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* Military: [[Ostmark]]
* Military: [[Velikoslavia]]
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[[File:Baronness Duclav.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Baroness Anastasia Duklav]]
[[File:Baronness Duclav.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Baroness Anastasia Duklav]]


Duklav's Legion was founded by Baroness Anastasia Duklav, erstwhile Lady of Duklav Castle in [[Nekulturnya]] and a paratroop officer. She was the scion of an ancient, and very well-connected aristocratic family. In border battles against [[Rabinovska]] in 2011, the 23-year old baronness fought as a junior officer. Taking command of a company in an emergency, she was wounded in action and decorated for valour. In the following years, as a committed nationalist, major, then lieutenant colonel Duklav loudly and publicly declaimed the political order in Nekulturnya and its perceived inability to counter potential foreign enemies. This led to clashes with established interests in the military establishment, and made her progressively more unpopular. The baronness was finally suspended on the basis of a drummed-up administrative charge in 2013. Incensed, she promptly resigned her commission and left the country.
Duklav's Legion was founded by Baroness Anastasia Duklav, erstwhile Lady of Duklav Castle in [[Schaumberg]] and an army officer who served successively in military intelligence and special forces. She was the scion of an ancient, and very well-connected aristocratic family. In the anti-monarchial rebellion of the 2010's, Major Duklav achieved notable success as an operations planner and company commander in the elite ''Jagdkommando'', being decorated for her efforts in combatting terrorism. She became an expert on unconventional and hybrid warfare, especially in the application of social media and information operation in conjunction with traditional, 'kinetic' means of military power. Her espousal of her strong opinions in how best to secure the realm led to clashes with established interests in the military, and made her progressively more unpopular. The baronness was finally suspended on the basis of a drummed-up administrative charge in 2018. Incensed, she promptly resigned her commission and left the country.


Duklav chose to base herself in [[Lion's Rock]], where she was allegedly approached by the Arthuristan [[Strategic Intelligence Bureau]] to form and train a mercenary legion. Reaching out to her contacts in the expatriates network, she recruited a large number of former officers and NCOs who had also fallen foul of the new army establishment, thereby forming the nucleus of the new mercenary company.  
Duklav chose to base herself in [[Lion's Rock]], where she was allegedly approached by Leonese intelligence to form and train a mercenary legion. Reaching out to her contacts in the expatriates network, she recruited a large number of former officers and NCOs who had also fallen foul of the new army establishment, thereby forming the nucleus of the new mercenary company.  


As of June 2017, Lady Duklav remains the head of the Legion, serving as both its military leader with the rank of colonel, as well as the commercial side as its managing director. Lieutenant Colonel Michal Kaminski serves as the Legion's second-in-command and executive officer, as well as the company's COO on the commercial side. Its highest ranking 'civilian' executive is its CFO Andrea Nishimura, formerly the head of Lion's Rock branch of [[San Carlo Hunterford Banking Corporation|SHBC]]. The Legion is home-based at [[Ostmark]], although its corporate headquarters is located in [[Lion's Rock]] where it is a public listed company.They have been active throughout the Belisarian continent and is capable of operating throughout the world.  
As of 2024, Baronness Duklav remains the head of the Legion, serving as both its military leader with the rank of colonel, as well as the commercial side as its managing director. Lieutenant colonel Michael Kaminski serves as the Legion's second-in-command and executive officer, as well as the company's COO on the commercial side. Its highest ranking 'civilian' executive is its CFO Andrea Nishimura, formerly the head of Lion's Rock branch of [[San Carlo Hunterford Banking Corporation|SHBC]]. The Legion's armed forces are home-based at [[Velikoslavia]], although its corporate headquarters is located in [[Lion's Rock]] where it is a public listed company.They have been active throughout throughout the world in military operations of various intensity.  


