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Royal Volynic Armed Forces; RVAF
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Battle Standard of the Kingdom


Prior to military reforms in the 1920s, the armed forces were deteriorating quickly. Linguistic, religious, and ethnic turmoil greatly hurt the operational capacity of the Royal Armed Forces, which were all but incapable of maintaining domestic stability, much less defense from an external foe. It was King Bodahn III who had the foresight to reform the military into dozens of distinct branches, and begin a modernization effort seen to completion by Prince Regent Pyotr Hygheiz.

The military is decentralized, but still strictly organized. All branches of the Army, Air Force, and Navy answer to the Council of War, headed by the King himself. They oversee the regional generals, who operate relatively independently, in units determined by language, faith, and ethnicity. While all officers are required to read and write Volynic to fluency, regional officers are also chosen for their ability to speak the local language, and for reflecting local customs, and the bulk of officers are chosen from the component provinces of the Kingdom, and then educated in the language of government.

The Navy is largely limited to Lithuanians and Volynians, and the Air Force is limited exclusively to Volynians for the time being, due to its limited size.

Designation - Dominant Language - Dominant Faith - Dominant Ethnicity - Area of Deployment - Manpower

1st Volynic Royal Army - Volynic - Volynic Orthodox - Volynian - Kiev - 302,000
2nd Volynic Royal Army - Volynic - Volynic Orthodox - Volynian - Minsk - 187,000
3rd Volynic Royal Army - Volynic - Volynic Orthodox/Catholic - Volynian/Polish - L'viv - 345,000
4th Volynic Royal Army - Volynic - Volynic Orthodox - Volynian - Kherson - 414,000
6th Lithuanian Royal Army - Lithuanian - Catholic - Polish/Lithuanian - Riga - 440,000
11th Polish Royal Army - Polish - Catholic - Polish - Krakow - 212,000
13th Polish Royal Army - Polish - Catholic - Polish/Lithuanian - Vilnius - 250,000
14th Polish Royal Army - Slovak/Polish - Catholic - Slovak - Bratislavia - 106,000
27th Hungarian Royal Army - Hungarian - Protestant/Romanian Orthodox - Hungarian/Romanian - Budapest - 540,000
28th Moldavan Royal Army - Romanian - Romanian Orthodox - Romanian - Galati - 230,000
30th Moldavan Royal Army - Volynic - Romanian Orthodox/Volynic Orthodox - Romanian/Volynic - Chisinau - 420,000
Black Sea Royal Fleet - Volynic - Volynic Orthodox - Volynic - Odessa - 88,000
Baltic Royal Fleet - Lithuanian - Catholic - Lithuanian - Riga - 65,000
1st Volynic Royal Aero Force - Volynic - Volynic Orthodox - Volynic - Kiev, Minsk, Warsaw - 67,000

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14th Polish Royal Army Marches in Sanok, during Unity Day celebrations - February 18th, 1931

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The 30th Moldavan Royal Army Marches on Parade - June 7th, 1937

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The 11th Polish Royal Army in Krakow - October 2nd, 1940

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Soldiers of the 1st Volynic Royal Army, Standing Guard Outside the Chamber of Recruitment in Kiev - October 1st, 1940


Edited by Volyn, Oct 8 2010, 03:12 AM.
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Equipment Used by the Volynic Armed Forces

Land

Air
V.55 - Prototype design not yet in mass production. May operate alongside V.50 in the future.
V.53 - Introduced in 1939. Fills a bomber-fighter role alongside the V.50, focusing more on ground strikes.
V.50 - Introduced in 1939. Intended to replace V.11 fighter aircraft alongside V.55.
RWD.14 - Introduced in 1938. Primary reconnaissance aircraft of the Volynic Air Force.
V.37 - Introduced in 1938. Primary bomber aircraft in Volynic Air Force.
V.30 - Introduced in 1938, and available for export. Not used in the Air Force due to inferior design compared to V.37. Used as a trainer aircraft in some instances.
V.43 - Introduced in 1937 to fill niche role as a light tactical bomber.
V.24 - Introduced in 1936. Some V.11 are being replaced by the V.24, but not many.
V.23 - Introduced in 1935, but already replaced. Used as a trainer aircraft, with some reserves maintained.
V.11 - Introduced in 1934. Primary fighter aircraft in Volynic Air Force, but currently being replaced.
V.7 - Introduced in 1933, but quickly replaced by the V.11. Used as a trainer craft by the Royal Air Force, but largely decommissioned with some reserves maintained.
RXIII - Primary trainer craft for civilian and military pilots in use in Volyn.

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Edited by Volyn, Oct 8 2010, 08:11 AM.
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