Kasharic Imperial Military Forces
The Kasharic Imperial Navy serves the Kashar (world).
Description (Specifications)
For the defense of Kashar (world) the emperor maintains several military units.
Their equipment includes some interesting designs, locally manufactured. The Kasharic Army has 15,000 Battalions, organized into 30 field armies, many of these are equipped with conventional vehicles.
The Kasharic Marines have 620 Battalions, organized into 6 marine corps with one independent marine division serving as the imperial praetorian guards. Marines units are usually embedded with fleet elements for transport and direct close combat support. Gunships are integrated to the squad and platoon levels. There is a Military Base in the system.
Goals (Mission)
The military of this planet is charged with the defense of the emperor and his or her loyal subjects.
Strategy & Doctrine (Operations)
The primary philosophy to create an obstacle which potential invader could hope reduce through attrition or siege, which would afford the emperor's delagates an opportunity to explore diplomatic solutions. The mission to to be too costly to attack, and make it more efficient for a potential aggressor to bypass, insearch of easier prey.
Rank & Grade (Hierarchy)
Certain field grade ranks are awarded for valiant service to the emperor, appointed officers are always paired with loyal career officers as executive staff to ease their command responsibilities, and to ensure smooth efficient operations.
History & Background (Dossier)
This form of the military has existed since the first popular emperors were ceded power.
Tables of Organization (Organizational Structure)
Army units tend to be bigger and square, marine units tend to be smaller and triangular. Army troopers wear CES and carry 9mm ACRs with integral 4cm RAM GL in an over/under configuration. Squad support is in the form of 9mm DS caseless, smart gun LMGs and disposable package TAC missiles. Marine units wear vacuum suits for protected duty and carry laser carbines with integral 4cm RAM GL. Every squad has a designator/sniper with electric optics and a laser rifle. They also carry man portable, target designated TAC missiles.
Combat Elements
Army Cavalry Regiments have four cavalry squadrons, each with four troops. Troops consist of twelve of these GEV APCs. Squadrons have additional support units to operate independently. The current commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment is Army Colonel Deborah Lee.
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- Empress Deborah's class Hussar GEV APC (TECH LEVEL 10)
- This ACV vehicle has a crew of 3, a gunner, loader, commander and a driver and can carry 15 passengers. It mounts a 9MW input single lens pulse laser with TL 10 direct fire control in a stabilized turret on the chassis deck.
- Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2m (+1m turret). Width: 4m. Length: 9m.
- Total usable volume: 70.4 m3
- Total mass: 163.13509 tons
- Production Cost: Cr. 1,455,049
- Movement: Weapon ON 105kph (87.6cm); Weapon OFF 160kph (133.6cm)
- Movement effect on fire: no effect
- Armor: Turret and chassis front 48, all other faces 40.
- Target Size DMs: +3 low and +1 high.
- Equipment: map box, thermal, sealed environment with life support for 18, TL 10 direct fire control, 1m3 1ton of cargo space and a 5,000 power radio.
- Power: 18 megawatt fusion power plant consumes 27 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 770.54 liters, enough for 28.5 hours. Power to weight: weapon ON 55, weapon OFF 110.
- Weapons: There is a 9MW single lens pulse laser in the stabilized turret fitted with TL 10 direct fire control. It has a +2 signature and can engage one target per fire phase. It has the following direct fire characteristics:
- Effective: Long: Extreme:
- 3,000m (53) 4,000m(53) 5,500m(53)
- Maintenance:
- Vehicle: 6
- Weapons: 5
- Electronics: 13
Every army battalion has an organic artillery battery which consists of eight towed guns.
- Joshua’s Medium Velocity Towed 15cm Artillery (TECH LEVEL A)
- The weapon requires a crew of 1 gunner.
- Total Volume: 20.78m3
- Total Weight: 20.78 tons
- Production Cost: Cr. 347,380
- Equipment: TL 5 fire direction center, TL 10 indirect fire control, a gun-shield, and is fitted with an auto-loader.
- Weapon: The 15cm medium velocity gun has storage for 120 (60RAP) rounds, enough for 40 (20 RAP) fire missions. A full load of HE is included in the price. Rounds mass 60kg (120kg RAP) each. It has a 3 ROF, +3 signature, accuracy is +3 up to ½ range and +1 over ½ range. Its indirect fire range is 34km (51km w/RAP).
