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{{Infobox national military
{{Infobox national military
| 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 = Yolande-Minerve Saverne
| commander-in-chief = [[Executive Council (Talahara)|Executive Council]]
| commander-in-chief_title = President of the Union
| commander-in-chief_title = Commander-in-Chief
| chief minister    = Simon Massen
| chief minister    = Taos Jebar
| chief minister_title = Director of Union Defence
| chief minister_title = Executor of Defense
| minister          =
| minister          = General Tafsut Amalu
| minister_title    =
| minister_title    = {{nowrap|Defense Committe}}e Senior Chair
| commander          = 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            =
| amount            = $51.84 billion
| percent_GDP        =
| percent_GDP        = 3.04
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| domestic_suppliers = <!-- Guns: Vaux Arms Foundries (''MAV''/''LKV'') - M, Armoured vehicles: Aghmatian Carriage Works (''MCA''/''ALL'') - A, Ships: United Maritime Steel and Brass Workers (''OAEM''/''LINA'') - L, Aircraft: Aeronautics Manufacturing (''FAero''/''TL'' - F-->
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| foreign_suppliers  = {{Collapsible list
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|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.


=History=
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 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=
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.
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.
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 Army Corps is composed of twenty 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.
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 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.
==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 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 but not yet obsolete {{wpl|Dassault_Mirage_III#Mirage_IIIE|AAB-F32/B3 Tiara}} fighter aircraft.
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.


=Branches of service=
===Army Corps===
==Messidorian Army Corps==
{{Main|Talaharan Army Corps}}
[[File:MU Tank History.png|600px|thumb|right|Development of Messidorian armoured fighting vehicles through the 20th century]]
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 Messidorian Army Corps counts over 55,200 members across two divisions; one based in Merovia and the other in Aɣmatia. The Army Corps is also supported by a number of employees and government workers. Founded in 1839, the Army Corps began as an organizing body for many armed militias across the Union. By the 1850s, the Army Corps developed into a professional fighting force. The last militia forces were disbanded or organized into professional reserves by the early 20th century.


