Army of Burgundie

Army of Burgundie
Strates della Republique Real Burgundie
Standard of the Army of Burgundie
Country	Burgundie
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare, Expeditionary warfare, Homeland defense, Cyberwarfare
Size	158,099 active, 173,486 reserve, 2.5 million territorial defense personnel
Part of	Burgoignesc Security Forces
Colors	burgundy and gold
Engagements	all of them, (Levantine Creep)
Insignia
COA of the Army of Burgundie

The Army of Burgundie (Burg: le Strates della Burgundie), commonly called le Strates, serves as the land-based branch of the Civil Defense and Security Ministry in the Burgoignesc Security Forces in defense of the nation of Burgundie in particular, and The Burgundies in general. It is formed of two sections, the Metropole Forces and the Foreign Legion. The Metropole Forces are not a standing army and as such, is best suited to fourth generation warfare, which is the basic doctrine of force. It relies entirely on small unit tactics and small, fast armored vehicles. This doctrine is born from the bloody origins of the nation, that presupposes that all citizens are soldiers and that massive standing home armies are too expensive for the threat levels that Burgundie has historically encountered. In the modern era this point is render largely moot by the heavy commitments the Army of Burgundie makes to the Levantine Union Defense Council (LUDC) meaning that full time soldiers and officers of the Army are stationed in Burgundie and across the Levantine Union through secondment to cooperative units of the Levantine Union Defense Council. Furthermore, while not a standing army, a 81,538-person reserve force is maintained in the Burgoignesc Metropole, as well as the over 100,000 members of the National Gendarmerie of Burgundie stationed in the same jurisdiction.

On the other hand, the Foreign Legion is a remnant of the Burgoignesc colonial empire and it serves as THE standing army of Burgundie and The Burgundies. While not on combat missions it serves as the garrison force, along with the National Gendarmerie of Burgundie across the Burgoignesc thalattocracy. It is also the primary warfighting force of the Army of Burgundie and focuses its capabilities on expeditionary warfare and long term combat operations sustainment. The Foreign Legion primarily conducts third generation warfare as is typical for armies of the Occidental world. However, due to the asymmetric warfare that the Foreign Legion has engaged in for the last 70 years, it has created entire doctrines and units to embrace fourth and fifth generations of warfare.

Iconography

The coat of arms (COA) and insignia of the Army is an escutcheon with an upper party per fess Gules and a lower Argent with a river in nombril point, with a badge of crossed lance and bill hook or. The Red signifies the high opinion of the blood spilled, the logistical ability of the army to get over any obstacle, and the lance represents the officers and the bill hook the soldiers. The lance recalls the Eques of the lans proviso, the bill hook the various other foot soldiers each man-at-arms would bring to accompany them.

Heritage

The Army of Burgundie's Metropole Forces are rooted in the ideals and concepts of the Adonerii civilization. As such, much of its nomenclature and some of its structure is based in Ancient Latinic terms and organization.

The Army of Burgundie's Foreign Legion is rooted in the history and trappings of the Burgoignesc colonial empire. As such much of its nomeclature and much of its structure is based on the various cultures from which its units were recruited. While all ranks and structures have an official Burgoignesc name, it is more likely that the culturally appropriate term is used amongst Legionnaires and their officers. It is said of the ~50 brigade/regimental level units of the Foreign Legion that there are over 50 different ways to refer to privates, sergeants, and junior officers.

Uniformity is observed in combat uniforms, but dress uniforms vary widely and are left to the unit's commanding officer's Adjunct Historical Officer to maintain based on historical records. It is not required that units wear dress uniforms that are exact to a particular moment in time, it is rather observed that at the brigade/regimental level, uniforms will recall critical elements or items of dress from the units past.

There is a general predilection towards the image of dashing cavalry officers which came to signify the superiority and success of the Burgoigniacs in the First Fratricide. Almost all armored units in the Army of Burgundie carry the mid 19th century designation of their role in their unit name (e.g. heavy armor units are called cuirassiers, light armor units are called hussars, scouting units are called dragoons, and to a certain extent mechanized infantry are called voltieguers).

Mission

The mission of the Army of Burgundie is:

• Preserve the peace and security, and providing for the defense of The Burgundies, and any areas occupied by Burgundie;
• Maintain and prepare against future threats to the sovereignty of Burgundie;
• Implement the national objectives for land forces as determined by the national government of Burgundie; and
• Overcome any nations or parties responsible for aggressive acts that imperil the peace, security, or commerce of The Burgundies.

Strategic doctrine

The Army works to achieve its mission through its strategic approach. The strategic approach is that the army is always prepared to:

• rapidly and with oppressive force, engage all enemies in a prompt, but fully logistically-support fashion;
• wage sustained land and cyber combat against any opponent, anywhere in the world;
• conduct combined arms operations with unified command structures, combat objectives, and communications;
• execute special operations in support of ongoing military operations;
• establish and sustain the theater or area of operations for joint forces operations; and
• liaison, integrate, and fight with valor alongside national, and multinational forces.

Due to almost a century of modern asymmetrical warfare experience, Burgundie has diverged from some of its contemporaries, namely Urcea, whose focus is on peer and near-peer combined arms combat with a focus on massed armor. Burgundie's doctrine focuses on the infantry and engineers and all other corps are designed to support those smaller, agile, rapidly changing mission sets. This means that armored platoons are small (two armored vehicles per platoon) and are empowered to act autonomously in support of infantry in the area.

