Talk:Office of the National Army (Faneria)
| Organization | Type | Short Name | Fhainnin Name | FhainninShort Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the National and Revolutionary/[Great Rebellion?] Armies [of the Republic of the Fhainn] | Armed Forces | National Army | Íoclann an Fyddinn Naiseantach na Moréabhleach an Respoblachd Fhainnin | Íoclann an Fyddinn Naiseantach |
| Joint Command of the National and Revolutionary Armies | Joint Staff | Army Command | ||
| National Army Land Service | Army Land Service | |||
| National Army Naval/Maritime Service | Army Naval Service | |||
| National Army Aerospace Service | Army Aerospace Service | |||
| National Army Support, Logistics, and Procurement Service | Army Support Service | |||
| National Army Intelligence Service | Army Intelligence Service | |||
| Civil Guards of the Revolutionary Army | Civil Guard | |||
| Revolutionary Army Strategic Service | Army Strategic Service |
Culture
Traditions and Holidays
The two major military holidays, aside from each branch's personal Day, are Revolution Day (date) and Founding Day. Revolution day marks the death of Rih ________ on (date), while Founding Day is April 23rd, the day of the formal ceremony in 1910 that instated the RPA as the official military of the Fhainnin Popular Republic. Revolution Day is also a general holiday for the country, and is marked with parades and celebrations that extend to military installations outside of combat operations areas.
In Society
Personnel and Resources
Rank Structure
| Land Force | International Equivalent | Rank | CO and Attendant CO Ranks | Insignia | Average Full Staff | Composition | Abbreviation and Standardized Designation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man at Arms | |||||||||||
| Cith (Eng. Friends/fireteam) | Corporal | Sgiobair-Leift. or Corporal, Man-At-Arms or Corporal | 4-6 | ||||||||
| Sgibo (I) | Squad (*) | Sgiobair-Leift. | Sgiobair, Sgiobair Leift. | 10-15 | 1st Sgibo | ||||||
| NM Tastel (II) | Platoon (***) | Sgiobair | Captaen, Serdeant | 75 | The fundamental purpose-based unit; these comprise the entire structure of a Catalion or Ceitern and Bragadt. | ||||||
| NM Catalion (O) | Company (I) | Captaen-Leift. | Ardcaptaen,Leiftenant | 225-300 | An intermediate unit; Catalionn are primarily used in support roles or as command units in Bragadts and Rhon. | 1st BGT TG1 TS1 | |||||
| Captaen | |||||||||||
| NM Ceitern (OO) | Battalion or Regiment (II or III) | Ardcaptaen | Leift. General (also referred to as General-Ceiterna), Quartermaster-Ceiterna, Leift. Ceiterna, Hospitaller-Ceiterna | 900 | Composed entirely of Tastel, one of which is a command unit. A 'full' standard mixed-role unit contains nine hundred men in 12 tastels (Command, 3 infantry, scouts, armor, artillery,anti-air, engineering, maintenance, supply, medical evacuation/field hospital). Artillery, anti-air, engineering, and battlefield medical functions are typically performed at this level. | 1.1 BGT TG1 | |||||
| Bragadt (X) | Brigade (X) | General-Leift. | General-Bragorra, Quartermaster-Bragorra, Leift. Bragorra, Hospitaller-Bragorra | 3525 | Typically composed of a total of 47 Tastel - one command and one helicopter unit, support staff, and 36 Tastels organized into constituent Ceitern. Artillery assets may be reallocated across the Bragadt when needed by the General-Bragorra, while the Bragadt itself has additional rear-line anti-air functions. Military Police, signals units, and air support operate at this level or higher. Support Tastels outside of Ceiternn are: Bridging Engineering, military police, helicopter support, anti-air, quartermaster supply, ordinance supply, maintenance, signals, field hospital, and rear line engineering. | 1.1 BGT | |||||
