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Merger of the Black Legions, Union Defence Force, and Elwynnese Landstorm into a single combined force tasked with the defence of the Benacian Union. To be undertaken at some point between 1701 AN and 1703 AN. (Defence of Normark and overseas outposts to be outsourced to ESB and or "Maritime Support Group"?)

Manpower

As of 1700 AN:

  • Black Legions: 1,752,073 personnel (of whom 223,200 are first-line legionaries)
  • Union Defence Force: 1,360,962 personnel (of whom 504,000 are first-line combat personnel)
  • Elwynnese Landstorm: 3,388,663 personnel (militia / public order troops)

The combined total of the Black Legions and UDF is therefore 3,113,035 personnel, almost as large as the real-world armed forces of India and China combined and quite unsustainable for two wrecked economies in the aftermath of a continental war.

The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26% (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel). This proportion is referred to as the "tooth-to-tail ratio".

3,113,035/100*26 = 809,389 (while 504,000+223,200 = 727,200)

  • 809,389/1,200 = 674 regiments
  • 223,200/1,200 = 186 regiments (186 being 27.6% of 674)

The Benacian Union Defence Forces were the unified armed forces of the Greater Elwynnese Realm and the Unified Governorates of Benacia, formed in 1701 AN from the amalgamation of the Black Legions and the Union Defence Force, the pyrrhic victors in the Second Elwynnese Civil War.

Following the integration of Elwynn and the UGB into the Benacian Union, headquartered in the Free City of Chryse, from 1696 AN onwards, it was realised that the bloated military establishment leftover from the conflict would need to be consolidated into a professional and modern offensively-capable armed force.


Personnel and recruitment

Command structure

The Benacian Union Defence Force reports to the High Presidium of the Benacian Union via the Benacian Security Council and the Commissioner of Defence.

It is subjected to ideological discipline, at all levels above the regiment, by units of the General Inspectorate which provides supporting political officers and Mobile Security Troops who served as blocking detachments.

General Staff Council

The General Staff of the Benacian Union Defence Force mirrors closely, for simplicity and interoperability, the pattern set by Benacia Command. Indeed, the Command Executive of Benacia Command, headquartered in Merensk, maintains an interface with the General Staff of the BUDF via a liaison office in Chryse in addition to its political representation on the High Presidium of the Benacian Union.

The Commissioner of Defence, on behalf of the High Presidium, appoints a President of the General Staff Council, who holds the post for four years, and who in turn nominates banner officers to head the three service branches of the BUDF as well as the seven specialist support directorates of the General Staff itself. These officers, all on four year terms similarly, therefore comprise the totality of the General Staff Council.

The seven directorates are as follows:

  • D1 - Information Technology
  • D2 - Logistics
  • D3 - Manpower
  • D4 - Planning
  • D5 - Operations
  • D6 - Military Intelligence
  • D7 - Political Relations

The General Staff Council and its supporting directorates, as constituted, therefore are responsibile for operational and strategic level planning, where operational planning covers units and formations above the legion ("Salb") level.

In practice, under most circumstances, operational deployments, including combined arms, joint, and allied operations, would be conducted via the substantially parallel structures of the Benacian Continental Theatre Command of the Raspur Pact, which organises a number of combined arms corps, field armies, and banner groups. Accordingly the foremost concern of the General Staff Council of the BUDF in wartime would be force generation and sustainment.

Personnel selected for assignment to the General Staff Council and its directorates are rebadged and assigned to the General Service Corps so as to detach them from their previous service branch and area of specialism. The General Service Corps, in addition to supporting the General Staff Council also provides the Command and Control Regiments encountered at the corps-level formation and higher.

Branches

Land Forces

The Land Forces constitute the largest part of three service branches of the BDUF. Benacian armies have historically been massive, dating all the way back to the warring dynasties of the Second Era of Shireroth. Today, they are also highly mechanised, well-equipped, and have great firepower and manouevre potential. Manpower and material combined make the present Land Forces of the BDUF a formidable warfighting force in their own right.

