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The Van Luxemburgian Military
Vun Lëtzebuerger Arméi

The Van Luxemburgian Army (Vun Lëtzebuerger Arméi), are the main ground forces, and also the largest branch of the military.

The Army isn't quite offensive-orientated; It is more ready for Peacekeeping and defence operations, and cannot support a large war in a remote country. However, within friendly territory, the units can operate with great efficiency, and without any problems with logistical support. Generally, the order inside the Army is good, and there are little problems with the behaviour of soldiers.

As of March 2006, the Army has 11 million people as personnel, both Men and women, In a 5:1 ratio. They equip rather new equipment, most notably the advanced JK-1b Assault Rifles, and several other domestic designs. However, some vehicles are largely outdated and are staged for a replacement in the coming Ten years.

However, The vehicle fleet is large and well-maintained, leaving a large group of vehicles surplus for emergency situations. These vehicles, aswell as many stored weapons, might be used during possible nation-threatening military operations, such as an invasion on Van Luxemburg's soil. These vehicles are however mostly stored in their parkings, and the rifles lay meaningless in their storages. They are covered in Dust and insects, mostly.

That said, the Vun Lëtzebuerger Arméi can also be deployed rather quickly, with 2 of the 60 divisions constantly on a Deployment status, which means they need to be fully operational and away within two hours. The Divisions get relieved by another 2 every month, following the set calendar. Other divisions, outside the delpoyment status, must be operational within 1-2 days, after taking back all vacations inside the division and asking them to return to duty. Most soldiers live in the vicinity of the Bases (Set at Brigade-sized complexes), but there might be some exceptions. There is a possibility to hire houses/apartments from the Van Luxemburgian Government in the vicinity of the bases. Eventually, Soldiers have the option to file a request to take a vehicle or weapon home for a little while, but this is mostly limited to vehicles as Jeeps, Trucks and wheeled, unarmed APC's, which mostly fall under Divisional Logistical Command. Pistols and weapons are rarely given out, and the soldier must have a valid reason to take the weapon home. This might be for Self-Defence after an incident, or any reason the Commander of Base (CoB) considers valid.

An average Van Luxemburgian Army Member earns about $72,000, which makes them a Highly-paid, Highly-trained, Well-Equipped soldier, which has had a basic training of at least 2 years, with sometimes a specialty on top of this. This might be a Medical Role, a Vehicular Crewmember or a Combat-Ready Officer. All soldiers have personal gear, which is sometimes marked by themselves. All soldiers need to maintain their equipment themselves, with some exceptions. Rifles are usually repaired and serviced by the soldier himself, and monthly checked by an expert. This is also the case for their equipment.

Vehicles however, must be seen at the workshop after every training, so that the crew can mention any problems with the vehicle. It also has to go for a monthly revision, in which the oil and water will be checked, aswell as braking fluid and the state of gear and suspension. The vehicle will also be wired to a PC to check for any problems in the electrical and Multimedia circuits.

List of Ranks known by the Van Luxemburgian Army:
Soldat (Private)
Soldat Première Classe (Private 1st Class)
Soldat-Chef (Specialist)
Premier Soldat-Chef (Specialist 1st Class)
Caporal (Corporal)
Caporal de Première Classe (Corporal 1st Class)
Caporal-Chef (Chief Corporal)
Premier Caporal-Chef (Chief Corporal First Class)
Sergent (Sergeant)
Premier Sergent (Staff Sergeant)
Sergent-Chef (Sergeant First Class)
Adjudant (Master Sergeant)
Adjudant-Chef (First Sergeant)
Adjudant-Major (Sergeant-Major)
Aspirant-Officier (Command Sergeant Major)
Lieutenant
Lieutenant en Premier (Lieutenant 1st Class)
Capitaine (Captain)
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
General-Major
General
Fieldmarshall

A Brigadier is commander of a Brigade
A General-Major is commander of a Division
A General is commander of a Corps
A Fieldmarshall is commander of an Army.

List of unit sizes known in the Army:
Fireteam: 4
Squad: 12
Peloton: 36
Compagnie: 144
Bataljon: 576
Brigade: 2304
Divisie: 16393 (4098 fighting)
Corps: 32,786
Army: 98,358.