| Rhon (XX) | Division (XX) | General-Ceiterna | General-Rhonorra, Quartermaster Rhonorra, Leift. Rhonorra. Hospitaller-Rhonorra | 18300 | Typically composed of four Bragadts with several support Catalionn: Command, Quartermaster-supply, Rhon Anti-Air, Medical, MP, Ordinance-supply, Rhon-maintenance, 4 general supply, helicopter support, helicopter transport, and signals. Air units are often attached at this level. | 1st RHN | |||||
| Front (#) | Corps (XXX) | General-Bragorra | General, any lower general rank, typically Bragorra | 39600 + | Composed of two or more Rhon with several support Catalionn: Command, Quartermaster-supply, Rhon Anti-Air, Medical, MP, Ordinance-supply, Rhon-maintenance, two or more general supply, and signals. | ||||||
| Army Central Command | General-Rhonorra | Marshal, Quartermaster-General, Hospitaller-General, General-Militant | varies | ||||||||
| General of the Army | |||||||||||
| Marshal | |||||||||||
| Appellation | |||||||||||
| Hospitaller | |||||||||||
| Combat Specialist | |||||||||||
| Support and Supply, Quartermaster | |||||||||||
| Aeronaut | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster | |||||||||||
| Tankist | |||||||||||
| Artillerist | |||||||||||
| Engineer, Mapping | |||||||||||
| Kitchen | |||||||||||
| Sailor | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster-Leift. | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster-Ceiterna | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster-Bragorra | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster-Rhonorra | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster-General | |||||||||||
| Quartermaster of the Army | |||||||||||
| Hospitaller | |||||||||||
| Corporal-Hospitaller | |||||||||||
| Captain-Hospitaller | |||||||||||
| Hospitaller-Ceiterna | |||||||||||
| Hospitaller-Bragorra | |||||||||||
| Hospitaller-Rhonorra | |||||||||||
| Hospitaller-General of the Army | |||||||||||
Tascghrúp
Ghrúpcaptaen
Man-at-Arms, Corporal, Sgiobair-Leiftenant, Sgiobair, Serdeant, Captaen, Leiftenant, Ardcaptaen, Quartermaster-Ceitern, Leiftenant Ceitern, Hospitaller-Ceitern, Leift. General, Quartermaster-Bragorra, Leift. Bragorra, Hospitaller-Bragorra, General-Bragorra, Quartermaster-Rhonorra, Leift. Rhonorra, Hospitaller-Rhonorra, General-Rhonorra, General, Quartermaster-General, Hospitaller-General, Marshal
All COs are technically considered officers in the Fhainnin rank structure, and non-officers are referred to as Men-at-Arms. Any soldier can theoretically attain the rank of Captaen, though this typically is reserved for officer training school candidates and higher ranks require such training as a prerequisite. Appointments to the ranks of Lft. General and higher almost always require appropriate political leanings and specialized schooling in addition to the demonstrated competence and leadership qualities expected of the upper echelons.
Pay
base pay for a soldier is approximately 30,000 Barra a year for enlisted, 45,000 for lower officers, 60,000 for staff officers, and 140,000 Barra/year for generals before bonuses. Combat awards typically include bonuses of one to ten thousand Barra; campaign medals and ordinary medals do not. Soldiers killed in battle are awarded a year and a half of tax exempt pay to be paid to the willed persons or nearest kin if nobody is selected. Soldiers killed in peacetime for reasons unrelated to existing health issues, disorderly conduct, and suicide are awarded one hundred to one hundred fifty thousand barra over three years. Maimed veterans receive a varying pay of 10-15 thousand Barra per year for fifteen years after discharge, and all combat veterans are entitled to tax-funded mental health services. Veterans and active personnel additionally are additionally exempt from Faneria's railway use tax.
Budget and Development
about 36 billion in salaries (average 37000 barra/26.5k thalers pay, but many bonuses available plus minor pensions)
misc.
