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La Federazione Mediterranea
The Mediterranean Federation

Table of Contents

I. Overview (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659637&postcount=2)
II. History: Post-WW2 (Out of the Ashes of Fascism) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659651&postcount=3)
III. History: The Southern European Alliance (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659663&postcount=4)
IV. History: The Greek Civil War; The Mediterranean Alliance (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659671&postcount=5)
V. Foreign Relations (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659681&postcount=6)
VI. Military: The Mediterranean Army (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659686&postcount=7)
VII. Military: The Mediterranean Navy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659693&postcount=8)
VIII. Military: The Mediterranean Air Force (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13659700&postcount=9)

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La Federazione Mediterranea
The Mediterranean Federation

Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno
"All For One, One For All[/i]

CAPITAL CITY: Rome (Roma)
LARGEST CITY: Rome
OTHER MAJOR CITIES: Napoli, Venezia, Milano, (Italy) Berne, Geneva, Zürich (Switz.), Athens, Larissa, Volos (Greece)

GEOGRAPHY: Mixed. Hills and rolling plains to the north, The Alps in the center, separating sprawling flatland and lowlands to the south and East. Major ports along the south and southeast. Two island to the west, Sicily (Sicilia) and Sardinia (Sardegna). Also, a series of island off the eastern peninsula include Crete (largest) and a series of small island to the west and south of the peninsula on the Ionian and Mediterranean seas, respectively. The Federation contains two major peninsulas; The Crotonese Peninsula to the south and the Peloponnese Peninsula to the east. Major trade ports are established through the south and southeast.

South: Two geographical phenomena separate the Italian province from the rest of the Federation; The Alps, which reside to the north, running the length of the province, and the Po River, which runs directly east to west to the south of the Alps, providing a waterway from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea. There is also a smaller mountain range down the center of the peninsula, The Apennine Mountains, which divides it from east to west. The Crotonese Peninsula refers to the land south of the Po River, encompassing the regions of Lazio, Compagna, Tuscano, and Aruzzi.

North: The northern province of Switzerland is separated from the south by the Alps, which run across its southern border. There is also a mountain range to the west, which separates the land from the Federal Dominion of Germany, called the Jura Mountains. The center of the province is hospitable, consisting mostly of rolling hills and mass forestation to the North. Several major rivers flow out of the massive mountains of the Southern Alps, including the Rhine, Rhône, Inn, Aare, and Ticino. The region itself is landlocked, and all rivers flow into Lake Geneva (the largest Swiss lake) or through The Province of Italy and into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

East: The only province not connected to the other two, Greece has many noteworthy geographical features. The Province of Greece is home to the Federation's other major peninsula, the Peloponnesus peninsula, which is technically separated from the mainland by the canal of the Isthmus of Corinth. However, Peloponnesus is not considered an island, as the canal is man-made. The peninsula is surrounded on three sides by the Ionian, Mediterranean, Aegean Sea, as well as the Sea of Crete. Greece is also home to an estimated 2000 islands, most notable are Crete, the largest island and the only Grecco island with legislation representation (other islands have mostly populations of immigrants or otherwise too small to constitute legislation. Many residents of these island are also registered citizens of other regions in Greece.) The province is lined on the entire West coast by the Pindus mountain range which, while not particularly large, provides for a number of rivers and lakes. It is also home to the fabled Mount Olympus. Moreover, northeastern Greece features yet another high-altitude mountain range, the Rhodope range, spreading across the periphery of the regions of Macedonia and Thrace and separates the province from the nations of Albania and Bulgaria; this area is covered with vast, thick, ancient forests. Expansive plains are primarily located in the regions of Thessaly, Central Macedonia and Thrace (the northeast, central north, and central, respectively). They constitute key economic regions as they are among the few arable places in Greece.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Latin; though variations thereof can be heard in different areas. Most notably are Italian, Greek, and French.
OFFICIAL RELIGION: None declared. The southern peninsula is heavily Roman-Catholic. Mixed denominations of Christianity throughout the north (predominantly Catholic and Protestant) and heavily mixed through the eastern peninsula (Greek Orthodox, Judiasm, Islam, Catholicism, et. al.)
DENONYM: Mediterranean (general)
NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land, lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential, timber
NATURAL DISASTERS: Floods, earthquakes, volcanic activity
COASTLINE: 22,267 km (13,836 mi)

