The seterchan army
The army of setrecha is formed from the men who live within the the principality of setercha
Composition
Manpower
during The war of Men and the 'Old' races the seterchan and slav army numbered some 11000 men. they wore the blue and many infantry men wore mantels. knights wore helmets with dragon crest. many slav soldier at the time were skirmishers and these men normally lead the advance of the twin sultanates army in the offensive into the lands that would one day be setercha.
3000 seterchan troops served on the frontier during the war of the three empires
The setrechan army has always stood at 50000 men. as is law for all of the small semi autonomous regions of the twin sultanates during The great military reform of mohammad 13th
the southern border of setercha with the slate proper has a large minority of abrians and these men are formed into army regiments. ¾ of the men by law are required to join the imperial army while the remaining ¼ stay in setercha to fight for the prince. During the great crisis 3 regiments of abrians fought for prince ivan.
during the civil war it has grown to over 100000
Equipment
in early history most lords equipped there soldiers with mantels and furs and ring mail.
during the period of the 18 years war most seterchan troops wore light Armour and didn't wear helmets. most helmets of the pot design were given to nobles.
when the the grand military revolution began unlike most other parts of The twin sultanates of Castilian and Abria the princes of setercha looked to the germinc and verainberguers and adopted many parts of there uniform and equipment. by the end of the revolution a dark blue or navy uniform was given the the base infantry. the first curraiser and hussar regiments were brought into the army as many seterchan commanders liked them.
by the time of The great crisis the seterchan army had began to adopt feldmütze (field cap) with the royal crest on it for the base infantry man. officers were given caps a kin to that of the Castilian army. many officers and cavarly began to were these felt caps by with a leather visor.
when Milan 1st of setrecha created The princes own hussars these cavarly men were given officer caps.
The army colors are blue and red .there uniforms are more like those of the verainberg empire but it is a dark blue. in winter they are issued with blue over coats many of which have a type of fur or mantel.
the men all wear caps which are blue with red out line.
Weaponry
The seterchan army use more or less the same equipment as the the twin sultanate imperial army. however there cavalry are more like the cavalry of the verainberg empire. they use currias unlike the plate Armour of the imperial cavalry.
during the time of The war of Men and the 'Old' races seterchans used long sword instead of the scimitar used by Castilian and abrians. they also preferred the use of short bows for skirmishing and harassing. many knights used long swords and lances.
3000 seterchan troop took part on campaigns against the frontier kingdom during the war of the three empires these men were mostly light infatry whiling mace axe sword and bow.
the seterchan army took longer to adjust to the great military reforms of Mohammad 13th many lords who faced losing power open refused. this was put down by loyalists.
Vehicles
the army uses massive amounts of horse draw carts. this helps with the army's quick style of war far.
Structure
the army's commader is the prince who swears loylaty to the sultan. in medival time man lords held command of small forces and they swore allegeince to the prince.
after the grand military revolution a more centralized command was set up along the lines of the twin sultanate imperial army.
Tactics
the army like a highly mobile style of war far. this was shown in The twin sultantes civil war where during the regents counter attack it was able to over run opponents of there enemy's.
in the past the army use skirmish tactics mostly during the medieval era.
Training
most men enter a 2 mouth long training period.
Logistics
Logistical Support
due to the lack of railways in the principality the army of setercha has been forced to adopt a mobile logistical system. they use masses of carriages and horse drown wagons creating a almost semi mobile army. there medical corp use ambulances
Auxilia
on the boarder of the frontier kingdom live men who are hardened by the constant war with The frontier kingdom. during times of war these irregular soldiers are integrated into the seterchan army.
the princes are also know for buying elven cavalry as mercenary.
Recruitment
men join up from all across the principality and come from all back grounds.
History
Early history-before the original principality of setercha the seterch slavs wared with elves who refused to give them lands. these slavs where know as black hunter as these bands of seterchan men fought in the night. when the sultan arrived he granted them lands and a title for there leader Belgor 1st in return the sultan asked for vassalage giving .The war of Men and the 'Old' racesArmourable
medieval time-like parts of the empire like the duchy of lostia and the sultanate of Castilian setercha embraced the way of knights. famous knights of setercha including Ameron Mentanvic who fought in king nikolais rebellion. for a long time most of the seterchan army consisted of the early form of seterchan frontier corp and knight. part of Saladin 1st force during his invasion of frank was made up of seterchan men at armys and knights. however when the war was over and the prospect of occupation dawn on the men they revolted and many were sent home. when Caboos 2nd died the setechan army was standing at around 20000 men and made up the bulk of murad 1st army. however these troops proved to be very blood thirsty and head strong and the seterchas lost thousands of men including there prince Ivan 1st. while all this was happening the the verianberg empire invaded using army of the frontier. never had so much land been lost without a fight. the seterchans crossed the straits and helped lay siege to Mohammabad infact it was a seterchan knight who killed kaherys. when the great war of succession ended the seterchan troops marched home to find some of them no longer had homes as they were in the hands of The frontier kingdom. the seterchans fought again with mehmed 1st who was killed and then reclaimed the land under Mustafa 1st.
introduction of gunpowder weapons- under mustafa the setechan army was given gunpowder hand held weapons. many setechans who used crossbows found the weapons to cumbersome to use on horse back and in the black forest. but the reclamation war some of the seterchan troops did use them along side there comrade in the twin sultanate imperial army.
the grand military revolution- by the time of the 18 years war the seterchan army was equipped like the rest of the twin sultanate imperial army however seterchan troops didn't use shield as much and preferred the sue of swords like there brothers in seterchan frontier corp. the seterchan army did like using there own musket which were shorter and more mobile to suet there style of quick warfare. when the 18 years war exposed the problems with knights and other ways of warfare of the time the began to reform. however these refroms where carried out by the eteria family as the mentanvic's had been thrown out of the courty by the lostians and there allies. the seterchan's were forced like the rest of the empire to centralize and national the army as the seterchan army was part of the imperial army. knights were gotten rid and bows and arrows where finally gotten rid of. but it wasn't until the mentnanvics returned with there army in exile that true refrom began. instead of looking to there masters during the revolution many seterchans looked to the north and saw the reforms of the verianberg empire. regiments of curraiser and hussars were formed and were trained by members of The verianberg imperial army. a new uniform based around the one used by the verainberg army was introduced. it was navy blue with red outline and cuffs. the frontier corp was left out of the reforms as asking the hardy men of the frontier to reform risked open rebellion. during the end of the reforms The seterchan civil war war broke out and the new infantry tactics and the use of the new cavalry regiments proved better than the tactics of old. these provided useful for the 2nd Asiri war.
the unifroms changed more with the indroduction of new caps like the of the verinaberg army. officers were given caps with leather visors. these also went to the cavalry including The princes own hussars
Historical loyalties
ever since there entry into the sultans empire the setrcha army has remained loyal. as the civil war broke out Milan 2nd prince of Setercha regent of the two crowns was able to guaranty his army's loyalty.
Type
Infantry
Overall training Level
Professional
Assumed Veterancy
Trained
Parent Formation
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