The main combat power of the Land Forces is concentrated in the Panzer and Motorised Infantry Regiments of the Legions that form the heart of the Combined Arms Corps which are the mainstay of the forces fielded by the Armies and Banner Groups organised by Benacia Command from the forces provided by the BDUF.

The basic principle of land warfare for the BUDF Land Forces is violent, sustained, and deep offensive action. Mechanised and armoured formations, supported by aviation and artillery, are to seize the initiative at the outset of hostilities, to penetrate the enemy's defenses, and to drive deeply and decisively into the enemy's rear area. The effects of the Scouring convinced the Benacian Union that any future continental war against a near peer rival would be resolved by the indiscriminate use of weapons of mass destruction - the so-called Endsieg scenario - and that the duty of the Land Forces therefore would be to secure the positions that would be advantageous for the survival of the Union in the ensuing conditions of economic and civilisational collapse.

Roughly equivalent to an army group, a Banner Group could be composed of three to five armies with organic artillery, missile, air defence, engineer, signal, intelligence, reconnaissance, and rear service units, plus aviation, air assault, and special purpose forces. As the top-level combined arms formation, a Banner Group would have a Banner Air Force and Banner Fleet attached.

An army meanwhile would comprise of three Combined Arms Corps, each one with a legion at its heart, [...]

Legions

Legions (Salb) of the Benacian Union Defence Force
Legion no.
and title 		Commandant Emblem Recruiting
ethnicity 		Establishment Garrison Notes
Saznan Darneï Babkhan
  • 1 Command & Control Regiment
  • 1st Motorised Infantry Regiment
  • 21st Motorised Infantry Regiment
  • 41st Motorised Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Area Defence Regiment
  • 1st Inspectorate Regiment
 Chryse
Salb I Mishalanese
Salb II Mishalanese
Salb III Mishalanese
Salb IV Aurangzeb Babkhan
Salb V Fretensis File:.png Goldshirian
Salb VI Jahangir File:.png Babkhan
Salb VII Sikarikim File:.png Siyachi
Salb VIII Anandja File:.png Brookshirian
Salb IX Kokhba File:.png Siyachi
Salb X Kana'im File:.png Siyachi
Salb XI Svyashchennaya Druzhina File:.png Mishalanese
Salb XIII Tyrannocricetus Lach
Salb XIX Lywallers
Salb XX Overdolorish
Salb XXX File:.png Florencian
Salb XXXI File:.png Lywallers
Salb XXXIII File:.png Lywallers
Salb XXXIV File:.png Lywallers
Salb XXXV File:.png Lywallers