They are supported by a large contingent of outside logistical personnel.

Arms handed to members of the Army:
General Service: JK-1b Advanced Assault Rifle
Vehicle Crews: JK-1 PDW
Support: JK-1 LMG/FN Minimi
Medical: JK-1 PDW
Officers: JK-1b Advanced Assault Rifles (Possible Spec-Ops version)
Sniper: Accuracy International AW/AWM/AW50
Anti Tank: Eryx AT, AT4
Anti-Air: Starstreak AA IR-Guided, Mistral IR, RBS-70 LG.
Logistical Crew: JK-1 PDW
Other Personnel (Cooks/Janitors and such): SIG-Sauer P250
Standard Sidearm: SIG Sauer P226

Base Organization of Forces:

Armoured Division (x24)
(4098 fighting soldiers, 12295 support)

384 Leclerc/Leopard 2A6/JK-V1 Basher MBT's (HBT's)(BdC-15 Éléphant HBT)
25 AMX-10RC Light Tank (Mech. 50)
25 ERC-90 Sagaie (Mech. 50)
156 VBCI
178 SPz-9 (Mech. 300)
212 LT-5GT (Mech.)
70 AMX-30 AuF1
22 MLRS
100 PzH2000
100 RTF1 Mortar
92 M-51 Mortar
130 Tigre
68 NH-90
1295 Renault Kerax
967 DAF TROPCO
1320 Eagle IV
850 VAB
155 VBL

53,278 men in logistics.

2 Armoured Brigade
2 Mechanised Brigade
1 Artillery Batallion

Mechanised Division (x24)
(4098 fighting soldiers, 12295 support)


50 AMX-10RC Light Tank
50 ERC-90 Sagaie
156 VBCI
300 SPz-9
212 LT-5GT
70 AMX-30 AuF1
22 MLRS
100 PzH2000
100 RTF1 Mortar
92 M-51 Mortar
130 Tigre
68 NH-90
1295 Renault Kerax
967 DAF TROPCO
1320 Eagle IV
850 VAB
155 VBL

53,278 men in logistics.



Airmobile Division (x5)
(4098 fighting soldiers, 12295 support)

100 CV90120T
100 LT-5S
51 LT-5K
75 Piranha IV (8x8)
150 NH-90
100 Tigre (Eventually Bo-105 Air-Transportable)
20 AGM SP Artillery
1100 RAP-2 Kammonets

Amphibious Division (x5)
(4098 fighting soldiers, 12295 support)

100 LT-5S
120 LT-5K
210 LT-5GT
60 LT-5T
81 AAV7
100 Piranha III (10x10)
100 Piranha IV (8x8)
180 AGM SP Artillery
150 NH-90
100 Tigre

Engineer Division (x2)
(4098 fighting soldiers, 12295 support)

200 Leopard 2A6/BdC-15
100 PPz-3
100 PPz-4
9 Shielder
20 (Caterpillar) D3 Small Bulldozers
31 D6 Medium Bulldozers
10 D11 Large Bulldozers
20 Liebherr Wheeled Cranes
2,000 DAF TROPCO
2,000 Renault Kerax

Setup of a Compagnie:

Armoured Company

HQ Group:
4 Eagle IV/Mercedes-Benz 290 GD
2 VAB PC
MP Group
2 Eagle IV/Mercedes 290GD (Marechaussee)
Treatment Group
2 DAF TROPCO 8x8 + Aanhanger
Repair Group
1 Ppz-3
1 DAF TROPCO 8x8 Afsleep
1 Renault Kerax Noodgevallenreparatiewagen
Medical Group
1 VAB Medical
1 Renault Kerax Operatievoertuig
I Group
4 Leopard 2A6/Leclerc/BdC-15
II Group
4 Leopard 2A6/Leclerc/BdC-15
III Group
4 Leopard 2A6/Leclerc/BdC-15

Mechanised Company

HQ Group:

