Nation Bulletin

The Imperial Army of Gwynedd

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By Emperor Kang Geon
04/24/2024 11:17 pm
Updated: 05/01/2024 01:23 am

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Standardized Firearms:

The Imperial Gwynnish Army has their arms made by Connery Arms & Munitions, the oldest and largest arms manufacturing company in Gwynedd and the Greater Anglia territory. Connery A&M follows the tenet of the three "-ities": durability, simplicity, and reliability for all of their own firearms. 

The standard rifle of Gwynedd is the C-ABR or the Connery Automatic Battle Rifle. Seen below, this is a normal variant chambered in .308 CA&M with a 30 round magazine made of lightweight yet durable black polymer and typical jungle camoflage. As in most battle rifles, the C-ABR has semi-automatic and fully-automatic modes of firing, and is gas-operated. The ABR (for short) is used by every subbranch of the Imperial Army of Gwynedd from the humble Footman to the Light Infantryman and Mountaineer. The ABR can handle 7.62x51 NATO rounds alongside most other .308s with no damage done to the gun, which may make it easier to supply and "feed" in foreign territory. A bayonet attachment does come, though it is not visible in this photograph, as well as an underbarrel grenade launcher (and blank-fired rifle grenades). 

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The standard sidearm is the C25 (Connery 25) named after the 7.62x25mm rounds it uses. It can hold 14 rounds in double-stacked magazines, more than meeting the capacity for other handguns chambered in 9mm while exceeding potential damage and range with a slightly harder kick of recoil. The Connery 25 has a semi-automatic and 3-round burst firing mode, and is semi-modular though modularity isn't the main focus of the firearm. It is quite cheap for its merit, and has developed a large base within Gwynedd as a trusty civilian self-defense gun. An experimental 25 Carbine was made for civilian sale, sporting a 8 inch barrel extension (lengthening it to 12.5 inches total), an area to fit in a stock (wooden, polymer, or metal folding) and an automatic firing mode. It never drew the eye of the IGA and has remained in the civilian market as a pseudo-submachine gun, no doubt helped by the ease of finding 7.62x25mm ammuntion here in Gwynedd.

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IGA Active Forces: 1,153,000

Gwynedd:

Total: 478,000

  • 10 Infantry Divisions (25,000 each): 250,000
    • Standard Infantry are made up of Footmen, what we in Gwynedd refer to as the average soldier. Even for the most basic of soldiers however, training is no joke. Footmen use the same drills and training regimens used by the British Army, of which many officers of the IGA have served at one time or another. The Imperial Army of Gwynedd will not tolerate any weakness in their ranks; you are not a man in the IGA, you are a cold-blooded killing machine. All of this is to ensure that Gwynedd's men-at-arms prove to be an effective and powerful fighting force. They are typically referred to as Mechanized Rifle Divisions, though it is an unofficial name. 
  • 1 Mountaineer Division (16,000 each): 16,000
    • Both the Mountaineers and GLI are the IGA's cream of the crop, though their roles are quite different. Mountaineers in Gwynedd are not just mountain troops, but experts in siege and defensive warfare - though that does not mean they aren't skilled in other fields of warfare. Their total number is less than that of the regular-sized infantry division (16,000 to 25,000) though they are rarely deployed all at once, and are split up between several divisions around the Isle. While not as revered as the GLI, the Mountaineers have their place to play in warfare, regardless of what the common word may be.
  • 5 Gwynnish Light Infantry Divisions (15,000 each): 75,000
    • The Light Infantry are the most celebrated and romanticized branch of the IGA, though that should not dissuade men from joining the equally capable Mountaineers. Training for the GLI makes basic training look like a cakewalk in comparison, putting great strain on the mind and body. Only the best of the best of the best ever make it into the GLI, according to the words of a Footman. A single battalion of Gwynnish Light Infantry singlehandedly destroyed the entirety of Rakota's elite guard within a week, essentially ending the Independence War in a single stroke. The reason why the GLI has nearly four times as many men as the Mountaineers has nothing to do with skill, but rather the differing fields of work; more specifically the more "exciting" and "adventurous" aspect of the GLI compared to their brothers in arms. 
  • 2 Cavalry Divisions (17,000 each): 34,000
  • 2 Cavalry Regiment (1,500 each): 3,000
  • 5 Naval Infantry Divisions (20,000 each): 100,000
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Reserve Forces: Roughly 300,000 men

  • While the official reserves number 300,000 all men in Gwynedd are required to do 3-5 years in the military, leaving a very large portion of the country capable of being drafted in times of need. This also does not include the police (who have specific orders/equipment in case of foreign invasion) nor does it include locally set militias, which have grown very common due to the increased amount of training available to the general public. 
     

