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.

Corps

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

Values

The Army is a good place to point out several Cossack values that differentiate the Cossack military from other armies. One key point is morality. Unlike many other undisciplined soldiers, Cossack soldiers do not form romantic relationships with natives in the region they are fighting in. Such relationships are far and few in between, and such matters are addressed by Article 34 of the Cossack Armed Forces Charter. This article punishes those who:

“...engage in romantic and sexual activity with a person of non-Cossack origin while on active duty, poorly reflecting on the Nation and its morals. 

Such actions shall be taken as a sign of incompetence and will result in dishonorable discharge as well as five to fifteen years of prison at the decree of a judge.”

Also, there have only been 12 cases of alcoholism on active duty in the RCGF’s history. This is a result of drinking being both illegal and a taboo subject in the Khanate, and the Ministry of Security expects that no soldier will defect from his duties and absorb other cultures.

Furthermore, Cossack soldiers follow a code of war published by the Department of Social Affairs. For example, when on a set battleground, civilian women and children will not be killed or kept in harmful conditions. When fighting armed women and children, the Cossack military has permission to kill, however not when the subject is disarmed. Execution of women and children prisoners is explicitly forbidden. Such defined war crimes are punishable with either prison time or dishonorable dischargement. However, these measures are usually not needed to be used because most soldiers follow the code with respect to morality.