Union Defence Force
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| Motto | Pax in Bello | ||
| In use by: | Congress of Chryse | ||
| Allegiance: | Benacian Union | ||
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| Type: | Defence Force | ||
| Size: | 1,360,962 personnel (1699 AN):
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| Nicknames: | The Ironsides | ||
| Commanders: | Commissioner of Defence: General Adam al-Osman Chief of Staff: General Abolfazl Shahzad Khoroushi | ||
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The Union Defence Force constitutes the armed and military forces of the Benacian Union raised in Elluenuueq with responsibility for the defence of that territory.
History
The UDF has been through various incarnations but traces its ancestry back to the feudal militias raised by Elwynn to fight in the War of Vengeance and the Elwynnbrigaden which fought in the War of Jeremy's Nose and the Kai Aphmyarkaiph before being re-established as the Elwwehr in the wake of the White Lily Revolt. The UDF expanded dramatically in size during the era of Elwynnese independence and emerged as a political power broker in the tumultuous years prior to the establishment of the Coordinated State. It was abolished after the Communist Revolution of 1613 and replaced by various ad hoc revolutionary groups and a People's Militia. Following the Kalirion Restoration the UDF was re-established by decree of the Steward of Elwynn, the Storjarl Hallbjörn Haraldsson, in 1629 AN.
The UDF essentially collapsed after three separate wars against the Imperial Forces, these being the River War (1635), the Year of the Four Kaisers (1644) and the Auspicious Occasion (1651). Although victorious in the first two encounters, both triggered by rogue anti-Elw factions within the Imperial Government, the final decisive battle which united Imperialists and Elwynnese dissidents against Monarchists loyal to the House of Ettlingar Freyu was an abrupt and decisive coup during in which the UDF hesitated, wavered and finally went over to the Imperial side, joining the cudgellers in turning against the Froyalanish FLG and VTG.
In spite of backing the winning side the UDF was now at the mercy of its longstanding rivals the Imperial Army whose tribunes, legates and magisters took great pleasure from humiliating the Elwynnese officer corps by having them wait upon them as servants and personal attendants. This both demoralised the UDF and undermined the officers in the eyes of their subordinates. A wave of resignations ensued and the command and control of the UDF progressively collapsed.
As officers resigned and troops abandoned the colours, the active strength of the UDF was reduced down to the Zjandarian Guards, the 12th Naval Division, the Elwkustbevakning and the Amokolian Highlanders and much of its equipment forfeited to their old rivals the Imperial Forces whilst the General Staff was replaced by an Imperial Liaison Mission intended to reintegrate the UDF into the wider scheme of the Imperial Republic's collective defence. It was replaced after 1653 by the Republican Guard, a state security service geared towards maintaining internal security.
The Republican Guard however would ultimately prove to be an inadequate force for the magnitude of the task it faced, confronted as it was by the decay of the Imperial Republic in the aftermath of the War of Lost Brothers, and would be swiftly overwhelmed by the Elwynnese Civil War.
The third restoration of the UDF occurred in 1672 with the unification of the two paramilitary forces which had supported the Elwynnese Republic during its first year of independence in the aftermath of the Kalirion Fracture: these being the Elwynnese Liberation Army (consisting of cudgellers of the Northern Reaches and Akordionyr, supported by the ESB and the Iron Company, and volunteers) and the Sāzmān-e Basij-e Niruha-yeh Entezami (Babkhi paramilitaris active in Alalehzamin and Utasia). The Northern Banner Group of Benacia Command has been instrumental in equipping and reorganising the nascent new UDF and has assisted with the integration of defecting Imperial personnel into its ranks.
Following the Leng Garrison abuse scandal of 1688 separate female-only formations and barracks were established in the following year for women undertaking national-service. These new formations, the Women's Auxiliary Air Service, the Women's Auxiliary Maritime Service, the Women's Auxiliary Nursing Service, and the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, whilst subject to the same military discipline of their male counterparts, focused on the fulfilment of specialist non-combat roles. Women continue to enjoy the legal right to join the territorial defence and combat arms of the UDF and, as of 1689, 14% of the total manpower establishment of contracted personnel (professional volunteers as opposed to conscripts), equating to 63,852 servicewomen are female.