While the founding leadership had been predominantly Polnitsian exiles, the Legion recruits globally and as of 2017 it mainly uses Latin internally. Recruits do not swear allegiance to any nation state, but to the Legion itself. As its motto states, "''Legio Patria Nostra''" - the Legion is our Fatherland.
While the founding leadership had been predominantly Schaumbergers, the Legion recruits globally and as of 2024 it mainly uses Latin internally. Recruits do not swear allegiance to any nation state, but to the Legion itself. As its motto states, "''Legio Patria Nostra''" - the Legion is our Fatherland.


==Organisation==
==Organisation==
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Command and control is exercised by Legion Headquarters, which handles the usual command, communications and administrative functions. The Legion's main manoeuvre elements consists of three battalions. The 1st and 2nd Battalions are line air assault infantry units. The best recruits, or those ordinary Legionaries who show potential, can qualify for the Ranger Battalion. This unit is trained in parachuting, unconventional warfare and special operations, and is often hired separately from the rest of the regiment for missions such as force training and counter-terrorism. The Ranger Battalion also contains the Legion' Pathfinder Company, which marks the landing zone in an airborne or air assault operation, as well as specialising in the reconnaissance and surveillance roles, including {{Wp|long-range penetration}}.  
Command and control is exercised by Legion Headquarters, which handles the usual command, communications and administrative functions. The Legion's main manoeuvre elements consists of three battalions. The 1st and 2nd Battalions are line air assault infantry units. The best recruits, or those ordinary Legionaries who show potential, can qualify for the Ranger Battalion. This unit is trained in parachuting, unconventional warfare and special operations, and is often hired separately from the rest of the regiment for missions such as force training and counter-terrorism. The Ranger Battalion also contains the Legion' Pathfinder Company, which marks the landing zone in an airborne or air assault operation, as well as specialising in the reconnaissance and surveillance roles, including {{Wp|long-range penetration}}.  


These manoeuvre battalions are supported by an artillery battalion with three batteries of six {{Wp|L118 light gun}}s and one battery of eight {{Wp|Soltam K6|K6}} 120mm mortars, an air defence battery armed with thirty {{wp|RBS 70|MS-70}} firing posts, an engineer company, a signal company, a medical company, a CRBN defence company, a maintenance company and a logistics company. Like the Legion's combat elements, these components may be hired out separately to clients in need of such specialist assistance.  
These manoeuvre battalions are supported by an artillery battalion with three batteries of six {{Wp|M119 howitzer}}s and one battery of eight {{Wp|Soltam K6|K6}} 120mm mortars, an air defence battery armed with thirty {{wp|RBS 70|MS-70}} firing posts, an engineer company, a signal company, a medical company, a CRBN defence company, a maintenance company and a logistics company. Like the Legion's combat elements, these components may be hired out separately to clients in need of such specialist assistance.  


Operating intimately with these ground elements is the Legion's Aviation Group. It consists of a medium lift squadron with 32 [[Clios Peregrine]] medium lift helicopters, a heavy lift squadron with 8 {{wp|Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Aigios Heron}} helicopters, an attack squadron with 6 {{wp|Agusta A129 Mangusta|A129 Mongoose}} gunships and 6 {{wp|Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano|Super Tucano}} fixed wing attack aircraft and a small UAV squadron with {{wp|BAE Systems Phoenix|Phoenix}} drones.
Operating intimately with these ground elements is the Legion's Aviation Group. It consists of a medium lift squadron with 32 [[Clios Peregrine]] medium lift helicopters, a heavy lift squadron with 8 {{wp|Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Aigios Heron}} helicopters, an attack squadron with 6 {{wp|Agusta A129 Mangusta|A129 Mongoose}} gunships and 4 {{wp|Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano|Super Tucano}} fixed wing attack aircraft and a small UAV squadron with {{wp|AAI RQ-7 Shadow|Shadow}} drones.