TRAVEL:
Railroads: 40,516 km
Roads: 669,908 km
Airports: 69
Ports: 192

ENERGY:
Oil Production: 151,000 barrels/day
Oil Consumption: 1.7 Million barrels/day
Known Oil Reserves: 8
Oil Imports: 1.7 million barrels/day
Natural Gas Production: 5.8 Tcf
Natural Gas Consumption: 2.8 Tcf
Natural Gas Imports: 0 cf
Natural Gas Exports: 2.5 Tcf
Electricity Production: 277.6 Bkwh
Electricity Consumption: 303.8 Bkwh
Generation Method: The majority is generated via conventional thermal means, with a small amount generated by "renewables": Nuclear, hydroelectricity, and various others.

ESTABLISHMENT: December 13, 1946

AREA: 474,593 sq. km (294,898.42 sq. mi)

POPULATION: 78,256,271
Population Density: 164.689 people/sq. km.

CURRENCY: Lira (₤)
GDP (PPP): $2,596,721,000,000 (2.6 Trillion USD)
GDP (per capita): $35,280

ECONOMY:

The Mediterranean Federation's main exports, and the percentage of which they make up all exported goods, is as follows:

Fine Foods (olive oil, wine, cheese): 40%
Food (general): 28%
Textiles: 9%
Chemicals: 7%
Metal: 7%
Oil: 3 - 7%
Raw materials: 2%

BUDGET:
Administration: $572 Billion
Health care: $305 billion
Education: $572 Billion
Defense: $611 Billion
Law and Order: $305 Billion
Commerce: $52 Billion
Environment: $182 Billion

GOVERNMENT

Government Type: Parliamentary Republic

KEY GOVERNMENT FIGURES:

PRESIDENT: Salvatore DiSano (It)
VICE PRESIDENT: Samuel Schmid (Sz)
PRIME MINISTER: Athena Karamanlis (Gr)
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Lucrezia Dellatorre (It)
MINISTER OF ECONOMICS: Moritz Leuenberger(Sw)
MINISTER OF DEFENSE: Chief General Carlo Cadeva

The 1962 Constitution of The Mediterranean established a bicameral parliament, consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (concilium dei legatus) and a Senate (orchestra), a separate judiciary, and an executive branch composed of a Council of Ministers (cabinet) (concilium dei ministri), headed by the prime minister (induco del concilium dei ministri).

The President of the Mediterranean (praesieo) is elected for seven years by the parliament sitting jointly with a small number of regional delegates. The president nominates the prime minister, who proposes the other ministers (formally named by the president). The Council of Ministers must obtain a confidence vote from both houses of Parliament. Legislative bills may originate in either house and must be passed by a majority in both.

The houses of parliament are popularly and directly elected through a complex electoral system which combines proportional representation with a majority prize for the largest coalition. All citizens older than 18 can vote. However, to vote for the senate, the voter must be at least 25 or older. The electoral system in the Senate is based upon regional representation. During the elections in 2002, the two competing coalitions were separated by few thousand votes, and in the Chamber the centre-left coalition (L'Unione) got 345 Deputies against 277 for the centre-right one (Casa delle Libertà), while in the Senate L'Unione got only two Senators more than absolute majority. The Chamber of Deputies has 630 members and the Senate 315 elected senators; in addition, the Senate includes former presidents and appointed senators for life (no more than five) by the President of the Republic according to special constitutional provisions. As of May 15, 2006 there are seven life senators (of which three are former Presidents). Both houses are elected for a maximum of five years, but both may be dissolved by the President before the expiration of their normal term if the Parliament is unable to elect a stable government. In the post war history, this has happened in 1972, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1994, and 1996.