Tactical approach

Le Strates prepares and expects all of its soldiers, at all levels, to take the initiative and take an adaptive approach to complete orders and meet objectives. It builds its command structure from the highest level to support all levels of maneuver units down to the battalion level. Focus on small formation tactics has led to le Strates to have an outsized and global logistical mechanism to "feed the beast". Because the majority of the army is not in an active-duty status (only the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion is a permanent full-time unit of le Strates), there is not a plodding bureaucracy resistant to change. Le Strates is adaptive to change, and often relies on, and therefore invests in, changes recommended by field-deployed personnel. The survivability of the individual soldier is considered the highest priority in achieving the mission and therefore the soldier's experience is the catalyst for changes in doctrine. However, since the Legion is the only standing element of the Army, it has a massive influence on tactical and strategic thinking.

History

Standing Army

In the 14th and early 15th century bands of mercenaries, whose contracts with their masters had expired, were the scourge of medieval Kingdom of Dericania. In the late 1430s, unemployed Derian mercenaries pillaged across southern Dericania. Eventually some were recruited by southern mercenary captains who hired them out to the royal companies raised by order of the local princes, who it seems regarded them as a major impediment to peaceful rule. They extorted protection money from local peasants as well as exacting tolls from passing merchants and holding local important people for ransom.

In 1461 the Bishop of Bonavix passed laws that restricted military recruitment and training to himself. There was a new tax to be raised known as the taille that was to provide funding for a new provincial army. The mercenary companies were given a choice of either joining the provincial army as the maintained one hundred (Burg: les centes manutenures on a permanent basis, or being hunted down and destroyed if they refused. The bishop was able to cobble together one such unit in 1463, which was sent out to gradually eliminate the remaining mercenaries who insisted on operating on their own. The new standing army had a more disciplined and professional approach to warfare than its predecessors. In addition to this unit, the bishops still called upon men-at-arms and footmen by calling a general levy where all able-bodied males age 15 to 60 living in the bishopric were summoned to go to war.

This was the first standing army raised in the principalities that were later unified into Burgundie. Called the maintained one hundred (Burg: les centes manutenures), the unit was at, approximately, a modern company strength, being built around 100 knights (Burg: Eques) and their attendants.

Each lance (Burg: lans proviso for 'contractually obligated lance') contained, six men. The senior member was a man-at-arms (Burg: gens des armes), initially a mercenary captain but eventually a knight owing a knight's fee (Burg: Eques). This man was supported by a squire (Burg: coutillier), usually a younger man still undergoing his apprenticeship to arms, or not yet fully proved in battle. The man-at-arms and squire were further assisted by a page, or (Burg: valiet de guerre), usually a teenage male, who was responsible for caring for their armour, equipment, and horses. The squire was generally fully armoured, and usually charged alongside (or close by) the man-at-arms, and helped him handle the sixteen- to nineteen-foot lance when they fought dismounted (which initially happened fairly often). The lance further contained two archers, who were at first considered mounted infantrymen, provided with horses for mobility alone, but not for battlefield operations. Some were apparently equipped with bows and arrows, others with crossbows, and all also carried swords or axes and some armour, if usually less than the man-at-arms and the squire. As time went on, their role became increasingly difficult to distinguish from that of the other two combat soldiers. By the time of the Great Confessional War, the 'archers' had apparently evolved into armored lancers.

The Bishopric of Bonavix raised and maintained this unit until the end of the Great Confessional War in 1575. The unit was lead by a Sergeant-Captain, usually the bishop, but not exclusively. The success of the unit inspired others to create similar units and by the start of the Great Confessional War, other a third of the combatants maintained standing armies of various sizes.

Buccaneer and colonial warfare culture

BRTC TerreRaubeuers in Umardwal in the 1690s.

• 1625-1835 acts of necessity and decentralization
• Land pirates warfare tactics
• Colonial warfare's policy, strategy, and tactics

small forces relying on shock, mobility, individual initiative, and surprise when massed formations were still the hotness in the Occidental world, reminiscent of modern small unit tactics.

In the early days of the Burgoignesc Colonial Empire the Bergendii were few in number and their military hardware was left over from the Great Confessional War. It wasn't long before their incursions in Alshar and Audonia were met with stiffening resistance from established power players with the military vestiges of the late Oduniyyad Caliphate. Warlords, local strong men, and regional lords who could afford larger armies and fortified defenses were the scourge of the efforts at expansionism under the trappings of set piece Occidental battles. Soon the Bergendii shifted tactics, out of necessity, to make the most of their smaller numbers and increasingly archaic weaponry.

Creating numerous small units of men were specially selected and trained (often by local natives) to participate in sorties and razzia against much more numerous and fortified enemies became a fairly standard practice by Audonian and Alshari based Bergendii colonial governors. These were contemporaneously called the governor's land rovers (Burg: TerreRaubeuers), and were a purely offensive force. These units were never standardized but often shared common themes, they were meritocratic, not restricted by class, race, or creed. These units adopted the weapons of the area in which they operated so that resupply through raiding allowed for long-range raids deep into the enemies interior. Uniforms were eschewed in favor of traditional dress of the area of operations. Due to limitations of communications in the 17th-19th century, governors would give these units general objectives and targets and most importantly a timeframe, but leave it up to the leaders of the units to adjust to the realities on the ground. The timeframe became increasingly important as negotiations would be planned around these timeframes. Treaties or agreements would be stalled until the TerreRaubeuers would return and damage to a new alliance or arrangement after the fact wouldn't occur.