Despite the population gap between Aɣmatia and Merovia, Army Corps personnel are distributed relatively equally between the two nations. The majority of training is conducted in southern Aɣmatia, but soldiers are trained in multiple environments. The forces of the Army Corps count twenty-two regiments. Regiments are divided into brigade groups at an operational level. Messidorian brigades are relatively large, including between six and eight battalions. The two main types of brigades which are fielded are armoured brigades and infantry brigades. The former are primarily composed of tanks and mechanized infantry with supporting reconnaissance and artillery elements. The latter are primarily light infantry.
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===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Model
!Image
!Origin
!Type
!Notes
|-
| CC-T84B2
| [[File:6B47 helmet - InnovationDay2013part1-56.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Helmet
|
|-
| JC-T85B1
| [[File:ODFEquipment BVest3.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Combat vest
|
|-
| PC-T66/B</br>PC-T66/V
| [[File:CADPAT Arid Region.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Camouflage
| In both desert tan and temperate olive
|}
====Arms====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Model
!Image
!Origin
!Type
!Calibre
!Notes
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Small arms
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Sig P210|PA-M16/A1</br>''Isque''}}
| [[File:SIG P210 1sr series IMG 3086.jpg|125px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Pistol
| {{wpl|10mm auto|10×25mm}}
| Standard service pistol
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|FAMAS|FA-M45/D2</br>''Rz Awl''}}
| [[File:Rifles FAMAS.jpg|300px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Assault rifle
| {{wpl|7_mm_caliber#7.0_mm_(.284_in)_rifle_cartridges_(commonly_known_as_7mm)|7×40mm}}
| Standard service rifle
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|FN CAL|FA-M35/B1</br>''Rz Adaw''}}
| [[File:FN CAL close1-noBG.png|300px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Assault rifle
| {{wpl|7_mm_caliber#7.0_mm_(.284_in)_rifle_cartridges_(commonly_known_as_7mm)|7×40mm}}
| Service and reserve rifle, derived from the [[PAL]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[PAL|FR-X(O-NO)23/B3</br>''Asmawi'']]
| [[File:FN Herstal T48.jpg|240px|center]]
| {{flag|North Ottonia}}</br>{{flag|Ostrozava}}
| Battle rifle
| {{wpl|7.92×57mm|8×57mm}}
| Standard marksman rifle, imported [[PAL]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Walther MP|PM-M32/B1</br>''Imik''}}
!Equipment
| [[File:MP-L WALTHER 9MM.jpg|240px|center]]
! #
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Submachine gun
| {{wpl|10mm auto|10×25mm}}
|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|MG 3 machine gun|FM-XO28/A3</br>''Stulskabus 8''}}
|{{wp|Main battle tanks}}
| [[File:ODFEquipment MG3.png|300px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 650
| {{flag|North Ottonia}}
| Medium machinegun
| {{wpl|7.92×57mm|8×57mm}}
| Section support weapon and vehicle-mounted machinegun
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|FM-M03/A3</br>''Stulskabus 13''}}
|{{wp|Infantry fighting vehicles}}
| [[File:hotchkiss_1930_strip-fed.jpg|300px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1,726
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Heavy machinegun
| {{wpl|13.2mm TuF|13×92mm}}
| Vehicle-mounted machinegun
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|PGM Hécate II|FRCM-M70/A1}}
|{{wp|Armoured personnel carriers}}
| [[File:PGM Hecate.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1,276
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Anti-matériel rifle
| {{wpl|13.2mm TuF|13×92mm}}
| In limited use with special forces
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|ERYX|MP-M54/A2}}
|{{wp|Armoured cars}}
| [[File:ERYX-2ndFrInReg 2.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 842
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Portable ATGM
| 136mm
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|LGI Mle F1|LG-M58/A1</br>''Issoufir''}}
|{{wp|Self-propelled artillery}}
| [[File:LGI entrainement.jpg|100px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 223
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Grenade mortar
| 50mm
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|RGD-5#Poland|G-XO23/A5</br>''Dikra''}}
|{{wp|Towed artillery}}
| [[File:Rgd 5 hand grenade.jpeg|100px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 404
| {{flag|Ostrozava}}
| Hand grenade
|
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Mannlicher M1895|Mle 64/8}}
|{{wp|Soft-skinned vehicle|Unarmoured vehicles}}
| [[File:Mannlicher M1895 from the Swedish Army Museum.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 2,620
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Bolt-action rifle
| {{wpl|7.92×57mm|8×57mm}}
| Straight-pull action, in training and ceremonial use, limited conversion to marksman rifles
|}
|}