Doctrine
(withdrawn, pending re-write)
Organisation
The UDF consists of sixty-five wartime combined-arms territorial defence divisions, nine "jaeger" divisions, seven "pansar" divisions, two auxiliary service corps (fleet & air) and five non-combatant corps.
Structure
The Prince enjoyed full control of the UDF, but used a highly complex organisational structure. The basic peacetime organisational structure of the UDF were the Territorial inspectorate, the Combined Arms Corps, the division and the regiment. Following on from the experiences of mobilisation during the Second Amokolian War the UDF's administrative structure was substantially reorganised. During wartime, the staff of the Territorial inspectorates formed field army commands, which controlled the corps and subordinate units. At the higher and allied command level of Benacia Command, the Banner Group existed. Each Banner Group controlled several field armies.
Territorial Inspectorates
Elwynn was divided into territorial inspectorates, each of which oversaw two or three corps of the former Territorial Defence Force.
- I Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Eliria, forming the 18th Army on mobilisation
- II Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Vijayanagara, forming the 13th Army on mobilisation
- III Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Ardashirshahr, forming the 12th Army on mobilisation
- X Combined Arms Corps
- 31st Territorial Division
- 54th Territorial Division
- 74th Territorial Division
- XXXV Combined Arms Corps
- 32nd Territorial Division
- 55th Territorial Division
- 75th Territorial Division
- XXXVI Combined Arms Corps
- 33rd Territorial Division
- 56th Territorial Division
- 78th Territorial Division
- X Combined Arms Corps
- IV Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Nordiskehjem, forming the 316th Army on mobilisation
- XXXVII Combined Arms Corps
- 34th Territorial Division
- 57th Territorial Division
- 79th Territorial Division
- XXXVIII Combined Arms Corps
- 35th Territorial Division
- 58th Territorial Division
- 80th Territorial Division
- XXXIX Combined Arms Corps
- 36th Territorial Division
- 59th Territorial Division
- 81st Territorial Division
- XXXVII Combined Arms Corps
- V Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Caligae, forming the 17th Army on mobilisation
- XL Combined Arms Corps
- XLI Combined Arms Corps
- XLII Combined Arms Corps
- VI Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Anun, forming the 14th Army on mobilisation
- XLIII Combined Arms Corps
- 2nd Division "Amokolian Pioneers" (2 Div Amk)
- 40th Territorial Division
- 63rd Territorial Division
- XLIV Combined Arms Corps
- XLV Combined Arms Corps
- XLIII Combined Arms Corps
VII Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Mittlere Stadt, forming the 115th Army on mobilisation(Defected to SDF, IV.1692 AN)- VIII Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Pozdam, forming the 1st Pansar Army on mobilisation
- XLVIII Combined Arms Corps
- XLIX Combined Arms Corps
- L Combined Arms Corps
- LI Combined Arms Corps (transferred from 2nd Pansar Army)
- 1st Pansarfördelningen
- 2nd Pansarfördelningen
- 89th Territorial Division
- IX Territorial Inspectorate: Headquartered in Mišalan, forming the 2nd Pansar Army on mobilisation
- LII Combined Arms Corps
- 3rd Pansarfördelningen
- 4th Pansarfördelningen
- 47th Territorial Division
- LIII Combined Arms Corps
- 6th Pansarfördelningen
- 7th Pansarfördelningen
- 90th Territorial Division
- LII Combined Arms Corps
Second Echelon Forces
- Amphibious Corps of the UDF
- Admiralty (Florencia, UGB)
- Fleet Resurrection Command (Florencia, UGB)
- Maritime Forces (Normark)
- Admiralty (Florencia, UGB)
Following disastrous defections which saw 80% of the maritime assets available to the UDF defect to the rebel forces at the onset of the Second Elwynnese Civil War, the order to reconstitute the Amphibious Corps of the UDF was given on 23.III.1693 AN. With the remaining Elwynnese ports in UDF hands (Anun, Asantelian, Avakair, Caligae and New Harbour) within range of rebel air attacks, or else situated in isolated and icebound Normark, the decision was made to assemble new personnel and shipping at Capitolia on the UGB administered island of Florencia.
