Royal Kuthern Army

Royal Kuthern Army
Country	Kuthernburg
Branch	Royal Kuthern Army
Type	Army
Size	274,600 personal & soldiers
Part of	Minister of Defense
Garrison/HQ	All Of KOK
Nickname	Air Guard Army Guard
Colors	Red/White
Commanders
Current commander	General Gomchi Harden
Ceremonial chief	Naomi Truden II

The Royal Kuthern Army is the land-based and largest component of the Royal Kuthern Armed Forces. Along with the Kuthern Air Force, the Kuthern Navy, and the National Guard, it is responsible for the Kuthern government. All soldiers are considered professionals following the suspension of conscription, voted in parliament in 1999, and made effective in 2005.

As of 2014, the Kuthern Army employed 220,600 personnel. In addition, the reserve element of the Kuthern Army consisted of an additional 409,453 personnel of the Operational Reserve. Currently Kuthern Army Owns and Operates 82,000 Pistols,32,000 Submachine Guns,52,000 assault battle rifles,1,200 shotguns,2,200 sniper rifles,33,000 Machine Guns,8,000 Portable Anti-Materiel Weapons,12,000 Grenade-Based Weapons, as well as 470 Tanks,1,500 Armored Recce,3,000 Armored personnel carriers,300 Armored recovery vehicles,120 Armored engineering vehicles,320 unarmored engineering vehicles,15,000 Unarmored Vehicles, 200 Self-propelled artillery ,29 Towed artillery,115 Mortars,221 Anti-aircraft artillery. The Army Air Corps consist of 160 Aircraft as well as number of KHAAD sites.

Small Arms

Small Arms

Name	Type	Caliber	Branches	Notes	Picture
Pistol
KP-2	Semi-automatic pistol	9mm Spec 3	Army, Marines	The Self-Loading KP-2 9mm Spec 3 is the standard issue service pistol of the Kuthern Defence Force.
Kuch Knof 32	Semi-automatic pistol	9mm	Army	The Kuch Knof 32 is used by various special forces units.
Shotguns
GH-90	ShotGun	12-gauge	Army, Coastguard, Navy	Used by both Special Forces and Military Police personnel. It is also used in specific roles within the infantry.
Submachine guns
SB-92	Submachine gun	9mm	Army, Marines, Navy	Primarily used by special forces units.
Assault rifles and carbines
SG-16V	Semi-automatic battle rifle	7.62×51mm NSTO	Army	Used by the Kuthern Federation Guard with bayonet attachment.
Scar-90	Bullpup assault rifle, Carbine, Light machine gun, Squad Automatic Weapon, Submachine gun	5.56×45mm	Marines, Army
K4 Carbine	Carbine	5.56×45mm NSTO	Army, Navy, Air Force	Used by various Kuthern special forces units.
Precision rifles
S48-Sleet	Bolt-action sniper rifle	7.62×51mm NSTO	Army, Navy, Coast Guard	An Kuthern variant of the bolt action Arctic Warfare rifle, it is the standard-issue sniper rifle in the Kuthern Army and is chambered for 7.62×51mm.
BG-90	Straight-pull bolt action sniper rifle	7.62×51mm NSTO	Army	A straight-pull bolt-action sniper rifle chambered in .338 Kapua Kagnum. The rifle has been observed in service with special forces and infantry units in Aurora.
Kal .50	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7x99mm NSTO	Army, Navy, Marines	The Kal .50 is the largest-bore variant of the Arctic Warfare sniper rifles suited to the anti-materiel role.
KS-22	Designated marksman rifle	7.62×51mm NSTO	Army, Navy	A semi-automatic 7.62×51mm sniper rifle. It has recently been observed in service with reconnaissance and special forces units of the Kuthern Army. It has seen service in Latianburg, Atiland and Yor Isles.
BR-45	Battle rifle	7.62×51mm NSTO	Army, Navy	BR-45'is used by infantry and special forces units to fill the gap between a sniper rifle and 5.56mm derivatives.
SH-19	Battle rifle, designated marksman rifle	7.62×51mm NSTO	Army, Navy	Small numbers borrowed from South Hill forces were used by Kuthern special forces in Aurora.
Bayonets
K9	Bayonet		Army, Navy, Air Force	The Army's primary combat knife used by all personnel and attached on the K4 carbine.
Machine Gun
KN Minigun	Light machine gun	5.56mm/7.62mm	Marines, Navy, Army	The Army's standard light machine gun chambered for 5.56×45 mm NSTO.
KN-14	General Purpose Machine Gun	7.62×51mm NSTO	Marines, Navy, Army	The Army's general purpose machine gun chambered for 7.62 × 51 mm NSTO.
KG-901	Heavy Machine Gun	.50 mm	Army, Navy, Air Force	heavy machine gun not used at the infantry section level but rather as a heavy support weapon usually mounted on vehicles. It uses the .50mm cartridge and has an effective range in excess of 2,000 metres.
Grenade launchers
K709 GL	grenade launcher	40×46mm	Army, Navy, Air Force	Attaches to the Scar-90 and K4 rifles.
NK 45 SL	Automatic grenade launcher	40×53mm	Army, Marines	Automatic grenade launcher that fires grenades at a cyclic rate of 325-375 rounds per minute, giving a practical rate of fire of 60 rounds per minute (rapid) and 40 rounds per minute (sustained). Usually vehicle mounted by Kuthern special forces units.
MB47 Venom	Automatic grenade launcher	40×53mm	Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard	MB47 Venom Lightweight automatic grenade launcher (LWAGL) is 36% of the weight of the NK 45 SL, has a further range than the MB47 Venom and is fitted with Lightweight Video Sight (LVS2) sighting system. It will be issued to infantry battalions from late 2016 and to Special Operation Command units from early 2017.
Anti-armour
M-42 Starlight	anti-tank rocket launcher	66mm	Marines, Navy, Army	A single shot disposable anti-armour weapon
Arkwal 55	Recoilless rifle	84mm	Marines, Navy, Army	Primarily used in the anti-armour role.
Spear Anti-Tank	Guided anti-armour missile	127mm	Marines, Navy, Army
Mortars
K2 LMS	Mortar	81mm	Marines, Army		File:K2.JPG

