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Between 1923 and 1930, the Royal and Imperial Army was transformed from a fundamentally 19th century force into a rudimentary 20th century force that would be well positioned to learn and develop throughout the earliest years of the [[Second Great War]]. | Between 1923 and 1930, the Royal and Imperial Army was transformed from a fundamentally 19th century force into a rudimentary 20th century force that would be well positioned to learn and develop throughout the earliest years of the [[Second Great War]]. | ||
Doctrinal developments would proceed apace during the late 1920s. | Doctrinal developments would proceed apace during the late 1920s. | ||
Controversially, the Royal Army Cavalry was functionally disbanded as a combat unit during the 1920s and any further development of mobile warfare was done in tandem with the traditional leadership of the infantry: an {{wp|armored brigade}} was organized for the first time in [[1925]], and the first Urcean {{wp|armored division}} was created in [[1929]] following the various exercises that occurred between 1926 and 1928. The Royal Army Cavalry had never been an especially large or prestigious branch of the Royal Army and, accordingly, had very little influence to stop its own sidelining. Champions of the Cavalry in the [[Concilium Daoni]] ensured that the horse-based combat unit would remain in existance until [[1935]], but by that time the Cavalry had been largely destroyed during the early battles of the [[Second Great War]] and no horsemen were trained and available to replace the losses. | |||
Besides doctrinal developments, new equipment would come into common use throughout the armed forces. Despite a push for the adoption of a {{wp|self-loading rifle}}, the dependable [[SR-9]] was modified for modern warfare by shortening it significantly; the resulting SR-9C carbine entered standard use in the Army by 1929. The [[SAV-5]], the first ever Urcean domestically manufactured tank, would enter service beginning in [[1930]] following doctrine-based procurement competitions held in [[1929]]. Although in some ways outdated by the time the [[Second Great War]] began, the SAV-5 would perform dependably throughout the early conflict. | Besides doctrinal developments, new equipment would come into common use throughout the armed forces. Despite a push for the adoption of a {{wp|self-loading rifle}}, the dependable [[SR-9]] was modified for modern warfare by shortening it significantly; the resulting SR-9C carbine entered standard use in the Army by 1929. The [[SAV-5]], the first ever Urcean domestically manufactured tank, would enter service beginning in [[1930]] following doctrine-based procurement competitions held in [[1929]]. Although in some ways outdated by the time the [[Second Great War]] began, the SAV-5 would perform dependably throughout the early conflict. | ||