====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
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Type 90 tank|CM-A77/A2}}</br>''Izm''
| [[File:MU Tank A77A1.png|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}</br>{{flag|Ostrozava}}</br>{{flag|North Ottonia}}</br>{{flag|Tsurushima}}
| {{wpl|List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_generation#Third_generation|Third generation main battle tank}}
| 105mm rifled cannon</br>13mm machinegun</br>8mm machinegun
| Co-developed with the Ostrozavan OPUv.78 series, the North Ottonian [[M15/VII Olyfynt|M15/VII series]], and the Tsurushiman Type 90</br>Equipped with 105mm gun-launched AT missiles
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|BMPT Terminator|CM-A20/C2}}</br>''Tizmt''
| [[File:MU Tank A20C1.png|200px|center]]
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Fire support vehicle
| 2× 30mm autocannons</br>4× 136mm ATGM launchers</br>2× 50mm grenade launchers</br>13mm machinegun</br>8mm machinegun
| Built on the A20 chassis
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|AMX-30|CM-A20/B3}}</br>''Lancier''
!Equipment
| [[File:MU Tank A20B1.png|200px|center]]
! #  
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| {{wpl|List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_generation#Second_generation|Second generation main battle tank}}
| 105mm rifled cannon</br>13mm machinegun</br>8mm machinegun
|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Marder (IFV)|VBC-A40/A1}}</br>''Feneq''
|{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}
| [[File:MU Tank A40A3.png|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 210
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Infantry fighting vehicle
| 30mm autocannon</br>8mm machinegun
|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Marder (IFV)|VBR-A42/B1}}</br>''Basset''
|{{wp|Attack aircraft}}
| [[File:MU Tank A42B1.png|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 75
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Reconnaissance vehicle
| 90mm rifled cannon</br>8mm machinegun
| Built on the A40 chassis
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|AMX-30 AuF1|VBA-A69/A1}}</br>''Martel''
|{{wp|Attack helicopters}}
| [[File:MU Tank A69A1.png|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 36
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Self-propelled artillery
| 155mm howitzer
| Built on the A40 chassis
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Crotale (missile)|VA-A69/B2}}</br>''Zizouar''
|{{wp|Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C}}/{{wp|reconnaissance aircraft|recon aircraft}}
| [[File:MU Tank A69B2.png|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 14
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Mobile SAM platform
| 4× 136mm SAM launchers
| Built on the A40 chassis
|-
|-
! style="align: center;" colspan="6"  | Light vehicles
|{{wp|Tanker aircraft}}
| style="text-align:right; | 2
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|RMMV TG MIL range of trucks|CU-XNO68/A6</br>CU-XNO68/A10}}</br>''Dromadaire''
|{{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, 6x6 and 10x10 configurations
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Toyota Land Cruiser|CU-XT53/A1}}</br>''Linx''
|{{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
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Kamov_Ka-50#Ka-52K_"Katran"|HA-XT66/A2}}</br>''Kitakazé''
|{{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
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Airbus A310|AU-F51/A1}}
|{{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===
The Messidorian Navy Corps was formally established in 1839 and, unlike the Army Corps, had no effective predecessor. The first warships in 50 years were laid down in Aɣmatia shortly after. At present, the Navy Corps has 75 active warships in addition to several support vessels. The Periclean Fleet, the largest organizational unit of the corps, is headquartered in Port Isadore in Merovia, but the Union's shipbuilding industry is still largely based on Aɣmatia's coasts. Despite being generally restricted to the Periclean, the Navy Corps is effectively a blue water navy.
{{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]].