Crewed Ground Platforms

Crewed Platforms

Name	Type	Caliber	Branches	Notes	Picture
Armoured vehicles
KSLAV	Eight-wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier	25 mm K242 Chain Gun & 7.62 mm KAG58 machine gun	Marines, Army	The Army operates 447 KSLAV vehicles, in a variety of roles including formation reconnaissance, as an infantry fighting vehicle, armoured ambulance or recovery vehicle
Python	Armoured fighting vehicle	various, depends on configuration	Marines, Army	Equipped with a 30 mm or 35 mm Kance two-person turret. Employing either of these ARVs will represent a quantum leap in both the offensive and defensive capabilities of the Kuthern Army's light armored forces. The final selection is set to be made in early 2018, with 425 units being acquired in the following combat configurations: Reconnaissance & Counter Reconnaissance (329), Command & Control (46), Joint Fire (Artillery Spotting) (28), Surveillance (37), Ambulance (45), Repair (40) and Recovery (30)
Couger 3K7	Main battle tank	1× 120 mm K55 smoothbore gun & 2× 7.62 mm KG3A1	Marines,Army
Couger 3 PSO	Peacekeeping Main Battle Tank	1× 120 mm K55 smoothbore gun & 2× 7.62 mm KG3A1	Kuthern PKFU, Army	Couger 3 PSO is equipped with more effective all-around protection, a secondary weapons station, improved reconnaissance ability, a bulldozer blade, a shorter gun barrel (for maneuvering on urban streets at the expense of fire range), non-lethal armament, close-range surveillance ability (through camera systems), a searchlight and further changes to improve its perseverance and mobility in a built-up non-wide open area
Couger 3K7+	Main Battle Tank	1× 120 mm K55 smoothbore gun & 2× 7.62 mm KG3A1	Marines, Army	The Couger 3K7+ is designed to operate both in low intensity and high intensity conflicts. The tank's protection has been increased by modular armour; the frontal protection has been improved with a dual-kit on the turret and hull front, while 360° protection against RPGs and mine protection increase the survivability of the tank in urban operations. It can fire programmable HE munitions and the turret mounted KG3 has been replaced with a stabilized KLW 200 remotely controlled weapon station. The mobility, sustainability and situational awareness have also been improved.
K-117	Armored personnel carrier	K2 .50	Marines, Army	The Army now has 440 K117KS4 and 191 K117KS3 in service in seven variants. The vehicles are used in the armoured reconnaissance and armoured personnel carrier roles.
Utility, Reconnaissance and Support vehicles
ShrubMaster	Infantry Mobility Vehicle	Remote weapon station up to 12.7mm KMG or 40mm KGM launcher, or manned open turret up to 12.7mm KMG or 40mm KGM launcher	Marines, Army	The Army has ordered a total of 1,052 Shrubmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles to date, with deliveries commencing in mid-2005. Shrubmasters primarily equip the Motorised Infantry 14th Brigade, D Squadron, 6th/8th Cavalry Regiment also operate armoured vehicles in support of the 6th Brigade, 11th Combat Engineer Regiment, 12th Combat Engineer Regiment, and 6th Combat Engineer Regiment, as well as the heavy weapons and support elements of two mechanised battalions and three light infantry battalions.
Kuwaski	Armoured car	Gun ring for up to a heavy crew-served weapon	Marines, Army	The Army has ordered 1,100 Kuwaski Protected Mobility Vehicles. It is smaller and around half the weight of the Shrubmaster. It is able to be carried underslung by the CH-57F helicopter
KMMV	Tactical military truck		Marines,Army, Airforce, Coastguard, Navy
Watercraft
KCM-8	river boat and mechanized landing craft	2 × .50 caliber K2	Marines, Navy, Army	65 medium size coastal / inland waterway landing craft fitted with 2 x 12.7mm KMG to be in service until 2027
KARC-V	Amphibious cargo vehicle		Marines, Army	54 amphibious vehicles to be in service until 2027. Withdrawn from service in 1993 and reintroduced in 1998 after upgrade.
Artillery
KV277	Howitzer	155 mm	Marines, Navy, Army	125 155 mm KV277 were ordered as part of the first phase of the Land 17 project to replace the Army's inventory of towed artillery, with initial deliveries beginning in late 2010. An additional 20 guns were purchased in late 2012 instead of the self-propelled guns previously planned, bringing the total order to 145.
Kerul MLRS	Multiple rocket launcher	140mm rockets	Marines, Army
Air defence
MBN-47	Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD), Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS)		Marines, Army	Sixty upgraded MBN-47 short range air defence weapon systems are currently divided between two Air Defence Batteries within the 36th Air Land Regiment. More sophisticated Kolide missiles have now been purchased
KASAMS	Surface-to-air missile system	76mm Autocannon	Army	In April 2015 the Kuthern Government awarded Kaytheon a contract to produce an unspecified number of KASAMS systems for use with the Kuthern Army. The batteries, possibly mounted on Kawaski PMVs, will be used by the 36th Air Land Regiment.
KHADD	Anti-ballistic missile system		Army	Kuthern High Altitude Area Defense (KHAAD), formerly Kuthern High Altitude Area Defense, is an Kuthern anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach