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| type = {{wp|Army}} | | type = {{wp|Army}} | ||
| role = {{wp|Ground warfare|Land warfare}} | | role = {{wp|Ground warfare|Land warfare}} | ||
| size = | | size = 2,372,918 regular personnel<br>2,581,992 reservists | ||
| command_structure = [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] | | command_structure = [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] | ||
| garrison = | | garrison = | ||
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The '''Royal and Imperial Army''' is the principal land warfare force of [[Urcea]], a part of [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]]. In the | The '''Royal and Imperial Army''' is the principal land warfare force of [[Urcea]], a part of [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]]. In the 2030s, the Royal and Imperial Army was comprised of just over two million active personnel with a similar number of enrolled {{wp|Army reserve|reservists}}. | ||
The modern Army traces its history back to [[1591]] upon establishment of a {{wp|standing army}} by [[Leo III, Emperor of the Levantines|King Leo II]]. The term ''Royal and Imperial Army'' was used whenever the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] also held the title [[Emperor of the Levantines]], and has been the permanent name of the force since the [[Treaty of Corcra]] due to an ongoing [[Empire-in-fact|legal fiction tying Urcea to the Empire]]. Members of the Royal and Imperial Army swear allegiance to the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|monarch]] as their commander-in-chief, though precedents established during the [[Aedanicad]] and before invest most authority with the [[Procurator]], who holds the title of [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces|''Magister Militum'']]. The army is administered by the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry for the Armed Services]] and commanded by the Deputy Lord Marshal for the Army. | The modern Army traces its history back to [[1591]] upon establishment of a {{wp|standing army}} by [[Leo III, Emperor of the Levantines|King Leo II]]. The term ''Royal and Imperial Army'' was used whenever the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] also held the title [[Emperor of the Levantines]], and has been the permanent name of the force since the [[Treaty of Corcra]] due to an ongoing [[Empire-in-fact|legal fiction tying Urcea to the Empire]]. Members of the Royal and Imperial Army swear allegiance to the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|monarch]] as their commander-in-chief, though precedents established during the [[Aedanicad]] and before invest most authority with the [[Procurator]], who holds the title of [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces|''Magister Militum'']]. The army is administered by the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry for the Armed Services]] and commanded by the Deputy Lord Marshal for the Army. | ||
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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Due to the centralizing, anti-nobility program of most of the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|Apostolic Kings]] of the medieval period, combined with the establishment of relatively egalitarian economic and social norms by the 16th century, Urcean arms did not have a long tradition of mounted soldiers, particularly heavy cavalry. Instead, the use of infantry was central to Urcean arms, with a lineage dating back to the heavy infantry of [[Great Levantia]] and light infantry of the [[Gaelic people]]s. The Army's traditional doctrine and organization emerged during the {{Wp|early modern period}} in the decades after its establishment as a standing army. From the mid-17th century through the early 19th century, the Royal Army became increasingly professionalized with a focus on rank discipline and organizational logistics. Social and political changes in the 19th century led to the great expansion of the army but a focus remained on logistics and infantry discipline, and by the late 19th century the Royal Army was organized in such a way that large numbers of well-disciplined infantry, combined with new heavy artillery, would win battles by large, deliberate, and unrelenting advances of massed troops along an entire line of engagement with the enemy. Continued advances in artillery, combined with the advent of motorization, mechanization, and armor, made this form of warfare largely untenable by [[1920]]. During that decade, the Royal and Imperial Army underwent significant renovation by a clique of foreign experts, most prominently [[Benno de Caryale]], who revolutionized Urcean doctrine and introduced some of the world's first armored formations. These renovations were proven by fire in the [[Second Great War]] and the Army - wartime industry - greatly expanded to meet the new realities of war. These lessons led to the Royal and Imperial Army being extremely armor-centric for the remainder of the twentieth century, as it was viewed as the best way to establish battlefield dominance in the event of the [[Occidental Cold War]] going hot. Various engagements as part of [[The Deluge|the Deluge]] began the Royal and Imperial Army's twenty-first century campaigns, and these engagements - combined with significant occupation duties across Crona - led to a gradual reemphasis on the importance on the infantry. This shift occurred relatively organically based on on-the-ground experiences of officers throughout the Deluge, though the armor-first approach saw a reemergence with the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. The Royal and Imperial Army after 2030 began to take a more balanced approach in its stated doctrine and organizational choices, though this organic transition to 21st century warfare is still unfolding. | |||
===Premodern Army=== | ===Premodern Army=== | ||
====Standing Army==== | |||
===18th century organizational changes=== | ===18th century organizational changes=== | ||
===19th century reform impacts=== | ===19th century reform impacts=== | ||
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===Creation of the modern army=== | ===Creation of the modern army=== | ||
====Anivania expedition==== | ====Anivania expedition==== | ||
====de Caryale==== | |||
===Cold War and Deluge army=== | ===Cold War and Deluge army=== | ||
====Tank Cult==== | |||
====Revisited Infantry focus==== | |||
==Organization== | ==Organization== | ||
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===Army Components=== | ===Army Components=== | ||
===Army commands and army service component commands=== | ===Army commands and army service component commands=== | ||
The Royal and Imperial Army has many different components and commands, both organizational as well as regional field commands. Any regional field command is under the jurisdiction of its corresponding military-wide [[ | The Royal and Imperial Army has many different components and commands, both organizational as well as regional field commands. Any regional field command is under the jurisdiction of its corresponding military-wide [[Armed_Forces_of_the_Apostolic_Kingdom_of_Urcea#Unified_command_regions|Unified Command Region]]. | ||
===Structure=== | ===Structure=== | ||