ME7 1899 Militaries

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For the military forces of the nations after the fast forward.

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Drakan Fleet
The Draka fleet is a product of the recognition by the Draka government that they were land power and as such their fleet suffered. Their fleet is weak compared with the one’s from nations with comparable strength, and as such their strategy was aimed at protecting the oil supply coming from the Middle East. The most modern ships are attached to the Zanzibar based Indian Ocean Fleet while the older ships and the bulk of the torpedo and submarines are assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in Luanda and the Home Fleet in Cape Town. The numbers do not include training ships, support ships or obsolete ships still on the fleet being used as floating batteries in the main ports. Over 120 airships are serving on the fleet supported by four airship tenderships.

Dreadnoughts: 6 build between 1897 and 1898
Domination Class
Specifications:
Displacement: 32,300 tons; Fuel capacity: 6,200 tons/oil; Armament: 8 x 16” in 4 double turrets, 16 x 6’ in single turrets, 8 x 3” in single turrets, 10 37mm anti airship guns, eight 21" submerged torpedo tubes; Complement: 1201 men; Propulsion, 10 Boilers, 4 Parsons Turbine engines: 64,000 horsepower; Speed, 30 knots.

Pre-Dreadnoughts
Ferguson Class 5 on service
Specifications:
Displacement: 10670 tons; Fuel capacity: 1000 tons/coal; Armament: 8 x 12” in 4 double turrets, 8 x 4” in single turrets, 8 x 3” in single turrets, six 18" torpedo tubes; Complement: 568 men; Propulsion, 12 Boilers, 2 Vertical triple expansion engines: 9,000 horsepower; Speed, 16 knots.

Imperial Class: 2 on service
Specifications:
Displacement: 10300 tons; Fuel capacity: 1,200 tons/coal; Armament: 4 x 13.5” in two double turrets, 4 x 12” in two double turrets, 17 x 3 pounders, four 18" torpedo tubes; Complement: 525 men; Propulsion, 10 Boilers, 2 inverted compound engines: 11,500 horsepower; Speed, 16 knots.

Coastal Battleships:
Cape of Good Hope Class: 4 build between 1888-1889.
Specifications:
Displacement: 10,288 tons; Fuel capacity: 2,300 tons/coal; Armament: 4 x 12-inch guns, 8 x 8-inch guns, 4 x 6-inch guns, 2 x 3-inch guns, 20 x 6-pounders, 6 x 1-pounders, 6 x 18-inch torpedo tubes. Complement: 586 men; Propulsion, 8 Boilers, 2 Vertical expansion engines: 7,900 horsepower; Speed, 16.2 knots.

Heavy Cruisers: 8 build between 1890 and 1892
Leopard Class
Specifications:
Displacement: 11,885 tons; Fuel capacity: 2,800 tons/coal; Armament: Armament 14 x 9.2 inch guns in double turrets, 24 x 3 inch guns in single turrets, 20 20mm semi auto guns for anti airship duty, 4 x 18 inch submerged torpedo tubes. Complement: 790 men; Propulsion, 8 Boilers, 2 Vertical expansion engines: 9,800 horsepower; Speed, 18 knots.

Light Cruisers: 18 build between 1896 and 1898
Tanganika Class
Specifications:
Displacement: 4,687 tons; Fuel capacity: 1,400 tons/oil; Armament: 4 x 5” in two dual turrets, 6 x 3” in six single turrets, 10 37mm anti airship guns, Two 21" submerged torpedo tubes; Complement: 360 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 2 Parsons Turbine engines: 16,000 horsepower; Speed, 33 knots.

Destroyers Total 95

C Class: 15 ships build in 1887, 15 in 1888
Specifications:
Displacement: 240 tons; Fuel capacity: 57 tons/coal; Armament: One 12 pounder, Two 18" torpedo tubes; Complement: 50 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 2 Vertical expansion engines: 3,800 horsepower; Speed, 27 knots.

D Class: 15 ships build in 1889
Specifications:
Displacement: 290 tons; Fuel capacity: 68 tons/coal; Armament: One 12 pounder, Two 18" torpedo tubes; Complement: 56 men; Propulsion, 2 Boilers, 1 Vertical expansion engines: 4,100 horsepower; Speed, 27 knots.

E Class: 30 build between 1894-1895
Specifications:
Displacement: 605 tons; Fuel capacity: 175 tons/coal; Armament: Two 3"/50 caliber rapid fire guns, Six 6 pounders, Two 18" torpedo tubes; Complement: 80 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 2 Vertical expansion engines: 8,300 horsepower; Speed, 30 knots

F Class: 20 build between 1896-1898
Specifications:
Displacement: 914 tons; Fuel capacity: 240 tons/oil; Armament: Five 3"/50 caliber rapid fire guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 95 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 3 Parsons Turbines engines: 9,600 horsepower; Speed, 33 knots

Torpedo boats: 268 total.
TB-1 Class: 75 build between 1887-1889. 12 lost or scrapped.
Specifications:
Displacement: 75 tons; Fuel capacity: 5 tons/oil; Armament: 2 20mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 20 men; Propulsion, 2 Boilers, 1 Vertical expansion engines: 1,000 horsepower; Speed, 24 knots

TB-100 Class: 75 build between 1890-1892. 10 sold to Persia.
Specifications:
Displacement: 80 tons; Fuel capacity: 8 tons/oil; Armament: 2 20mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 22 men; Propulsion, 2 Boilers, 1 Vertical expansion engines: 1,200 horsepower; Speed, 26 knots

TB-200 Class: 75 build between 1893-1895. 10 sold to Japan, 10 to Persia,
Specifications:
Displacement: 85 tons; Fuel capacity: 10 tons/oil; Armament: 2 20mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 28 men; Propulsion, 2 Boilers, 1 Vertical expansion engines: 1,400 horsepower; Speed, 30 knots

TB-300 Class: 75 build between 1896-1898.
Specifications:
Displacement: 97 tons; Fuel capacity: 12 tons/oil; Armament: 4 37mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 32 men; Propulsion, 2 Boilers, 1 Vertical expansion engines: 1,900 horsepower; Speed, 32 knots

Coastal submarines: 240 total

S-1 Class: 50 build between 1887-1889, 7 lost due to accidents or war. 12 sold to Persia.
Specifications:
Displacement: 77tons; Fuel capacity: 20tons/coal; Armament: one 18” torpedo tube, 2 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 10 men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 400 horsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 8 knots and 7 knots submerged.

S-50 Class: 50 build between 1889-1890, 10 lost due to accidents or war. 10 sold to Japan.
Specifications:
Displacement: 105 tons; Fuel capacity: 22tons/coal; Armament: one 18” torpedo tube, 3 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 12 men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 400 horsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 9 knots and 8 knots submerged.

S-250 Class: 150 build between 1891-1896, 21 sold or donated to different nations.
Specifications:
Displacement: 205 tons; Fuel capacity: 49 tons/oil; Armament: 2 18” torpedo tubes, one astern and one bow, 4 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 15 men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 600 horsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 10 knots and 9 knots submerged.

S-1000 Class: 50 build between 1897-1898.
Specifications:
Displacement: 301 tons; Fuel capacity: 53 tons/oil; Armament: 2 18” torpedo tubes, one astern and one bow, 4 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 20men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 800orsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 12 knots and 9 knots submerged.

Fleet Submarines: 25 total
Shark Class: 25 build between 1897-1898.
Specifications:
Displacement: 564tons; Fuel capacity: 74 tons/oil; Armament: Four 18" torpedo tubes, two astern and two bow; Complement: 35 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 2 Parsons Turbine engines: 1,400 horsepower, and electrical power for submerged propulsion; Speed 16 knots and 11 knots submerged.

[Lauranthalas]

1,300,000 infantry; 275,000 Cavalry; 75,000 Artillary; 18 Cruiser; 20 Ironclads; 23 Pre-Dreadnoughts; 11 unarmored Cruiser (outdated); 5 protected Cruiser (outdated); 26 Corvettes; 5 Dreadnoughts; 63 Destroyers; 130 Torpedo boats; 25 subs (still 3 months to finish); 51 airships (mainly for transport reason)

[Aussey]

Imperial Army of the Habsburg Empire~

1st Bohemian Division~ 18,000 men
1st Bohemian Regiment- 6,000
1st Moravian Regiment- 6,000
1st Czech Regiment- 6,000

1st Bulgarian Regiment~ 16,000 men
Division of Upper Bulgaria- 5,000
Division of Middle Bulgaria- 5,000
2nd Bulgarian Regiment~ 10,000 men
Division of Lower Bulgaria- 5,000
Division of Hellenic Bulgaria- 5,000

1st Albanian Regiment~ 5,000 men
Division of Habsburg Albania~ 2,500
Division of Hellenic Albania~ 2,500

1st Hungarian Regiment~ 6,500 men
Division of Transylvania- 1500 men
Divsion of Burgenland- 1400 men
Division of Croatia- 1700 men
2nd Hungarian Regiment~ 1,800 men
Division of Slovakia- 900 men
Division of Western Croatio- 1800 men

1st Dalmatian Regiment~ 12,000 men
Division of Pagania- 1000 men
Division of Zahumlje- 600 men
Division of Travunia- 790 men
Division of Duklja- 700 men

1st Galician and Londomerian Regiment~ 11,000 men
Division of Galicia- 1800 men
Division of Londomeria- 900 men
2nd Galician and Londomerian Regiment~ 900 men
Division of Western Galicia- 1550 men
3rd Londomerian Division- 1150 men

1st Croatian and Slavonian Regiment~ 2,000 men
Division of Slavic Croatia- 200 men
Division of Slavonia- 900 men

1st Regiment of Lombardy~ 2,000 men
Division of Lombardy- 2,500 men
Division of Venetia- 1,300 men
2nd Regiment of Venetia~ 1,800 men
Divsision of Royal Venetia- 900 men
Division of Venice- 1400 men

1st Regiment of Upper Austria~ 2,000 men
Division of Vienna- 1500 men
Division of Salzburg- 1500 men
2nd Regiment of Lower Austria~ 2,500 men
Divsion of the Empire- 900 men
Divsion of Lower Austria- 600 men

1st Carinthian Regiment~ 1,800 men
Division of Tarvisio- 950 men
Carinthian Mens Divison-7350 men

1st Carniolan Regiment~ 700 men
Pannonian Divsion- 1400 men
Illyrian Division- 800 men

1st Silesian Regiment~ 1900 men
Division of Voidvodship- 1750 men
Division of Silesia- 1250 men

1st Bavarian Regiment~ 1,000 men
Division of Hesse- 700 men
Division of Munich- 1300 men
Division of Augsburg- 900 men
2nd Bavarian Regiment~ 1,000 men
Division of Franconia- 700 men
Division of Swabia- 400 men
Division of Lower Bavaria- 900 men
3rd Bavarian Regiment~ 1000 men
Division of Miltenburg-750 men
Passau Town Free Division- 800 men

Naples Regiment~ 3,000 men
Division of Upper Naples- 800 men
Division of Middle Naples- 200 men
Division of Lower Naples- 800 men
Italian Division- 500 men
1st Sicilian Regiment~ 2,000 min
1st Sicilian Divison- 800 men
2nd Sicilian Divison- 700 men

Imperial Navy of the Habsburg Empire~

Older Battle Ships (aquired from Naples, Sicily, Spain, Turkey, etc.)
Displacement: 3,588
Dimensions: 70.78 x ~14 x 6.32 m
Propulsion: one horizontal 2cyl low pressure engine; 1,900 IHP
Max. Speed: 11.4 kts
Range: ?
Fuel: ? tons coal
Crew 386
Armament:
Armour: 15x24 pdrs, rifled; 16x48 pdrs, unrifled; 1x12 pdr; 1x6 pdr (in 1863)
12x7" Amstrong ML (in 1867)
belt: 110mm
SMS Drache
SMS Golden Eagle
SMS Habsburg
SMS Maria Antonia
SMS Maximillian I

Neptune Class: (Habsburg Capital Ships)
Displacement (standard): 20.000 t
Length*width*draft: 152*28*8,5 m
Output: 26400 HP
Speed: 20 kn
Range: 4200 miles
Armament: 12*305 mm L/45, 12*150 mm L/50, 9*70 mm L/50, 2*47 mm L/44, 2*8mm MG, 4*533 mm TT
Armour: 280 mm belt, 48 mm deck, 280mm tower
Crew: 1094
SMS Posiedon
SMS Amphitrite
SMS Triton
SMS Oceanus
SMS Tethys

[These are the refitted standards of the Kaiser Max. They were refitted to these in 1895. Don't tell me THESE aren't right or past the text. Don't forget we've been building these since like the 1860s. This is a fact:
Link (http://hera.mni.fh-giessen.de/~hg6339/data/ah/battleships/1861_kaiser-max-class/1863_cbb_kaiser-max.htm)
Kaiser Max Class:
Displacement: 7645 tons std; 8736 tons max
Dimensions: 293' 1" x 62' 6"
Draught: 26'
Main guns: 8 x 10.23"/20 (8 x 1);768 rounds
Secondary guns: 1 x 8.2"/22
Torpedo tubes: 5 x 13.7"; 2 x bow, 2 x beam, 1 stern;13 rounds
Other weapons: 7 x 5.9";6 x 4.1";9 x 3.46"
Armour C.T.: 1.1" - 1.9"
Belt: 4.9" - 10"
Casemates: 7" - 8"
Aircraft Facilities:
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery:
Engines 8 x Penn transverse trunk boilers
1 x Penn 2 cyl. single expansion
Power output 5779ihp
Speed 14.6kts
Shafts 1
Range 2470NM @ 10kts
Fuel 684 tons coal
SMS Margaret of Austria
SMS Franz Ferdinand
SMS Marie Antoinette
SMS Lissa
SMS Tours
SMS Kaiser Max
SMS Regina
SMS King of Jerusalem
SMS Dauphine
SMS Alexandria
SMS Libya II
SMS Empress Maria
SMS Christina Imperatrix
SMS Saint Mary
SMS Ark of the Covenant
SMS Ptolemy
SMS Tunisia
SMS Abyssinia II
SMS Kaisertum
SMS Cisleithanian
SMS Transluthia
SMS Habsburg Imperium

Imperial Yacht Class: (Yachts, non military)
SMS Vienna
SMS Budapest Maximums
SMS Tripolie Reine
SMS Alexandrina
SMS Adelaide Marie