HQ Group:
4 Eagle IV/Mercedes-Benz 290 GD
2 VAB PC vehicles
MP Group
2 Eagle IV/Mercedes 290GD (Marechaussee)
Treatment Group
2 DAF TROPCO 8x8 + Aanhanger
Mortar Group
3 Renault Kerax + RTF1/M51 Mortar
Medical Group
1 VAB Medical
1 Renault Kerax Operatievoertuig
I Group
4 SPz-9/VBCI/AMX-10RC/ERC-90
II Group
4 SPz-9/VBCI/AMX-10RC/ERC-90
III Group
4 SPz-9/VBCI/AMX-10RC/ERC-90

Artillery Company

HQ Group:
4 Eagle IV/Mercedes-Benz 290 GD
2 VAB PC
MP Group
2 Eagle IV/Mercedes 290GD (Marechaussee)
Treatment Group
3 DAF TROPCO 8x8 + Aanhanger
Repair Group
1 Ppz-3
1 DAF TROPCO 8x8 Afsleep
1 Renault Kerax Noodgevallenreparatiewagen
Medical Group
1 VAB Medical
1 Renault Kerax Operatievoertuig
I Group
4 PZh-2000/AMX-30 AU F-1/MLRS
II Group
4 PZh-2000/AMX-30 AU F-1/MLRS
III Group
4 PZh-2000/AMX-30 AU F-1/MLRS

There are 4 Companies in a Batallion,
There are 4 Batallions in a Brigade
There are 4 Brigades in a Division
There are 2 Divisions in a Corps
There are 3 Corps' within an Army

The Van Luxemburgian Airforce
Groothertogelijke Luchtmacht / Armée Aeronautique Grand-Ducale / Grousherzogliche Loftkraaft

The Van Luxemburgian Airforce is not big in comparison to other nations, but is well-equipped with new technology, or technology to be replaced in the next years. The crew is mostly trained inside Flight Simulators, altough they are obliged to fly at least 400 flight hours a year. Other time is spent on theory and practising on the ground, aswell as polishing and cleaning the aircraft and service vehicles. Usually, a Van Luxemburgian Aircraft is supported by some 50 men of ground crew (Identificated by their Reflecting Orange Vest model 4197a, with sentence "Ground Crew".)

All Aircraft are crewed by pilots working in 12-hour shifts. This means, that each airplane is complemented with 2 teams of Pilots, each forming their own fixed combination. However, a replacing pilot may be called up if someone has been reported ill. All pilots get their education on aircraft by applying to the programs making the pilot able to fly the aircraft in question. This means, that an A400M Pilot has followed "Large Transport Aircraft, Prop" Training, but also still has the possibilities to get his license for e.g. "Small Passenger Aircraft, Jet" (Which includes aircraft like The VL Airforce's Gulfstream V's or Dassault 900EX's). This is all free to apply to. However, no foreign manpower is took by the VL Airforce, neither by either one of the other branches.

Guarding of bases is extensive. All guards had a special training with either the Army or the Special Forces, making them able to guard installations with high efficiency levels. They have been armed with Special-built Steyr AUG and FN SCAR Assault Rifles. They usually wear a Model 6179b Military Bullet-resistant vest, which had a special camouflage colour fitted on, especially designed for the Urban/Woodlands combination the Airforce Bases are in. They wear a Darkblue Standard-Issue Airforce Shirt/Pants combination, which is visible under the Vest on the Arms and Legs.

Weapons used in the Airforce:
Ground Crew: SIG-Sauer P250
Guard Personnel: SIG-Sauer P226 + FN SCAR/Steyr AUG
Pilots: JK-1b PDW (In Emergency packages)

Air-based Weaponry:
ASRAAM Short-Range AA Missile
METEOR Beyond Visual Range AA Missile
MICA Multi-Mission AA Missile
Apache Air-to-ground Anti-Runway Missile
AS30 Air-to-Ground Laser-Guided Missile
BANG Multi-Purpose Sensitive bomb
JDAM-ER Bomb
PGM Air-to-Service Guided Missile
Storm Shadow Air-Launched Cruise Missile (Long Range)
Brimstone Anti-Armour weapon
Exocet AM39 Anti-Ship Missile

Numbers:
Men: 146,412 pilots, 49,968 aircraft (14)
2,498,400 Support.

