Sedunnic Armed Forces (Pacifica)

Sedunnic Armed Forces
Rammstovd
Coat of arms of the Sedunnic Armed Forces
Founded	Antiquity
Current form	2014
Service branches	Army Navy Air Force Teleresources
Headquarters	Essela (peacetime)
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Sedunnic Government
Minister of Defence	Derrns Kappsaty
Supreme Commander	General Maks Fejellienn
Manpower
Military age	18
Conscription	11-month service obligation
Active personnel	80,400
Reserve personnel	265,500
Deployed personnel	10,000
Expenditures
Budget	$47.79 billion (2020)
Percent of GDP	4.4% of GDP (2019)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	STT Levē Kallnhē Botna SG SLU Sedtrē ASA
Foreign suppliers	Karnetvor Resentine

The Sedunnic Armed Forces (Sedunnic: Rammstovd, literally "the War Authority") is the government agency that forms the military of Sedunn. It has four service branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, and the so-called Teleresources branch.

Military service is mandatory in Sedunn for both men and women, but after several reforms in the 1980s, each year only a minority is conscripted for training after the mandatory entrance assessment tests. Serving abroad is always voluntary in peacetime. The active force is about 80,400 military and civilian voluntary personnel. The reserve force is about 265,500 and has both conscripted and voluntary personnel. The voluntary personnel of the reserve force mainly serves in local defence battalions. In total about 345,900 people serve in the Sedunnic Armed Forces.

Most of the equipment is manufactured domestically by state-owned companies. Military funding is by tradition high.

Mission and doctrine

The purpose of the Sedunnic Armed Forces is to prevent a foreign occupation of Sedunn and secure its continuing existence as an independent nation by defending the nation, its allies, and its interests in the world, and to assert the territorial integrity of Sedunn and the rule of international law. Furthermore, it shall keep the cross-Pacific trade routes open, support the civil society in case of natural disasters, and support international peacekeeping efforts.

The Sedunnic Armed Forces pursues a doctrine of high mobility, modularity, and often sophisticated equipment. The goal is to gain and maintain overwhelming local fire superiority by the means of combining arms. The ability is seen as a key component to achieve war deterrence. Especially the Navy is also used in access/area denial missions.

Following Tasternine's declaration of independence from the then nationalist Karnetvor in 2009 and King Vimmru II's new foreign policy where military neutrality was abolished, work has begun to increase expeditionary capabilities after decades of planning towards home defence. Sedunn has issued a guarantee of independence to Transsuneria and has generally reassumed a more active role internationally and militarily.

Current international deployments

Sedunnic soldiers in Transsuneria 2017.

The Sedunnic Armed Forces has deployed expeditionary forces in Reizen of an estimated size of 18,000 troops as part of a agreement between Sedunn, the Frost Empire, the WPR and the RDC. Sedunn promised a saturation attack against RIM targets and follow-up land operations in exchange for the parties returning to the Grovne Ceasefire. The operation was proceeded by a deployment of Special CBRN Operations Units in Reizen to prevent or limit the use of chemical weapons by the RIM. By mid-February 2019 an estimated 25% of the RIM's stockpile had been destroyed.

The Sedunnic Armed Forces also has peacekeeping troops deployed in Transsuneria since the end of the Second Transsunerian Civil War. The number of troops has recently been reduced to a battalion-sized permanent contingent which is tasked with aiding the Transsunerians maintain peace and to protect the Sedunnic naval support base in Floodport. According to current planning, a motorised battalion, a detachment of two to four Hotvemm G84 fighters and a small naval logistics support unit shall be deployed by the end of 2020 the earliest.

The Sedunnic Navy conducts patrol missions on the cross-Pacific trade routes. Sedunn has small naval logistics support units in the allied nations Karnetvor and Resentine.

Recruitment

A physical aptitude test.