===Small-unit organisation===
===Small-unit organisation===
[[File:SSR Patrol.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Legionnaires on patrol]]
[[File:SSR Patrol.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A Legionnaire recon team on patrol]]


An infantry battalion consists of a HQ element, three rifle companies, one fast attack company, a mortar battery of eight {{wp|L16 81mm mortar}}s, a scout/sniper section of six teams and a mini-UAV platoon equipped with {{wp|AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven}}.  
An infantry battalion consists of a HQ element, three rifle companies, one fast attack company, a mortar battery of eight 81mm mortars, a scout/sniper section of six teams and a mini-UAV platoon equipped with {{wp|AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven}}.  


A battalion is commanded by a Major, assisted by an executive officer with the rank of Senior Captain and a Battalion Sergeant Major with the rank of Warrant Officer.  
A battalion is commanded by a Major, assisted by an executive officer with the rank of Staff Captain and a Battalion Sergeant Major with the rank of Warrant Officer.  


The fast attack company consists of 18 [[BMI Jaguar]] combat cars in four platoons. Each platoon consists of four vehicles, which can be armed with machine guns, automatic grenade launchers or [[Vesper missile]]s as the situation dictates. The role of the fast attack company is to serve as the battalion's reconaissance and screening element, as well as a mobile strike force or anti-tank reserve.  
The fast attack company consists of 18 [[BMI Jaguar]] combat cars in four platoons. Each platoon consists of four vehicles, which can be armed with machine guns, automatic grenade launchers or {{wp|Spike (missile)|Spike-LR missile}}}}s as the situation dictates. The role of the fast attack company is to serve as the battalion's reconaissance and screening element, as well as a mobile strike force or anti-tank reserve.  


A rifle company consists of a command element (including a mortar battery observation party), three rifle platoons of three squads each, plus a heavy weapons platoon. The latter consists of a command team of three and eight two-men weapons teams armed with one [[Vesper missile]] launch unit, [[AT48 Recoilless Rifle]]s or medium machine guns each, as the situation dictates.
A rifle company consists of a command element (including a mortar battery observation party), three rifle platoons of three squads each, plus a heavy weapons platoon. The latter consists of a command team of three and eight two-men weapons teams armed with one Spike launch unit, {{Wp|Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle|84mm recoilless rifle}}s or medium machine guns each, as the situation dictates.


A company is commanded by a Captain, assisted by an executive officer with the rank of Lieutenant and a Company Sergeant Major with the rank of Staff Sergeant.  
A company is commanded by a Captain, assisted by an executive officer with the rank of Lieutenant and a Company Sergeant Major with the rank of Staff Sergeant.  
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A squad consists of nine men, organised into two fireteams of four, which forms the basis of manoeuvre and close combat. Each fireteam consists of a rifle-armed team leader, a light machine gunner armed with an {{wp|Ultimax 100}}, a rifle-armed assistant machine gunner who carries a spare barrel and extra ammunition, and a weapon specialist, who is either armed with a designated marksman rifle or an assault rifle attached with a 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher, usually one of each per squad.  
A squad consists of nine men, organised into two fireteams of four, which forms the basis of manoeuvre and close combat. Each fireteam consists of a rifle-armed team leader, a light machine gunner armed with an {{wp|Ultimax 100}}, a rifle-armed assistant machine gunner who carries a spare barrel and extra ammunition, and a weapon specialist, who is either armed with a designated marksman rifle or an assault rifle attached with a 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher, usually one of each per squad.  


Each squad is issued with at least six disposable [[Crossbow]] recoilless AT launchers or, if encounter with hostile heavy armour is likely, {{wp|MBT LAW}}. The Legion aims to equip each squad with at least two passive night vision goggles and two thermal sights each, predominantly models sourced from the commercial market.
Each squad is issued with at least six {{wp|AT4}} disposable launchers or, if encounter with hostile heavy armour is likely, {{wp|NLAW}}. The Legion aims to equip each squad with at least two passive night vision goggles and two thermal sights each, predominantly models sourced from the commercial market.