Greater Anglia:

Total: 170,000

  • 2 Infantry Divisions (25,000 per): 50,000 men
    • Currently, Greater Anglia has the smallest population of the three states that make up Gwynedd with only 2 divisions of Mechanized Rifles. Nonetheless, enough of Anglia's natives and leftover British soldiers were available to have 50,000 soldiers on par with those in Europe and Britannia.
  • 2 Cavalry Divisions (17,000 per): 34,000 men
  • 2 Mountaineer Divisions (16,000 per): 32,000 men
  • 2 Naval Infantry Divisions (20,000 per): 40,000 men
  • 3 Airborne Brigade (1,000 per): 3,000 men
  • 1 Gwynnish Light Infantry Division (15,000 per): 15,000

Prydanland:

Total: 505,000

  • 8 Infantry Divisions (25,000 per): 200,000 men
  • 3 Cavalry Divisons (17,000 per): 51,000 men 
    • Gwynnish Cavalry equipped with Chimera MBTs and other Armored Vehicles
  • 2 Cavalry Regiment (1,500 per): 3,000 men
    • Separate from above 3 divisions
  • 4 Mountaineer Divisions: (16,000 per): 64,000 men
    • Recruited from the Prydanland native Highlanders 
  • 4 Naval Infantry Divisons (20,000 per): 80,000 men
    • Naval Infantry is what Gwynedd calls Marines
  • 1 Airborne Division (15,000 per): 15,000 men
    • Enough facilities + trained Airborne Soldiers (largely British) for 1 Airborne Division to be trained in Prydanland as of this moment
  • 2 Airborne Brigades (1,000 per): 2,000 men
    • Seperate from above Division (also British)
  • 3 Gwynnish Light Infantry Divisions (15,000 per): 45,000
    • Trained from ex-British Army veterans within Prydanland
  • 15 Artillery Brigades (3,000 per): 45,000 

Reserve Forces: Roughly 20,000 men

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Tanks and Armored Vehicles:

The Chimera FV9008 is Gwynedd's equivalent to a Western-Style MBT on par with its European neighbors. While Gwynedd may have many of these veritable steel beasts, most of the Chimeras are in storage, and less then a third of their total number (3300) are actually being used with the most modern upgrades. The rest, while still capable of handling enemy tanks, have not recieved the newest upgrade packages for costs. 

The Chimera is supplemented by the FV6080 Gladiator Intermediate Tank. Gladiators are lesser in number and in combat effectiveness (head-on) yet they are still suitable for flanking operations. They are lightweight and meant to be cheap and effective if nothing else. Of course, nowadays they are armed with ATGMs and equipped with more modern devices to stand against dedicated MBTs though they rely on hitting first, needing to be more skittish due to weaker armor. 

Next we have the Manticore IFV. The Manticore is a tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle used in nearly every part of the Gwynnish Army - currently the Model IIIs are in use, with the older IIs and Is in storage and awaiting a potential chance to be sold overseas to ally nations. 

Foosa Armored Reconaissance and Light Anti-Tank Cars are exactly what their name suggests. They can zip around battlefields (and through dense jungles) with six by six wheel drive. 


Air force:

  • 180 Multirole Fighter Jets 
  • 60 Air Superiority Fighter Jets
  • 110 Interceptors
  • 50 Attack Aircraft
  • 28 Attack Helicopters
  • 36 Dedicated Strategic Bombers


The Gwynnish Air Force has two dominant forces: Multi-Role Fighter Jets and Interceptors. Compared to them, there are fewer Air Superiority Fighters in comparison. 

To put it simply, Multi-Role Jets of the Imperial Gwynnish Aerocraft Fleet are larger than Air Superiority Fighters. They have twin-engines, are designed for all weather usage, and can technically be used on carriers. They are made to be supermaneuverable for air-to-air, air interdiction, and occasionally air-to-surface. They are the largest "fighters" typically seen and used in the Aerocraft Fleet. 

Interceptors are supersonic craft made to achieve high speed, altitude, and rate of climb though are not especially maneuverable. Theoretically, they can reach Mach 2.5 or Mach 3 with risk of engine damage. They can outrun, outclimb, and outgun most other designs though they are not made especially for fighter-to-fighter combat due to low maneuverability at low speed and altitude: they are dedicated to climbing fast and flying fast for defense against bombers 

 

Replies

Posted April 25, 2024 at 12:18 am

Interesting, but, can we start trading weapons 

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Posted April 25, 2024 at 12:21 am

Sure. What do you want.

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Posted April 25, 2024 at 1:25 am

Sure. What do you want.

Jeeps, tanks, canons, guns

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