A peculiarity of the Parliament is the representation given to citizens permanently living abroad (about 2.7 million people). Among the 630 Deputies and the 315 Senators there are respectively 12 and 6 elected in four distinct foreign constituencies. Those members of Parliament were elected for the first time in April 2006 and they have the same rights as members elected in the Mediterranean.

The Judicial system is based on Roman law modified by the Napoleonic code and later statutes. The Constitutional Court (Corte Costituzionale) rules on the conformity of laws with the Constitution and is a post—World War II innovation.

Italy:

Italy surrendered to the Allied forces of World War 2 on July 25, 1943, after Rome was raided by the British armed forces. Benito Mussolini was arrested on International War crimes, and handed over to the new Italian government, La Republica di Italia, for sentencing. He was hung from a fountain in the center of St. Peter's Square, while Italian citizens paid to throw rocks at him. Times were changing.

The Italian Republic's constitution was established in 1948, declaring the country a free democracy, finally free of Fascism and Communism in all its forms. Despite this, Italy still faced strong international opposition. Declared untrustworthy by the most influential world leaders, Italy was forcefully stripped of its most powerful military equipment and most of its military based domestically and internationally were disbanded or shut down. Cut off from vital trade supplies for essential foreign goods led to the collapse of the Italian economy, and Italy was left to fend for itself.

Switzerland:

Switzerland, throughout the 1940s, remained the single European country not drastically affected by World War 2. Through mostly diplomatic and economic means, Switzerland was able to retain a position of armed neutrality that, while many times breached by both the Axis and Allied forces, did not cause Switzerland a significant amount of damage economically, politically, or militarily.

During World War Two, the Swiss franc was the only remaining major freely convertible currency in the world, and both the Allies and the Germans sold large amounts of gold to the Swiss National Bank. Between 1940 and 1945, the German Reichsbank sold 1.3 billion francs worth of gold to Swiss Banks in exchange for Swiss francs and other foreign currency.[3] Hundreds of millions of francs worth of this gold was monetary gold plundered from the central banks of occupied countries. 581,000 francs of "Melmer" gold taken from Holocaust victims in eastern Europe was sold to Swiss banks.

Additionally, due to Switzerland's neutrality, it inherited over 500,000 refugees, mostly Jews and ostracized Germans. Switzerland became somewhat of a "safe haven" for persecuted individuals during the war, and by 1945, 25% of its total population were refugees.

After the war, Switzerland remained neutral by offering up trade with both former Axis and Allied countries.

Greece:

During World War 2, Greece was able to retain a relatively neutral stance in the beginning. The series of events that led to the Greco-Italian War were concentrated mostly on Fascist Italy advances north of Greece, in Albania, and in occupation of Greek territorial islands, namely the Dodecanese islands.

On the eve of October 28, 1940, Italy's ambassador in Athens, Emmanuelle Grazzi, handed an ultimatum from Mussolini to then Prime Minister Metaxas. In it, the Duce demanded free passage for his troops to occupy unspecified "strategic points" inside Greek territory. Greece had been friendly towards National Socialist Germany, especially profiting from mutual trade relations, but now Germany's ally Italy was to invade Greece. Metaxas rejected the ultimatum with the words "Alors, c'est la guerre." (French:"Well, this is war."). In this he echoed the will of the Greek people to resist, a will which was popularly expressed in one word: "Okhi" (Οχι) (Greek for "No"). Within hours Italy began attacking Greece from Albania.

Shortly thereafter, Metaxas addressed the Greek people with these words: "The time has come for Greece to fight for her independence. Greeks, now we must prove ourselves worthy of our forefathers and the freedom they bestowed upon us. Greeks, now fight for your Fatherland, for your wives, for your children and the sacred traditions. Now, over all things, fight!" In response to this address, the people of Greece reportedly spontaneously went out to the streets singing Greek patriotic songs and shouting anti-Italian slogans, and hundreds of thousands of volunteers, men and women, in all parts of Greece headed to the Army's offices to enlist for the war. The whole nation was united in the face of aggression.

