Confederate States Armed Forces

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The Confederate States Armed Forces are the military forces of the Confederate States of Floria and were established after post War of Lost Brothers treaty restrictions were unilaterally revoked by the Florian government in 1672 AN. It consists of an Army, Navy (including marine infantry & a coastguard service), and Air Force. All Florian men ranging from 18-36 must serve at least six months of military service otherwise severe penalties such as heavy fines and imprisonment of up to six months occurs. The Confederate States Armed Forces is the successor of the Florian Security Force. The President of the Confederate States is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. From the modest cadre in existence on the date of the armed forces refoundation, the Florian Republic Armed Forces has experienced sustained growth in terms of both manpower and equipment from 1676 onwards, having benefited from an exponential increase in investment following the culmination of Florian reconstruction efforts earlier in the decade.

The Confederate States Armed Forces provides, as of 1689, the largest individual national force contribution to Apollonia Command, and will from 1700 AN be the lead nation for the Raspur Pact's forces on the continent of Apollonia.

Organisation

Administrative

The Confederate States Armed Forces comprise of three independent service branches - the Florian Army, Florian Navy, and the Florian Air Force, brought together under the authority of the War Office in Northcliff with the President serving as Commander-in-Chief.

Operational

The Confederate States Armed Forces is divided into four operational commands, these being Army Group East & Army Group West, Fleet Command, and the Home Army.

Command	Area of Operations	Subordinate Formations	Number of personnel
Army Group East	Las Andreas Longstreet Moss Side Port Farrar Victoria	201st Army I Corps XIX Corps 22nd Attack Group 203rd Army XVIII Corps XXII Corps 19th Bombardment Group 92nd Attack Group 205th Army 49th Fighter Group	Florian Army – 518,400 Florian Air Force – 14,400
Army Group West	Bridgemoor Dragonmoor Meadowedge Oldhaven Stonehall	202nd Army XVI Corps XVII Corps 307th Attack Group 204th Army XV Corps XX Corps XXI Corps 98th Attack Group 35th Fighter Group	Florian Army – 345,600 Florian Air Force – 10,800
Fleet Command	Littoral Waters Overseas Territories	Coastguard Norfolk Isles Squadron Togafaga Station Etourney Station 624th Reconnaissance Regiment (25%) Maritime Special Operations Flotilla (MARSOF)	Florian Navy – 149,440 Florian Air Force – 1,500
Home Army	Northcliff District Whole Force Sustainment	1st Florian Division 2nd Florian Division Home Service Regiments Republican Guard Corps 8th Fighter Group 543rd Tactical Support Group 624th Reconnaissance Regiment (75%)	Florian Army – 65,160 Florian Air Force – 8,100

Deployments

Current

Deployment	Deployed Units	Parent Formation	Dates
Yak Tail Banner Group (AMEAHL)	205th Army	Army Group East	1685 AN –
	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)
Florian Expeditionary Force (Operation Retribution)	1st Florian Division 2nd Florian Division	Home Army	1692 AN –1695 AN
	Cuirassiers' Artillery Regiment	Republican Guard Corps
	Army Artillery Regiment	Home Service Regiments

Former

Deployment	Deployed Units	Parent Formation	Dates
Operation Dark Horse	Ad Hoc Units	Various	1685 AN
Sanaman Mission to the Green Strip	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)	1689 AN
Operation Cobra	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)	1690 AN – 1691 AN
Operation Last Point	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)	1691 AN