12th Maritime Division (12 Div Mar)(Defected to SDF, III.1692 AN)1st Submarine Warfare Flotilla located at Vijayanagara3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla located at Wolfraven(Defected to SDF, III.1692 AN)4th Naval Warfare Flotilla located at Port Illumination(Defected to SDF,III.1692 AN)5th Submarine Warfare Flotilla located at Wolfraven
23rd Maritime Division "Kustartilleriet" (23 Div KA)(Defected to SDF, III.1692 AN)
Union Aerospace Corps (UAC)
Union Aerospace Corps Command (UACC)(Defected to SDF, II.1692 AN)- 4th Tactical Aviation Division (4 TA Div)
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5th Tactical Aviation Division (5 TA Div)(Defected to SDF, II.1692 AN) -
6th Logistics-Airlift Division (6 L-A Div)(Defected to SDF, II.1692 AN) -
7th Anti-Air Defence of the Nation Division (7 AADN Div)(Defected to SDF, II.1692 AN) - 8th Strategic Operations Division (8 Strat-Op Div)
- 9th Maritime Reconnaissance Division (9 MR Div)
- 91st Tactical Aviation Division (91 TA Div)
Combat Support Services Corps (CSSC)
- 17th Logistic Division (17 Log Div) (Transport)
- Elwynnsbrigad 17 Nod I (i.e. 17th Elwynnese Brigade North (I) etc.)
- Elwynnsbrigad 18 Öst I
- Elwynnsbrigad 19 Syd I
- Elwynnsbrigad 20 Väst I
- 19th Ordnance Division (19 Ord Div) (Ammunition)
- Elwynnsbrigad 23 Nod II
- Elwynnsbrigad 24 Öst II
- Elwynnsbrigad 25 Syd II
- Elwynnsbrigad 26 Väst II
- 20th Services Division (20 Ser Div) (Logistics, Catering, Medical Services)
- Elwynnsbrigad 27 Nod II
- Elwynnsbrigad 28 Öst II
- Elwynnsbrigad 29 Syd II
- Elwynnsbrigad 30 Väst II
- 21st Works Division (21 Wor Dov) (Labour & Infrastructure Maintenance)
- Elwynnsbrigad 31 Nod III
- Elwynnsbrigad 32 Öst III
- Elwynnsbrigad 33 Syd III
- Elwynnsbrigad 34 Väst III
Non-Combatant Corps
- Kungliga Krigsacademien / Royal Academy of Warfare
- Försvarshögskolan / Defence College
- Union Signals Corps (USC) - Ledningsregementet
- Elwmarine (ElwM)
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Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels (CGC)(defected to the SDF, 1692 AN) - Union Medical Corps (UMC)
- Women's Auxiliary Air Service
- Women's Auxiliary Maritime Service
- Women's Auxiliary Nursing Service
- Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service
Current Missions
Assignments & Allocations
| Continental Theatre Command | Material allocation (%) | Lead Nation |
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| Apollonia Command | 1% |  Natopia(Floria after 1700 AN) |
| Benacia Command | 80% |  Unified Governorates
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| Keltia Command | 19% |  Nouvelle Alexandrie
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Ongoing operational deployments
For overseas expeditions the UDF follows the operational doctrine of the Raspur Pact in creating situation specific and mission-orientated combined-arms corps and battlegroups as required, typically formed by grouping, mobility, fire support, and logistical detachments, around the command staff and administrative structure of a territorial division.