After initial success, Greece eventually fell to the Italians with help from the German Army. Though later liberated by the British forces, the people of Greece never lost the hostility towards Italy that it once had in spades.

Before Italian invasion of Greece, many Jewish refugees fled the Balkans and eastern Europe, where the Nazis were spreading, and headed to Greece. Like Switzerland, Greece had declared neutral in the war, thus appealing to Jewish refugees reeking remittance from persecution. Also, Greece was a peninsula, which assured relatively easy escape should the German Army advance that far East.
For other Jews, however, the decision to seek refuge in Greece had religious implications, too; with Greece directly across the Mediterranean Sea from the Palestine, and the Jewish Holy Land, Greece seemed like a perfect fit. After the war, many Jews remained in Greece.

In 1948, in an effort to reach out to all participants of World War 2 whose economies had been destroyed, Switzerland reached out to Italy and opened trade between it's neighbor to the South. Italy readily accepted, realizing its need for international security and aid in order to restore any amount of the country's former wealth and reputation.

Also in 1948, after the demise of the toothless League of Nations, Switzerland began looking at nations within Europe and abroad to form an alliance to assure that what happened in World War 2 would never be allowed to happen. In this instance, Italy was also the first country Switzerland proposed the idea to. It ultimately was the only country Switzerland reached out to for this cause.

Italy, in the midst of economic ruin and and international reputation destroyed, saw this as an opportunity to restore Italy's esteem worldwide. It also considered Switzerland neutral and saw no threat of attack from Switzerland on Italy's fledgling military. Because Switzerland was world-renowned for its advanced military equipment, Italy began appealing to the Swiss government for licenses to build Swiss military equipment under the Italian banner in an attempt to rebuild its defense forces. The appeals were granted by the Swiss National Committee.

Switzerland also had other motivations for aligning with Italy besides its humanitarian front. Politically, the move was a strategic move by Swiss Military Strategists. Switzerland was aware of the International distrust of Italy, and used that to their advantage; if Italy were falsifying the reformation and really had plans to attack Switzerland, the world would come to Swiss aid, ensuring Italian defeat and securing Switzerland from further threat in the suspicious world that was the aftermath of World War 2.

So the Southern European Alliance was formed - built entirely on a pillar of distrust and suspicion.

By the time the 1950s rolled around, the Southern European Alliance had begun looking at Greece as a potential third member of the union in an attempt to solidifying control of much of the Mediterranean. In 1951, the President of the Italian Republic issued a formal statement urging Greece to ally with Switzerland and Italy.

The reactions were heavily mixed. Greece had been waging a political war internally between the official Greek government and the Democratic Army of Greece, which was the military branch of the Greek Communist Party. While the official stance of the Greek government was to refuse to offer, the Communist party was in favor of the alliance, seeing an opportunity to spread communist influence in the southern portion of Europe.

Public opinion varied less so, with 64% of the population opposing the alliance. Of the percentage of people against the alliance, over 60% were Jewish refugees, and 10% were miscellaneous other refugees of World War 2. The Greek government held fast to its stance declining an alliance, but facing pressure from the Communist Party, agreed to meetings with the Italians and the Swiss.

The meetings were a unsuccessful, but the offer was never retracted. The Italian Republic left the offer open, knowing that Greece was on the brink of civil war, and wanted to ensure Greek participation in the alliance were the Communists to win.

Greece did erupt into civil war in 1955, pitting the Hellenic Royal Armed Forces against the Communist Army. The Communists succeeded in the north regions of Macedonia and Thrace, as well as on the Peloponnese peninsula and Crete. However, Athens, Thessaly and Epirus remained steadily under Hellenic control. Both parties were in a stalemate.

