Free Worlds League Military Organization

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Mech forces

The FWLM prefers to use all mech classes equal with some exception for special mission. The common regiment is medium to heavy weight and some companies or larger formations are created with a single task like scouting or assault. The available Mech desgins are a mix from local produced classic machines with upgraded equipment or Mechs from other nations. That changed with the arrival of the Clans. The DCMS and Federated Commonwealth bought the Mechs produced in the League in exchange for new designs, material or knowlege/technology. . The Legue produced also field refit kits to bring the armies of Inner Sphere to an level were it could hold the line against the advancing Clan forces. The DCMS started their own industrial programm to build their own machines. The surplus of the refits went to the units within the Free World Legaue and in only seven years over 60 percent of the FWLM mechforces include some form of advanced technology. The FWL could aquire the technology to build their own IS omni mech like the Perseus or the foreign Blackjack machine to. The standard FWLM unit follows the struture of the SDLF.

Unit	Subunit	Strength
Lance (CO: Lieutnant)	0	4
Company (CO: Captain)	3 lances	12
Battalion (CO: Force Commander)	3 companies	36
Reinforced Battalion (CO: Force Commander)	4 companies	48
Regiment (CO: Colonel)	3 battalions	108
Reinforced Regiment (CO: Colonel)	4 battalions	144

Aerospace forces

The FWLM fighter are among the most developed machines in the Inner Sphere. The industry provide a broad range of designs for many task like interception or as scouting over large areas. The military scientsts and weapons developer testing also new equipment for the next generation of fighter throughout the league. The FWLM categorize their units in to two groups: the attached and also the independent units.

• Attached units are part of larger formation, where they provide cover againest enemy fighter or provide close air support for the ground units.
  The 18 fighters are commanded by an commodore and when they have no transport assets by an lietnant commander.
• Independent units are devided in to Intependent Fighter Wing and Free worlds Fleets.

• The Intependent Fighter Wing containts normly 18 fighters with its own intergral transport assets. The CO is an commodore.
• The Fleets consists of 3 to 6 Jumpships and their Dropships. A admiral command that fleet usualy.

Unit	Subunit	Strength
Lance (CO:Lieutenant)	0	2
Squadron (CO:Lieutenant Commander)	3 lances	6
Wing (CO:Commodore)	3 squadrons	18
Reinforced Wing (CO:Commodore)	4 squadrons	24
Regiment (CO:Admiral)	3 wings	54

Armor Forces

The common League tank unit can varied in its compostion and size. That depense on the nature of origin. The Leauge sponsored troops get the best equipment and training, in contrast some of the provincinal troops could ony field outdated material. Large formation above battalion level are uncommon outside of combat formation and will be breakdown into smaller sub units when needed.
The FWLM divide their armor troops into two different categories: heavy tanks regiments and light tankt/patrol units.

• Heavy tanks regiments

The common unit field from 60 to 80 combat vehicle and further around 20 to 30 vehicle for transport purposes. The material of the command depends from its assignment. Frontline units how are part of an Mech formation get the best available equipment and on the other end garrison units how provide security on back water worlds only the outcast.

• light tankt/patrol unit

The lightweight commands use their speed for reconaissance mission and cavalry style tactics to harras the flanks of the enemy. . A light tank unit contains usally 100 to 120 vehicles.

Unit	Subunit	Strength
Platoon (CO:Seargeant)	0	4-6
Company (CO:Captian)	2-3 platoons	10-15
Squadron (Battalion) (CO:Force Commander)	2-3 companies	30-45
Regiment (CO:Lieutnant Colonel)	2-3 squadrons	80-120

Infantry Forces

Within the Free Worlds military 5 different kinds of Infatry exist. The Line Infantry, Static Defense Unit and Battle Armor fall under the autority of the High Command . The two remaining: Special Operation and Liberation Unit get their oders from the SAFE

• Line Infantry

The majority of the leagues Infantry formations are categorized as such a unit and with its hugh numbers (1,800 at regiment level and over 7000 soldiers at division level) suprised many enemies which believed the unit was smaller. With the modern equipment and the advance training they could also hold the line against tanks and even mechs.

• Static Defense Unit (SDU)

The unit are not so well equiped or trained like the line infantry. Such commands are stationed as garrison forces through out the League. Some difficults arise when a commander from the line infantry with lower rank but the overall authoriy give orders to officers from the sSDU with a higher rank.

• Special Operation

The members of the elite formation are selected from the regular formation. Every new member must have 36 month of troops service to get accepted into the training. The following training train the soldiers in many inew skills. After succesfull graduation of the course the trooper get assigment to 1 of the six regiments. The commandos are deployed only in sqaud or platonn size when needed.

• Liberation Unit (LU)

The League Military used the small units (not larger then 150 men) to seed chaos among its enemies. In preparation for larger military actions the units infiltrate hostile planets. On the surfarce the use terrorist tactics to harass the local defender until the regular mech forces arrive

• Battle Armor

The battle armor was established as a new infantry branch after the arrival of the clans. With the help of the Word of Blake the engineers could developed several armor types for specific missions. The Longinus battle armor is used to combat mech formations. In contrast the lightweight Achilleus battle armor is often used within the special operation commands. The regular battle armor unit has its own integral transport assets and further mission attached support units.

• Eagle Corps

The Eagle Corps are under direct control of the SAFE. The unit had access to Mechs and are trained semilar like the Special Operation of the army.

Unit	Subunit	Strength
Squad (CO:Corporal)	0	7
Platoon (CO:Sergeant)	4 squads	28
Company (CO:Lieutenant)	4 platoons	112
Battalion (CO:Force Commander)	4 companies	448
Regiment (CO:Lieutnant Colonel)	4 battalions	1,792
Devision (CO:Lieutnant Colonel)	4-5 regiments	7,000 - 9,000

Biblography

• Field Manual: Free Worlds League