Forsvarsstyrken

Littish Armed Forces
Forsvarsstyrken
Logo since 2006
Motto	For land og folk (For country and people)
Founded	1913
Current form	2006
Service branches	Hæren Marinen Flyvevåbnet Civilforsvaret
Headquarters	Kaslund
Leadership
President	Morten Kristoffersen
Minister of Defence	Sebastian Anker
Chief of Defence	Martin Feldt
Personnel
Military age	18 years of age
Conscription	No (since 2006)
Active personnel	88,000 (2021)
Reserve personnel	25,000 (2021)
Expenditure
Budget	$6.1 billion (2021)
Percent of GDP	1.4% (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 the Littish Armed Forces has a strength of 88.000 active military personnel along with 25,000 in reserve. The current Minister of Defence is Sebastian Anker with the Chief of Defence, responsible for more immediate military matters, being Martin Feldt. The Armed Forces is organized into 4 branches, the Army (Hæren), the Navy (Marinen), the Airforce (Flyvevåbnet) and The Civil Defence (Civilforsvaret) who acts as home guard. Combined, the Littish military has a budget of $6.1 billion which accounted for 1.4% of the nominal GDP in 2021.

History

The modern Littish Armed Forces were established following the Littish Civil War and would focus less on offensive operations compared to its predecessor, the Royal Littish Army.

Branches

Army

Main article: List of equipment of the Littish 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

Main article: List of active Littish Navy ships

Marinen 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.

Air Force

Main article: Inventory of the Littish Air Force

Flyvevåbnet is Littlands Air Force 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 Air Force 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.

Home Guard

Civilforsvaret (The Civil Defence) is Littlands Home Guard and emergency management force. It consists of 25,000 personnel who also acts as the army reserve. Only in times of crisis and war can the High Command take command over the Civil Defence. The Civil Defence uses a variety of different civilian transport vehicles and have the C7 Rifle as their standard rifle.