Military (or civilian) service is compulsory from the age of 18 for all men and women (women since 2017). When turning 17, all Sedunnic citizens take entrance assessment tests (that may be postponed up to the age of 20 under special circumstances). Based on the results, different service alternatives are offered, of which one has choose one. The training is normally at minimum seven months. While many still are conscripted, the yearly number of conscripts has been greatly reduced since the 1980s, more due to modernisation requiring less personnel than an actual disarmament.

After having completed the training, the recruits are given a choice to continue serving in a professional career in one of the standing units, or join the reserve (the so-called mobilisation forces). Personnel that belongs to the reserve are required to participate in recurring refresher training and exercises. After having reached the upper military age, which varies depending on type of service, career personnel and reservists may volunteer to join the local defence forces. There are three different personnel categories: active, conscripted and volunteer, where the latter two belong to the reserve. Personnel in the volunteer category exclusively serve in local defence battalions.

In total, about 1.9% of the population is directly engaged in Sedunn's military defence, of which 23% serve voluntary units. About 12% are female.

Organisation

Authority coordination regions in Bailtem-Sedunn.

The highest ranking officer in the Sedunnic Armed Forces is the Supreme Commander, currently General Maks Fejellienn. The Supreme Commander is appointed by the Sedunnic Defence Ministry and leads the Armed Forces according to the policy set forth by the Government.

The Supreme Commander leads the Headquarters of the Armed forces, which consists of two staffs: the Operations Command, which plans, directs and controls the usage of the forces, and the Training Command which controls recruitment and training of the personnel in the forces. There are four service branches in the Sedunnic Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Teleresources. Each service branch has their own operations commands and regional training commands. The Special Forces, the Military Intelligence Service, the Military Materiel Agency and War Research Agency also belong to the Armed Forces and answer directly to the Headquarters.

Defence of the Sedunnic territory is coordinated with the six authority coordination regions where military and civilian efforts are combined under the concept of total defence.

Army

The Army (Trammtasstled, "the Field Forces") is responsible for land operations and is the largest service branch of the Sedunnic Armed Forces, having about 278,000 personnel. It is divided into three separate entities called corps: Maneuver Corps, Local Defence Corps and Expeditionary Corps, and two independent divisions: Mountain Division and City Division that all have their own separate staffs. The Army fields 13 brigades, six regiments and circa 94 additional battalions of different types. The active force in the Army is about 32,000 personnel, also including training and civilian personnel. Fully mobilised, the Army has the following combat structure.

Structure of the Sedunnic Army since July 2019.

The main units are:

• Maneuver brigade (x7): the combined arms core units of the Army, having a combination of mechanised manoeuvre, support and artillery battalions, designed for maneuver warfare. There are two variants: light and heavy. The heavy field brigade has twice as many tanks, double the amount of field artillery and more mechanised infantry, while the light field brigade is more mobile. These brigades all belong to the Maneuver Crops. Main systems include VN 14, VN 86E, AGvN 14, MHRN 14.

• Artillery regiment (x3): providing division-level fire support. The artillery is fully self-propelled and fields both guns and rocket pieces. The 3rd Artillery Regiment has strategic ballistic missiles with long range.

• Mountain brigade (x2): fights in mountainous regions. Mechanisation and access to fire support is much lower than in the field brigades. The main purpose is to deny an opponent access and passage through passes and valleys and surface surveillance.

• City brigade (x2): mechanised infantry brigades uniquely specialised in urban warfare. They also perform honour guard duties. The brigades use lighter armoured vehicles such as from the RN 90 family.

• Airmobile brigade (x1): uses helicopters to perform air assault with light and mobile infantry battalions.

• Airborne brigade (x1): has highly mobile parachute battalions.

• Local defence battalion (x80): are motorised and lightly mechanised rapid response units that guard and protect specific areas and buildings, and assist in the mobilisation of the rest of the army. They mainly inherit personnel and equipment from active and conscripted units. All these battalions belong to the Local Defence Corps.

Soldiers participating in Operation Grass, a readiness control exercise in 2015.