===Vessels in active service===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Class
!Image
!Role
!Displacement</br>(standard)
!Armament
!Number in service
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship|''Yu'tanuɣi''-class assault platform}}
| [[File:LST-4003 Kunisaki.jpg|200px|center]]
| {{wpl|Amphibious assault ship}}
| 14,300 tons
|
*1 × quad canister SAM battery
*2 × 30mm autocannons
*5 × helipads
| 3
| Carries up to 15 helicopters, 200 armoured vehicles,</br>720 infantry, and</br>2 ''Jran''-class landing craft
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Kongō-class destroyer|''Tamdda''-class destroyer}}
| [[File:JS Myōkō at Pearl Harbor, -27 Jun. 2012 a.jpg|200px|center]]
| Air-defense {{wpl|destroyer}}
| 7,500 tons
|
*1 × 100mm naval gun
*2 × 30mm autocannons
*8 × quad canister anti-ship missile battery
*1 × 90-cell multi-purpose missile battery
*6 × 325mm torpedo tubes
*1 × helipad
| 4
| Carries an HA-A66/D2 ''Azwu'' helicopter
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Asagiri-class destroyer|''Tmassa''-class frigate}}
| [[File:JS Yamagiri in Cruise(Left View).jpg|200px|center]]
| Anti-submarine {{wpl|frigate}}
| 3,500 tons
|
*1 × 100mm naval gun
*2 × 30mm autocannons
*2 × quad canister SAM battery
*2 × quad canister anti-ship missile battery
*2 × quad canister anti-sub missile battery
*6 × 325mm torpedo tubes
*1 × helipad
| 12
| Carries an HA-A66/D2 ''Azwu'' helicopter
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Yamagumo-class destroyer|''Azbar''-class frigate}}
| [[File:JMSDF DD-121 Yuugumo.jpg|200px|center]]
| Escort {{wpl|frigate}}
| 2,100 tons
|
*4 × 100mm naval gun
*2 × quad canister anti-ship missile battery
*2 × quad canister anti-sub missile battery
*6 × 325mm torpedo tubes
| 4
|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|JS Ishikari|''Bri''-class corvette}}
!Equipment
| [[File:DE226 ISHIKARI.JPG|200px|center]]
! #
| Escort {{wpl|corvette}}
| 1,300 tons
|
*1 × 100mm naval gun
*2 × quad canister anti-ship missile battery
*6 × 325mm torpedo tubes
*1 × 6-cell anti-sub missile battery
| 16
|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Harushio-class submarine|''Tillas''-class submarine}}
|{{wp|Aircraft_cruiser#Helicopter_cruisers|Helicopter cruisers}}
| [[File:SS-587 わかしお (3).jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1
| {{wpl|Attack submarine}}
| 2,800 tons</br>(submerged)
|  
*6 × 533mm torpedo tubes
*1 × 20-cell anti-ship missile battery
| 8
|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Fremantle-class patrol boat|''Tuhan''-class patrol vessel}}
|{{wp|Destroyers}}
| [[File:HMAS Gladstone 2010.JPG|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 4
| {{wpl|Patrol vessel}}
| 250 tons
|
*1 × 30mm autocannon
*2 × 13mm machine gun
| 10
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Sugashima-class minesweeper|''Mintirzi''-class minesweeper}}
|{{wp|Frigates}}
| [[File:JS Sugashima(MSC-681) left front view at Maizuru Naval Base July 29, 2017 01.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 6
| {{wpl|Minesweeper}}
| 600 tons
|
*1 × 30mm autocannon
| 10
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Towada-class replenishment ship|''Awɣaman''-class replenishment ship}}
|{{wp|Corvettes}}
| [[File:JS Towada returns to Hawaii, -2 Aug. 1998.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 5
| {{wpl|Replenishment ship}}
| 8,100 tons
|
*1 helipad
| 4
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|JS Asuka|''Zrskradaln''-class surveillance ship}}
|{{wp|Patrol ships}}
| [[File:Ase6102-H26,7,22.JPG|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3
| {{wpl|Spy ship}}
| 4,500 tons
|
*2 × quad cannister multi-purpose missile battery
*6 × 325mm torpedo tubes
| 4
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Chaland de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars|''Jran''-class landing craft}}
|{{wp|Attack submarines}}
| [[File:FS Rapiere.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3
| {{wpl|Tank landing ship}}
| N/A
|
*2 × 30mm autocannons
*2 × 13mm machine guns
| 6
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Kamov_Ka-50#Ka-52K_"Katran"|HA-A66/D2}}</br>''Azwu''
|{{wp|Minehunters}}
| [[File:Russian Navy, Kamov, Ka-52K (21444723505).jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3
| Submarine hunter helicopter
| N/A
|
*1 × 30mm autocannon
*2 × six canister anti-sub missile battery
*2 × 250 kg bombs
| 63
| Modified HA-XT51/A2 ''Kitakazé'' helicopter
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|HU-F34/B1}}</br>''Péloquin''
|{{wp|Auxiliary ship|Auxiliary ships}}
| [[File:USS Benfold Flight Operations (cropped).jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 1
| Transport/utility helicopter
| N/A
|
| 30
| Based on the HU-F34/A3 helicopter
|}
|}


==Messidorian Air Corps==
===Black Guard Corps===
The most recent branch of the Messidorian Armed Forces is the Messidorian Air Corps. Founded in 1920 after the Annexation of the Timna Strip, the Air Corps primarily provided aerial reconnaissance. Over the next few decades, the role and capabilities of military aircraft rapidly evolved. At present, the Air Corps is the only branch of service to maintain an active reserve force, owing in part to the amount of training required to operate and maintain a fleet of aircraft. The Air Corps is organized across two wings and includes several hundred aircraft. Any aircraft seconded to the Army or Navy Corps are provided and operated by the Air Corps. In addition to its military roles, the Air Corps also provides search and rescue and emergency airlift services. Many of these additional functions are performed by reservist members.
{{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.


