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Federal Socialist Republic Peacekeeping Forces

Total Amount of Personnel in FSR Peacekeeping Forces:

Personnel in FSR Ground Forces: [Active: 15,500,175; Non-Combatant Logistics: 25,000,000]-[Reserve: 80,000,000]
Personnel in FSR Aerial Forces: [Active: 10,500,000; Non-Combatant Logistics: 20,000,000]-[Reserve: 60,000,000]
Personnel in FSR Maritime Forces: [Active: 5,000,000; Non-Combatant Logistics: 15,000,000]-[Reserve: 10,000,000]
Civilians employed directly by the Ministry of Peace: 800,000


Total Active Service: 91,000,175, of which 31,000,175 are Standing Combatants & 60,000,000 are Non-Combatant Logistics
Total Reserves: 150,000,000
Total Personnel: 241,000,175 or 8.8% of 4,364,000,000 Population
Military Budget: 43,930,274,686,217.93 Gil or 35% of
136,429,424,491,360 Gil Government Budget

Joint-Chiefs of Staff:
Commander-in-Chief: Premier Godoyaret
Chief of Peacekeeping Staff: General Gussev
Minister of Peace: Alexi Mrak
Ground Forces Chief of Staff: General Banat
Aerial Forces Chief of Staff: General Tipolov
Maritime Forces Chief of Staff: Admiral Valentine

Military Commands:
Supreme Command:
C-in-C Godoyaret - All Forces

Ground Forces Command:
CoS Com. Gen. Banat - Armoured Corps; Infantry Corps; Mechanized Infantry Corps; Engineer Corps; Artillery Corps; Army Aviation Corps; Army Air Defense Corps; Air Cavalry Corps; Signals Corps; Ground Forces Services & Support Group; Chemical Corps; Military Intelligence; Military Police.

Aerial Forces Command:
CoS Com. Gen. Tipolov - Fighter Wing; Transport Wing; Bomber Wing; Reconnaissance Wing; AEW & EW Wing; Aerial Defense Corps; Replenishment Wing; Signals Corps; Aerial Forces Services & Support Group, Military Intelligence; Military Police.

Maritime Forces Command:
CoS Com. Adm. Valetine - Adriatic Sea Fleet; Signals Corps; Black Sea Fleet; Marine Corps; Fleet Air Arm; Maritime Forces Services & Support Group, Military Intelligence; Military Police.

Missile Command:
Com. Gen. Verhoyven - All Strategic Nuclear Rocket Forces.

Air, Sea and Land Traffic Command:
Com. Gen. Roitoski - Responsible for directing & managing all military traffic.

Intelligence and Security Command:
Com. Gen. Gunderlak – Responsible for ensuring law & order within the military; defending Hrstrovokian military installations; upholding morale; disseminating information to troops; procuring or intercepting intelligence, decoding & assessing gathered intelligence; defending against subversion within the military by the enemy; countering enemy propaganda; denying enemy efforts to collect vital information, commit sabotage or other acts of disruption. Works closely with Bureau of Intelligence & State Security. All Military Police & Military Intelligence Units.

Communications Command:
Com. Gen. Splisk – Responsible for ensuring swift, smooth, secure and reliable encrypted communications capabilities between all Forces. All Signals Units & related assets.

Recruitment, Training & Doctrine Command:
Com. Gen. Riggens - Responsible for recruitment of all personnel and their education and training in the military; implementation & supervision of Training programs for Recruits & formulation and perfecting of fighting strategies.

Special Operations Command:
Com. Gen. Lu-Tharyn – Responsible for all Special Operations sanctioned by C-in-C Godoyaret. All Crimson Guard Land, Sea & Air Special Forces Units & Rapid Reaction Forces.

Reserve Command:
Com. Gen. Hesk – Responsible for executing Mobilization plans; training outside of active service & rotation of Reserve units. All Reserve Units.

Logistical & Material Command:
Com. Gen. Daleck – Responsible for procurement, distribution, maintenance of all Hrstrovokian military assets. All Service & Support Groups Units.

