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Ukraine AU - Ivan Bohun Special Purpose Brigade

Part of @davidshawnsown lore of fanfiction set on Ukraine, with a very real message on how the world must support it's struggle for independence, including by developing countries that profess to be democratic, as flawed as their institution are. (including my country, before anyone ask)

Ivan Bohun Brigade when it was still a UGF Brigade (Fictionalized ORBAT)

Our ORBAT story today will be the 1st Special Purpose Brigade named Ivan Bohun. The brigade has seen continuous fighting since its inception in February 2022, shortly after the Russian full-scale invasion. Soldiers of the brigade participated in battles for Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kherson oblasts, and also fought near Bakhmut. As of 4 March 2023, 146 servicemen of the brigade has been KIA and 484 servicemen were awarded distinctions for their courage and heroism in battle. This brigade was also one of the first to showcase Ukrainian-made wheeled SP Artillery system "Bohdana" in combat.

However, things went differently for the brigade afterwards in 2024. On February 2024 one of it's battalion, the 518th "Dyka Pole" was purged and disbanded with it's commander arrested. Still according to Militaryland, majority of it's personnel have been transferred to a newly formed 150th Reconnaissance Battalion of IX Army Corps, where they continue to defend Ukrainian land. I personally won't speculate why, with sources already linked and as always, DYOR.

However it does not meant that it's an end to their service, as the brigade was subsequently put under the aegis of the lore owner's VII Corps, part of Territorial Defense Forces.

Ivan Bohun brigade ORBAT as a "rapid response" rear area territorial defense brigade, story-wise.

Due to their role as rapid response unit within the TDF, their mechanization are still in the higher level compared to the rest of the command, hence I give them wheeled BTR APCs, such as indigenously upgraded BTR-60s called Khoruzniy, hulls predominantly supplied by Bulgaria, as well as BTR-7s, an upgraded version of BTR-70. They also still retained some T-72 tanks, including those captured from the russians.

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Chilean Army 1st Cav Regt (Grenadiers)

Part of my Ukrainian War Universe

IMU the tensions in Peru and the ongoing armed forces modernization in Argentina under Millei, as well as Bolivian threats to the north and a growing pivot to BRICS, would lead to a renewed expansion of the Chilean Armed Forces planned under the final months of the late Sebastian Pinera presidency and now starting to bear fruit under Gabriel Boric who was the only leftist leader in South America to speak out in support of Ukraine to counteract all these especially given the leftist attitudes in Peru against the rightist presidency of the past years especially in the country's south.

IRL it is a one squadron/battalion (termed Group) regiment that maintains traditions of the Chilean Army cavalry and its a mainly mounted formation that for nearly two centuries, off an on, has provided the mounted travelling escort to the presidency and in wartime is operationally controlled by the 3rd Mountain Division. It also provides guards of honor for state visits. It reports as part of the Santiago Garrison Command alongside the 1st MP Regiment.

IMU such a commitment would allow thus the regiment to have a mixed role as both presidential guard and as a combat formation with two out of its 8 squadrons - the seventh being the training squadron OPCON under the Equestrian School in Quilotta's Camp San Isidro and the 8th being the dismounted honors squadron that provides dismounted public duties in the capital - being mounted ceremonial cavalry and the 3rd being mountain recon that in wartime is a part of the 3rd Division alongside the other two. All of the groups have a conscript company in keeping with the Chilean practice of conscription in the armed forces (the 4th armored group has two). The three mounted groups also have a veternary unit.

The Honors Group also hosts the Cuadro Negro exhibition team - a formation IMU mixed with personnel of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment in the 4th Division, since it is where it had been originated.

The 1st Group also hosts a vehicle company, motorbike company to provide force multipliers to the Carabineros in presidential events and a coach squadron which takes care of the presidential horse drawn coaches and the presidential cars.

Unlike the lancers IRL, each of the ceremonial mounted squadrons are organized as lancers and dragoons/mounted rifles to mirror the historical Chilean cavalry of years goneby. The mounted recon squadons of 3rd Group are trained as combat soldiers only - while the 2 other groups are trained in both combat operations and ceremonial roles, alongside the Horse Artillery Group of the Tacna Regiment - IMU a regimental OPCON unit in ceremonial events only due to its use of horses.

The regiment's other combat capabilities are 4 armoured groups - 2 armored and 1 cavalry and mechanized infantry each in support of elements of the 2nd Infantry Division (Mot) and the Santiago Garrison Command. The 1st Armored Group, which uses MBTs, operates M60s and Leopard 1s, the 2nd is a light formation armed with M10 Bookers, the 3rd is an armored cav unit with Marder 2s and the nationally produced MOWAG Piranhas via FAMAE which performs recon and light attack roles and the 4th is the largest of the groups performing mechanized infantry roles in a mix of IFVs and APCs in support of the cavalry and armor, with the M3 Bradley, M59s, Marder 2s and the Centauros in assault gun role also to provide support to the combat elements of the 2nd Division's two BCTs.

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Ukraine AU(ish) - 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade

As much I intend this post as part of @davidshawnsown lore, this is also my own wish for real on how Ukrainian skies should be protected more. The brigade's structures I got from wiki as well as some Ukrainian language sources.

Basically in David's lore, the Ukrainian Air Force received not just F-16A/B models from European NATO members such as Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands, but also the slightly larger C/D models from USAF stocks, with better precision attack and beyond-visual range combat capability.

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Ukraine AU - 110th Mechanized Brigade "Marko Bezruchko"

As always, this is part of @davidshawnsown lore, and this acknowledged canon events in Ukraine!

