Equipment¶
The CPDF's standard inventory is dominated by late-Continental-Wars-era systems with selective modernisation funded principally by international-quarter hosting revenues. The country is not a major arms producer; the inventory is sourced principally from Volnia (land-warfare systems, small naval combatants), Choktovakia (heavy industrial systems), and Aegira (electronic systems, light naval combatants, and the modern fighter fleet).
This page is a top-level summary; the detailed equipment inventory for the CPDF — service rifles, mechanized vehicles, naval combatants, aircraft, and supporting equipment — is being built out alongside the broader Europa equipment database under data/equipment/chartania/.
Land force standard inventory¶
| Category | Standard item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Service rifle | Late-Continental-Wars-era 7.62mm pattern rifle (Volnian-sourced) | Modernisation programme replacing with modern 5.56mm rifle for International Detachment and forward Eastern Command units |
| Squad automatic weapon | Late-Continental-Wars-era 7.62mm machine gun | Standard PCA infantry SAW |
| Medium machine gun | 7.62mm general-purpose machine gun | Standard PCA platoon-level support |
| Heavy machine gun | 12.7mm pattern | Vehicle and crew-served |
| Sniper rifle | 7.62mm precision rifle | Limited issue to designated marksmen |
| Anti-tank rocket | Locally-produced shoulder-fired rocket | Squad-level anti-armour |
| Recoilless rifle | MAAWS | The PCA's standard recoilless weapon |
| Anti-tank guided missile | Volnian-sourced ATGM | Platoon-level anti-armour |
| Mortar | 60mm, 81mm, 120mm | Standard mortar inventory |
| Field artillery | 155mm towed and self-propelled | Volnian and Choktovakian sourced |
| Rocket artillery | Limited quantity multi-barrel rocket launchers | Eastern Command priority |
Mechanized force¶
| Category | Standard item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Main battle tank | Volnian-pattern MBT, late-Continental-Wars-era | Limited modernisation; no full replacement programme |
| Infantry fighting vehicle | Mixed late-Continental-Wars-era IFV fleet | Standard PCA mechanized infantry vehicle |
| Armoured personnel carrier | Mixed late-Continental-Wars-era APC fleet | Light-infantry transport |
| Reconnaissance vehicle | Wheeled armoured car | Reconnaissance battalions |
| Self-propelled artillery | Volnian-pattern SP gun | Mechanized brigade artillery |
| Engineer vehicles | Standard combat-engineer pattern | Including the Mourne Lowlands canal-bridging engineer assets |
Naval inventory¶
See the Navy page for the surface-fleet inventory. Summary:
| Class | Type | Source | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess-class | Light frigate | Aegiran-built | 3 |
| Restoration-class | Patrol corvette | Volnian-design, locally-modernised | 4 |
| Mourne-class | Coastal patrol vessel | Locally-built (Corvel-Mouth) | ~10 |
| Charta-class | Inshore patrol vessel | Locally-built | ~14 |
| Volnian Sea-class | Minehunter | Aegiran-built | 4 |
| Royal-class | Auxiliary/training | Locally-built | 2 |
Air inventory¶
See the Air Service page for full details. Summary:
| Type | Source | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Modern multi-role fighter | Aegiran-sourced | ~12 |
| Legacy multi-role fighter | Volnian-sourced; late-Continental-Wars-era | ~16 |
| Ground-attack aircraft | Mature platforms | ~8 |
| Combat-capable trainers | Mixed | ~10 |
| Medium transport aircraft | Aegiran and Arcadian sources | ~14 |
| Maritime patrol aircraft | Aegiran-sourced | ~6 |
| Attack helicopters | Modern; Aegiran-sourced | ~8 |
| Armed reconnaissance helicopters | Mixed sources | ~10 |
| Medium utility helicopters | Mixed sources | ~18 |
| Light utility helicopters | Mixed sources | ~10 |
| Search and rescue helicopters | Aegiran-sourced | ~6 |
Ground-based air defence¶
| Category | Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Medium-range SAM | Modernised system | Eastern frontier belt; integrated with Livonian air defence |
| Point defence SAM | Multiple systems | Chartenmoor, Royal Palace, international quarter |
| Coastal SAM | Anti-ship/anti-air dual capability | Westmark, Corvel-Mouth |
| Air-defence radar | Modern network | Integrated with PCN sensors |
| MANPADS | Standard issue | Infantry units across the PCA |
Standardisation and procurement¶
The CPDF's procurement principles reflect the country's small size and its diplomatic balance:
- Major-platform sourcing from Volnia and Aegira as the country's principal allies and trading partners
- Avoidance of WDP or ESA platforms that would politically compromise SNAM neutrality (the modern multi-role fighter, for example, is Aegiran-sourced; not Arcadian)
- Standardisation with Livonia in radios, signals, IFF, fuels, and certain ammunition types — a practical consequence of the Livonian Defence Understanding
- Locally-built small naval combatants at the Corvel-Mouth shipyards, both for self-sufficiency and as one of the country's few naval-industrial capabilities
- International Detachment equipment funded as a separate line item, kept to higher modernisation standards than the line force to ensure IPF deployment credibility
Equipment modernisation priorities (2026–)¶
The Princely Defence Council's published priorities through the late 2020s, in priority order:
- Eastern Command mechanized brigades — full IFV and APC modernisation
- Princess-class light frigate expansion (additional units)
- PCAS multi-role fighter modernisation completion
- Air-defence network modernisation (medium-range SAM and radar)
- Service-rifle replacement across the active force (not just International Detachment)
- Mourne Lowlands canal engineer assets refurbishment
- Attack-helicopter fleet expansion
The Continuation War has compressed some of these timelines. The eastern-frontier mechanized modernisation and the coastal SAM expansion have been accelerated; the service-rifle replacement and the canal engineer refurbishment have slipped.
Notes¶
- Chartania's small economy means the CPDF cannot afford full-spectrum modernisation in any reasonable time-frame; the procurement strategy is to modernise selectively in capabilities that matter most for territorial defence and that interoperate with MTF and Livonian partners.
- The country is not a major arms exporter. The only Chartanian arms exports of any consequence are the locally-built small naval combatants from Corvel-Mouth, which find buyers in smaller MTF and SNAM nations.
- Detailed CPDF unit organisation, equipment counts per unit, and OOB stat blocks for the Fireteam rulebook context are pending. The principality is not the canonical OPFOR or BLUFOR for any current Fireteam scenario.