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The ''' Grand Army of the Union of Federal Republics of Satria''' ({{wp|Italian Language|Etrurian}}: Grande Esercito di l'Unione delle Repubbliche Federali di Satria), more commonly known as the '''Ajahadyan Army''' (Esercito Adjadyo) is the land component of the [[Ajahadyan Armed Forces]]. It is one the of the three branches of the Ajahadyan Armed Forces, the others being the [[Ajahadyan Air and Air Defence Force]] and the [[Republican Guard Rocket Corps]], and encompasses a total of approximately 862,283 active troops and 296,985 reserve troops, making it the largest of the three branches.
The ''' Grand Army of the Union of Federal Republics of Satria''' ({{wp|Italian Language|Etrurian}}: Grande Esercito di l'Unione delle Repubbliche Federali di Satria), more commonly known as the '''Ajahadyan Army''' (Esercito Adjadyo) is the land component of the [[Ajahadyan Armed Forces]]. It is one the of the three branches of the Ajahadyan Armed Forces, the others being the [[Ajahadyan Air and Air Defence Force]] and the [[Republican Guard Rocket Corps]], and encompasses a total of approximately 962,283 active troops and 296,985 reserve troops, making it the largest of the three branches.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 22:23, 7 August 2022

Grand Army of the Union of Federal Republics of Satria
Grande Esercito di l'Unione delle Repubbliche Federali di Satria
Aja Army Flag.png
Active1935-present
Country Ajahadya
BranchArmy
RoleLand force
Size962,283 active
296,985 reserve
1,142 helicopters
Part ofAjahadyan Armed Forces
Commanders
Supreme Commander in ChiefSalil Balchandra
Minister of National Defense and UnificationPransu Amin
Marshal of AjahadyaFM. Kirin Sarai
Chief of StaffMaj. Gen. Khushvir Dhankar

The Grand Army of the Union of Federal Republics of Satria (Etrurian: Grande Esercito di l'Unione delle Repubbliche Federali di Satria), more commonly known as the Ajahadyan Army (Esercito Adjadyo) is the land component of the Ajahadyan Armed Forces. It is one the of the three branches of the Ajahadyan Armed Forces, the others being the Ajahadyan Air and Air Defence Force and the Republican Guard Rocket Corps, and encompasses a total of approximately 962,283 active troops and 296,985 reserve troops, making it the largest of the three branches.

History

Army of the Rajadom (1880s - 1936)

Azad Fauj, Solarian War, Civil War and First Satrian War (1936 - 1948)

Military Buildup, Second Satrian War and Dakian War (1948 - 1965)

Diplomatic Isolation and Third Satrian War (1965 - 1977)

ROSPO, Rebuilding and Modernisation (1977 - Present)

Organisation

The Ajahadyan Army is organised into 60 divisions in four military regions, further subdivided into 10 corps, along with two independent airborne brigades, the 88th and 90th, and ten independent mechanized brigades. Each corps has between 2 and 6 divisions, and each military region has two to four corps.

Ajahadya's surface-to-surface missile inventory is controlled by the Republican Guard Rocket Corps, a separate military branch, except for organic tactical SSM batteries at the divisional level.

Equipment

Small Arms and Infantry Mortars

Model Type Origin Image Notes
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A Semi-automatic pistol  Ajahadya
Pistol Auto 9 mm 1A - Kolkata 2012-01-23 8779.JPG
Standard-issue sidearm for Ajahadyan Army officers. Domestic design.
Type 63 assault rifle Assault rifle  Shangea
Rifle Type 63 noBG.png
In limited use by reserve units of the Ajahadyan Army.
Type 81 assault rifle Assault rifle  Shangea
BD-08 Assault Rifle with Collimator Sight From Modular Infantry Bangladesh Army (23445743710) (cropped).jpg
Standard issue rifle of the Ajahadyan Army, in local production.
Tabuk Sniper Rifle Designated marksman rifle  Ajahadya
Tabuk.jpg
Standard issue marksman rifle of the Ajahadyan Army. Derived from imported Soravian assault rifles.
Type 73 light machine gun Light machine gun  Ajahadya
Keeping Watch.jpg
Standard issue LMG of the Ajahadyan Army.
NSVA Heavy machine gun  Soravia
NSV machine gun-01.jpg
Standard issue HMG of the Ajahadyan Army, produced under license.
Vidhwansak Anti-material rifle  Ajahadya
Vidhwansak.jpg
AMR in limited use by special forces and airborne units.
82mm mortar Mortar  Soravia
Saratov Military Glory Museum - 82-BM-37.jpg
Battalion-level mortar.

