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Revision as of 22:36, 17 September 2020

Mehravan Armed Forces
Mehravan armed forces.png
Service branches
  • Militarized State of Mehrava Army
  • Mehravan Air Force
  • Mehravan Navy
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefSupreme Leader Arzhan Admejhad
Minister of DefenceZaqând Razjhavan
Chief of Defence StaffGeneral Beghzôr Mâzandgi
Manpower
Military age18
ConscriptionYes
Available for
military service
21,707,694, age 15–49
Fit for
military service
23,031,303, age 15–49
Active personnel500,000
Reserve personnel20,000,000
Expenditures
Budget275,100 billion $ACU
Percent of GDP30%
Industry
Domestic suppliers
  • Mehrava Ordnance Factories
  • Heavy Industries Azhtanan
  • Zâgdh Air Weapons Complex
  • Mehrava Aeronautical Complex
  • Mehrava National Missile Development Complex
  • Chaghâ National Research Laboratories
Foreign suppliers

The Armed Forces of the Militarized State of Mehrava (Mehrani: Amjhadâ Farzâv dâr Mizardâd Shâqdarâv Mehravâ) compromise the Army (Armêzh), Air Force (Aijhfar) and the Navy (Naghdâ) of the Militarized State of Mehrava.

The Mehravan Armed Forces are numerically the largest and arguably the most powerful in the Two Rivers Pact . These forces total about 500,000 active personnel (not including the Law Enforcement Force) plus 20,000,000 reserve and trained personnel that could be mobilized when needed. That makes a total of 20,500,000 military personnel that Mehrava could mobilize. All branches of the armed forces fall under the command of the Supreme Leader. The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics is responsible for planning logistics and funding of the armed forces and is not involved with in-the-field military operational command.

By the early Arzhanid Dynasty, Mehrava formed it's first unified military consisting of the Ground, Naval and Air Forces. After the coup in 1985, Mehrava began purchasing some weapons from Bakyern. Later, Mehrava began establishing its own armaments industry; its efforts in this remained largely unrecognised internationally, until recently.

The Mehravan government established a five-year rearmament program in 1989 to replace worn-out weaponry from the coup in 1985. Mehrava spent 10 billion $ACU between 1989 and 1992 on arms. Mehrava ordered weapons designed to prevent other states' military to enter their land and restore the monarchy.

Commanders

Major General Arzhan Admejhad (Supreme Leader of Mehrava and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Militarized State) Major General Barzaqând Barânjhad (Senior Military Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Militarized State) Brigadier General Zaqând Razjhavan (Minister of Defence) Brigadier General Beghzôr Mâzandgi (Chief of Defence Staff) Brigadier General Mukzând Arztâshan (Commander-in-Chief of the Army) Brigader General Môuzand Kârzaneh (Commander of the Army Ground Forces) Brigadier General Arnâz Bouzândgheh (Commander of Air Defense Forces) Rear Admiral Hazdâr Hâraijhad (Commander of the Navy)

Structure

  • Military Office of the Supreme Leader
    • General Staff of the Armed Forces
      • Militarized State of Mehrava Army (Armêzh)
        • Ground Force
        • Air Defense
        • Air Force
        • Navy
      • Law Enforcement Force (Police)

The Mehravan regular military, or Militarized State of Mehrava Army, consists of the Militarized State of Mehrava Army Ground Forces, Militarized State of Mehrava Navy, Militarized State of Mehrava Air Force, and the Militarized State of Mehrava Air Defense Force. The regular armed forces have an estimated 500,000 personnel: the Militarized State of Mehrava Army Ground Forces with 440,000, the Militarized State of Mehrava Navy with 2000, and the Militarized State of Mehrava Air Force with 38,000 airmen. Militarized State of Mehrava Air Defense Force is a branch split off from the MSMAF and has 20,000 personnel.

Budget

Mehrava's 2019 defense budget was estimated to be $ACU 275,100 billion, accounting for 30% of the national GDP.

Defense Industry

Under the last Shah of Mehrava, Guzgân Ajhad Arzhanid, Mehrava's military industry was limited to assembly of foreign weapons. In the assembly lines that were put up by foreign firms, Mehravan workers put together a variety of helicopters, aircraft, guided missiles, electronic components and tanks. In 1973 the Mehravan Electronics Industries (MEI) was established. The company was set up in a first attempt to organize the assembly and repair of foreign-delivered weapons. The Mehravan Defense Industries Organization was the first to succeed in taking a step into what could be called a military industry by reverse engineering the RPG-7, BM-21, and SAM-7 missiles in 1979.

Nevertheless, most of Mehrava's weapons before the revolution were imported from foreign countries. Between 1980 and 1984, the Shah went on a buying spree, ordering $ACU 8 billion in weapons alone. This alarmed the foreign countries's government, which strengthened a law on arms exports in 1984 and named it the Arms Export Control Act. Still, the foreign countries continued to sell large amounts of weapons to Mehrava until the 1985 Revolution.

After the revolution, Mehrava found itself severely isolated and lacking technological expertise. Because of economic sanctions and a weapons embargo put on Mehrava by the world council, it was forced to rely on its domestic arms industry for weapons and spare parts, since there were very few countries willing to do business with Mehrava.

The Armed Forces of the Militarized State of Mehrava were put in charge of creating what is today known as the Mehravan military industry. Under their command, Mehrava's military industry was enormously expanded, and with the Ministry of Defense pouring investment into the missile industry, Mehrava soon accumulated a vast arsenal of missiles.Since 1994, it has also produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, radar systems, guided missiles and fighter planes.

Equipment

Small-arms

Name Country Image Notes
Handguns
Pmk.1  Mehrava Standard pistol since 2001, designed & produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories.
Pmk.2  Mehrava
Pmk2.jpg
Standard pistol for certain special forces and armed police units, designed & produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories.
Submachine Guns and Carbines
MP Mk.1  Mehrava
Mp mk.1.jpg
Standard submachine gun of the Mehravan Army, designed & produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories.
MP Mk.2  Mehrava
Mp mk.2.jpg
Standard submachine gun for certain special forces and armed police units, designed & produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories.
Shotguns
Gassasinia Defence Systems SG-3  Gassasinia
Benelli M3 Super 90.jpg
Standard shotgun of the Mehravan Army and Police, locally produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories in SG Mk.1 designation
Assault and Battle Rifles
AS Mk.1  Mehrava
As mk.1.jpg
Standard rifle of the Mehravan Army between 1987 and 2003, phased out in favour of the AS Mk.2 rifle.
AS Mk.2  Mehrava
As mk.2.jpg
Standard service rifle of the Mehravan Army, designed & produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories.
SAS Mk.1  Mehrava
As mk.3.jpg
Standard assault rifle for certain special forces of the Mehravan Army, designed & produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories.
Machine Guns
Zhayed Heavy Industries Ultimax 100  Gassasinia
Cis-ultimax-100.jpg
The Ultimax 100 is the main general-purpose machine gun of the Mehravan Army, locally produced by Mehrava Ordnance Factories in HMG Mk.1 designation
Sniper and Marksman Rifles
SR Mk.1  Mehrava
SR Mk.1.jpg
Sharpshooter rifle based upon the AR Mk.1 platform.
Name Country Image Notes
AT1  Mehrava
AT1.jpg
Standard AT weapon of infantry units.

Ground Vehicles

Name Country Image Quantity Notes
Tanks
Kars Mk.2 MBT  Mehrava
Kars Mk.2 MBT.jpg
400 More orders placed by the Mehravan Army, production launched by Heavy Industries Azhtanan.
Kars Mk.1 MBT  Mehrava
Kars Mk.1 MBT.jpg
700 Further orders from the Mehravan Army were halted in 2011, opting instead to reserve funds for the the Kars Mk.2 MBT. 400 Kars Mk.1 that were acquired in the early 2000s are being upgraded (about 150 already contracted).
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
UTR XII  Kentalis
Stryker ICV front q.jpg
269 Modified to use a suite of Gassasinian-designed electronics systems and sensors.
Schutzenpanzer M20  Bakyern
Puma, first series.jpg
269 Modified to use a suite of Gassasinian-designed electronics systems and sensors.
UTR XVI  Kentalis
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle.jpg
140 Modified to use a suite of Gassasinian-designed electronics systems and sensors.
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Kampffahrzeug SA32  Bakyern
Boxer Land 400.jpg
164 Modified to use a suite of Gassasinian-designed electronics systems and sensors.
Schutzenpanzer M79  Bakyern
Transportpanzer Fuchs (TPz Fuchs) der Bundeswehr (10579660405).jpg
1050 Modified to utilise indigenously designed and produced sensors, electronics and modular armour systems.
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles
Dessig UDS XX  Kentalis
Navistar MaxxPro.JPG
262
Utility Vehicles
Land Rover Wolf flag/core|name=[BRITISH]|variant=|size=}}
Lrwolf2.jpg
Dessig UDS XII  Kentalis
2015 MCAS Beaufort Air Show 041215-M-CG676-161.jpg
HMHV  Bakyern
A British Army HX77 (8x8) EPLS with Project Fortress protection upgrade.JPG
Benfer Z-Class  Bakyern
Mercedes-Benz Zetros DSC01477.JPG

