5 series divisions

5 series divisions are those divisional formations of the Community Defence Forces of Sober Thought which end in the number 5.

By battalion equivalents (and hence indirectly by personnel) they are comprised of 28% Land Service fulltime regular soldiers and 72% Civil Guard parttime citizen soldiers. The series is conceived as one for armoured infantry divisions working in concert with one regular armoured and a second militia armoured infantry division each.

The divisional, armoured brigade, armoured infantry brigade and artillery brigade headquarters companies are all staffed by regulars. The artillery battalions which become organic parts of the three field brigades remain parts of the regular artillery brigade before mobilisation. All remaining units are militia.

Numbers of formations and units are given in full for the first wave and also in the formula where w = number of population wave, n = one sequence for regular forces and x = a separate sequence for regular forces.

Armoured Brigade

1 / w Jarvet Brigade (Armoured)

• 1st / w Battalion, Pastbeshchye Tank Regiment, medium tanks
• 1st / w Battalion, Jarvet Uhlans, armoured cars
• 1st / w Battalion, Jarvet Jaegers, armoured infantry in tracked APCs
• n Field Artillery Battalion (Armoured)

First Armoured Infantry Brigade

1 / w Coastal (Bristle Island or Braunekuste) Brigade (Armoured Infantry)

• 1st / w Battalion, Braunekuste Cuirassiers/Cuirassiers braunekustiens or Bristle Island Armoured Regiment, light tanks
• 1st / w Battalion, Bristle Island Dragoons or Braunekustian Mounted Fusiliers/Fusiliers montés braunekustiens, armoured infantry in tracked APCs
• 1st / w Battalion, North Island Mounted Rifles or Drewburgh Mounted Rifles, armoured infantry in wheeled APCs
• n+1 Field Artillery Battalion (Armoured)

Second Armoured Infantry Brigade

1 / w Thuvian Brigade (Armoured Infantry)

• 1st / w Battalion, Thuvian Cavalry, light tanks
• 1st / w Battalion, Thuvian Grenadiers, armoured infantry in tracked APCs
• 1st Battalion / subsequent w odd-1 Battalion, Bight Regiment or w even-1 bataillon, Régiment de Mit-en-Haut, armoured infantry in wheeled APCs
• n+2 Field Artillery Battalion (Armoured)

Artillery Brigade

7 / (10w+7)-10 Artillery Brigade (Armoured)

• n+3 Field Artillery Battalion (Anti-Tank)
• x Air Defence Artillery (Rocket)
• x+1 Air Defence Artillery (Gun)

Divisional Reserve Demi-Brigade

• Cholmestay Horse, heavy tanks
• Cholmestay Mounted Rifles, armoured infantry in tracked APCs

Engineering Demi-Brigade

• 1st / 2w-1 Coastal Engineer Battalion (Combat), composite of types and provinces
• Jarvet Engineers (Civil), composite of types, and sometimes:
• 2nd / 2w Coastal Engineer Battalion (Maintenance), composite of types and provinces

Logistics Demi-Brigade

• 1st / w Coastal Transport Battalion, composite of provinces and sometimes sub-branches
• 1st / w Battalion, Thuvian Supply Regiment, and sometimes the maintenance engineering battalion

Other

• 1st / w Pastbeshchye Security Battalion, composite of branches
• 1st / w Coastal Health Battalion, composite of provinces and sub-branches

Notes

1. After every fourth wave of 100 million national population, the brigades are reorganised to give one armoured infantry division each to the Coastal Provinces collectively, Jarvet, Cholmestay and Thuvia.
2. The Coastal Provinces provide varying companies of engineers, maintenance engineers and health troops which are organised into full battalions. Consult the Civil Guard section of provincial articles for details.
3. Bristle Island and Braunekuste take turns providing battalions of light tanks and tracked APCs. The battalions of armoured infantry in wheeled APCs come exclusively from the former.
4. Capital Province contributes a battalion of armoured infantry each wave, alternating with odd waves from the anglophone Bight Regiment and even waves from the francophone Régiment de Mit-en-Haut.
5. Demi-brigades bear names only and not numbers, taking their identity from the division they belong to, e.g., Logistics Brigade of the 35th Armoured Infantry Division.
6. While there is only one maintenance battalion in the division, from time to time or purpose to purpose it may be assigned to either or both of the engineering and logistics demi-brigades.