Clarkovia
04-08-2004, 17:48
The Dominion of Clarkovia is a very large, devout nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Conscripts serve for a year in training battalions in brigades with regular battalions and that have a training function and reservist units doing their 2 weeks annual refresher training. They then return homes where they participate in drills once a week in their local neighbourhood Citizen Defence unit.
Not all conscripts serve with the military however – some serve with the Gendarmerie (Rural) or Metropolitan (Urban) Police who have in war a military police function – these in the reserve act as resource for the police in the event of civil disorder. Others (epically objectors) do their years conscription in the Medical Services, the Clarkovian national health service.
The Dominion of Clarkovia has a population of 50 million. Using Israel as a model I’d say we have 1.5 million troops but less regulars than Israel due to less foreign support and less immediate threats.
At anyone time there is 130,000 Regulars (280,00 including police.)
Alla rmed services use the same standard small arms – G3 assault rifles and Uzis for personal weapons. The P38 is the standard issue pistol. MG3s are the standard machine gun with some L7A2 Brens also used on vehicles as auxiliary weapons especially by the Border Patrol and police forces.
CLARKOVIAN NATIONAL GUARD (ARMY)
Approx 80,000 Regulars
Approx 60,000 Conscripts doing their National Service.
Approx 60,000 Reservists doing their annual training fortnight
This makes 60 Brigades each of one regular, One conscript and One reservist battalion plus support troops.
An all regular Armoured Brigade is based in the Capital with a Squadron of ex-Indian Chieftains, some Scorpions light tanks and FV-432 APCs.
Each a year a Regular battalion becomes standby battalion for the Dominion’s UN Commitments getting Alvis Spartan APCs.
There is also a Commando Battalion based in the Captial designed to provide support to the civil power.
Artillery is LG105s. All units unless stated are truck borne.
Citizen Defence – 1,300 District Battalions with standard light arms.
CLAROKVIAN AIRFORCE (REGUALR)
Approx 20,000 Regulars
2 Squadrons of 12 Rafales (new)
2 Squadrons of 12 Saab Viggens (urgently need replacing.)
4 Squadrons of 12 Harrier GR7
1 AEW Squadron – 4 EC-2C Hawkeyes, 8 Sea King ASaC
8 Squadrons of 12 Mil-24 HIND either in A-T or Transport mode.
2 Squadrons of Bulldog Trainers
2 Squadrons of Turaco Trainers (auxiliary strike role.)
Air Cavalry - 1 Squadron Air hussars (MOWAG Piranha Armoured Cars)
- 1 Battalion Air Horse Grenadiers (Paras)
Initial Jet training is done overseas with friendly powers (UK, France India and Australia)
CLARKOVIAN BORDER PROTECTION SERVICE
30,000 men including investigators.
Border Guard - 20 Regular Field Forces of 1,000 men – 50% on paramilitary patrol, 50% on routine frontier protection/customs work but with a auxillary military role in the event of hostilities.
Coast Guard – 10 Minesweepers, 50 Fast Patrol Boats with .50 Browning M2s engaged in smuggling prevention and fisheries protection plus 5 Field Forces of 1,000 men engaged in beach patrols 50% on paramilitary patrol, 50% on routine port duties and lifeguard/lifeboat work but with a auxiliary military role in the event of hostilities.
CLARKOVIAN POLICE (Approx 10% Conscripts.)
Gendarmes (Rural Police) 100,000 – Gendarmes would serve with their district militia except for the 3,000 strong Dominion Security Companies (Riot Police) who would join the National Guard as MPs.
Metropolitan Guard (Urban Police) 50,000 – these would join their local militia with the exception of the Executive and Legislature escort who would guard the PM and Parliament respectively.
BRIEF NOTE ON UNIFORMS
All services with the exception of the police wear similar kit - the colour of Beret denotes service with coloured (reversible) shoulder boards branch and beret unit.
Clothing -
British Army Olive Light weight trousers and tropical shirt.
Olive wool and nylon pad jumpers and West German Army Parkers are available in foul weather.
1958 Pattern Webbing.
West German Mountain troops cap with coloured band or coloured wool beret.
East German Helmet with Olive Green cover.
West German Para Boots
Exceptions
– Border Guards frequently wear olive bomber jackets or Gore-Tex jackets.
– Border troops wear a ‘fore and aft’ sidecap in Navy Blue (Coast guard) or Green (Border Guard) instead of a beret.
– Leather flying jackets are worn by the airforce personnel (off duty) and modern jumpsuits when flying.
– Police wear M65 Jackets and trousers in Grey or Urban cammo (for metropolitan police) and Blue or Woodland cammo for gendarmes with a peaked officer style police cap.
– Air Force ground troops wear dennison smocks and modern British para helmets with DPM Covers.
BERET COLOURS
National Guard - Khaki
Citizen Defence - Black
Air Force - Light Blue
Border Patrol - Green (Border) or Navy Blue (Coastguard)
Police - Red (both branches)
YES –we’re a bit rubbish really...but think it makes sense from the perspective of a peaceful country that has national service for a national bonding and civil instruction purposes...
Not all conscripts serve with the military however – some serve with the Gendarmerie (Rural) or Metropolitan (Urban) Police who have in war a military police function – these in the reserve act as resource for the police in the event of civil disorder. Others (epically objectors) do their years conscription in the Medical Services, the Clarkovian national health service.
The Dominion of Clarkovia has a population of 50 million. Using Israel as a model I’d say we have 1.5 million troops but less regulars than Israel due to less foreign support and less immediate threats.
At anyone time there is 130,000 Regulars (280,00 including police.)
Alla rmed services use the same standard small arms – G3 assault rifles and Uzis for personal weapons. The P38 is the standard issue pistol. MG3s are the standard machine gun with some L7A2 Brens also used on vehicles as auxiliary weapons especially by the Border Patrol and police forces.
CLARKOVIAN NATIONAL GUARD (ARMY)
Approx 80,000 Regulars
Approx 60,000 Conscripts doing their National Service.
Approx 60,000 Reservists doing their annual training fortnight
This makes 60 Brigades each of one regular, One conscript and One reservist battalion plus support troops.
An all regular Armoured Brigade is based in the Capital with a Squadron of ex-Indian Chieftains, some Scorpions light tanks and FV-432 APCs.
Each a year a Regular battalion becomes standby battalion for the Dominion’s UN Commitments getting Alvis Spartan APCs.
There is also a Commando Battalion based in the Captial designed to provide support to the civil power.
Artillery is LG105s. All units unless stated are truck borne.
Citizen Defence – 1,300 District Battalions with standard light arms.
CLAROKVIAN AIRFORCE (REGUALR)
Approx 20,000 Regulars
2 Squadrons of 12 Rafales (new)
2 Squadrons of 12 Saab Viggens (urgently need replacing.)
4 Squadrons of 12 Harrier GR7
1 AEW Squadron – 4 EC-2C Hawkeyes, 8 Sea King ASaC
8 Squadrons of 12 Mil-24 HIND either in A-T or Transport mode.
2 Squadrons of Bulldog Trainers
2 Squadrons of Turaco Trainers (auxiliary strike role.)
Air Cavalry - 1 Squadron Air hussars (MOWAG Piranha Armoured Cars)
- 1 Battalion Air Horse Grenadiers (Paras)
Initial Jet training is done overseas with friendly powers (UK, France India and Australia)
CLARKOVIAN BORDER PROTECTION SERVICE
30,000 men including investigators.
Border Guard - 20 Regular Field Forces of 1,000 men – 50% on paramilitary patrol, 50% on routine frontier protection/customs work but with a auxillary military role in the event of hostilities.
Coast Guard – 10 Minesweepers, 50 Fast Patrol Boats with .50 Browning M2s engaged in smuggling prevention and fisheries protection plus 5 Field Forces of 1,000 men engaged in beach patrols 50% on paramilitary patrol, 50% on routine port duties and lifeguard/lifeboat work but with a auxiliary military role in the event of hostilities.
CLARKOVIAN POLICE (Approx 10% Conscripts.)
Gendarmes (Rural Police) 100,000 – Gendarmes would serve with their district militia except for the 3,000 strong Dominion Security Companies (Riot Police) who would join the National Guard as MPs.
Metropolitan Guard (Urban Police) 50,000 – these would join their local militia with the exception of the Executive and Legislature escort who would guard the PM and Parliament respectively.
BRIEF NOTE ON UNIFORMS
All services with the exception of the police wear similar kit - the colour of Beret denotes service with coloured (reversible) shoulder boards branch and beret unit.
Clothing -
British Army Olive Light weight trousers and tropical shirt.
Olive wool and nylon pad jumpers and West German Army Parkers are available in foul weather.
1958 Pattern Webbing.
West German Mountain troops cap with coloured band or coloured wool beret.
East German Helmet with Olive Green cover.
West German Para Boots
Exceptions
– Border Guards frequently wear olive bomber jackets or Gore-Tex jackets.
– Border troops wear a ‘fore and aft’ sidecap in Navy Blue (Coast guard) or Green (Border Guard) instead of a beret.
– Leather flying jackets are worn by the airforce personnel (off duty) and modern jumpsuits when flying.
– Police wear M65 Jackets and trousers in Grey or Urban cammo (for metropolitan police) and Blue or Woodland cammo for gendarmes with a peaked officer style police cap.
– Air Force ground troops wear dennison smocks and modern British para helmets with DPM Covers.
BERET COLOURS
National Guard - Khaki
Citizen Defence - Black
Air Force - Light Blue
Border Patrol - Green (Border) or Navy Blue (Coastguard)
Police - Red (both branches)
YES –we’re a bit rubbish really...but think it makes sense from the perspective of a peaceful country that has national service for a national bonding and civil instruction purposes...