Divisions

Divisions of the Benacian Union Defence Force
Division no.
and name 		Commandant Emblem Recruiting
ethnicity 		Establishment Garrison Notes
1 Kavallerifördelningen "Elwmacht" File:.png Alalehzamini Elw
  • 21. Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 1. Dragonregementet
  • 1. Infanteriregementet
  • 37. Infanteriregementet
  • 1. Ingenjörregemente
  • 1. Artilleriregemente
  • 1. Luftvärnsregemente
  • 1. Signalregemente
  • 1. Trängregemente
  • 1. Sanitetsregemente
  • 1. Garnisonsregementet
  • 21. Inspektionsregementet
 Chryse
1 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Utasian
  • 22 Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 1. Pansarregementet
  • 2. Infanteriregementet
  • 38. Infanteriregementet
  • 2. Ingenjörregemente
  • 2. Artilleriregemente
  • 2. Luftvärnsregemente
  • 2. Signalregemente
  • 2. Trängregemente
  • 2. Sanitetsregemente
  • 2. Garnisonsregementet
  • 22. Inspektionsregementet
 Pozdam
2 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Mishalanese
  • 23 Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 2 Dragonregementet
  • 3 Infanteriregementet
  • 39 Infanteriregementet
  • 3 Ingenjörregemente
  • 3 Artilleriregemente
  • 3 Luftvärnsregemente
  • 3 Signalregemente
  • 3 Trängregemente
  • 3 Sanitetsregemente
  • 3 Garnisonsregementet
  • 23 Inspektionsregementet
2 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Norse
  • 24 Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 2 Pansarregementet
  • 4 Infanteriregementet
  • 40 Infanteriregementet
  • 4 Ingenjörregemente
  • 4 Artilleriregemente
  • 4 Luftvärnsregemente
  • 4 Signalregemente
  • 4 Trängregemente
  • 4 Sanitetsregemente
  • 4 Garnisonsregementet
  • 24 Inspektionsregementet
3 Kossarfördelningen "Siyachia" File:.png Siyachi Litkov
3 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
  • 25 Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 3 Pansarregementet
  • 5 Infanteriregementet
  • 41 Infanteriregementet
  • 5 Ingenjörregemente
  • 5 Artilleriregemente
  • 5 Luftvärnsregemente
  • 5 Signalregemente
  • 5 Trängregemente
  • 5 Sanitetsregemente
  • 5 Garnisonsregementet
  • 25 Inspektionsregementet
4 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
  • 26 Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 4 Pansarregementet
  • 6 Infanteriregementet
  • 42 Infanteriregementet
  • 6 Ingenjörregemente
  • 6 Artilleriregemente
  • 6 Luftvärnsregemente
  • 6 Signalregemente
  • 6 Trängregemente
  • 6 Sanitetsregemente
  • 6 Garnisonsregementet
  • 26 Inspektionsregementet
5 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Alalehzamini Elw
  • 27 Taktiska Kommando Regemente
  • 5 Pansarregementet
  • 7 Infanteriregementet
  • 43 Infanteriregementet
  • 7 Ingenjörregemente
  • 7 Artilleriregemente
  • 7 Luftvärnsregemente
  • 7 Signalregemente
  • 7 Trängregemente
  • 7 Sanitetsregemente
  • 7 Garnisonsregementet
  • 27 Inspektionsregementet
6 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Norse
7 Pansarfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
10 Kavallerifördelningen "Zjandariska Gardet" File:.png Babkhan
13 Bergsfördelningen "Mishalanska" File:.png Mishalanese
15 Kavallerifördelningen "Angularis" File:.png Babkhan
26 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Norse
31 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Norse
32 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Babkhan
33 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Babkhan
37 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Babkhan
40 Kavallerifördelningen File:.png Babkhan
41 Arméfördelningen File:.png Wintergleamer
42 Arméfördelningen File:.png Wintergleamer
47 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
49 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
54 Arméfördelningen File:.png Araxionian
55 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
56 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
61 Arméfördelningen File:.png Utasian
62 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
63 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
64 Arméfördelningen File:.png Alalehzamini Elw
69 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
74 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
75 Arméfördelningen File:.png Norse
78 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
83 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
84 Arméfördelningen File:.png Tapferite
89 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan
90 Arméfördelningen File:.png Babkhan

Maritime Forces

Naval Divisions of the Benacian Union Defence Force
Division no.
and name 		Commandant Emblem Recruiting
ethnicity 		Establishment Home Port Notes
1st Cruiser Division
  • Florencian
  • Tellian
  • 1st Cruiser Squadron
  • 2nd Cruiser Squadron
 Chryse Assigned to diplomatic duties

Aviation Forces

Equipment

Infantry weapons & equipment

Name Origin Type № in Service Image Notes
Equipment
M1699 Mess Tin Unified Governorates Stahl Maschinenfabrik Koïsoßwerke Personal Kit -
M1700 9 Pieces Cooking Set with Burner Unified Governorates Stahl Maschinenfabrik Koïsoßwerke Personal Kit -
M1701 Stainless Steel Coffee Pot Unified Governorates Stahl Maschinenfabrik Koïsoßwerke Personal Kit -
Personal Weapons
M1686 assault rifle (7.62×67mmB) Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Small Arms 4,340,860 2/3 of total quantity held in storage.
M1690 machine pistol (9x19mm) Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Small Arms 442,604
Squad Weapons
Wren 7.62mm LMG Shireroth Shireroth Machine Gun 125,507
Troop Weapons
Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG Shireroth Shireroth Machine Gun 7,090
M1700 82 mm Recoilless Rifle Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Anti-Tank System
Squadron Weapons
M1701 14 mm sniper rifle Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Sniper Rifle 8,333
Protective Equipment & Body Armour
M1639 Stahlhelm Shireroth Shireroth Steel Helmet 2,335,283
Pattern M1671 Combat System Natopia Neridia Defense Industries Body Armour
(inc. M1671 Stahlhelm)
Uniforms
Pattern M1702 Service Uniform Unified Governorates Guilds of Benacia Garrison Uniform -