During the collapse of the Burgoignesc Colonial Empire in the 1790s-1830s this practice was reduced and eventually banned when the last of the colonies fell and the various colonial soldieries were consolidated into the Army of Burgundie.

First Fratricide

1849-1875

Second Fratricide and Second Great War

Introduction of (Burg: dracvautoureuers, lit. vulture dragoons) paratroopers named after the lunar (Istroyan: hippógypoi) from A True Story, an Istroyan classic satire, and the first known science fiction book.

21st Century

Army of Burgundie Force Restructuring Act of 2003

21st Century Burgoignesc Power Projection Stratagem

Organization and Structure

Main article: Structure of the Burgoignesc Army
Structure of the Army of Burgundie (click to enlarge).

Training Command

The training command in the Army of Burgundie is

Standardized Militia Program

Young Burgoigniacs receive their federal conscription orders for training at the age of 18, or after they have completed their high school studies. About two-thirds of the young Burgoigniacs are found suited for military service; for those found unsuited, various forms of alternative federal service exist. Annually, approximately 42,000 persons participate in the militia program which consists of a 3 month basic training period, three 30 day special skills training (sabotage/explosives, amphibious operations, long-range shooting), a two-month tactical decision-making class, a two month review training period, culmination in a month-long exercise. Four week-long leaves are provided as part of the program. Once the "year of service" is completed and voting citizenship is attained, citizens can volunteer to continue their participation in the Standardized Militia Program. Continuing participates receive the following benefits: 100% of the first higher education degree paid for, non-competitive status for federal jobs, a $500 tax break/annum, $10,000 stipend/annum and access to housing programs/preferential lending rates.

Sergeants College of the Army of Burgundie

colloquially called the Homados Corporation (Homados being the personification of the din of battle)

Cohors Equites Collegium

Staff college, colloquially called the Minerva Institute (Minerva being the goddess of strategy most historically celebrated in Burgundie)

Foreign Legion

Following the expulsion of the Protestants from Levantia during the Great Confessional War, Burgundie was flooded with Protestants and a Duke that was hostile to their presence in Burgundie. As an attempt to deal with their persistent presence and under pressure from the Holy Levantine Empire and the Papacy, the Duke of Burgundie, created the Burgundian Foreign Legion as a way to displace them, but bolster his military power. At its conception in 1577, the unit consisted of 1,000 Protestant men with 5 Catholic officers. They were trained as marines and were assigned to merchant ships conducting business outside of Levantia. This role persisted until the late 1800s when the needs of the thalosocrassy shifted and molded the legion to fit.

During the Occupation of Wintergen and Kiravian Pseudo-War and the subsequent occupations of AyerSee, Sodermark and Sturmhavn that permanent garrisons would need to be established to defend the islands. The Legion was re-purposed as amphibious infantry units. Their training consisted primarily of marine skills but added amphibious assault and coastal defense to the repertoire.

Today the Legion consists of 103,783 members, is still primarily Protestant, is excluded from operating in Levantia, is made up of 85% Burgoignacs and 15% foreigners, and is the only permanent "army" unit in Burgundie.

It is headquartered at Fort LaRemie, Equitorial Ostiecia.

Name	Headquarters	Strength
IV Ularien Corps	Alcairet	25,890 Corps
Puhkgundian Gorkha Rifles	Salarive	17,103 Division
XIII Flordeterran Division	Flordeterra, Equitorial Ostiecia	15,123 Division
I Greater Levantine Division	Torlen	13,447 Division
I Foreign Sustainment Corps	Equitorial Ostiecia	32,220 Corps
TOTAL		103,783

IV Ularien Division

Sometimes called the Burgoginesc Barsom Army of Ularia, or the Ularien Barsom Army in reference to its predecessor the 10,000 Moukahlas.

Umardi Askari Demi-Brigade

The Umardi Askaris are a unit of the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion formed of ethnic nomadic Umardi tribesmen from Umardwal and Pukhgundi who serve under Burgoigniac officers. It is the last and only segregated unit in the Army of Burgundie, with the codification of the roles of soldiers (lascarins) and officers being delineated by nationality and therefore race. Currently, the Demi-Brigade has 2,246 lascarins and officers and is based at Fort Safasi, Umardwal, the only unit in the Burgoignesc Security Forces permanently stationed outside of the territorial Burgoignesc thalattocracy.

Formed in 1723 the Askaris were a regiment in the colonial forces of the Ularien Trading Empire, who traced their roots to the Oduniyyad Caliphate’s invasion of southern Alshar in the YEARS. They served as the core of the colonial troops in the empire’s Audonian holdings, particularly since they were Shia and the remainder of the continent was primarily Sunni. This was part of the empire’s deliberate divide and rule policies that utilized religious, cultural, and tribal differences to advance the empire’s aims. After the collapse of the empire the unit was disbanded in 1842. The remaining Umardi Askaris were sent to various Burgoignesc Foreign Legion units and their history was all but forgotten. It was reformed in 1964 with the formation of the Islamic Republic of Umardwal when secular and non-Muslim nomads faced persecution at the hands of the Islamic Republics secret police. The nomads had strong connections with similar nomadic communities in Bulkh and Pukhgundi, the latter of which also joined the unit as they were facing similar persecution in their country.

