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The Federal Army is the regular army of the Federation of Autonomous Nations and the largest component of its armed forces, along with the Federal Gendarmerie and the National Militias. It is one of the largest military forces in the world, second only to the Imperial Army.

## History

### Foundation

The Federal Army was founded in 1840. It was formed from a merger of the various national armies of the nascent Federation's constituent states.

### Frontier Wars

The new army soon found itself embroiled in the various Frontier Wars between the Federation and the United Empire as the two powers expanded their reach into Central Telluria. In most of these conflicts, the Federal Army performed relatively poorly against its better-trained and equipped Imperial adversaries. Attempts at modernization and reform were beset by infighting between the various political factions within the Federation.

### First Great War

In 1910, after decades of simmering tensions, the Federation declared war on the Empire following an incident in which Imperial Guard Naval Corps corvettes fired on a Federal Army Naval Force vessel which had accidentally intruded into Imperial waters. Despite some early victories, the Federal Army soon found itself overwhelmed by the numerically and technologically superior Imperial forces and several frontier regions were lost to the Empire before the war ended in 1922.

### Reform and expansion

Determined not to repeat the humiliation of the First Great War, the government of Heinrich Krueger embarked on an ambitious program of rapid military modernisation and expansion, with the goal of establishing a well-trained professional army capable of large-scale offensive operations. By 1938, the Federal Army had over ten million active personnel and was considered to be the most advanced military force in the world.

### Second Great War

The newly-reorganized army was soon put to the test with the invasion of Dunia in 1938. Using revolutionary "lightning war" tactics, the Federal expeditionary force overwhelmed the Imperial Army units defending Dunia and seized control of the region within two years The victory cemented the Federation's status as the world's preeminent military power.

The Dunian campaign was followed by similar operations along the frontier, the majority of which were successful due to the superiority of the Federal land and air forces. By 1945, almost all of Central Telluria was under Federal control.

However, 1945 marked the furthest extent of Federal success. That year, after undergoing an extensive effort at reform and adaptation, the Imperial Army commenced a series of expeditions to recover lost Imperial territories from Federal forces. By the end of the war in 1955, the Federation had been expelled from the majority of Imperial frontier regions, though several remained under Federal occupation.

### Third Great War

Following the breakdown of the 1955 Armistice in 1968, the Imperial Army began invading Federal frontier territories, forcing the Federals to divert the bulk of their forces away from the main theatres of war. This enabled Imperial forces fighting to reclaim occupied frontier regions to defeat the remaining Federal units in their respective theatres. By 1970, all Imperial frontier territories had been reclaimed entirely from Federal control.

However, the Empire continued its incursions into the Federation, occupying most of its frontier territories. At this point, the Federal Army was suffering from shortages of equipment and personnel. Consequently, it was unable to stop the Imperials from taking over all of Central Telluria and was only able to stop further Imperial advances into Federal territory through a series of demonstrative nuclear strikes.

By 1992, it was clear that the war was lost. Representatives from the two sides met in Flussberg to discuss the terms of peace. The subsequent treaty mandated that the Federation formally cede control of all frontier territories taken by the Empire during the war and placed severe restrictions on Federal military strength.

## Equipment

### Small Arms

#### Rifles

 Sauer C86 | Carbine
 Sauer CC08 | Compact carbine

#### Precision rifles

 CheyTac M200
 Denel NTW-20

#### Anti-materiel weapons

 HJ-12
 SA-25 Verba

### Vehicles

#### Armoured fighting vehicles

 T-15 Armata
 Bumerang
 BOV M16 Milosh

#### Engineering

 MIM-A
 MT-A
 USM-A1

### Vessels

#### Surface combatants

 *Gremyashchiy*-class
 *Grigorovich*-class
 *Gorshkov*-class

#### Submarines

 *Yasen*-class
 *Borei*-class

### Aircraft

#### Rotary-wing

 Kamov Ka-29
 Mil Mi-17
 Mil Mi-26
 Mil Mi-28

#### Fixed-wing

 Antonov An-124
 Beriev A-100
 Ilyushin Il-76
 Ilyushin Il-78
 Sukhoi Su-57