==Equipment==
==Equipment==
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|{{wp|Flecktarn}}||{{flag|Lyncanestria}}||Camouflage uniform||N/A||
|{{wp|Flecktarn}}||{{flag|Schaumberg}}||Camouflage uniform||N/A||
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|{{Wp|SPECTRA helmet}}||{{Flag|Lyncanestria}}||Combat helmet|| ||
|Model S|| ||Combat helmet|| ||An unauthorised copy of the Talaharan {{Wp|SPECTRA helmet|T101}}
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|{{Wp|Scalable Plate Carrier}}||{{flag|Belfras}} || Body armour|| ||
|{{Wp|Scalable Plate Carrier}}||{{flag|Belfras}} || Body armour|| ||
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|{{wp|HG 85|L109A1}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Fragmentation grenade||N/A||
|{{wp|HG 85}}||{{flag|Garima}}||Fragmentation grenade||N/A||
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|{{wp|Walther P99|P99}}||{{flag|Ghant}} ||{{wp|Pistol}}||9x19 parabellum||
|{{wp|SIG Sauer P226|P226}}||{{flag|Garima}} ||{{wp|Pistol}}||9x19 parabellum||The compact P229 variant is also in use.
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|{{wp|Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS|CBJ-MS}}|| {{flag|Ghant}} ||Sub-machine gun||9x19 parabellum, {{Wp|6.5×25mm CBJ}}||
|{{wp|Brügger & Thomet MP9|MP9}}|| {{flag|Garima}} ||Sub-machine gun||9x19 parabellum, {{Wp|6.5×25mm CBJ}}||
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|{{wp|Remington Model 870|Model 870}}||{{flag|Belfras}}  ||Shotgun||12 Gauge ||  
|{{wp|Remington Model 870|Model 870}}||{{flag|Belfras}}  ||Shotgun||12 Gauge ||  
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|[[BR-55_Assault_Rifle#BR-55C|BR-055C Carbine]]||{{flag|Belfras}}||Assault rifle||5.56x45|| The standard aiming device is the {{wp|C79 optical sight}}, which is gradually being replaced by a {{wp|Aimpoint CompM4|red dot close combat sight}} plus optional flip-down 3x telescopic magnifier. The standard combat infantry weapon has a 400mm barrel. Shorter 368mm barrels are used by certain reconaissance units and 262mm barrels are used by rear area personnel for self-defence.
|[[BR-55_Assault_Rifle#BR-55X|BR-55X]]||{{flag|Belfras}}||Assault rifle||5.56x45/7.62x51|| The Legion once utilised stock full-length, carbine and sub-carbine variants of the BR-55. In around 2020, these were modernised to the custom-made BR-55CX carbine (14.5-inch barrel) and BR-55UX compact (10.5-inch barrel) standards designed in collaboration with Naxos Arsenal around 2020. Standard optics are being upgraded from the old {{wp|C79 optical sight}} to the new {{wp|Specter (sight)|Specter OS 4x}} fixed magnification scope with an auxiliary red dot mounted over it. Red dots may also be found, mainly in the Ranger Battalion.  
 
