Equipment of the Commonwealth Army
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This page sets out the weaponry and equipment of the Arthuristan Commonwealth Army.
Clothing and armour
- Multi-Terrain Pattern (gradually being introduced into service)
- Arthuristan Disruptive Camouflage Uniform
- Enhanced Combat Body Armour (phasing out)
- Osprey body armour (phasing out)
- Virtus body armour (to become standard issue)
- Personal Load Carrying Equipment/Pouch Attachment Ladder System
- Mk 6 helmet (phasing out)
- Mk 7 helmet
NBC defence
- S10 NBC Respirator (phasing out)
- General Service Respirator
Communications network
Optics
Weapon sights
- SUSAT - standard issue optics
- Specter DR - 1-4x variable zoom scope, purchased in small quantities
- ACOG - purchased in small quantities
- PM II (standard optics for sniper rifles)
- ITL MARS (issued in small quantities to close combat specialists)
Night vision
Small Arms
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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Pistols | ||||||
Webley Revolver | Arthurista | Pistol | .455 Webley | Common reservist and private purchase weapon | ||
L9A1 Hi-Power | Arthurista | Pistol | 9x19 Parabellum | Common issue and private purchase weapon (officers who wish to carry a sidearm are not issued with one and must purchase their own) | ||
P99 | |200px]] | Ghant | Pistol | 6.5×25mm CBJ, 9x19 Parabellum, | Primarily issued to special forces and other specialist personnel | |
Sub-Machine Guns and shotguns | ||||||
Sterling submachine gun | Arthurista | Sub-machine gun | 9x19mm | Reserves weapon | ||
MP5 submachine gun | Belfras | Sub-machine gun | 9x19mm | |||
CBJ-MS | Ghant | Sub-machine gun | 6.5×25mm CBJ, 9x19 Parabellum | |||
L74A1 | Belfras | Pump-action shotgun | 12-gauge | |||
Service rifles | ||||||
L87 rifle | Arthurista | Assault rifle | 5.56x45 | Standard service weapon, compatible with the Rifle Grenade General Service | ||
BR-55C | Belfras | Assault rifle | 5.56x45mm | Small quantities procured for the Joint Commando Force. | ||
L54 rifle | Arthurista | Battle rifle | 7.62x51 | Small quantities remain stored in armouries | ||
Machine guns | ||||||
L6A2 General Purpose Machine Gun | Arthurista | General purpose machine gun | 7.62x51 | |||
Ultimax 100 | Lion's Rock | Light machine gun | 5.56x45 | Small quantities procured for special forces | ||
LIS 50MG | Lion's Rock | Heavy machine gun | 12.7x99 | |||
L2A1 | Belfras | Heavy machine gun | 12.7x99 | To be fully relegated to reserve formations by 2025. | ||
Minigun | Belfras | Minigun | 7.62x51 | |||
Grenade launchers | ||||||
GL05 Universal Support Weapon | File:Universal support weapon.png | Arthurista | Automatic crew-served grenade launcher | 25mm airburst | ||
GL09 Advanced Airburst Weapon | File:Advanced airburst weapon 2.png | Arthurista | Automatic man-portable grenade launcher | 25mm airburst | ||
Mk 19 grenade launcher | Belfras | Grenade machine gun | 40mm | |||
Precision Rifles | ||||||
AS50 | File:Ai as50.png | Arthurista | Sniper Rifle (anti-materiel) | 12.7x99 | ||
Arctic Warfare Magnum | Arthurista | Sniper Rifle | .338 Lapua Magnum | |||
BR-55M | Belfras | Marksman Rifle | 5.56x45 | Small quantities used by special forces | ||
L129A1 | Onekawa-Nukanoa | Marksman rifle | 7.62x51 | In limited service, being evaluated for general issue | ||
Light anti-tank launchers | ||||||
AT48 Recoilless Rifle | File:At84 recoilless rifle.png | Arthurista | Unguided AT launcher | |||
Crossbow | Arthurista | Disposable unguided AT launcher | ||||
MBT LAW | Ghant | Disposable guided AT launcher |
Explosives
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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ARGES mine | File:ARGES mine.png | Arthurista | Off-route anti-tank mine | |||
L9 Bar Mine | Arthurista | Anti-tank mine | ||||
L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel mine | Arthurista | Anti-personnel mine | ||||
