Royal Kouralian Army

'A Sinistra in Dextram'
The Flag of the Kouralian Army
Founded	1600AD
Current form	2000
Headquarters	The Ministry of Defence (Civil HQ) Camp Bastoke
Leadership
Her Majesty	Queen Alyx Campbell
Minister of Defence	Sir Bernard Wallace
Lord Commander	Richard Croft
Personnel
Military age	18-63
Conscription	Not in Effect
Reaching military age annually	(3,500,000 2012 Census)
Active personnel	2,500,000
Reserve personnel	1,000,000
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Kouralian National Armoury, KAE Systems (Kouralia)
Foreign suppliers	Anemonian State Arms Export Authority (Anemos Major),Licanan Military Provider, Crookfur Arms (Crookfur)

The Royal Kouralian Army is the Land-Warfare Service of the Kouralian Military, the senior service by precedence and the largest service. With 50 Divisions, predominantly mechanised or armoured, the Royal Kouralian Army is significantly smaller than those nations of similar size in-region. However, its doctrine aims to make up for the deficiency in size through Manoeuvre Warfare, a flexible approach to command, integration of cutting-edge technology and combined arms at all levels, and ensuring that it is one of the most technologically advanced and well-equipped militaries, pound-for-pound.

Doctrinal Role

The Royal Army's doctrine relies on combating the hostile force at all levels of organisation, simultaneously with all aspects of combined arms: Armour, Artillery, Infantry, Combat Support, and closely integrated Air Force support. The integration of these different combat arms is expected to occur in the most flexible manner, at the lowest organisational level possible. The Manoeuvrist Approach and Mission Command are the two main concepts of the Kouralian Doctrine. The former is described in ADP-2010 (the most recent Army Doctrinal Publication) as an 'indirect approach which emphasises understanding and targeting the conceptual and moral components of an adversary’s fighting power as well as attacking the physical component. It concentrates on seizing the initiative and applying strength against weakness and vulnerability, while protecting the same on our own side. The contemporary Manoeuvrist Approach requires a certain attitude of mind, practical knowledge and a philosophy of command that promotes initiative.' The 'attitude of mind', 'practical knowledge' and 'philosophy of command' mentioned in ADP-2010 are the 'Mission Command' section of Kouralian Doctrine. This is to say a 'centralised intent, and decentralised execution,' requiring individuals and collective formations at all levels of committed forces to be trained and capable of acting on their own initiative, often with much greater levels of independence than would normally be allowed. Rather than a commander giving direct and rigid orders, the main aim of the command structure is to provide unity of intent, with each subordinate commander having a strong idea of what objective their +1 intends to accomplish along with having been assigned a force and task to effect the completion of that objective.

While the Kouralian military does deploy in Divisions its main operational unit is the Legion - and its main fighting unit is the Battlegroup. This is central to the concept of Mission Command, as in addition to the usual Legion signals unit, the Legion is in possession of a Tactical Headquarters to coordinate four Battlegroups. Each Battlegroup is an adhoc formation of Company-level units from within the Legion assigned according to task, geography and other factors. For example, a Battlegroup optimised for urban warfare may consist of an Armoured Squadron and two Companies of Mechanised Infantry with devolved Fire Support Assets. At an even lower level, each Company-level formation is usually equipped with sufficient signals equipment to operate as a Cohort-level command centre, ensuring that any subordinate unit can take control in the event of serious disruption to command and control echelons. The only places Battlegroups are not found are in the Light, Amphibious and Airborne Legions, where the absence of Armoured units is seen as making it less necessary to be able to split the Legion up along these lines.

Personnel

Ranks

COMMISSIONED

	OF10	OF9	OF8	OF7	OF6
Army Legatine-Grade Ranks
Rank Title	Lord Grand Legate-General	Master-General	General	Vice-General	Legate
Kouralian Title	Legatus Kyneræl-Magnus Patrighius	Legatus Kyneræl-Mæyster	Legatus Kyneræl	Legatus Vys-Kyneræl	Legatus
Abbreviation	L/Gr.Gen	M/Gen.	Gen.	V/Gen.	Leg.
Insignia	10	9	8	7	6
Typical Command/ Appointment	10	9	8	7	6

	OF5	OF4	OF3	OF2	OF1
Army Field-Grade Ranks
Rank Title	Captain	Colonel	Vice-Colonel	Centenar	Vintenar - Ensign
Kouralian Title	Capitæyn	Cornæal	Vys-Cornæal	Centenær	Vyntenær - Veſſilian
Abbreviation	Capt.	Col.	V/Col.	Ctr	Vtr. - En.
Insignia	5	4	3	2	1
Typical Command/ Appointment	5	4	3	2	1

ENLISTED

	OR8	OR7	OR6	OR5	OR4	OR3	OR2	OR1
Army Other Ranks
Rank Title	Warrant Officer I	Warrant Officer II	Master Serjeant	Serjeant	Dycenar	Vice-Dycenar	Chosen Man	Private(1)
Kouralian Title	Æiutante Primo	Æiutante	Særvien-Mæyster	Særvien	Dycenær	Vys-Dycenær	Miliciær Sceltiæ	Miliciær(1)
Abbreviation	WO I	WO II	M/Sjt	Sjt	Dy.	V/Dy.	C/Mn.	Pte.
Insignia	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Typical Command/ Appointment	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

⁽¹⁾ = The term 'Private' is substituted for one of a number of other terms, depending on the occupation of the soldier, akin to the rating system of the Navy.

Equipment

See Also: Equipment of the Royal Kouralian Army