Denmark (Faction)

A small country in northern Europe and the most southern part of Scandinavia.

In War of Tactics, Denmark is descried as a Proto-Faction, a small faction with a limited arsenal, somewhat unsuited for general gameplay. The small nation is easy to adjust to new reforms for testing purposes before they're fully released and implemented into the game and other factions.

Denmark was never truly intended as a playable faction, but it has always been fully compatible with the mechanics of the game and does have a standing army. In more recent timesm (September, 2023) it has also been updated to include more elements of their forces in exile such as a few tanks and aircraft. If a brave player wants to play on what is effectively Dark Souls difficulty and bring motorcycles to a tank battle, it is an option in the game.

## Infantry

A rule of thumb for the game is - if the armour is weak or missing, the infantry will have to compensate with flexibility while the artillery provides the firepower they lack. This is very apparent in this case but there's a problem. The infantry is lightly equipped with often outdated equipment or lacking in firepower. Dane infantry is best suited for long range engagements against infantry, preferably outside the range of SMGs as they lack rate of fire to deal with them .

The infantry consist of the following unit:

* Frihedskæmper - Militia
* Geværskytter - Professional infantry (pre-1940)
* DANFORCE - Professional infantry in exile (1945)
* Livgarde - Elite infantry

### Pros & Advantages

* Geværskytte, DANFORCE and Livgarde infantry have acces to infantry mortars as *War Gear* which can shoot directly and be used to counter armour at short to medium range.
* Despite it lackluster arsenal, troops do have acces to proper hand grenades.
* DANFORCE uses foreign equipment which is more modern and has more firepower.

### Cons

* No paratroopers available.
* Outdated and Lacking arsenal.

## Armour

To quote the developer "Come at me USSR with your 84.000x T-34s, Bring it on US with your 54.000x Shermans, have-at yee Britain with you're Churchills, Cruisers and Cromwells, Cause I got an all mighty selection of 4 tank and they never saw action!"

Denmark has the mighty armoured core of 4 tank options, everything else is an experimental tankette or an armoured car. The original tank was a Madsen MG version of the Fiat 3000, which thanks to game balance allows it to feature the 1930 version with a 37mm gun. After the SEP update, Denmark also features tanks which were avilable to DANFORCE, this includes a few light tanks of swedish and czech origine. This gives dane players at least a chance of taking shots at the enemy in a stand up fight.

The majority of the danish mobile firepower lies with motorcycles, trucks and some armoured cars with 20mm or 23mm autocannons. The role of holding the line falls to the infantry and the task of hurting the enemy is handed over to artillery, as even the heaviest dane tank option (the swedish m/42) doesn't stand much of a chance against other mid-war tanks.

This doesn't mean the nation is entirely useless as they do have very versatile motorcycles, performing all kinds of tasks and punching way over their own weight. They are able to rapidly redeploy when needed and perfect for ambushing enemy light tanks.

### Pros & Advantages

* The armour has had several balancing upgrades added.
* Inexpensive vehicle selection.
* Excel at rapid movement.

### Cons

* Small selection, 16 armoured vehicles available, 12 of them are tracked, 7 of them are tanks or tankettes.
* The largest guns available are two different 37mm cannons, anything else is a 20mm autocannon.

## Artillery

The artillery is unremarkable. Lacking larger AT-guns, the AA has few options and most of the big guns are either ww1 relics or even older. There are a few good thing however, there is a selection of naval artillery available which can be deployed in fortifications and either bombard targets or deter them at medium range. Despite the tiny nation, modern artillery does exist and the player does have acces to *SH-Artillery* in armoured turrets, albeit black powder weapons.

### Pros & Advantages

* Lots of fortress guns and fortification weapons available.
* Naval artillery available.
* Powerful but small selection of proper AA guns.

### Cons

* Heavy guns usually predate ww1
* Lacking any proper AT guns, aside from 37mm guns and FlaK cannons.

## Airforce

The airforce isn't as bad as the armoured core, but still leaves a lot to be desired and is incapable of deterring a major aero based opponent.

There is a shortage of modern planes or just overall quality with minimal innovation. The most innovating fact would be all tail gunners are able to upgrade their MGs to more potent ones. There are no fast (550km/h+) aircraft available.

### Pros & Advantages

* Small tweeks to already existing designs for improved stats and results.
* Dane-i-fied versions of imported aircraft are usually better armed than original layout.

### Cons

* Best suited for defense backed up by AA guns.
* Shortage of everything except fighters and lacking modern aircraft.

## Railroad war

No... There's nothing here, no armoured trains, no infantry boxcars with MGs, no major combat cars or FlaK equipment.

However as any other faction it is possible to deploy flatbeds with MGs and sandbags. There is 1 railroad gun available, this is the *M/1890 -12cm L/27* however it has stand-in stats as data has not been discovered at the time of writing.

## Assessment

Denmark is not prepared for any kind of major war, specially not against a mechanized opponent or with a strong offensive air force. The forces cannot attack very well but they have the means to lay siege and defend to a certain extend and the logistics are fully capable of such a task.

A challenge would be to play a "Holger Danske" scenario which requires the player to play as Denmark and take on another faction in a fair fight and win despite the enemy almost always has superior equipment for the same economy.

## Trivia

* In more recent updates, Madsen 23mm autocannons have become availlable for armoured cars and vehicles as an alternative to the regular 20mm. This functiones as a balancing factor as this autocannon historically packs almost twice the explosive payload, at the expense of muzzle velocity. The weapons are visually indentical, with the changes being the barrel, breech and the shell casing which is shorter at 23x106mm versus 20x120mm.
* Due to more indepth research and game balancing, Denmark is not as unplayable and bad as it used to be. While still thought of as a proto-faction used for R&D, the faction is now realistically able to challenge some minor factions, like *Holland* and *Poland*.

Danish Infantry preformanceDanish Support unitsDanish ArtilleryDanish Airforce