Calinthian Military: Difference between revisions

[[File:Calinthian Soldier 1954.png|left|thumb|Artistic rendition of the slightly updated M-53 Kit of the 1950s, equipped with a supplied Burgoignesc FAL.]]

[[File:07574695280d490eadcbc76448a189fe.jpeg|thumb|[[Haus von Klaive|Hubert von Markansen]]]]

Beginning with the [[Military Initiative 1964|Military Initiative 1941]] Calinthian ground tactics consisted of large mechanized and armored assaults. This tactic is also known as "Schwerpunkt" and was adapted by [[Friedrich von Guder]] from [[Urcean]] Military thought. It relies on overwhelming armored force concentrated on as small of a section of the battlefield as possible. The Calinthian Armed Forces used the tactics to great effect both in the [[Calinthian Civil War]] against the Republican Guard and in the [[War of Hearts]] against the Red forces. The main implementations of the reformations of 1944 was complete reliance on mechanized and armored warfare doctrines with supporting combined arms such as air or artillery formations in support. Calinthian general [[Haus von Klaive|Hubert von Markansen]] was the first to formalize the concept of [[Blitz und Schrecken]], literally "Lightning and Terror". This tactic relied on overwhelming first strike capability to completely render the opponents military and civilian infrastructure destroyed or at the very least temporarily suppressed. This is then followed by a mechanized and armored ground attack using the concepts of [[Schwerpunkt]]. Through these methods, von Markansen theorized that the enemy would have limited time if any to react to an attack. He further theorized that not only would the destruction of military infrastructure compromise the reactivity of the enemy military, but the complete destruction of civilian infrastructure on a massive scale would cause panic among the civilian populace. This would create riots, distrust of the local government, and would heavily reduce the amount of Calinthian fighting force needed to fight the enemy.