Total Inventory of Aircraft:

Fighters
Mirage 2100 -advanced multirole Stealth fighter (100)
Mirage 2000-5 - Multirole fighter (1000)
ASC-7 Aigle (replacement for the Mirage 2000-5) (4000)
DAS.2 "Spectre" FG.3 (221)
DAS.2 "Spectre" FGR.4 (479)
TEF-622 (54)
TAF-622B (206)
F-33 Raven (702)
ASC-6 Faucon (Wingardian WF-33 fighters (6)
Rafale -Multirole Fighter (5000)
EF2000 -Multirole Fighter (5000)

Bombers
B2 - Stealth Bomber - (50)
Jaguar- Ground attack aircraft- (300)

Transport
A400M (1000)
C-295 (1000)
C17 (950)

Miscellaneous
Boeing V-22 Osprey- VIP transport (30)
Boeing 787 - VIP transport (60)
Fokker 50 - VIP Transport/EW (170)
Gulfstream G-V - VIP transport (45)
Dassault Falcon 900EX - VIP Transport (45)
Airbus A380 - Grand Ducal Aircraft (2)
Dassault Falcon 20 - AEW/ASW aircraft (240)
Breguet Atlantique 2 - ASW Aircraft (1920)
Fokker F-27 Enforcer (480)
Boeing E-3 Sentry (960)
SR-71- Spy Aircraft (10)
Pilatus PC-21- Trainer (900)
Mako- advanced trainer, light attack aircraft (400)
Airbus A330 MRTT Tanker (2340)
Airbus A310 MRTT Tanker (200)
Global Hawk- UAV reconaissance (450)

Ranks:
Soldaat der 3e Klasse
Soldaat der 2e klasse
Soldaat der 1e Klasse
Korporaal
Korporaal der 1e Klasse
Sergeant
Sergeant der 1e Klasse
Sergeant-Majoor
Adjudant-Onderofficier
Vaandrig
Tweede Luitenant
Eerste Luitenant
Kapitein
Majoor
Luitenant-Kolonel
Kolonel
Commodore
Generaal-Majoor
Luitenant-Generaal
Generaal

Unit Sizes:
Patrol: 3 aircraft
Squadron: 24 Aircraft
Wing: 96 Aircraft
Airforce Group: 960

The Van Luxemburgian Navy
Van Luxemburgse Marine / Vun Lëtzebuerger Marine

The Navy is not one of the branches that had most interest during the reorganizations and by the budgetary decisions of 2006. After all, the Van Luxemburgian Marine remains a stable and hard force, but not quite enough to fully represent Van Luxemburg on The High Seas, some Veterans think. However, the VLM won't receive much more money from the Government, as it's monetary means are limited, and thought it did enough after buying half the fleet last year. However, most of the ships are still in backorder and are scheduled to reach operational level by Half 2006 at max.

However, the crews of the ships has already started trainings and expects to be ready before this deadline. Overall, Van Luxemburgian crews are well-trained and well-paid. The first delivery of the renewed Auxiliary fleet is estimated to be made in late 2006, while all obsolete ships will be sent to the Independent Colony Militaries.

The Fleet Air Arm has an extensive number of aircraft, sometimes even especially developed for them. An example is the ASC-8 "Buse" V/STOL Aircraft, which is mostly stationed on the Landing Ships of the Van Luxemburgian Marine. They also equip NH-90, Sea King and Sea Tiger -Modified Tiger Attack helicopters for AS(u)W warfare- Helicopters, stationed on most ships of the Van Luxemburgian Marine.

