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United Kingdom Military Thread (Earth RP)

Rolatia
01-11-2005, 23:10
(OOC: This is for Earth RP. This is used for showing information about the militaries the United Kingdom controls.)

GREAT BRITAIN
British Army

ARMOUR
386 x Challenger 2
136 x Sabre
Approx 54 x Striker (with Swingfire ATGW)
Approx 320 x Scimitar
Approx 1,467 x Fv 432
667 x MCV 80 Warrior
637 x Spartan
605 x Saxon
11 x Fuchs (NBC)

ARTILLERY AND MORTARS
178 x AS 90
63 x 227mm MLRS
112 x 105mm Light Gun
450 x 81mm mortar (including 100 x self-propelled)
2093 x 51mm Light Mortar

AIR DEFENCE
57 x Rapier C Fire Units (including 24 x SP)
145 x Starstreak (LML)
135 x HVM (SP)

ARMY AVIATION
110 x Lynx
120 x Gazelle
6 x BN-2 Islande
67 x Apache delivered (20 in service during early 2005)


Strength of the Regular Army (Early 2005)
Armour 12 Regiments
Royal Artillery 14 Regiments
Royal Engineers 11 Regiments
Infantry 40 Battalions
Home Service Battalions 4 Battalions (1)
Special Air Service 1 Regiment
Army Air Corps 5 Regiments
Signals 11 Regiments
Equipment Support 7 Battalions
Logistics 21 Regiments
Medical Regiments/Field Hospitals 8 Major Units
Note:
(1) Includes the Royal Gibraltar Regiment

In general these Battalions/Regiments are commanded by Lt Colonels and have a strength of 563 men and 61 officers

Deployment of the Regular Army (as at 1 April 2004)
Land Command Officers Soldiers
Field Army 4,600 48,400
Northern Ireland 700 6,600 (1)
Land Support 300 100
Commander Regional Forces 1,200 9,100
Joint Helicopter Command 1,400 11,300
TOTAL 8,200 75,500
Note:
(1) Excludes Royal Irish Regiment (HS)

Adjutant General (Personnel and Training Command)
Army Programme 900 2,000
Army Personnel Centre 100 100
Army Trainees 1,200 13,000
Chief of Staff 300 500
Recruitment & Training Agency 1,100 5,200
General Staff 600 500
4,200 21,300

Defence Logistics Organisation
Equipment Support (Land) 100 200

Troops Deployed
Germany 21,250
Northern Ireland 11,180 (including Royal Irish Regiment)
Bosnia-Herzegovina 720
Macedonia 10
Gibraltar 490
Brunei 800
Falklands Islands 1,270
Belize 30
Kenya 10
Canada 210
Cyprus 3,510
Sierra Leone 20
Afghanistan 650
Iraq and the Gulf 9,070
Great Britain 34,480

Royal Navy

SUBMARINES

In Service:
4 x Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Firing (UK Strategic Deterrent) type. Displace 16,000 tons. (Three operational)
12 x Nuclear Powered Attack type. Displace 5,000 tons. Missile/torpedo armed. (Six operational)

New Construction:
3 x Nuclear Powered Attack type. Will displace 7,200 tons. Enter service from 2006.

MAJOR SURFACE SHIPS FOR WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS

In Service:
3 x Aircraft Carriers. Displace 20,600 tons. Mix of fixed-wing Harriers and Helicopters. (Two operational)
1 x Helicopter Carrier. Displaces 22,000 tons. Helicopter Assault. (One operational)
1 x Assault Ship. Displaces 12,000 tons. Amphibious Assault. (One operational)
5 x Landing Ships. Displace 6,000 tons. Amphibious and Support Operations. (Four operational)
2 x Ro-Ro Ships. Displace 12,500 tons. Vehicle and store carriers. (Two operational)
3 x New Ro-Ro ships.. Displace 15,000 tons. Strategic Sealift (Civil Management (Two operational)
1 x Forward Support Ship. Displaces 11,000 tons. Maintenance/Repair in operational area. (One 0perational)

New Construction:
1 x Assault Ship. Will displace 19,500 tons. Second of classs enters service 2004.
4 x Landing Ships. Will displace 16,000 tons. Expected to enter service from 2004.
3 x Ro-Ro Ships. Expected to enter service under civil management from late 2003.
2 x Aircraft Carriers. Will displace 40,000 tons+. Air Group of 40+ fixed-wing aircraft. Planned to enter service from 2012.