- Rounds available: Cost/round:
- HE 25/4/4 180
- HEAP 45 270
- CBM 21/9 +2 540
- Illum 99cm 360
- Chaff 99cm 360
- Smoke 2cmx2cm 180
- Chemical 2cmx2cm 6 turns 360
- Variable Ballistics +60
- Laser Guided +600
- RAP +180
- Maintenance:
- Vehicle: 0
- Weapons: 2
- Electronics: 10
- Suspension: 0
These are their prime movers. Dismounted this driver can operate the weapon alone, once it has been set up because of the auto loader. In practice a crew is needed to set up and move the vehicle and to reload the ammo hoppers, after the auto-loader is empty. Weapon crews ride separately, these trucks carry the ammo.
- Joshua’s 6x6 Armored Wheeled Truck (TECH LEVEL A)
- The vehicle has a crew of 1 driver.
- Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2m. Width: 2.5m. Length: 6m.
- Total usable volume: 30m3
- Total mass: 36.338075tons.
- Production Cost: Cr. 46,094.131
- Movement: Road 133kph/110.8cm; Cross-Country 39.9kph/33.25cm.
- Movement effect on fire: None
- Armor: Chassis front 36, chassis sides 18, chassis rear, belly and deck 9.
- Target Size DMs: +2 low and no high hits.
- Equipment: 16m3 16 ton cargo bay, headlights, map box, and a 5,000 power radio.
- Power: 1.2 megawatt MHD turbine power plant consumes 360 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 819.025 :liters, enough for 2.275 hours. Ground Pressure 4 tons/m2, Power to weight 33.
- Weapons: None
- Maintenance:
- Vehicle: 5
- Weapons: 0
- Electronics: 6
- Suspension: 0
The Imperial Air Force Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command has several squadrons of strategic bombers.
- Hughes B-54 Bomber (TECH LEVEL A)
- The vehicle has a crew of 3, a pilot, co-pilot and a flight engineer in complex cockpits with advanced :ejection seats, with powered controls in a supersonic airframe. It can carry 20 tons of bombs in the internal :bomb bay, and 140 TAC missiles from an internal launch bay.
- Vehicle volume: loaded combat ready 3,120m3, with wings removed for transport loaded 1,040m3.
- Total mass: empty: 52 tons loaded: 79 tons.
- Production Cost: Cr. 11,638,065
- Movement: Empty Maximum 1,400kph/1,166cm, Cruise 1,050kph/875cm, Minimum 350kph/291cm.
- Loaded Maximum 930kph/775cm, Cruise 697.5kph/581.25cm, Minimum 232.5kph/193.75cm.
- Movement effect on fire: no effect
- Damage Points: 520 empty, 790 loaded.
- Agility: 17 empty/12 loaded
- Turns: 54o
- Equipment: Extensive ECM, map box, battle computer, image enhancement, thermal, 5,000 power radio, 5,000 power radio jammer, radio direction finder, 1,000km maser communicator, 100 power target acquisition LADAR.
- Power: The fast subsonic airframe mounts 2.08MW basic turbofan engines producing 62.4 tons of thrust and consuming 21.84 liters of fuel per hour, internal fuel capacity 445.1liters, enough for 20 hours. Thrust to weight produce 1.2G's empty and 0.78G’s loaded. Range: loaded 13,950km on internal fuel.
- Weapons: There is a remote turret with six TL 9 laser rifles. The turret can engage or designate six target/phase. Each laser rifle has a 100 shot battery.
- Effective Long Extreme
- 18(9) 36(4) 180(1)
- There is a 50kg capacity internal launch bay with storage for 140 missiles. Missiles available include:
- 17cm Warhead Guidance Range Cost
- HE 27/4/4 Radio operator guided +3 DM 47.3km or 37.3+10DM 264
- HEAP 49 274
- HE 27/4/4 Teleguided 35km or 25km+10DM 1,773
- HEAP 49 1,763
- HE 27/4/4 Homing 64km or 54km+10DM 365
- HEAP 49 375
- HE 27/4/4 Target Designated 64km or 54km+10DM 665
- HEAP 49 675
- HEAP +8 Penetration IR Follow-up 64km or 54km+10DM 475
- It can carry (80) 250kg bombs 30cm warhead 36/6/5, Cr. 750 each, a full load is included in the price.
- Maintenance:
- Vehicle: 12
- Electronics: 80
- Weapons: 420
Support Elements
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This military can be primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space: on the Distant Fringe
Headquarters Data: 1105
The following mainworld is the primary headquarters of this military:
World Listing: 1105
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science