Air Defense Command:
Com. Gen. Rwethi - Responsible for the defense of Hrstrovokian aerospace & operation of the National Integrated ‘Sky Lord’ Air Defense System. All dedicated Air Defense Assets.

Medical Command:
Com. Gen. Baltash Responsible for the training of all medical staff; procurement of supplies; administration of military hospitals & welfare of all military personnel, refugees or prisoners of war in Hrstrovokian custody.

Research & Development Command:
Com. Gen. Roderick – Responsible for the research & development of new types aircraft, vehicles, vessels, their weapons & munitions.

Military Districts:

Hungarian Military District
Romanian Military District
Greek Military District
Moldovan Military District
Yugoslavian Military District
Ukrainian Military District
Albanian Military District
Bulgarian Military District

Paramilitaries:

People's Militia Forces: 20,000,000
National Youth Defense League : 500,000
Metropolitan Police: 40,000,000
Frontier Troops: 400,000
State Police: 80,000,000
Bureau for Intelligence & State Security: Classified
Civil Defense Corps: 120,000,000

Maritime Forces:

Aircraft Carriers:
2 Nimitz Class Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers [48 F-14A "Tomcat"; 48 F/A-18A "Hornet"; 20 A-6E "Intruder"; 8 KA-6D "Intruder"; 8 E-2C "Hawkeye"; 8 EA-6B "Prowler"; 20 S-3B "Viking"; 12 SH-3H Sea King"]
4 Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carriers [192 Nu-39 "Aeromancer"; 40 A-6E "Intruder"; 40 S-3B "Sea Viking"; 24 SH-3 "Sea King"; 40 EA-6B "Prowler"; 40 KA-6 "Intruder"; 40 E-2C "Hawkeye, 4 C-2A "Greyhound"]
5 Kiev Class Aircraft Carriers [60 YaK-38 “Forger-A; 5 YaK-38 “Forger-B”; 31 Ka-25 “Hormone-B”]
2 Moskva Class Helicopter Cruisers [32 Ka-25 “Hormone-A”; 4 Ka-25 “Hormone-B”]
2 Shrike Class Helicopter Cruisers [50 CH-53 “Sea Stallion”; 10 AH-64 “Apache”; 4,000 Marines]

Submarines:
50 Los Angeles Class Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines
400 Sierra Class Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines
600 Oscar Class Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Submarines
400 Typhoon Class Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarines
200 Delta III Class Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarines
26 Ohio Class Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarines
350 Kilo Class Patrol Submarines
100 Walrus Class Patrol Submarines

Amphibious Assault:
20 Ivan Rogov Class LSDs [80 Ka-32 “Helix”; 2,500 Marines; 80 BTR-80A; 60 LCACs]
80 Anchorage Class LSDs [340 Leopard 2A6s; 6,400 M1114s; 1,360 SAT4s; 26,400 Marines]
30 Tarawa Class LHAs [180 AV-8Bs "Harrier II"; 120 AH-64Ds "Apache"; 360 CH-46Es "Sea Knight"; 270 CH-53s "Sea Stallion"; 57,000 Marines]
340 LCACs [400 AAAVs; 480 M198s; 680 LAV-IIIs; 4,080 M1114s; 8,160 Marines]

Surface Warfare:
60 Spruance Class Destroyers [60 SH-3H "Sea King"]
300 Udaloy Class Destroyers [600 Ka-25 “Helix-A”]
1,200 Sovremennyy Class Destroyers [1,200 Ka-27 “Helix”]
650 Slava Class Guided-Missile Cruisers [600 Ka-25 “Hormone-B”]
200 Kirov II Class Nuclear-powered Missile Cruisers [600 Ka-27 “Helix”]
5 Iowa Class Battleships [20 SH-60B "Sea Hawk"]
30 Ticonderoga AA Guided-Missile Cruisers [60 SH-60B "Sea Hawk"]
40 Oliver Hazard Perry Class ASW Frigates [80 SH-60B "Sea Hawk"]
60 Virginia Class Nuclear-powered Cruisers [120 SH-2F "Sea King"]
450 Krivak III Class Frigates [450 Ka-32 “Helix”]
120 Wielingen Class Frigates
1,000 Pauk Class Fast Attack Craft
160 La Combattante Class Fast Attack Craft
20 Perrigon Class Minesweepers

