Prevanian Armed Forces

From Nova

The Prevanian Armed Forces contain about 16 million men (about 2% of the population) in five different forces.

The Prevanian armed forces contain five sections:

1. The Prevanian Army – The army is so small for such a large nation as not only is Prevania an island so its leadership vests its defence in other sections but the army was also decimated by The Prevanian Air Fleet during the Oligarchic revolution lead by Air Admiral Boris Berenovski. It is mainly used for policing roles and consists of about 500,000 personnel, of which 1/3 are support.
2. The Prevanian Air Marines - The Air Marinies are the main Prevanian infantry organisation. They were founded in 1985 by Direktor Boris Berenovski after he smashed the Prevanian Army. There are 3,500,000 men, of which 1/3 are support. 1,200,000 are infantry, 600,000 are armoured and 500,000 are artillary.
3. The Prevanian Air Force – The air force is of a reasonable size and many of the aircraft are sourced from Russia. There are 30 MiG 35 fighter squadrons, 20 Su 34 ground-attack squadrons, 15 Tu-160 bomber squadrons and one experimental relativity drive unit (each squadron contains 10 aircraft). The air force also has a helicopter force of 20 Mi-28 Havocs and 50 Mil Mi-26s.
4. The Prevanian Navy – As Prevania is on an island, the navy is a priority. There are 5,000,000 men on 2000 ships, including 6 V/STOL Karl Marx Class carriers (HDS Friedrich Engels, HDS Karl Marx, HDS Mao Zedong, HDS Trotsky, HDS Lenin and HDS Stalin), 18 cruisers, 100 destroyers and 10 nuclear submarines. With the exception of the Submarine HDS Resolute, all the ships have been made in Prevania.
5. The Prevanian Air Fleet – Prevania is unique in that it is one of only a scant few countries that have a military arm dedicated to rigid airships. Prevanian Aerospace and the German-speaking Pacific Zepplins conglomerate are the main suppliers for the fleet. It comprises of 7,000,000 on some 384 rigid airships which are mainly used for attack, reconnaissance, command and transport. In peace-time, the 175 attack airships are divided up into four air groups, each lead by one of the five immense 800m Nelson Class missile aero-cruisers:
   • Air Group Alpha (HDAS Scheer)
   • Air Group Beta (HDAS Hood)
   • Air Group Gamma (HDAS Nelson)
   • Air Group Delta (HDAS Holtzendorff)
   • Air Group Prevenstein (HDAS Jellicoe)