Empress-Consort Class:
Displacement (standard): 8960 t;Length*width*draft: 114,5*21,2*7,4 m ;Output: 13300 HP ;Speed: 19 kn ;Range: 3600 miles ;Armament: 3*240 mm L/40, 12*150 mm L/40, 10*70 mm L/45, 6*47 mm L/44, 2x47 mm L/33, 2*450 mm TT ;Armour: 200 mm belt, 40 mm deck, 200 mm tower ;Crew: 740
SMS Isabella of Parma
SMS Guiespina the Italian
SMS Elisabeth of Savoy
SMS Maria of Bourbon y China

Kaiser Louis Class:
Displacement (standard): 5878 t . Length*width*draft: 99,22*17*6,6 m . Output: 8500 HP (9180 HP for Budapest) . Speed: 15,5 kn (17,5 kn for Budapest) . Range: 2200 miles . Armament: 4*240 mm L/40, 6*150 mm L/40, 10*47 mm L/44, 4x47 mm L/33, 1*8 mm MG, 2*450 mm TT . Armour: 270 mm belt, 60 mm deck, 220 mm tower . Crew: 423
SMS Kaiser Ludwig I
SMS Kaiserin Maria
SMS Archduke Joseph
SMS Archduchess Marie
SMS Archduchess Adelaide of Prussia

Imperial Crown Class: (Cruisers) (formerly "Empress Class")
Displacement (standard): 11.780 t
Length*width*draft: 126,24*21,7*7,5 m
Output: 14000 HP
Speed: 19 kn
Range: 4000 miles
Armament: 4*240 mm L/40, 12*190 mm L/42, 12*70 mm L/45, 4*47 mm L/44, 2x47 mm L/33, 4*37 mm Vickers, 4*8 mm MG, 2*450 mm TT
Armour: 210 mm belt, 40 mm deck, 216 mm tower
Crew: 740
SMS Maria Theresa I
SMS Princess Anna
SMS Vienna
SMS Silesia
SMS Slavonia
SMS Star of North Africa
SMS Khartoum
SMS Crown of Ethiopia
SMS Pride of Africa
SMS Alexandria Regina
SMS Naples II
SMS Marina
SMS Gorizia
SMS Gradisca
SMS Trieste Maximus
SMS Istira
SMS Augsleich
SMS Magyar
SMS Constaninople
SMS Kaiser Louis
SMS Budapest
SMS Habsburg Empire
SMS Cairo
SMS Crown Prince
SMS Crown Princess
SMS Sarajevo

Small Minor Battle Ships~
Venetia Regina
Salzburg
Budapest
Tyrol
Empress I
Palatinate
Moravia
Holy Roman Emperor
Babenburg
Sicilian Rex
Kingdom of Naples II
Trieste
Austro-Bavarian
Austro-Sicilian
Count of Habsburg
Sultan
Francis of Lorraine
Venetia
Victoriana
Austrianna
Confederation
Princess-Imperial
Habsburg-Lorraine-Bourbon
Stephen III
Alexander the Great
Archduchess Leopoldina
Shereen
Upper Austra
Lower Austria
Slovakia
Corinthia
Hungarian Royal
Grand Duke Ivan
Tsarina
Empress II
Luunberg
Badinia

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Military: Land Forces

War and repression are the raison d'etre of the Domination's state machinery; the Draka exist in a state of either war or serious preparation for same. The War Directorate itself owns a considerable share of the economy, and certainly not less than 20 percent of the total GNP is dedicated to military-related purposes.

There are essentially two Draka armies: the Citizen Force and the Janissaries. The Citizen Force is ultimately descended from the Loyalist volunteer regiments of the American Revolutionary period, and the militia units that conquered and held southern Africa in the late eighteenth century. Other influences included Classical history (notable in the military terminology), various European armies (particularly the Prussian) and native developments.

Training: Citizen children are enrolled in boarding schools eight months of the year from the age of 5. Military training begins almost at once, both physical and psychological. The aims are toughness, hardiness (ruthlessness and indifference to pain are emphasized), independence, leadership and cooperative teamwork.

Robotic obedience is not encouraged; the Draka have always been outnumbered, and cannot afford to bludgeon their enemies to death. After 12, training becomes more specific: marksmanship, field craft, technical subjects, small-unit tactics, wilderness survival, live-firing exercises, etc.

This is different for the Skandistani Citizens. They were in their majority veterans of the wars of their world, but their technology was behind the one the Domination came from. They didn’t need basic military training but more like the know- how to the modern weapons of war. That precluded the creation of more advanced units than infantry ones.

Military service begins at 18 and lasts for four years in peacetime. Since the conscript is already in fine physical condition and more than familiar with the basics, "basic" training is actually more like an advanced specialist's course. Leadership candidates are identified during the first year, and qualification testing screens applicants for NCO rank. All officers are promoted "from the ranks," and then receive advanced training in a number of specialized schools. After the basic four years (longer for officers and NCOs) most Draka undergo two months' reserve service a year; after age 40 most are transferred into second-line formations. At full mobilization, 20 percent of the total Citizen population is under arms.

Most units (the Air Corps and Navy aside) are territorially based, with recruits drawn from a single area. Great efforts are made to keep down personnel turbulence, and the average Draka soldier spends his/her military life with roughly the same group of faces. The basic field formation is the Legion (roughly, a division); Armies and Army Corps are plugged together from these basic building blocks as need and opportunity dictate.

In 1899, there are three types of Citizen Legion: 4 Mounted Rifles, 3 Steam Drag Lancers and 3 Skandistani Infantry. 500,000 Citizen Defense Force and from those 100,000 are part of the Women Auxiliary Corps and 50,000 are part of the Drakian Navy and Air Corps. In that number is also included the 100,000 strong Security Directorate.

Organization of the Legions is (roughly) as follows:

Table of Organization and Order of Battle

Draka Unit Title Commander's Title Total personnel Our Equivalent (approx.)

stick monitor 4
lochos decurion 8 squad, sergeant
tetrarchy tetrarch 33 platoon, 2nd lieutenant
century centurion 110 company, captain
cohort cohortarch500 battalion, major
merarchy merarch 1,500 regiment, colonel
chiliarchy chiliarch 4,500 brigade, brigadier
legion strategos 13,000 division, general

At higher levels (e.g., Army Corps), formal rank designation would be "Arch-Strategos"—roughly, Senior General—with a functional qualifier to designate role. Note that each grade would contain junior/senior levels, and also that the Draka concept of rank is rather flexible-ad hoc units under relatively junior commanders can be patched together at need.

At full strength a Legion of the Regular Line will contain roughly 9,200 Citizen personnel, 2,000 women auxiliaries and about 2,000 serf auxiliaries. These are unarmed support troops and fill most of the lower-level noncombatant functions like digging trenches and cooking. Thus, over 75 percent of the Citizen troops in a Legion will actually be carrying rifles or stuffing shells into guns. The percentage of officers is low (about 4.5 percent) and "lead from the front" is an axiom. It is more dangerous to be a company commander than a private. Given the lavish state of their armament and high motivation, a Citizen Force Legion is a devastating opponent; its weakness is its lack of reserves. The Citizen Force is designed as a specialized instrument, an army-crusher, built for short-duration, high-intensity combat.

A mounted rifles legion has most of its infantry teams integrated down to cohort level: four infantry centuries, one support and miscellaneous (medical, signals, etc.). A cohort would be organized roughly as follows: Four lochoi plus support to a tetrarchy. Three of these make a century. Three of these per cohort: total 330 effectives rifles plus 120 auxiliaries. One fire-support tetrarchy, 10 MG-2 guns, 50 effectives. 6 75mm quick fire guns, 6 13.2 AT rifles.

The legion would essentially consist of four cohorts forming a merarchy, two merarchies forming a chiliarchy and two chiliarchies to a Legion, giving a total of approximately, 7,100 infantry and merarchy artillery, 160 MG-2‘s, 72 fire support artillery, 72 AT rifles and 2,000 auxiliaries. A merarchy of heavy artillery guns is also on the Legion order of battle—4.8 inch howitzers and 6 inch howitzers, for a total of about 72 heavy-bombardment weapons and 1,200 artillery men plus 500 serfs for heavy work. There would also be combat engineer, signals, medical, horse stewards, mechanics and other units in proportion, engineers slots covered 900 citizens, the other slots covered by 1,500 auxiliaries both females and serfs. Units larger than the cohort are "plugged together" as needed, but would usually consist of three merarchy-sized combat teams with supporting arms attached.

A Skandistani legion has most of its infantry teams integrated down to cohort level: four infantry centuries, one support and miscellaneous (medical, signals, etc.). A cohort would be organized roughly as follows: Four lochoi plus support to a tetrarchy. Three of these make a century. Three of these per cohort: total 330 effectives rifles plus 120 auxiliaries. One fire-support tetrarchy, 10 MG-2 guns, 50 effectives. 6 75mm quick fire guns, 6 13.2 AT rifles.

The legion would essentially consist of four cohorts forming a merarchy, two merarchies forming a chiliarchy and two chiliarchies to a Legion, giving a total of approximately, 7,100 infantry and merarchy artillery, 160 MG-2‘s, 72 fire support artillery, 72 AT rifles and 2,000 auxiliaries. A merarchy of heavy artillery guns is also on the Legion order of battle—4.8 inch howitzers and 6 inch howitzers, for a total of about 72 heavy-bombardment weapons and 1,200 artillery men plus 500 serfs for heavy work. Also a beserker century is on the order of battle, 330 men armed with machine pistols, grenades and pistols plus the ceremonial battle axes with 120 auxiliaries plus a heavy weapons tetrarchy of MG-2 and flamethrowers. There would also be combat engineer, signals, medical, horse stewards, mechanics and other units in proportion, engineers slots covered 900 citizens, the other slots covered by 1,500 auxiliaries both females and serfs. Units larger than the cohort are "plugged together" as needed, but would usually consist of three merarchy-sized combat teams with supporting arms attached.

A lancer legion has most of its infantry/steam cars teams integrated down to cohort level: one steam car century, four infantry, one support and miscellaneous (medical, signals, etc.). It would be organized roughly as follows: Two three-steam car lochoi plus a command steam car to a tetrarchy. Three of these make a tank century. Two of these per cohort: total 42 steam cars, 200 effectives plus 50 auxiliaries. The steam cars are Panthers, 37mm auto guns on a turret with 4x4 capabilities and armored to resist up to 20mm artillery, crew of 5.

Three-infantry lochoi of one lightly armored 4x4 steam drag each plus H .Q. lochos: one infantry tetrarchy. Three of these to an infantry century. Four centuries per cohort: total, 56 steam drags, 560 effectives plus 120 auxiliaries. One fire-support tetrarchy, 10 MG-2 rapid-fire guns on steam drags plus 6 AT rifles and 75mm quick fire guns in steam drags. crew of 50.

The legion would essentially consist of six of these cohorts, giving a total of approximately 260 steam armored cars, 3,700 infantry (including steam drags drivers and gunners), the reconnaissance cohorts (men mounted in motorcycles and armed with machine pistols), and a merarchy of heavy guns—4.8 inch howitzers and 6 inch howitzers, for a total of about 72 heavy-bombardment weapons and 1,200 artillery men plus 500 serfs for heavy work. There would also be combat engineer, signals, medical and other units in proportion.

Independent chiliarchoi of 20 Land Leviathans also exist, to increase the flexibility of an Army or Army Corps commander. The total number is 900 men plus 300 support personnel per unit. Total of units available was six in 1899.

The infantry squad of the Drakan army of 1899 was equipped with a mixture of R-4‘s and machine-pistols; subsidiary weapons included rifle grenades, hand grenades (stick and "egg" types), flamethrowers, heavier water-cooled machine guns, and light mortars. They wear a khaki uniform with flak jackets and coal shuttle helmets.

The Security Directorate has one legion organized and fielded like a mounted rifles legion and used in cases of extreme emergencies. While wearing the regular uniform in combat for the performance of their duties they wear gray uniforms. The normal unit of the Directorate is the merarchy, organized like the Citizen force unit but with a more liberal use of machine pistols due to the nature of their work. They also are in charge of the first generation steam-cars used for city security. This units in most cases are divided in tetrachies, with unit in cities being called centuries don’t matter the size of the unit. Total number of steam cars under Directorate control about 800 in all the Domination.

Training cohorts are maintained for each legion, but in emergencies, individual "fillers" may end up in units outside their cantonal recruiting areas. A notable feature of the Citizen Force is the attitude toward "discipline." In most armies, there is an analogy between social and military rank—the officer as gentry, the enlisted personnel as peasants; not least in the American Army (in both timelines). The Draka have no such tradition. Every private is an aristocrat, and military rank is regarded as equivalent to a medical degree—a technical qualification worthy of respect, but no trace of social awe. "Creative disobedience" is an honored tradition, and approved provided it works. Certain aspects of discipline—march and fire discipline, for example—are excellent, and the long training in teamwork provided by the Draka educational system makes for intelligent cooperation in the field. (Peer pressure tends to restrain barrack-room lawyers and congenital screw-ups, said pressure manifesting itself as anything from mockery to a grenade rolled under the bunk.) Formal military ritual is sparse everywhere and nonexistent in the field. Looting and rape, so long as they do not interfere with the mission, are officially recognized prerogatives of troops on foreign soil. Draka armies are notoriously atrocity-prone and utterly intolerant of attempts to restrain them in these matters.

The weaknesses of the Citizen Force are made up by the Janissary Corps. 1,000,000 Janissaires divided in 80 Legions. All of them organized as infantry with Draka officers and second class citizens officers and senior NCO‘s. Well organized and also trained in "Boer Tactics." This is the serf army, commanded by Citizen Force officers and senior NCOs. Janissary legions are "assault rifles"—pure infantry. Training and discipline in the Janissary forces are much more conventional and routinized than the Citizen Force, aimed at producing unthinking obedience. About two thirds of the Domination's riflemen are Janissaries. Recruitment is by levy on private serf owners and the Combines. Given the privileges of even the lowliest Janissary private, volunteers are never lacking. After serving for twenty years, they are given second class citizenship, still under Draka citizens but not liable to serfs laws and capable of marriage and owning their own serfs. A tattoo on their foreheads indicates their status as second class to make easier for citizens to recognize them. The Janissaries are also extensively used for internal-security work in time of peace. The Janissary Legions are organized like Citizen’s Legion except the place of women auxiliaries taken by serfs and artillery manned by citizens. But less serfs are used for menial labors in this units, making possible to raise the numbers of riflemen in a Legion to 9100 men.


The Air Corps consist of 160 airships, divided between bombers, troop transports and gunships.

