Development of armored warfare in Burgundie
For much of its history Burgundie has relied on mercenaries from the various principalities of the Kingdom of Dericania for landbased defense. Following its independence in 1875 Burgundie entered a world where armored warfare was still soley a realm of the sea. However, that changed during the War of Faskano Strait when Kirav fielded a small number of mobile pill boxes. While the war formally ended the Kiro-Burgundian Wars, and the nautical arms race between Kirav and Burgundie, it sparked a global armored warfare arms race that exploded less than twenty years later with the outbreak of the Great War.
Chariots
Upon the arrival of the first Latinic settlers a clear advantage was demonstrated in their use of chariots, over their Feinii, Impaxi, and Levzeish foe. The chariot remained a staple in Burgundian armies until the 13th century, when under the rule of the Fanerian, the chariot fell out of favor as inconsistent with the Fanerian methods of war.
Called the carrus, the early Latinic war chariot had a wicker carriage, two wheels and was pulled by a single horse. The platform was large enough for only a single man and was often used by a commander to give commands quickly. After the further development of the chariot to the conditions in northern Levantia, the Bergendus biga, a heavier wooden chariot for two men, pulled by two horses became popular. The first man was the driver and the second a warrior trained both in archery or in melee weapons. These chariot warriors were revered in northern Levantia for the skill and adeptness. In the 10th century, there remained a few recorded instances of chariots with the carriage being in front of the horses and a plow being fitted to the front to bust a hole in the enemy lines for cavalry to advance through and attack the rear of the opposing force, but this was not a common practice.
The development of the quadriga inpulsa a four horse-drawn, four-wheeled battle platform for a driver and up to 6 men was expensive but popular in the 12th century. It was as effective a psychological weapon as it was a weapon of war, but the amount of training required for these types of warriors and the advent of better polearms made them an impractical expense when the Fanerian's took over the land-based defense of Burgundie.
Medieval and Renaissance Armored Cavalry
Equestrian Guard of the County Palatine of Pumbria, Yonderrean heavy cavalry tradition
Audonian Colonial Warfare
Main article: Burgoignesc colonial empire
War Elephants
In 18th-century warfare in the northern coast of Daria, the Audonians employed war elephants on the battlefield, dating back the Arrunid Empire and throughout the Oduniyyad Caliphate. These colossal creatures, adorned with armor and carrying platforms for archers or later musketeers, served multifaceted roles. Notably, they shock troops and were used for psychological warfare, striking smaller forces and infantry with impunity. Their size provided elevated platforms for ranged attacks giving them a significant range advantage despite having the same weapons as their enemies. The elephants also played crucial roles in sieges knocking down smaller fortifications, crossing defensive groundworks, or pulling heavy siege engines into position.
Subsequently, Bergendii soldiers who encountered the strategic prowess of Audonian war elephants, after their initial shock and losing a few battles to them, saw an opportunity to integrate them into their Occidental-style warfare, and they soon established specialized elephant units. These units combined Bergendii musketeers and Audonian archers atop the elephants, initially commanded by an Audonian until the Bergendii had learned how to use the elephants in battle. Some elephants were later used as mobile gun platforms and two Puckle guns were put on the firing platform to provide sweeping fire to large formations of enemy troops and the ramparts of enemy fortifications.
Camels
Zamburak Camel Artillery
Armored Cars
- Tachanka for the Burgundian Grand Crona Trading Company during the New Burgundie Secession War.
- Rolls-Royce Armoured Car 1922 - 1940
- AmP 38 1938-1967
- Dynastinae Combat Vehicle 2030-present
Tanks
During the Battle of Langenhanshagen on March 18-25, 1916, the Kiravian forces fielded mobile pill boxes, the first recorded use of tanks in combat. The event led to a
Pre-Great War Tanks
CtP 17
Corsaire terresc Patron 1917 (CtP 17)
Land cruiser Pattern 1917 248 in total
CtP-22p
Corsaire terresc Patron 1922 pesuc (CtP-22p)
Heavy land cruiser Pattern 1922 44 of these in total
Great War Tanks
CtP-26p
6 of these
- Tearlag (Charlotte)- Instigator
- Grainne (Grawnya)- she who inspires terror
- Bridhide (Bridget)- goddess of strength
- Doileag (Dolak)- world ruler
- Mor (More)- great warrior
- Ard-Aingealag (Ard angela)- arch angel
Corsaire terresc Patron 1926 pesuc (CtP-26p)
Heavy land cruiser Pattern 1926
CtP-36v
Corsaire terresc Patron 1936 viste (CtP-36v)
Fast land cruiser Pattern 1936 382 of these
CtP-39b
Corsaire terresc Patron 1939 batalha (CtP-39b)
Battle land cruiser Pattern 1939 128 of these
End of Burgoignesc Tanks
up armoring became impossible with increasingly powerful rounds and logistics trains for tank parts became incredibly expensive. Fast armored cars with tank guns became the easiest way to solve all of these problems in the early 1950s. With the fast natured and asymmetric style of war in both Operation Kipling and the Quds War faster and lighter armored platforms were required to maintain counter-insurgency. With the need to maintain global reach for its armed forces the Army of Burgundie opted to prioritize airmobile armor since the 1970s.
The one exception was the X-89 Ruby Epee which needed to be on a tracked chassis due to its sheer size and weight.
Halftracks
Armored Fighting Vehicles
MRVs
Armored Scout Vehicles
Panhard AML 1960–1987
- Rooikat 1989-1998