1. This page provides a fairly detailed
description of the organization, units, and equipment of the
Wotanberger military. For a graphic summary, click here.
2. Formal unit name is in ALL CAPS, followed in some cases by its abbreviation [AC].
3. For an explanation of
abbreviations/acronyms , click here.
4. Unit's English nickname, if any, is in "Quotes",
or perhaps "Linked"
5. Unit's special insignia, if any, is
available by clicking on Unit Insignia.
'C' (HORSE) BTY "Sea
Horse" (R) With 8 Banshees
is attached to GDH.
'D' (AERO-)BTY "Dumbo"
(R) With 6 Puma
HC1 helicopter gunships. This bty were among the
Wotanberger army units sent to the Mustela
Islands in 1890 as part of the newly formed Grand
Duke's African Rifles when Germany and Britain
transferred their respective holdings in the islands to
the Grand Duchy. It remained in the islands until 1950
(except for the period from 1939 to 1945 when it served
in the Seiber Islands), the year the islands gained full
independence. The current nickname of "D" BTY
reflects the fact that for much of its stay in the
islands, it was part the Kikundi
cha Tembo ("Elephant Bn"). (See also THE GRAND DUKE'S OWN
NAVAL ARTILLERY TP below.)
'E' (MOUNTAIN) BTY "Mallory" (R)
Originally equipped with pack howitzers, now with 3 TP
each with 4 120 mm
mortars.
1 (SIR
TREVOR'S OWN) ROCKET TP "Rocketeer" (A) With 4 Porcupines.
Originally organized around members of a British Royal
Horse Artillery Rocket Tp who had served under Sir
Trevor in 1815 and remained in Wotanberg after Waterloo,
some of its current soldiers are their descendents.
2
(THE GRAND DUKE'S OWN) ROCKET TP "Rocket Man" (A/R)
With 4 Porcupines.
3
(THE GRAND DUKE'S OTHER) ROCKET TP "Rocket Boys" (A/R)
With 4 Hedgehogs.
4
(THE GRAND DUCHESS' OWN) ROCKET TP "Flying Bassets" (A/R) With 4 Basset air defense missile
systems (i.e., British Bloodhounds especially modified
for Wotanberger service). Unit
Insignia.
5
(THE GRAND DUCHESS' OTHER) ROCKET TP "Ladyhawk" (A/R) With 4 Hawk
air defense missile systems to be replaced in the next
fiscal year with 4 Bassett
II's.
6
(THE CHANCELLOR'S OWN) ROCKET TP "Redeye!" (R)
With 4 Basset
II's. The current nickname reflects that the tp
was previously equippped with with Redeyes.
THE GRAND DUKE'S
OWN NAVAL ARTILLERY TP "NAVAROne" (A/R)
With a World
War I railway gun surreptitiously acquired by the
Grand Duke in early 1919 and then transported to a
specially prepared secret base in the Drachental
Military Training Area. (The tp's name and nickname
reflect the fact that this tp's weapon--like many WWI
railway guns--was actually Naval Artillery
modified for use on land.) The original members of the
TP were detached from what is now D Bty after it was
transferred to theMustela
Islands to serve what has been described as "Victoria's
Secret"--coastal artillery clandestinely emplaced
to protect the Royal Navy's base on the island of Santa
Catarina. After the Armistice in 1918, it became clear
that the coastal artillery was no longer necessary to
protect the islands from Germany, nor adequate to
protect them from anybody else.
REGIMENT TROOPS "Battery
Recharger" (A/R) The Regimental
Troops is made of units--usually detached from the
Support Regt--which provide administrative, logistical,
and other support to the regt. They include a signals tp
"Battery Cable"; a military police tp "Copper T(o)p"; an
ordnance support tp "Gunsmith"; and a
detachment from THE FOREIGN COY OF FOOT,the 1st
United States Artillery Field Assistance Detachment
[1st USAFAD], which assists the regt with its
U.S.-made 120 mm mortars and other American equipment
(some of which the Grand Duchy can neither confirm or
deny actually exists).