Ranks:

Matroos der 3e Klasse
Matroos der 2e Klasse
Matroos der 1e Klasse
Korporaal
Sergeant
Sergeant-Majoor
Adjudant-Onderofficier
Luitenant ter zee der 3e klasse OF-1
Luitenant ter zee der 2e klasse OF-1
Luitenant ter zee der 1ste klasse OF-3
Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee OF-4
Kapitein ter zee OF-5
Commandeur OF-6
Schout-bij-nacht OF-7
Vice-admiraal OF-8
Luitenant-admiraal OF-9
Admiraal OF-10
Opperbevelhebber der Zeestrijdkrachten (Grand Ducal title)

Organisation:
Squadron (2 ships of the same class)
Flotilla (10 ships of varying classes)
Carrier Battlegroup (At least 40 ships, headed under a carrier(mostly 62 ships))
Fleet (41 fleets, each consisting of 2 Carrier Battlegroups)
High Fleet (10x, each consisting of 4 Fleets)
Main Battleforce (All ships in the navy, under command of the Admiral in Rotterdam)

Inventory:
100 Minehunters
23 Minesweepers
210 Unicorn-Class Corvette
190 Narwhal-Class Ice Patrol Corvette
392 Nimes-class Patrol frigates
338 Point Catilan Escort Frigates
237 Marseille-class frigates
272 Ardent Class Frigates
112 Bordeaux-Class destroyer
96 Revenge Class Destroyer
50 Centaur-X DDG
100 Centaur DDG
150 Sabre Class DDG
49 Berlin Class CAN
49 Ankara Class CGN
85 Le Havre-class CGN
54 Montpellier-class LHD/CVL (Modular)
21 Perpignan-class CVN
126 U-214 Diesel-Electric (AIP) Submarines
67 Brabant-class Nuclear Submarines
12 Virginia-class SSBN (Modified for Vortex underwater missiles)
26 Tyrant SSBN
16 Jericho-Class Amphibious Assault Ship
7500 ships.

Non-combat:
12 Aylesburgh AS
363 Guinness AOEN
10 Hobbes-class AH
161 Gabin-class AKR
211 General Marsden-class AP
81 Gull-class ATF
119 Shorebird-class YTB
15 Nanuk-class AGB
2 Siren-class AGI

(OOC: Auxiliaries have yet to be delivered)

Manpower:
3,457,000 men totalling Aboard ships
6,914,000 total logistics (Port Authorities, Land crew etc.)

Independent Colony Military (ICM)

The Independent Colony Military is the protection for Van Luxemburgian Guyana Island, aswell as the Van Luxemburgian Middle-East. The troops are commanded by the Independent Colony they are stationed in, meaning the troops can receive orders from both the Colony and Van Luxemburg. However, the Colony has a more direct right to give orders, other than the Van Luxemburgians. The ICM mostly has obsolete equipment, but is busy approaching modern military quality.

Guyana Island Division
Standard Weapon: SIG 540, Sidearm M1911 Colt
4098 fighting soldiers, 12295 support

110 Leopard 1A5
15 T-62
176 BTR80
12 SPz-9
55 AMX-10RC
756 Mercedes-Benz Unimog
210 Mercedes-Benz 290GD
1900 DAF YA616 Trucks
200 Thornycroft Mighty Antar Trucks

Al Furat Division
Standard Weapon: AK74, Sidearm TT33
367 Centurion
110 T-72 (disabled)
21 T-80
10 T-90
82 SPz-9
145 VAB
60 VBL
1200 Land Rover
1381 DAF YA4440 Trucks
500 FTF Floor Trucks

South Al-Ghalib Division
Standard Weapon: Diemaco C7, sidearm Glock 17
362 Chieftain
235 Marder
22 Piranha III
2 SPz-9
2100 Land Rover
982 DAF YA314
210 Mercedes-Benz Actros

Duwaira Division
Standard Weapon: FAMAS F1, Sidearm M9 Beretta
2 T-90
110 T-72
56 BTR90
110 BMP-1
821 UAZ
1200 Ural trucks

Al-Riyadh Division
81 T-55
67 T-62
12 T-72
210 BRDM-2

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Tag for further revision. Excellent, good work.

Thanks alot! Do other people have comments/critiques/remarks? Do not hesitate to post them!

OOC: Stats on the units you yourself use?

OOC: These are the units I use during RP's. What are you exactly suggesting SEA?

OOC: I mean the individual unit. For example, what are the stats of the DAS-2 "Spectre" Multi-Role Fighter? Technicalities?

