Romaian Army

Romaian Army
Ρωμαϊκός Στράτος
Coat of Arms
Country	Romaia
Branch	Romaian Armed Forces
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	162.768 (2019)
Headquarters	Constantinoupoli
Patron	Saint George
Motto(s)	Ελευθέρια ή Θάνατος (Freedom or Death)
Colors	Red
March	"March of Heroes"
Equipment	List
Engagements	First Romaian War of Independence Second Romaian War of Independence Romaian-Ishafani War Great War
Decorations	1 Cavalier Cross of Order of Saint George 4 Military Medals 2 Medals of Liberation 4 Crosses of Military Valour 1 Resistance Medals
Commanders
Commander in Chief	Ioannis IV
Chief of Staff of the Romaian Army	Colonel General Iraklis Kastamonitis
Insignia
Flag
Shoulder insignia
Subdued shoulder insignia
Insignia
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter	Aetos

Heracles 2 tank on an exercise near Kavallaria

The Romaian Army (Greek: Ρωμαϊκός Στράτος) is the land-based component of the Romaian Armed Forces. The army's history dates back to the Army of Kingdom of Romaia. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Ares infantry fighting vehicle and the Heracles 2 tank. The headquarters of the Army General Staff are located in Constantinoupoli. The army is an all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel.

History

The Romaian Army dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Romaia in 1805.

Recent history

In 2008 the Structure reform has begun, all the divisions were abolished and the regiments formed into brigades that are subordinated directly to Army Corps. By 2016, the Brigade Modernization project was completed and its headquarters, the Brigade Modernization Command, was renamed the Joint Modernization Command, or JMC. The Modern army deployment doctrine is concentrated around Brigade Combat teams and combined operations.

After the reform the brigades are subdivided into 3 main types: armoured brigades on Heracles 2 main battle tanks and ARES tracked IFVs, high-mobility mechanised brigades on ATOM wheeled IFVs and light infantry brigades on Panthira and Rhino-S MRAPs.

Ranks

Main article: Romaian Army ranks

Organisation

Army General Staff (Constantinoupoli)

• Army Aviation Command (Nikaia)
• Army Special Forces Command
• Macedones Command
  • 56th Macedones Brigade (Nikaia)
  • Macedones Brigade "Macedones tis Pellas" (Pella)
  • 78th Mountain Artillery Brigade (Celendria)
  • 33rd Macedones Brigade (Panormo)
• Army Support Command
  • XXth Transport Brigade (Adras)
  • 87th Support Brigade (Adras)
  • 43rd Maintenance Brigade (Adras)
  • 93rd Support Brigade (Pella)
  • 21st Maintenance Brigade (Pella)
  • 108th Support Brigade (Palaiokastro)
  • 188th Maintenance Brigade (Palaiokastro)
  • XXth Transport Brigade (TBD)
  • XXth Support Brigade (TBD)
  • XXrd Maintenance Brigade (TBD)
• Army Training Command
• Army Land Forces Command
  • 1st Army (Adras)
    • 1st Army Corps (Adras)
      • Mechanised Brigade "Klaudia" (Adras)
      • Skoupeutes Brigade "Tripolitiki" (Tripoli)
      • Armoured Brigade "Hagiou Nikolaou" (Adras)
    • 2nd Army Corps (Loukania)
      • Mechanised Brigade "Dragonoi Loukanias" (Pella)
      • Skoupeutes Brigade "Mediolania" (Mediolano)
      • Armoured Brigade "Loukania" (Pella)
    • 3rd Army Corps (Korkyra)
      • 27th Armoured Brigade (TBD)
      • 41th Armoured Brigade (TBD)
      • 63th Mechanised Brigade (TBD)
  • 2nd Army (Constantinoupoli)
    • 4th Army Corps (Nikaia)
      • Mechanised Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Skoupeutes Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Armoured Brigade TBD (TBD)
    • 5th Army Corps (Constantinoupoli)
      • Mechanised Brigade "Grenadieroi tis Apollonias" (Constantinoupoli)
      • Skoupeutes Brigade "Anthoussa" (TBD)
      • Armoured Brigade "Katafraktoi Apollonias" (TBD)
    • 6th Army Corps (Plataia)
      • Armoured Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Armoured Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Mechanised Brigade TBD (TBD)
  • 3rd Army (Kelendria)
    • 7th Army Corps (Narona)
      • Mechanised Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Skoupeutes Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Armoured Brigade TBD (TBD)
    • 8th Army Corps (Celendria)
      • Mechanised Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Skoupeutes Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Armoured Brigade "Katafraktoi tis Parthinias" (Celendria)
    • 9th Army Corps (Lakedonia)
      • Armoured Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Armoured Brigade TBD (TBD)
      • Mechanised Brigade TBD (TBD)
• Army Combat Support Command
  • Artillery Command
    • 4th Artillery Brigade (Laria)
    • 9th Artillery Brigade (TBD)
    • 18th Artillery Brigade (TBD)
    • XXth Artillery Brigade (TBD)
    • XXth Artillery Brigade (TBD)
    • XXth Artillery Brigade (TBD)
  • Anti-aircraft Artillery Command
    • 104th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Adras)
    • 105th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Pella)
    • 106th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Palaiokastro)
    • XXXth Air Defence Artillery Regiment (TBD)
    • XXXth Air Defence Artillery Regiment (TBD)
    • XXXth Air Defence Artillery Regiment (TBD)
  • Engineer Command

