Expeditionary Forces (Kouralia)

The Kouralian Expeditionary Forces are specific Army, Navy, and Air Force units which come together at much lower levels of the chain of command in order to work in concert in amphibious operations to establish initial footholds in foreign nations.

Formations

There are three sizes of formation for the Expeditionary Forces, referred to as 'Landing Task-Forces.' They originate from the five overall Expeditionary Landing Groups. Each of these contains a Command Legion, a Division+ force of the 4th Army, a Group of the Expeditionary Air Command, and an assigned Battle Group of the Expeditionary Naval Command. However, these sized formations are rarely going to be called upon, so there are other smaller Landing Task Forces. An Expeditionary Legion is a tri-service formation of a Command Cohort, an reinforced Legion of troops from one of the 4th Army's ELG Ground Combat Divisions, a composite Wing of EAC forces, and a suitably-sized unit of naval vessels. There are fifteen of these, as the five Divisions of the 4th Army contain fifteen total combat Legions. Finally, there are the even-smaller Expeditionary Landing Forces which are formed with a Company-sized command element and a reinforced Expeditionary Infantry Cohort, Squadron of air support, and a few vessels of the Navy. There are thirty numbered Expeditionary Landing Forces of the Kouralian Military.

Expeditionary Legion

Naval Contingent

The naval contingent is organised around two Vespa Class Amphibious Helicopter Docks, two Lvpan Class Amphibious Transport Docks, and a Fauchard Class Landing Ship. This force is supported by a Temeraire-Class Guided Missile Cruiser, two Prefect-Class Air Defence Destroyers, four Emancipare-Class ASW Frigates, three General-Purpose Escorts of either Frigate or Destroyer type, and two Fleet Submarines. This Battlegroup is commanded by a Commodore, with a Captain taking responsibility for the Expeditionary Squadron, a Captain taking responsibility for the Inner-Escort Squadron, and a Captain taking responsibility for the Outer-Escort Flotilla.

• Expeditionary Squadron
  • Amphibious Helicopter Dock
  • Amphibious Helicopter Dock
  • Amphibious Transport Dock
  • Amphibious Transport Dock
  • Landing Ship
• Inner Escort Squadron
  • Guided Missile Cruiser
  • Air Defence Destroyer
  • Air Defence Destroyer
  • ASW Frigate
  • ASW Frigate
  • ASW Frigate
• Outer Escort Flotilla
  • General Purpose Destroyer
  • General Purpose Frigate
  • General Purpose Frigate
  • ASW Frigate
  • Fleet Submarine
  • Fleet Submarine

Expeditionary Landing Force

Expeditionary Landing Regiment

The Expeditionary Landing Regiment is supported by further attached elements. At its core it is an Expeditionary Infantry Cohort, reinforced with a Troop of Landing Vehicles, a Troop of Heavy Cavalry, a Squadron of Light Cavalry, a Battery of Horse Artillery, a Troop of Combat Engineers, and a Special Task Squadron. The main force is around 1,100 troops. The Special Task Squadron is a further 350.

• Expeditionary Landing Regiment (Tribune)
  • Expeditionary Infantry Cohort (Colonel)
    • Colour Company (Major)
    • 3x Line Companies (Major)
    • Fire Support Company (Major)
  • Light Cavalry Squadron, 18x Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles (Major)
  • Horse Artillery Battery, 8x Towed 105mm guns (Major)
  • Landing Vehicle Troop, 15x EFVs (Captain)
  • Heavy Cavalry Troop, 4x Universal Tanks (Captain)
  • Combat Engineer Troop, (Captain)
  • Special Task Squadron, (Colonel)

The Logistics Element adds a further 300 troops to the total, and provides all the necessary support to operate the force for 15 days.

Composite Expeditionary Air Squadron

The reinforced Composite Expeditionary Squadron is overseen by a Wing Commander. It is made of a Medium Utility Helicopter Squadron (12) combined with small detachments of heavy utility helicopters (6), light utility helicopters (6), attack helicopters (6) and a flight of fixed wing aircraft (6).

Naval Contingent

The naval contingent is organised around a Vespa Class Amphibious Helicopter Dock, and a Lvpan Class Amphibious Transport Dock. It is further supported by a Prefect-Class AD Destroyer, two General-Purpose Frigates, and two ASW Frigates. A Fleet Submarine may be attached. This is overseen by a Captain.

• Expeditionary Naval Contingent
  • Amphibious Helicopter Dock
  • Amphibious Transport Dock
  • AD Destroyer
  • General Purpose Frigate
  • General Purpose Frigate
  • ASW Frigate
  • ASW Frigate
  • Fleet Submarine