- Allied Reconstruction Mission in Hurmu (1690 AN – )
Forces Assigned:
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51st Territorial Division(defected to SDF, 1692)
- 3rd Brigade, 81st Territorial Division (deployed, 1694)
- Regimental and Squadron Detachments from the following:
-- 7th Anti-Air Defence of the Nation Division
-- 17th Logistic Division
-- Union Signals Corps
-- Elwmarine
--Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels(defected to SDF, 1692)
-- Union Medical Corps
-- Women's Auxiliary Air Service
-- Women's Auxiliary Maritime Service
-- Women's Auxiliary Nursing Service
-- Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service - Operation Retribution (1692 AN – )
Equipment
Small Arms
| Name | Origin | Type | № in Service | Image | Notes |
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| Clinger Bomb, Adhesive Anti-Tank Grenade |  Shireroth |
Small Arms | 34,986 | ||
| CP 60 "Cherry Picker" 7.62 mm sniper rifle | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 17,492 | ||
| Cudgel | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 885,949 | Issued to Elwynnese Landstorm | |
| Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick) | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 7,258,270 | Issued to Elwynnese Landstorm | |
| LTM 60 "Trouble Maker" 9 mm submachine gun | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 46,649 | Issued to Elwynnese Landstorm | |
| M14 Fragmentation Hand Grenade | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 233,245 |  |
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| M1486 Webb-Lee 11.6 mm Revolver | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 3,358 |  |
Issued to Elwynnese Landstorm |
| M15 White Phosphorus Grenade | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 116,622 |  |
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| M1508 Martini-Rossi 11.56 mm Rifle | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 34,986 |  |
Issued to Elwynnese Landstorm |
| M1591(R) marksman rifle (7.62×67mmB) | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 23,324 |  |
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| M16 Mustard Gas Grenade | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 116,622 |  |
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| M1610 7.9 mm Rifle (Semi-Automatic) | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 1,443,015 |  |
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| M1656 9 mm SMG | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 38,134 |  |
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| M1686 assault rifle (7.62×67mmB) | Mishalan Arsenal |
Small Arms | 1,712,751 | .png) |
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| M1690 machine pistol (9x19mm) | Mishalan Arsenal |
Small Arms | 24,300 | .png) |
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| M18 Red Smoke Grenade | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 233,245 |  |
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| Pattern 1496 Sabre | Shireroth |
Small Arms | 9,483 | ||
| Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle (Anti-Materiel) | Shireroth |
Inf Spt Wpn | 114 |  |
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| Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG | Shireroth |
Machine Gun | 7,090 |  |
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| Wren 7.62mm LMG | Shireroth |
Machine Gun | 125,507 |  |
Artillery
| Name | Origin | Type | № in Service | Image | Notes | |
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| Trump Radar Tracking Autocannon | Shireroth |
Anti-Air | 51 |  |
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| Waspsting Man-portable Air Defence System | Shireroth |
Anti-Air | 48 | |||
| Hornet 84 mm Recoilless Rifle (Anti-Tank) | Shireroth |
Anti-Tank | 168 | |||
| 105 mm Light Gun | Shireroth |
Artillery | 1,015 | |||
| Katzenklavier |  Elwynn |
Self-Propelled Rocket Artillery | 63 | |||
| 80mm field gun | Shireroth |
Artillery | 1,566 | |||
| 82 mm Mortar | Shireroth |
Artillery | 14,357 | |||
| Self-propelled guns | ||||||
| HK-IV 155 mm self-propelled howitzer | Mishalan Arsenal |
155 mm self-propelled howitzer / field gun |
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Evaluation piece received 1690 AN. | |
| SAI MGW1 155 |  Sanama Arms Industries |
Mobile Gun Wheeled 155 mm | 2,531 |  |
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Land Vehicles
| Name | Origin | Type | № in Service | Image | Notes |
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| BK-III Verteidiger | Unified Governorates |
Main Battle Tank | 765 |  |
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| AFV4 Bastiat | Unified Governorates |
Armoured guided missile vehicle |
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Delivered from Mishalan Arsenal (1693–1695) |
| GV(MCB)-7 Leviathan |  Sovereign Confederation |
Mobile Command Base | 3 |  |
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| Horjin CV35 | Shireroth |