Logistics Vessels:
3,000 AOE-6 Fast Combat Stores Ships [1,500 CH-46E "Sea Knight"]
4,500 Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support Ship [2,000 CH-46E "Sea Knight"]
1,000 Buffalo Soldier Class Stores Ships
2,300 Tesygran Class Cargo Ships [500 Ka-32 “Helix”]
700 Mercy Class Hospital Ships
1,000 Kaiser Class Oiler Ships
2,000 Sirius Class Combat Stores Ships [1,000 CH-46E "Sea Knight"]
300 Safeguard Class Rescue & Salvage Ships
1,000 Powhatan Class Fleet Ocean Tugs
6 Talos Class MOB Modules
100 Observation Island Class Radar Ships
80 Zeus Class Cable Repair Ships
70 Floating Fortress Class Floating Airstrips
50 Pathfinder Class Survey Ships
90 Wright Class Aviation Logistics Support Ships
15 Emory S. Land Class Submarine Tender

Aerial Forces & Army Aviation:

Fighters:
500 CF-24 “Falcon” Multi-Role Combat Aircraft [Reserve: 500]
5,000 Su-63 "Zero" Air Superiority Fighters [Reserve: 2,000]
2,000 Nu-39 "Aeromancer" Interceptors [Reserve: 2,000]
300 Mirage 2000 Air Superiority Fighters [Reserve: 300]
3,500 MiG-29SMT “Fulcrum” Air Superiority Fighters [Reserve: 5,000]
200 MiG-29OVT “Fulcrum” Air Superiority Fighters
2,000 Su-27M “Flanker-B” Air Superiority Fighters [Reserve: 1,500]
2,500 MiG-25RB “Foxbat” Interceptors [Reserve: 3,000]
1,000 MiG-31 “Foxhound” Interceptors [Reserve: 300]
2,000 Su-24M “Fencer-D” Strike/Attack Aircraft [Reserve: 1,000]
4,000 MiG-23P “Flogger” Air Superiority Fighters [Reserve: 1,000]
500 MiG-21MF “Fishbed-J” Multi-Role Combat Aircraft [Reserve: 6,000 MiG-21B “Fishbed-L” Air Superiority Fighters]

Strategic Bombers, Fighter-Bombers & Close-Support Aircraft:
4,000 Tu-22M “Backfire-A” Bombers [Reserve: 2,000]
1,000 Tu-95 “Bear-A” Strategic Bombers
3,000 Tu-16 “Badger-G” Medium Bombers [Reserve: 2,000]
2,000 Tu-16 “Badger-C” Medium Bombers [Reserve: 1,500]
2,000 Tu-160 “Blackjack” Strategic Bombers [Reserve: 1,000]
5,000 Mya-4 “Bison” Strategic Bombers [Reserve: 5,000]
2,000 Su-25 “Frogfoot-A” Close-Support Aircraft [Reserve: 1,000]
1,000 Su-25T “Frogfoot-B” Close-Support Aircraft [Reserve: 500]
4,000 Su-20 “Fitter-C” Fighter-Bombers [Reserve: 2,000]

Cargo & Transport:
1,000 An-12 “Cub” Transports
2,000 C-5A "Galaxy" Medium lift Transport
3,000 An-70 Wide Body Heavy Freighter
1,000 C-130E "Hercules" Transport
400 C-130J “Hercules II” Transport & Special Mission Aircraft
3,500 An-22 "Cock" Heavy lift Transport
3,000 An-225 “Cossack” Wide Body Heavy Freighter
4,400 An-24 "Coke" Heavy lift Transport
2,400 An-72 "Coaler-C" Medium lift Transport

