SPQO: Army

### The army

The octavian army was founded in the dying days of the reman empire and was basicaly made up of whaterver troops remaind on the island to protect it.

Nowadys it is a large, well trained and equiped force, with pleanty of experience under its belt, both in wars and colonial endavors. Specialy with its brand new rifles and artiley and HMG it stands ready to defend octavia and its colonies.

Nowadays its considered Octavias main emphaiss, but will this change in the comming years?

Currenty the army its made up of:

* **The standing Army:**
* **The Reserve Corps (Requires 3 weeks to mobilize)**
* **The Marines and 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 cohorts of 4200-5000 men approx under the command of a Centurion.
* 3 cohorts form a XX legion of 12500 men under a Camp Perfect.
* 3 Legions 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 Cohort 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

* 205.000 peacetime strength
* Army : 140.000
* Colonial: 60.300
* Active total: 200.300

### Manpower:

* Available for service: 3.624.000

* Fit for service: 2.718.000
* Reaching military age annually: 94.000

### 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 Octavian 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:**

* 152mm (naval Arty)
* 203mm (Naval Arty)

#### **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 Octavian 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 Legionere metal helmets for ceremonial purposes.

## **Special Noteworthy Units:**

* The 2nd praetorian Legion is considered an elite unit.
* The 3rd legion is a Equites legion (Essentially dragoons)
* The 5th Cohort is an Alpini or mountain unit
* The 6th marine Cohortis a unit specially trained in naval landings
* Also the 71st marine cohort is a unit that provides marine detachments to ships it does not fight as one. It only has a headquarters unit to train marines detachments.

## Regular Army:

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

* IIIrd Army

## 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.

### Organization:

* 8th Army
* Bab force
* Liapur Force
* Inkanto Force

## 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
* Companies I