Exercitus Remanius: SPQR´s Army

### The army

The SPQR army was founded by merging both the Octavian armed land forces and the Tibeiran Land army.

Nowadays it is a large, well trained and equipped force, with plenty of experience under its belt, both in wars and colonial endeavours. Specially with its brand new rifles and artillery and HMG it stands ready to defend SPQR and its colonies.

Currently the army its made up of:

* **The standing Army:**
* **The Reserve Army :(Requires 3 weeks to mobilize)**
* **The Territorial army:** (Requires 2 months to mobilise)
* **The Marines:**
* **Costal defence Auxilia:**
* **Colonial army:**

By law all citizens must answer the call to arms if needed and (similar to the swiss army) all citizens must do the army or navy service or civil one at 18 years for 6 weeks).

### The SPQO army is organised into the following:

* Companies of 100-300 men under a captian
* Battalions of 350-1500 under a major
* Regiments of 1000- 2500 under a Colonel
* X Brigades of 4200-5000 men approx under the command of a Centurion.
* 3 Brigades form a XX Division of 12500 men under a Camp Perfect.
* 3 divisions form a XXX Corps of 37.500 men under a Rear Legate
* 2 Corps form an XXXX Army under the command of a Legate
* 2 Armies form an XXXXX Army group under the command of the Field legate
* 2 Armies groups form a XXXXX theatre under a direct appointment by the Consul or Field consul rank only in war.

#### **Other organisations:**

* X Colonial Brigade 5.000 Strong
* III Regiment 1000-1100 Strong
* II Batalion 500-800 Strong
* I Company 100-200 strong

### Lower ranks include:

* Colonel
* Lieutenant colonel
* Major
* Captain
* Lieutenant
* 2nd lieutenant

## Army Strength

### Manpower distribution:

* Army: 3/5 of all manpower is combat personnel while 2/5 are support personnel
* All 18 year olds citizens must do a 18 week training regimen which then is continued 1 week per year till the age of 40

The reserve army (counted in the mobilised manpower) trains 1 week every 2 months.

The SPQR system is rare because in peacetime military service greater than the 18 week course for 18 year-olds and yearly 1 week training is volunteer only. In times of war any fit for service citizens can be conscripted.

In 1905 women were still not allowed in combat roles in the army but can hold support roles. In the navy they can achieve any rank.

### **Equipment:**

#### **Current:**

* SMMS (short lee) in 7.5 x56
* Frioccan long Lee 7.5 x56 firoccan (limited)
* MS1904 7.5x56 (HMG)
* West Ender revolver in .455 x19.3 smokeless
* 1899 Sabers
* 1880 Gladius (Ceremonial only)

#### **Reserve:**

* (O) 1870s Martinis Henrys in .557/450 black powder
* (O) West Ender revolver in .445x 21.7 black powder.
* Firoccan Lees in .22 as training rifles

#### **Artillery:**

* 57mm Field guns Localy produced
* 90mm Field gun
* 120mm Howitzer

#### **Costal Arty:**

* 3 inch
* 4 inch
* 5 inch
* 152mm (naval Arty)
* 203mm (Naval Arty)
* 10 inch

#### **Other:**

* Horses
* Mules
* Trains
* Cars (very limited for experimental testing)
* Bicycle (Testing)

#### **Equipment Suppliers:**

* Compania de Armamentos Ligeros Salcono (Firocco)
* Octavian State Arsenal:
* Shelter Munitions Gruop (L´acqua) (West Ender lisense)
* Triberi: Sniper rifles

#### **Uniforms:**

* Since SPQR weather is generaly hot the army has its summer uniforms, For colonial endavours colder unifroms are issued.
* Metal helmets were tried briefly in 1899 but considered unecesary so they were discarded and the plans burned.
* The Honor guard still uses Legionary metal helmets for ceremonial purposes.

## Regular Army:

The regular army is a volunteer only force in peacetime, highly trained, motivated and with modern equipment. It is higly regarded to serve in the army.

* 1st Army Tiberi
* 3rd Army (Octavia)
* 5th Colonial Army (Son Lin)
* 8th Colonial Army (Sagwarmad)

## The Colonial Army:

The Colonial army is made up of colonial raised troops and regular troops in colonial teritory, it also encompases colonial raised costal defence forces.

Also the garisson forces should also be counted as part of the colonial army, but they are mostly soldiers on police duties and patrol not so much field units.

## Marines and Costal Defence Auxilia:

The marines are the soldiers specilay trained for naval landings, they have a legion the VI for that, they can also fight as a regular legion if needed and are under the regular army command, but its training and budget come from the marine Branch.

Also other half of the branch is the costal defence auxilia, with specialist artiley to fire at ships. They are supported by regular legions. They defend octavia and the colonies from naval landings.

This branch has its own budget, unifroms and traditions separated from the navy and army.

They can be organised into costal defence:

* Regiments III
* Batalions II
* Compani

## 1909 Army reform:

### Background:

In 1906 a military mission was dispatched to Liotian to study their military organisation to improve the SPQR´s own organizacional structure.

The new organisation is divided into

* The Regular army:
	+ The Mountain Crops
	+ Artillery Corps
		- Garrison Artillery (Siege Artillery)
		- Field Artillery
	+ Infantry Corps
		- Guards Regiments
	+ Cavalry Corps
		- Hussars
		- Dragoons
		- Lancers
	+ Engineering Corps
	+ Logistics Corps
	+ Signal and Intelligence Corps
* The Marine Corps:
	+ Marines Corps
	+ Costal Defence Forces
		- Costal Artillery Corps
* The colonial Army
	+ Colonial Infantry Brigades
	+ Colonial Dragoons Brigade

* Garrison and auxilia Forces
* Reserve Army