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The Gallian Armed Forces
Margaritavilla.Eleanor Varrot
Welkin Gunther
Faldio Landzaat†
Kurt Irving
The Gallian Armed Forces (GAF) are the military forces of the Principality of Gallia. Established in 1848, it consists of the Gallian Army, the Gallian Militia and the Gallian Navy. Since then, the Gallian Armed Forces have fought in the First Europan War and Second Europan War. Officially, Gallia practices a policy of armed neutrality and the Gallian Armed Forces' role is homeland defence.
Under the country's militia system, regular soldiers constitute a small part of the military and the rest are conscripts or volunteers. Compulsory military service applies to all male Gallian citizens, with women serving voluntarily.
Gallia was formally established in the 3rd century after the end of the War of the Valkyrur, when Castle Randgriz was built and the Gallian royal family, House Randgriz, began ruling over the surrounding lands.
The Gallian Royal Army was Gallia's principal military force from the country's founding in the 3rd century until its dissolution in the 19th century, when the Empire's Imperial Army invaded the country, defeated the Royal Army and seized the capital city of Randgriz. The ruling Gallian king was forced by the Imperials to renounce his crown and rule over an autonomous region within the Empire as archduke. This gave rise to an underground nationalist movement known as the Gallian Patriots.
1848 was a year marked by political revolutions sweeping across Western Europa, and the Gallian Patriots, supported by the Archduke of Gallia in secret, openly rebelled against the Empire's authority in Gallia, fighting the Imperial Army in the Gallian War of Independence and emerged victorious.
The Gallian Patriots were formalized by the Archduke of Gallia into the Gallian Armed Forces.
The Chief of the Gallian Armed Forces is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Gallia has mandatory military service in the Gallian Armed Forces for all able-bodied citizens, male and female.
Operational doctrine and tactics
Officially, Gallia's national policy is armed neutrality and the Gallian Armed Forces' role is homeland defence.
The combat uniforms of the Gallian Armed Forces are designed to be form-fitting and durable, consisting of a blue-gray open-collar field jacket and trousers for men or shorts over leggings for women; a side cap or steel helmet; padded leather gloves; high black leather boots with padded gaiters; and black webbing belt with suspenders.
Gallian troops wear pieces of rounded plates made of tempered steel on their arms, shoulders, hips and legs as a form of protection.
The National Arsenal is a Gallian state-owned firearms manufacturer based in Randgriz, producing firearms for the Gallian Armed Forces and Gallian law enforcement agencies. The Gallian series of 7.92mm caliber self-loading rifles are used by Gallian scouts and engineers; the Mag series of 9mm caliber submachine guns are used by Gallian shocktroopers; the Squall, Hurricane and Cyclone series of 7.92mm caliber machine guns are used by Gallian gunners; the Lancaar and Theimer series of anti-tank lances, including the Lancaar-SH series of mortar lances, are used by Gallian lancers; and both the GSR and Brondel series of 7.92mm caliber bolt-action sniper rifles, including the series of ATR series of 13.2mm caliber anti-tank rifles, are used by Gallian snipers.
Like many Europan armies, Gallian troops are issued the B-Type series of stick hand grenades; these grenades are designed with long wooden handles, pull cord arming and cylindrical warheads. The Randgrizer M series of rifle grenade launchers are issued to Gallian scouts, using a launching device mounted under the rifle's barrel.
In accordance with Gallia's defensive policy and taking advantage of the country's small yet diverse territory, tanks in the Gallian Armed Forces are designed to be small and mobile in order to maneuver the surrounding terrain and conduct hit and run tactics while doing it.
The Type 36 is a series of Gallian tanks built after the Invasion of Gallia.
