Army of the Vatican States

**It is the largest branch of the Vatican Armed Forces and its main responsibility is Military Ground Operations. It is one of the Eleven Uniformed Services of the Vatican States and the oldest of all the Vatican Armed Forces, since the modern army has its roots in the Conquering Army of Luis Platoni to fight in the Wars of Conquest of the Italian peninsula, before After the creation of the Vatican States as a kingdom, after the conquest the king made it official as an Army on July 25, 1150.**

**This Army is Directed by a Civil Official, the Secretary of the Army, by a military officer and the Chief of Staff of the Army. In Fiscal year 2019, the strength of the regular army was projected at 2,000,000 and the reserve at 100,000, which in total is 2,101,000 including administrative charges. As a branch of the Armed Forces, its main Mission is "to fight and win the wars of our nation, providing a prompt and sustained domination by land through all types of operations and the full spectrum of the conflict, in support of combatant commanders." The army intervenes in almost any military conflict in which Innocents die.**

# ***Relevant Data***

**Active: July 25, 1150**

**Country: Vatican States**

**Type: Army**

**Specialization: Ground War**

**Size: 2,000,000 soldiers (2019)**

**Part of the Armed Forces of the Vatican States**

**Barracks: The Hexagon**

**Army Chief of Staff: General Gennaro Lucchesi**

**Secretary of the Army: Secretary Gino Genovesi**

**Senior Army Officer: Senior Army Officer Anton Chartier**

**Motto: For God and Country we will defend the territory of our nation**

# **Mission**

**-To preserve the peace, security and defense of the Vatican States, their possessions and their occupied areas.**

**-Support national policies.**

**-Realization of national objectives.**

**-Overcoming any nation responsible for aggressive acts that endanger the peace and security of the Vatican.**

# **Organization**

**The army of the Vatican States currently consists of 66 Divisions. Each division has 4 ground maneuver brigades, an aviation brigade, an artillery brigade and a support service brigade. Depending on the mission, additional brigades can be assigned or added to the headquarters of a division**

