Sedunnic Army (Pacifica)
The Sedunnic Army (Sedunnic: Trammtasstlē, "Field Forces") is the land warfare branch of the Sedunnic Armed Forces. It traces its roots back to the Im cavalry lifeguards of the first dellm in 700 BC, being the first military unit shared between the constituent city states. However, it was not until the 200s BC that a unified army could fully supersede the city state militias. In 2022, the wartime personnel strength of the Sedunnic Army was about 280,000, excluding civilians.
Mission and organisation
The Sedunnic Army is tasked with conducting ground combat operations as well as amphibious warfare and land-based air and coastal defence, which in most other nations are carried out by their navy or air force. Sedunn's commitment to upholding a rules-based order demands expeditionary capabilities and rapid theatre re-deployment, the army is therefore built for infantry-centric manoeuvre warfare and modularity with very high readiness and availability. However, the main purpose of the army is to prevent a foreign occupation and coercion of Sedunn, so the army also deploys other types of units. The Sedunnic Army is divided into seven components (gloplē) that have distinct missions and backgrounds but work closely together: Maneuvre, Amphibious, Local Defence, Air Defence, Coastal Defence, Support, and Nuclear Arsenal.
The army is commanded by the Army Command and the Chief of Army, a four-star general, who reports directly to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Recruitment, procurement and training are delegated to the seven components: under the supervision of an Inspector, a three-star admiral. The army relies on the air force and navy for theatre re-deployment.
The motto of the Army is "Strike fast. Strike hard".
| Sedunnic Army | |
|---|---|
| Trammtasstlē | |
 Coat of arms of the Sedunnic Army | |
| Founded | 700/200 BC |
| Country |  Sedunn |
| Type | Army |
| Role | Land warfare, amphibious warfare, air defence, coastal defence |
| Size | 100,000 active personnel 100,000 part-time personnel 30,000 local defence personnel 50,000 ready reserve |
| Part of | Sedunnic Armed Forces |
| Army Command | Lomared |
| Motto(s) | Tuvv ressom. Tuvv skrannom "Strike fast. Strike hard" |
| Colors | Setru blue Field grey |
| March | "Kodull-attsdue" |
| Anniversaries | 3 March (first gathering of the Im knights) |
| Equipment | List of equipment of the Sedunnic Army |
| Website | rammstovd.sd/trammtasstlē |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of Army | Gill Rosienn |
| Insignia | |
| Flag of Sedunn |  |
| Pennant |  |
Components
Maneuvre
The maneuvre component comprises rapidly deployable units trained and equipped for high-intensity multi-domain land warfare anywhere in the world. It fields, mostly under the command of the I Corps, mechanised, mountaineer and airborne infantry and armoured brigades and divisional sustainment and combat aviation brigades as well as other supporting units. These units often trace their roots back to the old field army regiments. These units form the backbone of the I Corps as well as the Army overall:
- 1st Mechanised Division: armoured and mechanised units
- 2nd Mechanised Division: armoured and mechanised units
- (3rd) Mountain Division: infantry that is highly mobile in mountainous terrain
- (4th) Airmobile Division: highly mobile infantry that performs air assault, extra high readiness
The mechanised and infantry brigades are air transportable into theatre within 96 hours or less. The maneuvre component consists of standing and part-time category personnel.
Amphibious
Rather than being part of the Navy or an entirely separate branch, the Sedunnic marine corps is part of the Army. It is subordinate to the II Corps, which also is responsible for conducting, supporting and commanding expeditionary missions in general. The amphibious component consists of marine infantry brigades and supporting units that comprise the (5th) Amphibious Division with strength of about 42,000 personnel. The division carries out amphibious strikes and defence of choke points in maritime littorals. The Navy provides sealift for rapid theatre deployment, but the amphibious component operates 93 transport/utility and 23 combat helicopters of its own as well as fast amphibious assault craft.