===Aircraft in active service===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Model
!Image
!Origin
!Type
!Notes
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Dassault Mirage 4000|Ava 70}}
!Equipment
| [[File:Dassault Mirage 4000, France AN2164548.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
|-
|{{wp|Armoured cars}}
| style="text-align:right; | 205
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Dassault Mirage 2000|AAB-F47/B3}}</br>''Tiara''
|{{wp|Towed artillery}}
| [[File:Mirage 2000C in-flight 2 (cropped).jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 660
| {{flag|Messidor}}
| Multi-role fighter
| In use for training and reserve squadrons
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Kamov_Ka-50|HA-XT51/A2}}</br>''Kitakazé''
|{{wp|Soft-skinned vehicle|Unarmoured vehicles}}
| [[File:Ka-50 NTW 7 8 93.jpg|200px|center]]
| style="text-align:right; | 3,120
| {{flag|Tsurushima}}
| Attack/scout helicopter gunship
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|HU-F34/A3}}</br>''Péloquin''
|{{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}}
| Transport/utility helicopter
|  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{wpl|Airbus A310|AU-F51/A1}}
|{{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="text-align: center;"
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"
! !! OF-10 !! OF-9 !! OF-8 !! OF-7 !! OF-6 !! OF-5 !! OF-4 !! OF-3 !! OF-2 !! OF-1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Insignia'''|| [[File:Messidor OF-10.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-9.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-8.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-7.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-6.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-5.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-4.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-3.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-2.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OF-1.png|75px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Army Corps Rank'''|| Marshal of</br>the Corps || General || Lieutenant</br>General || Division</br>Commander || Brigadier || Colonel || Lieutenant</br>Colonel || Battalion</br>Commander || Company</br>Commander || Platoon</br>Commander
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Navy Corps Rank'''|| Marshal of</br>the Corps || Admiral || Vice</br>Admiral || Rear</br>Admiral || Commodore || Senior</br>Captain || Captain || Junior</br>Captain || Senior</br>Lieutenant || Lieutenant
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Air Corps Rank'''|| Marshal of</br>the Corps || General || Lieutenant</br>General ||  Division</br>Commander || Wing</br>Commander || Squadron</br>Commander || Flight</br>Captain || Junior</br>Captain || Senior</br>Lieutenant || Lieutenant
|}
|}


===Enlisted ranks===
==See also==
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px; style="text-align: center;"
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|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"
! !! OR-10 !! OR-9 !! OR-8 !! OR-7 !! OR-6 !! OR-5 !! OR-4 !! OR-3 !! OR-2 !! OR-1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Insignia'''|| [[File:Messidor OR-10.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-9.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-8.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-7.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-6.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-5.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-4.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-3.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-2.png|75px]] || [[File:Messidor OR-1.png|75px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Army Corps Rank'''|| Corps</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Regimental</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Battalion</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Company</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Platoon</br>Sergeant || Sergeant || Corporal || Senior</br>Soldier || Soldier || Recruit
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Navy Corps Rank'''|| Corps</br>Chief || Enlisted</br>Chief || Bridge</br>Chief || Deck</br>Chief || Watch</br>Chief || Watch</br>Sergeant || Senior</br>Sailor || Sailor || Junior</br>Sailor || Recruit
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Air Corps Rank'''|| Corps</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Wing</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Squadron</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Flight</br>Sergeant</br>Major || Watch</br>Chief || Watch</br>Sergeant || Senior</br>Airperson || Airperson || Junior</br>Airperson || Recruit


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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