Southern African Armed Forces

Not to be confused with the South African National Defense Force, which is the territorial militia of South Africa.

The Southern African Armed Forces (SA-AF) is the unified military force of the Southern African Confederacy. The commander-in-chief of the SA-AF is the President of the Southern African Confederacy and appoints the Chief of Defense Staff. The role of the SA-AF, in contrast with many other armed forces, is purely to protect the territory of the SAC from foreign invasion - most notably the Hurian Federation. That being said, most bases are located on the Huria-SAC border with the bulk of troops also stationed on the Two Kilo Buffer, also known as "Kilo." Territorial militias are responsible for responding to domestic threats and do not form as part of the SA-AF. These independent militias can however be asked by Parliament to assist the SA-AF.

Organization
Unlike other armed services, the SA-AF, basically similar to the former Canadian Armed Forces, is unified. That means that recruits do not apply to either the army, navy or air force, but rather the SA-AF as a whole.

Administrative Commands
The Administrative Commands are the basic organizational divisions of the Southern African Armed Forces. MILCOM consists of the top leaders of the military and has the Office of the Chief of Defense Staff as a subordinate. BORCOM is the largest of the commands and administrates all units stationed on the borders of the Southern African Confederacy.

The following are subordinate commands to the aforementioned and also act only administratively:

Combatant units
The combatant units make up the actual military force of the SA-AF.

Equipment
Firearms
 * Vektor SP1 - Standard issued sidearm.
 * Vektor R4 - Standard issued assault rifle.
 * Vektor SS-77 - General purpose machine gun.
 * RPG-7 - Anti-tank weapon.
 * SMAW - Anti-tank weapon (awaiting contract approval).
 * Starstreak - Surface-to-air missile launcher.
 * M40 - Recoilles rifle.
 * AK-47 - Backup assault rifle.

Ground vehicles
 * Elephant MBT - Main battle tank.
 * T-34 MT - Medium tank.
 * T-54/55 MBT - Main battle tank.
 * Rooikat AFV - Armored personnel carrier and fighting vehicle.
 * Ratel IFV - Infantry fighting vehicle.
 * Mamba APC - Armored personnel carrier.
 * RG-32 - Light armored personnel carrier.
 * Mfezi Ambulance - Armored ambulance.
 * Casspir - Armored personnel carrier.
 * Marauder - Armored personnel carrier.
 * BRDM-2 - Armored patrol car.
 * BTR-60 - Armored personnel carrier.

Artillery
 * G7 howitzer - Towed howitzer.
 * G6 howitzer - Self-propelled howitzer.
 * G5 howitzer - Towed howitzer.
 * Valkyrie - Multiple-rocket launcher.
 * Bofors 40mm - AA autocannon.
 * Oerlikon 35mm - AA cannon.
 * Crotale - AA launcher.

Non-combat ground vehicles
 * SAMIL range of trucks - Logistics and troop transport.

Aerial vehicles
 * SAAB Gripen - Fighter.
 * Dassault Mirage - Fighter.
 * Canadair CF-5 - Fighter/fighter trainer.
 * Chengdu J-7 - Fighter/fighter trainer.
 * BA Hawk - Fighter trainer.
 * Hongdu JL-8 - Fighter trainer.
 * Atlas Oryx - Logistics and troop transport.
 * Denel Rooivalk - Attack helicopter.
 * Agusta A109 - Transportation.
 * C130 Hercules - Transportation.
 * Dakota - Transportation.
 * Boeing BBJ - Executive transport.
 * Dassault Falcon 900 - Executive transport.

Maritime vehicles
 * Valor class - Frigate.
 * Marinheiro class - Corvette
 * Heroine class - Submarine.
 * Warrior class - Fast attack craft.
 * Namacurra class - Patrol boat.
 * T Craft class - Patrol boat.