Local defence
The local defence component consists mainly of locally recruited volunteers who have undergone Sedunnic basic military training and reached the upper service age in the other components or those who were placed in the Ready Reserve. Most of the personnel maintain a civilian job. Volunteers without a Sedunnic basic military training can sign up for a "compact" version and join a battalion after four weeks of training. During a prolonged conflict, the local defence component is responsible for mobilising, equipping and training large amounts of volunteers. About 30,000 troops serve in the local defence.
A rapid reaction force with a response time of a few hours, it is tasked with defending against or frustrating coup de main landings or incursions. It also protects certain areas from sabotage, mans defence installations in choke points, conducts escort, intelligence and surveillance missions and direct indirect fire and emergency societal support. The component fields 37 independent battalions and regional staffs and supporting units that can form up to six brigades if needed, all organised under the III Corps.
Most battalions are designated as motorised light infantry, but some battalions in certain coastal areas operate fast amphibious assault craft as well, making them light marine infantry. All battalions have organic signals and logistics units. They share and a light artillery, reconnaissance and a basic engineer unit with the other battalions in their region.
A local defence battalion typically comprises the following units:
- 1 headquarters and signals unit
- 2-4 light motorised infantry companies
- 1 armoured personnel carrier platoon
- 1 CBRN platoon
In turn, a local defence brigade would normally comprise the following units:
- 1 headquarters and signals unit
- 3-6 local defence battalions
- Indirect fire unit (towed 120 mm mortars or 105 mm guns)
- Reconnaissance company
- Engineer unit
Local defence forces generally use light equipment and weapons, often inherited from the Maneuvre component, including anti-armour weapons and mines. They also operate FPV drones on the squad level, and some units have access to man-portable anti-ship missiles, both being considered significant force multipliers.
Air defence
The air defence component is responsible for fielding medium- and long-range air missile batteries. The medium-range batteries generally make up the brigade air defence battalions of the maneouvre brigades while the long-range batteries form five independent battalions for strategic and ballistic defence. Interception of targets in space is however carried out by the Teleresource branch.
Coastal defence
Since the deployment of mobile coastal defence batteries, the three Coastal Defence regiments were transferred to the Army for better integration with the marine infantry. The coastal defence component fields self-propelled anti-ship missile batteries and radars. The latest anti-ship missile also has land-strike capability.
Support
The support component comprises the military police, signals, hospital and independent CBRN and logistics units. It also includes the Guard Infantry Regiment with the Im cavalry that have a specialisation in urban warfare and ceremonial duties.
Nuclear arsenal
The army is a part of the Sedunnic nuclear triad through the ground-launched version of the Tevv 4 nuclear cruise missile, that can be launched by MLRS. While there is no unit dedicated solely to launching these nuclear missiles, special infrastructure and force protection units exist through the care of the nuclear arsenal component. The ground-launched ballistic missiles belong to the Teleresources branch.
Order of battle
The Sedunnic Army comprises five infantry divisions of different types and various supporting and independent units, fielding 18 brigades (excluding combat aviation and sustainment brigades).
Equipment
The following major equipment is used or kept in reserve storage by the Sedunnic Army (including derived and speciality versions):
- 450 main battle tanks (VEV 14)
- 470 infantry fighting vehicles (AKS 98)
- 150 amphibious infantry fighting vehicles (LLK 06)
- 1,700 armoured personnel carriers (S98 "Teykkul", S74 JMN and S14)
- 200 amphibious armoured personnel carriers (TRE 06)
- 100 self-propelled howitzers, 155 mm (S87 "Lirladoll" and S14 "Kotann")
- 200+ towed howitzer (105 mm S88 "Kamp" and 155 mm S90 "Mē")
- 60 mortar carriers (S98 "Teykkul" and S14 chassis)
- 110 MLRS (wheeled and tracked)
- 110 self-propelled SHORADs (wheeled and tracked)
- 100 Mobile self-propelled long-range surface-to-air missile launchers with anti-ballistic missile capability
- 240 armoured recovery vehicles
- 65 armoured vehicle-launched bridge (VEV 14 chassis)
- 170 attack helicopters (KH-88 Gorod)
- 550 transport, cargo and utility helicopters
- 150 fast amphibious assault craft