All services are united under the Supreme General Staff. In practice, this means the Army dominates, since the Draka are a continental power. Draka tactics and strategy both emphasize the indirect approach—overwhelming an opponent with movement and firepower rather than head-on battering.

[DuQuense]

ignore the US flag, Canada is going with a US design. but putting larger high powered quad expansion oil fired steam Engines in her, boosting her speed to 28 Knots, so they can scout ahead/around the Dreadnoughts.

Canada plans to build 12 of these over the next eight years, The Royal Class they will be named for British Monarchs, The First will be the Victoria, the second the Alexander.

[Matt]

Iowa class pre-dreadnought battleship

Displacement: 11,410 tons normal; 12,647 tons full load
Dimensions: 362.5 x 72 x 24 feet/110.5 x 22 x 7.3 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines, 5 160 psi boilers, 2 shafts, 11,000 ihp, 16 knots
Crew: 486 (654 wartime)
Armor: Harvey: 4-14 inch belt, 2.75-3 inch deck, 12.5-15 inch barbettes, 15-17 inch turrets, 4-8 inch intermediate battery, 10 inch CT
Armament: 2 dual 12"/35cal, 4 dual 8"/35cal, 6 4"/40cal, 20 6-pound, 4 1-pound, 4 14 inch torpedo tubes (above water)

Concept/Program: A vastly improved battleship, designed as a "seagoing coastline battleship"; was the first truly seagoing US battleship. However, her main armament was relatively weak, and she became outdated quite quickly.

Design: Similar to the Indiana class in general arrangement. Had very high freeboard for better seakeeping. Main and intermediate battery arrangement was the same as the previous class, but the guns were 12", rather than 13", and light guns were entirely different. The armor was somewhat thinner, and she was slightly faster.

USS Minnesota B-7- in Service
USS South Carolina B-8- in Service
USS Tennessee B-9- in Service

California class pre-dreadnaught battleship

Displacement: 12,846 tons normal; 13,700 tons full load
Dimensions: 394 x 72 x 24 feet/120 x 22 x 7.2 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines, 12 boilers (Maine: 24), 2 shafts, 16,000 ihp, 18 knots
Crew: 561 (779-813 wartime)
Armor: KC & Harvey: 5.5-11 inch belt, 2.75-4 inch deck, 8-12 inch barbettes, 11-12 inch turrets, 2-10 inch CT
Armament: 2 dual 12"/45cal, 16 6"/50cal, 6 3"/50cal, 8 3 pound, 6 1-pound, 2 18 inch torpedo tubes (submerged)
Design: Were the first US battleships to use high-velocity main guns, and the first with KC armor, which allowed equal protection with thinner armor. As with the previous class, there was no 8" intermediate battery. The 6" guns were arranged as in the previous class. The ships were unfortunately rather wet, despite high freeboard.
USS California B-10- in Service
USS Georgia B-11- in Service
USS Ohio B-12- in Service

Florida class pre-dreadnaught battleship

Displacement: 14,948 tons normal; 16,094 tons full load
Dimensions: 441 x 76 x 24 feet/134.5 x 23.25 x 7.24 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines, 12 boilers (Virginia, Georgia: 24 boilers), 2 shafts, 19,000 ihp, 19 knots
Crew: 812
Armor: KC & Harvey: 6-11 inch belt, 1.5-3 inch deck, 6-10 inch barbettes, 6-12 inch turrets, 4-12 inch secondary battery, 2-9 inch CT
Armament: 2 dual 12"/40cal, 4 dual 8"/45cal, 12 6"/50cal, 12 3"/50cal, 12 3-pound, 4 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged)
Design: Essentially an enlarged and improved version of the previous class. These ships re-introduced the 8" intermediate battery; unfortunately half the 8" guns were in unworkable double-level turrets, as in Kearsarge. The other four 8" guns were in independent turrets, as in Indiana. The 6" secondary battery was placed in casemates. These ships reached 19 knots, one knot better than the previous class.
USS Florida B-11- in Service
USS Missouri B-12- in Service
USS Nebraska B-13- in Service
USS Rhode Island B-14- in Service

North Carolina class battleship


Displacement: 16,000 tons normal; 17,617 tons full load
Dimensions: 452.5 x 80.5 x 25 feet/138 x 24.5 x 7.5 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines, 12 boilers, 2 shafts, 16,500 ihp, 18 knots
Crew: 869
Armor: 8-12 inch belt, 2.5 inch deck, 8-10 inch barbettes, 2.5-12 inch turrets, 12 inch CT
Aviation: none
Armament: 4 dual 12"/45cal, 22 3"/50cal, 2 3-pound, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged)
Concept/Program: The first US dreadnoughts, and by design the first all-big-gun ships in the world. However, they were directly developed from the predreadnought designs, and were quite conservative in many areas; as a result, they were not as effective or satisfactory as other nations' first-generation dreadnoughts. During WWI they served with the predreadnoughts in secondary roles.
Design: This class was constrained by a 16,000 ton displacement limit imposed by Congress; this resulted in compromises that made the ships less effective. The initial design for this class was developed from the previous predreadnought designs, and featured the same pair of dual 12"/45cal turrets, fore and aft, that had been carried by the previous predreadnought class. The design also included four single 12"/45cal turrets, replacing the four dual 8" turrets of the predreadnoughts' intermediate batteries. However, this arrangement was found to be structurally impractical, so the additional four 12"/45cal guns were relocated into two dual turrets on the centerline, fore and aft, superimposed above the other pair of turrets. As a result, these were the first ships with superimposed main gun turrets, and the first dreadnoughts with all-centerline main gun turrets, although the safety and effectiveness of the superimposed arrangement was not proven until well after construction had started.
As part of the shift to all-big-gun armament, the 7" secondary battery of the previous class was eliminated. The 3" battery mounted in previous classes was retained, but was housed in a main-deck casemate - a much higher, drier and more useful location than the second-deck casemate of the previous (and following) classes.
This class retained the VTE engines fitted in previous classes, and as a result they were relatively slow for their day.

USS North Carolina B-15- in service
USS Michigan B-16- in Service

Delaware class battleship

Displacement: 20,380 tons normal; 22,060 tons full load
Dimensions: 519 x 85.5 x 27 feet/158.2 x 26 x 8.3 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines (North Dakota steam turbines), 14 265 psi boilers, 2 shafts, 25,000 ihp/shp, 21 knots
Crew: 933
Armor: 9-11 inch belt, 2 inch deck, 4-10 inch barbettes, 3-12 inch turrets, 2-11.5 inch CT
Aviation: none
Armament: 5 dual 12"/45cal, 14 5"/50cal, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged)
Concept/Program: An all-new battleship design, and the first US design to truly match the standard set by European designs. Compared to the previous class they had an additional main turret and considerably higher speed, but several aspects of the design were less than satisfactory.
Design: The design featured five main turrets, all on the centerline. Due to the machinery and turret arrangement, steam lines passed directly around the magazines of #3 turret, and that magazine could not be kept cool enough. One of the ships had conventional VTE engines; the other turbines, as a competitive trial. Unfortunately, the turbines resulted in poor cruising range; this was particularly a problem for operations in the Pacific. The secondary battery was much heavier than in the previous class, but was located on the second deck, where it was useless in anything short of calm seas; the forward-most guns were washed out by the bow wave at any speed. Additionally, the secondary battery was entirely unprotected. As in the previous class, they were designed with pole masts but changed to cages during construction. This class also attempted to eliminate permanent bridgework in favor of a large armored conning tower suited to peacetime use; this effort was not a success.

USS Delaware B-17- in Service
USS New York B-18- in Service
USS Nevada B-19- in Service
USS Mississippi B-20- in Service
USS Montana B-21- in Service


Wisconsin class battleship

Displacement: 26,000 tons normal; 27,243 tons full load
Dimensions: 562 x 93 x 28.5 feet/171.3 x 28.4 x 8.7 meters
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 12 boilers, 4 shafts, 28,000 shp, 20.5 knots
Crew: 1063
Armor: 9-11 inch belt, 4.5-11 inch barbettes, 2 inch deck, 3-12 inch turrets, 3-11.5 inch CT
Aviation: none
Armament: 6 dual 12"/50cal, 21 5"/51cal, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged)

USS Wisconsin B-22- in Service
USS Illinois B-23- in Service
USS Kentucky B-24- in Service
USS Connecticut B-25- in Service
USS Utah B-26-in Service

Maryland Class Battleship

Displacement: 27,500 tons normal; 28,400 tons full load
Dimensions: 583 x 95.5 x 28.5 feet/177.7 x 29.1 x 8.7 meters
Propulsion: Steam turbines (Oklahoma VTE engines), 12 295 psi boilers, 4 shafts, 26,500 shp (Oklahoma, 2 shafts, 24,800 ihp), 20.5 knots
Crew: 864
Armor: 8-13.5 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 13 inch barbettes, 5-18 inch turrets, 5-16 inch CT
Aviation: none
Armament: 2 triple & 2 dual 14"/45cal, 21 single 5"/51cal, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes (submerged)

USS Maryland B-27- in Service
USS Wyoming B-28- in Service
USS Alabama B-29- in Service
USS Arizona B-30- in Service
USS New Mexico B-31- in Service

New Jersey class battleship

Displacement: 32,600 tons normal; 34,946 tons full load
Dimensions: 624 x 97.5 x 30 feet/190.2 x 97.5 x 30.2 meters
Propulsion: Turbo-electric, 8 285 psi boilers, 4 shafts, 28,900 shp, 21 knots
Crew: 1080
Armor: 8-13.5 inch belt, 3.5 inch decks, 4.5-13 inch barbettes, 5-18 inch turrets, 4-16 inch CT
Aviation: none
Armament: 4 dual 16"/45cal, 14 5"/51cal, 4 3"/50cal AA, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes
(submerged)

USS New Jersey B-32- in Service
USS Maine B-33- in Service
USS Indiana B-34- in Service
USS Vermont B-35- In Service
USS Massachusetts B-36- In Service


Constellation class battle cruiser

Displ: 19,680 tons normal; 22,720 tons full load
Dim: 546 x 85 x 28.5 feet
Prop: Steam turbines, 18 boilers, 4 shafts, 25,000 hp, 21 knots
Crew: 759
Arm: 5 dual 12/50, 16 single 4/50, 3 18 inch TT (sub)
Armor: 2.5-10 inch belt, .75-3 inch decks, 5-9 inch barbettes,
11 inch turrets, 11 inch CT
New design, theoretically allowed more guns to fire on the broadside.

USS Chesapeake CC-1- in Service
USS Congress CC-2- in Service
USS Constitution CC-3- In Service
USS President CC-4- In Service
USS United States CC-5- In Service

Independence class battle cruiser

Displ: 26,700 tons normal; 31,650 tons full load
Dim: 703.5 x 89 x 28 feet
Prop: Steam turbines, 42 boilers, 4 shafts, 75,000 hp, 27.5 knots
Crew: 997
Arm: 4 dual 13.5/45, 16 single 4/50, 2 21inch TT (sub)
Armor: 4-9 inch belt, 1-2.5 inch deck, 3-9 inch barbettes, 9 inch turrets,
10 inch CT

USS Independence CC-6- In Service
USS Liberty CC-7- In Service
USS Inalienable CC-8- In Service
USS Justice CC-9- In Service
USS Equality CC-10- In Service

Newark-class second class cruiser

Displ: 4,592 tons full load
Dim: 327 x 49 x 18.5 ft
Prop: HTE engines, 4 160 psi boilers, 8,500 hp, 2 shafts, 18 knots
Crew: 374
Arm: 12 6/30, 4 6 lb, 4 Hotchkiss, 4 Gatling, 6 14 inch TT
Armor: 2-3 inch deck, 2 inch gun protection, 3 inch CT


USS Newark- Naval Militia Service

Charleston-class second class cruiser

Displ: 4,390 tons full load
Dim: 320 x 46 x 20.5 ft
Prop: HC engines, 6 boilers, 7,500 hp, 2 shafts, 18.9 knots
Crew: 360 (including 30 Marines)
Arm: 2 8/35, 6 6/30, 4 6 lb, 2 3 lb, 2 1 lb, 4 37 mm, 2 Gatling, 4 14" TT
Armor: 2-3 inch deck, 2 inch gun protection, 2 inch CT
Built to foreign plans, based on Japanese cruiser Naniwa.
Designed with 10" guns, completed with 8".

USS Charleston- Naval Militia Service

Baltimore-class second class cruiser

Displ: 5,436 tons full load
Dim: 335 x 48.5 x 19.5 ft
Prop: HTE engines, 8 boilers, 10,750 hp, 2 shafts, 20 knots
Crew: 300
Arm: 4 8/35, 6 6/30, 4 6 lb, 2 3 lb, 2 1 lb, 4 37 mm, 2 Gatling, 5 14" TT
Armor: 2.5-4 inch deck, 2 inch gun protection, 1-3 inch CT
Built to foreign plans.

USS Baltimore- Naval Militia Service

Atlanta class second class cruisers
Displacement: 3,189 tons
Length: 288 ft 6 in
Beam: 42 ft 2 in
Draught: 19 ft 10 in
Propulsion:
Speed: 16.3 knots
Range:
Complement: 284
Armament: 2 8", 6 6", 2 6-pounders, 2 3-pounders, 2 1-pounders, 2 47mm., 2 37mm., 2 Catling guns

USS Atlanta- Naval Militia Service
USS Boston- Naval Militia Service

[Matt]

Chicago class second class cruiser

Displacement: 4,500 tons
Length: 342.2 ft ( m)
Beam: 48.3 ft ( m)
Draft: 19 ft ( m)
Speed: 14 knots
Complement: 33 officers, 376 enlisted
Armament: 4 x 8-inch guns, 8 x 6-inch guns, 2 x 5-inch guns

USS Chicago- Naval Militia Service
USS Denver- Naval Militia Service

Philadelphia-class second class cruiser

Displ: 5,304 tons full load
Dim: 335 x 48.5 x 19 ft
Prop: HTE engines, 9 160 psi boilers, 10,500 hp, 2 shafts, 19 knots
Crew: 384
Arm: 12 6/30, 4 6 lb, 4 3 lb, 2 1 lb, 3 37 mm, 4 Gatling, 4 14 inch TT
Armor: 2.5-4 inch deck, 2 inch gun protection, 3 inch CT
Hull identical to Baltimore.

