the twin sultanate imperial army

The imperial army is possible the largest in the world and has a wide mix of units. through history they have been mostly successful. they have only ever been defeated a few times in small conflicts. The army is run by a general staff of Pashas draw from all different parts of the empire. The army is dived into zone of control across the empire. They however don't include the semi autonomous duchy and principality. the impireal contains the castilan army, The seterchan army, the Lostian Army as well as many other units. ORGANIZATION CHART NOT AVAILABLE ORGANIZATION CHART NOT AVAILABLE

Composition

Manpower

The army can be anywhere from a quarter of a million to two million. the population of the twin sultanates means that there man power is almost unlimited. men are recruited from all parts of the empire even if the different parts have there own army's. abrians make up the bulk of the army.

Equipment

during the great migration the abrain army march following there sultan. the infantry men wore mostly red cloth with thin plate Armour. the cavalry the siphai wore golden plate chain male along with red cloth close. during The war of Men and the 'Old' races the abarians and men within the abrian sultanate wore red tunics with ring male underneath. the cavalry wore thick plate amour. abrian and Castilian nobles wore golden Armour. Janissary guard wore thin golden plate Armour over there red tunics. in Castilian they wore uniforms like that of the franks. they as well had knights which wore full plate Armour. During the time of the 18 years war the army still wore red but they became more mobile with cavalry having lighter Armour. the infantry wore red tunics. unlike most of the other armys of the Continent they didn't wear pot helmets the red and blue uniforms were introduced in The great military reform of mohammad 13th. these were replaced with the blue uniforms when Mohammad 13th grandson became sultan. The imperial army's uniforms differ from place to place but generally they wear light brown for the deserts and hot places and blue for other areas. with a red fez. most of the cavalry and artillery also use these colors. cavalry wear thin plate Armour and helmets. during winter the men are given great coats with fur linings.

Weaponry

The army utilities muzzle loading rifles. They use many muzzle loading cannon but they do have some beech loading cannons. as well as sabers and scimitars. all of these weapons are made by the sultans imperial arms company they use genies in bottles against the enemy as well but this is mostly used in the south of the empire. the army many uses muzzle loading cannons but it does have some breach loading cannons when the abrian army first marched north they had scimitars swords and long spears. many infantry men had round shields as well. there arms advanced after the civil war the army adopting breach loading rifles and the secret arms project bureau creating the Gatling gun which most armys adopted after the events of the sultanates civil war. the empire became the second nation to adopt multipal shot rifles.

Vehicles

during the civil war railway played a massive role for the imperial army. it helped bring up men and resources

Structure

the empire is divided into regions of command. the abrian home land is the largest area and has the most troops.

Logistics

Logistical Support

most of the army fights and moves on foot. there are little tracked carriages to move them around. so the army depends on roads.

Auxilia

goblin wolf riders are used as light scout cavalry. Ork clans are also used as shock infantry.

Recruitment

in early histroy the impieral army was raised the the local lords who supplied troops to the impieral army to fight on campgain. when it came to recuting old races within the terrioties of the empire they often like most other had to pay there fudal dues to there lords but where often put into there own units rather than mixed. the imperial army is recruit from all different parts of the empire. men are forced to do 3 years of national service. all people are forced to join the imperial army. seterchans, lostians dont need to do three years instead they serve 2 in the imperial army and then join the army's of there homelands all recruits must also go through a basic mouth long basic training coarse. old races are diffrent however. Elves only have to serve 1 year of natianl service in the sultans service. while most of the officers are human it is not impossible for elves to raise to the ranks to command human units. most famous being Senrin'kal Iban Saren pasha who served in the impieral army during War of the White Sea. in 90YBCW all elf units where formed most famouly the 2nd elf guards regiment and the 1st elf artillity battary who seirved with destinction during The great crisis blairs in the empire dont have to due service however many chose to, many serivce in the magic order and some have risen to the rank of pasha the vicroyet of montrgha dosn't have to send troops. separate regiments are formed from herigz and Briganaies

History

early history-the imperial army was founded off of the back of the old abrian royal army. From it founding when The twin sultanates of Castilian and Abria was created after the great conquest. the army was better developed by elven kings who allowed the creation of more and more castles for the army to operate out of. the empires subordinate states like Hjez,the principality of setercha and the duchy of lostia all had there own armed forces but these armies were subordinated to the twin sultanates army and were under the umbrella of the imperial army. after the war of old races- after The war of Men and the 'Old' races the imperial army under sultan caboos stood as the greatest military force in the known world. it however was mostly disbanded by the local feudal lords. most of the army was raised by feudal lords from both the northern and southern continents. the only regular troops were knights and men at arms which never numbered over 5000 for some of the most powerful lords. During Saladin's Jihad in frank the army had one of the most difficult tasks of any army as it was forced to quickly make a base of operations within frank and then after the war large amounts of this conquering army was used to police the new Duchy of farasna. during the great war of succession- during the great was of succession two separate imperial armys were formed one under sultan empress Esmeray 1st and the other under murad 1st. the army's banner up until then was the imperial banner a halved flag one side the imperial crest of abrian and the other the tri banned red and yellow flag of Castilian which had a white eagle on it. this was forced to change when murad declared he was forced to change his banner. his imperial army took a new banner. the old abrian flag of red with a shield in the center which was split in three by the seterchan royal seal, the imperial family and the seal of The Nasir line. these two armys however had the same equipment and uniforms and there banners were changed back to normal after mehmed 1st became sultan first major set back and the introduction of gunpowder weapons-when mehmed went to war against the verianberg empire an imperial army of 24000 men went with him. the army under payed and low on supplies was unable to brake the resolve of there enemy and when the sultan died they marched home in defeat. this war had been a massive set back from the imperial forces. under his son Mustafa 1st the army was introduced to hand held gunpowder weapons and when he went off to fight in his war of reclamation he was able to sweep aside the verainberg armys which hadn't introduced gunpowder weapons in the scale mustafa had. it was during the reign of his grandson ibriham 5th there the army began to use gunpowder weapons more. the first major war the imperial army used these weapons was the first Asiri war where both sided used them. evolution in the grand military revolution and The great military reform of mohammad 13th - as the 18 years war passed the event know as the grand military revolution began. the first major problem was that the imperial army had, like most nations was a lack of centralization. and so instead of verainberg which started with infantry and cavalry tactics the twin sultanates better improved centralization and the imperial army began the first national army. this was extended to setercha and lostia (Castilian adopting it at the same time as the rest of the empire). the revolution in equipment was slow. bu about halfway through the revolution the imperial infantry man was encumbered with more equipment then any other army. the average imperial infantry man had a spear, a round shield, a musket, a pack with rations, blanket and a change of close for 4 days. it was worse for the men of the castilan army part of the imperial army as the Castilian infantry men also had the traditional falcata sword. the revolution continued in the twin sultanates after it ended in most other countries as Mohammad 13th introduced his own reforms. The great military reform of mohammad 13th saw the end of the use of spears and shields and gave the infantry the sword mass used by officers and cavalry the scimitar. he issued new uniforms instead of white trousers the army was given blue trousers. the full blue uniform was introduced when Mohammad 13th grandson became sultan. this was due to the fact that the army wanted better concealment and this was driven because the seterchan army had dark blue uniforms and the Castilian part of the imperial army wore brown.

the civil war was the great task for the imperial army. it was stretch to breaking point but it men and training helped it through till victory against the Castilian. after the civil war the imperial army and the other army's of the empire including the beaten form rebel Castilian stood as the greatest millarty on the continent.