There are about 23 active battalion-size units in peacetime.

Further information: List of active Sedunnic Army units (Pacifica)

Navy

SNS Tapparad, flagship of the Sedunnic Navy.

The Navy (Sevvtasstled, "the Sea Forces") is composed of five components: the Surface Forces, the Submarine Forces, the Marine Corps, the Coast Defence Forces, the Auxiliary Forces and the Naval Air Service. It includes in total about 26,900 active and 13,500 reserve personnel, 58 combatant ships of various size, additional auxiliary ships, 40 aircraft and 3,000 marines. The Navy is classified as blue-water with some degree of amphibious and replenishment capabilities beyond its own home region. There are no fixed operational formations of combatant ships, instead temporary naval battlegroups are formed for specific missions. The Sedunnic Coast Guard is not part of the Armed Forces and is a civilian component of the Sedunnic Police.

In Sedunnic, vessels are given the prefix "SSR", short for Sedunnō Sevvtasstleō Riks ("Sedunn's Navy's Ship"). In Austral, the prefix "SNS" ("Sedunnic Navy Ship") is used instead.

Active ships

See also: List of active Sedunnic Navy ships (Pacifica)

There are approximately 71 ships in commission including 6 destroyers, 8 frigates, 12 corvettes, 12 submarines, 3 amphibious transport docks, 9 patrol boats, 8 mine countermeasures vessels and 15 miscellaneous auxiliary vessels. The total displacement of the Sedunnic Navy is approximately 229,000 tonnes.

Naval bases

There are four major naval bases in use, three in Mainland Sedunn and one in the Remetull Archipelago, and several smaller in Sedunn as well as in Transsuneria.

• Essela Base: Sometimes called the military capital of Sedunn, it is home to several Armed Forces commands, army, air force and naval units. Destroyers, submarines and much of the transport vessels are based there, as well as the Marine Corps and larger auxiliary vessels. It is located 15 km north-west of the capital of Sedunn, Grovne.
• Ullenst Base: It maintains the Navy's frigates and some of the corvettes. Sedunn's largest shipyard is located in Ullenst.
• Flered Base: It supports all operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Currently the most important surface combatants stationed there are corvettes. Flered is the second largest port city in Sedunn after Grovne.
• Gafsred Base: It supports all operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Gafsred and neighbouring Tarvem have among the largest ports of the islands in the ocean.

Air Force

Main Air Force bases.

The Air Force (Lytretasstled, "the Air Forces") is the aerial warfare branch of the Sedunnic Armed Forces. It has a strength of about 21,500 active and 5,000 reserve personnel. It includes 192 ASA VOT 14 Hotvemm A and D multirole fighter aircraft in 8 squadrons, five long-range air defence battalions, one attack helicopter squadron and transport aircraft.

The Air Force has 13 main bases. After mobilisation many of the squadrons disperse to temporary bases as a measure against nuclear weapons and preemptive airstrikes. The reserve belonging to the Air Force mainly form base protection battalions and other support personnel.

Current aircraft inventory

Further information: List of current aircraft of the Sedunnic Air Force (Pacifica)

Teleresources

Teleresources (Jokala'lē) counts as an independent branch, but except for a staff, dedicated headquarters, the Cyber Warfare Unit, electronic warfare units and Satellite Unit, the Teleresources mainly coordinates the operations and training of IT, military intelligence, geo-information, and operative communication units that already exist in the other branches and agencies of the Rammstovd. The personnel size has not been revealed. It is the youngest branch, founded in 2011.

