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| name = Calinthian Armed Forces<br>[[Calintian language|Calintian]]: '' | | name = Calinthian Armed Forces<br>[[Calintian language|Calintian]]: ''Kalinthische Streitkräfte'' | ||
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| motto = '' | | motto = ''Marschieren und Segeln für Gott''<br>(Marching and Sailing for God) | ||
| founded = 1521. Then later re-founded in 1938. | | founded = 1521. Then later re-founded in 1938. | ||
| current_form = [[Armed Forces Calinthia|Military Initiative 1964]] | | current_form = [[Armed Forces Calinthia|Military Initiative 1964]] | ||
| disbanded = | | disbanded = | ||
| branches = {{Nowrap|[[File:Shield of Joanus.png|20px]] Calinthian Ground Forces}}<br> {{Nowrap|[[File:Marine Yonderre.png|20px]] [[Calinthian Navy]]}}<br /> | | branches = {{Nowrap|[[File:Shield of Joanus.png|20px]] Calinthian Ground Forces}}<br> {{Nowrap|[[File:Marine Yonderre.png|20px]] [[Calinthian Navy]]}}<br /> | ||
| headquarters = [[Aurelia]], [[Calinthia]] | | headquarters = [[Aurelia]], [[Calinthia]] | ||
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| history = [[Military history of Calinthia]] | | history = [[Military history of Calinthia]] | ||
| ranks = [[Ranks and insignia of the Calinthian Armed Forces]]}} | | ranks = [[Ranks and insignia of the Calinthian Armed Forces]]}} | ||
The '''Calinthian Armed Forces''' is the military of the [[Calinthia|Kingdom of Calinthia]]. | The '''Calinthian Armed Forces''' is the military of the [[Calinthia|Kingdom of Calinthia]] under the leadership of the Royal Constatine family. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{main|Military history of Calinthia}} | {{main|Military history of Calinthia}} | ||
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Over the next two decades, riots, protests, and military demonstrations would see the Republican military deployed around Calinthia. The most famous of these incidents is the [[Christmas Civil War]] of 1931. While only lasting a single week, this conflict saw Republican military units assaulting positions of the Loyalist [[138th Calinthian Guard Division]] in the city of Milanopolis on the 21st of December. The result of the battle was 6,264 Republican soldiers killed, and 4,069 Loyalist soldiers killed, as well as the surrender of the 138th Calinthian Guard Division. This sparked public outrage at the Republican guard for having gone straight to violence against Loyalists, and refusing to negotiate. It wasn't until 1936 that the Republican military would face a much larger split in forces when Republican General [[Juna Ricola]] would take half of the military and a majority of the Navy and join the Loyalist cause. For two years the [[Calinthian Civil War]] would rage, resulting in the dissolution of the [[Republic of Calinthia]], and it's military. For | Over the next two decades, riots, protests, and military demonstrations would see the Republican military deployed around Calinthia. The most famous of these incidents is the [[Christmas Civil War]] of 1931. While only lasting a single week, this conflict saw Republican military units assaulting positions of the Loyalist [[138th Calinthian Guard Division]] in the city of Milanopolis on the 21st of December. The result of the battle was 6,264 Republican soldiers killed, and 4,069 Loyalist soldiers killed, as well as the surrender of the 138th Calinthian Guard Division. This sparked public outrage at the Republican guard for having gone straight to violence against Loyalists, and refusing to negotiate. It wasn't until 1936 that the Republican military would face a much larger split in forces when Republican General [[Juna Ricola]] would take half of the military and a majority of the Navy and join the Loyalist cause. For two years the [[Calinthian Civil War]] would rage, resulting in the dissolution of the [[Republic of Calinthia]], and it's military. For six years the [[Calinthian Civil War]] would rage. | ||
Furthering the issues of the Republic was the Communist uprisings on the Western territories of Calinthia by mainly Gothic Calinthians. At first the Communist Calinthians and Loyalist Calinthians would openly fight one another in many minor skirmishes in the North. However, by late 1937 the Communist Calinthians under Goering would ally themselves with the Loyalists against the Republican Guard Forces. With Communist forces in the West and Loyalists in the East, the Republican Guard quickly found themselves on the back-foot. By early | [[File:Calinthian Soldier Museum (1962).jpg|left|thumb|Calinthian Uniform with Unterholztarn (Undergrowth Camo)]] | ||
