New Chicago Commonwealth Army

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Total Population of the NCC
165,000,000

Regular/Public Forces
Active Regular Forces-3 million men, 600 regiments organized into 3 theaters
Reserves and Local Defense Forces-4 million men, 800 regiments

Irregular/Private Forces
Active "Private Chapter" Forces-1.5 million men, 300 Regiments
Reserve "Private Chapter" Forces-2 million men, 400 Regiments


Dispositions of the Regular Forces

Infantry:
270 Line Infantry Regiments
178 Skirmisher Regiments
45 Grenadier Regiments
33 Veteran Regiments

Cavalry:
15 Veteran Dragoon Regiments
30 Dragoon Regiments
15 Hussar Regiments
2 Cavalier Regiments

Artillery:
6 Field Artillery Regiments
3 Naval Defense Artillery Regiments
1 Siege Artillery Regiment
2 Horse Artillery Regiments

Dispositions of the "Private Chapter" Forces

Infantry:
11 "White Scars" Line Infantry Regiments
48 "Armageddon Legion" Grenadier Regiments
20 "Adeptus" Skirmisher Regiments
7 "Firstborn" Line Infantry Regiments
22 "Steel Wave" Grenadier Regiments
14 "Dark Angels" Skirmisher Regiments
77 "Castella" Fusilier Regiments

Cavalry:
11 "Steel Wave" Dragoon Regiments
45 "Castella" Hussar Regiments
30 "White Scars" Hussar Regiments
15 "Firstborn" Cavalier Regiments


Force Organization
2 Army Groups per Theater
2+ Army per army group -> 200,000 men
2+ Corps per army -> 100,000 men
2 Division per corps -> 50,000 men
5 Brigade per division -> 10,000 men
4 Regiment per brigade -> 2,500 men
5 Battalions per regiment -> 500 men
8 Platoon per battalion -> 60 men
6 squads per platoon -> 10 men

Ranks

Generals:
Supreme Allied Commander
Commander in Chief (CINC), Theater
CINC Army Group
CINC Army
General
Brigadier General
Lieutenant General

Officers:
Field Marshall
Adjutant Field Marshall
Major
Adjutant Major
Captain
1st Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant

NCOs:
SFC
Gunnery Sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
Lance Corporal

Privates:
PFC
Private

Regimental Organization
The NCC assigns 5 battalions per regiment, with a NCC battalion being about the size as a Russian one. Generally, veteran and private chapter platoons are distributed throughout battalions as per availability. Field artillery is integrated into battalions as a NCC regiment generally needs to be a self-sustaining force. A regiment is generally commanded by a Marshall or Major.

1st Battalion: Skirmishers
1st Platoon-Veteran Skimishers
2nd Platoon-Private Chapter Skirmishers
3rd Platoon
4th Platoon
5th Platoon
6th Platoon
7th Platoon
8th Platoon

2nd Battalion: Line Infantry
1st Platoon- Veteran Line Infantry
2nd Platoon-Grenadiers
3rd Platoon
4th Platoon
5th Platoon
6th Platoon
7th Platoon
8th Platoon

3rd Battalion: Artillery Supported Line Infantry
1st Platoon: 10x 25-mm Decatur Pattern Volley Gun
2nd Platoon: 10x 25-mm Decatur Pattern Volley Gun
3rd Platoon
4th Platoon
5th Platoon
6th Platoon
7th Platoon
8th Platoon

4th Battalion: Line Infantry
1st Platoon- Veteran Line Infantry
2nd Platoon-Grenadiers
3rd Platoon
4th Platoon
5th Platoon
6th Platoon
7th Platoon
8th Platoon

5th Battalion: Line Infantry
1st Platoon- Veteran Line Infantry
2nd Platoon-Grenadiers
3rd Platoon
4th Platoon
5th Platoon
6th Platoon
7th Platoon: Logistics
8th Platoon: Logistics

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Infantry


Line Infantry

Around forty percent of the NCC's total forces consist of line infantry. The average line infantryman is issued M19 Decatur Pattern, a muzzle loading .55 caliber musket that is accurate to approximately 75 yards. In addition he is issued a nine-inch power bayonet.

The majority of most modern military forces are composed of line infantry, these being men equipped with linear muskets and trained to march, as it were, in lines. This particular approach is required, as the linear muskets have an accurate range of about 50 yards, thus requiring that they be fired in volleys to achieve any appreciable effect upon the enemy. Linear muskets are essentially a form of railgun which propels a round at extreme speed towards a target.

Because of the obvious issue involved in marching shoulder to shoulder in an environment filled with explosive bullets flying through the air at face-melting speeds, some protection must be provided to the infantry. This exists in the form of the kinetic shield, which converts kinetic, x-ray, and various other intense concentrations of energy into sound and visible light. The result is that when a weapon, for example a musket round, strikes the shield, it promptly expends all of its energy in the form of a loud noise and flash of light, the sudden cessation of movement is frequently rather damaging to the round itself as well, of course. The shield design has several weaknesses, in that it does not protect against low-energy weapons, for example, arrows, thrown objects, and enemy soldiers themselves, unless they are wearing some form of energized armor or wielding energy weapons of some kind.

Skirmishers


However, due to the NCC's relatively small population, as well as the fact that its' Private Chapter troops are generally employed as specialists in foreign armies, it relies heavily on less traditional units such as skirmishers to help make up for the smaller size of the military. Due to the NCC's wealth and industrial capacity all of its' units are well-trained and well-equipped, with emphasis on marksmanship and rate of fire. The Infantry generally thinks little of close combat because of the fact that they would soon be overwhelmed. As such, many soldiers choose not to carry swords at all, only bayonets. The NCC does however, employ a fair amount of heavy infantry mixed in with its' standard line infantry units to help anchor their gun lines as well as provide some much needed extra firepower.

NCC Skirmishers are generally issued the M27 Minnesota Pattern, a breech-loading .88 caliber hyper-low velocity rifle as well as other mission-specific equipment.

Grenadiers

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Air Corps
The Air Corps of the NCC is the newest, and one of the fastest expanding and modernizing branches of the NCC's diverse military assets. Originally chartered in 3312, the Air Corps was designed to take advantage of rapidly improving shield technology, and to deny a strategic asset to the ever-present threat of the FSA. The NCC's fleet consists primarily of fighters and strike aircraft, mainly biplanes with the new, monowing PF.8 Lutefisk gradually being phased in.