Royal Cossack Ground Forces

The Royal Cossack Ground Forces (RCGF), referred to as the Cossack Army, is a diversified military institution and is the largest branch of the Cossack Armed Forces. It has fought several wars in the past and has exhibited professional performance in many international incidents.

Also, the Cossack Army handles all nuclear and other unconventional weaponry, with the National Complex for Unconventional Weapons situated in Aziv, Cossack Khanate.

Rank and Structure

Royal Cossack Ground Forces: Ranks

• Private
• Private-First Class
• Captain-Heads team of 5 men
• Corporal-Authorized to lead a brigade-10 men
• Sergeant-Heads Unit of 15 Men
• Chief Sergeant-Authorized to lead a squadron/squad-20 men
• Lieutenant-Heads a platoon-30 men
• First Lieutenant-Heads a company-60 men
• Commodore-Heads a regiment-300 men
• Commodore-Major
• Centurion-Heads a battalion-1200
• Marshall - Heads a legion-10000 men
• Konzul-Marshall
• Konzul-General
• General
• Task Commander
• Supreme Commander

Although the Khanate is a generally conservative nation, females are allowed to serve in the military in separate units. The Battle of Kermin River in Kerminavia (Annexation of Kerminavia, 1999) was fought entirely by the all-female 689th Company. Cossack soldiers are usually placed into units by training company, despite 0.2% of all trainees being removed from the armed forces due to incompetence.

In formations above a legion but below a contingent (10 legions), the term cohort is usually used. Cohort is a also a common term for formations that are organized differently due to high fatalities or high independence from military command.

The Royal Cossack Ground Forces Command breaks the RCGF into several corps:

• Cossack Infantry and Artillery Corps: Composes of the main ground fighting force, along with artillery and anti-air and anti-tank weaponry

• Cossack Infantry Air Support Corps: Consists of air support through attack and transport helicopters, light reconnaissance planes, as well as heavy drones

• Cossack Tank Corps: Consists of tanks and other heavily armored vehicles

• Cossack Ground Engineering Corps: Consists of logistics and engineering teams who manage flow of supplies, armored transport, and fortifying buildings and warehouses

• Cossack Amphibious Forces: Consists of specialized ground troops who utilize amphibious tanks and transport to give both themselves and other corps a tactical advantage.

• Cossack Military Intelligence: The institution that oversees interception of enemy messages and transmission of troop communication in secret. This section of the Army does not deal with domestic intelligence threats or foreign intelligence. This is done by separate organizations.

• Cossack Nuclear Force: Manages all the nuclear weaponry and research facilities for the Army. The personnel of this branch are not eligible to as many benefits as the rest of the ground force veterans. The members of this branch are usually applicants to the other branches who exhibited high intelligence but less physical performance.

Equipment

Most pictures and descriptions of infantry firearms are not to be released to the public, but listed here are common models that were released by the Ministry of Security:

CF-38: Standard issue assault rifle

CF-64: Standard issue army sniper

CF-20: Submachine gun that is now being slowly issued to all troops of the military, which is a current major project of the RCGF

CF-8: Machine pistol used by officers

S&K-8: Semi-automatic pistol. This gun is also used by civilians and militias

S&K-35: Long-range civilian rifle used for marksmen in low-developed parts of the military

RA-7: Heavy machine gun, usually used in trench or vehicle combat