[[File: | Furthering the issues of the Republic was the Communist uprisings on the Western territories of Calinthia by mainly Gothic Calinthians. At first the Communist Calinthians and Loyalist Calinthians would openly fight one another in many minor skirmishes in the North. However, by late 1937 the Communist Calinthians under General Secretary of the Communist Party Siegmund Goering would ally themselves with the Loyalists against the Republican Guard Forces. With Communist forces in the West and Loyalists in the East, the Republican Guard quickly found themselves on the back-foot. By early 1940, Republican Guard Forces prepared a hastily built defense around Aurelia and struggled to maintain their supply lines from the port of Napolis. Constant air attacks by the superior Loyalist air force rendered many of the railroads inoperable. In addition, the mechanized Loyalist assaults using a tactic called "Schwerpunkt" penetrated deep into Republican Guard lines, cutting supply lines. The tactic was an adaptation of the [[Urcean]] "lightning war" tactic developed by [[Benno de Caryale]]. It was adapted and implemented by the Calinthian Armed Forces unnder the command of General [[Friedrich Guderian|Friedrich von Guder]], a graduate of the [[Urcean Imperial War College]] and student of de Caryale's tactics. | ||
[[File:Calinthian Soldiers Advance On Wagner Platz Assisted By Armor (1962).jpg|thumb|Calinthian Reich soldiers of the 66th Rifle Regiment launch an attack on Wagner Platz supported by the 1st Panzer Division (October, 1962)]] | |||
[[File:Calinthian Soldier in the Battle of Wagner Platz (1962).jpg|thumb|Calinthian Reich Soldiers of the 66th Rifle Regiment holding positions outside of Wagner Platz (October, 1962)]] | |||
[[File:07574695280d490eadcbc76448a189fe.jpeg|thumb|[[Haus von Klaive|Hubert von Markansen]]]] | |||
[[File:Mortar Team KAL.jpeg|thumb|Calinthian Mortar Team training at ''Rabenfelsen'' Military Base in 1953]] | |||
The Calinthian Civil War resulted in the dissolution of the [[Republic of Calinthia]] | The Calinthian Civil War resulted in the dissolution of the [[Republic of Calinthia]] and it's military in 1942. Following the collapse of the Republic of Calinthia, Gothic Calinthians formalized their new state through the creation of the Soviet State of Calinthia (SSC). The Monarchic Loyalists had declared their statehood much earlier during the war in 1938 with the coronation of King Rudolph Constatine II. With the Loyalists now once more in control of the military, the Loyalist government set about large military reformations. Any Republican sentiment in the military was outlawed, and any still loyal to the Republican government were exiled or imprisoned. This included Republican General [[Licoa Miduci]] who was exiled to [[Ardmore]] in 1941 after being imprisoned since 1938. Radical indoctrination programs were also implemented in the military and even education system. These programs would teach the value of Catholicism, as well as strength of Absolute Monarchy. Pictures of the Constatine monarch Randolph III were commonplace going forward in both military and education installations following his coronation in 1946. In addition, military hardware and technology were improved upon post [[Second Great War]]. A new uniform known as the [[M-41 Kit]] was handed out to represent the renewed loyalty to the Constatine family. The M-41 Kit also known as the Montuoso-41 Kit was the first step in standardizing Loyalist military forces. | ||
The Calinthian Civil War would finally end in a ceasefire between the [[People's Republic of Calinthia]] and the [[Calinthia|Kingdom of Calinthia]] in 1945. The Kingdom of Calinthia would fight many wars and skirmishes against Republican rebels, Communist guerilla groups and even Fascist extremists. However, the main focus was on the Protestant [[Anglei]] rebels in the far North-East in the State of Montes Aureos. These wars against the Protestant Angleis would be known as [[The Basin Wars]] and would last from 1945 until 1954. | |||
==Command structure== | ==Command structure== | ||
==Organization== | ==Organization== | ||
==Tactics & Strategy== | ==Tactics & Strategy== | ||
[[File:Calinthian Soldier 1954.png|left|thumb|Artistic rendition of the slightly updated M-53 Kit of the 1950s, equipped with a supplied Burgoignesc FAL.]] | [[File:Calinthian Soldier 1954.png|left|thumb|Artistic rendition of the slightly updated M-53 Kit of the 1950s, equipped with a supplied Burgoignesc FAL.]] | ||
[[File:Calinthian Soldier 1966.png|thumb|Artist rendition of the standardized Calinthian M-62 Mountaineer Kit adopted in the early 1960s.]] | |||
