gun	6,772

Artillery

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Burdock Surface to Air Missile System	Kalgachia	Anti-Air	16
Trump Radar Tracking Autocannon	Shireroth	Anti-Air	2
Waspsting Man-portable Air Defence System	Shireroth	Anti-Air	2
Hornet 84 mm Recoilless Rifle (Anti-Tank)	Shireroth	Anti-Tank	9
Malus Portable Launch Unit	Kalgachia	Anti-Tank	33
105 mm Light Gun	Shireroth	Artillery	54
80mm field gun	Shireroth	Artillery	83
82 mm Mortar	Shireroth	Artillery	767
Self-propelled artillery
Katzenklavier	Elwynn	Self-Propelled Rocket Artillery	3

Land Vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
BK-III Verteidiger	Unified Governorates	Main Battle Tank	41
Horjin CV35	Shireroth	AFV - Electronic Warfare Vehicle	1
Horjin CV56	Shireroth	AFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle	518
Kaamiozyr Type 1 Land Cruiser	Elwynn and Amokolia	Spt Vehicle	584
Pod Personnel Carrier	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	102
Snatch Land Rover	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	4
Truck, Light	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	5,654
Truck, Medium	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	26

Vessels

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Cargo Submarine	Shireroth	Blockade runner	1
Coastal Patrol Craft	Shireroth	Patrol vessel	20
Elwynn-class	Shireroth	Guided missile corvette	1
Eisboyle-class	Natopia	Amphibious assault ship	1
Florimell-class	Unified Governorates	Troop landing ship	8
Logistic Support Vessel	Shireroth	Logistic support vessel	4
Melusine-class	Constancia	Fast missile attack boat	16
Merchant Vessel (Cargo & Passenger)	Natopia	Fleet logistics vessel	4
Merchant Vessel (Cargo)	Natopia	Fleet logistics vessel	8
Natopia-class	Natopia	Destroyer	2
Oil Tanker	Natopia	Fleet logistics vessel	2
Type XXV U-Boat	Sanama	Fleet submarine	1
Vista de Nada-class	Natopia	Frigate	2
Viviantia-class LSV	Shireroth	Logistic support vessel / escort carrier	2

Aircraft

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
A-6 Pundarikam	Shireroth	Attack	1
A-10 Kambera	Shireroth	Reconnaissance	1		Formerly attack aircraft. Transferred to reconnaissance role (1692 AN). Bomb bay and ordnance replaced with additional fuel tanks, photographic pods and terrain mapping sensors.
F-8 Shrike	Elwynn	Multirole Strike	5
F-9 Ashavan II	Talenore	Multirole Strike	10
K-2 Whirdlebird	Kalgachia	Utility Helicopter	50
R-1 Whirdlebird	Shireroth	Reconnaissance	45
T-2/A-2 Saeqeh	Babkha	Training/Light Attack	33
T-3 Akóntio	Constancia	Training/Light Attack	2
UACV-1 Magic Dragon	Kalgachia	Unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicle	160
VT-UAV 1 Tadpole	Talenore	Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Vehicle	29

Missiles

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Elwavia Loitering Munition	Elwynn and Amokolia	Loitering Munition	20
AAM-1 Sonderwang	Unified Governorates	Missile – AAM	68
Malus Missile	Kalgachia	Missile – ATGM	6,578
S-2 Standard Missile	Shireroth	Missile – GPM	75
Burdock Surface to Air Missile	Kalgachia	Missile – SAM	3,900
SA-1 Red Mist	Shireroth	Missile – SAM	2