Special forces

The Special Operations Troops (Uttsylekserrleynled) use unconventional means to conduct special operations. The number of troops is secret, but is often estimated to around 800. There are four different services within the force:

• Uttsyd Rakraensi (URe) - Special Combat Service: Engages and destroys targets of great significance to the enemy, rescues people captured by the enemy or held hostage.
• Uttsyd Lynyvensi (ULe) - Special Reconnaissance Service: Gathers intelligence on activities, certain individuals, or anything of strategic importance.
• Uttsyd Hemmvesramme (UHre) - Special Electronic Warfare Service: EM compatibility and deception; electronic masking, probing, reconnaissance, and intelligence.
• Uttsyd LTUS-Lekserrensi (UULu) - Special CBRN Operations Service: Its tasks range from CBRN-specialised intelligence gathering, combat in contaminated environments, disarmament of CBRN weapons and critical containment of C-, B-, and R-events.

Equipment and suppliers

VEV 14 main battle tank infographic.

Most of the military equipment used by the Sedunnic Armed Forces is manufactured in Sedunn, by companies that are entirely publicly owned (Law 1021-1912). An organisation called Military Materiel Agency in Austral, organised under the Training Command, is responsible for research, preliminary testing and procurement of military hardware. Selling military equipment to other nations is strictly regulated by law (Law 1022-1912) and is normally only reserved to closely allied nations. However, Sedunn has been known to support rebellions and foreign powers with weapons when it has served a very specific purpose.

Major manufacturers of military hardware include the following.

• STT: surface combat ships.
• Levē Kallnhē: surface combat ships (traditionally), submarines, and other marine vessels.
• Botna: armoured and tracked vehicles.
• SG: cannons and missiles.
• SLU: electronic equipment, including radars.
• Sedtrē: firearms.
• ASA: aircraft.

Many other major Sedunnic companies are involved in delivering products not directly intended for combat, like the car manufacturers HF KJ, Limma KJ, aircraft manufacturer Levea and food manufacturer Inniennō Jul. Notable equipment include the Suvvtrefy 03 D assault rifle, VEV 14 main battle tank and the ASA VOT 14 Hotvemm multirole fighter.

Uniforms

The Sedunnic Armed Forces has three classes of uniform: combat dress, office dress, and parade dress.

Combat dress

There are two combat dresses in use. The field combat dress is manly used by the army but is also used by land warfare units of the air force and the navy. Four versions of the field combat dress exist with different camouflage colours. The sea combat dress is used by the navy.

Field combat dresses				Sea combat dress
Summer	Winter	Urban	Desert	Sea

Note that the beret is normally used for garrison duty and more ceremonial occasions. The field cap is otherwise used.

Office dress

The office dress has similar use to the more internationally established term service uniform. The uniform is mainly used for ceremonial occasions and staff service, but also off-post activity. Each branch except Teleresources has its own dress.

Office dresses
Army	Navy	Air Force

The colour of the buttons and rank insignia, the beret patch and other details may differ from unit to unit. The Army office uniform is made to resemble the old K. 1880 field uniform.

Parade dress

The parade dress is for parades and ceremonial duties. The parade dress can be either an older uniform, such as the K. 1880 (retro), or the combat dress or the office dress with extra parade attire, such as the K. 1880 hat and white gaiters and gloves. A belt is normally included.

Parade dresses
Army (modern)	Army (retro)	Navy	Air Force

Note that personnel in the navy and air force below OR 6 do not wear the parade hat, but a beret or equivalent.

Ranks and insignia

Main article: Military ranks of the Sedunnic Armed Forces (Pacifica)

Symbols

Personnel, vehicles (both ground and air) and equipment of the Sedunnic Armed Forces are recognised by either the Sedunnic flag as a patch or painted, or by the Star of Limmvasd roundel painted or engraved. Military installations and buildings fly the Sedunnic flag, sometimes with a yellow pennant to set them apart from civilian counterparts.

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  Roundel of the Sedunnic Armed Forces.

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  Low-visibility version of the roundel of the Sedunnic Armed Forces.

History

Main article: List of wars involving Sedunn (Pacifica)

List of major conflicts involving the Sedunnic Armed Forces. The list is incomplete.

1858-1863: Karnetvorian Confederate War

• Battle of Monachia (Pacifica)

1884-1885: Peter I's War