Anti-Tank Weapons

Model Type Origin Image Notes
Type 98 AT Launcher Anti-tank rocket launcher  Shangea
Chinese PF98 120 mm rocket launcher.jpg
Standard issue company-level AT weapon.
Type 70 AT Launcher Rocket-propelled grenade launcher  Soravia
RPG-7 detached.jpg
Formerly produced under license.
Type 63 ATGM Anti-tank missile  Soravia
AT-3A Sagger missile.JPG
Type 70 ATGM Anti-tank missile  Soravia
Type 74 ATGM Anti-tank missile  Soravia
Стрельба-ПТРК-самоход.jpg
Type 85 ATGM Anti-tank missile  Shangea
Sri Lanka Military 0022.jpg
Type 06 ATGM Anti-tank missile  Soravia
Корнет - Контрольная проверка курсантов Учебного центра боевого применения ракетных войск и артиллерии 05.jpg

Surface-to-Air Weaponry

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
Type 81 AA Launcher MANPADS launcher  Soravia
Sri Lanka Military 0192.jpg
Type 88 AA Launcher 'Anza' MANPADS launcher  Ajahadya
Anza Mk II.JPG
Type 68 AA Launcher Short range Surface to air missile launcher  Soravia 500
Strieła-1 NTW 9 93.jpg
Type 71 AA Launcher Short range Surface to air missile launcher  Soravia 250
Military parade in Baku 2013 27.JPG
Type 78 AA Launcher Short range Surface to air missile launcher  Soravia 270
9A35 combat vehicle 9K35 Strela-10 - TankBiathlon14part2-33.jpg
Type 80 AA Launcher Short range Surface to air missile launcher  Shangea 200
HQ-6A Surface-to-air missiles 20170716.jpg
Type 61 AA Launcher Medium range Surface to air missile launcher  Soravia 160
Military parade in Baku 2013 15.JPG
Type 67 AA Launcher Medium range Surface to air missile launcher  Chistovodia 110
Type 80 AA Launcher Medium range Surface to air missile launcher  Chistovodia 40
Military vehicles of Azerbaijan at the 2020 Victory Parade 10 (cropped).jpg
Type 94 AA Launcher Medium range Surface to air missile launcher  Shangea 88 In local production.
Type 09 AA Launcher Medium range Surface to air missile launcher  Ajahadya 50
Akash Indian Army.jpg
Type 11 AA Launcher Medium range Surface to air missile launcher  Shangea 46
HQ-16A Surface-to-air missiles 20170919.jpg
100mm Type 50 Towed AA Gun Anti-aircraft gun  Soravia 310
Chinese AAcannon, China Aviation Museum.jpg
Type 60 SPAA Gun Self-propelled anti-air gun  Soravia 160
Shilka at Tula (2017).jpg
Type 62 SPAA Gun Self-propelled anti-air gun  Soravia/ Ajahadya 150 Domestic mounting of ZU-23-2 AA gun onto truck.
Type 82 SPAA Gun Self-propelled anti-air gun  Chistovodia 40
Type 95 SPAA Gun Self-propelled anti-air gun  Shangea 60
Type 95 SPAAG - Beijing Museum 1.jpg
Type 09 SPAA Gun Self-propelled anti-air gun  Shangea 40
PGZ-09 Self-propelled Anti-Aircrafft Artillery 20170919.jpg

Tanks and ARVs

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
R-1 'Ruslan' Main battle tank  Soravia ~800
Tank - 55.jpg
Reserve stocks only. T-54/55 tanks purchased from Soravia 1956 - 1978.
R-2 'Rama' Main battle tank  Soravia ~1,040 Reserve units only. Purchased from Soravia 1968 - 1978.
R-3A 'Chadda' Main battle tank  Shangea 700 Purchased from Shangea 1972 - 1981. Being upgraded to R-3B standard.
R-3B 'Chadda' Main battle tank  Shangea/ Ajahadya 600
Alzarar.JPG
Ajahadyan-upgraded Shangean T-59 MBT. Upgraded 2004 - Present.
R-4 'Sarai' Main battle tank  Ajahadya ~1,200
Soviet T-62A MBT.JPEG
Based on imported Soravian T-62 tanks serving under the designation AR-2 'Rama'. Produced 1970 - 2005.
R-5 'Balchandra' Main battle tank  Soravia 90 Issued to tank battalions of airborne brigades only. Purchased from Soravia 1974 - 1978.
R-6 'Arslon' Main battle tank  Shangea ~1,500
T-69G2.jpg
Purchased from Shangea 1975 - 1989.
R-7 'Khengara' Main battle tank  Ajahadya ~600
Indian Army Tank 'Barchha'.jpg
Based on Soravian T-72 tanks serving under the designation AR-5 'Balchandra'. Produced 1992 - Present.
HR-1A 'Kulachandra' Light tank  Soravia 450
Right side view, on display, Soviet PT-76 Light Amphibious Tank - DPLA - 2cc527e18949a1d15cd2f979cb401bd3.jpeg
Imported from Soravia 1959 - 1985.
HR-1B 'Kulachandra' Light tank  Ajahadya 150
HR-1 Tank.jpg
Domestically-produced improved variant of imported Soravian PT-76 tank. Produced 1981 - Present.
HR-2 'Hathiwala' Light tank  Shangea 376
Type 62 light tank 20220203.jpg
Estimated 60 more in reserve stocks. Purchased from Shangea 1972 - 1989.
Type 84 ARV Armoured recovery vehicle  Shangea 160
Chinese Type 653 ARV 2.JPG
Purchased from Shangea in early 1990s.
Type 75 ARV Armoured recovery vehicle  Ajahadya 116 Domestic conversion of obsolete Soravian T-55 tanks. Unknown number in reserve stocks.

Armoured Personnel Carriers and Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
Type 66 IFV Infantry fighting vehicle  Soravia ~1,500
MAFM BMP1 MechanizedInfantryCombatVehicle(Soviet).jpg
Imported from Soravia 1972 - 1985. Formerly produced under license. Estimated 300 in reserve stocks.
Type 80 IFV Infantry fighting vehicle  Soravia ~1,000
Indra2018-35.jpg
Imported from Soravia 1987 - 2000. Produced under license.
Type 86 IFV Infantry fighting vehicle  Shangea ~800
Chinese Type86.jpg
Imported from Shangea 1995 - 2005.
Type 60 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Soravia ~1,000
BTR-60PB side.JPEG
Imported from Soravia 1965 - 1989, formerly produced under license. Estimated ~1,000 in reserve stocks.
Type 87 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Soravia ~1,250
BTR-80 of Bangladesh Army.png
Imported from Soravia 1987 - 1997.
Type 01 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Soravia ~1,000 Imported from Soravia 2001 - 2013.
Type 59 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Soravia ~450
Resting iron Bangladesh Army MT-LB APC. (36251501343).jpg
Imported 1972 - 1978 from Soravia. Reserve units only.
Type 63 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Shangea ~3,000
ChineseType63APC.jpg
Also in use as command, mortar and ambulance variants. Imported 1972 - 1995 from Shangea. Estimated 5,000 in reserve units and reserve stocks.
Type 85 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Shangea ~1,300
ChineseType85C2Veh.jpg
Also in use as command, recon, mortar, ambulance and logistical variants. Imported from Shangea 1987 - 1993.
Type 89 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Shangea ~1,000
SecureRoute2018-12.jpg
Also in use as command, recon, mortar, ambulance, logistical and ATGM carrier variants. Imported from Shangea 2001 - 2015.
Type 90 APC Armoured personnel carrier  Shangea ~760
Chinese Type 90 APC.jpg
Also in use as command, mortar, ambulance and logistical variants. Imported from Shangea 2010 - Present.
Type 93 APC Light Armoured personnel carrier  Ajahadya ~3,500
BRDM2 VS.jpg
Conversion of Soravian recon vehicle into light APC, in domestic production. Also in use as ATGM carrier.
Type 01 Assault Gun Assault gun  Shangea ~200 Assault gun variant of WZ-551. Imported from Shangea 2001 - 2008.
Type 08 Assault Gun Assault gun  Shangea ~100  
Xibu ztl11.jpg
 
Assault gun variant of Type 08. Imported from Shangea 2008 - 2016.

Towed Artillery

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
Type 54 130 mm field gun Field gun  Soravia 1,200
A rocket Launcher2.jpg
Type 55 152 mm howitzer Howitzer  Chistovodia 600
D-20.jpg
Type 65 122mm howtizer Howitzer  Soravia 900
140121-Z-HP669-002 (12170581205).jpg
Type 70 180mm howtizer Field gun  Chistovodia 200
Soviet-built S-23 gun.JPEG
Type 72 105 mm field gun Field gun  Ajahadya 800
Indian Army Aviation Corps and Air Defence Arty Joint Ex 3 (cropped).jpg
Type 83 122 mm howitzer Howitzer  Shangea 720
59th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)-09.jpg
Type 10 155 mm howitzer Howitzer  Ajahadya 84
Indian Army Aviation Corps and Air Defence Arty Joint Display Ex 2.jpg

Self-propelled artillery

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
Type 78 170mm Heavy SPG Heavy Self-propelled artillery  Ajahadya 230
SPG M-1978 KOKSAN.JPG
Type 91 210mm Heavy SPG Heavy Self-propelled artillery  Ajahadya 84
AL Fao 210mm SP.jpg
Type 72 122mm Self-Propelled Gun Self-propelled artillery  Chistovodia 560
Military parade 2018 3.jpg
Type 88 155mm Self-Propelled Gun Self-propelled artillery  Shangea 600
PLZ45155mm Howitzer.jpg
Type 09 155mm Self-Propelled Gun Self-propelled artillery  Shangea 300 In local production.
Type 63 122mm MRLS Rocket artillery  Soravia 530
Type 75 273mm MRLS Rocket artillery  Shangea 50
WM-80.jpg
Type 85 240mm MRLS Rocket artillery  Zorasan 200
Type 86 122mm MRLS Rocket artillery  Ajahadya 300
Pinaka.JPG
Type 89 122mm MRLS Rocket artillery  Shangea 40
Type 95 300mm MLRS Rocket artillery  Soravia 160
Smerch 30MM hemant rawat (4).jpg
Type 05 300mm MLRS Rocket artillery  Shangea 80
PHL-03 Multiple rocket launchers 20170902.jpg
Type 06 122mm MLRS Rocket artillery  Shangea 75
Bangladesh Army WS-22 MLRS. (33659597465).jpg

Army Aviation

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
Mi-2 Attack helicopter  Chistovodia 750
Mil mi-2(modified).jpg
Purchased from Chistovodia 1965 - 1989. In local production.
Z-5 Attack helicopter  Shangea 100
Albanian Air Force Harbin Z-5 Lofting-1.jpg
Purchased from Shangea 1972 - 1995.
Mi-24 Attack helicopter  Chistovodia 200
Aero India bangalore 2009.JPG
Purchased from Chistovodia 1977 - 2000.
Z-10 Attack helicopter  Shangea 50
PLAAF Changhe WZ-10 - Jordan.jpg
Purchased from Shangea 2013 - Present
Vagha Attack helicopter  Ajahadya 42
Indian Army Rudra MK-IV.jpg

Surface-to-surface missiles

Model Type Origin Quantity Image Notes
Barachi-I Tactical ballistic missile  Ajahadya ~650 (missiles)
Barachi-I SRBM.jpg
Range: 100 km, 500kg conventional warhead, 180 launcher vehicles in service.