Forsvarsstyrken

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Littish Armed Forces
Forsvarsstyrken
Forsvarsstyrken logo.png
MottoFor land og folk
(For country and people)
Founded1913
Current form1965
Service branches
HeadquartersKlinstrup
Leadership
PresidentLittland Morten Kristoffersen
Minister of DefenceLittland Sebastian Anker
Chief of DefenceLittland Martin Feldt
Personnel
Military age18 years of age
ConscriptionNo (since 2006)
Active personnel78,000 (2021)
Reserve personnel23,500 (2021)
Expenditure
Budget$16.2 billion (2021)
Percent of GDP3,7% (2021)

Forsvarsstyrken (The Defence Force) is the armed forces of Littland whose purpose is the defence of Littland. It also supports international peacekeeping efforts and provides humanitarian aid. As of 2021 Forsvarsstyrken has a strength of 78.000 active military personnel along with 23,500 in reserve. The current Minister of Defence is Sebastian Anker with the Chief of Defence, responsible for more immediate military matters, being Martin Feldt.

History

Branches

Army

Hæren is Littlands Army and consists of 3 divisions, the army is the largest branch of the Littish military with almost 59.000 active personnel. The Army largely focuses on infantry warfare, but still has sizeable mechanized and armored capabilities.

Navy

Flåden is Littlands Navy and has 73 ships of varying sizes and a combined personnel of around 11.000. The commissioned ships include 5 corvettes, 42 patrol vessels as well as 27 auxiliary vessels. The ships are organized into 3 task forces. Task Force 1 and 3 are stationed at Klinstrup Naval Base, while Task Force 2 is stationed at Aalhavn Naval Base. All Task Forces have a varying amount of auxiliary ships.

Airforce

Flyvevåbnet is Littlands Airforce as well as its best maintained and funded branch, it has 8.000 active personnel and 128 aircraft of different types. As of 2021 the Airforce uses 6 air bases around Littland, the largest of these, Kaslund Flyvebase, was originally opened in 1921 and also functions as the headquarters for Flyvevåbenet.

Flyvevåbnet Inventory (2021)
Aircraft Type Variant In service Notes
Eurofighter Typhoon Multirole Tranche 3 73 22 on order
F-10 Vanguard Multirole J-10A 25 being phased out
Eurocopter Tiger Attack Helicopter 10 flown for the Army
C-130J Super Hercules Transport KC-130J 2
Sikorsky CH-53 Transport CH-53GA 12 3 on order
Panavia Tornado Training Aircraft 6

Home Guard

Civilforsvaret (The Civil Defence) is Littlands Home Guard and emergency management force. It consists of 23,500 personnel who also acts as the army reserve. Only in times of tension and war can the High Command take command over the Home Guard. The Home Guard uses a variety of different civilian transport vehicles and have the C7 Rifle as their standard rifle.

Structure

  • Littland Army Command.png High Command, in Klinstrup
    • Littland 1stInfantryDiv.png 1st Infantry Division - Officium Et Supra
      • I Mechanized Infantry Regiment, in Halling
      • I Engineer Regiment, in Aalhavn
      • I Artillery Regiment, in Tirslund
      • I Support Regiment, in Lerte
    • Littland 2ndInfantryDiv.png 2nd Infantry Division - In Actis Esto Volucris
      • II Mechanized Infantry Regiment, in Gistrup
      • II Artillery Regiment, in Skinnerup
      • II Support Regiment, in Lerte
    • Littland 1stArmorDiv.png 1st Armored Division - Celeriter et secure