Civitas Americae Marine Corps

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Background

The Marine Corps is the sole regular land force of Civitas Americae. Owing to a peaceful granting of independence by the Holy Roman Empire, and the lack of an indigenous population to Civitas Americae’s landmass, the need for an Army has never been felt. Originally used simply for boarding actions and policing the ships of the Navy, it was soon realized that the Marine Corps was the perfect group to raid or seize enemy ports. Thus the Marine tradition of amphibious assaults began.

Except with small nations, the Marine Corps does not conquer. Rather, it is used to secure a landing zone so that allied armies may be brought in.

The Marine Corps is divided into four Marine Expeditionary Forces. Each of these MEFs contains an amphibious assault division, an armored division, two mechanized infantry divisions, and a special artillery division. While each division (except for amphibious assault divisions, which only have mortars) has organic artillery, the special artillery divisions enable the Marine Corps to call down heavier firepower than might be expected for its small size.

The amphibious assault divisions are heavy in helicopters (both transport and attack) and APCs. They also have an attached engineer regiment so that air and seaport facilities can be quickly repaired and rebuilt. Only the amphibious assault divisions embark upon assault ships or conduct landings. Once these ports have been secured, the other expeditionary divisions are air/sealifted in and extend a buffer zone around the ports.

All Marine infantry are equipped with the Mk I Assault Battle Suit.

The Fourth Marine Expeditionary Force is permanently deployed to Westamerika and has the Special Artillery Division attached to it.

Although owned and operated by the Navy, landing ships are purchased with Marine Corps money. Currently there are 15 Wasp-class LHDs, 8 San Antonio-class LPDs, and 20 RoRo transports.

Unit Structures

Infantry Platoon

  • 3x Infantry squads
    • 2x fireteam
      • Rifleman
        • AK-103
      • Team Leader
        • Mark-19
      • Automatic rifleman
        • M2
      • Assistant automatic rifleman
        • AK-103 and extra ammo
    • 1x designated marksman
  • 1x Weapons squad
    • 2x SMAW-NE
    • 2x Javelin
    • 1x flamethrower
    • 1x Mark 19
    • 6x AK-103

Armor Division

  • 4x Armor brigade
    • 3x Tank battalion
      • 31 Lynx
    • 1x Mechanized Infantry battalion
      • 33 Puma II
      • 6 120mm mortar
      • 6 Mark-19
      • 20 SMAW-NE
      • 6 Javelin
      • SAM platoon
        • 9 MANPADS
        • 3 BTR-94/B (BTR-94 with 8 MANPADS instead of AAA gun)
    • Artillery battalion
      • 18 M2001 Crusader
      • 18 MANPADS
    • Air defense battalion
      • 6 SA-19
      • 6 SLAMRAAM
      • 18 MANPADS
    • Recon company
      • 6 Puma II
    • Engineer company
      • 1 armored tractor
      • 1 route-clearing vehicle
      • 2 ditching machines
      • 3 mine layers
      • 1 mine detector
      • 8 bridging trucks
  • 2x Mechanized Infantry brigade
    • 2x Mechanized Infantry battalion
    • 1x Tank battalion
    • 1x Artillery battalion
    • 1x Air defense battalion
    • 1x Recon company
    • 1x Engineer company
  • 1x Artillery regiment
    • 2x Artillery battalion
    • 1x MLRS battalion
      • 18 M270 MLRS
  • 1x SAM regiment
    • 18 SA-15
  • 1x Engineer battalion
    • Mine Warfare company
      • 6 minelayers
      • 2 mine clearers
      • 2 mine detectors
      • 2 armored tractors
    • Assault Crossing company
      • 12 K-61
      • 8 PMM-2
      • 2 Improved Ribbon Bridge
    • Construction company
      • 6 route-clearing vehicles
      • 1 pile driver
      • 4 ditching machines
    • Road/Bridge construction company
      • 3 MANPADS
      • 3 Improved Ribbon Bridge
      • 2 graders
      • 2 route-clearing vehicles
    • Rail construction company
      • 2 route-clearing vehicles
      • 2 graders
      • 2 track layers
  • 1x Recon battalion
    • 3x Recon company
  • 1x Helicopter assault regiment
    • 60 AH-30 Ostrogoth

Mechanized Infantry division

  • 4x Mechanized Infantry brigade
  • 2x Tank brigade
  • Artillery regiment
  • SAM regiment
  • Engineer battalion
  • Helicopter assault regiment

Special Artillery division

  • 4x Special Artillery Brigade
    • 3x Tactical Artillery battalion
      • 18 M75 railway gun
    • 1x Strategic Artillery battalion
      • 18 M76 railway gun
  • 2x Infantry brigade
    • 2x Mechanized infantry battalion
    • Tank battalion
    • Artillery battalion
    • Recon company
  • SAM regiment
    • 3 M77
    • 3 M78
  • 2x rail construction battalion
    • 5x rail construction company
  • Engineer battalion

Amphibious Assault division

  • 3x Amphibious Infantry brigade
    • 4x Amphibious Infantry battalion
      • 20 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
        • 10 infantry platoons
  • 3x Air Assault brigade
    • 2x Air Assault battalion
      • 62 Mi-24
        • 15 infantry platoons
    • 2x Air Attack battalion
      • 60 AH-30 Ostrogoth
  • Mulberry harbor