Bukezian Army

Bukezian Military

Pre Republic

When the Soviet Union Collapsed the military that was left in Bukezia was a scattered disorganised mess, the highest ranking officers they had were colonels and it was their initiative that quickly cobbled together what they could.

For speed and ease they remained organised to soviet doctrine but many units were undermanned.

One thing they did have have was a lot of equipment.

Small arms

-Makarov Pistol

Round: 9x18mm

Magazine: 8 rounds

Effective range: 50 meters

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-Bison Sub-machine gun

Round: 9x18mm

Magazine: 64 rounds

Effective range: 100 meters

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-KS-23 Shotgun

Round: 23x75mm

Magazine: 4 rounds

Effective range: 100 meters

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-Vepr-12 Shotgun

 

Round: 12 Gauge (18.5x70mmR)

Magazine: 12 round magazine or 20 round drum

Effective range: 100 meters

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-AKs-74u Assult rifle carbine

Round: 5.45x39mm

Magazine: 30 rounds

Effective range: 400 meters

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-AK-74, AK-74M, AKs-74 Assult rifle

Round: 5.45x39mm

Magazine: 30 rounds

Effective range: 800 meters

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-GP-25 UGL

Round: 40mm
Magazine: 1 round
Effective range: 400 meters

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-RPK-74 Light machine gun

Round: 7.62x39mm

Magazine: 75 round drum

Effective range: 1000 meters

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-PK Machine gun

Round: 7.62x54mmR

Magazine: 50 round belt

Effective range: 1000 meters

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-Dshk Heavy machine gun

Round: 12.7x108mm

Magazine: 50 round belt

Effective range: 2000 meters

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-KVP Heavy Machine gun

Round: 14.5x114mm

Magazine: 40 round belt

Effective range: 3000 meters

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-82-BM-37

Round: 82mm

Penetration: varies with round

Effective range:  3040 meters

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-RPG-26

Round: 72.5mm shaped warhead rocket

Penetration: 440mm armour/1 and half meters of brickwork/1 meter rienforced concrete

Effective range: 250 meters

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-RPG-7

Round: varies

Penetration: varies with round

Effective range: varies with round

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-SPG-9

Round: 73mm

Penetration: varies with round

Effective range: varies with round

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-AGS-30

Round: 30mm
Magazine: 29 round belt

Penetration: varies with round

Effective range: 2100 meters

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-Konkurs 9M113M missile

Guildance: Wire guided SACLOS

Penetration: ?

Effective range: Up to 4km

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-Strela-1 Missile 9K31

Guildance: Infra red homing
Max Altitude:3500 meters
Speed: Mach 1.8

Effective range: Up to 4km

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-Strela-3 Missile 9K34 (MANPAD)

Guildance: Infra red homing
Max Altitude:2300 meters
Speed: Mach 1.2

Effective range: Up to 4km

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-Igla Missile 9K38 (MANPAD)

Guildance: Infra red homing
Max Altitude:3500 meters
Speed: Mach 1.9

Effective range: Up to 5km

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Motor pool

-UAZ-469
A light utility vehicle, mainly used for non combat roles but can be armed to perform escort duty or to support other forces.

Top Speed: ?

Range: ?

Crew: 1 + 4

Weapons: None, but can be armed with a PK, Dshk, SPG-9, AGS-30 or Konkurs missile

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-URAL-4320

Top Speed: 47mph

Range: 400km

Crew: 1+

Weapons: None

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-URAL ZSU-23-2

Top Speed: 47mph

Range: 400km

Crew: 3

Weapons: ZSU-23-2 Anti Aircraft Gun

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-BM-21 Grad

Top Speed: 47mph

Range: 400km

Crew: 3

Weapons: x40 122mm rockets

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-BRDM-2
The BRDM is mainly used as a recon/patrol vehicle.

Top Speed: 62kph (6kph amphibious)

Range: 750km

Thickest armour: 14mm

Crew: 4

Weapons:Turret KPV with co axle PK, or a x5 Konkurs launcher (9P148) or a x4 Strela-1 launcher (9P31, crew of 3)

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-BTR-80
The standard APC for the Army, they also use a command version and ambulance version.

Top Speed: 85kph (6kph amphibious)

Range: 600km

Thickest armour: ?

Crew: 3 + 8 passengers

Weapons: Turret KVP or 30mm cannon with co axle PK

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-BMP-2
The main IFV of the Army.