On December 16th, 1955, Italy broke that stalemate, invading the southern portion of the Peloponnese peninsula and defeating the Communist forces in the Battle of Areopoli. Advancing north towards Athens, the Italians drove the Communist Army north, claiming Sparta and Nafplion, while the Hellenic Army crossed the straight from Athens to capture Petras and Corinth, defeating the Communists on the Peloponnese.

The Communists were forced to send supplies and troops south to the Peloponnese peninsula, where unexpected insurgence from the Italian Navy had cut off supply ships from Crete. Because of this, the Greek Hellenic Army was able to drive the Communists north from Thessaly, eventually driving them into Macedonia where the Communists surrendered on June 11, 1956.

Recognizing Italian aid in the war against the Communists, the Greek government changed its position on joining the Southern European Alliance, ensuring that all future attacks would have Italian and Swiss aid. The Southern European Alliance was renamed The Mediterranean Alliance formally in 1958.

Military:

The Mediterranean Federation hold a military base in the following nations


Taiwan (Naval)


Economic:

Kenavt (Free Trade)
Xaristan (Free Trade)
Kenavt

Political:

The League of Venice


Relations with the world (KEY):
Supreme Ally
Allied
Neutral
Wary
At War

The Amazonian-American Dominion: United States of America, Cuba, Jamaica
The Russian Federation (Candistan): Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
The United Kingdom (Wanderjar): Britain, Ireland, Canada
Grand Mongolian Empire (DPW): China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
The Second Great and Bountiful Israeli Empire: Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
North Atlantic Federation (Ausfall): Greenland, Iceland, Lichtenstein
Kingdom of Southern Arabia (Indonesian States): UAE, Oman, Yemen
United Provinces of Central America (Buddha C): Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia
Pyekan Kuogu (Pyeki): Indonesia, Burma, Thailand
Kenavt: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
Federated Straits Settlements (Questers): Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
Corbournne: Nigeria, Algeria, Angola
Republic of Indochina (Uiri): Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Shamanistic Peoples of Sudeth-Kya (Neo-Ishtania): Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya
Nosovia: Namibia, Angola, Botswana


Kansiovan Federation: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
The Austrian Empire (Moorington): Austria, Hungary, Croatia
The Federal Dominion of Germany (Greal): Germany, France, Netherlands
Kulivokia: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Xaristan: Libya, Egypt, Syria

Mussleburgh
South-Asian Indian Confederacy (Honako)
The Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland

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MISSION STATEMENT: "The Mediterranean Army's objective is to defend its Federation's independence, borders, and terrain, and also to guarantee the country's defense"

MOTTO: "La libertà proviene da Valor"
"Freedome Stems From Valor"

Chief of General Staff: Dimitrios Grapsas.
Total Recruited Officers: 247,562

EQUIPMENT:
WEAPONS:


Beretta AR70/90 - 5.56 mm assault rifle
M4 Carbine - 5.56 mm assault rifle
Beretta Model 12 - 9 mm Luger Parabellum Submachine gun
Beretta 92FS - 9 x 19 mm pistol
Heckler & Koch MP5 - 9 mm Luger Parabellum Submachine gun
Minimi - 5.56 mm light machine gun
MG42/59 - MG3 - 7.62 mm machine gun
M2 Browning - 12.7 mm machine gun
Franchi SPAS 15 - Shotgun
Sako TGR-42 - .338 Lapua sniper rifle
Barrett M82A1 - .50 BMG sniper rifle
Panzerfaust 3 - Rocket propelled grenade
FIM-92 Stinger - Man-portable air-defense systems
Hirtenberger M6-111 - Mortar
HK G3
M16 rifle
M4 carbine
Colt M1911
Glock 17
HK MP5 Submachine Gun
HK 11A1
FN MAG Machine Gun
FN MINIMI Machine Gun
MG3 Machine Gun
M203 Grenade Launcher
M79 Grenade Launcher
HK 69A1 Grenade Launcher
Barrett M82A1M
Barrett M95


COMBAT VEHICLES:

Main Battle Tanks:

