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| {{Infobox military unit | | =={{int:filedesc}}== |
| | unit_name = Arcerion Parachute Regiment
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| | native_name = APR | | |description={{na|1=ixnay archival}} |
| | image = Parachute Regiment Arcerion.png | | |date=2023-07-18 |
| | dates = 19??-present | | |source={{own}} |
| | country = [[Arcerion]] | | |author=[[User:Urcea|Urcea]] |
| | type = {{army|Arcerion}}
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| | role = Expeditionary Warfare<br>Airborne Infantry<br>Air Assault | | |other versions= |
| | size = 1,500 (2026)
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| | command_structure = [[Structure of the Arcer Army|11 Parachute Brigade]]
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| | garrison = Novasar Barracks, Presdale Garrison | |
| | motto = "First in the Fight"
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| | anniversaries = 19?? (Regimental Founding)<br>19?? (Ardmori Civil War)<br>19?? (Battle of Novasar Airfield)<br>September 30, 1961 (Iraso Pocket)
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| | battles = [[Arcer Bush Wars]], [[First Great War]], Ardmori Civil War, [[Second Great War]], [[Istrenyan Crisis]], [[Final War of the Deluge]]
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| | current_commander =
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| | commander1 = LCol Timothy MacAile
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| | commander1_label = Commanding Officer
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| | commander2 = WO1 Paul Truss
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| | commander2_label = Regimental Sergeant-Major
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| Overview The '''Arcerion Parachute Regiment''' (APR), commonly known as the '''Paras''', is a Regular Force airborne infantry regiment of the Arcer Army, headquartered at the Novasar Barracks, located at the Presdale Garrison in the Arcer Heartland, Northern Northlea Governorate. Its current commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy MacAile, and the Regimental Sergeant-Major is WO1 Paul Truss. The Arcerion Parachute Regiment is part of the Arcer Army's 11 Parachute Brigade.
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| The Parachute Regiment was formed in the Interwar Period with the identified need to stand up a parachute capability for the Army, following a White Paper by the Arcer General Staff on the future of elite infantry formations. At its largest, it had a dozen battalions during the Second Great War, and formed the core of the 1st Airborne Division. The Regiment has taken part in every major Arcer conflict since its inception, from its key role in Operation Lightfoot, to the Final War of the Deluge against Varshan.
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| The regiment took on its current configuration and organization after the conclusion of the Second Great War as defense reforms slashed budgets and downsizing of the Armed Forces became a national priority. The Regiment has consistently proved to be a key asset to the [[Armed Forces of Arcerion|Arcer Armed Forces]], where it is often deployed for counter-insurgency, policing, stability, and humanitarian missions due to its highly mobile nature and maintaining a high level of readiness. As per the [[2022 Confederate Memo on Defence]] the Parachute Regiment was slated to receive the funding and manning to raise an extra two battalions by 2028, and a further third new battalion (6 PARA) by 2030.
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| == Formation == | |
| In light of massive industrialization of warfare and an increased emphasis on the professionalization of the Armed Forces of Arcerion, the Arcer General Staff outlined a new need for a highly-mobile airborne force of infantry that could seize airfields, ports, and key transportation hubs ahead of the advancing main ground forces from the Arcer Army. The General Staff identified that an existing infantry unit, the Duke of Lincolnshire's Regiment, headquartered at Presdale Garrison, would provide the nascent headquarters and training staff to begin forming the new regiment. Considerable efforts were also made by the Arcer Air Force to prepare for the troop lift that would be required to airlift multiple battalions. The Air Force started Combat Controller Parties, small groups of aviators that would integrate with the Army to assist with the air dropping of men, equipment, and ammunition onto drop zones.
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| === Training and Equipment ===
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| The Parachute course itself took place over fourteen days at the Parachute School (later renamed to the Arcer Army Airborne School). Candidates had to jump from converted hot air balloons as the Air Force had no sufficient air transport aircraft available. A required five jumps was the minimum standard to be qualified as an airborne soldier, with the jumps gradually increasing in difficulty from no equipment, up to full equipment at night. During this period, Army records stated that volunteers failed from the course at an approximate 40% rate due to the unnatural type of training, fear of heights, injury, or failure to meet standards. Volunteers were often motivated by the Jump Pay that was awarded to successful candidates.
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| The follow-on training was sixteen weeks of additional exposure to small arms, heavy weapons, explosives, radios and transmission equipment, weather forecasting, escape and evasion, close quarters combat techniques, and a large physical fitness component. Specific emphasis was placed on the section and platoon level tactics, as Arcer Paras would be expected to fight in small disparate groups in the event of large dispersion on a drop zone.
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| == History ==
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| === First Great War (previous regiment, Duke of Lincolnshire's Regiment) ===
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| === Ardmori Civil War ===
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| === Second Great War ===
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| === Istrenyan Crisis ===
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| === Fourth Bush War ===
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| === Final War of the Deluge ===
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| === Kelekona Peacekeeping ===
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| == Structure ==
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| === Facilities ===
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| ==== Arcer Army Airborne School (AAAS) ====
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| ==== Royal Arcer Advanced Warfare School (RAAWS) ====
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| ==== Novasar Barracks ====
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| == Battle Honours ==
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| === Lineage ===
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| == Alliances ==
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| [[Category:Arcerion]]
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