Top Speed: 65kph (7kph amphibious)

Range: 600km

Thickest armour: 33mm

Crew: 3 +7

Weapons: Turret 32mm cannon with co axle PK and a Konkurs launcher.

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-T-72M
Main Battle Tank of the Bukezian Army

Top Speed: 60kph

Range: 700km

Thickest armour: ? + ERA

Crew: 3

Weapons: Turret 125mm cannon with co axle PK. Cupola Dshk

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-ZSU-23-4 Shilka
Shilka is the main low altitude air defence vehicle.

Top Speed: 50Kph

Range: 450km

Thickest armour: 15mm

Crew: 4

Weapons: Quad 23mm cannons.

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-2S3 Akatsiya

The main Self propelled gun.

Top Speed: 63Kph

Range: 500km

Thickest armour: 30mm

Crew: 4

Weapons: 152.4mm howitzer, PK

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-S-300 Surface to Air Missile System

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MT-LB

Is a chassis used for a number of support roles. Engineering, mobile comms and command, Strela luancher and as an ambulance.

Top Speed: 61Kph

Range: 500km

Thickest armour: 14mm

Crew: Varies

Weapons: PK on most versions, Strela AA missiles on the launcher version.

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During the civil war with the Red Union, they realised how disorganised they were, as the Army suffered defeat after defeat and although they had plenty of weapons, they lacked in body armour, medical supplies, communications, rations, etc.

When the "Non-lethal support act" was signed with the US in October of 1992 they started to receive the equipment they were lacking, but the war did not go any better for them.

Republican Army

January 1994, the military gets reorganised, the Peoples Republic Army had been established with help from US advisors and the CIA. With the merging of forces to establish the Republican Army they organised to western doctrine.

Training camps/bases sprung up everywhere, soldiers were given more comprehensive training.
Joining the army was a good choice at this point as the country's economy was just beginning to settle but unemployment was still high.
The Army had no end of willing recruits

They also completely reformed the Brigades,
-Infantry Brigades
This also includes Motorised Infantry.
-Armoured Brigades
This also includes Mechanised Infantry
-Airbourne Brigades
This covers Airassult and Paratroopers
-Specialised Brigades
Such as Engineers, medical, logistics, etc

In August 1994 the Spetznaz get an overhaul as US Spec ops and CIA advisors train them to more modern standards.

In 1995 during the rebuild program the military has a huge budget cut, recruitment was stopped and expenditure of fuel and munitions was tightly regulated.
Recruitment picked up again in 1996 when war was declared against the Red Revolution.

In 1997 the Alliance with Poland is formed and the army receives a few upgrades, the BRDM-2's are upgraded to the Polish Variant and the shilkas are refitted to the 'Biala' version.

In 1999 US Green Berets and Rangers work alongside the Bukezian army to put down the latest insurgency, the Bukezian troops learn some tactics and drills that have now been put into the basic training program for recruits.

In 2003 the 3 day border war with Russia erupts, the National army are given glowing reviews on international news as they conduct the conflict with discipline and professionalism.

2005 Bukezia is the location for the regional wargames, this exercise gives the army new ideas on how to improve the recruits training. They also realised their T-72s were out of date hardware.

The first platoon of T-72 tanks were replaced with Leopard 2A4 tanks in 2006, even though the Leopard performed better it was still vulnerable to insurgent ambush.
So the Leopards were upgraded to what is now known as the Leopard 2A4BKZ, which was fitted with extra armour and a RWS so crewmen did not need to expose themselves.

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-Leopard 2A4BKZ

-Top Speed: 68kph
-Range: 280km
-Thickest Armour: ?
-Crew: 4
-Weapons: 120mm Smoothbore cannon, co-axle machinegun, RWS with Dshk machinegun
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2006 also saw the introduction of the 'Recognised militia program', within a year the quality of recruits rose significantly.

The armies Electronic and Surveillance capabilities are addressed in 2008 when the first Drones are deployed. With the constant insurgency issues in country and their close ties with the USA they ordered a large number of Maxxpro MRAP vehicles, the first ones arrived in 2009.
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-MaxxPro

-Top Speed: 105kph

-Range: 600km

-Thickest Armour:

-Crew: 2 +

-Weapons: DshK

Bukezia-History WIP

Bukezia is my setting for games of Spectre Operations.