200 Ariete - Main Battle Tank
120 Leopard 1 - Main Battle Tank
170 Leopard 2A6 HEL Main Battle Tank
196 Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank
501 Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tank
308 M60 A3 Main Battle Tank
390 M48 A5 MOLF Main Battle Tank


ARMORED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES:
381 BMP-1
450 BMP-3M/F
491 Leonidas II
1,789 M 113A1/A2 Armored Personnel Carrier
400 Centauro - Armour fire Support Vehicle/Tank destroyer
200 Dardo - Infantry fighting vehicle
249 VBM Freccia - Infantry fighting vehicle
1000+ VM90/Armored VM90 - Infantry Mobility Vehicle
1,260 VTLM Lince - Infantry Mobility Vehicle
35 AAV7-A1 - Amphibious assault vehicle

Armored Mortar Carriers:

3 M125A1 AMC
256 M106A1/A2 AMC Armored mortar carrier

Armored ATGM Carriers:

268 M901/M901A1 ITV
12 M113 TOW

Armored Command Vehicles:

105 M577A2

Armored Wheeled Vehicles:

243 VBL
394 Hummer
+301 Hummer on order (not all of them armored)
1,638 M113 A1/VCC-1/VCC-2 - Armoured personnel carrier
250 Puma 6x6 - Wheeled armoured personnel carrier
330 Puma 4x4 - Wheeled armoured recon vehicle
189 Bv206S - Armoured personnel carrier


ARTILLERY:

Rocket Artillery:

36 M270 MLRS
116 RM70


Self-Propelled Artillery:

145 M110A2
24 PzH 2000
12 M109A5
50 M109A3GEA1
84 M109A2
51 M109A1B
192 M109L Self-propelled howitzer
70 PzH 2000 Self-propelled howitzer
120 FH-70 Towed howitzer


Heavy Mortars:

158 E56
624 M2/M30


AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

Air Defense - Missile Systems:


42 MIM-23B Improved HAWK - Phase III PIP 7 batteries x 6 missile launchers each; Medium range
21 TOR-M1 SHORAD
39 OSA AK/AKM SHORAD
54 ASRAD-HELLAS With 426 FIM-92 Stinger Block 1 missiles.
664 FIM-92B/C Stinger-POST & Stinger Block 1


Air Defense - Gun Systems:

17 Artemis 30
506 ZU-23-2
285 Mk20 RH-202
SIDAM 25 - Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon


HEAVY INFANTRY WEAPONS

Anti-tank Guided Missiles:

196 9M133 Kornet E
366 BGM-71 TOW II
400 MILAN
262 9M111 Fagot
TOW II - Anti-tank guided missile
MILAN 2 - Anti-tank guided missile
Spike - Anti-tank guided missile

Anti-tank Recoilless Rifles

1,998 Carl Gustaf M2 Recoilless Rifle


Anti-tank Rocket launchers

18,706 RPG-18
10,841 M72A2 LAW
135 LRAC 89 mm STRIM
22 MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System


Medium and Light Mortars

470 E-44E1
125 M6C-210 Commando
1,616 M1
1,134 M29Α1
1,149 120mm F1 Mortar


Automatic Grenade Launchers:

633 HK GMG



AIRCRAFT INVENTORY

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MOTTO: "Grande è l'alimentazione del paese che controlla il mare
"Great is the power of the country which controls the sea."

Notes: 4th Strongest Navy in the World
Chief of Staff: Paolo La Rosa
Total Recruited Officers: 307,054

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (2 in service)

Giuseppe Garibaldi
Cavour


DESTROYERS (3 in service)


Orizzonte
Andrea Doria

Durand de la Penne class
Luigi Durand de la Penne
Francesco Mimbelli



AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK (3 in service)


San Giorgio class
San Giorgio
San Marco

San Giusto class
San Giusto


FRIGATES (26 in service)


8 x Maestrale class
4 x Soldati class
4 x Frigates Class Meko-200HN
10 x Standard Kortenaer-class