Artillery

Name Origin Type № in Service Image Notes
Towed Artillery
M1584 80 mm Field Gun Kildare Heimat Industries 80mm Field Gun 1,566
M1681 105 mm howitzer Nouvelle Alexandrie Javelin Industries 105mm Howitzer 1,015
M1701 158mm MLRS Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal 158mm Multiple Rocket Launcher 4,050 Introduced into service 1701 AN–1702 AN.
Self-Propelled Artillery
HK-IV 155 mm self-propelled howitzer Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal 155 mm self-propelled howitzer / field gun
  • 179
SAI MGW1 155 Sanama Sanama Arms Industries Mobile Gun Wheeled 155 mm 2,627

Land Vehicles

Name Origin Type № in Service Image Notes
Main Battle Tanks
BK-III Verteidiger Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Main Battle Tank 1,165
Armoured Combat Vehicles
BK-IV Bastiat Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Armoured Guided Missile Vehicle 1,072
CV-56 Horjin Normark ESB Group (Keltia) Multi-Role Armoured Fighting Vehicle 12,529
Support Vehicles
Pod Personnel Carrier Shireroth Shireroth Spt Vehicle 1,917
Snatch Land Rover Shireroth Shireroth Spt Vehicle 250,023
Truck, Light Shireroth Shireroth Spt Vehicle 105,814
Truck, Medium Shireroth Shireroth Spt Vehicle 235
Specialist Vehicles
GV(MCB)-7 Leviathan Sovereign Confederation Ryker Airships Mobile Command Base 6

Vessels

Name Origin Type № in Service Image Notes
Behaurnais-class amphibious assault ship Nouvelle Alexandrie Pontecorvo Firm Amphibious assault ship 4
Carrillo-class amphibious command ship Nouvelle Alexandrie Pontecorvo Firm Amphibious command ship 2
Coastal Patrol Boat Sathrati Amity Shipyards Patrol 100
Florimell-class Troop Landing Ship Unified Governorates Rothaven Boatyards Fleet Auxiliary 393
Logistic Support Vessel Sathrati Amity Shipyards Fleet auxiliary 17
Melusine II-class Unified Governorates Rothaven Boatyards Fast attack craft 60
Montran-class Sanama Sanama Destroyer 7
Protector-class missile frigate Sanama Sanama State Maritime Industries Missile frigate 16
Rhodondra-class amphibious assault ship Sanama Sanama State Maritime Industries Amphibious assault ship 4
Seafox-class corvette Sanama Sanama State Maritime Industries Corvette 24
Type XXV U-Boat Sanama Port Niyi Shipyards Attack Submarine 12
Type XXVI U-Boat Sathrati Amity Shipyards Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Submarine
Type XXVII U-Boat Nouvelle Alexandrie Pontecorvo Firm Fleet submarine 6
Viviantia-class logistic support vessel Shireroth Amity Shipyards Fleet Auxiliary 6