USS Philadelphia- in service
USS Providence- in service
USS New Haven- in service

San Francisco-class second class cruiser

Displ: 4,583 tons full load
Dim: 328 x 49 x 18.5 ft
Prop: HTE engines, 4 135 psi boilers, 2 shafts, 19 knots
Crew: 384
Arm: 12 6/30, 4 6 lb, 4 3 lb, 2 1 lb, 3 37 mm, 4 Gatling
Armor: 2-3 inch deck, 2 inch gun protection, 3 inch CT
Hull identical to Newark.

USS San Francisco- in service
USS Santa Fe- in service
USS Milwaukee- in service

Olympia-class protected cruiser

Displ: 6,558 tons full load
Dim: 344 x 53 x 21.5 ft
Prop: VTE engines, 4 160 psi boilers, 13,500 hp, 2 shafts, 20 kt.
Crew: 428
Arm: 2 dual 8/35, 10 5/40, 14 6 lb, 7 1 lb, 4 Gatling, 6 18 inch TT
Armor: 2-4.75 inch deck, 3.5-4.5 inch turrets, 4 inch barbettes
New design commerce raiding cruiser.

USS Olympia- in service
USS Trenton- in service
USS Columbus- in service



Columbia class protected cruisers

Displ: 8,270 tons full load
Dim: 413 x 58 x 22.5 ft
Prop: VTE engines, 10 boilers, 3 shafts, 21,000 hp, 22.5 knots
Crew: 459
Arm: 1 8/40, 2 6/40, 8 4/40, 12 6 lb, 4 1 lb, 4 Gatling, 4 14 inch TT
Armor: 1.5-2.5 inch deck
Commerce raiding cruisers, originally planned with 4 6/40,
aft 2 replaced by 1 8/40. Designed with 3 stacks, Colombia
had 4, Minneapolis 2. TT removed 1910, 8 inch replaced by
one 6/45. In 1919, armament had been altered to 3 6 inch, 4 4 inch.

USS Columbia- in service
USS Minneapolis- in service


Bangor class(formerly Maine Class)- Armored Cruiser

Displacement: 6,682 tons normal; 7,180 tons full load
Dimensions: 319 x 57 x 21.5 feet/97.2 x 17.4 x 6.6 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines, 4 135 psi boilers, 1 shaft, 9,000 ihp, 17 knots
Crew: 374
Armor: Harvey & NS: 6-12 inch belt, 1-4 inch deck, 12 inch barbettes, 8 inch turrets, 10 inch CT
Armament: 2 dual 10"/30cal, 6 6"/40cal, 7 6-pound, 8 1-pound, 4 14" torpedo tubes (above water)

USS Bangor(formerly USS Maine) ACR-1- Naval Militia Service
USS Salt Lake City(formerly USS Utah) ACR-2 - Naval Militia Service
USS Sacramento(formerly USS California)ACR-3 - Naval Militia Service
USS Flint(formerly USS Michigan ACR-4 - Naval Militia Service

New Dallas class(formerly Texas class) armored cruiser

Displacement: 6,153 tons normal; 6,665 tons full load
Dimensions: 309 x 64 x 22.5 feet/94.1 x 19.5 x 8.7 meters
Propulsion: VTE engines, 4 150 psi boilers, 1 shaft, 8,600 ihp, 17 knots
Crew: 392 (508 wartime)
Armor: Harvey & NS: 6-12 inch belt, 2-3 inch deck, 12 inch citadel, 1-12 inch turrets, 1.5-12 inch CT
Armament: 2 single 12"/35cal, 2 6"/35cal, 12 6-pound, 6 1-pound, 4 37 mm, 4 14 inch torpedo tubes (above water)


USS New Dallas(formerly USS Texas) ACR-5 - Naval Militia Service
USS Norfolk(formerly USS Virginia) ACR-6 - Naval Militia Service
USS Dover(formerly USS Delaware) ACR-7 - Naval Militia Service
USS Green Mountain(formerly USS Vermont) ACR-8 - Naval Militia Service
USS Springfield(formerly USS Abraham Lincoln) ACR-9 - Naval Militia Service

Indianapolis class armored cruiser

Displacement: 12,000 tons
Length:
Beam:
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed: 21 knots
Range:
Complement:
Armament: 2 x 9.2-in guns

USS Indianapolis
USS Charlotte
USS El Paso
USS Hermosilla
USS Chihuahua

New Orleans class armored cruiser

Displacement: 13,550 tons
Length 480 feet
Beam 73 feet 6 inches
Draught: 25 feet.
Armour: 6-3in belt, 6in barbettes, 7.5in turret faces, 1.5-0.5in decks
Armament: 6 x 9.2in (6 x 1), 4 x 7.5in (4 x 1), 26 x 3pounder (26 x 1), 3 x 18in TT
Crew 712.

USS New Orleans
USS Cambridge
USS Des Moines
USS Erie
USS Fremont
USS Grand Rapids
USS Jersey City
USS Kansas City
USS Milwaukee
USS Newport News
USS Pittsburgh
USS Provo
USS Richmond
USS St Louis
USS San Diego
USS South Bend
USS Syracuse
USS Toledo
USS Wichita
USS Yonkers

Houston class armored cruiser

Displacement: 10,850 tons
Length: 473 feet
Beam: 68 feet
Draught: 24 feet
Complement: 655
Armament:
4 x 7.5-inch guns
6 x 6-inch guns
2 x 2-pounder guns
18 x 3-pounder guns
2 x 18-inch submerged torpedo tubes
Speed: 22.5 knots
Propulsion: 16 Boilers, 2 shafts, 21,000 hp (16 MW)

USS Houston
USS Manhattan
USS Amsterdam
USS Cleveland
USS St. Paul

Lexington class light cruiser

USS Lexington
USS Concorde
USS Bunker Hill
USS Ticonderoga
USS Long Island

Saratoga class light cruiser

USS Saratoga
USS Princeton
USS Germantown
USS Morristown
USS Oriskany
USS Brandywine

Valley Forge class light cruiser

USS Valley Forge
USS Monmouth
USS Stony Point
USS Waxhaws
USS Camden
USS Kings Mountain
USS Cowpens
USS Yorktown

Raritan (Former Cincinnati) class large gunboats

Displ: 3,640 tons full load
Dim: 306 x 42 x 19.5 ft
Prop: VTE engines, 6 boilers, 2 shafts, 10,000 hp, 19 knots
Crew: 312
Arm: 1 6/40, 10 5/40, 8 6 lb, 2 1 lb, 1 Gatling, 4 TT
Armor: .5-2 inch deck, 4 inch gun protection, 2 inch CT

USS Raritan (former Cincinnati)
USS Brazos (former Raleigh)
USS Cumberland (former Chennyee)
USS James (former Des Moines)
USS Rio Grande (former Pittsburgh)
USS Susquehanna (former Nashville)
USS Yellowstone (former Richmond)

Hudson (Former Montgomery) class large gunboats

Displ: 2,235 tons full load
Dim: 269.5 x 37 x 16 ft
Prop: VTE engines, 6 boilers, 2 shafts, 5,400 hp, 18 knots
Crew: 274
Arm: 2 6/40, 8 5/40, 6 6 lb, 1 lb, 2 Gatling, 3 TT
Armor: ~.5 inch deck, 2 inch CT
Small gunboat/cruisers. Forward 6" replaced by 5", aft 6" removed.

USS Hudson (former Montgomery)
USS South Platte (former Detroit)
USS Potomac (former Marblehead)
USS Osage (former Galveston)
USS Koyukuk (former Savannah)
USS Cimarron (former Bowling Green)

There's 72 DDs that keep on disappearing whenever I save the Doc :(

[Condottiero]

4 regulares regiments (7500 men equipped with colt-browning rifles, 20 Hotchkiss MGs and 20 70 mm guns)

2 regulares cavalry regiments (5000 men equipped with rifles and sabres and 5 Hotchiss MGs)

2 Irish Legion regiments (7500 men equipped with colt-browning rifles, 20 Hotchkiss MGs and 15 70 mm guns)

10 Tagalog regiments (5000 men equipped with colt-browning rifles and swords)

20 Chinese infantry regiments (5000 men equipped with Mauser rifles, swords and spears)

10 Chinese cavalry regiments (2000 men equipped with Mauser rifles, bows and lances)

Navy

5 river monitors (2 200mm guns, 5 knots) "Beijing", "Shangai", "Fukien", "Tonkin", "Manila"

Pre-dreads
Dulio Class “Borbón”, “China”
Shannon class "Felipe I"

Armoured cruisers
Leander class "Dios", "Patria”, “Rey”
Barracouta class "Carlos I", “Tradicion”
Meteor class "Filipinas"

Armoured Frigates

Numancia class: "Santiago de Compostela”, "Cruzada”, "Fe", "San Ignacio"

Submarines
Peral class: 5 units

Destructor class: 12 units.

6 Armed freighters (aprox. 4000 tons, 15 knots, 2 200mm guns, 10 MGs)

[Condottiero]

Army

* Cavalry
Regular Cavalry Divisions: 6th in Patagonia, 7th in Pampa Region

Each with (14,000 men):

10 regiments of 1,000 riders equipped with colt browning rifles, pistol and sabre;
2 light artillery regiments with 20 light 70mm guns and 25 Hotchkiss machine-guns each;
1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police);
1 engineers regiment and supplies train.

The uniform of the cavalry is dark green with green berets.


Rural Cavalry Divisions: 1st in Patagonia, 2nd in Pampa, 3rd in Brazil, 4th in Sacramento and 5th in Peru.

Each with roughly 5,000 men:

8 regiments of 500 men equipped with poisoned shotguns and pistol (they also carry boleadoras, knives and other weaponry)

1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police)

Uniform: Green jackets and gaucho hats.


* Infantry

Mountain Infantry divisions: 1st in Northern Andes, 2nd in Southern Andes, 3rd in Antarctica and 4th in Punta Arenas

Each with (12,000 men):

4 regiments of 2,000 soldiers equipped with mauser rifles and pistol,
1 mountain artillery regiment with 20 light 70mm guns, 10 90mm mortars and 15 Hotchkiss MGs
1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police);
1 engineers regiment and supplies train.

The uniform is dark grey (white in winter) with black berets.


Line Infantry divisions: 1st in Buenos Aires, 2nd Pernambuco and 3rd in Santiago de Chile.

Each with (15,000 men):

5 regiments of 2,000 soldiers equipped with colt-browning rifles and pistol;
2 artillery regiments with 20 Hotchkiss MG, 15 light 70mm guns, 15 heavier 97mm guns and 5 heavy 240mm howitzers and two artillery-balloons;
1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police);
1 engineers regiment and supplies train.

The uniform is khakhi with black berets.


Auxiliary Infantry: 1st in Mauribrazil, 2nd in Brazil (Manaos), 3rd in Sacramento, 4th in Peru (Iquitos).

Each consists on

2,500 men equipped with poisoned shotguns and bows.
500 light cavalrymen equipped with pistols and lances.

They are used as scouting units and in some special stealthier operations.


12 Marine regiments: one in each major naval base.

Each 1,500 men strong:
1,000 men equipped with rifles and pistols plus 4 Hotchkiss MGs and
500 support men

It is light infantry, not real marines.

Their uniform is dark blue with red berets.


* Artillery
Support regiments: 101st, 102nd, 103rd

1500 men each with
500 Line Infantry equipped with Mauser rifles.
20 Hotchkiss MG, 15 light 70mm guns, 15 heavier 97mm guns and 5 heavy 240mm howitzers and two artillery-balloons
Support units (engineers, sanitary, chaplain, MP)

Mounted Support regiments: 104th Mounted, 105th Mounted, 106th Mounted

1500 men each with
500 cavalrymen equipped with rifles and sabres
20 light 70mm guns and 25 Hotchkiss machine-guns each
Support units (engineers, sanitary, chaplain, MP)


* Other Units

5 Armoured trains: 2 wagons with 4 Hotchkiss MGs and 20 riflemen each, 2 wagons to carry one heavy howitzer of 340mm, 1 wagon for one artillery balloon.
10 Armoured trains: 4 wagons with 4 Hotchkiss MGs and 20 riflemen each, 2 wagons to carry 2 70mm guns each and 4 MGs.

4 armoured cars regiments (in Buenos Aires, Pernambuco, Santiago and Cuzco): with 15 armoured diesel cars. Armor: 5 mm (tyres not protected), carrying one hotchkiss MG. Max. Speed: 35 km/h in road.

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Navy

Dreadnoughts
Mastropiero class: "Diaz de Carreras", "Mastropiero" (Oct 1898), "Gunther Frager" (Mar 1899), "Manuel Darío" (Jul 1899)

Pre-dreadnoughts
Superb class "Salamina"

Patagonia class: "Patagonia" (Dec 1886), "Chaco" (Mar 1887), "Pampa" (Sep 1887), "Puna" (Jan 1888), "Araucania" (Dec 1887), "Sacramento" (May 1889), "Plata" (Jan 1891), "Malvinas" (Dec 1889), "Antártida" (May 1890), "Hawaii" (Sep 1890), "Caledonia" (Oct 1891)


Battle cruisers

Invencible class: "Invencible", “Letal” (Jan 1896), "Invicto", “Mortal” (May 1897), "Intocable", “Deletereo” (Jan 1898), "Intratable", “Final” (Jan 1899), "Inflexible", “Gladiador” (Apr 1899), "Impasible", “Matador” (Nov 1899)

Protected cruisers

Esmeralda class: "Senado", "República", "Presidencia", "Unicornio", "Grifo", "Mantícora", "Pacífico", "Comodoro Evans" (Aug 1886), "Comodoro Álvarez" (Sep 1886), "Comodoro Halabidis" (May 1887), "Comodoro Rosas" (Mar 1887), "Comodoro Tiaguez" (Jul 1887), "Comodoro Farragut" (Jul 1887), "Puma" (Jan 1887), "León" (Mar 1887), "Jaguar" (Apr 1887), "Ocelote" (May 1887), "Jaguarondi" (Jul 1887)

Armoured cruisers

Lepanto class: "Almirante Mendoza", "Almirante Martinez", "Almirante O'Donnel", “Almirante Ruiz”, "Cobre"

Submarines

Ictineo class: I-1 to I-10 (1897), I-11 to I-20 (1898), I-21 to I-30 (1899)

Heavy Torpedo Boats

Destructor II class: 10 units per year from 1895 to 1899.


Airships (attatched to the navy)
They use New Granadan Helium and they are propeled by diesel motors.