The Legion also fields a number of BR-55MA3 marksman rifles chambered in 7.62x51mm, equipped with 17.5-inch barrels.
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|[[BR-55_Assault_Rifle#BR-55M|BR-55M]]|| {{flag|Belfras}}|| Marksman rifle || 5.56x45/7.62x51|| Both 5.56 and 7.62mm variants are in use, the former being more common. Generally equipped with a gripod, 6x scope and backup RDS
|{{wp|Desert Tech SRS|SRS}}||{{flag|Latium}}||Sniper rifle||.338 Magnum||Used in small quantities by dedicated sniper teams
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|{{wp|Accuracy International AWM|Arctic Warfare Magnum}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Sniper rifle||.338 Magnum||Used in small quantities by dedicated sniper teams
|{{wp|Desert Tech HTI|HTI}}||{{flag|Latium}}||Anti-material rifle||12.7x99||
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|{{wp|Accuracy International AS50|AS50}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Anti-material rifle||12.7x99||
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|{{wp|Ultimax 100}}||{{flag|Lion's Rock}} ||Light machine gun||5.56x45||
|{{wp|Ultimax 100}}||{{flag|Lion's Rock}} ||Light machine gun||5.56x45||
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|{{wp|CIS 40 AGL|CIL 40 AGL}}||{{flag|Lion's Rock}} ||Automatic grenade launcher||40mm grenade||
|{{wp|CIS 40 AGL|CIL 40 AGL}}||{{flag|Lion's Rock}} ||Automatic grenade launcher||40mm grenade||
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|[[GL09 Advanced Airburst Weapon]]||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Handheld automatic grenade launcher|| 25mm grenade ||A consignment was reportedly stolen from an Arthuristan armoury in 2016, before finding its way to the Legion via black market channels.
|{{Wp|AT4}}||{{flag|Ghant}}||Disposable AT launcher|| ||
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|[[Crossbow]]||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Disposable AT launcher|| ||
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|{{wp|Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle|RCL 84}}||{{flag|Ghant}}||Recoilless Rifle|| ||M3 and M4 variants in use
|{{wp|Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle|RCL 84}}||{{flag|Ghant}}||Recoilless Rifle|| ||M3 and M4 variants in use
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|{{wp|MBT LAW}}||{{flag|Ghant}}||Light man-portable ATGM|| ||
|{{wp|NLAW}}||{{flag|Ghant}}||Light man-portable ATGM|| ||
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|[[Vesper missile]]||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Man-portable ATGM|| ||
|{{Wp|Spike (missile)|Spike-LR}}||{{flag|Yisrael}}||Man-portable ATGM|| ||
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|{{Wp|RBS 70|MS-70}}|| {{flag|Ghant}} || MANPADS || ||  
|{{Wp|RBS 70|MS-70}}|| {{flag|Ghant}} || SHORADS || || Main anti-air weapon
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|{{Wp|FIM-92 Stinger|Stinger}}|| {{flag|Belfras}} || MANPADS || || Small quantities used by the Ranger Battalion
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| {{wp|L16 81mm mortar}} || {{flag|Arthurista}} || Infantry mortar ||81mm ||
| {{wp|81 KRH 71 Y}} || {{flag|Ghant}} || Infantry mortar ||81mm ||
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|{{wp|Soltam K6|K6}}||{{flag|Yisrael}} ||Heavy mortar||120mm||
|{{wp|Soltam K6|K6}}||{{flag|Yisrael}} ||Heavy mortar||120mm||
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|{{Wp|L118 light gun}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Towed gun||105mm||
|{{Wp|M119 howitzer}}||{{flag|Belfras}}||Towed gun||105mm||
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|[[BMI Jaguar]]|| {{flag|Belfras}} || Light general purpose vehicle || ||
|[[BMI Jaguar]]|| {{flag|Belfras}} || Light general purpose vehicle || ||
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|{{wp|Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle|HMATV}}|| {{flag|Arthurista}} || Light lorry || ||
|{{wp|Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle|HMATV}}|| {{flag|Garima}} || Light lorry || ||
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|{{wp|Bandvagn 206|Bv 206}}|| {{flag|Ghant}} || Light bandtrack || ||
|{{wp|Bandvagn 206|Bv 206}}|| {{flag|Ghant}} || Light bandtrack || ||
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|{{wp|Leyland 4-tonne truck|DAF T-244}}|| {{flag|Arthurista}} || General purpose lorry || ||
|{{wp|Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles|FMTV}}|| {{flag|Belfras}} || General purpose lorry || ||
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|{{wp|Marauder (vehicle)}}||{{Flag|Sydalon}}||MRAP|| ||
|{{wp|Marauder (vehicle)}}||{{Flag|Sydalon}}||MRAP|| ||
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|[[Clios Peregrine]]||{{flag|Belfras}} ||Medium lift helicopter|| ||32 in service, 5 spare  
|[[Clios Peregrine]]||{{flag|Belfras}} ||Medium lift helicopter|| ||32 in service, 5 spare  
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|{{wp|BAE Systems Phoenix|Phoenix}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}||UAV|| ||
|{{wp|Elbit Hermes 450|Hermes 450}}||{{flag|Yisrael}}||UAV|| ||
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|{{wp|Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano|Super Tucano}}|| {{flag|Sante Reze}}|| || ||6 in service, 1 spare
|{{wp|Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano|Super Tucano}}|| {{flag|Sante Reze}}|| || ||5 in service, 2 spare
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|{{wp|AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven|RQ-11 Raven}}||{{flag|Belfras}} ||Mini-UAV|| ||  
|{{wp|AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven|RQ-11 Raven}}||{{flag|Belfras}} ||Mini-UAV|| ||  
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|{{wp|Schiebel Camcopter S-100|S-100}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}  ||Mini-UAV|| ||  
|{{wp|Schiebel Camcopter S-100|S-100}}||{{flag|Garima}}  ||Mini-UAV|| ||  
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|{{wp|Black Hornet Nano}}||{{Flag|Arthurista}}||Micro-UAV|| ||
|{{wp|Aeritalia G.222|G.222}}||{{Flag|Latium}}||Transport aircraft|| ||Ex-[[Latin Air Force]], 3 in service
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|{{wp|MSTAR}}||{{flag|Arthurista}}||Battlefield surveillance radar|| ||
|{{wp|Man-portable_radar#PPE_PGSR-3i_‘Beagle’|Beagle}}||{{flag|Yisrael}}||Battlefield surveillance radar|| ||
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 25 November 2024

Duklav's Legion
Private
IndustryPrivate military, intelligence and security services contractor
Founded2012
FounderColonel Baronness Anastasia Duklav
Headquarters
ServicesPrivate military force
Number of employees
6,000 military, 1,000 corporate

The Duklav's Legion is a non-government armed force active in much of the world. It is legally a private military company incorporated in Lion's Rock and predominantly active in Belisaria. With some 6,000 'military employees' on its books, it is one of the largest and amongst the best equipped mercenary forces in the world. Its main competitors are the Volsung Regiment and the Awara Clan Incorporated.

History

Baroness Anastasia Duklav

Duklav's Legion was founded by Baroness Anastasia Duklav, erstwhile Lady of Duklav Castle in Schaumberg and an army officer who served successively in military intelligence and special forces. She was the scion of an ancient, and very well-connected aristocratic family. In the anti-monarchial rebellion of the 2010's, Major Duklav achieved notable success as an operations planner and company commander in the elite Jagdkommando, being decorated for her efforts in combatting terrorism. She became an expert on unconventional and hybrid warfare, especially in the application of social media and information operation in conjunction with traditional, 'kinetic' means of military power. Her espousal of her strong opinions in how best to secure the realm led to clashes with established interests in the military, and made her progressively more unpopular. The baronness was finally suspended on the basis of a drummed-up administrative charge in 2018. Incensed, she promptly resigned her commission and left the country.

Duklav chose to base herself in Lion's Rock, where she was allegedly approached by Leonese intelligence to form and train a mercenary legion. Reaching out to her contacts in the expatriates network, she recruited a large number of former officers and NCOs who had also fallen foul of the new army establishment, thereby forming the nucleus of the new mercenary company.

As of 2024, Baronness Duklav remains the head of the Legion, serving as both its military leader with the rank of colonel, as well as the commercial side as its managing director. Lieutenant colonel Michael Kaminski serves as the Legion's second-in-command and executive officer, as well as the company's COO on the commercial side. Its highest ranking 'civilian' executive is its CFO Andrea Nishimura, formerly the head of Lion's Rock branch of SHBC. The Legion's armed forces are home-based at Velikoslavia, although its corporate headquarters is located in Lion's Rock where it is a public listed company.They have been active throughout throughout the world in military operations of various intensity.

While the founding leadership had been predominantly Schaumbergers, the Legion recruits globally and as of 2024 it mainly uses Latin internally. Recruits do not swear allegiance to any nation state, but to the Legion itself. As its motto states, "Legio Patria Nostra" - the Legion is our Fatherland.

Organisation

Duklav's Legion organisational chart

Main components

The Duklav's Legion is organised as an air assault regimental combat team of around 5,000 personnel. A highly trained professional unit, the Legion is capable of operating across the full 'spectrum of warfare' in a wide variety of hostile environments, including jungle, mountain and urban operations.

Command and control is exercised by Legion Headquarters, which handles the usual command, communications and administrative functions. The Legion's main manoeuvre elements consists of three battalions. The 1st and 2nd Battalions are line air assault infantry units. The best recruits, or those ordinary Legionaries who show potential, can qualify for the Ranger Battalion. This unit is trained in parachuting, unconventional warfare and special operations, and is often hired separately from the rest of the regiment for missions such as force training and counter-terrorism. The Ranger Battalion also contains the Legion' Pathfinder Company, which marks the landing zone in an airborne or air assault operation, as well as specialising in the reconnaissance and surveillance roles, including long-range penetration.

These manoeuvre battalions are supported by an artillery battalion with three batteries of six M119 howitzers and one battery of eight K6 120mm mortars, an air defence battery armed with thirty MS-70 firing posts, an engineer company, a signal company, a medical company, a CRBN defence company, a maintenance company and a logistics company. Like the Legion's combat elements, these components may be hired out separately to clients in need of such specialist assistance.

Operating intimately with these ground elements is the Legion's Aviation Group. It consists of a medium lift squadron with 32 Clios Peregrine medium lift helicopters, a heavy lift squadron with 8 Aigios Heron helicopters, an attack squadron with 6 A129 Mongoose gunships and 4 Super Tucano fixed wing attack aircraft and a small UAV squadron with Shadow drones.

Small-unit organisation

A Legionnaire recon team on patrol

An infantry battalion consists of a HQ element, three rifle companies, one fast attack company, a mortar battery of eight 81mm mortars, a scout/sniper section of six teams and a mini-UAV platoon equipped with AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven.

A battalion is commanded by a Major, assisted by an executive officer with the rank of Staff Captain and a Battalion Sergeant Major with the rank of Warrant Officer.

The fast attack company consists of 18 BMI Jaguar combat cars in four platoons. Each platoon consists of four vehicles, which can be armed with machine guns, automatic grenade launchers or Spike-LR missile}}s as the situation dictates. The role of the fast attack company is to serve as the battalion's reconaissance and screening element, as well as a mobile strike force or anti-tank reserve.

A rifle company consists of a command element (including a mortar battery observation party), three rifle platoons of three squads each, plus a heavy weapons platoon. The latter consists of a command team of three and eight two-men weapons teams armed with one Spike launch unit, 84mm recoilless rifles or medium machine guns each, as the situation dictates.

A company is commanded by a Captain, assisted by an executive officer with the rank of Lieutenant and a Company Sergeant Major with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

A rifle platoon consists of three squads headed by a command team of three persons - an Ensign, a sergeant and a platoon signaller.

A squad consists of nine men, organised into two fireteams of four, which forms the basis of manoeuvre and close combat. Each fireteam consists of a rifle-armed team leader, a light machine gunner armed with an Ultimax 100, a rifle-armed assistant machine gunner who carries a spare barrel and extra ammunition, and a weapon specialist, who is either armed with a designated marksman rifle or an assault rifle attached with a 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher, usually one of each per squad.

Each squad is issued with at least six AT4 disposable launchers or, if encounter with hostile heavy armour is likely, NLAW. The Legion aims to equip each squad with at least two passive night vision goggles and two thermal sights each, predominantly models sourced from the commercial market.

Equipment

Personal equipment

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
Flecktarn  Schaumberg Camouflage uniform N/A
Model S Combat helmet An unauthorised copy of the Talaharan T101
Scalable Plate Carrier  Belfras Body armour
Small Arms Protective Insert  Belfras Trauma plate
MOLLE  Belfras
AN/PSQ-20  Belfras

Small arms

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
HG 85  Garima Fragmentation grenade N/A
P226  Garima Pistol 9x19 parabellum The compact P229 variant is also in use.
MP9  Garima Sub-machine gun 9x19 parabellum, 6.5×25mm CBJ
Model 870  Belfras Shotgun 12 Gauge
BR-55X  Belfras Assault rifle 5.56x45/7.62x51 The Legion once utilised stock full-length, carbine and sub-carbine variants of the BR-55. In around 2020, these were modernised to the custom-made BR-55CX carbine (14.5-inch barrel) and BR-55UX compact (10.5-inch barrel) standards designed in collaboration with Naxos Arsenal around 2020. Standard optics are being upgraded from the old C79 optical sight to the new Specter OS 4x fixed magnification scope with an auxiliary red dot mounted over it. Red dots may also be found, mainly in the Ranger Battalion.

The Legion also fields a number of BR-55MA3 marksman rifles chambered in 7.62x51mm, equipped with 17.5-inch barrels.

SRS  Latium Sniper rifle .338 Magnum Used in small quantities by dedicated sniper teams
HTI  Latium Anti-material rifle 12.7x99
Ultimax 100  Lion's Rock Light machine gun 5.56x45
MG 710  Latium General purpose machine gun 7.62x51
CIL50MG  Lion's Rock Heavy machine gun 12.7x99
M203 grenade launcher  Belfras Underbarrel grenade launcher 40mm grenade
MGL  Belfras Multi-launch handheld grenade launcher 40mm grenade
CIL 40 AGL  Lion's Rock Automatic grenade launcher 40mm grenade
AT4  Ghant Disposable AT launcher
RCL 84  Ghant Recoilless Rifle M3 and M4 variants in use

Anti-tank guided missiles

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
NLAW  Ghant Light man-portable ATGM
Spike-LR  Yisrael Man-portable ATGM

Anti-air systems

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
MS-70  Ghant SHORADS Main anti-air weapon
Stinger  Belfras MANPADS Small quantities used by the Ranger Battalion

Artillery

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
81 KRH 71 Y  Ghant Infantry mortar 81mm
K6  Yisrael Heavy mortar 120mm
M119 howitzer  Belfras Towed gun 105mm

Land vehicles

Description Origin Type Variants Notes
BMI Jaguar  Belfras Light general purpose vehicle
HMATV  Garima Light lorry
Bv 206  Ghant Light bandtrack
FMTV  Belfras General purpose lorry
Marauder (vehicle)  Sydalon MRAP

Aviation

Description Origin Type Variants Notes
A129 Mongoose  Latium Attack helicopter 6 in service, 2 spare,
Aigios Heron  Belfras Heavy lift helicopter 8 in service, 3 spare,
Clios Peregrine  Belfras Medium lift helicopter 32 in service, 5 spare
Hermes 450  Yisrael UAV
Super Tucano  Sante Reze 5 in service, 2 spare
RQ-11 Raven  Belfras Mini-UAV
S-100  Garima Mini-UAV
G.222  Latium Transport aircraft Ex-Latin Air Force, 3 in service

Radars

Description Origin Type Variants Notes
Beagle  Yisrael Battlefield surveillance radar
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