[[File:Calinthian Soldier 1966.png | Beginning with the [[Military Initiative 1964|Military Initiative 1941]] Calinthian ground tactics consisted of large mechanized and armored assaults. This tactic is also known as "Schwerpunkt" and was adapted by [[Friedrich von Guder]] from [[Urcean]] Military thought. It relies on overwhelming armored force concentrated on as small of a section of the battlefield as possible. The Calinthian Armed Forces used the tactics to great effect both in the [[Calinthian Civil War]] against the Republican Guard and in the [[War of Hearts]] against the Red forces. The main implementations of the reformations of 1944 was complete reliance on mechanized and armored warfare doctrines with supporting combined arms such as air or artillery formations in support. Calinthian general [[Haus von Klaive|Hubert von Markansen]] was the first to formalize the concept of [[Blitz und Schrecken]], literally "Lightning and Terror". This tactic relied on overwhelming first strike capability to completely render the opponents military and civilian infrastructure destroyed or at the very least temporarily suppressed. This is then followed by a mechanized and armored ground attack using the concepts of [[Schwerpunkt]]. Through these methods, von Markansen theorized that the enemy would have limited time if any to react to an attack. He further theorized that not only would the destruction of military infrastructure compromise the reactivity of the enemy military, but the complete destruction of civilian infrastructure on a massive scale would cause panic among the civilian populace. This would create riots, distrust of the local government, and would heavily reduce the amount of Calinthian fighting force needed to fight the enemy. | ||
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==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||
{{Main|List of equipment of the Calinthian Armed Forces}} | {{Main|List of equipment of the Calinthian Armed Forces}} | ||
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|Transport Helicopters | |Transport Helicopters | ||
| | |77 | ||
| | |TBD | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Attack Helicopters | |Attack Helicopters | ||
| | |61 | ||
| | |TBD | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Destroyers | |Destroyers | ||
|31 | |31 | ||
| | |21 in storage | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Carriers | |Carriers | ||
| | |7 | ||
| | |TBD | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Submarines | |Submarines | ||
| | |32 | ||
| | |8 in storage | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Hospital and Logistical ships | |Hospital and Logistical ships | ||
| | |112 | ||
| | |TBD | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Cruisers | |Cruisers | ||
| | |47 | ||
| | |4 in storage | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Amphibious Assault Vehicles | |Amphibious Assault Vehicles | ||
| | |4,117 | ||
|736 in storage (mostly Joraine MK II) | |736 in storage (mostly Joraine MK II) | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Vehicle Gallery== | |||
<gallery class="center" widths="190" heights="160"> | |||
File:Joraine MK I.png|A side view of a Joraine MK I | |||
File:MAX Mobilo MK I.jpeg|A 1944 MAX Mobilo MK I. | |||
File:Galaecius MK I Design.jpg|A blue-print of the Galaecius MK I from 1934. | |||
File:Galaecius MK III (1959).jpeg|An early Galaecius MK III in a factory (1959). | |||
File:DRD Aleric MK I.jpeg|The DRD Aleric MK I Anti-Air platform. An AA version of the Galaecius MK III tank. | |||
File:Joraine MK II.png|A de-commissioned Joraine MK II outside the Aurelia History Museum. | |||
File:DRD IronHawk.jpg|A photo of a DRD 'Iron-Hawk' light tank (1954). | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
The Air Force is directly tied to the Navy, and thus the Air branch of the Military does not exist on its own. | The Air Force is directly tied to the Navy, and thus the Air branch of the Military does not exist on its own. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:53, 5 January 2024
| Calinthian Armed Forces Calintian: Kalinthische Streitkräfte | |
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| Motto | Marschieren und Segeln für Gott (Marching and Sailing for God) |
| Founded | 1521. Then later re-founded in 1938. |
| Current form | Military Initiative 1964 |
| Service branches |  Calinthian Ground Forces Calinthian Navy |
| Headquarters | Aurelia, Calinthia |
| Leadership | |
| Grand General | Syrilla Constatine II |
| Chief of Defence | General of the Military Felicio Franz Sarino |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Conscription | Yes, mandatory for males. Females may serve in non-combat roles. |
| Active personnel | 1,481,638 military & 219,274 civilian (2018) |
| Reserve personnel | At any time, 2,000,000 reservists can be called upon |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | YERA • MAX • DRD |
| Foreign suppliers |  Yonderre Faneria Aciria Urcea |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of Calinthia |
| Ranks | Ranks and insignia of the Calinthian Armed Forces |
The Calinthian Armed Forces is the military of the Kingdom of Calinthia under the leadership of the Royal Constatine family.
