Volsung Regiment

Volsung Regiment

Type	Private
Industry	Private military, intelligence and security services contractor
Founded	2012
Founder	Colonel Sigurd Olafsson
Headquarters	Keuland
Services	Private military force
Number of employees	3,600 military, 600 corporate

The Volsung Regiment is a non-government armed force active in much of the world. It is legally a private military company incorporated and based in Keuland. As of 2020 it has some 3,600 'military employees' on its books, of which roughly 50% consist of defectors from the Valgtean military or security services.

Overview

Keuland has always been a destination for Valgtean defectors. The linguistic proximity between the two states makes it easier for such people to adapt to life in a radically different world outside of the theocratic totalitarian rule of the Supreme Prophet. A significant portion of these defectors consist of former members of the Blessed Army or the Ecclesia Guard, usually career officers and non-commissioned officers rather than conscripts. These people already possess military training but lack many of the qualifications needed to thrive in a modern capitalist economy. Accordingly, many turn to the only skill which they have thoroughly mastered, that being the employment of arms.

Whilst most defectors formerly chose to serve in the Keuland military, Sigurd Olaffson was the first to realise the potential of a fighting regiment with its core based on former Valgteans. Formerly a staff officer in the Valgtean Naval Infantry, he was forced to flee the country in the wake of Marcus the Purifier's purge of the Valgtean security system soon after the latter's ascension as Supreme Prophet. Whilst Olafsson survived, his family were hunted down and executed. Olafsson used his organisational talents to found a military unit which is run as a commercial enterprise, attracting the latent pool of skilled military personnel residing in Keuland and forged it into a formidable private military company.

Reputation

The Volsung Regiment has often been compared with another major Belisarian PMC, the Duklav's Legion. Compared to the latter, the Volsung Regiment is measurably smaller and less well-resourced. However, compared with the Legion's reputation for clinical professionalism, the Regiment is reknown for its ferocity and ruthlessness. In particular, whilst it will scrupulously adhere to the laws and customs of war when taking prisoners of uniformed personnel from 'regular' armies and other mercenary organisations, it has been known to execute insurgents or even insurgent-backing civilians out of hand, especially where they back a Valgtean-supported cause.

Organisation

The Volsung Regiment consists of two mechanised infantry battalions and supporting arms. Roughly 50% of its personnel are Valgtean defectors. The remainder is comprised of a mix of native Keulanders and recruits from around the world. For these reasons, Latin is used as the main command language, although Nordic is also widely spoken.

Infantry battalions

Each infantry battalion is primarily mounted on XA-200 armoured personnel carriers. It comprises of three infantry companies, a mortar platoon equipped with six self-propelled 120mm mortars and a scout-sniper platoon.

Each infantry company in turn can be broken down into a company HQ, three infantry platoons, and a 81mm mortar platoon with three 5-men mortar teams.

Each rifle platoon consists of three eight-men squads, two two-men GPMG teams, a platoon sergeant and a platoon commander. Each squad is divided into two four-men fireteams. A platoon is provided with two launch units for Vesper missiles and, when defending against an attack by heavy armour, the third squad of a platoon would be used to form two dedicated anti-tank teams.

Supporting elements

The infantry battalions of the Regiment are supported by the following elements:

• Artillery Battalion (18x self-propelled 155mm Vulcan AMFG in three batteries)
• Anti-air Company (12x ASRAD-R SHORAD systems mounted on XA-200 APC chassis plus Giraffe radar system)
• Fast Attack Company (22x Apollo Motors Battleaxe, armed with machine guns, grenade launchers or Vesper missile)
• Engineer Company
• Medical Company
• Signal Company
• Logistics Company
• Maintenance Company
• Drone platoon

Equipment

Description	Origin	Type	Ammunition	Notes
M98 battle uniform	Keuland	Camouflage uniform	N/A
Future Assault Shell Technology helmet	Belfras	Combat helmet		replaced the Ghantish 'Helmet 90'
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
P99	Ghant	Pistol	9x19 parabellum
CBJ-MS	Ghant	Sub-machine gun	9x19 parabellum, 6.5×25mm CBJ
Model 870	Belfras	Shotgun	12 Gauge
F516	Lyncanestria	Assault rifle	5.56x45	Equipped with a red dot close combat sight plus optional flip-down 3x telescopic magnifier.
FA-4 rifle	Ghant	Battle rifle/marksman rifle	7.62x51	Predominantly used as a marksman rifle. Aaround 2-3 are distributed per platoon.
Arctic Warfare Magnum	Arthurista	Sniper rifle	.338 Magnum	Used in small quantities by dedicated sniper teams
AS50	Arthurista	Anti-material rifle	12.7x99
Ultimax 100	Lion's Rock	Light machine gun	5.56x45
MG 710-3	Garima	General purpose machine gun	7.62x51
CIL50MG	Lion's Rock	Heavy machine gun	12.7x99
M320 Grenade Launcher Module	Belfras	Underbarrel grenade launcher	40mm grenade
MGL	Tulura	Multi-launch handheld grenade launcher	40mm grenade
CIL 40 AGL	Lion's Rock	Automatic grenade launcher	40mm grenade
Crossbow	Arthurista	Disposable AT launcher
84mm RCL	Ghant	Recoilless Rifle

Anti-tank guided missiles

Description	Origin	Type	Ammunition	Notes
MBT LAW	Ghant	Light man-portable ATGM
Vesper missile	Arthurista	Man-portable ATGM

Anti-air systems

Description	Origin	Type	Ammunition	Notes
ASRAD-R	Ghant	SHORAD		Mounted on XA-200 APC chassis

Artillery

Description	Origin	Type	Ammunition	Notes
MM71	Ghant	Infantry mortar	81mm	Company-level weapon
Cardom	Yisrael	Self-propelled mortar system	120mm	Mounted on XA-200 APC chassis
Vulcan AMFG	Arthurista	Heavy self-propelled rifled mortar	120mm	Mounted on XA-200 APC chassis

Land vehicles

Description	Origin	Type	Variants	Notes
Apollo Motors Battleaxe	Arthurista	Light general purpose vehicle
HMATV	Arthurista	Light lorry
Bv 206	Ghant	Light bandtrack
DAF T-244	Arthurista	General purpose lorry
XA-200	Ghant	APC

Aviation

Description	Origin	Type	Variants	Notes
Phoenix	Arthurista	UAV
RQ-11 Raven	Belfras	Mini-UAV

Radars

Description	Origin	Type	Variants	Notes
MSTAR	Arthurista	Battlefield surveillance radar
Giraffe radar	Ghant	Air surveillance radar