The DAS-2 Spectre is Isselmere-Nieland's design, you should look it up there. My designs can be found on VDZ & VL.

OOC: I know it is his work, what I meant by that was you ask him for permission to use the specs for OOC reference.

They are shortly named. I ain't intending to show any specifications of foreign vehicles. People should use the beautiful Jolt "Search" Function for that.

OOC: Well, for the numerous techlovers here you could provide links to the each piece of equipment, by turning the names of 'em into links to the pages in which the details are presented. If you'd bother, that is. I, for one, wouldn't... :rolleyes:

Well, it's quite simple. Most of my tech is RL, and most others can be found at VDZ & VL (Link in my sig.) So why do it the hard way? I'm lazy, you know. :p

Blaablaablaa - I'm lazy, you know. :p

A valid point! :D

Bump! An excellent example of a well thought out military machine, something for all you newcomers to look towards as a reference when building your own forces. I myself will be adopting [robbing] several concepts and layouts. Good work VL!

Hi i am new to the forum but have had a nationstates for 2 months roughly, i was very impressed with your army's formation and by the detail of it. I don't actually know what to do in this forum, I tried to enter one of the wars but no one took any notice of me :( what do i do???

Rlothen

Thanks alot Hrstrovokia! I have no problems with you using my concepts. It's only better that more and more start to use this (Realistic, I think I may say) layout.

Rlothen - Welcome! If you have't already, Read the Stickies. They are above every Forum page in International Incidents. Then, you could first start with making a sort of "Intro" Thread, in which you introduce your nation, aswell as exchange embassies. In that thread, or in another, if you prefer that, you can set-up your Army. Usually, it's better to start with Real-Life equipment, As it's cheaper than the NS Equipment, and buy Nationstates equipment later on.

However, if you already played this game for two months, you have a somewhat larger budget (Can be calculated with, I.E. NSTracker (http://nstracker.retrogade.com/index.php?nation=Van+Luxemburg) or NSEconomy on Thirdgeek (http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=van+Luxemburg). Please replace Nation name with your nation name) Which means you can already start looking around at the So-Called Storefront's. They mostly sell self-designed equipment for your Army, which are better than most Real-Life equipment.

After you realisticly made up your army (Hints should be in the Stickies), You can start in an Open RP, by requesting if you can join. In a Closed RP, or with another prefix such as (EII) or (E20), this means that it is not-accessible for you, unless you signed up for it. You can however still read it.

This goes for MT, as I assume you are. It is mostly the easiest part to play. With FT, there are less designs floating around and you would have to design yourselves. This is up to you. I hope you have fun with NS!

Currently my budget is set at $41,237,104,043.52 for defence is that reasonable??

Any Recomenations of weapons and such?
My populations is 85 million as of this morning so i am caluacting my peace time army as 1,700,000 (2 percent) would this be accurate?

Yours sincerly and respectfully
Rlothen

:) :)

The number you've given is correct with the number on NSEconomy, so I have nothing to say. The number is indeed correct. Now, judging by your NSUN Classifications, I would say that you're a bit democratic, and focusing on Defense. This means that 2% is OK.

However, keep in mind that around 9/10th of that will be logistics (1:10 Ratio), and that only 154,500 (about), will be available for actual frontline duties, which means being a pilot, Ship crew or Soldier. The rest will be cooks, Generals and other things.

I could recommend you using RL Equipment, of which nation is up to you.
However, if you are seeking something more powerful (sometimes more advanced and, most importantly, more expensive), you could better go with NS Equipment and try visiting some storefront's. RL Equipment can mostly be made by your own Defence Industries, this is generally accepted.

As you might've seen, I mainly use European gear. This is because I don't like the Mainstream US equipment, which is fairly unoriginal as, I would say, Most of NS uses it. My recommendations would be taking either Leopard 2 or M1 Abrams tanks, as they're generally the best. Once again, NS equipment mostly does better, but is more expensive.

Try Sites like http://www.army-technology.com, http://www.naval-technology.com and http://www.airforce-technology.com, they have a great deal of all available weapon system on their site, showing specifications of those, aswell as pictures. It could come in handy if you are up to organizing your own army.

Good Luck!

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