History
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The history of the Calinthian military dates back to 1521 AD, when King Joraine I decreed the creation of the Kingdom of Calinthia. The Calinithian military participated in many wars dating from 1521 AD up until its dissolution in 1861. In 1861, the creation of the Republic of Calinthia saw the reformation of the military. While the societal militarism that had become prevalent in the 1700s was still intact, many policies were passed to "de-radicalize" and to reduce loyalty to the crown within the military. Such laws like the Blood of the Republic Law of 1891 were passed to achieve this. These laws and policies saw many military career soldiers and officers pushed out of the military by force, regardless of military experience. This is now believed by modern Calinthian scholars to have greatly reduced the fighting capabilities of the Calinthian Military during the Great War. After having lost upwards of 1 million soldiers in the Great War, many Republican reformations were undertaken. Several-hundred military officers that were pushed out of the military were inducted back into positions of power, regardless of the Blood of the Republic Law of 1891. This created a situation in which Loyalist military officers were in charge of Republican soldiers.
Over the next two decades, riots, protests, and military demonstrations would see the Republican military deployed around Calinthia. The most famous of these incidents is the Christmas Civil War of 1931. While only lasting a single week, this conflict saw Republican military units assaulting positions of the Loyalist 138th Calinthian Guard Division in the city of Milanopolis on the 21st of December. The result of the battle was 6,264 Republican soldiers killed, and 4,069 Loyalist soldiers killed, as well as the surrender of the 138th Calinthian Guard Division. This sparked public outrage at the Republican guard for having gone straight to violence against Loyalists, and refusing to negotiate. It wasn't until 1936 that the Republican military would face a much larger split in forces when Republican General Juna Ricola would take half of the military and a majority of the Navy and join the Loyalist cause. For two years the Calinthian Civil War would rage, resulting in the dissolution of the Republic of Calinthia, and it's military. For six years the Calinthian Civil War would rage.
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Furthering the issues of the Republic was the Communist uprisings on the Western territories of Calinthia by mainly Gothic Calinthians. At first the Communist Calinthians and Loyalist Calinthians would openly fight one another in many minor skirmishes in the North. However, by late 1937 the Communist Calinthians under General Secretary of the Communist Party Siegmund Goering would ally themselves with the Loyalists against the Republican Guard Forces. With Communist forces in the West and Loyalists in the East, the Republican Guard quickly found themselves on the back-foot. By early 1940, Republican Guard Forces prepared a hastily built defense around Aurelia and struggled to maintain their supply lines from the port of Napolis. Constant air attacks by the superior Loyalist air force rendered many of the railroads inoperable. In addition, the mechanized Loyalist assaults using a tactic called "Schwerpunkt" penetrated deep into Republican Guard lines, cutting supply lines. The tactic was an adaptation of the Urcean "lightning war" tactic developed by Benno de Caryale. It was adapted and implemented by the Calinthian Armed Forces unnder the command of General Friedrich von Guder, a graduate of the Urcean Imperial War College and student of de Caryale's tactics.