Service branches

Florian Army

Home Army

Unit Name	Commandant	Garrison	Role	Equipment	Establishment	Status
Republican Guard Corps
Guards Brigade		Northcliff	Mechanised Infantry			Activated 1679
Cuirassiers Brigade Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron Cuirassiers' Brigade Engineer Squadron Cuirassiers' Reconnaissance Squadron 1st Cuirassiers' Regiment 2nd Cuirassiers' Regiment 3rd Cuirassiers' Regiment Cuirassiers' Artillery Regiment Cuirassiers' Brigade Commissariat Regiment		Northcliff	Armoured			Activated 1679
1st Reconnaissance Regiment		Northcliff St. Farrar International Airport (FRAF Cantonment)	Special Reconnaissance			Activated 1679
1st (Florian) Division
2nd (Florian) Division
Home Service Regiments
Army Training Regiment		Arndale Camp (Longsight)	Basic Training			Activated 1672
Army Infantry Regiment		Montgomery Barracks (Longsight)	Parent Regt - Infantry			Activated 1672
Army Armoured Regiment			Parent Regt - Armour			Activated 1672
Army Artillery Regiment		Whalley Range Training Area (Las Andreas)	Parent Regt - Artillery			Activated 1672
Army Air Defence Regiment		Whalley Range Training Area (Las Andreas)	Parent Regt - Air Defence			Activated 1672
Army Commissariat Regiment		Arndale Camp (Longsight)	Parent Regt - Logistics & Admin			Activated 1672
Army Signals Regiment			Parent Regt - Signallers			Activated 1672
Army Engineering Regiment		Rusholme Barracks	Parent Regt - Engineers			Activated 1672
Army Provosts Regiment		Cheadle Barracks (Birmingham)	Parent Regt - Military Police			Activated 1672
General Service Regiment		Salford Docks Cantonment (Port Farrar)	Parent Regt - Specialists			Activated 1672

Army Group East

Unit Name	Commandant	Garrison	Role	Equipment	Establishment	Status
201st Army
I Corps 5th Florian Armoured Division 6th Florian Mountain Division 7th Volunteer Mountain Division 3rd Corps Commissariat Brigade		Longsight	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XIX Corps 10th Florian Armoured Division 11th Volunteer Assault Grenadier Division 13th Florian Mountain Division 4th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Victoria	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
203rd Army
XVIII Corps 12th Florian Armoured Division 16th Florian Assault Grenadier Division 22nd Volunteer Cavalry Division 5th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Las Andreas	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XXII Corps 3rd Florian Armoured Division 9th Florian Armoured Division 6th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Port Farrar	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
205th Army
XXIII Corps 41st Florian Assault Grenadier Division 52nd Volunteer Cavalry Division 12th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Diamond Harbour	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1685
XXIV Corps 42nd Florian Assault Grenadier Division 51st Volunteer Cavalry Division 13th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Port Richard	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1685
XXV Corps 43rd Florian Assault Grenadier Division 52nd Volunteer Cavalry Division 14th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Sri Alba	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1695
XXVI Corps 19th Volunteer Grenadier Regiment of the Honourable Company 44th Florian Assault Grenadier Division 53rd Volunteer Cavalry Division 15th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Ghawlama Khojinacinggha Mitrovska	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1695

Army Group West

Unit Name	Commandant	Garrison	Role	Equipment	Establishment	Status
202nd Army
XVI Corps 4th Florian Police Division 14th Florian Grenadier Division 26th Florian Grenadier Division 7th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Meadowedge	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XVII Corps 15th Florian Grenadier Division 27th Volunteer Grenadier Division 33rd Florian Cavalry Division 8th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Bridgemoor	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
204th Army
XV Corps 18th Florian Grenadier Division 28th Volunteer Grenadier Division 37th Volunteer Cavalry Division 9th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Dragonmoor	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XX Corps 17th Florian Assault Grenadier Division 20th Florian Grenadier Division 29th Florian Grenadier Division 10th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Stonehall	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XXI Corps 8th Florian Cavalry Division 25th Florian Grenadier Division 29th Florian Grenadier Division 35th Police Grenadier Division 11th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Oldhaven	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679

Florian Air Force

Florian Air Command Commander: Colonel-General George Strelling
Unit	Sub-units	Aircraft	Notes
19th Bombardment Group	28th Bombardment Regiment 30th Bombardment Regiment 93rd Bombardment Regiment	F-11GM Florentine	Attached 3rd Army
22nd Attack Group	19th Attack Regiment 22nd Attack Regiment 33rd Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 1st Army
92nd Attack Group	325th Attack Regiment 326th Attack Regiment 327th Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 3rd Army
98th Attack Group	343rd Attack Regiment 344th Attack Regiment 345th Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 4th Army
307th Attack Group	370th Attack Regiment 371st Attack Regiment 372nd Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 2nd Army
8th Fighter Group	35th Fighter Regiment 36th Fighter Regiment 80th Fighter Regiment	FA-9 Banshee A	Attached Home Army
35th Fighter Group	39th Fighter Regiment 40th Fighter Regiment 41st Fighter Regiment	F-9 Ashavan II	Attached Army Group West
49th Fighter Group	7th Fighter Regiment 8th Fighter Regiment 9th Fighter Regiment	F-9 Ashavan II	Attached Army Group East
543rd Tactical Support Group	8th Training Regiment 45th Training Regiment 162nd Training Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached Home Army
31st Transport & Communications Regiment		ADAPTOV Helicopter	Attached Fleet Command
624th Reconnaissance Regiment		F-12(PR) Pterosaur, UAV Reaper, VT-UAV 1 Tadpole	Attached Home Army (75%), Fleet Command (25%)

Equipment

Aircraft

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Fixed-wing aircraft
FA-9 Banshee A	Talenore	Multirole fighter aircraft	100		Delivered 1676–1679 AN
F-9 Ashavan II	Talenore	Air superiority fighter aircraft	175		Delivered 1676–1679 AN
F-11GM Florentine	Floria	Guided Munition (Piloted)	2,310		In service from 1680 AN. Estimated production rate of 330 per Norton year.
F-12(PR) Pterosaur	Floria	Long-range photo reconnaissance aircraft (reduced radar cross-section)	18		"Jingdaoese intelligence officers can confirm the stealth ability of these planes. We haven't spotted a single one of them yet." —Wui Tsan, 1673 AN
F-13 Demon	Floria	Stealth air superiority fighter aircraft	2		Developed from F-12(PR) Pterosaur. Technology demonstrator.
T-2/A-2 Saeqeh	Unified Governorates	Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft	2,400		Delivered 1679 AN
T-3 Akóntio	Unified Governorates	Jet Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft	1,200		Delivered 1679 AN
Rotary-winged aircraft
UH-3 ADAPTOV	Floria	Transport helicopter	100
SH-2 Lark	Floria	Scout helicopter	500
GH-4 Warthog	Floria	Helicopter gunship	200
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
UAV Reaper	Floria	Unmanned aerial vehicle	200		Modified target drone retrofitted with photo-reconnaissance pod
VT-UAV 1 Tadpole	Unified Governorates	Unmanned aerial vehicle	2,650		Delivered 1679 AN. Unmanned artillery spotter
UAV CLAW	Floria	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle	On Order		Developed under Project TUSK. Swarm concept, attack and scouting UCAV. Initial order of 300 for evaluation and proof of concept testing. Ordered 1687 AN.
UAV Raider	Floria	Quadcopter Assault Drone	On Order		Developed under Project TUSK. Initial order of 10 for evaluation and proof of concept testing.ordered 1687 AN
Inactive Reserve
FLO Helicarrier	Floria	Helicarrier	1 ??		Rumours of the FRAF retrofitting salvaged Menelmacari gravimetric engines to the hulk of an ex-Florian capital ship sunk at Blythe during the War of Lost Brothers have been denied by the Florian Government as well as by the alleged facilitators of the technology transfer.