Naming Conventions for small arms, weapons systems, and ships
SS, CV, CVA, BB, BC, CA, CC, CL, DD, CL, DL, TP, N- (nuclear-powered), M- (missile), C- (conventional)
Additional Ranks - Chaplain, Corps-General, Brigade-General, Division-General, Amry-General, Knight- award prefix, Citizen Militant (conscript)
APC, IFV, MOT, MCH, L-ARM, ARM, H-ARM, AT, SP-AT, AA, SP-AA, R-ART, ART, H-ART, L-ART, SP-ART, SPR-ART, etcetera
CIWS, SAMS (surface-air missile), SSMS, AAMS, IMGS (machine gun)
Common system designation example - L-ART Type 2017/1 = mortar, designed 2017, first variant designed in category that year
example 2 - NM-BC 2001-1 #2 - nuclear-powered, missile-equipped heavy cruiser/battlecruiser designed 2001, second of class
859,124 active, 5,117,866 reserve, 36,881 paramilitary = 6,013,871 total
38.4% of pop in eligible age range, 12.82% of total pop in age range and within service parameters
Gantsgun Heavy Engineering
Ladvner Technical Solutions
Hydrus Arms
Spetsford Shipyards United
Seaplane Carriers
Carrier Conversions
Airships
Submarines
Submarine Carriers
Command (Field Command, Installation Command, Central Command):
Quartermaster (Logistics, Supply and Procurement):
Labor (Transport, Engineer Support):
Signals/Intelligence (Communications, Electronic Warfare):
Engineering (Bridging, Mine Warfare, Ordinance and Demolitions, Technical, Labor):
Infantry (Light, Mot, Mech):
Artillery (Field, SP, Missile SP):
Armor:
Recon (Cav, Mot Cav, Mech Cav):
Medical (Hospital, Field Hospital, Mortuary, etc.):
Special (Chemical, Nuclear, Military Police, Law):
Organization
Standard Unit Types:
Infantry: Light, Motorized/Mechanized, Garrison
Armor: Light, Normal
Artillery: Light, Field, Self-Propelled, Anti-Air Field, Anti-Air Self Propelled, Field Rocket, Self-Propelled Rocket, Self Propelled Missile, Anti-Tank Field, Anti-Tank Self-Propelled
Support: Hospital, Logistics/Quartermaster, Signal, Headquarters, Engineering, Ordinance, Recon (Cavalry, Motorized Cavalry, Air Cavalry)
Generally speaking, a Rhon will be marked as Infantry, Armor, or Support, with Infantry and Armor Rhonn containing their own support Bragadts, Catalionn, and Cuartoris; a Support Rhon is composed of several identical noncombat Bragadts with additional support units under a more robust command staff to support local Chorp operations as required. In some cases, additional combat support formations (i.e. Recon or Ordinance) may be attached temporarily to a Rhon or even to a Bragadt within a Rhon - for example, an ad-hoc formation created to counter an armored advance may be assigned an entire anti-tank Catalion per frontline Bragadt in addition to or instead of the one assigned under direct Rhon command, tripling or quadrupling the usual anti-tank armament of the formation as a whole (assuming full staff and supply).
Medical, Signals, and other support formations typically are grouped into Cuartori or at most Bragadt, but normally these personnel are distributed throughout the larger formations they serve with to fulfil their roles directly. Proper formations of these may be grouped into information centers, field or proper hospital units, etc.
Unit types:
HQ (HQ): covers command and bureaucratic units.
Infantry (X): variants include light infantry, mot/mech infantry (x with box), mountain (x, filled bottom), air drop (x, filled top), and marine units (anchor).
Recon (/): variants include horse recon (slash), wheeled (slash, boc, and bottom dots) and tracked recon (slash, block, and bottom line)
Armor (box): variants include light armor (box) and line armor (box with vertical middle line), plus miscellaneous armored wheeled (box with bottom dots) or tracked (box with bottom line) units
Artillery (dot): variants include field guns (dot), self-propelled artillery (dot with box), mortars (x with top tot), and aa guns (self-propelled - dot, box, up-chevron -, static - dot, up chevron -, and missile - up chevron, up triangle)
field (box with and self-propelled missile or rocket (box with down chevron and middle dot)
field missile
sp-missile (
Engineering (E): covers units handling ordinance and bomb disposal, general combat engineering, and construction planning.
Quartermaster (Q): covers supply and logistics bureaucratic units.
Military Police (MP: covers policing and courts units.
Labor and Supply (shovel): covers construction and supply line units.
Maintenance (wrench): covers equipment management units
Hospital (+): covers combat medical personnel, field and rear hospitals, mortuary units, and specialist units such as dental, radiological, etc.
Signals (connection symbol): covers military intelligence, electronic warfare, radio and other communications methods, counterintelligence and other units.
The Army is generally organized into Infantry, Armored, and irregular Rhon and smaller units. As of 2020, these were:
- 39 Infantry Rhon (18 organized into the Chorps structures, 21 'free')
- 9 Armored Rhon (all organized into the Chorps structures)
- 31 Support Rhon (27 organized into the Chorps structures, 4 'free')
- 1 Marine Rhon, 1 Air Drop Rhon, 1 Special Service Rhon, 2 Light Infantry Rhon
- several independent smaller units, typically recruitment, training, and armory/base permanent garrisons
Of these units, the majority of them (9 Armored, 18 Infantry, and 27 Support) are organized into three field armies, each formed of three combat Chorps of one armor and two infantry Rhon and one logistical Chorps of three Support Rhon. Generally, one support Rhon shadows each combat Chorps on campaign.