Location

Bukezia was part of the Soviet Union and like all the others, was Communist, but this all ended on the 26th December 1991 when the Soviet Union Collapsed, ending the Cold War.
Bukezia is a land locked country, it shares it's borders with five other countries,
-Poland to the West
-Ukraine to the South and South-East
-Belarus to the East
-Lithuania to the North-east
-Kaliningrad to the North

Geography

Culture

Like many Baltic states the people of Bukezia mainly follow christianity, The main language they speak is russian but Polish is quite widely used in the west as a secondary language.

History

Blue: Political events

Green: Civil events

Red: Armed forces/Conflict events

-1991:
DEC: Collapse of Soviet Union, remains of government declare martial law in the capital of Govengrad.

Bukezian troops on the streets

-1992:
JAN: Minister Mikhael Glebov put into power.
FEB: In the north the Red Union forms, they want Communism to remain and close ties with Russia.
MAR: In the south the Peoples Republic form, they want a voice for the people and relations with western powers.
APR: The more extremist members of the Red Union forcefully take control of the group.
The Government forms an 'Unofficial' trade deal with the Ukraine.

JUN: Communist supporters take to the streets of Govengrad, unhappy that the government is claiming Bukezia as an independent country.
AUG: Minister Glebov is declared Prime Minister, Bukezia is reconised as an independent country.

SEP: Civil war erupts between the Red Union and government forces, the national army is still operating under a soviet structure but many of the units are under manned as they are were fragmented by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
While Red Union troops operate under the same structure they fully organised their forces.
The government troops were too disorganised to put up an effective fight.
OCT: With the army losing ground the government looked for help, at the end of October the "Non-aggression support act" is signed by the USA to help supply the national army with non-lethal equipment.

Rumours spread that Red Union are getting supplies from Russia.

Bukezian troops fighting Red Union forces

DEC: Government troops still losing ground, the army goes on the defensive hoping to slow Red Unions advance.

-1993:
JAN: People take the streets of Govengrad rioting, they want peace and a stronger leadership as their faith in the politicians is failing.
FEB: Red Union rockets hit Govengrad, civilian casualties are high.
MAR: Red Union troops had pushed the Army back and where within 10km of Govengrad, things were looking bad until the Peoples Republic Army counter attacked. Red Union forces were hit hard in the flanks and turned the tide.
APR: Public opinion favours the Peoples Republic.
JUN: Government forces led by Republican troops push Union forces northwards.
AUG: Red Union troops pushed back into the North and their last stronghold of Stolozikiy.

Republican sniper, outskirts of Stolozikiy

OCT: Stolozikiy falls, what remains of the Red Union Surrender.
NOV: Public opinion is massively in favour of the Republicans.
DEC: The Peoples Republic merges with the government to form the Republic of Bukezia. The Republics leader, Yuri Mironov, is elected Prime Minister in the first ever public elections.

-1994:
JAN: Prime Minister Mironov starts a program to reorganise the National Military, ties with neighbouring countries are improved and a US embassy is established.
FEB: A failed assassination attempt is made on Prime Minister Mironov, the attack is claimed by a group calling itself the Red Revolutionaries.
MAR: The failed assassination of Mironov brings him more popularity among the people.
APR: The Red Revolutionaries start engaging the Army in small scale skirmishes and ambushes.

AUG: CIA advisors and US spec ops help the Bukezian Army reform their Spetznaz and help train them to modern standards.
SEP: Prime minister Miranov tours neighbouring countries to build better relations.

OCT: Red Revolutionary activity increases, Special ops are put into play early.

-1995:
JAN: Spec Ops have continuing success and Red Revolutionary activity drops to zero.
MAR: The workers Union starts protests that many factories and steelworks are still out of action due to combat damage. People are not working and are losing their homes.
MAR: Mironov starts a 'Rebuild' commission, many builders suddenly find they have more work than they can handle but the war damage is repaired and many factories re-open. All this is government funded and the military suffer a sudden drop in their funds.
MAY: Red Revolutionary activity emerges again in the north.
JUN: Many civilians living in the north, fed up with conflict, move to southern regions and a few move to Kaliningrad.
AUG: The Red Party emerge, they are met with suspicion as they represent the northan area of the country.
SEP: The Red Party are accepted as a political party.
NOV: Protests directed at the Red Party erupt after the people who lived in the north demand their homes back and an end to conflict.
DEC: The Red Party do little to ease the peoples concerns, but the government decide to act and mobilise the armed forces.

-1996:
JAN: The Bukezian army invades the north and go to war with the Red Revolutionaries.
MAR: The people from the north once again protest but the demonstration escalates to two days of rioting.
APR: After months of fighting little is gained by either side and a ceasefire is put into effect. The Government attempt to initiate talks about the northan territory but it falls upon deaf ears.
MAY: The Red Revolution forces make a surprise attack, a huge armoured force heads south at speed crushing everything in its path. It is eventually stopped 23 miles later by dug in armour and air strikes.
JUN: Once again the Northan people take to the streets, they want their homes and lands back.
JUL: The protests escalate and violent outbreaks turn in into a full scale riot, armed police take to the streets to try and quell the situation. It is eventually stopped but many civilians lost their lives.
Sep: Prime Minister Mironov decides to declare the north a vessel state, part of Bukezia but not directly under its control.
Oct: 
Nov:
Dec:

-1997:
OCT: Political Alliance with Poland formed.
NOV: Negotiations with Poland go well and the Bukezian Defense Ministry start to buy Polish equipment.
DEC: Elections attacked as a lorry breaks through a barricade and drives through the crowd killing over 80 people before triggering it's payload. The resulting explosion left hundreds dead and many more injured.
Mironov remains as Prime Minister.

VBIED Detonation leaves a cloud above Govengrad

-1998:
Nov: Red Revolution rears its head once again, this time with better tactics making it hard for Spec Ops and national army to hunt them down.

-1999:
-Jan: Prime Minister Mironov appeals for aid, the USA answer the call. Rangers along with Spec Ops work along side the national army.

US Special Ops hunting Revolutionaries

-2000:
-Feb: Bukezia allows the USA to set up an airbase in country.

-2001:
DEC: Mironov's eight years as Prime Minister comes to an end in the elections, Filip Baikov elected as the new Prime Minister.

-2002:
-Oct: Many people are not happy with the US involvement, Mironov looses his seat and Filip Baikov becomes Prime Minister.
-2002-Dec: Baikov starts to invest heavily in the rebuilding of war damaged areas of Bukezia. He also starts building relations with NATO and signs a trade deal with Belarus.

-2003:
-Feb: Solid Evidence is found that Russia has been supporting the Red Revolution, all it supplies coming through Kaliningrad.
-2003-May: Military forces on the Bukezia/Kaliningrad border build up as tensions rise.

Bukezian forces mobilised

-2003-Sep: 'The Three day Border war', Russian and Bukezian forces clash for three days, no one commits any serious forces until a ceasefire is called.
-2003-Nov: Although relations with Russia have never been good, a Russian Embassy is allowed in country to hopefully prevent another clash of forces.

-2004:
-Aug: The senior Army commanders start to put together re-equipping  program for the Armed Forces.

-2005:
-Jun: New equipment starts to arrive.
-Nov: First ever 'Wargames' in Bukezia involving, Polish, US and Lithuanian forces. Bukezian forces learn much from this exercise.

Bukezian T-72Ms on manoeuvres

DEC: Baikov remains Prime Minister but the results were close with Luca Danilov coming a close second.

-2006:
APR: Prime Minister Baikov is assassinated, a sniper shot kills him as he tours the Dobrovgda art gallery.

Baikov is killed

MAY: Luca Danilov elected as Prime Minister, Baikovs killing being claimed by a faction called the Resurgent Red. Over the following months insurgent attacks once again plague the country.
-2006-sep: The 'Recognised Militia' Program is started, these 'new' forces start to free up army resources.

On patrol, Krygow battallion militia in Krygow

-2007:
-Jan: Insurgent attacks increase dramatically, but the Resurgent Reds are not as careful as previous groups and take heavy casualties.
-2007-Jun: Rumours of Chechen mercs arriving in country spread, the RR's tactics change causing concern that they are training the insurgents.

Chechen Mercenaries

-2007-Dec: A truck forcefully crosses into Bukezia, border guards end up in a firefight with the occupants and kill them all. They are all later identified as members of Al-Queda.

-2008:
-Feb: For quite some time Bukezia has wanted to join NATO but no offers have been made, so Danilov approaches them. NATO refuse, saying Bukezia must resolve it's internal problems before they could be considered to join.
-2008-April: The first surveillance drones are received and put to use, a number of RR camps and facilities are discovoured. And are quickly shut down by Spec Ops and airstrikes.
-2008-Oct: RR forces had taken a hammering over the following months, so they put everything into one big attack towards Govengrad. The outcome does not go well for them.
-2008-Dec: Many of the RR members have vanished but what is left surrenders.

-2009:
-Jan: Known as the start of the golden year, no war plagues the country, the economy blooms, unemployment drops.

-2010:
MAY: Danilov elected for a second term.
-2010-Jul: The whole military get funding to start upgrading their equipment.
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-2013:
-Nov: A convoy of trucks are seized by Army forces at a checkpoint after a brief firefight, they are found to contain explosives, firearms and some chemical weapons.

-2014:
-Mar: Ukraine-Russian war starts.
MAY: Danilov is succeeded as Prime Minister by ??????? who decides to aid the Ukrainians, Bukezia sends them weapons and spec ops help train Ukrainian forces.
-2014-Sep: Reports of suspicious activity in old insurgent areas reported but no evidence is found.

-2015:
-Feb:
-2015-Apr: Some low level militias start to gear up with more military style hardware.
-2015-Jul: Militias in the north start setting up training camps.
-2015-Oct: The Northan militias start recruiting, the activity in the north, and in recent months has drawn the attention of Bukezian military intelligence and the CIA.

-2016:
-Aug: The Red Front Movement emerges, they are highly active in the north and quickly take control of the region.
-2016-Sep: Civil war once again erupts.

-2017:
-Feb: A ceasefire is put into effect as neither side makes any gains in the war.
-2017-May: Skirmishing between the Army and the Red Front erupts.
-2017-Jul: Full scale war threatens to break out but another ceasefire is put into effect.

Prime Ministers

Mikhael Glebov Jan 1992--Dec 1993

Yuri Mironov Dec 1993--Dec 2001

Filip Baikov Dec 2001--Apr 2006

Luca Danilov May 2006--May 2014

May 2014--

POLITICAL ACTS & AGREEMENTS

-1992-April (Ukraine): 'Unoffical' trade deal.
The Government were basically buying parts from the Ukraine and from black market dealers for weapons and ammunition but mainly to get their aircraft operational again.

-1992-October (USA): 'Non-Aggression Support Act'
The United States are supplying the bukezian armed forces with non-lethal equipment, such as ration packs, body armour, medical supplies, etc.

-1997-November (Poland): Trade deal.
Buying military gear from poland, mainly the Shilka biala and upgrading their SU-20's to the SU-22.

Insurgency forces

Red Union Feb 1992--Oct 1993

Red Revolution Feb 1994--

Resurgent Red

The Tessian Star Wars

The Tessian Stars are home to a large number of ONESS worlds, they share a mutual stand off with Euro Fed at its trailing borders, an uneasy truce with Neo-Soviets at its Core ward borders and the CDSU sitting along its spin ward borders.

The situation was tense but so far no open conflict had occurred. That was until in 2235 a massive fleet of Cimexians, from rim ward, fell upon the worlds of the Tessian stars.

A number of worlds quickly fell to the initial assault but ONESS forces managed to slow and stop the 'Bugs' momentum. The Cimexians have shifted to a more defensive stance as ONESS pushes back.

Euro-Fed forces are content to dig in and let ONESS sap the 'bugs' strength.

The CDSU naval activity along the border has increased dramatically, although if it's for defence or an impending attack, intelligence is not sure.

Neo-Soviet activity has increased and a number of patrol and scout groups have been dispatched . . .

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Stargrunt II

A list of links to all posts related to Stargrunt II by Ground Zero Games.

A Mixed up Setting
The Theed Insurgency

The Crucible

Here is a list of posts relating to the Crucible game, which is based on the Hammers Slammers novels by David Drake.

The Crucible
Another Republican Detachment
Sons of Mangala

5 Parsecs From home Games

Here is the list of games I have played with the 5 Parsecs From home, 1st edition rules.

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: The Characters
Part 3: Escape From Glaven
Part 4: Finding the Next Job
Part 5: If you go down to the woods today
Part 6: Tasks and Trade
Part 7: Tomb Raiders
Part 8: The Quest
Part 9: Raiding the Camp
Part 10: Activities
Part 11: The Golg
Part 12: Stealing from Golg
Part 13: Things to do
Part 14: Getting deeper . . .

NSIS

Here is the list of links for the No Stars in Sight games and posts.

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Insurgency
Part 3: Rail Depot
Part 4: Ambush
Part 5: