Volsung Regiment

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Volsung Regiment
Private
IndustryPrivate military, intelligence and security services contractor
Founded2012
FounderColonel Sigurd Olafsson
HeadquartersRökkurlynd
ServicesPrivate military force
Number of employees
4,000 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 Rökkurlynd. As of 2024 it has some 4,000 'military employees' on its books, of which roughly 50% consist of defectors from the Elatian military or security services. Prominent competitors of the Regiment include the Duklav's Legion and Awara Clan Incorporated.

Overview

One of the most important exports of Elatia subsequent to the Great Freeze of the late-80's and early-90's was soldiers. 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, many being veterans of the civil conflicts against insurgents and rebels of the 1990's, or more recently in the Enyaman Civil War, but lack many of the qualifications needed to thrive in a modern quasi-market economy. Accordingly, many turn to the only skill which they have thoroughly mastered, that being the employment of arms.

Sigurd Olaffson was an Elatian of Rokkuringur ancestry and used it as the basis for the regiment's norse-themed gimmick. He was the first to realise the potential of a fighting regiment with its core based on former Elatians. Formerly a staff officer in the Valgtean Naval Infantry and a veteran of the conflicts of the 1990's, he was forced to flee the country in the wake of Marcus the Purifier's purge of the Elatian security system soon after the latter's ascension as Supreme Prophet. Whilst Olafsson survived, many of his friends and 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 Rokkyurlynd and forged it into a formidable private military company.

Reputation

The Volsung Regiment has often been compared with another major global 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 an Elatian-supported cause.

Organisation

The Volsung Regiment consists of three motorised infantry battalions, a light tank company and supporting arms. Roughly 50% of its personnel are Elatian defectors. The remainder is comprised of a mix of native Rokkuringur, Enyaman veterans of the recent civil war, and recruits from around the world. For these reasons, Latin is used as the main command language, although Nordic is also widely spoken. The Regiment practices a mixed-gender recruitment policy.

Rifle Battalions

Each Rifle Battalion is primarily mounted on Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle. It comprises of three rifle companies, a mortar platoon equipped with eight 81mm mortars and a scout-sniper platoon.

Each rifle company in turn can be broken down into a company HQ, three infantry platoons, plus an anti-armour squad armed of twelve men armed with six Vesper missiles or 84mm recoilless rifles.

Each rifle platoon consists of three nine-men squads, a radio operator, a platoon sergeant and a platoon commander. Each squad is divided into a squad leader and two four-men fireteams, with one fireteam having a medium machine gun, the other with an under-barrel grenade launcher.

Light Tank Company

The Light Tank Company is comprised of fourteen Ikv 91 light tanks of surplus Ghantish origin. They have been retrofitted with laser rangefinders and thermal imaging sights.

Combat Support Battalion

The Combat Support Battalion of the Regiment are supported by the following elements, which are detached to support the rifle battalions as necessary:

  • Heavy mortar company (18x 120mm K6 mortars in three platoons)
  • Anti-air Company (24x Stinger launchers in three platoons)
  • Scout Company
  • Engineer Company
  • Drone Company

Logistics Support Battalion

The Logistics Support Battalion is comprised of the following elements:

  • Medical Company
  • Signal Company
  • Logistics Company
  • Maintenance Company

Equipment

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
M98 battle uniform  Rökkurlynd Camouflage uniform N/A
Helmet 90  Ghant Combat helmet
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
Jericho 941  Yisrael Pistol 9x19 parabellum
M/45  Ghant Sub-machine gun 9x19 parabellum
Model 870  Belfras Shotgun 12 Gauge
L54 Para  Arthurista Battle rifle 7.62x51 The 'Para' version of the rifle with shortened barrel and folding stock used almost exclusively. Overall length: 965.2mm stock extended; barrel length: 436mm; weight: 3.79kg
Arctic Warfare Magnum  Arthurista Sniper rifle .338 Magnum Used in small quantities by dedicated sniper teams
AW50  Arthurista Anti-material rifle 15.2×169mm
MG 710-3  Garima General purpose machine gun 7.62x51
CIL50MG  Lion's Rock Heavy machine gun 12.7x99
GL69  Ghant Underbarrel grenade launcher 40mm grenade
MGL  Belfras 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
NLAW  Ghant Light man-portable ATGM
Vesper missile  Arthurista Man-portable ATGM

Anti-air systems

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
Stinger  Ghant MANPADS

Artillery

Description Origin Type Ammunition Notes
L16 81mm mortar  Arthurista Infantry mortar 81mm Battalion-level weapon
K6  Yisrael Heavy mortar 120mm Brigade-level weapon

Land vehicles

Description Origin Type Variants Notes
Apollo Motors Battleaxe  Arthurista Light general purpose vehicle
HMATV  Arthurista Light lorry
Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier  Lion's Rock Bandtrack
DAF T-244  Arthurista General purpose lorry
Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle  Onekawa-Nukanoa APC Equipped with 12.7mm remote weapon system
Ikv 91  Ghant Light tank The Regiment possesses 14 active and 3 spare vehicles.

Aviation

Description Origin Type Variants Notes
Hermes 450  Yisrael UAV
RQ-11 Raven  Belfras Mini-UAV