Regional Defense Forces

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Deep South Regional Defense Force
Commander: General Logan Mains
Founded: April 20th, 2007
Active Personel: 150 million troops
HQ: Chapel Hill,Deep South
Allegence: Deep South
Battles/Wars: Deep South Civil War, Operation Legionarie, Capital insurgency, 1st UN War

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The Deep South Regional Defense Force more often known as the RDF, is structured into four branches consisting of:

  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
  • DEFCON

Much of D.S. military capability is involved in logistics and transportation, which enable rapid buildup of forces as needed. The Air Force maintains a large fleet of C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster, and C-130 Hercules transportation aircraft with an equally large fleet of aerial refuelling tankers.



Organization

The 4 Service Chiefs together with the Chairman and Vice Chairman form the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: GEN.Logan Mains
  • Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff : LTG. MI
  • Chief of Staff of the Army : LTG. MI
  • Chief of Naval Operations : VA. Alxandria
  • Chief of Experimental Weapons division : LTG. Maurice
  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force : LTG. Yayapp



Equipment

Army

Weapon / Cartrige / Clip size / rate of fire / Range


MA5C Assault Rifle / 7.62mm / 32 round magazine / 350 rds per minute/500yds

M6G Pistol / .45 caliber / 12 round / 100 rds per minute/75yds

M7 SMG / 5mm / 50 round / 550 rds per minute/219yds

BR55HB SR Battle Rifle/ 9.22mm / 36 round / 300 rds per minute/680yds

M90 Shotgun / 12,10,8 gauge / six shells / 86 rds per minute/14yds

SRS99D Sniper Rifle / .50 caliber / four shells / 50 rds per minute/2miles

M41 Rocket Launcher / 3.5in rocket / two rockets / 22 rds per minute/500m

W/AV M6 Grindell/ 40mm / one shell, / 12 rds per min/16miles Galileian Nonlinear Rifle /

UNSC Missile Pod / 16in rocket / eight misslies / 48 rds per min/48miles

AIE-486H Heavy Machinegun / .50 caliber / 250 belt / 1200 rds per min/1000yds

M9 HE-DP Fragmentation Grenade

Peshing Seige Howitzer / 255mm shell/ 57miles

Valient Rail cannon / 40in shell/150miles

105 Howitzer / 105mm shell/125miles

155 Howitzer 155mm shell/140miles

81 morter 81mm round/3600yds

60 morter 60mm round/2500yds



Armored Corps Tanks

M1A1 Abrams:

Weight 61.4 tonnes (67.7 short tons)

Length 9.76 m (32.02 ft) (gun forward)

Width 3.66 m (12 ft)

Height 2.44 m (8.0 ft)

Crew 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)

Armor Chobham,

RHA Primary armament 120 mm M256 Smoothbore Tank Gun, 40 rounds

Secondary armament 1× .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 BMG machine gun, 2× M240 7.62 mm machine guns (1 pintle, 1 coaxial)

Engine AGT-1500 multi-fuel turbine engine, Honeywell LV100-5 turbine engine Allison DDA X-1100 3B transmission 1500 hp (1119 kW) Power/weight 24.5 hp/tonne

Suspension torsion bar

Operational range without NBC system: 465.29 km (289 mi) With NBC system: 449.19 km (279 mi) Speed Road: 67.72 km/h (42 mph) Off-road: 48.3 km/h (30 mph)

M808B MBT:

Crew 2(Driver and commander/gunner) =4 men can ride shotgun

Weight 30.3 tonnes (66,800 lb)

Length 5.84 m (19 ft 2 in)

Width 2.62 m (8 ft 7 in)

Height 2.74 m (9 ft)

Crew: 2 Gunner and driver

Weight: 66 tons

Armament: 90mm HV (High Velocity)

Secondary/coaxial gun: 7.62mm AP-T (Armor Piercing, Tracer)

Power/weight 22 hp/tonne

Suspension torsion bar

Operational range 375 km, 550 km with external tanks

Speed 65 km/h


Light RECON Vehicles M12 LRV Warthog:

Crew: 1 + 1 (plus 1 more in rear)

Weight: 3.5 tons

Armament: 12.7mm three-barreled M41 LAAG

Transmission(s) 3-speed + reverse

2-speed transfer case;

low range engages front wheel drive

Wheelbase 80 inch / 203 cm

Length 131 inch / 333 cm

Width 62 inch / 157,5 cm

Height 72 inch (183 cm) with top up reducible to 52 inch (132 cm)

Curb weight 2,290 lbs (~1020kg)

Armored Personel Carrier

M2 Bradley APC:

Weight 30.4 tonnes

Length 6.55 m

Width 3.6 m

Height 2.98 m

Crew 3 + 6

Armor Aluminium / Steel

Primary armament 25 mm M242 Chain Gun

900 rounds

TOW Anti-Tank Missile 7 TOW Missiles

Secondary armament 7.62 mm M240C machine gun

2,200 rounds

Engine diesel 600 hp (447 kW) Power/weight 19.74 hp/tonne

Suspension torsion bar

Operational range 483 km or 300 m Speed 66 km/h or 41mph[/b]



History

The RDF was proposed to the General Assembly on April 19th following the appointmemt of Lieutenant General Mains as regional military advisor. A Joint Staff was approved by the Sec.Council, and brought forth the rapid development of the DSRDF. The Army was completly organised in a few days along with the Air Force. The Navy and Nuclear forces lagged far behind in organization due to the vacentcy of the senior positions. During the Deep South Civil War the Army and Navy brought a quick end to the conflict with little bloodshed. During the Capital insurgency and subsquent nuclear emergency, the RDF logistics branch showed it's eneffectiveness due to uncorrodinated supply attempts. Air Force was also put under strain due to outdated equipment.