Aircraft

Name Origin Type № in Service Image Notes
Combat Air
B-67 Shahrukh Unified Governorates Mishalan Arsenal Strategic Bomber 66
F-9 Ashavan II Sanama/Talenore Brightworks Mistra Multi-role Strike Fighter 1,391
F-17 Axarana Raspur Pact Axarana Consortium Stealth Air Superiority Fighter 2
Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
AEW-1 Floret
  • Kalgachia Kalavia Fixed-Wing Works (initial build & flight avionics)
  • Constancia Ergostásio Aeroskafón (conversion work)
  • Shireroth Gaelen Technologies Corporation (active phased array radar & panopticon suite)
Airborne Early Warning Aircraft 6
AEW-1 Buscadora Nouvelle Alexandrie ESB Susa Airborne Early Warning 5
GAV(P)-6 Zephyr Mark 1a Natopia Auger Industries Patrol 51
Javelin M-2 Dragoon Nouvelle Alexandrie Javelin Industries UAV 60
P-2 Navegador Nouvelle Alexandrie ESB Susa Air Policing / Maritime Patrol 24
VT-UAV 1 Tadpole Sanama/Talenore Brightworks Mistra Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Vehicle 669
Air Mobility
GAV-4(U) Jackalope Shireroth Red Bear LLC Transport Utility 754
TR-279 Dront Sanama Brightworks VTOL Transport 96
Helicopters
AH-75 Cobra Sanama Brightworks Attack Helicopter 42
CH-276 Camel Sanama Brightworks Utility Transport 88
R-2 Krähenwürger Nouvelle Alexandrie Javelin Industries Heavy Assault Rotorcraft 146
NH-76 Dromosker Sanama Brightworks ASW Patrol 272
UH-76 Dromosker Sanama Brightworks Utility Transport 142
Training
T-4/A-4 Flecha Nouvelle Alexandrie ESB Susa Training/Light Attack 120
T-5/A-5 Tejón de Miel Nouvelle Alexandrie Javelin Industries Training/Light Attack 40
T-6 Preceptora Nouvelle Alexandrie ESB Susa Trainer 120

Missiles

Name Origin Type № in Service Image Notes
Air-to-Air
Air-to-Ground
Ground-to-Air
Ground-to-Ground
Maritime
Short & Medium Range Ballistic

Ranks, Insignia, Uniforms & Wages

Table of Grades and Ranks of the Benacian Union Defence Force
Grade Insignia RP Rank Code Rank Pay
Chiefs of Staff
(4.0)		 OF-10
  • Frumst Frainan
  • Combined Officer Pay x10
General Officers
(3.0)		 OF-9
  • Frainan Streïakeï
  • Combined Officer Pay x9
OF-8
  • Frainan Hohmin
 Combined Officer Pay x8
OF-7
  • Frainan Uihmanzis
 Combined Officer Pay x7
OF-6
  • Salbnan
 Combined Officer Pay x6
Senior Officers
(2.1)		 OF-5
  • Ahmst Bræþstranin
 Combined Officer Pay x5
OF-4
  • Ahmst Tazstraneï
 Combined Officer Pay x4
OF-3 Ahmst Mairstranin Combined Officer Pay x3
Junior Officers
(2.2)		 OF-2 Fiþnan Combined Officer Pay x2
OF-1 Golsapbir
  • Standing Grant to Officers 360 marks and basic rate of pay 180 marks providing Combined Officer Pay of 540 marks.
OF(C) Silbir
  • Standing Grant to Officers set 90 marksper annum.
  • Educational Bursary set at 135 marks per annum.
Non-Commissioned Officers
(1.1)		 File:BUDF Grade 1.1.png OR-9 Ænst Opratzan Basic rate of pay x9
OR-8 Opratzan Basic rate of pay x8
OR-7 Ahtaldan Basic rate of pay x7
OR-6 Tzæknak Basic rate of pay x6
OR-5 Frum Basic rate of pay x5
Enlisted Men
(1.2)		 File:BUDF Grade 1.2.png OR-4 Usczosoþ Streïak Basic rate of pay x4
OR-3
  • Usfaroþ Streïak
 Basic rate of pay x3
OR-2
  • Streïak
 Basic rate of pay x2
OR-1
  • Nuïak
  • Enlistment bounty 12 marks[1] (less deductions);
  • Basic rate of pay 3,600 chits[2] per annum
  1. ^ 1,783.10 Natopian natopos
  2. ^ 26,746.5 Natopian natopos
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