Army

The Regio Esercito (Royal Army - RE) is the service of the Royal Defense Forces (RDF) tasked with land operations. It is the largest of the three Services. The Cristinese army is primarily a conscript army that, in the event of war, mobilises most of its power by calling up military reservists. The stated mission of the RE is to deter armed aggression, and to secure a swift and decisive victory should deterrence fail. The Army is also tasked with conducting peace-time operations to further Cristina's national interests and foreign policy. These range from disaster relief to peacekeeping, hostage-rescue and other contingencies. It had a very decisive hole in the War of the Independence that lasted for one decade.

• Founded: 22 March 2001

• Allegiance: King/Queen of the Kingdom of Cristina

• Type: Army

• Role: Land warfare

• Motto: "Strong friend"

The Army views technology as a force-multiplier and a means to sustain combat power given Cristina's population constraints. Jointness across three branches of the RDF is integral to the Army's warfighting doctrine. Joint operations undertaken with the Navy and Air Force include amphibious landings and critical disaster's relief operations.

The Army has a technically proficient, relatively well-educated draftee pool and officer corps (non-commissioned and commissioned) reflective of the population at large, and has sought to leverage this to ease its transition into a more sophisticated, networked fighting force.

The Bravada Company of the Royal Army.

Combat readiness is a linchpin of Army policy, and military exercises up to divisional level are conducted many times yearly, simulating full-spectrum operations, up to and including full-scale war. Divisional war games are a combined arms, tri-service affair involving the Royal Navy and Air Force. Because training space is limited in Cristina some military exercises are conducted overseas and in Cristinese controlled Mantellan territory. Reservists periodically train abroad, their units regularly evaluated for combat readiness.

Following the independence, and in tandem with modernizing its weapons systems, the Army is forging a transition to a more network-centric fighting doctrine that better integrates the Air Force and Navy.

The RE consists of seven Combat Arms, from which are derived Divisional and Non-divisional units: Armour, Artillery, Combat Engineers, Commandos, Guards, Infantry, and Signals.These are bolstered by Combat Service Support Units comprising by Army Intelligence, Army Medical Services, Army Maintenance and Engineering Support, Army Supply and Transport and the Army Ammunition Command.

The Royal Guards is a battalion of the Royal Army's Guards Arm. The battalion has two main roles; it serves as the Cristinese monarch's bodyguards, guarding the royal residence and is also the main infantry unit responsible for the defence of the city. The Royal Guard is organized as a light infantry battalion of five companies.

The Equipment of the Regio Esercito can be subdivided into: infantry weapons, vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and radars.

• 180 Flac-D&D C1 Aries MBT: main battle tank armed with one 120 mm smoothbore tank gun (42 rounds) and two 7.62×51mm general-purpose machine gun (4,750 rounds). Includes 27 spare tanks; armour: 3rd generation composite (Free Port of Cristina/Limonaia).

MBT C1 Aries main battle tank

• 350 Flac-Draco & Domini B1 Centaurus II: Wheeled tank destroyer for light to medium territorial defense and tactical reconnaissance armed with a 120mm /45 smoothbore gun and a 2×7.62 mm machine gun; armor: Welded steel armoured hull (Free Port of Cristina/Limonaia).

Centaurus II tank destroyer

• 300 Draco & Domini VBM Sago: Native 8x8 wheeled Infantry fighting vehicle capable of carrying 11 fully equipped men and armed with a 25×137mm autocannon (200 rounds), 7.62mm co-axial machine gun (4,000 cartridges), optional 7.62mm anti-air machine gun, 8 smoke generators; armour: welded steel hull with ceramic applications.

VBM Sago Infantry fighting vehicle.

• 200 Flac-D&D Sageto IFV: tracked infantry fighting vehicle armed with 25mm automatic cannon (600 rounds per minute) and two 7.62mm CAS machine guns installed in the turret (one coaxially mounted with the main gun) or smoke-grenade launchers; armor: welded aluminum alloy with add on steel armour plates for increased protection and modular front armor against 25mm APDS (Free Port of Cristina/Limonaia).

Sageto native infantry fighting Vehicle.

• 220 Adams Magna113 Ultra OW: Armoured personnel carrier armed with Overhead Weapon Station with 25 mm caliber cannons plus 4th generation composite armour (Youtabonia).

• 400 Adams-D&D Mustang ATTC: Articulated amphibious armoured vehicle armed with 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun (GPMG) and 120 mm super-rapid mortar/smoke grenade launchers (SGL); armour: Steel, AMAP-ADS active protection system (Youtabonia).

