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 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

The chief fighting strength of 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, 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. The light infantry brigades are usually well-trained in jungle or mountain warfare, depending on its native environment.

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.

Mobile reserve

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

The largest of these is the Ajawal Tupilob Division ('Royal 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 Xik 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 the Ahaltocob 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, centred around a light machine gun. 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
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		Milostia	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		Template:Country data Valgtea	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	Main long-range anti-tank weapon of infantry forces.
Type 01 LMAT		Tsurushima	Anti-tank guided missile	Supplementing 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		Skaldafen	NLOS loitering missile

Combat vehicles

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
EE-T1	File:EE-T1 Osório (P2).jpg	Mutul/Sante Reze	Main battle tank	600
Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicle		Jhengtsang	Amphibious infantry Fighting Vehicle	Primarily used by the Mutulese Marines
Type 63A		Jhengtsang	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
Type 89 AFV		Mutul	Armoured personnel carrier	400x utilised by the Royal Guards Armoured Division.
Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier		Lion's Rock	Articulated tracked vehicle	100+
Type 212		Mutul	General utility vehicle

Artillery

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
Mortar 60mm M57		Skaldafen	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	72x, in service with the Royal Guards Division
Astros II MLRS		Mutul/Sante Reze	MLRS	Three battalions per Military Region

Air Defence Weapons

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
Flak-23		Template:Country data Valgtea	23mm
SA-95		Mutul	MANPAD	Main air-defence weapon of light infantry brigade groups
LL-96		Mutul	SHRAD	Main air-defence weapon of mechanised brigade groups
Antelope air defence system		Mutul	SAM system	Main divisional air defence system
Sky Bow		Mutul	SAM system	Equips the Air Defence Command of each Military Region

Army Aviation

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
W-3		Mutul	Light transport/utility helicopter
Oryx		Tulura	Medium lift helicopter
Mi-26		Template:Country data Valgtea	Heavy-lift helicopter
Mi-24		Template:Country data Valgtea	Attack helicopter
U-96		Mutul	Tactical drone
U-96		Template:Country data Concordia (Ajax)	Handheld drone

Missile systems

Name	Image	Origin	Type	Numbers
BM-25		Template:Country data Valgtea	Mobile IRBM
SS-21 Scarab		Template:Country data Valgtea	TBM
SS-26 Stone		Template:Country data Valgtea	SRBM
Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missile		Tsurushima	Short- to medium-range coastal defence missile system