Federal Army

The Terran Federal Army or simply just the Federal Army is the Terran Federation’s primary planet-based fighting force responsible for the defence and assault of celestial bodies in the galaxy.

Doctrine
Being one of the most renowned and respected branches in the Federal armed services the army has much experience in a variety of strategies and tactics that they can use against their enemies but they do follow two doctrines in particular for both offence and defence.

Rapid Strike
The Rapid strike doctrine relies on speedy formations and quick decision making on behalf of the officer corps, it says that the bloodiest of wars are often the most shortest ones and thus dictate that a allied force use repeated small but fast strikes to both weaken their enemies and keep them out of balance. Once the enemy is deemed weak enough or if due to outside circumstances the allied force would commit to one deceive battle, this doctrine is very useful in many circumstances but the one main weaknesses of this doctrine is that in order to achieve the level of speed the RSD requires Federal army units using these tactics are small and thus can’t hold fast in a battle of attrition. The reason for such small formations is mostly due to logistics as the Federal army unit would often outpace the logistical support units, this can be overcome if the combat units in question are airmobile as it is less complicated to more supplies via the air then on the ground but airborne units don’t have the luxury of much armour support which could pose a problem if the unit is under heavy pressure.

Hardened Pace
Hardened Pace is the exact opposite of Rapid strike, whereas RSD focuses on speed and outthinking the enemy Hardened Pace focuses on a slow but hard advance using large armoured formations of tanks alongside infantry and walkers. This doctrine relies on a strong and maintained frontline as well as a focus on eliminating enemy forces no matter how it is done, this results in a much slower advance then the RSD but allows the movement of much larger (albeit for short distances) armoured formations and is useful if the federal army is planning on fighting a long campaign rather then a quick one.

Organisation
With it comes to organisation the Army’s largest component of any force is the Army Group, designed to conduct large scale military operations on planets.