The officers of the Askari’s are all recruited from the Provost Gendarmerie of Burgundie and serve as both officers and internal military police. This means the training is brutal and punishments for even minor infractions are severe. However, since the unit is one of the most active in the Army of Burgundie and because of its strict and martial command and lifestyle, the unit often performs well in overwhelming odds.

Fort Safasi is unique in that it has very few barracks buildings for the soldiers as they like to maintain their nomadic traditions which is encouraged as it supports a campaign lifestyle. It is also more of a community than a base as the families of the soldiers are as much a part of the unit as the soldiers themselves.

Kandaran Mounted Scout Regiment

The Kandaran Mounted Scouts are a calvary regiment specializing in armored warfare and armored reconnaissance. To accomplish their role, they are equipped with Cross Trucking Company AMX-10 RCRs and EBRC Jaguars.

Their role developed from its original form as voltigeurs at their formation in 1796, to the cavalry unit they are today. They are stationed in Joint Base Meriammajori, Levantine Ocean Command on Torlen. As of 1904, the unit was reduced to battalion strength, with 757 soldiers and officers. During the later years of the regime of the Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company in Alshar, the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Kandaran Scouts were a reinforced regiment, often numbering over 6,000 men.

Oyashimane Levy Regiment

Sometimes called the Harimoto Ashigaru, or Maronnet's Mauraders is a light infantry regiment of the IV Ularien Division. It traces it's origins and traditions to the Burgoignesc colonial empire's Far East Colony, in modern day Oyashima.

Among its many units are the famed special operations D Company Ultra Light Urban Infantry, colloquially known as the "Parkour light infantry". This unit is trained heavily in the Shinobi arts, which can resemble to the modern layperson, free running or parkour. These soldiers are used in dense urban environments to seek snipers and anti-armor weapons teams. Their ability to scale buildings, move quickly and quietly through seemingly impassable avenues of approach, or to clamber over degraded infrastructure or rubble piles makes them especially feared.

Adaptive Urban Maneuvers: The unit leverages Shinobi/free running movement and climbing techniques in their tactical approach, enabling them to traverse obstacles, scale buildings, and navigate complex urban terrain with unparalleled agility, stealth, and speed. They adapt their movements to the specific layout of the urban environment, utilizing rapid route changes and improvised pathways to outmaneuver and outpace adversaries. These methods allow them to employ precision strikes and ambushes, capitalizing on their agility and speed to swiftly eliminate high-value targets or entrenched enemy positions. They employ hit-and-run tactics, quickly retreating into the urban landscape, making it challenging for adversaries to retaliate effectively. Building upon their mastery of deception and psychological warfare, the soldiers employ diversionary tactics, misinformation campaigns, and strategic distractions to confuse and disorient adversaries, creating opportunities for successful engagements and evasive maneuvers within the urban landscape by accompanying, traditional units.

They are also used by command for Intelligence Gathering and Reconnaissance. They use their advanced movement techniques and stealth capabilities to place surveillance equipment deep with enemy-held urban landscapes. The soldiers conduct thorough intelligence gathering and reconnaissance missions, collecting crucial information about enemy positions, movements, and vulnerabilities and relaying it back to the Regiments commanders. They utilize miniature drones, advanced vision enhancers, and covert surveillance techniques to gather real-time intelligence for strategic planning and decision-making.

They specialize in pistols, bladed weapons, and hand-to-hand combat.Drawing inspiration from traditional Shinobi and ninja techniques, the soldiers carry a variety of concealed bladed weapons, such as retractable combat knives and shurikens, for close combat and stealth assassinations. These weapons are carefully designed to be easily concealed within the soldiers' tactical gear.

The unit is also piloting and field testing the Multi-functional Electronic Reticle (MFER), a program that started started in 2029. These devices are a contact lens that is networked to interface with communication systems, GPS, and a limited HUD that commanders can push information to. These optical devices also have a built-in pulse sensor for monitoring vital signs during high-intensity operations.

Ularien Cuirassier Squadron

The Ularien Cuirassier Squadron, commonly referred to simply as the Cuirassiers, are equipped with the Cross Trucking Company AMX-10 RCR.

Ularien Cuirassier International Fraternal Units

The Ularien Cuirassier Squadron are fraternal with the Royal Arcerion Dragoons of the Arcer Army. They share the distinction of being the successor of heavy cavalry for their respective armies and as such they share a sense of that heritage and many common traditions. They hold an annual competitive joust an Barrel racing competition where in the units exercise equestrian sports appropriate to the role of heavy cavalry. In essence this translates to being equestrian sport that focuses on handling and short distance running, no activities relating to endurance running are conducted.

XIII Equitorioise Brigade

Equitorioise Imperial Camel Constabulary

Constables on patrol

Imperial Camel Constabulary is a hussar demi-Brigade numbering 1,386 calvary men and officers. The unit is stationed across Equitorial Ostiecia. They are a combat unit, but when not actively deployed they supplement the local National Gendarmerie of Burgundie.

