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Caxan Military

Cax
13-06-2004, 13:24
Here, for the first time are the stats. for the Caxan Military. I bet this forum will murder my nice formatting.

Caxan Military

(For ‘Zig’ read ‘modified transport helicopter’.)

Breakdown by Budget Given in US $ for convenience.

Total Caxan Budget: Approximately $20,000 billion
Caxan Military Budget: 5% of Total Budget = $1,000 billion

Variable (Running) Annual costs: $500 billion
(This includes such things as wages for all, rations, ammunition, uniforms, etc.)
Repairs, Refits, and Replacements (RRR): $290 billion
(All equipment and hardware is replaced once every 25 years, at least)
Research and Development: $1.5 billion
Logistics: $200 billion
(Repairing and repairing of Dullard-class ships comes under RRR)
Safeguarding of Dignitaries: $0.5 billion
Other Costs, Emergencies, Saving: $4 billion
Administration and Governance: $ 4 billion
Total: $1,000 billion

Military Breakdown

Total number of type In a City Base (32 + 1 total)
Standard Infantry 2 million 40,000
Other Troops 250,000 5,000
Armour 500,000 10,000
Navy 250,000 Depends
Airforce 1.5 million 30,000
Officers and Admin 500,000 1,000
Logistics 500,000 Depends

The following numbers represent number of people employed as, rather than total number of type. Number of type (e.g. tanks) is given after.
Standard Infantry: 20 million (1.3 million Zigs): Every squad is a nearly self-sufficient fighting unit. It will contain specialists in medicine, cookery, engineering and specialist and heavy weapons. The whole of Cax’s forces are mechanised in Zigs.
250,000 Other Troops:
- 100,000 (6,500 Zigs) Gold Band: Cax’s elite troops.
- 50,000 Gabberbocchi Troopers: Mounted troops.
- 50,000 (3,250 Zigs) Marines: Specialists in fighting on, in and near water.
- 500,000 Others:
- 5,000 Thief/Carrier Zigs
- 25,000 Heavy Zigs
- 5,000 Mini Zigs
- 5,000 Other Zigs
500,000 Armour:
- 100 Anvil Tanks: Cax’s heaviest tank.
- 25,000 Hammer Tanks: Cax’s standard main battle tank.
- 10,000 Hammer Artillery Variants
- 10,000 Hammer Anti-Aircraft Variants
- 5,000 Other Hammer Variants

250,000 Navy : Cax’s Navy is relatively small, relying solely on Cax’s smallest class of submarine, Mosquito-class submarines, for ship-to-ship contact. Transport ships are organised under Logistics.
- 200 Mosquito-class submarines
- 25,000 Admin
- 35,000 Engineers
- 5,000 Other
Navy Troops:
- 10,000 (650 Zigs) Navy Standard Infantry
- 7,500 (500 Zigs) Gold Band
- 20,000 (1300 Zigs)Marines
- 2,500 Gabberbocchi Troops
Navy Aircraft
- 5,000 Aquila Fighters: See below.
- 5,000 Bombers: See below.
- 20,000 Engineers
- 5000 Zigs
- 500 Mini Zigs
- 500 Heavy Zigs
- 500 Carrier/Thief Zigs
- 500 Carrier Planes

1.5 million Airforce
- 150,000 Aquila Fighters: Cax’s standard fighter. Carries missiles, projectile weapons, and fills most roles in the Airforce.
- 75,000 Bombers: Small bombing aircraft.
- 15,000 Carrier Planes
- 600,000 Engineers
- 150,000 Zigs
- 40,000 Standard
- 75,000 Heavy
- 25,000 Mini
- 10,000 Carrier / Thief

Governance and Administration in Central Command
5 million: Assorted Clerks, officers, ministers, etc., etc.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mdavis5870/Jnew%20Web/caxsig.jpg
The Imperopedantpartoaristacracy of Cax (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=cax)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mdavis5870/Jnew%20Web/commandbar.jpg

OK, comments/ suggestions? Is the whole thing outrageous?