Imperial Kenega Rifles

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Imperial Kenega Rifles (1980-present)
Kenega Garrison Rifles (1940-66)
Active1981 - Present
1940 - 1966 (as Kenega Garrison Rifles)
CountryFlag of Castile-La Mancha.svg Vionna-Frankenlisch
BranchImperial Army Flag.png Imperial Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleColonial Service
Size1 battalion
1,000 troops
Garrison/HQPort Faronham
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Victor Johnston

The Imperial Kenega Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Vionna-Frankenlischian Imperial Army formed in 1981. Recruiting from the population of Kenega, an Imperial protectorate, the regiment consists of a single full-strength battalion and is a permanent part of the Imperial garrison of Kenega and is based at the primary Imperial outpost on the island at Port Faronham. The regiment carries on the lineage of the Kenega Garrison Rifles, which existed from 1940 until the Civil War of 1966. Though Kenega remained in Royalist hands throughout the Red Decade, all local forces were disbanded and the only part of the garrison made up of native Kenegans was the paramilitary Kenegan Auxiliary Police.

Though now only a single battalion, the IKR has had a varying number of battalions throughout its service - peaking at five in the early 90s. Two battalions saw service in the Prodavan War of 1991-93. Budget cuts forced the regiment to return to a one-battalion model in 2018.