The famous 110th Mechanized Brigade, continuously defended Avdiivka for 2 years until forced to retreat this year. And in this timeline, the subsequent rotation out from the frontline means expansion and renewal of the brigade's armaments and capability, especially in reconnaissance and also in air defense and artillery.

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Savannah Bananas AU - Ukraine War

This is part of @davidshawnsown lore.

An exhibition baseball team called Savannah Bananas turned into a Stryker-equipped independent volunteer regiment. In his lore, in Ukraine they are stationed in the northern sector, fighting in the vicinity of Svatove-Kreminna line.

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Red Sun Rising Order of Battle - Nerima Division, Japan

Japan 1st Division "Nerima" (Mechanized)

In an alternative timeline, with support of the good ole' USA and more than less consent from its neighbor South Korea in response of the rise of PR Chinese military power, in 2001, Japan revised it's constitution, especially the article 9, and transformed the JSDF into a full fledged armed forces under the name "Imperial Defense Forces" (JIDF). The name "Imperial" was chosen due to the Emperor had been once more got designated as de jure Commander in Chief, although largely ceremonial akin to British Monarchs.

The following unit here, the 1st Division "Nerima" is a motorized area security division (Regional Deployment Division in JGSDF parlance) in real life, but in this timeline as part of the new JIGDF (Imperial Ground Defense Force), it's role is a heavy mechanized division, similar with it's South Korean counterpart the "Capital Mechanized Infantry Division"

Primarily equipped with home-grown systems such as tracked Type 89 IFV, Type 90 RCV (fictionalized version of Type 89 but for recon, kinda like M3 Bradley) and newer Type 22 IFV, as well as Type 10 tanks, Type 96 Middle-Range MPM, Type 93 Closed Arrow, Type 87 SPAAA, Type 11 Tan-SAM Kai II, and Type 99 Self-Propelled Howitzers, as well as license-produced systems as following:

Chunmoo MLRS (as Type 22)

Milrem-licensed ground combat drones

Unmanned Little Bird (as H-6JU)

Subaru-Bell 412EPX

Notable imported equipment included US-made HIMARS, an interim solution prior to the arrival of the Type 22 MLRS but still in use when WW III broke out in the spirit of interoperability within allies.

Rounding up the division are various support vehicles including home-grown directed energy weapon systems as well as swarming UAVs.

The 1st Division is also the only IGDF division with two heavy mechanized brigades in lieu of mix of mechanized and rapid deployment brigades.

Like in real life, the Nerima Division is responsible for defense of Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Chiba, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, and in this timeline, due to it's capability it's strongly geared for counterattack mission alongside and in support of wheeled Medium Divisions and Brigades (Rapid Deployment), in which they executed in 2025 when World War III in the Pacific broke out and the subsequent PR China attempt to invade Japanese islands.

Your Lie in April main hero Arima Kousei served as tank platoon leader in the 11th Tank Regiment of the division, while his lover Kaori covered him as a mechanized infantry officer.

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Ukraine AU - 22nd Mechanized Brigade

We are in Kursk.

As always this is part of @davidshawnsown lore of fanfiction but with a very real message on Ukraine.

August 6th was a surprise for everyone who still followed the defense of Ukrainians against the invading Russians.

Ukrainians had seen weakness in Russia's Kursk oblast direction, further spurred by the reports of how russian military top brass including Gerasimov were ignoring their own intelligence warning beforehands. And so, from their starting position around Sumy oblast, they penetrated into Russian territory.

Unlike previous incursions by russian opposition forces under the banner of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Free Russia, the main player is the regular ZSU - Ground Forces and Air Assault Forces alike and other support. So far, per August 12th, multiple geolocated footages showed that the Ukrainians are still there, occupying multiple border towns, albeit increasing vehicle losses particularly by Lancet drones.

This article is focusing on the regular army part - the 22nd Mechanized Brigade.

Their equipments are mostly Soviet-design including their armored vehicle and artillery, particularly in artillery and tanks, however their small arms and heavy crew served weapons were mostly NATO standard, including US-made anti-tank missiles.

The lore-wise upgrade of force structure means that the recon capability of this brigade had been improved with separate dismounted recon company and armored cavalry squadron or sotnia with a longer-term plan of expansion into a division.

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Red Sun Rising ORBAT - 1st Infantry Division ROK Army "Forward"

"Forward" Division in it's 2026 configuration.

Configured as medium mechanized unit similar to Stryker Brigades in the United States, this division, part of the ROKA I Corps directly manning the Demilitarized Zone, bore the brunt of the fighting when WW III broke out as North Korean and Chinese forces secretly transported to North Korea before hostilities erupted stormed the border and even broke several kilometers south before being stopped by the combination of cyber, electromagnetic, and kinetic means by South Korean and US-led Coalition Forces.

Nevertheless, the division soldiered on, and with supply from Korean "Tank City" Changwon, in South Gyeongsang, as well as Hyundai Rotem's licensed production in converted plants in US and Canada, this division's equipment remained mostly Korean design with family of 8x8 Hyundai Rotem K808 White Tiger or Baekho in Korean, also known as KW2 as it's bread and butter after one year of fighting. Exception exists however, such as Israeli equipments supplied via the United States, several model of air and ground drones complementing Korea's local manufactures, as well as Japanese-made Type 10 MBT supplied in company-set to complement the M1 Abrams-based 120mm K1A2 tanks in the division's tank battalion that had seen significant attrition and the fact that K1 tanks had been out of production in favor of K2 Black Panther as well as the upcoming "K3" before the war.