• • Signal Command

Unit organisation

The basic deployable unit of maneuver in the Romaian Army is the brigade. A brigade consists of one combat arms branch maneuver brigade, and its assigned support and fire units. A brigade is normally commanded by a brigadier general. A brigade contains combat support and combat service support units necessary to sustain its operations. A standard brigade contain organic artillery training and support. There are three types of brigades: Skoupeftes, Mechanised, and Armoured. Currently, the Romaian Army is structured around the brigade.

Skoupeftes brigade

The Skoupeftes brigade, as of 2014, contains about 4,500 soldiers and is organized around three battalions of infantry. Each type of brigade has the same basic organization. Virtually every skoupeftes brigade is equipped and capable of air assault operations. Also, most units typically maneuver in Panthira IMV when deployed and operate as "motorized infantry" to facilitate speed of movement. The Skoupeftes brigade can conduct entry operations by ground, air, and amphibious means.

The Skoupeftes brigade consists of seven battalions: one reconnaissance battalion, one brigade support battalion, one engineer battalion, three skoupeftes battalions and one field artillery battalion.

Standard Skoupeftes Brigade

Mechanised brigade

Standard Mechanised Brigade

The Mechanised brigade is a mechanized infantry force structured around the ATOM eight-wheeled IFV. A full ATOM brigade was intended to be air transportable into theatre within 96 hours, while a division-sized force is expected to need 120 hours. The Mechanised brigade is an organic combined arms unit of lightly-armoured, medium-weight wheeled vehicles, and is organized differently from the skoupeftes or armoured brigades. The Mechanised brigades are being used to implement network-centric warfare doctrines, and are intended to fill a gap between the Romaia's highly mobile light infantry and its much heavier armoured infantry. The brigade also receives training in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense).

Each Mechanised brigade consists of three infantry battalions, one reconnaissance battalion, one artillery battalion, one brigade support battalion, one brigade headquarters and headquarters company, and one brigade engineer battalion. A Mechanised brigade is made up of more than 300 ATOM vehicles and 4,500 soldiers.

Armoured brigade

Standard Armoured Brigade

The Armoured brigade is the army's primary armoured force. It is designed around combined arms battalions (CABs) that contain both Heracles 2 tanks and Ares infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Other vehicles, such as Panthira and armored personnel carriers, operate in a supporting role.

An armoured brigade consists of seven battalions: three combined arms battalions, one reconnaissance battalion, one artillery battalion, one engineer battalion and one brigade support battalion. As of 2014, the armored brigade combat team is the largest brigade combat team formation with 4,743 soldiers.

A Brigade includes 87 Heracles 2, 152 Ares IFVs, 18 Y158 and 45 armed TBD vehicles. The range of the Heracles 2 limits the brigade to 550 km. The brigade can self-transport 738,100 L of fuel, which is transported by 15 19,000 L TBD tankers and 48 9,500 L TBD tankers.

Equipment

Main article: List of equipment of the Romaian Army

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  Heracles 2 of the Armoured Brigade "Katafraktoi tis Apollonias" during an exercise.

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  Aetos attack helicopter during maneouvres.

Uniforms

Service uniform

Summer service uniform

Combat uniform

The Romaian Army uses uniforms that can be divided into three different "families", and hold strict rules that apply to the type of textile, color and badge of the uniforms. These include: the Regular Uniform, the Service Combat Uniform, and the Ceremonial Uniform (only for officials).

The Regular Uniform

The Regular Uniform comes in summer and winter versions differing exclusively in textiles used. A single-breasted jacket with four buttons and four pockets, and trousers with a classic cut and front pleats with five pockets. The uniform is completed by a necktie, brown shoes, khaki socks, and a shako.

The Service Combat Uniform

The Service Combat Uniform is most commonly used out of the three "families" and is distributed to all soldiers with the same mimetic pattern. The uniform comprises a patrol cap, a five-button closure jacket with two internal pockets, and trousers with four pockets. Accessories completing the uniform include gloves, special footwear and a t-shirt with short or long sleeves, depending on the season.