30 scouting airships (speed: 75km/h; range: 5000 km; armament: 2 Hotchkiss MG, 10x25kg bombs; crew: 20 men)

35 transport airships (speed: 60km/h; range: 5500 km; crew: 20 men; may carry up to 50 marines)



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Deployment:



Task Fleet I (Montevideo)

Mastropiero class "Mastropiero", "Gunther Frager"

Patagonia class "Patagonia", "Chaco", "Pampa", "Puna"

Invencible class "Invencible", "Invicto"

Esmeralda class "Senado", "República", "Presidencia", "Unicornio", "Grifo", "Mantícora"

Destructor II class: 12 units

Ictineo class: 8 units



Task Fleet II (Valparaiso)

Mastropiero class "Manuel Darío", "Díaz de Carreras"

Patagonia class "Araucania", "Sacramento", "Plata", "Malvinas"

Invencible Class "Intocable", "Intratable"

Esmeralda class "Pacífico", "Comodoro Evans", "Comodoro Álvarez", "Comodoro Halabidis", "Comodoro Rosas", "Jaguarondi"

Destructor II class: 12 units

Ictineo class: 8 units



Task Fleet III (Hawaii)

Superb class "Salamina"

Patagonia Class "Antártida", "Hawaii", "Caledonia"

Invencible class "Inflexible", "Impasible"

Esmeralda class "Comodoro Tiaguez", "Comodoro Farragut", "Puma", "León", "Jaguar", "Ocelote"

Destrutor II class: 12 units

Ictineo class: 8 units

Task Fleet IV (Pernambuco)

Invencible class “Letal”, “Mortal, “Deletereo", “Final", “Gladiador”, “Matador”

Destructor II class: 14 units

Ictineo class: 6 units

Scouting Airships: 10 units
Transport Airships: 10 units


Home Fleet I (Viedma, Comodoro Ribadavia and Bahía Blanca)

Constitución Class: "Constitución"

Lepanto Class: "Almirante Mendoza"

Destructor I class: 12 units

Scouting Airships: 5 units

Transport Airships: 5 units



Home Fleet II (Nueva Plata del Sur, Malvinas, Punta Arenas)

Constitución Class: "Derecho"

Lepanto Class: "Almirante Martinez", "Cobre"

Destructor I class: 7 units

Scouting Airships: 5 units

Transport Airships: 5 units



Home Fleet III (Antofagasta, Chiloé,Callao)

Constitución Class: "Asamblea"

Lepanto Class: "Almirante O'Donnel"

Destructor I class: 8 units

Scouting Airships: 15 units

Transport Airships: 15 units



Home Fleet IV (New Caledonia, Wake and Pacific dependences)

Constitución Class: "Senado"

Lepanto Class: “Almirante Ruiz”

Destructor I class: 8 units

Scouting Airships: 5 units

Transport Airships: 5 units




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Lepanto class 1876; 14,000 tons, 10 knots, range 8,700 nm, 125x22.5x9 m; armament: 4x431 mm guns in roofless turrets, 8 x 152 mm, 4 x 120 mm; 650 crewmen + 1 marine infantry regiment of 1,000 men

Upgraded “Esmeralda” class; 2950 tons, 28knots. 85x13x5.5; armament 2-254 mm. 6-152 mm. 2-76 mm. 5-37 mm. 3 TlT; armour 25 mm.; 300 crewmen

Ictineo class: 473 tons (surface)/581 tons (subm); speed 13 knots in surface, 9 knots submerged; 53x6x3 m; armament: 1-50 mm., 1 Hotchkiss MG and 4 tlt-450 mm (+1 in the rear); crew 32 men. Anaerobic propulsors, Oceanic Submarines

Destructor class 1885; 380 tons, 22.6 knots, 59x8x2.5, range 5500nm at 10knots; armament 1x90mm, 4x57mm, 2 Hotchkiss MG of 37mm, 3 x450mm TLT; 60 crewmen. They are in fact heavy torpedo boats.

Destructor II class: 450 ton., 29 knots; 77x7,2x3 m.; armament 2-90 mm., 2-57 mm., 2 Hotchkiss MG and 2 tlt-350 mm; crew 65 men

Superb class
14600 tons, 162x27x8.5m; 2x2 357mm, 2x2 254 mm , 6x1 57 mm, 8x1 x 47 mm and six 14-inch torpedo tubes; 24 knots; armour: 200 mm in the belt, 40mm in the deck; crew, 653

Patagonia class
14.150 ton., 20 knots, 125x23x8.5 m; armament, 4 - 343 mm; 10 152 mm.; 7 tlt (457 mm); armour, belt 457 mm, deck 76 mm; 712 crewmen.


Invencible class
17.370 ton., 172,9x23,9x7,9 m; speed 31 knots. Armament 4x2 305 mm. 8x2 57 mm., 20 20mm MGs (AAA), 5 tlt-457 mm.; armour belt 152 mm, deck 63 mm; crew 799 men



Mastropiero class
25.900 ton., 170x27x9 m; speed 26 knots; armament 5x3 305 mm., 8x2 100 mm., 20 20mm MGs, 5 tlt-457 mm.; armour: belt 280 mm, deck 76 mm.; Crew 923 men

[Lauranthalas]

1,300,000 infantry; 275,000 Cavalry; 75,000 Artillary; 18 Cruiser; 20 Ironclads; 23 Pre-Dreadnoughts; 11 unarmored Cruiser (outdated); 5 protected Cruiser (outdated); 26 Corvettes; 5 Dreadnoughts; 63 Destroyers; 130 Torpedo boats; 25 subs (still 3 months to finish); 51 airships (mainly for transport reason)
edit to the dreads: they are normal dreads but with 14" main batteries.

[perdedor99]

Persian Army 1899

The total size of the Persian Army in 1899 was about 500,000 men plus 75,000 cavalrymen. This force drew heavily from the teachings of the British instructors and before from the teaching from the Austrian mission.

The Division was the largest tactical unit of the Persian Army and was organized following the teachings of the British military mission. The Regular army consisted of 22 divisions that could grow by calling the reserves to 35 divisions. A division consisted of a Headquarters, 3 infantry brigades and divisional troops of various sorts. In all it was composed of about 18,000 men and 5,000 horses or camels.

The composition of the Division was the Divisional Headquarters, three infantry brigades that totaled 13,000 men and 750 horses or camels plus 48 MG-1 rapid fire guns and 18 75mm infantry guns, divisional artillery than consisted of 18 75mm guns, 18 4.5 inch guns and 4 six inch guns plus 1,500 men and 2,000 horses or camels, an Engineer divisional detachment of 500 men and 100 horses or camels, plus the transport, medical and veterinary units that have the rest of the manpower and pack animals on their organization.

The Persian soldier was well trained; armed with the Draka service rifle, the R-4, and using also a khaki uniform and coal shuttle helmet they seemed like a copy of their suppliers the Draka. But the lack of flak jackets and their flair to use colors to denote units separate them from the model they are copying in their appearance.

The cavalry was organized as divisions but in operated in the basis of brigades in most cases. The total number of cavalry divisions on 1899 was 7 cavalry divisions, with one of them under strength. The divisions were composed of 11,000 men each and about 13,000 horses or camels. The composition was the Divisional headquarters, four cavalry brigades that totaled close to 9,000 men and over 10,000 horses or camels plus 16 MG-1 rapid fire guns, divisional artillery divided in one battery per brigade consisting of 4 75mm guns per brigade for a total of 16 guns, 500 men and 1,000 horses, plus engineer, medical, transport and veterinary units that made up the rest of the manpower and pack animals.

Other units were part of the Persian army order of battle. The Service Corps was on charge of the delivery and organization of supplies, the Engineers were organized in independent companies tasked with different missions like tunneling, railroad repair and bridging, the armored cars squadrons that consisted of 7 such units composed of three sections of 4 first generation Draka steam cars plus one steam drag per section. These units were crewed heavily by native Persians and Jew emigrants from Palestine due to their higher technological level compared to the bulk of the army that was being recruited from areas that only 13 years before were in the technological level of the 1400’s. Also in the order of battle was the Camel Corps. Heavily recruited from the Bedouins and natives of the desert areas the unit was organized like a regular cavalry brigade but using camels in place of horses. 3 such brigades were on service by 1899.

[perdedor99]

Imperial Persian Navy 1899:

2 Canadian build coastal battleships
Displacement: 6,682 tons, Length: 319', Beam: 57',Draft: 21'6", Speed: 17 knots, Complement: 392, Armament: Four 10"; six 6"; seven six-pounders; eight one-pounders; four 14" torpedo tubes.
Mediterranean : INS Jerusalem
Persian Gulf: INS Mosul

1 British build pre-dreadnought
Displacement: 10,500 t, Length 360’, beam 70’, draft 25.6’, Speed 17 knots, Complement 620 officers and men, Armament: 4 x 10 inch guns, 10 x 4.7 inch guns, 8 x 6 pounders, 12 x 3 pounders, 7 x 18 inches torpedo tubes.
Mediterranean: INS Bahgad

1 French build pre-dreadnought
Displacement: 12,007 tons, Length: 117.81 m, Beam: 21.39 m, Draught: 8.38 m, Speed: 18 knots, Complement: 666 - 710, Armament: 2 x 12-in, 2 x 10.8 in, 8 x 5.5-in, 8 x 3.9-in guns, 12 x 3-pounder guns, 2 x 18-in tubes.
Mediterranean: INS Tehran

1 protected cruiser
Displacement: 1,580 tons, Length: 233', Beam: 35',Draft: 15‘, Speed: 15 knots, Complement: 160, Armament: Six 4.7"; four three-pounders; 2 Gatlings; two 14" torpedo tubes.
Mediterranean: INS Abadan

5 protected cruisers
Displacement: 4,390 tons, Length: 320', Beam: 46',Draft: 20'5", Speed: 18.9 knots, Complement: 360(including 30 marines), Armament: two 8"; six 6"; two three-pounders; two one-pounders; four 37mms; two Gatlings; four 14" torpedo tubes
Persian gulf: INS Djemchid ,INS Bahrâm Gur
Mediterranean: INS Khosrou
Caspian: INS Feridun ,INS Mahmud

3 seagoing monitors
Displacement: 4,084 tons, Length: 261', Beam: 59',Draft: 15‘, Speed: 11 knots, Complement: 218, Armament: two 12"; two 10"; six six-pounders
Persian gulf: INS Kaï-Kobad
Red Sea: INS Kaï-Kaous
Caspian: INS Sahfavid

20 frigates (obsolete by 1899, they were changed from named ships to numbers in 1893)
Persian gulf: FF-1, FF-16, FF-14
Red Sea: FF-2, FF-17, FF-15, FF-18
Mediterranean: FF-3, FF-19, FF-13, FF-20, FF-12
Caspian: FF-4, FF-5, FF-6, FF-7, FF-8, FF-9, FF-10, FF-11

80 torpedo boats
TB-100 Class:10 sold to Persia by Draka
Displacement: 80 tons; Armament: 2 20mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 22 men; Speed, 26 knots.
Red Sea: 10 units

TB-200 Class: 10 sold to Persia by Draka
Displacement: 85 tons; Armament: 2 20mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 28 men; Speed, 30 knots.
Mediterranean: 10 units

TB-300 Class: Locally build copies of the Draka TB-100 class. 60 ships build.
Displacement: 80 tons; Armament: 2 20mm auto guns, Three 18" twin torpedo tubes; Complement: 22 men; Speed, 26 knots.
Persian Gulf : 20 units
Mediterranean: 20 units
Caspian: 10 units
Red Sea: 10 units

12 destroyers
Displacement: 298 tons, Speed: 28 knots, Complement: 60, Armament: One 65mm; six 47mm; two 14" torpedo tubes
Persian Gulf : INS Karachi, INS Tikrit, INS Basra, INS Kabul
Mediterranean: INS Kandahar, INS Shiraz, INS Tabriz, INS Kerman
Red Sea: INS Bandar Abbas, INS Qum, INS Esfahan, INS Mashhad

24 Submarines
S-1 Class 12 sold to Persia by Draka
Displacement: 77tons; Armament: one 18” torpedo tube, 2 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 10 men; Speed 8 knots and 7 knots submerged.
Persian Gulf: S-1 to S-6
Caspian Sea: S-7 to S-12

S-250 Class 12 sold to Persia by Draka
Displacement: 205 tons; Armament: 2 18” torpedo tubes, one astern and one bow, 4 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 15 men; Speed 10 knots and 9 knots submerged.
Mediterranean: S-13 to S-20
Red Sea: S-21 to S-24

[General_Paul]

Army:

Infantry (Active): 800,000

Nat'l Guard (Front Line): 450,000

Nat'l Guard (2nd line): 500,000

Militia (Manchuria and Korea): 1 Million

Recruits (Not trained yet): 300,000

Cavalry: 250,000

Weapons:

Type 99 Bolt Action Rifle
Colt 1899 Revolver (Plans bought)
Type 95 Semi-Automatic (Same principle as the colt 1911, only, looks more like a Luger than a Colt)
Type 98 Machine Gun (Essentially a carbon copy of OTL's Maxim Machine Gun)
Type 75 Gattling Gun (300 round belt feed)
Type 97 Carbine (Shorter version of the Type 99, used in Cavalry units)
K98 Mauser Rifle (Plans bought from the German Confederation)
Type 96 Steam-Powered Tank (Only fifteen have been built) \
Samurai Sword (All Officers, Samurai, and Generals have these in the field)
Seraded Edge Bayonettes
One-Handed Samurai Sword (Given to all NCO's and infantry in the field)

Artillery:

50 MM Field Gun
75 MM Field Gun
90 MM Artillery Piece
110 MM Artillery Piece
130 MM Artillery Piece
150 MM Trench Blaster

[Ward]

French Republic Military 1899

Army Active : 775,000 men in 39 Inf Divs. 3 Mountian Inf. Divs. 4 Bike Mounted Inf, Divs.
11 Cav, Divs 1 Cav Land ship Div . Inf Divs are 18,000 men ,Cav Divs, 14,000 men . Res 25 Inf Divs .10 Teritorial Inf Divs , 8 Cav Divs .

Navy
2 Orion Class Battleships
4x Kongo Class Battle Cruisers.
4xLiberte Class Battle Ships Democratie. Justic, Verite
2xRepublique Class Battle ship Patrie
1x Suffren Class Battle ship
1xIlena Class Battle Ship
1x Henbi IV class Battle Ship
3x Charlemagne Class Battle Ship St Louis , Gaulois
1xBouvet Class Battleship
1x Massena Class Battle Ship
1X Jaureguiberry class Battle Ship
1x Carnot Class Battle Ship
1x Charles Martel Class Battle Ship
1x Brennus Class Battle ship
3x Marceau Class Barbette Battle Ship Slass Magenta , Neptune
1x Hoche Turret/Narnette Class Nattle Ship.

4xAcheron Class Armoure Gunboat slass ,Cocyte ,Phlegton. Styx
2x Jemmapes Class Coast efense Ships. Valmy
2x Bouvines Class coast efence Ships Amiral Trehouant

2x Edgar Quinet Clas Armore Cruiser Class Waleck Rousseau
1x Ernest Renan Class Armoured Cruisers
1x Jules Michelet Class Armoured Cruisers
3 x Leon Gambetta Class Armoured Cruisers , Jules Ferry ,Victor Hugo
5x Gloire Class Class Armoure Cruisers , Amiral Aube, Conde, Marseillaise, Sully
3X Dupleix Class Armoured Cruisers , Desaix , Kleber
3X Gueydon Class Armoured Cruisers, Dupetit-Thouars ,Montclalm
1x Jeanne D"Arc Armoured Cruisers
1X Pothuau Armoured Cruiser
4X Amiral Charne Class Armoured Cruiser Bruix, Chanzy , Latouche Treville
1x Dupuy De Lome Class Armoured Cruiser .

More Ships later By the Way these ships are the ships the French Laid down betwen 1886=1910 Except for the Orion and Kongo ships .

[Condottiero]

Constitución class (based on Kaiser Friedrich III Class):

11.780 tons max; 138x22x8.7 m; Armament 2x2 254mm; 6x2 150mm; 5 submerged Torpedo tubes 457mm; armour, belt 275mm+225mm teak, 75mm deck; Speed 21kts; Range 2000NM @ 12kts


There are also 10-20 small torpedo boats (26 knots, 6 crewmen, 2 tlt and 1 MG) in each of the major naval bases. The Austral navy does not trust in them very much, they prefere the destroyer class better.

There are 10 patrol ships in the Amazon and 5 in the Parana. Each of them can carry up to 50 marines and are armed with 4 MGs and one 57mm gun (speed 7 knots).

[Imajin]

Royal Navy of Karelia

Conquerer Class (Karelian Dreadnought)

Total: 1
HGS Conquerer of Swedes and Danes

Karelia Class (Pre-Dreanoughts)

Total: 5
HGS Karelia
HGS Regnum
HGS Terror
HGS Legendary
HGS Lauenburg

Vaino II Class (Baltic-based Battleships)

Total: 10
HGS King Vaino II
HGS King of Karelia
HGS Royal Majesty[/]
HGS [I]Princess of Finland
HGS West Karelia
HGS Lappland
HGS International
HGS Port Helsinki
HGS Gulf of Finland
HGS Gulf of Bothnia

Majestic Class (Destroyers)

Total: 25

((Sorry, too lazy to think up names))

Great Bear and Little Dipper Class (Outdated Cruisers)

Total: 13
HGS Ahvenanmaa
HGS Helsinki
HGS Viipuri
HGS Gotland
HGS Turunmaan
HGS Gotaland
HGS Saaremaa
HGS Hiiumaa
HGS Bornholm
HGS Andrus I
HGS Andrus II
HGS Juho II

[Aussey]

Royal Navarran Army: (Military Confederation of the Kingdom of Navarra and Asturias and the Kingdom of Portugal)

Total Men availiable: 550,710 men
Infantry- 200,000 men
*Armed with modern guns
**Hold 90% of the cannonrey

Navy- 140,700 men
*Consists of 36 ships, divided into 8 classes
**Holds 5% of the cannonrey
List of Royal Navarrese Ships
King Sancho Class
1. HMS Sancho I
2. HMS Countess of Aragon
3. HMS King of Navarre
4. HMS Pampalona
5. HMS Bourbon
Queen Joan Class
1. HMS Queen Joan I
2. HMS Queen Blance I
3. HMS Queen Eleanore
4. HMS Queen Joan II
5. HMS Queen Catherine
Biscay Class
1. HMS Guipzcoa
2. HMS Vizcaya
3. HMS Navarra Regina
4. HMS Tarazona
5. HMS Estella
Union Class
1. HMS Carlos and Catherine
2. HMS Constance
3. HMS Castillia y Navarra
4. HMS Espana
5. HMS Corona
Confederation Class (former Castillian ships)
1. HMS Navarra
2. HMS Asturia
3. HMS Galicia
4. HMS Braganza
5. HMS Basque
Bourbon Class (former Castillian ships)
1. HMS Catherine I
2. HMS Francis I
3. HMS Henry de'Albret
4. HMS Joan III
5. HMS Catherine II
Regency Class (former Castillian ships)
1. HMS Regent
2. HMS Princess Blanche
Atlantis Class (former Castillian raptor-style ship)
1. HMS Consuela la Feria

Calvary- 190,870
*Calvary Armed with Muskets, Rifles, and assorted modern guns.
**Calvary mounted upon pure-bred Arabian horses

[Ward]

More French Naval Ships

4X Danton's Class Pre Drenouts

Jurien De Graviere protected Cruisers
2x D'Estrees class protected Cruisers Infernet
1x Chaterurenault Protected Cruisers
1x Guichen Class " " " "
1xD'Entrecasteaux Class
2X Catinat Class Protet
3x D'Assas Class Cassard, Du Chayla
2x Descartes Class Pascal
3x Fraiant Class Chasseloup-Laubat,Buggeaud



Destroyers
Durandal Class 4 in Class
Framee Class 4 in Class
Rochefortais class 4 in Class
Arquebuse class 20 in class
Claymore Class 13 in Class
Branlebas class 10 in class

Sea Going Torpedo Noats
Balny Class 10 in class
Ouragan class 5 in Class
Coureur Class 3 in Class
Avant-Grade Class 7 in Class
Agile Class 7 in Class
Corsaire Class 1 in Class
Mousqutaire Class 1 in Class
Chevalier Class 1 in Class
Lansquenet Class 1 in Class
Averne Class 2 in CLass
Argonaute Class 2 in Class
Filibustier Class 3 in Class
Forban Class 1 in Class
Mangini Class 1 in Class
Cyclone Class 5 in Class
Mistral Class 6 in Class


France also has 100 lighter then air air ships .

[Matt]

Organization of an US Army Division 1899:

Total Manpower = 10500

Infantry Brigades x 2- 1 6000 men
- 2 Infantry Regiments- 1000 men each
- 2 MG Battalion- 500 men

Artillery Regiment x 1- 1500 men
- 36 75mm rapid fire guns
- 12 105mm heavy guns
- 24 81mm trench mortars

Cavalry Regiment x 1- 1000 men

Support Regiment x 1- 2000 men
- Supply Battalion
- Signals Battalion
- Field Kitchen Battalion
- Medical Battalion

There are 15 such divisions in the US Army, which is an all volunteer, professional force. It is also racially intergrated. A large pool of reserves exist in the National Guard, which can call up an additional 50 divisions. Total Army strength is 180,000 men.

8 of the Divisions are stationed in the Netherlands, with an additional 2000 men stationed in the fortifications.

[Ward]

Imperial Army of the Habsburg Empire~

1st Bohemian Division~ 18,000 men
1st Bohemian Regiment- 6,000
1st Moravian Regiment- 6,000
1st Czech Regiment- 6,000

1st Bulgarian Regiment~ 16,000 men
Division of Upper Bulgaria- 5,000
Division of Middle Bulgaria- 5,000
2nd Bulgarian Regiment~ 10,000 men
Division of Lower Bulgaria- 5,000
Division of Hellenic Bulgaria- 5,000

1st Albanian Regiment~ 5,000 men
Division of Habsburg Albania~ 2,500
Division of Hellenic Albania~ 2,500

1st Hungarian Regiment~ 6,500 men
Division of Transylvania- 1500 men
Divsion of Burgenland- 1400 men
Division of Croatia- 1700 men
2nd Hungarian Regiment~ 1,800 men
Division of Slovakia- 900 men
Division of Western Croatio- 1800 men

1st Dalmatian Regiment~ 12,000 men
Division of Pagania- 1000 men
Division of Zahumlje- 600 men
Division of Travunia- 790 men
Division of Duklja- 700 men

1st Galician and Londomerian Regiment~ 11,000 men
Division of Galicia- 1800 men
Division of Londomeria- 900 men
2nd Galician and Londomerian Regiment~ 900 men
Division of Western Galicia- 1550 men
3rd Londomerian Division- 1150 men

1st Croatian and Slavonian Regiment~ 2,000 men
Division of Slavic Croatia- 200 men
Division of Slavonia- 900 men

1st Regiment of Lombardy~ 2,000 men
Division of Lombardy- 2,500 men
Division of Venetia- 1,300 men
2nd Regiment of Venetia~ 1,800 men
Divsision of Royal Venetia- 900 men
Division of Venice- 1400 men

1st Regiment of Upper Austria~ 2,000 men
Division of Vienna- 1500 men
Division of Salzburg- 1500 men
2nd Regiment of Lower Austria~ 2,500 men
Divsion of the Empire- 900 men
Divsion of Lower Austria- 600 men

1st Carinthian Regiment~ 1,800 men
Division of Tarvisio- 950 men
Carinthian Mens Divison-7350 men

1st Carniolan Regiment~ 700 men
Pannonian Divsion- 1400 men
Illyrian Division- 800 men

1st Silesian Regiment~ 1900 men
Division of Voidvodship- 1750 men
Division of Silesia- 1250 men

1st Bavarian Regiment~ 1,000 men
Division of Hesse- 700 men
Division of Munich- 1300 men
Division of Augsburg- 900 men
2nd Bavarian Regiment~ 1,000 men
Division of Franconia- 700 men
Division of Swabia- 400 men
Division of Lower Bavaria- 900 men
3rd Bavarian Regiment~ 1000 men
Division of Miltenburg-750 men
Passau Town Free Division- 800 men

Naples Regiment~ 3,000 men
Division of Upper Naples- 800 men
Division of Middle Naples- 200 men
Division of Lower Naples- 800 men
Italian Division- 500 men
1st Sicilian Regiment~ 2,000 min
1st Sicilian Divison- 800 men
2nd Sicilian Divison- 700 men

Imperial Navy of the Habsburg Empire~

Older Battle Ships (aquired from Naples, Sicily, Spain, Turkey, etc.)
Displacement: 3,588
Dimensions: 70.78 x ~14 x 6.32 m
Propulsion: one horizontal 2cyl low pressure engine; 1,900 IHP
Max. Speed: 11.4 kts
Range: ?
Fuel: ? tons coal
Crew 386
Armament:
Armour: 15x24 pdrs, rifled; 16x48 pdrs, unrifled; 1x12 pdr; 1x6 pdr (in 1863)
12x7" Amstrong ML (in 1867)
belt: 110mm
SMS Drache
SMS Golden Eagle
SMS Habsburg
SMS Maria Antonia
SMS Maximillian I

Neptune Class: (Habsburg Capital Ships)
Displacement (standard): 20.000 t
Length*width*draft: 152*28*8,5 m
Output: 26400 HP
Speed: 20 kn
Range: 4200 miles
Armament: 12*305 mm L/45, 12*150 mm L/50, 9*70 mm L/50, 2*47 mm L/44, 2*8mm MG, 4*533 mm TT
Armour: 280 mm belt, 48 mm deck, 280mm tower
Crew: 1094
SMS Posiedon
SMS Amphitrite
SMS Triton
SMS Oceanus
SMS Tethys

[These are the refitted standards of the Kaiser Max. They were refitted to these in 1895. Don't tell me THESE aren't right or past the text. Don't forget we've been building these since like the 1860s. This is a fact:
Link (http://hera.mni.fh-giessen.de/~hg6339/data/ah/battleships/1861_kaiser-max-class/1863_cbb_kaiser-max.htm)
Kaiser Max Class:
Displacement: 7645 tons std; 8736 tons max
Dimensions: 293' 1" x 62' 6"
Draught: 26'
Main guns: 8 x 10.23"/20 (8 x 1);768 rounds
Secondary guns: 1 x 8.2"/22
Torpedo tubes: 5 x 13.7"; 2 x bow, 2 x beam, 1 stern;13 rounds
Other weapons: 7 x 5.9";6 x 4.1";9 x 3.46"
Armour C.T.: 1.1" - 1.9"
Belt: 4.9" - 10"
Casemates: 7" - 8"
Aircraft Facilities:
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery:
Engines 8 x Penn transverse trunk boilers
1 x Penn 2 cyl. single expansion
Power output 5779ihp
Speed 14.6kts
Shafts 1
Range 2470NM @ 10kts
Fuel 684 tons coal
SMS Margaret of Austria
SMS Franz Ferdinand
SMS Marie Antoinette
SMS Lissa
SMS Tours
SMS Kaiser Max
SMS Regina
SMS King of Jerusalem
SMS Dauphine
SMS Alexandria
SMS Libya II
SMS Empress Maria
SMS Christina Imperatrix
SMS Saint Mary
SMS Ark of the Covenant
SMS Ptolemy
SMS Tunisia
SMS Abyssinia II
SMS Kaisertum
SMS Cisleithanian
SMS Transluthia
SMS Habsburg Imperium


How are these ships able to carry 8x10.23 in Gun's at this displacement are they in turrets or what . If they are how can carry them . Also if they fired them they would roll really Bad . And they were armed with 8x21cmL/20 Krupp BL Guns were centre Battery ships .And there were only three of that class .





