Mutulese Army

Mutulese Army
File:Capture2.PNG Logo of the Mutulese Army
Founded	Reform of 1860
Country	Mutul
Allegiance	Divine Kingdom
Type	Army
Size	90,000

The Mutulese Army (Mutli: "ముతుల కబ లకమజులు", "Mutul Kab Lakamtzul") is the land combat arm of the Mutulese Armed Forces, alongside the Royal Mutulese Navy, Mutulese Air Force and the Royal Mutulese Marine Corps. As of 2018, it is a professional army staffed with 90,000 long-service personnel.

Organisation

Mutul is fortunate in having no hostile neighbours sharing a continguous land border. Accordingly, the Mutulese Army is configured primarily for general territorial defence, whilst the 30,000-strong Marine Corps undertake the main strategic offensive role. It is organised around three Military Regions – Peninsular, North East and South West, as well as a Mobile Reserve.

Regional forces

Each Military Region is home to an infantry division, with one mechanised infantry, two regular light infantry and two reserve light infantry brigades.

Each brigade consists of a HQ company, three rifle battalions, an artillery battalion (18x 155mm howitzers in three batteries), and a support battalion with a reconnaissance company, an engineer company, an air-defence company and a logistics company. The mechanised brigades are equipped with the VBTP combat vehicles (gradually replacing the older EE-11. The light infantry brigades are usually well-trained in jungle or mountain warfare, depending on its native environment. All infantry and mechanised brigades possess a company of EE-9 armoured cars for reconaissance and fire support purposes.

In addition, each military region has at its disposal two independent tank battalions, a rocket artillery group, an anti-air command, a helicopter group, an engineer brigade and a logistics command.

Each Infantry Brigade consists of approximately 4,000 personnel, with the entire Military Region disposing of some 30,000 troops upon full mobilisation.

Mobile reserve

The mobile reserve, stationed near the capital city, consists of three units.

The largest of these is the K'uhul Tupilob Tzul ("ఖుకౢ తుపిలిభొ జులు", "Divine Guards Division") . This is the only division-sized formation in the Mutulese Army configured for large-scale tank operations. It consists of three armoured brigades, each with two tank and two mechanised infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and a support battalion with a reconnaissance company, an engineer company, an air defence company, a logistics company and a maintenance company. The full strength of this unit is 15,000 personnel.

The second is the Ik'ak Tzuk ("ఇఖక జుకు", "Fire Wind Brigade"). Its organisation is similar to those of the regional infantry units. However, the brigade’s personnel are trained in parachuting and air assault operations. It is primarily intended to play a rapid reaction ‘fire brigade’ role to deal with internal contingencies, or in the alternative support the Royal Mutulese Marine Corps in an offensive operation.

The final formation is a special forces brigade known as the Taj Tzuk ("తహ జుకు", "Obsidian Brigade"). Consisting of three battalions of commandos, it is highly skilled in unconventional warfare, counter-terrorism, special reconnaissance and direct action missions.

Small unit organisation

A Mutulese infantry battalion consists of a headquarters, three rifle companies and a support company. Its total strength is roughly 700 personnel.

Rifle companies are divided into a headquarters element, three rifle platoons, an anti-tank team (with three PF-98 recoilless rifles) and a grenade launcher team (with three Type-87 automatic grenade launchers).

Each rifle platoon consists 30-men in total, divided into three squads. The squads, each commanded by an NCO serving as squad leader, consist of two fireteams of four men. One of these is centred around a light machine gun, the other around an RPG-7. The platoon is commanded by a junior commissioned officer, supported by a platoon sergeant and a radio operator.

The battalion's support company contains its main heavy weapons assets. Typically, it possesses a mortar platoon with eight 120mm smoothbore mortars, an ATGM platoon with twelve anti-tank missile launch posts, as well as a scout/sniper team.

Equipment

Small arms

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Cartridge	Details
Thunder 9		Mutul	Pistol	9×19mm
MP74		Mutul	Sub-machinegun	9×19mm
Type-83		Mutul	Assault rifle	5.56x45	To be relegated to reserve
FX-05		Mutul	Assault rifle	5.56x45	Gradually being introduced as main service weapon
HP9-1		Mutul	Shotgun	12 Gauge Shotgun
T93 sniper rifle		Mutul	Sniper rile	7.62×51mm
AMR-2		Elatia	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7x108mm
Ultimax 100		Lion's Rock	Light machine gun	5.56x45
NTK-62		Tsurushima	Medium Machine gun	7.62×51mm
W85 heavy machine gun		Mutul	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm

Grenade-based weapons

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Details
M75 hand grenade		Elatia	Grenade
Type 06 rifle grenade		Tsurushima	Rifle grenade
Q-87		Mutul	Automatic grenade launcher	35mm

Anti-tank weapons

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Details
RPG-7		Various	Shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon	Upgraded to use the PG-7VR tandem-warhead
MARA (anti-tank weapon)		Mutul	Disposable shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon
Type 79 Jyu-MAT		Tsurushima	Anti-tank guided missile	Largely replaced in high-readiness units. Still used by reserve forces.
Type 01 LMAT		Tsurushima	Anti-tank guided missile	Replaced Type-79 in high-readiness units
PF-98		Mutul	Anti-tank recoilless-gun	Main medium-range anti-tank weapon of infantry forces
Model 1968 recoilless gun		Mutul	Anti-tank recoilless-gun	Mainly in storage
ALAS		Elatia	NLOS loitering missile

Combat vehicles

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
EE-T1		Mutul/Sante Reze	Main battle tank	600
Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicle		Mutul	Amphibious infantry Fighting Vehicle	Primarily used by the Mutulese Marines
Type 63A		Mutul	Amphibious light tank	Primarily used by the Mutulese Marines
Type 74		Tsurushima	Main Batle Tank	Obsolete, replaced by the EE-T1, mostly used for training purposes and in storage
VBTP		Mutul/Sante Reze	Armoured personnel carrier
EE-11		Sante Reze	Armoured personnel carrier	Being shifted to storage, replaced by the VBTP
EE-9		Sante Reze	Armoured car	One company of fourteen per brigade. Primarily used as a reconnaissance vehicle and for infantry close fire support.
IBV-81		Elatia	Infantry Fighting Vehicle	400x utilised by the Royal Guards Armoured Division as infantry carriers.
Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier		Lion's Rock	Articulated tracked vehicle	100+
UR-53		Mutul	General utility vehicle	Replaced the LC-49 in 2004

Artillery

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
Mortar 60mm M57		Elatia	60mm mortar
120mm M2 RAIADO		Mutul/Sante Reze	120mm mortar	Main battalion-level fire support weapon
SLWH Pegasus		Template:Country data Lion’s Rock	155mm howitzer	18 utilised by the Airborne Brigade
Type-01		Mutul	155mm towed howitzer	Main artillery weapon of the Infantry Brigades
Type-77		Mutul	155mm towed howitzer	Former main artillery weapon of the Infantry Brigades, currently mostly in reserve
Type 75 155 mm self-propelled howitzer		Tsurushima	155mm Self-propelled howitzer	54x, in service with the Royal Guards Division
Astros II MLRS		Mutul/Sante Reze	MLRS	Five battalions, one per Military Region plus two in reserve

Air Defence Weapons

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
Flak-23		Velikoslavia	23mm
Type 91 surface-to-air missile		Tsurushima	MANPAD	Main air-defence weapon of light infantry brigade groups
Type 93 surface-to-air missile		Tsurushima	SHRAD	Main air-defence weapon of mechanised brigade groups
Type 03 Chū-SAM		Tsurushima	SAM system	Main medium-range air defence system for military regions (i.e. division-level)
Huraqan missile		Mutul	SAM system	Long range SAM system used to defend key strategic targets. Block 2: SARH, 150km. Block 3: ARH, 200km.

Army Aviation

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
W-3		Mutul	Light transport/utility helicopter
Mil Mi-17		Velikoslavia	Medium lift helicopter
Mi-26		Velikoslavia	Heavy-lift helicopter
Mi-24		Velikoslavia	Attack helicopter
U-96		Mutul	Tactical drone
U-06		Mutul	Handheld drone
U17			Quadcopter mini-drone	Common civilian-grade miniature UAV, purchased in bulk commercially 'off-the-shelf'
U-19		Velikoslavia	Kamikaze drone

Surface-to-surface missile systems

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
DF-26		Elatia	Mobile IRBM
DF-21		Elatia	Mobile MRBM
SS-21 Scarab		Velikoslavia	TBM
SS-26 Stone		Velikoslavia	SRBM
Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missile		Tsurushima	Short- to medium-range coastal defence missile system