AFV - Electronic Warfare Vehicle | 29 | ||
| Horjin CV56 | Shireroth |
AFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle | 9,679 |  |
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| Pod Personnel Carrier | Shireroth |
Spt Vehicle | 1,917 |  |
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| Snatch Land Rover | Shireroth |
Spt Vehicle | 250,023 |  |
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| Truck, Light | Shireroth |
Spt Vehicle | 105,814 |  |
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| Truck, Medium | Shireroth |
Spt Vehicle | 235 |
Vessels
| Name | Origin | Type | № in Service | Image | Notes | |
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| Coastal Patrol Craft | Shireroth |
Patrol vessel | 10 | |||
| Elwynn-class | Shireroth |
Guided missile corvette | 1 |  |
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| Florimell-class | Unified Governorates |
Troop landing ship | 3 | |||
| Logistic Support Vessel | Shireroth |
Logistic support vessel | 1 |  |
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| Melusine-class |  Constancia |
Fast missile attack boat | 7 |  |
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| Merchant Vessel (Cargo & Passenger) | Natopia |
Fleet logistics vessel | 1 | |||
| Merchant Vessel (Cargo) | Natopia |
Fleet logistics vessel | 3 |  |
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| Montran-class | Sanama |
Destroyer | 6 |  |
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| Seafox-class | Sanama |
Corvette | 12 |  |
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| Vista de Nada-class | Natopia |
Frigate | 1 |  |
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| 1693 Procurement Programme (Fleet Resurrection Command) | ||||||
| Behaurnais-class amphibious assault ship | Pontecorvo Firm |
Amphibious assault ship | 4 ordered |  |
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| Type XXVI U-Boat | Pontecorvo Firm |
Fleet submarine | 6 ordered |  |
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| Carrillo-class amphibious command ship | Pontecorvo Firm |
Amphibious command ship | 2 ordered |  |
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| Logistic Support Vessel |  Amity Shipyards |
Fleet auxiliary | 11 ordered | |
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| Melusine II-class | Rothaven Boatyards |
Fast attack craft | 60 ordered | |
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| Protector-class missile frigate | Sanama State Maritime Industries |
Missile frigate | 16 ordered |  |
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| Rhodondra-class amphibious assault ship | Sanama State Maritime Industries |
Amphibious assault ship | 4 ordered |  |
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Aircraft
| Name | Origin | Type | № in Service | Image | Notes |
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| A-5 Tejón de Miel | Nouvelle Alexandrie |
Attack | 40 |  |
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| A-6 Pundarikam | Shireroth |
Attack | 1 |  |
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| A-10 Kambera | Shireroth |
Attack | 1 |  |
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| AH-75 Cobra | Sanama |
Attack Helicopter | 30 |  |
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| F-8 Shrike | Elwynn |
Multirole Strike | 35 |  |
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| F-9 Ashavan II |  Talenore |
Multirole Strike | 111 |  |
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| GAV-4(U) Jackalope | Shireroth |
Transport Utility | 28 | ||
| GAV(P)-5 Nereid | Shireroth |
Patrol | 29 |  |
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| GAV(P)-6 Zephyr Mark 1a | Natopia |
Patrol | 1 |  |
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| R-1 Whirdlebird | Shireroth |
Reconnaissance | 190 |  |
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| T-2/A-2 Saeqeh |  Babkha |
Training/Light Attack | 222 |  |
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| T-3 Akóntio | Constancia |
Training/Light Attack | 12 |  |
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| T-4/A-4 Flecha | Nouvelle Alexandrie |
Training/Light Attack | 120 |  |
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| VT-UAV 1 Tadpole | Talenore |
Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Vehicle | 69 |  |
Missiles
| Name | Origin | Type | № in Service | Image | Notes |
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| AAM-1 Sonderwang | Unified Governorates |
Missile – AAM | 267 |  |
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| S-2 Standard Missile | Shireroth |
Missile – GPM | 323 |  |
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| SA-1 Red Mist | Shireroth |
Missile – SAM | 7 |  |
Specialist munitions and objects of interest
A quantity of fissile material was recovered from the wreckage of the nuclear attack submarine, the IFS Ingrid, and the site of the Vijayanagara contamination zone.