Family of Scatterable Mines | File:Family of Scatterable Mines.png | Belfras | Artillery projected AT mines | |||
M18 Directional Mine | Belfras | Directional anti-personnel mine | ||||
L109A1 | Garima | Hand grenade |
Anti-tank missiles
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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Anti-tank missiles | ||||||
MBT LAW | Ghant | Disposable guided AT launcher | ||||
Vanguard missile | Arthurista | Anti-tank guided missile | ||||
Vesper missile | Arthurista | Top-attack anti-tank guided missile | ||||
Vantage missile | File:Polyphem.jpg | Arthurista | Long range loitering missile | |||
Swingfire | Arthurista | Anti-tank guided missile | Largely retired | |||
Scorpion missile | Belfras | Anti-tank guided missile | Aviation, replaced the AGM-114 Hellfire |
Armoured fighting vehicles
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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Tanks | ||||||
Boudicca Main Battle Tank | Arthurista | 620 (MBT variant) | ||||
Endurance Main Battle Tank | Arthurista | Main battle tank | 400+ in storage | All mothballed, mobilisation reserves only | ||
Cavalier Main Battle Tank | Arthurista | Main battle tank | 300+ in storage | All mothballed, mobilisation reserves only | ||
Light armour | ||||||
Claymore Infantry Fighting Vehicle | Arthurista | Infantry fighting vehicle | ||||
FV430 series | Arthurista | Armoured personnel carrier/light multipurpose armoured vehicle | ||||
Alvis Stormer | Arthurista | Armoured personnel carrier/light multipurpose armoured vehicle | Primarily used as platform for Starstreak | |||
Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) | Arthurista | Light armoured vehicle family | Mostly confined to battalion-level reconaissance platoons. Replaced by the Springbok Armoured Cavalry Vehicle in armoured cavalry formations | |||
Apollo Motors Battleaxe | Arthurista | Light utility vehicle family | Replaced the Land Rover Defender | |||
Springbok Armoured Cavalry Vehicle | Arthurista | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | ||||
Jackal MWIK | Arthurista | Light strike vehicle | ||||
Venator VAULT | <imgur w="200">crxacSA.png</imgur> | Belfras | Special forces light strike vehicle | |||
Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier | Lion's Rock | Amphibious articulated tracked carrier | ||||
Fox armoured reconnaissance vehicle | Arthurista | Armoured scout car | Equips the reconaissance platoons of motorised infantry units. | |||
Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle | Onekawa-Nukanoa | Infantry mobility vehicle | Partially replaced the AT105 as the main carrier for motorised infantry. | |||
Land Rover | Arthurista | Utility and patrol vehicle | Mostly in reserve |
Engineering Vehicles
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor | Arthurista | Armoured engineering vehicle | Shifting into reserves | |||
Terrier Armoured Digger | Arthurista | Armoured engineering vehicle | ||||
Boudicca AVCE | Arthurista | Armoured engineering vehicle | ||||
Boudicca Armoured Bridge | Arthurista | Armoured bridging vehicle | ||||
M3 Amphibious Rig | Arthurista | Multipurpose amphibious bridging rig | ||||
Shielder minelaying system | Arthurista | Rapid minelaying system | ||||
HMEE | Arthurista | Armoured digger |
Artillery
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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Mortars | ||||||
M6C | Arthurista | Commando mortar | ||||
L16 81mm mortar | Arthurista | Medium mortar | Nine per light infantry battalion | |||
RT F1 | Vannois | Heavy rifled mortar | One battery per light artillery regiment | |||
Towed guns | ||||||
L118 light gun | Arthurista | 105mm field artillery | ||||
Soltam M-71 | Yisrael | 155mm field gun | Reserves | |||
Self-propelled | ||||||
Ultima Self Propelled Howitzer | Arthurista | 155mm self-propelled gun | ||||
Vulcan AMFG | Arthurista | 155mm self-propelled gun | ||||
M109A4/A5 | Belfras | 155mm self-propelled gun | Mainly in reserve | |||
L897 Warhammer | <imgur w="200">6VzcUVC.png</imgur> | Arthurista | 203mm howitzer | |||
Gorgon MLRS | <imgur w="200">lFsrMkL.jpg</imgur> | Arthurista | Self-propelled MLRS | Main division-level MLRS |
Anti-aircraft weapons
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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AA systems | ||||||
AD-12 Area Defence Missile | Arthurista | Long range SAM | Corps level/strategic area defence weapon | |||
AD-16 Adder | Arthurista | Medium range SAM | Division-level weapon | |||
Rapier | Arthurista | Short range SAM | Mainly mothballed | |||
Starstreak | Arthurista | Short range mobile SAM/SHORAD | ||||
Starburst (missile) | Arthurista | SHORAD | Mainly mothballed | |||
Stinger | Belfras | MANPAD | Small numbers procured for special forces | |||
Oerlikon GDF | Garima | Anti-aircraft artillery | Rear area static defence |
Aviation
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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Helicopters | ||||||
Arthuristan Dynamics Raven | Arthurista | Attack helicopter | ||||
Westfields Commando | Arthurista | Medium lift helicopter | Largely phased out | |||
AW101 Merlin | Arthurista | Medium lift helicopter | ||||
Westfields Lynx | Arthurista | Light utility helicopter | ||||
Aigios Heron | Belfras | Heavy lift helicopter | ||||
Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||||
Arthuristan Dynamics Phoenix | Arthurista | Medium UAV | Mostly in storage | |||
MQ-1C Gray Eagle | Belfras | Medium-altitude long-endurance UCAV | Employed at the division-level | |||
Black Hornet Nano | Arthurista | Micro-UAV | ||||
RQ-11 Raven | Belfras | Mini-UAV | Employed at the company- to battalion-level | |||
Watchkeeper WK450 | Yisrael/ Arthurista | Medium UAV | Employed at the brigade-level | |||
Arthuristan Dynamics Mantis | Arthurista | Long endurance UCAV |
Special munitions
Name | Photo | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Comment |
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Surface-to-surface missiles | ||||||
ACM-6 Vassago | Arthurista | Tactical ballistic missile | ||||
ACM-11 Lucifer | Arthurista | TBM/SRBM | ||||
ACM-7 Astaroth | Belfras | MRBM | ||||
ACM-1 Cerberus | Arthurista | Ground-launched cruise missile | ||||
Artillery-delivered munitions | ||||||
Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition | File:DPICM.jpg | Belfras | Artillery-delivered cluster munition, delivered using the M864 shell, rockets and missiles | |||
Family of Scatterable Mines | File:Family of Scatterable Mines.png | Belfras | Artillery-delivered anti-tank mines | |||
AMTI 155 | Arthurista | 155mm autonomous guided anti-tank shell | ||||
Bombardier Anti-Tank | File:Bombardier Anti-Tank.jpg | Arthurista | Missile-delivered anti-tank guided gliding munition | |||
Strix mortar round | [[ |200px]] | 120mm anti-tank guided mortar round | ||||
M982 Excalibur | Belfras | 155mm SATNAV guided shell | ||||
M712 Copperhead | Belfras | 155mm laser-guided shell | ||||
Pattern 783 Artillery Shell | File:White Phosphorus Ammunition.jpg | Arthurista | 155mm white phosphorus shell | Inactive stockpile | ||
Pattern 687 Special Artillery Munition | Arthurista | 155mm shell for the delivery of binary nerve agents | Stockpile denied by Arthuristan authorities |
Utility vehicles
- Land Rover 101 Forward Control light utility truck
- HIMAT light utility truck
- Alvis_Stalwart All-terrain amphibious lorry
- Apollo Motors T5 general utility truck
- Apollo Motors T10 heavy utility truck
- Apollo Motors T15 super-heavy dump truck
- Apollo Motors Herakles tank transporter
- Apollo Motors H1 fuel tanker truck
- Terex-Demag all terrain crane
- Aardvark Mineclearer
Radars
- Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar
- COBRA long-range artillery monitoring radar
- Cymbeline counter-mortar radar (reserves)
- GIRAFFE air-surveillance radar
- MSTAR ground surveillance radar (light)
- RASIT battlefield surveillance radar