Fianna Tauth Regiment

The Fianna Tauth (Eng. Tribes of Warriors), is an ancient military unit that predates Burgundie by centuries. The original Bergendii who settled Burgundie both fought and recruited the Fianna (Eng. warrior bands) throughout the nation's history. During the Great Confessional War, Burgoignesc aristocrats formed an army of the Fianna and were known throughout Kingdom of Dericania for their ferocity. In 1938, during the Second Great War a volunteer regiment was raised and sent to fight in Equitorial Ostiecia and became known as an Tauth (Eng. the Tribe). At the end of the war, they were given a permanent base in Flordeterra and build Fort Fearann na Treubh. Today, the regiment is 2,548 strong, whose mission primarily consists of Assault pioneers, but also has a strong logistics train that has been utilized by other Burgoignesc units operating in tandem with them.

Fianna Tauth International Fraternal Units

The Fianna Tauth are fraternal with the 211u Mechanized Brigade of the 21. Mechanized Division of the National Army Land Forces of Faneria. They share a historic Celtic heritage and many common traditions. They hold an annual Feis where in the Regiments exercise Gaelic arts – song, dance, drama, Fhasen language, traditional music, and Cluichí Gaelacha (particularly Gaelic football and Hurling).

Pukhgoignesc Gorhka Rifles Division

VIII Gorkha Airborne Infatry Regiment

Airmobile mechanised inf

Zamburak Camel Artillery

Seconded to the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion from the Puhkgundian Emirate in 1867 during the Emirati War. The Zamburaks were formalized into the Legion in 1915 as a mountain artillery battalion. During Operation Kipling the unit was bolstered into the 1st and 2nd Zamburak Camel Artillery Regiments. In 1986 the 2nd Regiment was disbanded and its artillerymen and equipment were seconded to the 1st Regiment which became just the Zamburak Camel Artillery Regiment. Due to the nature of the camel-borne transportation, the artillery used by the Zamburaks historically fulfilled the direct fire role and been of lighter caliber. During Operation Kipling the standard mounted weapon was a M40 recoilless rifle. In the modern era the unit has adopted the MMP, the Mistral, as well as the RTF1 (which gives it an indirect fire capability to the unit). While the camel is still the primary high alpine transportation method as well as the ceremonial transporter for the unit, the primary "lowland" vehicle of the unit is the DAGOR.

I Greater Levantine Brigade

KilPatrick Ranger Regiment

Paras

International Fraternal Units

The KilPatrick Ranger are fraternal with the Kinnaird Grenadiers of the Arcer Army. They share a historic Celtic heritage and many common traditions. They hold an annual Fèis where in the Regiments exercise Gaelic arts – song, dance, drama, language, traditional music, and highland games.

Raulie Bushrangers Regiment

The [Raulie Bushrangers]] are a series of decentralized Chasseurs Forestiers battalions that operate across the eastern hemisphere, primarily in Torlen, Alcairet, Chaukhira, Salarive, and Antilles. They are a form of military police and firefighting service, whose primary responsibility is maintaining the forests, highways and public lands in these provinces. They are an airborne assault regiment and in wartime provide advance guards and scouting parties. In total, the regiment consists of 7 battalions, totaling 4,584 men.

100 Chevaliers of Joanus

Main article: Knight of the Realm

The 100 Chevaliers of Joanus (Burg: Les Cent Chevaliers de Joan, commonly Les Cent Chevs) is an independent Assault pioneer company. They were originally raised in 1852 as a regiment of Yonderian mercenary cuirassiers in the First Fratricide. Their name is an homage to the Knights of the Realm (Burg: Chevaliers della reialme), but they are only spiritual successors of Siegmar von Willing's Black Company. The gens d'armes of the Black Company's success was noted by many not only for their military success, but also because they were not invested in the local politics and land squabbles. Being mercenaries they were classified as milites gregarii (non-noble cavalrymen). This helped maintain the fragile balances in the small courts of Kingdom of Dericania. As opposed to the milites nobiles (landed noble knights) or (Burg: Eques) who were constantly squabbling over land. For those princlings who could afford the services of the Black Company (Burg: Centes neirs), their services were crucial. The Vilauristre Conference and the Bishopric of Bonavix in particular used their services.

As the war expanded with the invasion of Vorenia by Bourgondi-Estie and Marialanus a larger army was needed quickly. Colonial units and mercenaries supplemented the counties militia. The reputation of the Centes neirs persisted through the ages and 300 years later another call was sent to the young men of Yonderre. 1,290 Yonderian Cuirassiers were recruited and trained under Bergendii officers.

Metropole Forces

I Infantry Tacticale

Known as the Esquire's Legion (Burg: tacticale ecuier) the I Infantry Tacticale is now more commonly associated with the higher class of the Burgoignesc military society. Its organization is unique in that it seconds all of its members to the Burgoignesc Civil Engineer Troops in times of peace, meaning that its 21,590 soldiers are full-time military professionals while respecting the constitutional and societal concept that Burgundie does not have a standing home army.

I Infantry Tacticale History

• HQ and HQ Company
• I Infantry Rgt. (Mechanized infantry)
  • VBMR Griffon
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • MILCAR VAMTAC
  • MILCAR Macanche
• III Infantry Rgt. (Mechanized infantry)
  • VBMR Griffon
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • MILCAR VAMTAC
  • MILCAR Macanche
• XIV Infantry Rgt. (Mechanized infantry)
  • VBMR Griffon
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • MILCAR VAMTAC
  • MILCAR Macanche
• XLVI Mounted Carabiniers Troop
  • VBCI 2
  • MILCAR LMV
  • THeMIS
• XVIII Mountain Infantry Rgt.
  • MILCAR M170
  • MILCAR VAMTAC
• III Mountain Artillery Btn.
  • CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
  • TRF1
  • Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1
  • LLR 81mm
  • Akeron MP
  • MILCAR LMV
  • MILCAR M170
  • THeMIS
• VII Mountain Engineer Btn.
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • CombatGuard infantry mobility vehicle
  • M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle
  • EFA (mobile bridge)
  • JCB HMEE
• XI Field Supply Coy.
  • MILCAR M170
  • MILCAR Rastreador 8x8
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • THeMIS
• III Transport Rgt.
  • MILCAR M170
  • MILCAR M180
  • MILCAR M190
  • MILCAR Rastreador 8x8
  • MILCAR M200

II Infantry Tacticale

Known as the vavasour's Legion (Burg: tacticale vavasour) the II Infantry Tacticale is a more commonly associated with the working class of the Burgoignesc military society and as such their dress uniform does not include a jacket. Its members are all reservists and are employed by organizations other than the Army of Burgundie.

Contemporary Units of the II Infantry Tacticale

• HQ and HQ Company
• XIX Infantry Rgt. (Airmobile)
  • Snatch Land Rover
  • Land Rover Perentie
  • Land Rover Wolf
• XXXV Infantry Rgt. (Airmobile)
  • Snatch Land Rover
  • Land Rover Perentie
  • Land Rover Wolf
• LXVII Infantry Rgt. (Airmobile Mechanized infantry)
  • VBMR-L Serval
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • MILCAR VAMTAC
  • 7th Ultra-Orthodox Battalion
  • 15th Ultra-Orthodox Battalion
  • 43rd Ultra-Orthodox Battalion
• XLVI Hussar Troop (Airmobile Armored Reconnaissance)
  • EBRC Jaguar
  • Panhard CRAB
  • Véhicule Blindé Léger
  • MILCAR VAMTAC
• IV Airmobile Supply Btn.
• II General Support Rgt.
• XII Engineer Btn. (Airmobile)
• III Air Defense Artillery Coy.
  • MPCV

I Armored Tacticale

Modern combat uniform of the Ist Armored Legion, #dealwithit Lanciers rouges de la Garde impériale Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale Cent-gardes_Squadron

Household Guard

Great Prince's Own Royal Zwallerkaddian Foot Guard

Main article: Great Prince's Own Royal Zwallerkaddian Foot Guard

The Great Prince's Own Royal Zwallerkaddian Foot Guard is an ethnic Zwallerkaddian Guard demi-regiment in the direct service of the Great Prince of Burgundie. The Guard is a non-mechanized infantry demi-regiment tasked with the protection of the Great Prince, his family and possessions.

Great Prince's Own Horse Artillery

Guidon of the Great Prince's Own Horse Artillery

First formed in 1557, the unit that is now the Great Prince's Own Horse Artillery (Burg: Artillerie a Cheval della Gran Princep), has a long history of excellence. Due to the nature of warfare prior to the Great Confessional War in Levantia (1555 - 1575), most principalities and duchies did not have standing armies. This meant that they did not have training programs and so when men-at-arms (Burg: gendarmes) and their peasant levies were called to action they could only provide a limited scope of rudimentary battle tactics. The introduction of gunpowder to Levantine warfare in the 15th century was assumed to begin a revolution in warfare. However, outside of sieges and castle/fortification defense, these bombards were determined to be too immobile and unreliable for set-piece battles. They were only used by well-resourced, large armies controlled by kings or those armies raised by the Emperor of the Levantines.

The use of the word "cannon" marks the introduction in the 15th century of a dedicated field carriage with axle, trail and animal-drawn limber—this produced mobile field pieces that could move and support an army in action, rather than being found only in the siege and static defenses. The reduction in the size of the barrel was due to improvements in both iron technology and gunpowder manufacture, while the development of trunnions—projections at the side of the cannon as an integral part of the cast—allowed the barrel to be fixed to a more movable base, and also made raising or lowering the barrel much easier. These innovations allowed for the more widespread use of cannons but added the requirement for trained, professional soldiers and logisticians. Artillery was one of the areas requiring the most training to be conducted consistently and with any real effect. As such artillery companies were among the first professional standing army units to be formed in Levantia. In the coastal areas of the Kingdom of Dericania this was first recorded in the first few years of the Great Confessional War when the need for an organic (not mercenary) corps of artillery was realized by some of the armies on both sides. Few dukes, counts, and lesser princes, could afford a permanent military much less the specialized equipment that went along with artillery batteries. However, the Vilauristre Conference (Protestant) and the Duchy of Marialanus (Catholic) were wealthy merchant states with trade routes and thus direct access to the metallurgists who had served the Oduniyyad Caliphate until its collapse in 1517.

These gunsmiths were brought to Vilauristre Conference and the Duchy of Marialanus and grand manufactories for cannons and later early musketry were formed, these wares were not only produced for the armies of these states but for their allies. The Vilauristre Conference created predominantly iron cannons for the Protestant Union and the Duchy of Marialanus created primarily bronze cannons for the Holy League.

Examples of Marlialanian "field" artillery.

The Duke of Marialanus formed the Company of Cannoneers in 1557 with three cannons. It is from this Company of Cannoneers that the Artillerie a Cheval della Gran Princep draws its heritage. During the Burgoignesc Unification War, more widely called the Second Fratricide, the Ducal Corps of Artillery fought with honor against the Principality of Burgundie, but ultimately the Duchy lost and was subsumed into the new nation of Burgundie. The unit was disbanded from 1875-1896 when it was reformed as the 4th Regiment of Horse Artillery, to fight in the First Great War. They served in the War of Faskano Strait with distinction despite staggering loses and were. At the end of the war when the Metropole Forces were being disbanded again, to honor their service and sacrifice they were reorganized as the Artillerie a Cheval della Gran Princep and made a permanent bodyguard unit for the royal family.

They currently use the CAESAR self-propelled howitzer and a variety of mortars when in combat.

Fire Seneschalcy

Main article: Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie

The Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie is the unit of the Army of Burgundie that exercises the following coordinating authority in Burgoignesc territory:

• multi-jurisdictional fires
• fire safety and preparedness
• fire safety inspections of government buildings
• fire fighting for "critical infrastructure" and military bases

Legion of Volunteers and Levies

Since the Metropole Forces are not a standing army it requires a series of reserves to maintain their skills in the event that they are needed. Burgundie achieves this one three levels. The LUDC, the Metropolitan Guard, and the Princess Royal's Volunteers.

Levantine Union Defense Council as a reserve force

The Levantine Union Defense Council (LUDC), of which Burgundie is a co-founding member, provides a convenient loophole to the legal statute preventing Burgundie from having a standing army in the Burgoignesc Metropole. Burgundie provides a disproportionate amount of personnel support to the LUDC's Mobile Land Forces Element. By subjugating command and control of these units to the LUDC and not a Burgoignesc command, they are considered not a national standing army, but supernational-interagency combat units. This creates a thriving environment for soldiers and commander to train and gain valuable experience while also ensuring that the majority of the Army of Burgundie is capable of engaging in international operations and understanding complex and dynamic command environments.

Metropolitan Guard

Banner of the Metropolitan Guard.

The Burgoignesc Grand Principal Republican Metropolitan Guard, (Burg: Vigilanteuers della Republique Real Burgoignesc), more commonly known as the Metropolitan Guard, is the ready-reserve infantry force of the Army of Burgundie. It constitutes a semi-professional corps of non-commissioned and junior officers. It is designed to be activated in the event of an invasion of the Burgoignesc Metropole and to rally residents to fight a guerilla war against the invaders.

Princess Royal's Volunteers

Banner of the Princess Royal's Vonlunteers.

The Princess Royal's Volunteers is a civilian self-defense league operated under the leadership of the army but regulated on a day-to-day basis by the National Gendarmerie of Burgundie. It is an inactive reserve force for the Army of Burgundie and has a membership of about 1.7 million. Sometimes called the Peasant's Army, the Membership is a prerequisite for fire arms ownership in Burgundie. Upon completion of the application process and 40 hrs of firearms safety training, residents are given a license to buy, own, and where permissable by local law, carry firearms. There are no dues, and members are automatically rostered with the Princess Royal's Alshars. This designation means that in the event of a national emergency or war members are forbade from leaving the country and subject to conscription. To maintain membership residents have to complete 4 hours of subervised range time each month, and one combat village course each year.

Cooperative Units

Burgo-Yonderrian Retinue Militaire

Primarily a training and logistics body to ensure Burgs and Yonds are on the same page in case I go to war and want to draft the entire country of Yonderre]....again, so they are up to speed on Burg weapons and tactics. This is "unofficially" considered the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion's induction center for Volonderres.

Cohort Praetorian of the Great Levantines

Burgundie and Urcea

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Other Commands

Industrial Maintenance Service

Army Corps of the Rails

The Army Corps of the Rails (Burg: Corps Strates della Rueferrus (CoStR)) was formed during the Second Great War when the various private freight rail networks were nationalized as part of the total war campaign in 1939. In its current iteration it owns, maintains, or operates on about 15% of the rail network in Burgundie and has a rolling stock capacity of 568 cars of various descriptions, 47 engines, and three yards.

Ancient and Honorable Logistics Train

The Ancient and Honorable Logistics Train (Burg: Train Logistique Ancien et Honourable (TraLAH)) is a collection of company level pack animal troupes for combat logistics in environments and theaters where terrain or refueling capabilities are complex. There are 8 mule companies, 6 dromedary companies, 4 horse companies, and a dog sled company.

Each company consists of a headquarters, a veterinarian platoon, a feed and handling platoon, and 10 squads of two animals each, with the exception of the dog sled company which has 5 squads each with a sled and 8 dogs.

The future is analog, you heard it here first.

Overseas Enemy Arms Repurposement Sustainment Brigade

TO&E of the OBSRAE

The Overseas Enemy Arms Repurposement Sustainment Brigade (Burg: L'Outremer Brigade Sustenement pour le Reutilisement des Armes Ennemi (OBSRAE)) is a brigade-strength combined-capabilities logistics and engineering unit tasked with the rehabilitation of captured arms from opposition forces to reduce the logistical requirements on units of the Army of Burgundie. The OBSRAE is composed of two motor pool/mechanics battalions to reconstitute enemy ground vehicles, one aviation maintenance battalion, a small arms repair battalion, a research/evaluation/training battalion, and a brigade support battalion.

