Reichswehr (Mascylla)

Imperial Defence of Mascylla
Maskillische Reichswehr
Logo of the Reichswehr
Motto	Das Schwert und Schild des Reiches. (The Sword and Shield of the Realm.)
Founded	29 July 1793 Current form founded on 15 April 1959
Service branches	Mascyllary Army (Reichsheer) Mascyllary Navy (Marine) Mascyllary Air Force (Luftheer) Reichswehr Joint Medical Service (Reichswehrmedizinbasis) Joint Support Services (Streitkräftebasis)
Headquarters	Königsreh, Mascylla
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Queen Dorothea I (de jure) Prime Minister Thomas Falkner (de facto)
Minister of Defence	Rüdiger Meißert
Chief of the General Defence Staff	Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Brünar, Army
Personnel
Military age	18
Conscription	None (suspended since 2002)
Active personnel	226,031 (2020) (ranked 2nd)
Reserve personnel	89,120 (2020)
Deployed personnel	28,000
Expenditure
Budget	Ӄ80.2 billion (US$92.1 billion) (2019)
Percent of GDP	2.2%
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Albatross Öhrenwerftewerk Schütze & Gneisau Wiesar Verteidigung Brecht-Gühren GmBH AGA
Foreign suppliers	Dulebia Sarrac Lavaria
Annual exports	Ӄ19.9 billion (US$12.4 billion) (2018)
Related articles
History	List of engagements War of the Five Kings Cuthish Revolutionary War Adwhinish Peasants' Revolt Second Cutho-Mascyllary War Karsk Sea War Ao War Great War Dulebian Civil War Cuthish Civil War Mascyllary Revolution Western War Melasian Crisis Great Game Kenlongese War Chasunese War Akawhk Crisis Other

The Imperial Defence of Mascylla, or interchangibly called the Mascyllary Reichswehr (Hesurian: Maskillische Reichswehr) or simply the Reichswehr, is the armed forces of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla and their adjacent civil administration and authorities, being divided into a sole military part (armed forces or Stretkräfte) and a civilian counterpart (Zivilverwaltung). Its service branches encompass the Mascyllary Army (Reichsheer), the Mascyllary Navy (Marine), the Mascyllary Naval Marine Corps (Marinekorps), the Mascyllary Air Force (Luftheer), the Reichswehr Joint Medical Service (Reichswehrmedizinbasis), and the Joint Support Services (Streitkräftebasis).

The Reichswehr has historically played a major role in the history of Mascylla as a whole, beginning with the political unification of the country through the military victory of the leading Kingdom of Aldia and Elbgau Confederation in 1793. It was a central aspect and part of societal culture, interior, foreign and colonial policy in the Mascyllary Kingdom (1793–1923), and enabled a pivotal contribution to the eventual victory of Mascylla and the Armala Coalition over the Central Alliance, mostly the Cuthish Empire, during the Great War (1911–16). Subsequently, the armed forces and its leadership were an important political power in the Mascyllary Revolution (1923–24) and struggling May Republic, the 1923 Pereuth mutiny of Mascyllary sailors and Flussmund army revolt being the initial instigators of the civil unrest, acting as a deep state and cadre army before ultimately pledging loyalty to the republic in return for a post-revolution constitutional monarchy under Maximilian I. The onset of the Great Game once again underlined the military's importance, and the need for a modern and sophisticated armed forces precipitated the Act for National Security in 1959, re-organizing it to its current form by merging multiple offices into the Ministry of Defence and reworking the command structure of its branches.

Though the Monarch is traditionally the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the Prime Minister de facto maintains this position jointly with the Minister of Defence of the Realm during peacetime, although the Monarch may supersede the Prime Minister's powers by a two-thirds majority consent in the Reichsrat and on the behalf and agreement of a Counselor of Defence (Verteidigungskonsul) proposed by the government. Despite these offices having significant powers, the ability to mobilize forces is vested in the Reichsrat, which can declare a state of war, accordingly with the Ministry of Defence of the Realm. The armed forces are administered by the Security Committee (Sicherheitskommittee) of the Ministry of Defence, headed by the Minister of Defence, which is in turn advised by the General Defence Staff (Allgemeiner Verteidigungsstab), composed by statute of the most highly-ranking military officers and chaired by a Chairman. The Reichswehr is one of the world's largest armed forces by personnel size, and even though conscription has been temporarily suspended since 2002, it has been able to derive its personnel from long-lasting enthusiasm by the public as paid volunteers. It is generally considered to have access to power projection capabilities on a global scale, contributes significantly to BDTA collective security and defense spending with the single-highest military budget in the world, and possesses up to 390 strategic nuclear weapons under a nuclear triad doctrine and nuclear sharing agreement with Falland.

Armed forces branches

Navy

Main article: Mascyllary Navy

Army

Main article: Mascyllary Army

Air Force

Main article: Mascyllary Air Force