CORVETTES


8 x Minerva class


PATROL BOATS


4 x Cassiopea class
4 x Esploratore class
2 x Cassiopea 2 class
4 x Comandanti class
6 × Coastline Patrol Vessels - Type Nasty


MINE COUNTER-MEASURE VESSELS


4 x Lerici class - 1st series
8 x Lerici class – 2nd series
5 x Ponza class
6 × Minesweepers - Coastal
2 × Mine-Sweepers / Hunters Class Hunt
2 × Minesweepers - Coastal Osprey class coastal mine hunters


SUBMARINES


2 x Todaro class
2 x Sauro IV class
2 x Sauro III class
1 x Sauro class
4 × Glaukos class
4 × Poseidon class
1 × Papanikolis class


AUXILIARY


5 x Squadron Replenishment Ships
4 x Gasoline Tankers
2 x Water Transports
6 x Vehicle Transport Ships
3 x Weapons Test Ships


FAST ATTACK MISSILE VESSELS


5 × Super-Vita
4 × La Combattante III
5 × La Combattante IIIb
6 × La Combattante IIA


OTHER


Anteo : Submarine Rescue and Salvage Ship
Elettra : Electronic Warfare Ship
4 x Training ships



AIRCRAFT


2 x Anti-submarine Helicopter
4 x Naval Helicopter
1 x Maritime Patrol
1 x Fighter/Trainer
1 x Utility Transport

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Motto: "Usquequaque Dominor Sublimitas"
"Always Dominate the Heights"

Chief of Staff: Air Marshal Hans Herzog
Total Recruited Officers: 78,879

AIRCRAFT INVENTORY

122 Aermacchi MB-339 (trainer, light attack, aerobatic display)
28 Aermacchi SF-260 (trainer)
82 AMX International AMX Ghibli (attack, trainer)
166 Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon (fighter, trainer)
85 Panavia Tornado (strike, anti-radar)
46 Eurofighter Typhoon (fighter-strike) 121 by 2010
6 General Atomics RQ-1 Predator (reconnaissance, UAV)
50 MD Helicopters MD 500 Defender (utility helicopter)
38 Agusta-Bell AB212 Twin Huey (rescue helicopter)
32 Sikorsky HH-3F Sea King (Combat SAR, VIP transport)
18 Breguet Atlantique (maritime patrol)
15 Alenia C-27J Spartan (tactical transport) another 9 under delivery
37 Lockheed C-130 Hercules (tactical transport)
27 SIAI Marchetti S 208 (liaison)
31 Piaggio P166 (utility transport )
9 Piaggio P180 Avanti (utility transport)
4 Dassault Falcon 50 (VIP transport)
5 Dassault Falcon 900 (VIP transport)
3 Airbus A319 (VIP transport)
1 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Transport)
1 Gulfstream V (VIP Transport)
2 Embraer ERJ-135 (VIP Transport)
4 Embraer EMB-145 (Airborne Early Warning)
8 EAB Pegasus II (Reconnaissance)
4 Lockheed P-3B Orion (Maritime Patrol)
1 NAMC YS-11 (Calibration)
59 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (Fighter, Reconnaissance)
60 Vought A-7 Corsair II (Ground Attack)
44 Dassault Mirage 2000 (Fighter)
19 Cessna T-41 Mescalero (Trainer)
45 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II (Trainer
43 Rockwell T-2 Buckeye (Trainer)
13 Bombardier CL-215 Scooper (Firefighting)
9 Bombardier CL-415 Super Scooper (Firefighting, Firefighting & SAR)
23 PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader (Firefighting)
3 Agusta A109 (MEDEVAC Helicopter)
11 Eurocopter AS 332C1 Super Puma (CSAR & SAR Helicopter)
13 Agusta Bell AB205 (SAR Helicopter)
7 Bell 47 (Utility Helicopter)


ON ORDER OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT:

Boeing 767 (aerial refueling) - 4 on order
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (in development)
Aermacchi M-346 (in development)
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (in development)
Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon - 20 additional F-16C Block 50 and 10 F-16D Block 52+ aircraft on order.