Air Defence

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Air defence weapon
M1673-L7 Avenger	Floria	Early warning radar	25
M1679-L6 Close-in Air Defence System	Alduria	Short range air defence system	2 batteries		Purchased 1679 for ₦ 470M. Purchase comprises x2 command posts and radars x12 launchers x480 Silver-I interceptor missile
M1680-L8 Longbow	Sanama	Ballistic missile defence system	1 battery		Purchased from Sanama Arms Industries 1680 AN
LaWS	Floria	Laser weapon	10

Artillery

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Experimental
M1692-L7 Coronal Mass Projector	Farrar Technologies	Scaled Plasma Rail Gun	1		Technology Demonstrator
Mortars
M1676-L1 37mm Mortar	Floria	Light Infantry Mortar	1,907
M1676-L6 70mm Barrage Mortar	Floria	Bomblet Dispensing Infantry Mortar	5,863
Rocket Launchers
M1676-L2 Anti-Drone Projector (Steam)	Floria	Grenade Projector	433
M1676-L3 Fixed Rocket Barrage System	Floria	Multiple Rocket Launcher	849		36-tube 76mm diameter Unguided Rockets
M1676-L4 Land Mattress Rocket Barrage System	Floria	Multiple Rocket Launcher	796		30-tube 76mm diameter Unguided Rockets
M1676-L5 Fixed Rocket Barrage System	Floria	Multiple Rocket Launcher	152		20-tube 177mm diameter Unguided Rockets
Self-propelled guns
BK-IV 155 mm self-propelled howitzer	Mishalan Arsenal	155 mm self-propelled howitzer / field gun	1		Evaluation piece received 1690 AN. x2,000 ordered 1692 AN.

Armoured vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Tanks
T-105 Self-Propelled Gun	Floria	Self-Propelled Gun	121		Main armament: 105 mm (4.13 in) L/25 with 48 rounds. Operational range 180 km. Maximum speed: 33 kmph.
T-113	Floria	Main battle tank	100		Main armament: modified 105 mm gun, fitted with a fume extractor and thermal sleeve, 80 rounds. Operational range: 170 km. Maximum speed: 55 kmph
T-120 Ghost	Floria	Stealth Tank	10		qty 10x T-113 redesigned to incorporate active camouflage technology developed by Titan Automotives and the University of Northcliff to protect military vehicles from detection by near infrared night vision devices, providing infrared stealth.
Reconnaissance Vehicles
Universal Carrier Scout	Floria	Light Scout Vehicle	1,200		All-electric battery-powered lightly-armoured personnel carrier / scout. Main armament: 23 mm anti-aircraft twin-barrelled autocannon. Endurance on single charge: 400km. Maximum speed 60km on road, 30km off-road.
LAV-1	Floria	Light Scout Vehicle	500
LAV-2	Floria	Armoured Car	250
Autonomous Armoured Vehicles
Colossus Drone	Floria	Autonomous Mobile Land Warfare Platform	100		Armed with two gattling guns, SAM and mortar launcher. Mortars can be replaced with gas launchers. Developed under Project TUSK. Can be used for defense or large scale assault on settlements.

Missiles

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
AAM-1 Sonderwang	Unified Governorates	Missile – AAM	10,000		Purchased from the Allied Production Matrix – 1679
SA-1 Red Mist	Shireroth	Missile – SAM	600		Purchased from the Allied Production Matrix – 1679
X-69 Hypersonic	Floria	Missile - Hypersonic	1	File:X-69 Hypersonic.png	Experimental prototype – 1681