**1st Infantry Division**

**2nd Infantry Division**

**3rd Infantry Division**

**4th Infantry Division**

**5th Infantry Division**

**6th Infantry Division**

**7th Infantry Division**

**8th Infantry Division**

**9th Infantry Division**

**10th Infantry Division**

**11th Infantry Division**

**12th Infantry Division**

**13th Infantry Division**

**14th Infantry Division**

**15th Infantry Division**

**16th Infantry Division**

**17th Infantry Division**

**18th Infantry Division**

**19th Infantry Division**

**20th Infantry Division**

**21st Infantry Division**

**22nd Infantry Division**

**23rd Infantry Division**

**24th Infantry Division**

**25th Infantry Division**

**26th Infantry Division**

**1st Armored Division**

**2nd Armored Division**

**3rd Armored Division**

**4th Armored Division**

**5th Armored Division**

**6th Armored Division**

**7th Armored Division**

**8th Armored Division**

**9th Armored Division**

**10th Armored Division**

**1st Armored Cavalry Division**

**2nd Armored Cavalry Division**

**3rd Armored Cavalry Division**

**4th Armored Cavalry Division**

**5th Armored Cavalry Division**

**6th Armored Cavalry Division**

**7th Armored Cavalry Division**

**8th Armored Cavalry Division**

**9th Armored Cavalry Division**

**10th Armored Cavalry Division**

**1st Mountain Division**

**2nd Mountain Division**

**3rd Mountain Division**

**4th Mountain Division**

**5th Mountain Division**

**6th Mountain Division**

**7th Mountain Division**

**8th Mountain Division**

**9th Mountain Division**

**10th Mountain Division**

**1st Airborne Division**

**2nd Airborne Division**

**3rd Airborne Division**

**4th Airborne Division**

**5th Airborne Division**

**6th Airborne Division**

**7th Airborne Division**

**8th Airborne Division**

**9th Airborne Division**

**10th Airborne Division**

# **Ranks (from lowest to highest)**

**-Recruit**

**-Soldier**

**-First Class Soldier**

**-Specialist**

**-Cape**

**-Sergeant**

**-First sergeant**

**-Sergeant major**

**-Ensign**

**-Lieutenant**

**-Captain**

**-Commander**

**-Lieutenant colonel**

**-Colonel**

**-Brigadier General**

**-Division General**

**- Lieutenant General**

**-Army general**

# ***Weapons***

### ***Pistols***

**-Beretta M9: General Use**

**-SIG Sauer P226: Limited Use for Special Forces**

### ***Submachine Gun***

**-Heckler & Koch MP5: General Use**

**-FN P90: Night Operations, Closed Spaces, Hostage Rescue and Escort**

### ***Assault Rifle***

**-M4 Carbine: General Use**

**-Heckler & Koch HK416: Limited Use for Special Forces**

### ***Shotgun***

**-M1014: Limited Use for Special Forces**

### ***Machine Guns***

**-M249: Light Machine Gun**

**-M240: General Purpose Machine Gun**

**-Browning M2: Heavy Machine Gun**

### ***Sniper's Rifle***

**-Remington 700: Designated Marksman Rifle**

**-Remington MSR: Precision Rifle**

**-Barrett M82: Antimaterial Rifle**

### ***grenade***

**-Mk 19: Automatic Grenade Launcher**

**-M67: Fragmentation Grenade**

**-M18: Smoke Grenade**

**-M84: Stun Grenade**

### ***Portable anti-material weapons***

**-AT4: Anti-tank**

**-M141: Anti-fortification**

**-M72 LAW: Heavy Antitank**

**-M3 MAAWS: Recoilless Antitank**

**-FGM-148 Javelin: Silent Antitank**

**-BGM-71 TOW: Guided Antitank**

**-FIM-92 Stinger: Anti-aircraft**

**-M202 FLASH: Multiple Antiaereo**

# ***Artillery***

### ***Mortars***

**-M224: Short Range - 750 UNITS**

**-M252: Medium Range - 1010 UNITS**

**-M120: Long Range - 2123 UNITS**

### ***Howitzers***

**-M109: Self-propelled howitzer - 1345 UNITS**

**-M777: Howitzer Cannon - 565 UNITS**

**-M119 Howitzer - 932 UNITS**

### ***Rocket artillery***

**-M270 MLRS: Medium Range - 975 UNITS**

**-HIMARS: Long Range - 381 UNITS**

### ***Air defense***

***-C-RAM: Media Precision - 150 UNITS***

***-M1097 Avenger: Minima Precision - 750 UNITS***

***-MIM-104 Patriot: High Precision - 1.107 UNITS***

# ***Vehicles***

### ***MWV***

**-HMMWV: Uso General - 91.152 UNITS**

**-Oshkosh L-ATV: Uso Exclusivo para Operaciones Especiales - 54.345 UNITS**

### ***Trucks***

**-FMTV: Desert Terrain - 130,000 UNITS**

**-HEMTT: Off-road - 32,450 UNITS**

**-Oshkosh HET: Heavy Vehicles - 5.754 UNITS**

### ***Armoured vehicles***

**-M1 Abrams: Main Battle Tank - 3,356 UNITS**

**-M2 Bradley: IFV - 2,800 UNITS**

**-Stryker: APC - 4.335 UNITS**

**-M113: APC - 8,000 UNITS**

**-M1117: Armored Car - 3.050 UNITS**

**-M88 Hercules: Armored Recovery Vehicle - 2,195 UNITS**

**-M9: Combat Engineers Vehicle - 255 UNITS**

**-M1200 Armored Knight: AUV - 465 UNITS**

### ***MRAPs***

**-MaxxPro International: Exclusive Use for Special or Night Operations - 2,930 UNITS**

**-RG-31: General Use for War Zone - 4.504 UNITS**

**-Búffalo: Demolition of Mines - 850 UNITS**

# ***Aircraft***

### ***Helicopters***

**-AH-6 Little Bird: Attack helicopter - 75 UNITS**

**-AH-64 Apache: Attack helicopter - 856 UNITS**

**-CH-47 Chinook: Cargo helicopter - 476 UNITS**

**-EH-60 Black Hawk: Electronic-warfare helicopter - 84 UNITS**

**-TH-67 Creek: Trainer helicopter - 280 UNITS**

**-UH-60 Black Hawk: Gunship Helicopter - 2217 UNITS**

**-UH-72 Lakota: Utility helicopter - 445 UNITS**

### ***UAVs***

**-RQ-11B Raven: UAV Reconnaissance - 5000 UNITS**

**-MQ-1C Gray Eagle: UAV Attack - 412 UNITS**

# ***Boats***

**-General Frank S. Besson Class: Logistics Support Vessel- 75 UNITS**

**-Stalwart Class: Ocean Surveillance Ship - 15 UNITS**

**-Clases LCU 1627: Landing Craft Utility - 155 UNITS**