Royal Acrean Army

Royal Acrean Army Hæren Heer Armée
Active	16 January 1432 - Present
Country	Acrea
Type	Army
Size	433,264 active duty personnel 352,667 Army Reserve personnel 400,523 Regular Reserve personnel 1,186,454 total
Part of	Acrean Armed Forces
Headquarters	Trier
Motto(s)	"För allt vi har och allt vi är"
Engagements	Kunhegyes Conflict Ruvelkan Civil War Great Eracuran War Liberation War Refusal War Zemplen War Midsummer War
Commanders
Chief of the Army	Eirik Stordalen

The Royal Acrean Army is the land warfare branch of the Acrean Armed Forces. It is the oldest branch of the armed forces. The official commander-in-chief of the Acrean Armed Forces and therefore the Army is the Crown, however the Chancellor has served as the de facto commander-in-chief on behalf of the Crown since the early 20th Century. The Army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and is led by the Chief of the General Staff.

First established in 1432, the Acrean Army is one of the oldest standing modern armies in Tyran. The formation of a standing Army was done as a consequence of the Ivorian Reforms; the Acrean Empire had been one of the first civilisation to create a standing army, made up of professional soldiers who dedicated years of service before retiring. The first regiments of professional soldiers that were stood up consisted primarily of former Acrean mercenaries. These men were experienced, trained, and favoured the prospect of a regular wage and the accompanying security that came along with it.

The Army is the largest Acrean military branch. It has three main components- the active-duty Army, the Army Reserve, and the Regular Reserve. The active-duty Army consists of the professional regular army, and at the end of 2020 had approximately 481,000 personnel. Conscription for the regular army became unenforced in 1990, as the military's active-duty components moved to an entirely professional force. Both the Army Reserve and the Regular Reserve make up the Acrean Army Reserve Forces, with the Army Reserve serving as the upper echelon and the Regular Reserve as the lower echelon. The Army Reserve, Army comprising the volunteer reserve force, is kept to a much higher readiness and training standard than the Regular Reserve. Its personnel are required to attend regular drill training at least once a month, and two-week trainings three times annually. They receive higher priority for equipment, however the equipment generally trickles down from the regular army. Soldiers who are transitioning from active duty service to Army Reserve service are allowed to keep their already issued equipment for the duration of their contract. As a consequence of their greater time commitment, Army Reserve personnel are also afforded higher pay compensation than the Regular Reserves.

Doctrine

The Acrean Army bases its doctrine in martial traditions which emphasise discipline and decisive action, placing great importance upon the relative autonomy of tactical-level commanders to prosecute maneuvers in order to attain objectives how they best see fit, called mission-type-tactics. The Acrean form of mission-type tactics, Uppdragsåtgärd, was first codified by Acrean General Ludvig Syrén in 1870. Uppdragsåtgärd emphasises five base tenets: 1. Tydlig avsikt (clear intent), 2. Skiktadkommando (layered command), 3. Hastighet och manøver (speed and maneuver), 4. Riktad åtgärd (targeted action), and 5. Försiktig aggressivitet (cautious aggression). The first tenet, Tydlig avsikt, states that subordinate commanders must clearly understand the intent of their orders, which must be given as succinctly as possible. This is to ensure that in conducting an order, that subordinate commanders can not only conduct it in the most effective way possible, but so they not proceed in such a way that their actions undermine the intent of an order, even if achieving the ostensible objective laid out. The second tenet, Skiktadkommando, is literally translated as "layered command". This references the necessity for subordinate commanders to be trained to think and act independently, as well as be able to perform at at least one level of command above their own. Hastighet och manøver refers to the conduct of actions. It stipulates that maneuver must be conducted "in a speedy fashion", in order to disrupt and overwhelm enemy's decision-making cycle, rendering them unable to respond in a cohesive and effective manner. Riktad åtgärd refers to focusing operations against identified critical points of the enemy's decision-making chain, whether it be by disrupting communication or destroying the assets necessary to carry out particular actions; the desired end result is to paralyse the enemy's ability to act. The last tenet, Försiktig aggressivitet, refers to due diligence in the aggressive employment of forces typically practiced by Acrean commanders at both tactical and operational levels. The tenet recognises that although aggressive, violent, and rapid action could provide a decisive action, the autonomy and flexibility available to tactical Acrean commanders means that decisions which are tactically sound in affecting the enemy may present vulnerabilities after the fact. One oft-cited example from the Great Eracuran War is Operation Kedja, the invasion of Svinia, during which an extremely effective and rapid Acrean armoured advance across eastern Svinia's open plains outpaced follow-up infantry and stretched Acrean lines along long, thin, vulnerable corridors. Attacks against the corridors resulted in several tactical Acrean defeats as rear troops were engaged by Svinian forces, and encirclement was only prevented by the inability of Svinian forces to mount a coordinated counterattack and the timely arrival of follow-up Acrean motorised infantry.

Organisation

The highest level of command in the Acrean Army is the Acrean Armed Forces Headquarters (Nordic: Högkvarteret), or HKV, led by the Supreme Commander (Nordic: Överbefälhavaren) and which reports to the Chief of Defence Staff. Subordinate to the HKV is the Army Command (Nordic: Hærenskommando), led by the Chief of the Army.

The combat strength of the Acrean Army is organised into two Army Groups- Army Group North (AGN), commanded by Gen. Solveig Stensrud, and Army Group Center (AGC), commanded by Gen. Fredrik Rasmussen. The active duty component of the Acrean Army is composed of four field armies: 6th Army in Götland and 1st Army in Nyland under AGN, and 2nd Army in Visingsö with the 8th Army in Côte d'Or under AGC. Together, the four field armies comprise a combat strength of 21 active duty combat divisions, and are supplemented by a further 17 reserve divisions.

Personnel

Rank Structure

Generals

• OF-10: General
• OF-9: Generalløytnant
• OF-8: Generalmajor
• OF-7: Brigader

Field Officers

• OF-6: Oberst
• OF-5: Oberstløytnant
• OF-4: Major
• OF-3: Stabskaptein
• OF-3: Kaptein
• OF-2: Oberløytnant
• OF-1: Løytnant
• OF(T): Kadett

Enlisted

• OR-9: Sersjantmajor
• OR-8: Kommandsersjant
• OR-7: Sersjant 1. Klasse
• OR-6: Stabssersjant
• OR-5: Sersjant
• OR-4: Stabskorporal
• OR-4: Korporal
• OR-3: Visekorporal 1. Klasse
• OR-2: Visekorporal
• OR-1: Privat
• OR(T): Rekrut

Equipment

Main article: List of equipment of the Acrean Army