Small Arms

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Knives, Grenades, Miscellaneous Implements
Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick)	Allied Production Matrix Domestic workshops	Petrol Bomb	6,275,510		Donated by Trans-Euran Command in 1672 AN. Domestic replenishment and production from 1686 AN
Scorpion bomb	Domestic workshops	Anti-personnel device	2,237,434		Entering production from 1686 AN
Pistols / Carbines / Rifles
M1525 9 mm Pistol	Allied Production Matrix	Pistol	49,961		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Licensed domestic production from 1686 AN.
M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine	Allied Production Matrix	Carbine	52,842		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Licensed domestic production from 1686 AN.
M1591 7.62 mm Rifle	Allied Production Matrix	Marksman Rifle	30,000		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672.
M1656 9 mm SMG	Allied Production Matrix	Submachine Gun	124,762		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Licensed domestic production from 1686 AN.
M1686 7.62 mm Assault Rifle	Mishalan Arsenal	Assault Rifle	223,020		x 530,000 ordered 1687 AN.
FLO-57 SMG	Farrar Technologies	Submachine gun	125,000
FLO-7 SMG	Farrar Technologies	Submachine gun	125,000
FLO M4A1	Farrar Technologies	Assault rifle	125,000
FAF SMG	Farrar Technologies	Submachine gun	70,000
Machine Guns
SAI MG1 5.56 mm Machine Gun	Sanama Arms Industries	Light Machine Gun	12,700		Purchased 1687 AN
Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG	Allied Production Matrix	Heavy Machine Gun	25,125		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672 & Raspur Pact in 1679.
Infantry Support Weapons
Waspsting Man-portable Air Defence System	Allied Production Matrix	Anti-Air	525		Supplied by Raspur Pact in 1679
Hornet Recoilless Rifle	Allied Production Matrix	Anti-Tank	2,257		Supplied by Raspur Pact in 1679
Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle	Allied Production Matrix	Anti-Materiel	1,525		Supplied by Raspur Pact in 1679
CP 60 "Cherry Picker"	Sanama Arms Industries	7.62 mm Marksman Rifle	1,000		Purchased 1687 AN

Support vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Utility
Pod Armoured Personnel Carrier	Shireroth	Support Vehicle	18,000		In service – 1679
Snatch Land Rover	Shireroth	Support Vehicle	36,000		In service – 1679

Vessels

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Auxiliary Vessels
Florimell-class Troop Landing Ship	Unified Governorates	Troop Landing Ship	80		Transferred from Benacia Command 1675
Armed trawlers	Floria	Naval trawler	215		Taken into service, 1680
Patrol Vessels
In-shore rigid-hulled inflatable patrol craft, various types	Floria	fast attack craft	1,500	-	Entered service 1680
Melusine-class Missile Boat	Constancia	Missile attack craft	25		Transferred from Imperial Constancian Armed Forces 1672.
Northman-class Corvette	Passio-Corum /  Constancia	Corvette	4		Transferred from Imperial Constancian Armed Forces 1672.
Submarines
FLO Etourney-class	Floria	Coastal submarine	25
Submersibles
Type 1 Operator Directed Torpedo	Floria	Human torpedo	200	-	Entered service 1680
Type 2 Operator Directed Torpedo	Floria	Human torpedo	420	-	Entered service 1680
Surface Combatant Vessels
Protector-class missile frigate	Floria	Missile frigate	20		Entered service 1693 AN

Static defences

Given Floria's unfavourable strategic position, the War Office's categorical imperative was to harden the national infastructure against attack and establish defensive lines so as to ensure that the country could not be swiftly divided and overrun by any putative invader.

One of Floria's great strengths was its famously overactive construction industry, and the national familiarity with pouring concrete in vast quantities was duly leverged in the cause of national defence.

Frontier defensive zones

Starting in 1679, the Florian Army commenced a programme of "bunkerisation" that saw the construction of hundreds of thousands of bunkers in a belt of fortifications 72km in depth and running parallel to Floria's border with Jingdao, screening Floria's primary western population centres and the tenuous land corridor connecting Las Andreas with Port Farrar in the east.

Within the fortification belt constituting the frontier defensive zone bunkers would be installed in every viable location from hilltops and woodlands to villages and towns, even in such incongruous locations as hospital car parks and regional post offices.

The bunkers were constructed of concrete, steel and iron and ranged in size from one- or two-person pillboxes with gun slits to large underground nuclear bomb shelters intended to serve as Corps command headquarters. The most common type of bunker was a small concrete dome set into the ground with a circular bottom extending downwards, just large enough for one or two people to stand inside. These domes were prefabricated and transported to their final positions, where they were assembled. They consist of three main elements: a 3 m diameter hemispherical concrete dome with a firing slit, a hollow cylinder to support the dome and an outer wall with a radius 60 cm larger than the cylinder. The gap between the cylinder and outer wall is filled with earth.