National Army
The National Army are the Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Weltkria (SRW).
It is split into three branches; the Air Force, Army and Navy. The National Army is commanded by the National Defense Council headquartered in Insburg. Conscription is mandatory for all males 18 and up, with non-combat roles offered to objectors.
Formed in 1912 after the May Coup, the National Army is the replacement for the Weltkrian Imperial Army. The National Army is considered one of the best militaries in Gaden, continually topping lists for most disciplined and trained army. Over one million men are scattered throughout the professional ranks of the National Army, with conscripts making up a 1.2 million men reserve force. National Army units have seen combat during the Isles War, Northern Crisis, and a number of other campaigns and proxy wars.
Composition
Manpower
Ardenian Contingency plans for a Weltkrian Invasion called for immediate withdrawl in case of Weltkrian Attack - it was planned to let the FAF bleed them out, then storm in once their nodes were all gone.At over three million men, 200,000 of which are in the elite Northern Command divisions, the National Army is considered the largest army in the world. Conscription is active throughout all walks of life - however, volunteering is actively encouraged, with hundreds of benefits encouraging volunteer forces.
Equipment
The MBT-92 is the mainline Main Battle Tank for the National Army, and is capable of matching older Ardenian Models - however, with newer carbyne-sabot and with Ardenian materials science being lightyears ahead of the National Army, the newest Ardenian Tanks - from the experimental, coilgun-equipped M8A1, to the laser-equipped, ETC equipped M7A1, all of which are issued to Mechanized Infantry units across the front. Rarely seen is the MBT-10, able to match every Ardenian Tank - however, this is a rare sight, only seen in Northern Command regiments.
Thousands of Aircraft are in active service with the National Army, despite this, life expetancy times for late-war aviators are in the minutes, due to Ardenian superiority in aerial combat and aerospace engineering. Metamaterial weaves are standard issue for all units to allow some sort of survivability from massive aircraft strikes and to conceal National Army units from massive air campaigns. Centerpiece to Weltkrian Air Defense is the Glatisant LRAD and Lighting MRAD, allowing for theatre and medium-range air defense, allowing for gradual degredation of Ardenian Air - if they are not destroyed in the early hours due to dedicated SEAD campaigns.
Rearline assets are somewhat neglected, however, intelligence corps does recieve signal monitoring and jamming equipment - along with AEW&C aircraft - not as much as the Federal Air Force, but certainly enough to change the tide of battle against a lower-tech nation.
Spacecraft are in active service - however, these models are quite old and no match for the newer classes, such as the Nevoi and Callisto Class of spacecraft, issued by the Ardenian Space Forces.
Vehicles
Structure
Central to the proper functioning of National Army units is the Battalion Command Group, a battalion-level consortium of units, ranging from Armor to Mechanized Infantry to other such units. The BCG is designed in such a way that the battalion - the lowest echelon unit with actual tactical autonomy, can manuver in a indenpdent manner and wage a compentent combined arms campaign.
Orders are issued from Divisional Command, which are then issued to the BCG - once the BCG recieves their orders, the Battalion commander will determine the way to proceed - however, this system is wholly different in Northern Command. Specialized Intelligence Corps units are at the divisional level - unlike the Ardenians, with Signals assets detached across entire platoons.
Tactics
Ardenia has the technological lead. MILLENIA 2142 targets place the have turned the Federal Army into a true technological juggernaut; once capable of overthrowing and defeating two times it's number. The average Ardenian Lieutenant has the ability to call in a myriad of supporting fires; ranging from the nigh-ubiquitous POFKAR orbital support missile; multiple-launch rocket systems and automated artillery. The Ardenian Reconnaissance Strike Complex, as it is known in Weltkrian parlance, is considered to be more destructive than the tactical nuclear warhead.
Without a killchain, without commanders, the Weltkrian military is nothing. Ardenian precision strikes have the capability to be near omnipotent - as seen in the eight-month Naceni Blitz, and completely cripple a near-peer fighting formation in mere hours. Hypersonic missiles; stealthly joint-attack missiles; the SAPPHIST ANSM; all threaten to completely degrade and destroy the Weltkrian advantage in numbers, in both heavily reinforced citadels and in the open. A million different ships guarding a million different submarines simply doesn't matter if you can't detect the incoming SAPPHIST; the state of the art MBT-92 doesn't matter if the Harmin anti-tank guided missile destroys it from five kilometers away; the fighter jet is useless without hangars and pilots,a nd the wholesale destruction of supporting assets is expected in a near-peer war.
It is for this reason that the National Army is simulatenously a overbearing, mechanized force and one part guerilla.
Overall training Level
Semi-professional
Assumed Veterancy
Experienced
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