DESTROYERS AND FRIGATES

In Service:
11 x Destroyers. Displace 4,500 tons. Missile and gun armed. (Six operational)
20 x Frigates. Displace 4,200 tons. Missile and gun armed. (Fifteen operational)

New Construction:
6 x Destroyers. Will displace 7,300 tons. Expected to enter service from 2008.

MINEWARFARE VESSELS

In Service:
22 x Minehunters and Minesweepers. Deployable worldwide. (Fifteen operational)

FLEET SUPPORT SHIPS
(Manned by Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel. Supply fuel, stores and ammunition at sea to fleet units).

In Service:
2 x Large Support Ships. Displace 36,500 tons. Supply fuel and stores. (Two operational)
1 x Fleet Tanker. Displace 31,000 tons. Supplies fuel and some stores. (Two operational)
3 x Fleet Tankers. Displace 11,500 tons. Supply fuel. (Two operational)
2 x Large Stores Ships. Displace 23,400 tons. Supply ammunition and stores. (Two operational)
4 x Large Support Tankers. Displace 38,000 tons. (Three operational)

New Construction:
1 x Large Fleet Tanker. Displace 31,000 tons. Supply fuel and some stores. Enter service 2004.

SURVEY SHIPS

In Service:
1 x Ocean Survey Ship. Displaces 13,500 tons. (One operational)
1 x Ocean Survey Ship. Displaces 3,700 tons. (One operational)
1 x Small Survey Ship. Displaces 1,500 tons. (One operational)
1 x Inshore Survey Craft. Displaces 26 tons. UK coastal waters only. (One operational)

New Construction:
1 x Survey Ship. Displaces 3,700 tons. Enter service 2004

TRAINING AND PATROL SHIPS AND CRAFT

In Service:
1 x Aviation Training Ship. Displaces 26,000 tons. Helicopter training in home waters. Deployable overseas. (One operational)
1 x Antarctic Patrol Ship. Displaces 6.500 tons. (One operational)
6 x Patrol Vessels. Displace 1,500 tons. Fishery Protection and Patrol duties. (Five operational)
16 x Patrol Craft. Displace 50 tons. Training and Patrol duties. (Fourteen operational)

New Construction:
2 x Patrol Vessels. Displace 1,700 tons. Enter service from late 2003.

NAVAL AIRCRAFT

28 x Sea Harrier. Air Defence and Recce/Attack.
38 x Sea King and Merlin Helicopters. Anti-submarine warfare.
48 x Lynx Helicopters. Anti-submarine warfare and missile armed for surface ship attack.
8 x AEW Sea King Helicopters. Provide radar airborne early warning to fleet.
29 x Sea King Commando Helicopters. Royal Marine Commando operations.
6 x Lynx Helicopters. Anti Tank attack role. Part of Commando Force.
9 x Gazelle Helicopters. Reconnaissance duties.

PERSONNEL Summary (at 1 May 2003)

Royal Navy 37,590 of whom Officers number 6,780. This includes the Royal Marines total below.
Royal Marines The Royal Marines have under command some 4,800 Royal Marines and 1,600 personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and RAF.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary 2,300 (Civilian personnel manning support ships)

RAF

As of 1 April 2003, total RAF personnel numbered 52,804, of which 1,145 were aircrew and a further 170 were aircrew under training. Current RAF personnel numbers are shown in following table.
Trained Under Training Total
General Duties 3,555 753 4,308
Ground Branch Officers 6,027 531 6,558
Airmen Aircrew 1,145 170 1,315
Ground Trades 37,908 2,715 40,623
Totals 48,635 4,169 52,804

Royal Air Force Squadron Listings (as at 1 April 2003)

We estimate that there were some 420 combat aircraft (plus 142 held in reserve) capable of delivering missiles or ordnance in front-line service on 1 April 2003.

