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| country            = the Messidor Union
| country            = Talahara
| name              = [[Messidor Union|Messidorian Armed Forces]]
| name              = [[Talahara|United Communes Defense Forces]]
| native_name        = Forces Armées du Messidor</br>Iɣskrbiln n Mgrawi
| native_name        = ⴰⵙⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵡⴰⵏⵉⵏ ⵢⴻⴹⵓⴽⵍⴻⵏ</br>Aserdasi n Tiɣiwanin Yeḍuklen
| image              = [[File:Messidor Army Emblem.png|80px]]</br></br>[[File:Messidor Naval Jack.png|120px]]</br></br>[[File:Messidor Roundel.png|80px]]
| image              = Talaharan Mil Emblem.png
| alt                =  
| alt                = Emblem of the UCDF
| caption            = The Messidorian Army Corps' emblem, the Navy Corps' jack, and the Air Corps' roundel
| caption            = </br>Emblem of the UCDF
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| motto              =
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| founded            = {{Start date and age|1839|df=yes}}
| founded            = {{Start date and age|1836|df=yes}}
| current_form      =
| current_form      = {{Start date and age|1922|df=yes}}
| disbanded          =
| disbanded          =
| branches          = [[Messidorian Army Corps]]</br>[[Messidorian Navy Corps]]</br>[[Messidorian Air Corps]]
| branches          = [[File:Talaharan Army Roundel.svg|18px]] [[Talaharan Army Corps|Army Corps]]</br>[[File:Talaharan Air Roundel.svg|18px]] [[Talaharan  Air Corps|Air Corps]]</br>[[File:Talaharan Navy Roundel.svg|18px]] [[Talaharan Navy Corps|Navy Corps]]</br>[[File:BlackNode.svg|18px]] [[Talaharan Black Guard Corps|Black Guard Corps]]
| headquarters      =
| headquarters      = Tiɣremt Building, [[Maktarim]], [[Talahara]]
| flying_hours      =
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| website            = <!--{{URL|example.mil}}-->
| website            = <!--{{URL|example.mil}}-->
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| commander-in-chief = President Yolande-Minerve Saverne
| commander-in-chief = [[Executive Council (Talahara)|Executive Council]]
| commander-in-chief_title =  
| commander-in-chief_title = Commander-in-Chief
| chief minister    = Simon Massen
| chief minister    = Taos Jebar
| chief minister_title = Director of Defence
| chief minister_title = Executor of Defense
| minister          =
| minister          = General Tafsut Amalu
| minister_title    =
| minister_title    = {{nowrap|Defense Committe}}e Senior Chair
| commander          = Lt. General Rezki Tinifsan
| commander          = {{nowrap|General Baragsen Nasumer}}
| commander_title    = Commissioned Chairperson
| commander_title    = Defense Committee Elected Chair
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| age                = 18-55
| age                = 18-55
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| active            = 102,800 total:</br><small>Army Corps: 55,200</small></br><small>Navy Corps: 31,500</small></br><small>Air Corps: 16,100</small>
| active            = 259,700 total:</br><small>Army Corps: 100,080</small></br><small>Air Corps: 31,400</small></br><small>Navy Corps: 8,720</small></br><small>Black Guard Corps: 119,500</small>
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| amount            = $51.84 billion
| percent_GDP        =
| percent_GDP        = 3.04
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| foreign_suppliers  =
| foreign_suppliers  = {{Collapsible list
|title                    =
|1 = {{flag|Ostrozava}}
|2 = {{flag|Ottonia}}
|3 = {{flag|Tsurushima}}
|4 = {{flag|Tyreseia}}
|5 = {{flag|Wazheganon}}
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The '''United Communes Defense Forces''', ('''UCDF'''; {{wp|Central Atlas Tamazight|Takelat}}: ''Aserdasi n Tiɣiwanin Yeḍuklen''; ⴰⵙⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵡⴰⵏⵉⵏ ⵢⴻⴹⵓⴽⵍⴻⵏ) are the unified armed forces of the [[Talahara|United Communes of Talahara]]. The UCDF is made up of four components: the Army Corps, Air Corps, Navy Corps, and the Black Guard Corps. The UCDF is headed by the Executor of Defense of the [[Executive Council (Talahara)|Executive Council]] and governed by the Defense Committee, a group of senior military representatives and civilian oversight agents.
The legally authorized maximum size of the UCDF is 150,000 members across the three professional components, with no maximum size for the Black Guard Corps. In practice, the total size minus the Black Guards is just over 140,000 members. The three main professional components are the Army, Air, and Navy Corps. The Black Guard Corps is an irregular force of local militias. While ostensibly independent, the Black Guards are trained by and coordinate with the Army Corps.
==History==
The Black Guards of Talahara emerged as one of the major revolutionary factions during the [[Talaharan Civil War]]. In 1836, sympathetic elements of the Royal Talaharan Army defected to the Communard cause after the execution of the Court of the Lions and formed the Central Commune Army. However, the majority of Communard fighters were untrained, local militias who took up the black banner of the revolution. So-called Black Guards were decentralized, organized at a local level, and coordinated democratically. As the conflict progressed, most units relied on directives or services directly offered to the Commune Council.
At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Central Commune Army was disbanded owing to concerns that it could exert undue influence over the nascent United Communes of Talahara. The Black Guards remained the only military body of the Commune until the consolidation of the Talaharan Navy in 1845. Both the Black Guards and the Talaharan Navy were renamed the Black Guard Corps and the Talaharan Navy Corps, respectively, in 1853. In 1854, the Talaharan Army Corps was founded as a professional standing army to supplement the Black Guards, largely as a response to tensions over the Protectorate of Taršiš which remained occupied by [[Yisrael]] since the Talaharan Civil War.
The first major direct operation conducted by the Talaharan Army Corps was the Annexation of Amara, known as the Invasion of the Timna Strip in Yisrael. Seizing on the weakness of the Kingdom of Yisrael in the direct aftermath of the [[West_Scipian_Wars#Second_West_Scipian_War_.281915-1918.2|Second West Scipian War]], Talaharan forces quickly invaded and consolidated control over Amara, an oil-rich region that was home to a population of Kel Hadar and Kel Tenere peoples living under Yisraeli rule. The rapid invasion was a major success, with few engagements or casualties before the region was formally conceded. While Talahara was regarded at the time as an entrenched syndicalist fortress-state, contemporary foreign analysts had largely dismissed the Commune's power to project and the ability of its professional forces.