• 300 Hazax'th TAATC 206 : Tracked articulated, armoured all-terrain carrier with all four tracks powered and armed with GPMG (Akiiryu).

ACV-81 Terra amphibious combat vehicle

• 235 Hazax'th-D&D AV-81 Terra: Native armoured amphibious combat vehicle armed with 40 mm AGL, 7.62 mm Co-axial (250 rounds) and SGL with 5 rounds; armour: Classified, Modular (Free Port of Cristina/Akiiryu).

• 274 Adams Gage LAV-300: 6x6 Youtabonian armoured personnel carrier designed for a heavy weapons support role equipped with a 105 mm turret plus improved armour (Youtabonia).

Pumo 4x4 armoured vehicle.

• 148 D&D Pumo 4x4: 4x4 wheeled armoured fighting / reconnaissance vehicle armed with 7.62mm, 12.7mm machine gun (or Remote Weapon System) and smoke-grenade launchers (Mantella/Limonaia).

• 100 D&D Pumo 6x6: 6x6 wheeled armoured fighting / reconnaissance vehicle armed with 7.62mm, 12.7mm machine gun (or Remote Weapon System) and smoke-grenade launchers (Mantella/Limonaia).

• 100 D&D VTLM Linko: Native 4WD tactical multirole vehicle armed with Remote Weapon System that can mount a variety of lighter automatic weapons, including 5.56 millimetres (0.219 in), 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in), 12.7 millimetres (0.50 in) machine guns, and 40 millimetres (1.6 in) automatic grenade launchers; armour can cover a variety (level 1-4) of kinetic energy strikes, grenade and mine blast threats and artillery strikes (Free Port of Cristina/Limonaia).

VTLM Linko tactical multirole vehicle

• 50 Adams-D&D LSV-1 Aracna: Light Strike Vehicle armed with GPMG, AGL and fourth generation anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile (Free Port of Cristina/Youtabonia).

• 15 Adams-Duval MRAP II: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured personnel carrier equipped with electronic stability control (ESC) and improved armour (Youtabonia).

• 120 D&D VTMM Orsa 4x4: Native medium weight MRAP armored personnel carrier armed with monocoque armour (Free Port of Cristina/Limonaia).

VTMM Orsa 4x4 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected APC

• 24 D&D-Hazax'th Feral MRL: Armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launche multiple rocket artillery system with 12 GMLRS (Free Port of Cristina/Akiiryu).

• 45 D&D SPH Palmaria: Native self-propelled artillery armed with 155 mm/L39 self-propelled howitzer and 1× 7.62 mm GPMG; armour: High-hardness Steel.

• 17 AM40 César: Lysean self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun-howitzer, installed on a 6x6 truck chassis and with a firing range of approximately 42 km using an Extended Range, Full Bore (ERFB) shell, and more than 50 km using rocket assisted shells. The system is integrated with a fully computerized system, providing automatic control (Fleur de Lys).

• 54 D&D CLWH Ursa: Native 155 mm/L39 Heli-portable lightweight tower howitzer.

• 20 CAS GH-25 Mk II: Native self-propelled howitzer with 88 x 292mm high explosive anti-tank or smoke shell.

MRLS 270 Feral mobile rocket artillery system.

• 35 D&D FV-180 Forte: Combat engineering tractor armoured with anexo honeycombed twin skin aluminium alloy.

• 20 CD40 Marianne: Armoured Recovery Vehicle. Applications includes tugging disabled tanks out of a battle zone; its secondary roles include repairing damaged tanks, and helping in military engineering. It is cab armored to protect against small-arms fire up to 14,5 mm and is armed with 1× 12.7 mm machine gun and 20× smoke dischargers (Fleur de Lys).

• 08 Repubblica MT728 Pioneru AEV: Combat armoured engineering vehicle armed with 165 mm demolition gun (30 rounds) plus an hydraulic dozer blade, an A-frame crane boom hinged on either side of the turret and a winch; armour: 13–143 millimetres (Mantella).

• 10 D&D AFV: Native armoured combat engineering vehicle with counter-land mine; armour: 13–143 millimetres.

• 20 Yout Scorponok YSFU: Demining vehicle with 56 mm armoured glass windows and double-skin cab floor (Youtabonia).

• 10 Hazax'th-D&D Fantazia 2: Armoured vehicle-launched bridge (Free Port of Cristina/Akiiryu).

•10 Yout Manticori BLS (8x8): Bridge laying system (Youtabonia)

• 06 Hydra FLB: Foldable Longspan Bridge Free Port of Cristina/Youtabonia).

• 18 Repubblica MT60 AVLB: Armoured vehicle-launched scissors-type folding bridge (Mantella).

MT60 armoured vehicle-launched bridge

• 10 CAS PLC: Projected Line Charge.

• 15 Magie M3: 4×4 wheeled amphibious bridging vehicle (Sunset sea islands).

• 45 Flac-Autocris VAM Ercole: High mobility heavy-lift logisticial support vehicle (Free Port of Cristina/(Limonaia).

• 28 Samson MTAZ-3: Heavy duty truck for long-distance haulage, heavy duty distribution haulage and construction haulage (Mantella).

• 25 Autocris M400 Crane: Native 8x8 mobile cranes.

• 22 Flac-Autocris ACTL 6x6: 6×6 utility Vehicle/Heavy Truck used by some armoured brigades and battalions of artillery (Free Port of Cristina/(Limonaia).

• 30 Samson MT2028-A: 6×6 Utility Vehicle used by battalions of cavalry (Mantella).

• 100 Samson MT1720A: 4×4 Utility Vehicle for use in standard army (Mantella).

• 68 Flac-Autocris QT Konstelacio: 6×6 QT Heavy Truck (Free Port of Cristina/(Limonaia).

• 200 Flac-Autocris Cargo 2629: 6×6 Tank truck for standard Army and battalions of supplies (Free Port of Cristina/(Limonaia).

• ? Flac-Autocris EuroClass HD: Native liason coach (Free Port of Cristina/(Limonaia).

• 08 Siena Fleet Systems - SFS Spada Mini-UAV: Native unmanned aerial vehicle designed to be used by two operators for short-range battlefield or tactical reconnaissance and artillery spotting.

Spada unmanned aerial vehicle

• 12 Aérospatiale HR30 Gazelle: Lysean five-seat helicopter used for light transport, scouting and light attack duties, armed with 2x forward-firing 7.62 mm machine-guns, 70 mm rocket pods and 4x second-generation long-range anti-tank missile system. Avionics includes UHF, VHF, and HF radios; navigation equipment such as VOR and TACAN and standard blind flying instruments (Fleur de Lys).

HR30 Gazelle

• Bulleta M9: Native a short recoil, semi-automatic, single-action / double-action 9x19mm pistol.

• Tigru 5-7: Delayed blowback 5.7x28mm semi-automatic pistol (Mantella).

• CAS M4 Spektro: Native roller-delayed blowback, closed bolt 9×19mm submachine gun.

• CAS SMG-1: Native gas-operated, short stroke piston, rotating bolt 4.6×30mm submachine gun.

• CAS AMT57: Action straight blowback, closed bolt 5.7×28mm personal defense weapon (submachine gun).

• ARAK-14: Standard 5.56×45mm assault rifle (Youtabonia).

ARAK-14 standard 5.56×45mm assault rifle.

• CAS SAW Mini: Native 5.56×45mm assault rifle,
carbine and squad automatic weapon.

• Bulleta M4 carbine: Native 5.56×45mm air-cooled, direct impingement gas-operated, magazine-fed carbine. It has a 14.5 in (370 mm) barrel and a telescoping stock.

• Bulleta ARX160: Native modular gas-operated rotating bolt 7.62×39mm rifle with a companion single-shot 40×46mm low-velocity grenade launcher (mounted underneath the rifle or used with an ad hoc stock system as a stand-alone weapon).

• Tigru Mini .338: 8.6×70mm sniper rifle used by Cristinese Armed Forces Commando Formation (Mantella)

• CAS SASR-7: Native 7.62×51mm semi-automatic sniper rifle.

• CAS Kato I: Native .308 sniper rifle.

• CAS Kato II: Native .300 bolt-action sniper rifle.

• CAS Kato III: Native .243 bolt-acrion sniper rifle.

• CAS SR5-0: Native .50 sniper rifle.

• Bulleta Guardia 100: native gas-operated, rotating bolt 5.56×45mm light machine gun.

• Manetti AMTW-II: 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun (Mantella).

• Yout HMG-50M: 12.7×99mm gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed heavy machine gun (Youtabonia).

• D&D M-120 Stelo: Native 120mm mortar.

• D&D M-160 Stelo: Native 160mm mortar.

• D&D Fulgore: Native fourth generation 170mm man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile.

• D&D Murdisto: Native 90-millimetre (3.5 in) man-portable, disposable anti-armor weapon system.

Murdisto, man-portable anti-armor weapon system.

• 04 Siena WLS-36: Native weapon-locating radar system

• 04 Siena WLS-37 Guardia: Native mobile ling-range radar system

• 03 Cristina Technologies PESA Vigilo: Native passive electronically scanned array (counter-battery radar system).