Imperial Yacht Class: (Yachts, non military)
SMS Vienna
SMS Budapest Maximums
SMS Tripolie Reine
SMS Alexandrina
SMS Adelaide Marie

Empress-Consort Class:
Displacement (standard): 8960 t;Length*width*draft: 114,5*21,2*7,4 m ;Output: 13300 HP ;Speed: 19 kn ;Range: 3600 miles ;Armament: 3*240 mm L/40, 12*150 mm L/40, 10*70 mm L/45, 6*47 mm L/44, 2x47 mm L/33, 2*450 mm TT ;Armour: 200 mm belt, 40 mm deck, 200 mm tower ;Crew: 740
SMS Isabella of Parma
SMS Guiespina the Italian
SMS Elisabeth of Savoy
SMS Maria of Bourbon y China

Kaiser Louis Class:
Displacement (standard): 5878 t . Length*width*draft: 99,22*17*6,6 m . Output: 8500 HP (9180 HP for Budapest) . Speed: 15,5 kn (17,5 kn for Budapest) . Range: 2200 miles . Armament: 4*240 mm L/40, 6*150 mm L/40, 10*47 mm L/44, 4x47 mm L/33, 1*8 mm MG, 2*450 mm TT . Armour: 270 mm belt, 60 mm deck, 220 mm tower . Crew: 423
SMS Kaiser Ludwig I
SMS Kaiserin Maria
SMS Archduke Joseph
SMS Archduchess Marie
SMS Archduchess Adelaide of Prussia

Imperial Crown Class: (Cruisers) (formerly "Empress Class")
Displacement (standard): 11.780 t
Length*width*draft: 126,24*21,7*7,5 m
Output: 14000 HP
Speed: 19 kn
Range: 4000 miles
Armament: 4*240 mm L/40, 12*190 mm L/42, 12*70 mm L/45, 4*47 mm L/44, 2x47 mm L/33, 4*37 mm Vickers, 4*8 mm MG, 2*450 mm TT
Armour: 210 mm belt, 40 mm deck, 216 mm tower
Crew: 740
SMS Maria Theresa I
SMS Princess Anna
SMS Vienna
SMS Silesia
SMS Slavonia
SMS Star of North Africa
SMS Khartoum
SMS Crown of Ethiopia
SMS Pride of Africa
SMS Alexandria Regina
SMS Naples II
SMS Marina
SMS Gorizia
SMS Gradisca
SMS Trieste Maximus
SMS Istira
SMS Augsleich
SMS Magyar
SMS Constaninople
SMS Kaiser Louis
SMS Budapest
SMS Habsburg Empire
SMS Cairo
SMS Crown Prince
SMS Crown Princess
SMS Sarajevo






Just a Question about these ships what do you meen by Small Minor Battleships . Are these Battleships class ships or what . Also why are some Regs lager then Div's .








Small Minor Battle Ships~
Venetia Regina
Salzburg
Budapest
Tyrol
Empress I
Palatinate
Moravia
Holy Roman Emperor
Babenburg
Sicilian Rex
Kingdom of Naples II
Trieste
Austro-Bavarian
Austro-Sicilian
Count of Habsburg
Sultan
Francis of Lorraine
Venetia
Victoriana
Austrianna
Confederation
Princess-Imperial
Habsburg-Lorraine-Bourbon
Stephen III
Alexander the Great
Archduchess Leopoldina
Shereen
Upper Austra
Lower Austria
Slovakia
Corinthia
Hungarian Royal
Grand Duke Ivan
Tsarina
Empress II
Luunberg
Badinia



:) :D :mad: :) :D :D

[Matt]

United States Marine Corp

55,000 men total

Organized into 30 Regiments, and various detachments on major surface vessels, along with providing security at Naval Bases, and Washington DC.

Each Marine Regiment is a self contained unit, with it's own organic light artillery and supply units. Each man is expected to fight, every Marine is a rifleman after all. Marines provide a strong garrison in China.


United States Navy Aeronautics Corp


The US Navy has control over the 23 airships purchased from New Granada.

United States Landship Corp

This division in the US Army crews the Landships. There are over 100 of the leviatians, deployed mostly in the Netherlands.

Major Coastal Forts:

Atlantic City
Boston
Cape May
Charleston
Hampton Roads
New York
Norfolk
Providence
San Diego
San Fransico
Savannah
Washington, DC

[Condottiero]

I think you have exaggerated a bit:
Drakan Fleet
Dreadnoughts: 6 build between 1897 and 1898
Domination Class
Specifications:
Displacement: 32,300 tons; Fuel capacity: 6,200 tons/oil; Armament: 8 x 16” in 4 double turrets, 16 x 6’ in single turrets, 8 x 3” in single turrets, 10 37mm anti airship guns, eight 21" submerged torpedo tubes; Complement: 1201 men; Propulsion, 10 Boilers, 4 Parsons Turbine engines: 64,000 horsepower; Speed, 30 knots.

30 knots, 16" guns in 1899!!!


Light Cruisers: 18 build between 1896 and 1898
Tanganika Class
Specifications:
Displacement: 4,687 tons; Fuel capacity: 1,400 tons/oil; Armament: 4 x 5” in two dual turrets, 6 x 3” in six single turrets, 10 37mm anti airship guns, Two 21" submerged torpedo tubes; Complement: 360 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 2 Parsons Turbine engines: 16,000 horsepower; Speed, 33 knots.

Were there 33 knots ships in 1899?


Coastal submarines: 240 total

S-1 Class: 50 build between 1887-1889, 7 lost due to accidents or war. 12 sold to Persia.
Specifications:
Displacement: 77tons; Fuel capacity: 20tons/coal; Armament: one 18” torpedo tube, 2 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 10 men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 400 horsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 8 knots and 7 knots submerged.

S-50 Class: 50 build between 1889-1890, 10 lost due to accidents or war. 10 sold to Japan.
Specifications:
Displacement: 105 tons; Fuel capacity: 22tons/coal; Armament: one 18” torpedo tube, 3 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 12 men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 400 horsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 9 knots and 8 knots submerged.

S-250 Class: 150 build between 1891-1896, 21 sold or donated to different nations.
Specifications:
Displacement: 205 tons; Fuel capacity: 49 tons/oil; Armament: 2 18” torpedo tubes, one astern and one bow, 4 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 15 men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 600 horsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 10 knots and 9 knots submerged.

S-1000 Class: 50 build between 1897-1898.
Specifications:
Displacement: 301 tons; Fuel capacity: 53 tons/oil; Armament: 2 18” torpedo tubes, one astern and one bow, 4 torpedoes on hand; Complement: 20men; Propulsion, 2 boilers, 2 steam engines: 800orsepower with electrical motor for submerged sailing; Speed 12 knots and 9 knots submerged.

Fleet Submarines: 25 total
Shark Class: 25 build between 1897-1898.
Specifications:
Displacement: 564tons; Fuel capacity: 74 tons/oil; Armament: Four 18" torpedo tubes, two astern and two bow; Complement: 35 men; Propulsion, 4 Boilers, 2 Parsons Turbine engines: 1,400 horsepower, and electrical power for submerged propulsion; Speed 16 knots and 11 knots submerged.

My submarines are more modern that 1899 level (it's my only license) and they are much slower!! The Platense fleet has longer submarine fleet, they have concentrated on it.

The Austral Confederation relies on her fleet for the defense, the Drakans have concentrated on their army... and you could wipe out my fleet without any effort! You have bigger dreadnoughts, better submarines, more destroyers, better airships, better tanks than anybody. It is funnier if there are cracks in the armor.

I would like to listen... er read... to what the rest of ASBs think about this. No offense perdedor99, it is just I think you have a extremely powerful navy, considering you made your bigger efforts on your army.

[Galbatorix]

Persian Army 1899

The total size of the Persian Army in 1899 was about 500,000 men plus 75,000 cavalrymen. This force drew heavily from the teachings of the British instructors and before from the teaching from the Austrian mission.

The Division was the largest tactical unit of the Persian Army and was organized following the teachings of the British military mission. The Regular army consisted of 22 divisions that could grow by calling the reserves to 35 divisions. A division consisted of a Headquarters, 3 infantry brigades and divisional troops of various sorts. In all it was composed of about 18,000 men and 5,000 horses or camels.

The composition of the Division was the Divisional Headquarters, three infantry brigades that totaled 13,000 men and 750 horses or camels plus 48 MG-1 rapid fire guns and 18 75mm infantry guns, divisional artillery than consisted of 18 75mm guns, 18 4.5 inch guns and 4 six inch guns plus 1,500 men and 2,000 horses or camels, an Engineer divisional detachment of 500 men and 100 horses or camels, plus the transport, medical and veterinary units that have the rest of the manpower and pack animals on their organization.

The Persian soldier was well trained; armed with the Draka service rifle, the R-4, and using also a khaki uniform and coal shuttle helmet they seemed like a copy of their suppliers the Draka. But the lack of flak jackets and their flair to use colors to denote units separate them from the model they are copying in their appearance.

The cavalry was organized as divisions but in operated in the basis of brigades in most cases. The total number of cavalry divisions on 1899 was 7 cavalry divisions, with one of them under strength. The divisions were composed of 11,000 men each and about 13,000 horses or camels. The composition was the Divisional headquarters, four cavalry brigades that totaled close to 9,000 men and over 10,000 horses or camels plus 16 MG-1 rapid fire guns, divisional artillery divided in one battery per brigade consisting of 4 75mm guns per brigade for a total of 16 guns, 500 men and 1,000 horses, plus engineer, medical, transport and veterinary units that made up the rest of the manpower and pack animals.

Other units were part of the Persian army order of battle. The Service Corps was on charge of the delivery and organization of supplies, the Engineers were organized in independent companies tasked with different missions like tunneling, railroad repair and bridging, the armored cars squadrons that consisted of 7 such units composed of three sections of 4 first generation Draka steam cars plus one steam drag per section. These units were crewed heavily by native Persians and Jew emigrants from Palestine due to their higher technological level compared to the bulk of the army that was being recruited from areas that only 13 years before were in the technological level of the 1400’s. Also in the order of battle was the Camel Corps. Heavily recruited from the Bedouins and natives of the desert areas the unit was organized like a regular cavalry brigade but using camels in place of horses. 3 such brigades were on service by 1899.

!!it is great!!

[Galbatorix]

I think you have exaggerated a bit:

30 knots, 16" guns in 1899!!!


Were there 33 knots ships in 1899?



My submarines are more modern that 1899 level (it's my only license) and they are much slower!! The Platense fleet has longer submarine fleet, they have concentrated on it.

The Austral Confederation relies on her fleet for the defense, the Drakans have concentrated on their army... and you could wipe out my fleet without any effort! You have bigger dreadnoughts, better submarines, more destroyers, better airships, better tanks than anybody. It is funnier if there are cracks in the armor.

I would like to listen... er read... to what the rest of ASBs think about this. No offense perdedor99, it is just I think you have a extremely powerful navy, considering you made your bigger efforts on your army.


i agree with condo, there are too many submarines. they are also more modern that they should be. as you have focussed on your army you should have coastal battleships, some cruisers and a few coastal submarines. duquense said once that ot design a fleet you have to think first for what you need it. you do not have overseas posesions, ?why do you need so many submarines and 16 inches guns in enormous battleships?

[perdedor99]

i agree with condo, there are too many submarines. they are also more modern that they should be. as you have focussed on your army you should have coastal battleships, some cruisers and a few coastal submarines. duquense said once that ot design a fleet you have to think first for what you need it. you do not have overseas posesions, ?why do you need so many submarines and 16 inches guns in enormous battleships?

So many subs to portect my coast. Their mission is to sink any invasion fleet that get close to the coast. The dreadnoughts, the only ones I have, are for escorting the valuable oil convoys from Arabia. And the thech of the ships can go all the way until the 1910's. And by 1910 the Kongo was on the planning stage and ships were over 30 knots in many cases.If you didn't get that and made a fleet based on 1899 designs pay better attention.

[Galbatorix]

So many subs to portect my coast. Their mission is to sink any invasion fleet that get close to the coast. The dreadnoughts, the only ones I have, are for escorting the valuable oil convoys from Arabia. And the thech of the ships can go all the way until the 1910's. And by 1910 the Kongo was on the planning stage and ships were over 30 knots in many cases.If you didn't get that and made a fleet based on 1899 designs pay better attention.
i am sorry. i was surprised about so fast ships even in 1910. however i still think they are too many submarines. ?how much submarines did germany or great britain had at the begining of the great war?

[perdedor99]

I think you have exaggerated a bit:

30 knots, 16" guns in 1899!!!


Were there 33 knots ships in 1899?



My submarines are more modern that 1899 level (it's my only license) and they are much slower!! The Platense fleet has longer submarine fleet, they have concentrated on it.

The Austral Confederation relies on her fleet for the defense, the Drakans have concentrated on their army... and you could wipe out my fleet without any effort! You have bigger dreadnoughts, better submarines, more destroyers, better airships, better tanks than anybody. It is funnier if there are cracks in the armor.

I would like to listen... er read... to what the rest of ASBs think about this. No offense perdedor99, it is just I think you have a extremely powerful navy, considering you made your bigger efforts on your army.


You calll this a powerful navy? Only six dreadnoughts, 2 coastal battleships, 7 obosolete upgunned pre's, 8 heavy cruisers, 18 very light cruiser, and 95 destroyers than only the last two classes can be called modern?

Nobody bitched whileI posted the fast forwards with the porduction schedules. I expalined the idea of the fleet. The stay in port and sink any attempted invasion, at least in the Atlantic coast. The newest ships are in the Indian Ocean to protect the oil shipments.

Also the ships are to maximum tech allowed, 1910. It seems you missed that little bit of info and posted ships with lower tech?

[perdedor99]

i am sorry. i was surprised about so fast ships even in 1910. however i still think they are too many submarines. ?how much submarines did germany or great britain had at the begining of the great war?

The range of the subs is minuscule. theyare coastal subs. their mission is to attack any invasion fleet and they operate close to the coast.

[Condottiero]

You calll this a powerful navy? Only six dreadnoughts, 2 coastal battleships, 7 obosolete upgunned pre's, 8 heavy cruisers, 18 very light cruiser, and 95 destroyers than only the last two classes can be called modern?

Nobody bitched whileI posted the fast forwards with the porduction schedules. I expalined the idea of the fleet. The stay in port and sink any attempted invasion, at least in the Atlantic coast. The newest ships are in the Indian Ocean to protect the oil shipments.

Also the ships are to maximum tech allowed, 1910. It seems you missed that little bit of info and posted ships with lower tech?
Oooops. You are right. I'll update my list a bit, just a few touches here and there. Last week I was not fully "here" and I could not follow all the messages in all the threads. All of you had an intense activity.

I ceded Sverigestan to Galbatorix in exchange of his Perú, but I still have China "on the dark side".

[Condottiero]

Army

* Cavalry
Regular Cavalry Divisions: 6th in Patagonia, 7th in Pampa Region

Each with (14,000 men):

10 regiments of 1,000 riders equipped with Colt-browning carbines, pistol and sabre;
2 light artillery regiments with 20 light 75mm guns and 25 Maxim machine-guns each;
1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police);
1 engineers regiment and supplies train.

The uniform of the cavalry is dark green with green berets.


Rural Cavalry Divisions: 1st in Patagonia, 2nd in Pampa, 3rd in Brazil, 4th in Sacramento and 5th in Peru.