=History=
Developments in airpower beyond reconnaissance aircraft and dirigibles led to the creation of the Talaharan Air Corps in 1922. The next major military campaign of the UCDF was the 1951 Liberation of Taršiš. Similar to the previous land war with Yisrael, rapid and decisive action seizing on a period of weakness led to few casualties on all sides. This conflict saw the deployment of the three main branches of the UCDF, with the main thrust of the army supported by air superiority and naval support.
The Messidorian Army and Navy Corps were founded in 1839, 8 years after the founding of the Messidor Union. The formation of a standing military was a contentious issue among the various syndicates who had originally called to rely upon civil militias organized at a local level rather than a central military. After the loss of northern Tafriqt in 1833, the notion that such a force could effectively protect the Union was effectively dispelled, though it took a further 6 years before the exact details of the Messidorian Armed Forces would be determined. From the outset, the Army and Navy Corps were small, professional, volunteer forces which were organized under a federal union. Merovian and later Aɣmatian factories ensured that they were well-equipped and supplied, though the forces established an enduring reputation of poor discipline. Despite their reputation, the first major deployment of the Messidorian Army Corps in the Annexation of the Timna Strip in 1919 was a great success. The Messidorian Navy Corps served nearly the entirety of its first century and a half of existence as a patrol and deterrence fleet for ships making the transit across the Periclean Sea. During the Reannexation of Tafriqt in 1950-51, the Navy Corps ran blockades around the coast of Tafriqt and prevented any seaborne assault. They also saw major surface combat during the Fourth West Scipian War. The Messidorian Air Corps was founded in 1920 and rounded out the three branches. Elements of the Messidorian intelligence services are also incorporated into the armed forces, specifically the Naval Infantry Brigade of the Army Corps, which conducts counter-intelligence, special reconnaissance, and direct intervention missions.


=Structure=
Over the subsequent 70 years, the UCDF has maintained a defensive role, in addition to supporting allies within the global left and more directly through the [[Rubric Coast Consortium]]. The most recent mobilization of the UCDF was during the [[Onekawan Affair]] when tensions between the Rubric Coast and the Kingdom of Yisrael led to the credible threat of an invasion of the former by the latter.
The structure of the Messidorian Armed Forces is highly unusual for most nations but ultimately consistent with the Union's own logic. While elsewhere officers are trained and awarded commission and a strict military hierarchy is followed, each unit level of the Messidorian Armed Forces elect their commanders, i.e.: an infantry section elects its sergeant, a ship elects its captain, and the general staff is elected by its branch of service. Elibigilty for commissioned roles is often subject to criteria of education or seniority. It is this particular element of the armed forces' structure that bewilders more disciplined military forces in the world. For their part, officers and enlisted members of the Messidorian Armed Forces hold that the system creates a greater sense of camaradery and investment in the service.


The combined armed forces is overseen by the Directorate of Defence Armed Forces Committee. The committee is chaired by the most senior of the elected members who are commanders of each of the three branches. The Director of Defence is also a member of the committee. The present chairperson of the committee is General Rezki Tinifsan. Below the committee each branch has its own general's staff composed of the commanders of its subgroups and their staffs.
==Unified structure and elections==
The United Communes Defense Committee is the central command of the unified armed forces. The Defense Committee is composed of the commanding officers of the four branches and chaired by two members. The first chair is referred to as the Senior Chair and is elected from the Defense Committee members, though traditionally the role is ceded to the most senior member. The second chair is elected by the entire memberships of the Army, Air, and Navy Corps.