Of the remaining units, 16 of the remaining infantry Rhon and two of the Support Rhon act as semi-permanent garrisons around the metropole. One infantry Rhon is based in the colony of Mharnsgate, and the remaining two Support and four Infantry Rhon are deployed as-needed. The nonstandard units (marines, paratroops, Special Services, and various military police, intelligence, and minor task forces) are generally split into constituent parts and attached as needed to other units.
| Unit | Symbol | Formation Roles | Formation Sizes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantry (Light) | frontline combat, frequently garrison duties | |||
| Infantry (Motorized) | frontline combat | |||
| Infantry (Mechanized) | frontline combat | |||
| Infantry (Air Drop) | frontline combat, paradrop landing | |||
| Infantry (Mountain) | frontline combat, rough terrain fighting | |||
| Infantry (Marine) | frontline combat, shore landing | |||
| Infantry (Mortar) | frontline combat, light artillery support | |||
| Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Field) | combat support, infantry support | |||
| Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Self-Propelled) | combat support, mobile infantry support | |||
| Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Field, Missile/Rocket) | combat support, static specialist artillery | |||
| Artillery (Surface-to-Surface, Self-Propelled, Missile) | combat support, specialist artillery | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Air, Field) | combat support, conventional antiair | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Air, Self-Propelled) | combat support, mobile anti-air | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Air, Field, Missile) | combat support, static antiair | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Air, Self-Propelled, Missile) | combat support, specialist antiair | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Armor, Field) | combat support, antitank defense | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Armor, Self-Propelled) | combat support, tank hunting | |||
| Artillery (Anti-Armor) | combat support | |||
| Recon (Horse) | intel and maneuver | |||
| Recon (Car/Motorcycle) | intel and maneuver | |||
| Recon (Tracked) | intel and maneuver | |||
| Recon (Air) | intel and light air support | |||
| Armored (Car) | combat support, infantry support | |||
| Armored (Tracked) | frontline combat and maneuver, infantry support | |||
| Armored (Light) | frontline combat and maneuver | |||
| Armored (Line) | frontline combat, anti-armor, | |||
| Air (Anti-Air) | air intercept | |||
| Air (General Purpose) | air intercept, ground support | |||
| Air (Tactical Support) | tactical bombing | |||
| Air (Heavy Support) | strategic bombing or transport | |||
| Engineer | ||||
| Labor and Supply | ||||
| Signals | ||||
| Military Police | ||||
| Quartermaster | ||||
| Medical | ||||
| Headquarters |
Standard Chorp: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori, three combat Rhon, and one support Rhon. Other units are usually attached at this organizational level for specialized tasks.
Standard Combat Rhon:
Standard Support Rhon:
Air Service Catalionn: Composed of a Pilot/Technical Cuartori and a logistical Cuartori; 400 men in total typically operating anywhere from 4-40 aircraft depending on type.
Air Supply Bragadt: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori, one medical Cuartori and a logistics Catalion; 1000 men in total commanding and supporting 2-6 Air Service units.
Army Marine Rhon:
Army Air Drop Rhon:
===Standing Units===
Army Central Command:
Basic Training Rhon:
Specialist Training Rhon:
Reserve Coordination Bragadt:
1. Army: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and five standardized Chorps, all of which are mechanized/motorized with tank elements. Attached are two of the Army Special Services' four Catalionn, five Air Supply Bragadts, and eighteen Air Service Catalionn.
2. Army: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and five standardized Chorps, one of which is mechanized with tank elements and four of which are motorized. Attached is one of the Army Special Services' four Catalionn, four Air Supply Bragadts, and fifteen Air Service Catalionn.
3. Army: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and three standardized Chorps, two of which are motorized and one which is not properly motorized.
Army Special Service HQ and 1st Catalion
Army Marine Rhon:
Army Air Drop Rhon:
Army Garrison/Reserve Coordination Bragadts: Composed of one Headquarters Cuartori and eighteen Bragadts, each including one Headquarters Cuartori, one nonstandard infantry Catalion (which may have anti-aircraft, anti-tank, or other assets depending on placement on a military base or in a city), and one logistical Catalion.