Imperial Army (FT)

"To the Imperial Navy who brings us to our battlefield, we are grateful for the ride and we offer our thanks. But only when the Imperial Army has disembarked does the war truly begin."

The Imperial Army (Teikoku Rikugun) is the terrestrial operations branch of the Imperial Military. It is divided into the Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and Aerospace Forces. There are also two independent arms of service; the Aerospace Defence Force and the Orbital Divers. Along with the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Army is under the direct control of the Imperial Grand Marshal through the Imperial Army General Staff.

The Imperial Army is one of the largest military forces in the Human Sphere, comprising over 700 million personnel.

Organization
The commander-in-chief of the Imperial Military is the Imperial Grand Marshal. The Imperial Army General Staff is the highest commanding body of the Imperial Army, and is led by the Chief of Army Operations, who holds the rank of Marshal-General and reports directly to the Imperial Grand Marshal for all military matters. Representing the Imperial Army on the Imperial High Council is the Minister of the Army, who holds at least the rank of General and is selected by the Imperial Army General Staff.

The highest level of Army organisation are six regional commands and two theatre commands. Each regional command oversees one of the six Regions of the Empire, while one of the theatre commands oversees all Imperial-level units in the Empire, and the other theatre command oversees expeditionary forces in the ongoing Empire-Alvia War. Directly subordinate to the regional commands are the Planetary Army Groups stationed within that region. Imperial Army Groups currently garrisoned or operating within regions are normally attached to the local regional commands for streamlining.

A vast organisation, the Imperial Army operates with two main types of Army-level units. This organisation serves to streamline recruitment into specific units as well as logistics and equipment dispersal plans to units.

Planetary Armies are Army-level units that are deployed to and recruit from a single planet. Their main focus is the defence of the planet as well as counter-insurgency and peacekeeping activities on their home planet. Troops are recruited from all over the worlds, and while rare during peacetime they may also be deployed to other planets during larger conflicts. Planetary Armies form the bulk of the Imperial Army order of battle.

i.e. 3rd Kanagawa Western Army.

Imperial Armies comprise of troops recruited from all over the Empire. They are the Imperial Army's main offensive force, and are deployed around the Empire's territory to bolster Planetary Armies and to conduct their own independent missions.

i.e. 15th Imperial Shock Army.

Weapons
The Imperial Army employs various weapons to provide light firepower at short ranges. The most common weapon type used by the army is the 4.2×50mm Arisaka Type-67 ComRifle, as well as the Matsutani Type-81 carbine. The primary sidearm in the Imperial Army is the Arakawa Type-62 Henju. Soldiers are also equipped with various grenades, primarily the Type-50 Multifunction Variable Payload Grenade, which comes in lethal and non-lethal models and can do various things such as homing in on targets or 'tagging' all enemy troops in an area. Other types of grenades include the Type-12-4 "Seeker" Autonomous Self-Propelled Explosive Device, which can direct itself to targets using four mechanical legs, and the M115 fragmentation grenade, an ancient but reliable design that has lasted since the 21st century.

Many units are supplemented with a variety of specialized weapons, including the Arisaka Type-77 machine gun, to provide suppressive fire at the section level. Shotguns and sniper rifles are also used.

Uniforms
Imperial Military uniforms and body armour