The Army Corps is composed of 22 regiments and an air component divided among two divisions: one based in Aɣmatia and the other in Merovia. At an operational level the regiments are organized into 8 brigades; 4 for each division. While conscription is unconstitutional in the Messidor Union, additional volunteer regiments can be raised in emergencies. There is no standing reservist force in the Army Corps.
Advancement and compensation grades are standardized across all branches. Most enlisted leadership roles are elected by and from amongst subordinates and certified by officers. Disagreement between voting enlisted and officers may be referred to a Superior Judicial Council for adjudication. Advancement to and within officer ranks have specific educational requirements. Higher ranking officers submit a list of qualified candidates to the affected subordinates who then vote for their preferences. The list of candidates for flag officers (OF-5 or higher) is determined directly by the Defense Committee. An appointment to the Defense Committee lasts for five years. Officers of OF-8 rank or higher may present themselves as candidates in UCDF-wide elections.


The Navy Corps operates under a single unified fleet - the Periclean Fleet. The formal organization of the fleet is much looser than the Army Corps and most of the officers maintain the rank of "Captain", taking on command of larger formations only for the duration of a particular deployment. Presently, the Navy Corps has a few active deployments in the Periclean protecting the corridor between Merovia and Aɣmatia.
===Army Corps===
{{Main|Talaharan Army Corps}}
The Talaharan Army Corps is divided into three arms. The Hammer Arm consists of six divisions, incorporating a large number of tanks and mechanized infantry units. The Spear Arm counts five divisions with a greater proportion of light infantry. All heavy and light divisions are mixed with armour, infantry, and support units. Each division includes three to four regiments or brigades. In Talaharan army organization, brigades are twinned regiments of the same type within the same division.


The Air Corps has two air divisions which are not strictly organized along geographic lines. Each division has 5 wings which may have as many as 72 aircraft each or as few as 15 according to the wing's role. Unlike both the Army Corps and the Navy Corps, the Air Corps has 6 air reserve squadrons which fly the dated {{wpl|Dassault_Mirage_III#Mirage_IIIE|AT-32}} fighter aircraft.
The Sword Arm is Talahara's main military and signals intelligence unit. It is ostensibly organized under the Army Corps, though it both acts independently and collaborates directly with other branches as well. The Army Corps Commissariat Division is another special division that liaises Army Corps members with Black Guard units, facilitating operational cooperation and training. Members of the Commissariat Division are colloquially referred to as "war commissars" and hold dual roles within the Commissariat Division and their regular force units.


=Branches of service=
==Messidorian Army Corps==
===Equipment===
====Arms====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Model
!Image
!Origin
!Type
!Calibre
!Notes
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Small arms
|-
| {{wpl|Sig P210|P16}}
| [[File:SIG P210 1sr series IMG 3086.jpg|125px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Pistol
| 10×25mm
| Standard service pistol
|-
| {{wpl|Howa Type 89|FA-58}}
| [[File:FR-97 Messidor.png|300px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}</br>{{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Assault rifle
| 7×40mm
| Standard service rifle, licenced production of the Tsurushiman Type 89 rifle in 7×40mm</br>420 mm (16.5 in) barrel
|-
| {{wpl|Howa Type 89|FA-58C}}
| [[File:FR-98 Messidor.png|300px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}</br>{{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Carbine
| 7×40mm
| Carbine variant of the FA-58</br>300 mm (11.8 in) barrel
|-
| {{wpl|Howa Type 89|FA-58X}}
| [[File:FR-99 Messidor.png|300px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}</br>{{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Carbine
| 7×40mm
| Short carbine variant of the FA-58 for vehicle crews and pilots</br>190 mm (7.5 in) barrel
|-
| {{wpl|FR F2|FR-55}}
| [[File:FRF2 lunette Schrome.jpg|240px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Marksman rifle
| 7.5×54mm
| Second generation update of the ''Mle 144'' service rifle
|-
| {{wpl|AA-52|FM-21}}
| [[File:Porte ouverte 18RT-15 juin 2009 arme militaire03.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Medium machinegun
| 7.5×54mm
| Section support weapon and vehicle-mounted machinegun
|-
| {{wpl|MAC-58|FM-27}}
| [[File:MAC-58 FM-66.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Heavy machinegun
| 12.7×99mm
| Vehicle-mounted machinegun
|-
|-
| {{wpl|PGM Hécate II|FR/CM-70}}
!Equipment
| [[File:PGM Hecate.jpg|200px|center]]
! #
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Anti-matériel rifle
| 12.7×99mm
| In limited use with special forces
|-
|-
| {{wpl|ERYX|MP-54}}
|{{wp|Main battle tanks}}
| [[File:ERYX-2ndFrInReg 2.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 650
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Portable ATGM
| 136mm
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|LGI Mle F1|LG-58}}
|{{wp|Infantry fighting vehicles}}
| [[File:LGI entrainement.jpg|100px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1,726
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Grenade mortar
| 50mm
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|RGD-5#Poland|G23}}
|{{wp|Armoured personnel carriers}}
| [[File:Rgd 5 hand grenade.jpeg|100px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1,276
| {{flag|Ostrozava}}
| Hand grenade
|
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|MAS-44|Mle 113}}
|{{wp|Armoured cars}}
| [[File:MAS 49 rifle.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 842
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Semi-automatic rifle
| 7.5×54mm
| In training, ceremonial, and police service
|-
|-
| {{wpl|MAS-36|Mle 105}}
|{{wp|Self-propelled artillery}}
| [[File:MAS Modèle 36.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 223
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Bolt-action rifle
| 7.5×54mm
| In training, ceremonial, and police service
|-
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Artillery
|{{wp|Towed artillery}}
| style="text-align:right; | 404
|-
|-
| {{wpl|TRF1|OR-41}}
|{{wp|Soft-skinned vehicle|Unarmoured vehicles}}
| [[File:French TRF1 155 mm, live-fire exercise for Combined Endeavor 2013 .jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 2,620
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Towed howitzer
| 155mm
|
|}
|}


====Vehicles====
===Air Corps===
{{Main|Talaharan Air Corps}}
The Air Corps is the newest component of the UCDF; its creation leading to the present form of the forces. The branch has a fleet of 438 aircraft, organized into six air groups. Most air groups have their own bases and include two or three wings of aircraft.
 
The Air Command and Development Group is the central command unit. The group includes training squadrons and three research and development squadrons. Missile Command is a group formation of two air defense battalions equipped with surface-to-air and rapid interception missiles. Rather than occupying a single base, both Air Command and Missile Command assets are strategically distributed across the Air Corps's bases.
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Model
!Image
!Origin
!Type
!Armament
!Notes
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Armoured vehicles
|-
| {{wpl|Type 90 tank|CA-52}}
| [[File:Japanese Type 90 Tank - 1.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}</br>{{flag|Ostrozava}}</br>{{flag|North Ottonia}}</br>{{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Main battle tank
| 120mm smoothbore cannon</br>FM-27 12.7mm machinegun</br>FM-21 7.5mm machinegun
| Co-developed with the Ostrozavan OPU-S78 series, the North Ottonian [[M15/VII Olyfynt|M15/VII series]], and the Tsurushiman Type 90
|-
|-
| {{wpl|BMPT Terminator|CS-53}}
!Equipment
| [[File:BMPT at Engineering Technologies 2012 (8).jpg|200px|center]]
! #
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Fire support vehicle
| 2× 30mm autocannons</br>4× 136mm ATGM launchers</br>2× 50mm grenade launchers</br>FM-27 12.7mm machinegun</br>FM-21 7.5mm machinegun
| Built on the CA-52 chassis
|-
|-
| {{wpl|ERC-90|VBR}}
|{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}
| [[File:ERC 90 ER.JPG|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 210
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Armoured reconnaissance vehicle
| 90mm AT cannon</br>2× FM-21 7.5mm machineguns
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|VBCI|VBC}}
|{{wp|Attack aircraft}}
| [[File:VCBI-openphotonet PICT6027.JPG|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 75
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Infantry fighting vehicle
| 30mm autocannon</br>FM-21 7.5mm machinegun
| Command vehicle and engineering vehicle variants
|-
|-
| {{wpl|PzH 2000|VBA}}
|{{wp|Attack helicopters}}
| [[File:PzH plus VBCI from Tank Encyclopedia whoops.png|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 36
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Self-propelled artillery
| OR-41 155mm howitzer
| Built on the VBC chassis,
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Crotale (missile)|VBM}}
|{{wp|Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C}}/{{wp|reconnaissance aircraft|recon aircraft}}
| [[File:Crotale NG P1220851.jpg|150px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 14
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Mobile SAM platform
| 8× 136mm SAM launchers
| Built on the VBC chassis
|-
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Light vehicles
|{{wp|Tanker aircraft}}
| style="text-align:right; | 2
|-
|-
| {{wpl|RMMV TG MIL range of trucks|CUdO 6×6</br>CUdO 10×10}}
|{{wp|Cargo aircraft}}
| [[File:TG MIL TGA 40.413 DFAS (6x6).jpg|150px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 42
| {{flag|North Ottonia}}
| Utility, transport, and cargo vehicles
|
| Converted civilian vehicle
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Toyota Land Cruiser|Cm-53}}
|{{wp|Maritime patrol aircraft}}
| [[File:Technamm Masstech French Army (Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ76).jpg|150px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 6
| {{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Utility and transport vehicle
|
| Converted civilian vehicle
|-
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Aircraft
|{{wp|Search and rescue|SAR}}/{{wp|Medical evacuation|medevac helicopters}}
| style="text-align:right; | 27
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Kamov_Ka-50#Ka-52K_"Katran"|RN-66}}
|{{wp|Utility helicopters}}
| [[File:Kamov Ka-52.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 16
| {{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Attack/scout helicopter gunship
| 30mm autocannon</br>12× 136mm ATGM launchers
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Airbus A310|AC-51}}
|{{wp|Trainer aircraft}}
| [[File:RCAF CC-150 Polaris Davies.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 16
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Cargo/transport plane
|
| Converted civilian aircraft
|}
|}


==Messidorian Navy Corps==
===Navy Corps===
===Vessels in active service===
{{Main|Talaharan Navy Corps}}
The UCDF Navy Corps is the oldest professional element in the modern Talaharan armed forces. There are three major naval bases on Talahara's coast, though Talaharan vessels frequently take part in exercises with the [[Tyreseian Workers' Naval Fleet]] and berth in [[Tyreseia|Tyreseian]] ports. The official headquarters of the UCDF Navy Corps is aboard the lead ship of the ''Mass Akli''-class helicopter cruiser, though the flagship is generally docked at the Tiɣraman Naval Base in [[Maktarim]], which also houses the Navy Corps Administrative Centre.
 
The Talaharan Navy Corps also has no permanent ship groupings, but doctrinally has formations based around its flagship and patrol missions along the coast and operations across the Periclean basin. Task forces are typically centred on at least one destroyer with further support from frigates and smaller vessels, including corvettes. Auxiliary vessels and smaller surface combatants such as patrol ships are organized into ad hoc groups, typically for patrol missions. The Navy Corps's three submarines are also typically grouped together into a special task squadron but can be broken off into a pair or an individual unit for specific missions.
 
The main role of the Navy Corps is coastal defense and the protection of commerce. Talahara shares maritime borders with Yisrael and Gran Aligonia, but has freedom of movement through the east along the Rubric Coast. Beyond littoral defense, Talahara's navy is commonly regarded as being de facto subordinate to the [[Tyreseian Workers' Navy]].
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Class
!Image
!Role
!Armament
!Number in service
!Notes
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Cassard-class frigate|''Ayll Lbaz''-class}}
!Equipment
| [[File:FS Jean Bart 1.jpg|200px|center]]
! #
| Anti-air frigate
|-
| 40× 340mm SAMs</br>39× 136mm SAMs</br>8× 350mm anti-ship missiles</br>2× 533mm torpedo tubes</br>100mm naval gun</br>2× 30mm autocannon</br>4× FM-27 12.7mm machineguns
|{{wp|Aircraft_cruiser#Helicopter_cruisers|Helicopter cruisers}}
| 30
| style="text-align:right; | 1
| Carries one RN-66 helicopter, same hull as the ''Ɣum Lbaz''-class
|-
|{{wp|Destroyers}}
| style="text-align:right; | 4
|-
|{{wp|Frigates}}
| style="text-align:right; | 6
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Georges Leygues-class frigate|''Ɣum Lbaz''-class}}
|{{wp|Corvettes}}
| [[File:FS Montcalm 1.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 5
| Anti-submarine frigate
| 40× 350mm anti-ship missiles</br>30× 136mm SAMs</br>100mm naval gun</br>2× 30mm autocannon</br>4× FM-27 12.7mm machineguns
| 4
| Carries two RN-66 helicopters, same hull as the ''Ayll Lbaz''-class
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Mistral-class amphibious assault ship|''Amansakal''-class}}
|{{wp|Patrol ships}}
| [[File:BPC Dixmude.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3
| Amphibious assault ship
| 8× 136mm SAMs</br>2× 30mm autocannon</br>4× FM-21 7.5mm machineguns</br>4× FM-27 12.7mm machineguns
| 2
| Carries 1-2 helicopter squadrons, 1-2 tank battalions, and 1-3 infantry battalions
|-
|-
| {{wpl|P400-class patrol vessel|''Taġruyt n Nhas''-class}}
|{{wp|Attack submarines}}
| [[File:Tapageuse-01.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3
| Patrol ship
| 2× 30mm autocannon</br>2× FM-21 7.5mm machineguns
| 10
|
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Rubis-class submarine|''Tmnirin''-class}}
|{{wp|Minehunters}}
| [[File:FS Casabianca 03.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3
| Nuclear attack submarine
| 14× 350mm anti-ship missiles</br>4× 533mm torpedo tubes
| 7
|
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Berlin-class replenishment ship|''Hluaxdil''-class}}
|{{wp|Auxiliary ship|Auxiliary ships}}
| [[File:BERLIN 2268.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1
| Auxiliary vessel
| 8× 136mm SAMs</br>4× 30mm autocannon
| 4
| Carries two RM-50 or HC-37 helicopters
|}
|}


==Messidorian Air Corps==
===Black Guard Corps===
===Aircraft in active service===
{{Main|Talaharan Black Guard Corps}}
The Black Guard Corps is the oldest and most unconventional branch of the UCDF. While similar to reservists forces in other militaries, the Black Guards are dedicated specifically to local defense. Its membership, barring administrative workers and its flag officers, maintains regular employment in local industries, with guaranteed time provided to drill and make defense arrangements. Deployments and exercises can take the Black Guards across the country, as Talahara has developed defense-in-depth plans for myriad scenarios.
 
Most units of the Black Guard Corps are infantry, using second-hand equipment from the UCDF Army Corps. Certain units have also privately contracted for other equipment. A number of civilian-grade aircraft and watercraft are also employed by coastal and riverine units.
 
The secondary function of the Black Guard Corps is that of an auxiliary service. Specialists including surgeons and legal advocates work normal civilian careers but can dedicate a number of work hours to assisting the Black Guard Corps or the UCDF more broadly.
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Model
!Image
!Origin
!Type
!Notes
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Dassault Rafale|Ava 70}}
!Equipment
| [[File:Rafale - RIAT 2009 (3751416421).jpg|200px|center]]
! #
| {{flag|Messidor}}
|-
| Multi-role fighter
|{{wp|Main battle tanks}}
|
| style="text-align:right; | 380
|-
|{{wp|Armoured personnel carriers}}
| style="text-align:right; | 988
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Dassault_Mirage_III#Mirage_IIIE|AT-32}}
|{{wp|Armoured cars}}
| [[File:Argentina Air Force Dassault Mirage IIIEA Lofting-1.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 205
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Fighter/interceptor
| In use for training and reserve squadrons
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Kamov_Ka-50#Ka-52K_"Katran"|RN-66}}
|{{wp|Towed artillery}}
| [[File:Kamov Ka-52.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 660
| {{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Attack/scout helicopter gunship
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Harbin Z-9|RM-50}}
|{{wp|Soft-skinned vehicle|Unarmoured vehicles}}
| [[File:PLAAF Harbin Z-9WA.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3,120
| {{flag|Jhengtsang}}
| Search and rescue helicopter
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|SA 330|HC-37}}
|{{wp|Military transport aircraft|Transport aircraft}}
| [[File:A Royal Air Force Puma helicopter over the English countryside.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 9
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Cargo/transport helicopter
|  
|-
|-
| {{wpl|Airbus A310|AC-51}}
|{{wp|Patrol boats}}
| [[File:RCAF CC-150 Polaris Davies.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 14
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Cargo/transport plane
| Converted civilian aircraft, electronic warfare variant
|}
 
=Ranks and insignia=
All three branches of service make use of the same rank insignia, though titles vary.
 
===Officer ranks===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"
! OF-9 !! OF-8 !! OF-7 !! OF-6 !! OF-5 !! OF-4 !! OF-3 !! OF-2 !! OF-1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O10.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O9.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O8.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O6.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O5.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O4.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O3.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O2.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Terre tunisienne O1.png|75px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Field Marshal</br>''Maréchal de Champ''</br>''Shrfamgarlharb'' || General</br>''Général''</br>'' Amgarlharb'' || Lieutenant General</br>''Lieutenant-Général''</br>''Ssirwamgarlharb'' || Brigadier</br>''Brigadier''</br>''Shrfamgarinigi'' || Colonel</br>''Colonel''</br>''Amgarinigi'' || Lieutenant Colonel</br>''Lieutenant-Colonel''</br>''Ssirwamgarinigi'' || Major</br>''Commandant''</br>''Shrfamgarigr'' || Captain</br>''Capitaine''</br>''Amgarigr'' || Lieutenant</br>''Lieutenant''</br>''Ssirwamgarigr''
|}
|}


===Enlisted ranks===
==See also==
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
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|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"
! OR-9 !! OR-8 !! OR-7 !! OR-6 !! OR-5 !! OR-4 !! OR-3 !! OR-2 !! OR-1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E8.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E7.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E6.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E5.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E4.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E3.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E2.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E1.png|75px]] || [[File:Grade Marine tunisienne E0.png|75px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Sergeant Major</br>''Sergent-Major''</br>''Aɣamirbɣa'' || Company Sergeant</br>''Sergent d'Escadron''</br>''Aɣamikrad'' || Platoon Sergeant</br>''Sergent d'Escadre''</br>''Aɣamisin'' || Sergeant</br>''Sergent''</br>''Aɣamiyan'' || Corporal</br>''Caporal''</br>''Ssirwaɣami'' || Soldier 3</br>''Soldat III''</br>''Aɣskrikrad'' || Soldier 2</br>''Soldat II''</br>''Aɣskrisin'' || Soldier 1</br>''Soldat I''</br>''Aɣskriyan'' || Cadet</br>''Cadet''</br>''Aɣskrilmd''
|}


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Latest revision as of 18:57, 28 June 2024

United Communes Defense Forces
ⴰⵙⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵡⴰⵏⵉⵏ ⵢⴻⴹⵓⴽⵍⴻⵏ
Aserdasi n Tiɣiwanin Yeḍuklen
Emblem of the UCDF

Emblem of the UCDF
Founded1836; 188 years ago (1836)
Current form1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Service branchesTalaharan Army Roundel.svg Army Corps
Talaharan Air Roundel.svg Air Corps
Talaharan Navy Roundel.svg Navy Corps
BlackNode.svg Black Guard Corps
HeadquartersTiɣremt Building, Maktarim, Talahara
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefExecutive Council
Defense Committee Senior ChairGeneral Tafsut Amalu
Defense Committee Elected ChairGeneral Baragsen Nasumer
Personnel
Military age18-55
ConscriptionVoluntary service only
Active personnel259,700 total:
Army Corps: 100,080
Air Corps: 31,400
Navy Corps: 8,720
Black Guard Corps: 119,500
Expenditure
Budget$51.84 billion
Percent of GDP3.04
Industry
Foreign suppliers

The United Communes Defense Forces, (UCDF; Takelat: Aserdasi n Tiɣiwanin Yeḍuklen; ⴰⵙⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵡⴰⵏⵉⵏ ⵢⴻⴹⵓⴽⵍⴻⵏ) are the unified armed forces of the United Communes of Talahara. The UCDF is made up of four components: the Army Corps, Air Corps, Navy Corps, and the Black Guard Corps. The UCDF is headed by the Executor of Defense of the Executive Council and governed by the Defense Committee, a group of senior military representatives and civilian oversight agents.

The legally authorized maximum size of the UCDF is 150,000 members across the three professional components, with no maximum size for the Black Guard Corps. In practice, the total size minus the Black Guards is just over 140,000 members. The three main professional components are the Army, Air, and Navy Corps. The Black Guard Corps is an irregular force of local militias. While ostensibly independent, the Black Guards are trained by and coordinate with the Army Corps.

History

The Black Guards of Talahara emerged as one of the major revolutionary factions during the Talaharan Civil War. In 1836, sympathetic elements of the Royal Talaharan Army defected to the Communard cause after the execution of the Court of the Lions and formed the Central Commune Army. However, the majority of Communard fighters were untrained, local militias who took up the black banner of the revolution. So-called Black Guards were decentralized, organized at a local level, and coordinated democratically. As the conflict progressed, most units relied on directives or services directly offered to the Commune Council.

At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Central Commune Army was disbanded owing to concerns that it could exert undue influence over the nascent United Communes of Talahara. The Black Guards remained the only military body of the Commune until the consolidation of the Talaharan Navy in 1845. Both the Black Guards and the Talaharan Navy were renamed the Black Guard Corps and the Talaharan Navy Corps, respectively, in 1853. In 1854, the Talaharan Army Corps was founded as a professional standing army to supplement the Black Guards, largely as a response to tensions over the Protectorate of Taršiš which remained occupied by Yisrael since the Talaharan Civil War.

The first major direct operation conducted by the Talaharan Army Corps was the Annexation of Amara, known as the Invasion of the Timna Strip in Yisrael. Seizing on the weakness of the Kingdom of Yisrael in the direct aftermath of the Second West Scipian War, Talaharan forces quickly invaded and consolidated control over Amara, an oil-rich region that was home to a population of Kel Hadar and Kel Tenere peoples living under Yisraeli rule. The rapid invasion was a major success, with few engagements or casualties before the region was formally conceded. While Talahara was regarded at the time as an entrenched syndicalist fortress-state, contemporary foreign analysts had largely dismissed the Commune's power to project and the ability of its professional forces.

Developments in airpower beyond reconnaissance aircraft and dirigibles led to the creation of the Talaharan Air Corps in 1922. The next major military campaign of the UCDF was the 1951 Liberation of Taršiš. Similar to the previous land war with Yisrael, rapid and decisive action seizing on a period of weakness led to few casualties on all sides. This conflict saw the deployment of the three main branches of the UCDF, with the main thrust of the army supported by air superiority and naval support.

Over the subsequent 70 years, the UCDF has maintained a defensive role, in addition to supporting allies within the global left and more directly through the Rubric Coast Consortium. The most recent mobilization of the UCDF was during the Onekawan Affair when tensions between the Rubric Coast and the Kingdom of Yisrael led to the credible threat of an invasion of the former by the latter.

Unified structure and elections

The United Communes Defense Committee is the central command of the unified armed forces. The Defense Committee is composed of the commanding officers of the four branches and chaired by two members. The first chair is referred to as the Senior Chair and is elected from the Defense Committee members, though traditionally the role is ceded to the most senior member. The second chair is elected by the entire memberships of the Army, Air, and Navy Corps.

Advancement and compensation grades are standardized across all branches. Most enlisted leadership roles are elected by and from amongst subordinates and certified by officers. Disagreement between voting enlisted and officers may be referred to a Superior Judicial Council for adjudication. Advancement to and within officer ranks have specific educational requirements. Higher ranking officers submit a list of qualified candidates to the affected subordinates who then vote for their preferences. The list of candidates for flag officers (OF-5 or higher) is determined directly by the Defense Committee. An appointment to the Defense Committee lasts for five years. Officers of OF-8 rank or higher may present themselves as candidates in UCDF-wide elections.

Army Corps

The Talaharan Army Corps is divided into three arms. The Hammer Arm consists of six divisions, incorporating a large number of tanks and mechanized infantry units. The Spear Arm counts five divisions with a greater proportion of light infantry. All heavy and light divisions are mixed with armour, infantry, and support units. Each division includes three to four regiments or brigades. In Talaharan army organization, brigades are twinned regiments of the same type within the same division.

The Sword Arm is Talahara's main military and signals intelligence unit. It is ostensibly organized under the Army Corps, though it both acts independently and collaborates directly with other branches as well. The Army Corps Commissariat Division is another special division that liaises Army Corps members with Black Guard units, facilitating operational cooperation and training. Members of the Commissariat Division are colloquially referred to as "war commissars" and hold dual roles within the Commissariat Division and their regular force units.

Equipment #
Main battle tanks 650
Infantry fighting vehicles 1,726
Armoured personnel carriers 1,276
Armoured cars 842
Self-propelled artillery 223
Towed artillery 404
Unarmoured vehicles 2,620

Air Corps

The Air Corps is the newest component of the UCDF; its creation leading to the present form of the forces. The branch has a fleet of 438 aircraft, organized into six air groups. Most air groups have their own bases and include two or three wings of aircraft.

The Air Command and Development Group is the central command unit. The group includes training squadrons and three research and development squadrons. Missile Command is a group formation of two air defense battalions equipped with surface-to-air and rapid interception missiles. Rather than occupying a single base, both Air Command and Missile Command assets are strategically distributed across the Air Corps's bases.

Equipment #
Multirole combat aircraft 210
Attack aircraft 75
Attack helicopters 36
AEW&C/recon aircraft 14
Tanker aircraft 2
Cargo aircraft 42
Maritime patrol aircraft 6
SAR/medevac helicopters 27
Utility helicopters 16
Trainer aircraft 16

Navy Corps

The UCDF Navy Corps is the oldest professional element in the modern Talaharan armed forces. There are three major naval bases on Talahara's coast, though Talaharan vessels frequently take part in exercises with the Tyreseian Workers' Naval Fleet and berth in Tyreseian ports. The official headquarters of the UCDF Navy Corps is aboard the lead ship of the Mass Akli-class helicopter cruiser, though the flagship is generally docked at the Tiɣraman Naval Base in Maktarim, which also houses the Navy Corps Administrative Centre.

The Talaharan Navy Corps also has no permanent ship groupings, but doctrinally has formations based around its flagship and patrol missions along the coast and operations across the Periclean basin. Task forces are typically centred on at least one destroyer with further support from frigates and smaller vessels, including corvettes. Auxiliary vessels and smaller surface combatants such as patrol ships are organized into ad hoc groups, typically for patrol missions. The Navy Corps's three submarines are also typically grouped together into a special task squadron but can be broken off into a pair or an individual unit for specific missions.

The main role of the Navy Corps is coastal defense and the protection of commerce. Talahara shares maritime borders with Yisrael and Gran Aligonia, but has freedom of movement through the east along the Rubric Coast. Beyond littoral defense, Talahara's navy is commonly regarded as being de facto subordinate to the Tyreseian Workers' Navy.

Equipment #
Helicopter cruisers 1
Destroyers 4
Frigates 6
Corvettes 5
Patrol ships 3
Attack submarines 3
Minehunters 3
Auxiliary ships 1

Black Guard Corps

The Black Guard Corps is the oldest and most unconventional branch of the UCDF. While similar to reservists forces in other militaries, the Black Guards are dedicated specifically to local defense. Its membership, barring administrative workers and its flag officers, maintains regular employment in local industries, with guaranteed time provided to drill and make defense arrangements. Deployments and exercises can take the Black Guards across the country, as Talahara has developed defense-in-depth plans for myriad scenarios.

Most units of the Black Guard Corps are infantry, using second-hand equipment from the UCDF Army Corps. Certain units have also privately contracted for other equipment. A number of civilian-grade aircraft and watercraft are also employed by coastal and riverine units.

The secondary function of the Black Guard Corps is that of an auxiliary service. Specialists including surgeons and legal advocates work normal civilian careers but can dedicate a number of work hours to assisting the Black Guard Corps or the UCDF more broadly.

Equipment #
Main battle tanks 380
Armoured personnel carriers 988
Armoured cars 205
Towed artillery 660
Unarmoured vehicles 3,120
Transport aircraft 9
Patrol boats 14

See also