Aircraft

Name Country Image Quantity Notes
Combat Aircraft
E-40  Kentalis
F-15, 71st Fighter Squadron, in flight.JPG
60 Multi-role fighter-bomber, many are older production block models which have been upgraded by Hacohen Microsystems.
MkF3  Bakyern
F-16 June 2008.jpg
224 Multi-role fighter-bomber, many are older production block models which have been upgraded by Hacohen Microsystems.
MkF18  Bakyern
IAF-F-35I-2016-12-13.jpg
30, 45 on order Multi-role stealth fighter, local modifications to utilise locally-produced armaments, electronic warfare suites and sensors produced by Hacohen Microsystems and Gassasinian Defence Systems.
MkP 98 SF IDS/ECR  Bakyern
RAF CONDUCTS FIRST AIR STRIKES OF IRAQ MISSION MOD 45158635.jpg
40/20 Strike fighter acquired from former Bakyern service. Twenty aircraft converted to ECR variant with modern electronic warfare systems. Both variants upgraded with modern systems produced indigenously.
AEW&C
HM-2075 707 AEW&C  Kentalis
EB-707 Condor, Chilean Air Force (FACh) v2.jpg
3 Modified Morek FA-164 fitted with Gassasinian electronics, sensors and radar.
Reconnaissance
Morek ES-83  Kentalis
RC-135 Rivet Joint in flight.jpg
6 Surveillance, SIGINT and ELINT
Morek TES-22  Kentalis Center 3 Equipped with surveillance and ELINT equipment.
Tanker
Morek FA-164  Kentalis
Boeing 707-321B Pan Am Freer.jpg
9 Morek FA-164 modified for aerial refuelling.
M12  Kentalis
Lockheed C-130 Hercules.jpg
4 M-12 modified for aerial refuelling.
Transport
M-12 Inquisitor  Kentalis
Lockheed C-130 Hercules.jpg
12 Transport and SAR
M-12A  Kentalis
C-130J 135th AS Maryland ANG in flight.jpg
15 Tactical Airlift
Morek ME-23  Kentalis
USAF C-5 Galaxy in flight.jpg
10 Strategic Airlift, mainly used for international humanitarian and peacekeeping operations.
M-33  Kentalis
C-17 test sortie.jpg
5 Strategic and tactical airlift.
Morek FA-164  Kentalis
Boeing 707-321B Pan Am Freer.jpg
20 Troop and VIP transport.
Morek TES-22  Kentalis Center 44 Utility, transport and maritime patrol
Trainer
BAE Systems Hawk flag/core|name=[BRITISH]|variant=|size=}}
Hawk - RIAT 2011 (6122004254).jpg
25 Advanced jet trainer
Nasser X209  Bakyern
Grob G 120A Take Off.jpg
44 Basic propeller trainer
Morek TP-3  Kentalis
T-6A Texan II.jpg
40 Intermediate propeller trainer
UAV
RV-18 Heretic  Kentalis
MQ-9 Reaper UAV (cropped).jpg
12 Reconnaissance and air-strike

Helicopters

Name Country Image Quantity Notes
Transport Helicopter
Morek-Dessing TH-43  Kentalis
Hatzerim 270613 Blackhawk (remix) copy.jpg
350
Morek-Dessing HTH-22  Kentalis
CH-47 Chinook helicopter flyby.jpg
14 Heavy lift and transport
Scout Helicopter
Morek TH-44  Kentalis
OH-58D 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (cropped).jpg
70
Attack Helicopter
BH-777 Exterminator  Kentalis
AH-64D Apache Longbow.jpg
40