Listing of Royal Air Force Squadrons (as at 1 April 2003)
1 Sqn 13 x Harrier GR7 RAF Cottesmore (JFH)
1 x Harrier T10
2 Sqn 12 x Tornado GR4A RAF Marham
3 Sqn 13 x Harrier GR7 RAF Cottesmore (JFH)
1 x Harrier T10
4 Sqn 13 x Harrier GR7 RAF Cottesmore (JFH)
1 x Harrier T10
5 Sqn 5 x Sentinel (ASTOR) RAF Waddington (from 1 April 2004)
6 Sqn 11 x Jaguar GR3/3A (1) RAF Coltishall
1 x Jaguar T4
7 Sqn 5 x Chinook HC2
1 Gazelle RAF Odiham (JHC)
8 Sqn 3 x Sentry AEW1 RAF Waddington
9 Sqn 12 x Tornado GR4 RAF Marham
10 Sqn 10 x VC10 C1K RAF Brize Norton
11 Sqn 16 x Tornado F3 RAF Leeming
12 Sqn 12 x Tornado GR4 RAF Lossiemouth
13 Sqn 12 x Tornado GR4A RAF Marham
14 Sqn 14 x Tornado GR4 RAF Lossiemouth
18 Sqn 18 x Chinook HC2 RAF Odiham (JHC)
22 Sqn 8 x Sea King HAR3/3A RAF St Mawgan (Sqn HQ)*
23 Sqn 3 x Sentry AEW RAF Waddington
24 Sqn 11 x Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5 RAF Lyneham
25 Sqn 16 x Tornado F3 RAF Leeming
27 Sqn 10 x Chinook HC2 RAF Odiham (JHC)
28 Sqn 22 x Merlin HC3 RAF Benson (JHC)
30 Sqn 11 x Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5 RAF Lyneham
31 Sqn 12 x Tornado GR4 RAF Marham
32 (The Royal) Sqn 5 x BAe 125 CC3 RAF Northolt
2 x BAe 146 CC2
3 x Twin Squirrel HCC1
33 Sqn 15 x Puma HC1 RAF Benson (JHC)
39 Sqn (1 PRU) 4 x Canberra PR9 RAF Marham
1 x Canberra T4
41 Sqn 12 x Jaguar GR3/3A RAF Coltishall
1 Jaguar T4
43 Sqn 16 x Tornado F3 RAF Leuchars
47 Sqn 11 x Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5 RAF Lyneham
51 Sqn 3 x Nimrod R1 RAF Waddington
54 Sqn 11 x Jaguar GR3/3A RAF Coltishall
1 x Jaguar T4
70 Sqn 11 x Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5 RAF Lyneham
72 Sqn 8 x Wessex HC2 RAF Aldergrove (JHC) (disbanded 02)
5 x Puma HC1
78 Sqn 1 Chinook HC2 RAF Mount Pleasant (JHC)
2 x Sea King HAR3 Falklands
84 Sqn 4 x Griffin HAR2 RAF Akrotiri
99 Sqn 4 x C-17 Globemaster III RAF Brize Norton
100 Sqn 16 x Hawk T1/T1A RAF Leeming
101 Sqn 7 x VC10 K3/K4 RAF Brize Norton
111 Sqn 16 x Tornado F3 RAF Leuchars
120 Sqn 6 x Nimrod MR2 RAF Kinloss
201 Sqn 6 x Nimrod MR2 RAF Kinloss
202 Sqn 8 x Sea King HAR3/3A RAF Boulmer (Sqn HQ)*
206 Sqn 5 x Nimrod MR2 RAF Kinloss
216 Sqn 8 x Tristar K1/KC1/C2 RAF Brize Norton
230 Sqn 18 x Puma HC1 RAF Aldergrove (JHC)
617 Sqn 12 x Tornado GR4 RAF Lossiemouth
1312 Flight 1 x Hercules C1 RAF Mount Pleasant
1 x VC10 K3/4
1435 Flight 4 x Tornado F3 RAF Mount Pleasant

Notes:

(1)* Headquartered at RAF St Mawgan, 22 Sqn maintains three detachments at RMB Chinevor ('A' Flight), RAF Wattisham ('B' Flight) and RAF Valley ('C' Flight). 202 Sqn has detachments at RAF Boulmer ('A' Flight and Headquarters), RAF Lossiemouth ('D' Flight) and RAF Leconfield ('E' Flight).

(2) JFH means that a squadron is assigned to the Joint Force Harrier and JHC means that a squadron is assigned to the Joint Helicopter Command.

(3) There are RAF flying units deployed in Cyprus, Falklands and periodically Gibraltar on national missions.

(4) RAF flying units are supporting UN/NATO operations in the area of the former Yugoslavia (Op Oculus), Afghanistan (Op Oracle), and Cyprus.

(5) As of early 2003, RAF flying units were deployed in the Bahrain, Kuwait and periodically Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf area (Op Resinate South ), in Turkey (Op Resinate North), and in Italy (Op Deliberate Forge) in support of United Nations Operations Southern and Northern Watch to enforce the Iraq no‑fly zones.
(OOC: You've got to love Google. I got this when previously planning an invasion of England on Earth VII, but I never got round to actually going ahead and someone else claimed it first)