While it follows a standard brigade structure, the battalions are all capable of operating independently down to the company level and are often combined to fit the specific needs of the Army of Burgundie's deployed formations. The OBSRAE can be requested by any general officer on the recommendation of a field-grade officer, with a justification. The OBSRAE's headquarters unit includes a Resource Allocation and Adjudication Company which is focused on ensuring that the Brigade's elements are able to meet all requests and are deployed efficiently.

The headquarters unit also includes a Brigade HQ/HQ Company, a Network Support Company, an independent Engineer Company, and a Site Security Infantry Company.

Operational history

The concept of repurposing captured enemy weapons (Burg: repurposement) has long been practiced during longer campaigns, particularly in theaters of operations far away from the Burgoignesc Metropole. A similar strategy, Prize have been conducted by navies for centuries, and has, since prior to its unification, been central to Burgoignesc martial maritime culture. Its use on land was not formalized until late in the Second Great War at which point Burgundie's army was spread across the globe and its logistics capabilities were strained to their breaking point. Units were asked to live off of the land and utilize captured equipment where possible so as to reduce the demand on the materiel supply chain. There was measured success but not enough to reduce demand and at the end of the war the mechanisms in place were disbanded.

During Operation Kipling the cultural revolution at home and the resulting opposition the war and the military-industrial complex led to a similar supply chain problem. Some lieutenants whose squads were in particularly hard to supply areas took it upon themselves to train their soldiers on the use of enemy weapons (particularly small arms) and supplemented their ability to sustain fires with captured enemy munitions. As the war expanded this percolated up to the field-grade officers who began not only to increase the formality and investment in this capability but also to develop specialized recon missions to capture, instead of destroying, enemy weapons in remote areas of operations (AOs). This required specialized training, not only for general forces but also of the units conducting the recon missions. This request for supplemental training reached back to Army headquarters in the lat 1970s and the Standardized Militia Progam was reworked to include training on the main battle rifle of the Army of Burgundie, but also the primary weapons of the top three adversaries of Burgundie at that time. This program was scrapped in the mid 80s as ineffectual but it was added to the advanced infantry schools of the Metropole Forces and the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion and increased to the top 5 rifle/assault rifle platforms.

In 2012, L'Outremer Brigade Sustenement pour le Reutilisement des Armes Ennemi (OBSRAE)) was formed to increase the repurposement capability beyond small arms and include land-based vehicles. A supplemental "Adversarial Platform Familiarization and Industrial Strategy" course was added for maintenance personnel and vehicle crews so that they could, theoretically, get into any vehicle in the world (regardless of the labeling language on the instrumentation) and understand it enough to drive it to a secure area to be repurposed by friendly forces. Once in a secure location these vehicles are remanded to the OBSRAE for repurposement.

In 2018, OBSRAE was expanded to include an aviation maintenance battalion. To date the battalion is only tasked with repurposement of rotary-wing and small fixed-wing support airframes. The capability to effectively repurpose larger attack, interceptor, and bomber aircraft, while feasible, cannot be met with enough trained fighter/bomber pilots, so it has been deemed inefficacious.

Since its formation in 2012, OBSRAE has been deployed 48 times for an average of 6 months. It has reduced the demand on the Burgoignesc materiel supply chain by:

• 42 million rounds of small arms ammunition
• 2.3 million small arms (battle rifles, assualt rifles, submachine guns, and pistols)
• 249 light, general purpose, and/or medium machine guns
• 4,942 heavy weapons systems (heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, anti-material/tank rifles)
• 630 single-use anti-tank rocket/missile systems
• 349 reusable anti-tank rocket/missile systems
  • 4,593 anti-tank rockets/missiles
• 39 anti-aircraft missile systems
  • 82 anti-aircraft missiles
• 3 main battle tanks
• 183 infantry fighting vehicles
• 49 armored personnel carriers
• 15 fuel trucks
• 29 armored engineer vehicles
• 3 tank recovery vehicles
• 295 unarmored support vehicles
• 4 attack helicopters
• 2 medium transport helicopters
• 6 small transport helicopters
• 3 small transport aircraft
• 1 gunship/counter-insurgency aircraft
• 1 antique staff car

Equipment

Main article: Modern equipment and uniform of the Army of Burgundie

• Pace sticks for NCOs
• Swagger sticks for infantry and riding crops for cavalry Junior Officers
• Vine staff or Shillelaghs for all Senior Officers (Senior Officers of Istroyo-Latinic ethnicity prefer the vine staff. Those of the Gaelo-Levantine line prefer the shillelagh. Either one is provided by the Army upon commissioning as a Lt. Colonel)
• Batons for all Staff Officers

Army Flag

Flag of the Army of Burgundie

Notable Soldiers

Name	Country of Origin	Country(ies) of Service		Lifespan	Contribution	Notes
		Leonardo of Venceia	Caphiria				Caphiria	Duchy of Marialanus	1452–1519	In 1502, he produced a birds eye view map of fortifications, the first of its kind in the Occidental world.
Joan-Christianus Aloysius Brilbelle	Free City of Granblaix	Bishopric of Bonavix		1743-1831	In 1782, he created a highly modified tactical version of chess for the Bishop of Bonavix. It is considered one of the first wargames.
Oilliem-Alliander Fremand Ouitan	Burgundie	Burgundie		1914-1967	In 1932, he began publishing paperback books for soldiers in his unit small enough to fit in uniform pockets. By 1935, this lead to the Army sponsoring a massive paperback publishing effort which continued the world over after the war.

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