Formation Sizes

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army group
Army Group
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army
Army
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corps
Corps
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division
SLDF Division (nominally 3 primary brigades) or Federated Commonwealth RCT (1 mech regiment, 3 armor regiments, 5 infantry regiments, 2 aerospace fighter wings)
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brigade
Brigade or SLDF RCT (nominally 3–4 regiments plus supporting elements)
III
mech regiment
III
vehicle regiment
III
infantry regiment
Regiment (3 battalions; 108 mechs or vehicles, 486 to 756 troopers)
III
aerospace air group
III
conventional fighter air group
III
VTOL air group
Air Group (3 wings; 54 aircraft)
II
mech battalion
II
vehicle battalion
II
infantry battalion
Battalion (3 companies; 36 mechs or vehicles, 162 to 252 troopers)
II
aerospace wing
II
conventional fighter wing
II
VTOL wing
Wing (3 squadrons; 18 aircraft)
I
mech company
I
vehicle company
Company (3 lances; 12 mechs or vehicles)
I
infantry company
Company (3 platoons; 54 to 84 troopers)
I
aerospace squadron
I
conventional fighter squadron
I
VTOL squadron
Squadron (3 air lances; 6 aircraft)
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mech lance
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vehicle lance
Lance (2 squads; 4 mechs or vehicles)
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infantry platoon
Platoon (3 or 4 squads; 18 to 28 troopers)
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aerospace lance
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conventional fighter lance
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VTOL squadron
Air Lance (2 aircraft)
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mech squad
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vehicle squad
Squad (2 mechs or vehicles)
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infantry squad
Squad (6 or 7 troopers)

unit
Individual mech, vehicle, aircraft, or trooper
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Level VI
ComGuards Level VI (6 Level Vs)
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Level V
ComGuards Level V (6 Level IVs)

Level IV
ComGuards Level IV (6 Level IIIs)
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Level III
ComGuards Level III (6 Level IIs)
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Level II
ComGuards Level II (6 Level Is)

Level I
ComGuards Level I (individual mech, vehicle, or aircraft, squad of infantry)
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installation
Installation

Most formations of battalion level or higher integrate auxilary forces beyond the basic structure. In a standard SLDF mech regiment, for example, each battalion has an additional command lance not counted as part of any specific company, and a regimental command lance not counted as part of any battalion, so the regiment has 124 mechs rather than the 108 in a nominal regiment. They also include an air lance attached to each company, giving it a wing of 18 aerospace fighters as well. They also include technicians, recovery vehicles, transports, medical and administrative personnel, and other support elements, generally outnumbering the actual combat elements.

Infantry formations can be wildly variable in size. Jump infantry platoons typically have three squads while foot and motorized platoons have four squads. Most infantry squads have seven troopers, but SRM squads have only six. This means that "standard" infantry platoon size might be 18, 21, 24, or 28 troopers, and so a standard 27-platoon infantry regiment might be anywhere from 486 to 756 troops, not counting any attached command or support elements.

Unit Types

mech BattleMechs
aerospace fighter Aerospace fighters
atmospheric fighter Conventional atmospheric fighters
Land-Air Mechs Land-Air Mechs
tracked Tracked vehicles
wheeled Wheeled vehicles
hover Hover vehicles
VTOL VTOL aircraft
WiGE WiGE aircraft
infantry Conventional infantry
maintenance Technicians/maintenance units
small craft Small Craft
dropship Dropships
jumpship Jumpships
space station Space Stations
warship Warships
naval Naval (wet navy)
submarine Submarine
assault Assault; mechs, vehicles, or fighters of 80+ tons
heavy Heavy; mechs, vehicles, or fighters from 60-79 tons
medium Medium; mechs, vehicles, or fighters from 40-59 tons
light Light; mechs, vehicles, or fighters less than 40 tons

Roles

air defense Air defense
airmobile Air mobile
amphibious Amphibious
artillery Artillery
carrier Carrier
cavalry Cavalry
Combat Services Support Combat services support
drone Drone
drone controller Drone controller
ECM ECM
engineering Engineering
headquarters Headquarters
jump infantry Jump infantry
medium missile jump hovercraft Kanga
missile LRM carrier
mechanized Mechanized infantry troops or personnel carriers
medical Medical
missile artillery Missile artillery (Arrow IV)
motorized infantry Motorized infantry troops
reconnaissance Reconnaissance
supply Supply
transport Transport

Faction

roseFederated Commonwealth (Steiner-Davion)
yellowFederated Suns (Davion)
redDraconis Combine (Kurita)
blueLyran Commonwealth (Steiner)
purpleFree Worlds League (Marik)
greenCapellan Confederation (Liao)
indigoFree Rasalhague Republic
brownTaurian Concordat (Calderon)
turquoiseMagistracy of Canopus (Centrella)
tanOutworlds Alliance (Avellar)
sky blueMarian Hegemony/Empire (O'Reilly)
yellow-greenSaint Ives Compact (Liao-Allard)
orangeTikonov Free Republic
whiteComstar/Star League/Terran Hegemony
greyOther

Player

unitÆÆþelwulf
unitCJohn Candido
unitKKelsey
unitMMatt
unitSSam
unitVVasily
unitNot permanently assigned