Refueling:
400 Mya-4 “Bison” Flight Refueling Tankers
500 KC-135A "Stratotanker" Flight Refueling Tankers
500 A310 MRTT Flight Refueling Tankers
8,000 Il-76M “Midas” Flight Refueling Tankers [Reserve: 6,000]

Communications, Command, Airborne Early Warning & Control + Electronic Warfare:
2,500 Il-32 “Coot” Airborne Command Post Aircraft
1,000 A-50 “Mainstay” Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
1,000 Tu-22MP “Backfire” Electronic Warfare Aircraft
100 C-12 ELINT Aircraft
500 An-72 “Madcap” Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
5,000 Tu-126 “Moss” Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
400 Tu-95 “Bear-J” VLF Communications Platform
400 E-6A “Mercury” AVLF Communications Platform

Reconnaissance:
2,000 Tu-16 “Badger-E” Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft [Reserve: 400]
1,000 MiG-25R “Foxbat” Tactical Reconnaissance & Interceptor [Reserve: 650]
500 Tu-95 “Bear-B” Maritime Reconnaissance & Strike Aircraft
2,000 Su-24MR “Fencer” Tactical Reconnaissance & Strike Aircraft [Reserve: 1,200]
12 1150 “Atlantic” Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft
40 Tu-22R “Blinder-C” Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft
100 Be-12 “Mail” Maritime Patrol Flying Boat
50 Il-38 “May” Long-Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft
70 E-8 Ground Surveillance/Battleground Management Aircraft
100 OV-1 “Mohawk” Battlefield Observation Aircraft

Trainers:
6,000 Su-25UT Trainers
600 MiG-AT Trainers
3,000 G-2A “Galeb” Trainers
1,000 CM.170 “Magister” Trainers
400 L-39 Trainers
400 C-101 Trainers
250 MiG-29UB Trainers

Army Aviation:

Attack & Transport Rotary:
1,000 Mi-28 “Havoc” Attack Helicopters [Reserve: 200]
700 Ka-26 Utility Helicopters [Reserve: 50]
500 S-64 “Skycrane” Utility Helicopters [Reserve: 100]
400 SA-330 “Puma” Transport Helicopters [Reserve: 50]
2,500 Mi-24 “Hind-D” Assault Helicopters [Reserve: 300]
200 V-22 “Osprey” Utility Aircraft
500 CH-47 “Chinook” Transport Helicopters
2,800 Mi-8 "Hip-C" Transport Helicopters [Reserve: 500]
1,000 Mi-17 “Hip” Heavy Assault Helicopters [Reserve: 500]
1,000 Mi-6 “Hook” Transport Helicopters [Reserve: 300]
10,000 Mi-26 “Halo” Transport Helicopters [Reserve: 600]

Ground Forces:

Tanks:
1,000 T-84 Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 1,000]
6,000 T-80BV Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 3,000]
2,000 T-80UM1 Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 500]
8,000 T-72A Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 4,000]
4,000 T-72BM Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 3,000]
10,000 T-64A Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 5,000]
8,000 T-64BV Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 6,000]
7,500 T-62M Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 10,000]
8,000 T-62MV Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 9,000]
15,000 T-55A Light Tanks [Reserve: 50,000]
15,000 T-55AD Light Tanks [Reserve: 50,000]
5,000 TO-55 Flamethrower Tanks [Reserve: 2,500]
12,000 PT-76 Light Amphibious Tanks [Reserve: 6,000]
5,000 Merkava Mk 4 Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 1,200]
3,000 Panzerkampfwaggen XI Main Battle Tanks [Reserve: 1,000]

Armoured Personnel Carriers:
14,000 BTR-80 Armoured Personnel Carriers [Reserve: 10,000]
8,000 MLVM Mountaineers Combat Vehicles [Reserve: 2,000]
12,000 MT-LBV Armoured Personnel Carriers [Reserve: 5,000]
5,000 BvS 10 Armoured Personnel Carriers
5,000 XA-180 Armoured Personnel Carriers
1,000 BTR-152K Armoured Personnel Carriers [Reserve: 10,000]
5,000 VAB Armoured Personnel Carriers [Reserve: 100]

Self-Propelled Artillery:
4,000 Dana 152mm Wheeled Self-Propelled Guns
4,000 Zuzana 155mm Wheeled Self-Propelled Guns
3,000 2S7 203mm Tracked Self-Propelled Guns
2,000 2S23 120mm Tracked Self-Propelled Guns
10,000 2S19 152mm Tracked Self-Propelled Guns [Reserve: 1,000]
2,000 2S5 152mm Tracked Self-Propelled Guns
3,000 2S3 152mm Tracked Self-Propelled Guns
4,000 2S1 122mm Tracked Self-Propelled Guns

Towed Artillery:
8,000 D-30 122mm Howitzers
200,000 M1942 76.2mm Guns
2,000 M119 105mm Howitzer
5,000 T-12 100mm Anti-Tank Guns
5,000 S23 180mm Guns
3,000 2A36 152mm Guns

Rocket Artillery:
3,000 BM-21 122mm Wheeled Multiple Rocket Launchers
1,000 BM9A52 300mm Wheeled Multiple Rocket Launchers
700 BM9P140 220mm Wheeled Multiple Rocket Launchers
500 SCUD-A Tracked SS-1 Tactical Missile Carriers

Infantry Fighting Vehicles:
5,000 BMP-3A Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles [Reserve: 1,000]
5,000 BMP-2D Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles [Reserve: 500]
6,000 BMP-1 Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles
3,000 BMD-3 Tracked Airborne Combat Vehicle
2,000 LAV-III Wheeled 8x8 Armoured Vehicles
100 Wiesel 2 Tracked Airborne Armoured Vehicles

Reconnaissance Vehicles:
2,000 BRM-1 Tracked Reconnaissance Vehicles
5,000 AMX-10RC 6x6 Reconnaissance Vehicles [Reserve: 500]
3,000 VBL Wheeled 4x4 Scout Car
200 FUG Wheeled 4x4 Amphibious Scout Car [Reserve: 1,000]
1,000 BRDM-1 Wheeled 4x4 Amphibious Scout Car [Reserve: 1,000]

Command & Radar Vehicles:
3,000 TT-LB Radar Carriers
2,000 Transportpanzer Radar Carriers
2,000 BMP-2K Command Vehicles
2,000 BMP-3K Command Vehicles
2.000 PRP-3 Radar Carriers
4,000 BMD-00B Communications Vehicles
2,000 BRDM-U Command Vehicles

Vehicle Recovery & Engineer Vehicles:
7,000 BREM-L Armoured Recovery Vehicles
3,000 BREM-4 Armoured Recovery Vehicles
1,000 MT-LB Engineer Support Vehicles
670 Juggernaut Bulldozers
500 Ant Tractors
1,500 XM104 Artificial Bridge Carriers
800 BrehM-D Armoured Repair & Recovery Vehicles

Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Reconnaissance Vehicles:
1,000 RKhM Tracked Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles
500 FUG Wheeled 4x4 Radiological-Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles
300 BRDM-RkhB Radiological-Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles

Armoured Ambulances:
10,000 MT-LB
5,000 XA-180
5,000 Transportpanzer

Anti-Air Self-Propelled:
1,000 SA-9 Wheeled 4x4 Surface-to-Air Missile Carriers
3,000 SA-4 Tracked Surface-to-Air Missile Carriers
4,000 SA-13 Tracked Surface-to-Air Missile Carriers
6,000 2S6M Tracked 30mm Anti-Aircraft Gun & SA-19 Surface-to-Air Missile Carriers
8,000 ZSU-23-4 23mm Tracked Anti-Aircraft Guns
4,000 TCM-20 20mm Wheeled Anti-Aircraft Vehicles

Cargo & Transportation:
500,000 M1114 Wheeled Armoured Vehicles
150,000 HET Wheeled Heavy Equipment Transport Vehicles
8,000 MT-LB Tracked Prime Mover/Cargo Vehicle
500,000 SAT14 Wheeled Cargo Truck
500,000 SAT8 Wheeled Cargo Truck
500,000 SAT4 Wheeled Cargo Truck
500,000 Duiker Mk III Wheeled Fuel Tankers
300,000 Blesbok MK III Wheeled Cargo Carriers
100,000 ABAL Tracked Mountaineers Combat Vehicles

Body Armour:
VEPR System Suit [Special Forces]
Level III Tactical Kevlar Helmet & Vest [Front-Line; Reserve]
Nomex Gloves & Boots [Front-Line; Reserve]

Internal Security Weapons:
Riot Shield [Metropolitan & State Police]
Electric Shockstick [Metropolitan & State Police]

Standard issue Equipment:
Gas Mask
NBC Suit
Chemical Agent Detector
Binoculars
Laser Designator
Thermal & Nightvision Mode Goggles
Compass
Medical Kit
Mine Detector
Laser Sight
Burst Transmission Radio
Entrenching Tool
Bayonet

9mm Weapons:
Uzi 9mm Submachine gun [Front-Line]
PP-19 9mm Submachine gun [Reserve]
Makarov 9mm Handgun [Reserve]
MP5N 9mm Submachine gun [Front-Line; Special Forces]
92SB 9mm Handgun [Front-Line; Special Forces]

5.56mm Weapons:
M16A2 5.56mm Assault Rifle [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M4 5.56mm Carbine [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M249 5.56mm Light Machine Gun [Front-Line; Special Forces]

7.62mm Weapons:
M60 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun [Front-Line; Special Forces]
L96A1 7.62mm Sniper Rifle [Front-Line; Special Forces]
AK-74 7.62mm Assault Rifle [Reserve]
SVD 7.62mm Sniper Rifle [Reserve]
PKM 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun [Reserve]
RPK 7.62mm Light Machine Gun [Reserve]

12.7mm Weapons:
M2 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun [Front-Line]
M82A1 12.7mm Anti-Material Rifle [Front-Line; Special Forces]

Grenades and Grenade Launchers:
M203 40mm Rifle Mounted Grenade Launcher [Front-Line; Special Forces]
Mk19 40mm Grenade Launcher [Front-Line; Special Forces]
BG-15 40mm Rifle Mounted Grenade Launcher [Reserve]
AGS-17 30mm Grenade Launcher [Reserve]
RAW 140mm Rifle Grenade [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M67 Frag Grenade [Front-Line; Special Forces; Reserve]
RGK3 Anti-Tank Grenade [Front-Line; Special Forces; Reserve]
M15 White Phosphorous Grenade [Front-Line; Special Forces; Reserve]
XM84 Stun Grenade [Front-Line; Special Forces]

Flame-Throwers:
LPO-50 Flame-Thrower [Front-Line]

12-Gauge Weapons:
SPAS-12 12-Gauge Shotgun [Front-Line; Special Forces]

Land Mines:
PMN Anti-Personnel [Reserve]
M21 Anti-Tank Mine [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M15 Anti-Tank Mine [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M18 Anti-Personnel Mine [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M14 Anti-Personnel Mine [Front-Line; Special Forces]

Anti-Tank Weapons:
M202 66mm Light Multi-Shot Anti-Tank Weapon [Front-Line]
RPG-16 58mm Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launcher [Reserve]
M136 84mm Medium Anti-Tank Weapon [Front-Line; Special Forces]
M47 140mm Heavy Anti-Tank Weapon [Front-Line; Special Forces]

Recoilless Rifles:
M67 90mm Recoilless Rifle [Front-Line]

Anti-Aircraft Weapons:
FIM-29 Man-Portable Air Defense Weapon [Front-Line; Special Forces]
SA-7 Man-Portable Air Defense Weapon [Reserve]

Mortars:
M-1977 240mm Mortar [Reserve]
M-1943 120mm Mortar [Reserve]
M252 81mm Mortar [Front-Line; Special Forces]

Explosives:
C4 Plastic Explosive [Front-Line; Special Forces; Reserve]

Crimson Guard Land, Sea and Air Special Forces

The Crimson Guard Land, Sea and Air Special Forces were established on May 13th, 2003 to provide Hrstrovokia with an elite group of men and women capable of highly specialized tasks and completing ‘delicate’ missions. The Crimson Guard is open to both men and Women, aged between 20 and 35 years of age.

The Candidates must have prior service in the Military or Security Forces of the Hrstrovokian Federal Socialist Republic. Candidates must be Citizens of Hrstrovokia from birth. They must be in good mental and physical condition, politically reliable and have no criminal record.

The initial selection process for the Crimson Guards is an exhausting and excruciating physical training test. Amongst the grueling tests, each Candidate must undergo a 24km march in three and a half hours carrying a 10kg pack and personal weapon; a 5km run in less than 24 minutes; a suspended traverse along a 30m sloping rope; a dive from a 10m tower and a 30-minute nonstop swim. This must be completed before candidates can enter the next phase.

Once approved, the candidates take part in a final selection phase. This consists of a one-day psychological test with a computer-assisted assessment; two-days physical fitness testing including a minute maximum of sit-ups, a minute maximum of press-ups, three 10km sprints, stand jumping and a 12 minute run. After this, there is still a 500m swim in less than 15 minutes; an assault course to be completed in less than 100 minutes; a 7km field run with a 20kg pack and personal weapon to be completed in less than 50 minutes and an additional three days of psychological tests.

After this phase, the recruits are accepted and must swear an oath of loyalty to the Commander-in-Chief Godoyaret and must acknowledge that the fate of those who betray or shrink in their duties to the Crimson Guard is death. The Premier excercises exclusive control of the Crimson Guard through the Special Operations Command.

Some of the brighter recruits will be selected for NCO training. Those that pass the nineteen-month course graduate as Non-Commissioned Officers, while those that fail revert back to the rank of private soldier, and continue regular training for eighteen months.

In addition to their basic military training, all recruits receive specialized instructions and teaching in close-quarter combat including Kenpo; silent killing techniques; amphibious, alpine and arctic operations; parachuting, including HALO and HAHO techniques.

They also learn explosive ordnance disposal; infiltration techniques, including defeat of alarm systems and locks; communications; combat medicine; sniping; sabotage; demolition; foreign languages; survival in the wild; rappelling; reconnaissance; map reading; foreign weapons; foreign vehicle operation and foreign tactics, techniques and procedures.

The operational roles of the Crimson Guard include VIP protection; hostage rescue; counter-terrorism; counter-insurgency; and long-range reconnaissance. In addition to this, the Crimson Guard is used to subvert the military, economic and political potential of a probable or existing enemy. This includes acquiring intelligence on major economic and military installations and sabotaging these sites, counter-revolutionary warfare and the training and formation of insurgent detachments.

Crimson Guard units also are trained to infiltrate enemy territory by many methods, both overt and covert, and can operate 1000km behind enemy lines without support. Although their primary role is to locate targets for other forces [whether paratroopers, strategic bombers or armoured units], they can if necessary launch attacks themselves.

Typical targets include mobile missile site; cruise missile bases; integrated air defense systems; radar sites; command and control facilities; airfields, ports and lines of communications. Other missions include laying mines on likely tank routes; killing enemy pilots in their accommodation blocks; marking suitable insertion sites for paratroopers and transport helicopters; and assassination of senior enemy commanders.

The Crimson Guard has recently expanded from 120,000 to 200,000 troops.

-Bump-

*hides in fear*

/me beats chest King Kong style - "Roman Republic, I'm coming for you!!!" :)

Minister Alexi Mrak announced at a press conference today that the Security Forces of the Hrstrovokia will see drastic reductions amongst troop numbers; the end of conscription and the Defense budget halved.

The FSRPF currently stand at a staggering 91,000,000 personnel and 35% of the Government budget is allocated to Defense. With no enemy or crisis to face, the feasibility and practicability of having almost 100,000,000 men and women serving in the Armed Forces has been seriously questioned.

Premier Godoyaret finally ended the state of emergency he invoked 10 years ago, meaning the end of Martial Law in Hrstrovokia. Godoyaret also relinquished his emergency powers to conscript military personnel.

Conscription has grown very unpopular lately, with thousands of youths attempting to 'beat the draft' by emigrating or in desperate cases causing injury to themselves by self-mutilation or worse to render themselves invalid to serve. The mass exodus of the best and brightest of Hrstrovokia's youth to avoid serving their nation is very humiliating for the Government and discrediting to the regime.

However Mr. Mrak did not make any indication that the Penal Servitude Emergency Act would be abolished. The Act allows for the Military to command units filled with Convicts as varied as Political dissidents and Ordinary Criminals who must follow orders or face summary execution. If the Convict manages to survive the suicidal task of mapping out a minefield by crossing it; he or she will recieve a full pardon from Premier Godoyaret, not to mention and end to the harressment and degradition of his or her family.

To date, the Premier has handed out 4,000 pardons to Prisoners who have died in action, despite the Federal Socialist Republic being at peace for the last 5 years. There has never been a pardon for a living prisoner.

PROHT would like to purchase approxomtely 12 BE-12 Mails, for $1 million each.

May bill to the order of:
People's Republic of Hurtful Thoughts'
Defense budget
Permission granted by Minister of Foriegn affairs\Defense: Major General Major Major

That or you can point out where I might purchase Be-12s from a regular storefront. Will pay 15 million from Commerce budget if you can manage that feat.

OOC: Well, unless I'm miss-reading this, you have 8.8% of your population employed by the military, and a major chunk of GDP directed at military affairs? That's coming up on double North Korean militarisation, unless you count the DPRK's practice of drilling children and old people a few days a year and calling it a reserve. It looks at first glance like there's reasonably modern equipment involved, too. I may be wrong, but I find it hard to believe that 8.8% of the population can be military personnel, presumably drawing wages from the state and costing tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece (at least in the case of the tens of millions of regular fighting men).

Beth Gellert (can't log in with that account) offically enroles tens of percent of its populace in the militia, but that's because many Igovians view defence as if they were part of the Paris Commune rather than a state with an army, and it doesn't mean that they get trained or paid (unless they volunteer for or arrange their own part-time training). I suppose I always feel the need to add that as a qualifier when questioning other people's militarism.

But, yeah, if that many people were in the military, I'd expect it to be an army with no navy or airforce, furnished with AKMs at best, and employed in keeping the remaining 91.2% of the population bent over their wooden farming tools in the killing fields. Every family would be working to support a son or cousin in the military, wouldn't they? People would be pissed if they saw the outside world. I mean, you can choose to play that, I just need someone to explain where the SSBN technology and support is coming from.

But a) I could be partly wrong, and b) I don't mean it to sound hostile!

Well, seeing that your whole military has obsolete equipment and weaponry (I saw MiG21's in there :eek: ) these numbers are believable, and do not necessarily make people to think you're a number-wanking moron as your troops aren't as great in quality as they are in quantity.

If I got it right, you use only IRL weaponry and most of even that is from the Soviet storefront?

Alot of the equipment mentioned is beyond use at this stage, such as the MiG-21s, T-55s - rusted and outdated. Only on paper does the FSRPKF present any kind of a challenge. The reality of trying to co-ordinate 10,000+ tanks in the midst of a full-scale conflict against a major power is beyond the ability of our Commanders. Purges, cronyism and nepotism have negated any advantage that Hrstrovokia has in numbers. Currently, the FSRPKF stand exactly where the once mighty Red Army did in the early 1990s, previous military spending has bankrupt the state and plunged the populance into absolute poverty. The future is bleak.

The military somehow keeps things togethers.