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The Calinthian Civil War resulted in the dissolution of the Republic of Calinthia and it's military in 1942. Following the collapse of the Republic of Calinthia, Gothic Calinthians formalized their new state through the creation of the Soviet State of Calinthia (SSC). The Monarchic Loyalists had declared their statehood much earlier during the war in 1938 with the coronation of King Rudolph Constatine II. With the Loyalists now once more in control of the military, the Loyalist government set about large military reformations. Any Republican sentiment in the military was outlawed, and any still loyal to the Republican government were exiled or imprisoned. This included Republican General Licoa Miduci who was exiled to Ardmore in 1941 after being imprisoned since 1938. Radical indoctrination programs were also implemented in the military and even education system. These programs would teach the value of Catholicism, as well as strength of Absolute Monarchy. Pictures of the Constatine monarch Randolph III were commonplace going forward in both military and education installations following his coronation in 1946. In addition, military hardware and technology were improved upon post Second Great War. A new uniform known as the M-41 Kit was handed out to represent the renewed loyalty to the Constatine family. The M-41 Kit also known as the Montuoso-41 Kit was the first step in standardizing Loyalist military forces.
The Calinthian Civil War would finally end in a ceasefire between the People's Republic of Calinthia and the Kingdom of Calinthia in 1945. The Kingdom of Calinthia would fight many wars and skirmishes against Republican rebels, Communist guerilla groups and even Fascist extremists. However, the main focus was on the Protestant Anglei rebels in the far North-East in the State of Montes Aureos. These wars against the Protestant Angleis would be known as The Basin Wars and would last from 1945 until 1954.
Command structure
Organization
Tactics & Strategy
Beginning with the Military Initiative 1941 Calinthian ground tactics consisted of large mechanized and armored assaults. This tactic is also known as "Schwerpunkt" and was adapted by Friedrich von Guder from Urcean Military thought. It relies on overwhelming armored force concentrated on as small of a section of the battlefield as possible. The Calinthian Armed Forces used the tactics to great effect both in the Calinthian Civil War against the Republican Guard and in the War of Hearts against the Red forces. The main implementations of the reformations of 1944 was complete reliance on mechanized and armored warfare doctrines with supporting combined arms such as air or artillery formations in support. Calinthian general Hubert von Markansen was the first to formalize the concept of Blitz und Schrecken, literally "Lightning and Terror". This tactic relied on overwhelming first strike capability to completely render the opponents military and civilian infrastructure destroyed or at the very least temporarily suppressed. This is then followed by a mechanized and armored ground attack using the concepts of Schwerpunkt. Through these methods, von Markansen theorized that the enemy would have limited time if any to react to an attack. He further theorized that not only would the destruction of military infrastructure compromise the reactivity of the enemy military, but the complete destruction of civilian infrastructure on a massive scale would cause panic among the civilian populace. This would create riots, distrust of the local government, and would heavily reduce the amount of Calinthian fighting force needed to fight the enemy.
Equipment
All numbers are approximate and as per the Calinthian Armed Forces' own statistics
| Equipment | Numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Main Battle Tanks | 3,102 | 1,261 in storage |
| Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 9,811 | 3,000 in storage (mostly outdated models) |
| Utility Vehicles | 2,900 | 411 in storage |
| Trucks | 1,611 | Estimated 400 in storage |
| Towed Artillery | 3,968 | TBD |
| MLRS | 638 | 61 in storage, 40 in production as of 2022 |
| Fighter Aircraft | 200 | 112 in storage |
| Bomber Aircraft | 634 | Naval use only; 300 in storage |
| Transport Helicopters | 77 | TBD |
| Attack Helicopters | 61 | TBD |
| Destroyers | 31 | 21 in storage |
| Carriers | 7 | TBD |
| Submarines | 32 | 8 in storage |
| Hospital and Logistical ships | 112 | TBD |
| Cruisers | 47 | 4 in storage |
| Amphibious Assault Vehicles | 4,117 | 736 in storage (mostly Joraine MK II) |
Vehicle Gallery
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A side view of a Joraine MK I -
A 1944 MAX Mobilo MK I. -
A blue-print of the Galaecius MK I from 1934. -
An early Galaecius MK III in a factory (1959). -
The DRD Aleric MK I Anti-Air platform. An AA version of the Galaecius MK III tank. -
A de-commissioned Joraine MK II outside the Aurelia History Museum. -
A photo of a DRD 'Iron-Hawk' light tank (1954).
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Notes
The Air Force is directly tied to the Navy, and thus the Air branch of the Military does not exist on its own.