Volsung Regiment

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Volsung Regiment
Private
IndustryPrivate military, intelligence and security services contractor
Founded2012
FounderColonel Sigurd Olafsson
HeadquartersKeuland
ServicesPrivate 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