Each with roughly 5,000 men:

8 regiments of 500 men equipped with poisoned shotguns and pistol (they also carry boleadoras, knives and other weaponry)

1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police)

Uniform: Green jackets and gaucho hats.


* Infantry

Mountain Infantry divisions: 1st in Northern Andes, 2nd in Southern Andes, 3rd in Punta Arenas

Each with (12,000 men):

4 regiments of 2,000 soldiers equipped with Lee-Enfield rifles and pistol,
1 mountain artillery regiment with 20 light 75mm guns, 10 114 mm howitzers and 15 Maxim MGs
1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police);
1 engineers regiment and supplies train.

The uniform is dark grey (white in winter) with black berets.


Line Infantry divisions: 1st in Buenos Aires, 2nd Pernambuco and 3rd in Santiago de Chile.

Each with (15,000 men):

5 regiments of 2,000 soldiers equipped with lee-enfield rifles and pistol;
2 artillery regiments with 20 Maxim MG, 15 light 70mm guns, 15 heavier 114 mm guns and 10 heavy 127mm guns and two artillery-balloons;
1 support regiment (sanitary services, veterinary, cooks, chaplain and military police);
1 engineers regiment and supplies train.

The uniform is khakhi with black berets.


Auxiliary Infantry: 1st in Mauribrazil, 2nd in Manaos, 3rd in Iquitos, 4th in Patagonia.

Each consists on

2,500 men equipped with poisoned shotguns, pistols and bows.

They are used as scouting units and in some special stealthier operations.


* Artillery
Support regiments: 101st, 102nd, 103rd

1500 men each with
500 Line Infantry equipped with Mauser rifles.
20 Maxim MG, 15 light 75mm guns, 15 heavier 114mm guns and 5 heavy 127mm guns and two artillery-balloons
Support units (engineers, sanitary, chaplain, MP)

Mounted Support regiments: 104th Mounted, 105th Mounted, 106th Mounted

1500 men each with
500 cavalrymen equipped with carbines and sabres
20 light 75mm guns and 25 Maxim machine-guns each
Support units (engineers, sanitary, chaplain, MP)


* Other Units

5 Armoured trains: 2 wagons with 4 Maxim MGs and 20 riflemen each, 2 wagons to carry one heavy gun of 283mm, 1 wagon for one artillery balloon. (They are mainly mobile naval artillery, but they can be also used against land objectives).
14 Armoured trains: 4 wagons with 4 Maxim MGs and 20 riflemen each, 2 wagons to carry 1 114mm gun each and 4 MGs.

4 armoured cars regiments (in Buenos Aires, Pernambuco, Santiago and Cuzco): with 15 armoured diesel cars. Armor: 5 mm (tyres not protected), carrying one Maxim MG. Max. Speed: 35 km/h in road.

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Artillery

Standard gun 70mm guns (like the British 18 pounder)
Weight 1282 kg
Range 5,960 meters
Shell 8.4 kg .
Rate of fire: 30 rounds a minute.

Howitzers (114 mm) based on the British 4.5" howitzer.
Weight 1362 kg
Shell: 15.9 kg of high explosives
Range: 6,670 meters

Heavy artillery (127 mm) (based on the 60 pounder)
Weight 4.4 tons
Shell: 27.3 kg of high explosives
Range: 11.2 km
Pulled by a diesel tractor

Railway Artillery
Calibre: 283 mm (11”)
Weight: 218 t
Range: 61 km (38 mi)
Rate of fire: 1 round per 3-5 min.

* * * *
Technical innovations:

- Infantry standard weapon is the Lee-Enfield 1903 rifle with smokeless gunpowder.
- Experimental flamethrowers in some infantry units.
- Armoured vehicles.

[Condottiero]

Navy

12 Marine regiments.

Each 1,500 men strong:
1,000 men equipped with Lee-Enfield rifles and pistols plus 4 Maxim MGs and
500 support men

It is light infantry, not real marines.

Their uniform is dark blue with dark red berets.


Naval units

Dreadnoughts
Mastropiero class: "Diaz de Carreras", "Mastropiero" (Oct 1898), "Gunther Frager" (Mar 1899), "Manuel Darío" (Jul 1899)

Pre-dreadnoughts
Superb class "Salamina"

Patagonia class: "Patagonia" (Dec 1886), "Chaco" (Mar 1887), "Pampa" (Sep 1887), "Puna" (Jan 1888), "Araucania" (Dec 1887), "Sacramento" (May 1889), "Plata" (Jan 1891), "Malvinas" (Dec 1889), "Antártida" (May 1890), "Hawaii" (Sep 1890), "Caledonia" (Oct 1891)


Battle cruisers
Invencible class: "Invencible", “Letal” (Jan 1896), "Invicto", “Mortal” (May 1897), "Intocable", “Deletereo” (Jan 1898), "Intratable", “Final” (Jan 1899), "Inflexible", “Gladiador” (Apr 1899), "Impasible", “Matador” (Nov 1899)

Protected cruisers
Esmeralda class: "Senado", "República", "Presidencia", "Unicornio", "Grifo", "Mantícora", "Pacífico", "Comodoro Evans" (Aug 1886), "Comodoro Álvarez" (Sep 1886), "Comodoro Halabidis" (May 1887), "Comodoro Rosas" (Mar 1887), "Comodoro Tiaguez" (Jul 1887), "Comodoro Farragut" (Jul 1887), "Puma" (Jan 1887), "León" (Mar 1887), "Jaguar" (Apr 1887), "Ocelote" (May 1887), "Jaguarondi" (Jul 1887)

Armoured cruisers
Lepanto class: "Almirante Mendoza", "Almirante Martinez", "Almirante O'Donnel", “Almirante Ruiz”, "Cobre"

Submarines
Nautilus class: I-1 to I-10 (1897), I-11 to I-20 (1898), I-21 to I-30 (1899)
Nautilus-M class: IM-1 to IM-2 (1898), IM-3 to IM-5 (1899)

Heavy Torpedo Boats
Destructor II class: 10 units per year from 1895 to 1899.

Minelayers
Thunder class: 24 units

Minesweepers
Meteor class: 34 units

Airships (attached to the navy)

They use New Granadan Helium and they are propelled by diesel motors.

30 scouting airships (speed: 105km/h; range: 5000 km; armament: 2 Maxim MG, 10x25kg bombs; crew: 20 men)

35 transport airships (speed: 90km/h; range: 5500 km; crew: 20 men; may carry up to 50 marines)



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Deployment:



Task Fleet I (Montevideo)

Mastropiero class "Mastropiero", "Gunther Frager"
Patagonia class "Patagonia", "Chaco", "Pampa", "Puna"
Invencible class "Invencible", "Invicto"
Esmeralda class "Senado", "República", "Presidencia", "Unicornio", "Grifo", "Mantícora"

Destructor II class: 12 units
Torpedo boats: 20 units
Nautilus class: 8 units
Thunder class: 4 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Task Fleet II (Valparaiso)

Mastropiero class "Manuel Darío", "Díaz de Carreras"
Patagonia class "Araucania", "Sacramento", "Plata", "Malvinas"
Invencible Class "Intocable", "Intratable"
Esmeralda class "Pacífico", "Comodoro Evans", "Comodoro Álvarez", "Comodoro Halabidis", "Comodoro Rosas", "Jaguarondi"

Destructor II class: 12 units
Torpedo boats: 10 units
Nautilus class: 8 units
Nautilus-M class: 1 unit
Thunder class: 4 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Task Fleet III (Hawaii)

Superb class "Salamina"
Patagonia Class "Antártida", "Hawaii", "Caledonia"
Invencible class "Inflexible", "Impasible"
Esmeralda class "Comodoro Tiaguez", "Comodoro Farragut", "Puma", "León", "Jaguar", "Ocelote"

Destructor II class: 12 units
Torpedo boats: 10 units
Nautilus class: 8 units
Nautilus-M class: 1 unit
Thunder class: 4 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Task Fleet IV (Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro)

Invencible class “Letal”, “Mortal, “Deletereo", “Final", “Gladiador”, “Matador”
Destructor II class: 14 units
Torpedo boats: 20 units
Nautilus class: 6 units
Nautilus-M class: 3 units
Scouting Airships: 10 units
Transport Airships: 10 units
Thunder class: 4 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Home Fleet I (Viedma, Comodoro Ribadavia and Bahía Blanca)

Lepanto Class: "Almirante Mendoza"
Destructor I class: 12 units
Torpedo boats: 12 units
Scouting Airships: 5 units
Transport Airships: 5 units
Thunder class: 2 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Home Fleet II (Nueva Plata del Sur, Malvinas, Punta Arenas)

Lepanto Class: "Almirante Martinez", "Cobre"
Destructor I class: 7 units
Torpedo boats: 12 units
Scouting Airships: 5 units
Transport Airships: 5 units
Thunder class: 2 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Home Fleet III (Antofagasta, Chiloé, Callao)

Lepanto Class: "Almirante O'Donnel"
Destructor I class: 8 units
Torpedo boats: 12 units
Scouting Airships: 15 units
Transport Airships: 15 units
Thunder class: 2 units
Meteor class: 4 units


Home Fleet IV (New Caledonia, Wake and Pacific dependences)

Lepanto Class: “Almirante Ruiz”
Destructor I class: 8 units
Torpedo boats: 12 units
Scouting Airships: 5 units
Transport Airships: 5 units
Thunder class: 2 units
Meteor class: 4 units




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Lepanto class 1876; 14,000 tons, 18 knots, range 8,700 nm at 10 knots, 125x22.5x9 m; armament: 4x431 mm guns in barbettes, 8 x 152 mm, 4 x 120 mm; 650 crewmen + 1 marine infantry regiment of 1,000 men

Upgraded “Esmeralda” class; 2950 tons, 28knots. 85x13x5.5; armament 2-254 mm. 6-152 mm. 2-76 mm. 5-37 mm. 3 TlT; armour 25 mm.; 300 crewmen

Nautilus class: 473 tons (surface)/581 tons (subm); speed 13 knots in surface, 9 knots submerged; 53x6x3 m; armament: 1-50 mm., 1 Maxim MG and 4 tlt-450 mm (+1 in the rear); crew 32 men. Anaerobic propulsion and primitive sonar. Sea-going Submarines.

Nautilus-M class: 493 tons (surface)/601 tons (subm); speed 13 knots in surface, 9 knots submerged; 55x6,5x3 m; armament: 1-50 mm., 1 Maxim MG and 2 tlt-450 mm (+1 in the rear), 10 magnetic mines; crew 32 men. Anaerobic propulsion and primitive sonar. Sea-going Submarines.

Destructor class 1885; 380 tons, 22.6 knots, 59x8x2.5, range 5500nm at 10knots; armament 1x90mm, 4x57mm, 2 Maxim MG of 37mm, 3 x450mm TLT; 60 crewmen. They are in fact heavy torpedo boats.

Destructor II class: 450 ton., 29 knots; 77x7,2x3 m.; armament 2-90 mm., 2-57 mm., 2 Maxim MG and 2 tlt-350 mm; crew 65 men. 20 dropping mines (against submarines) and primitive sonar.

Superb class
14,600 tons, 162x27x8.5m; 2x2 357mm, 2x2 254 mm , 6x1 57 mm, 8x1 x 47 mm and six 14-inch torpedo tubes; 24 knots; armour: 200 mm in the belt, 40mm in the deck; crew, 653

Patagonia class
14.150 ton., 20 knots, 125x23x8.5 m; armament, 2x2 343 mm; 10x1 152 mm.; 7 tlt (457 mm); armour, belt 457 mm, deck 76 mm; 712 crewmen.

Invencible class
17.370 ton., 172,9x23,9x7,9 m; speed 31 knots. Armament 4x2 305 mm. 8x2 57 mm., 20 20mm MGs (AAA), 5 tlt-457 mm.; armour belt 152 mm, deck 63 mm; crew 799 men


Mastropiero class
25.900 ton., 170x27x9 m; speed 26 knots; armament 5x3 305 mm., 8x2 100 mm., 20 20mm MGs (AAA), 5 tlt-457 mm.; armour: belt 280 mm, deck 76 mm.; Crew 923 men

Torpedo boats
28 knots, 6 crewmen, 2 tlt and 1 MG.

There are 10 patrol ships in the Amazon and 5 in the Parana. Each of them can carry up to 50 marines and are armed with 4 MGs and one 57mm gun (speed 7 knots).

Meteor class (minesweepers)
Displacement 425t; Speed 16.2kts; Armament One 88mm gun, 2 MGs, Thirty mines; Complement 40.

Thunder class (minelayers)
951 tons, 55x9x3 m; Speed 15 knots; Armament 2x1 57mm guns, 2 MGs, 40 mines; Complement 57.

* * * *
Technical innovations:

- Experimental passive-sonar in some naval units (it was developed to avoid icebergs in Antarctica).
- Wireless communication has been installed on major battleships and in airships.
- Magnetic mines.

[Condottiero]

Army

War Minister: Marshal Sean O'Connor Duke of Tin'tsiao
Navy Minister: Admiral Ignacio María de Arróspide-Guisasola y Martinez-Campos Earl of Fukien

2 Regulares Regiments (8,000 men equipped with colt-browning rifles, 70mm guns and 5 Hotchkiss MGs) (Veterans Highly trained) (2nd in Beijin and 4th in Manila)
1 Irish Volunteers Regiments (7,000 men equipped with colt-browning rifles and supported by 70mm guns) (in Shanghai)
10 Tagalog Regiments (7,500 men equipped with mauser rifles, spears and swords)
15 Chinese Regiments (5,000 men equipped with mauser rifles and swords)

9 Regulares Cavalry Regiments (1,500 lancers and 500 mounted riflemen)

6 Regulares Artillery Regiments (5,000 men with 20 70mm light guns, 5 150mm heavy guns and 20 Hotchkiss MGs)

Navy

Pre-dreads
Dulio Class “Borbón”, “China”
Shannon class "Felipe I"

Armoured cruisers
Leander class "Dios", "Patria”, “Rey”
Barracouta class "Carlos I", “Tradicion”
Meteor class "Filipinas"

Armoured Frigates

Numancia class: "Santiago de Compostela”, "Cruzada”, "Fe", "San Ignacio"

Coastal Submarines
Peral class: 5 units

Destructor class: 12 units.
Monitor Ships (1 200mm guns, 5 MGs, 5 knots): "Felipe V", "Fernando VII", "Carlos IV", "Maria Teresa de Austria", "Yaounle" (destined to service in Yellow River)
Ram Monitors (Polyphemus class, acquired from La Plata): "Shangai", "Tonkin&qu