The Commonwealth of Chrisdom

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The CoC 48th Heavy BDE is deploying to Ukraine to an unknown location.
Heavy equipment utilized by the 48th are Merkava IV and Namers.

Merkava IV Tanks




Namers IFV and APCs.

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That's a great looking brigade!

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The CoC appreciates all kind words.

A flyby in a fast plane came across a ROD battleship. Not sure where the Tomahawk is target, hope it is not Karmanaskis. Hope it training mission. Great camera work at 35000 ft, 40+ miles away. Here is the aircraft.



The ROD battleship.



In Ukraine, Commonwealth armor on the move, in this case near the Black Sea.



The 73 BDE moving north. Merkava IV accompanied by two M113 -23mm, a Namer 1, APC, and a Namer 2, IFV. No report on the rest of the 48th CoC Division, the 67th BDE and the 72nd BDE.



To function the army needs logistics, a lot of them.

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Logistics in Ukraine are ready to support operational movements of armored, mechanized and infantry units.




Estoniadom army units are training in the field, here an Abrams with mine plow

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The Commonwealth is looking at some surplus M551 Sheridans from the US. Consideration as delivered, also evaluate with updated turret, and possibly with a Bradley turret, among other options.

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CoC
Latest additions, being deployed to Ukraine.
Boxer C4I

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CoC
Recent delivery of more equipment, from an ally. The picked up AMX-30.
Merkava 2 w/120mm in Chris cam.



The other company of Merkava 2 w/120s.



Engineer vehicles
D-7 dozer and 2 M-9 ACE



G-Wagons, M577, and 2 M103A2

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duplicate....

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The Commonwealth is considering expanding its Naval Assault force. So units have the designation as Naval Infantry while others use the term Marines. The issue come from the legacy names of the units from various members of the Commonwealth. A member nation may continue to use their term for their own national unit designation.
Consideration is underway to consolidate some of the foreign legion units into CFL (not to be confused with the Canadian Football League) or CCFL. Those national foreign legion units that exist might remain under the direction of the nation that they serve. There might be some unit that have duty to the Commonwealth on a rotational basis.
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Ukraine
The 48th Heavy BDE is almost completed in country. Two combats BATs, artillery, medical, communications and most of the logistics are moving north to their preliminary base in Ukraine. Unit Hemtts and hired drivers and trucks are moving the heavy tracked equipment.north. Local police are helping with traffic control. There were two incidents, a car was speeding and ran a red light hitting a G-Wagon killing an Army Captain. The other 3 and the driver went to the hospital. In the other a local driver rolled a Merkava IV off the trailer, slowing traffic on the two lane road as the three M88 were used to right the vehicle.

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The CoC has acquired these M551 in the surplus and resale LLC, interesting enough a call came in inquiring about some Sheridan’s. These will be shipped by sea as soon as arrangements are finished. The CoC would need to refurbish extensively for the Royal Parade Airmobile Unit for Pomp & Parades. You can see these and other very nice looking vehicles in the Pomp and Parade units in Monaco City, Monacodom.



The CoC a& ROD navies train with each other as we know several times that your SSN had tracked several of our attack SSN and our Freedom Class SSGN on at least 8 occasions, probably more. Additionally, we knew ASW aircraft were trying to find our SSGN and SSN. We enjoyed tracking your ships and subs as well, appreciate the training.

As the AMX-30B2 were sold off by Moroccodom.
M-60A1 will be upgraded and deployed. Updates and painting is needed. Mostly painting!! Painting is essential.
The rework facility and employees will have their work cutout to get this Old Armor brought up to the M-60A3 standard.





Training in Congodom with Ratels getting ready to leave the lager.







Gator State light armor.

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Some of the M-60 have been rusting in a field for several decades. Had to truck them out to be broken down, rebuilt with upgrades & updated systems. It is expected to take months for the 3 Battalions to be finished. Many will receive new barrels.



M-60 TOS

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Yer Bouti, on the West Coast of Africa, southern part of Western Africa
The Shiek Yer Bouti is getting a bit frothy just south of Yer Bouti City is a shanty of a town called…. Shantytown.
Militia activities and social unrest has been increasing. In protest marches, okay 2. Only had 30-40 people, the next March had over 100 as the people were having fun yelling, “Fucet Yer Bouti” following the example in Karmanaskis. After a reporter told the Shiek Yer Bouti that they were chanting “Let’s Go Bouti”, that it’s was a result when Yer Bouti soccer team beat the Moroccodom soccer team.
At times the chant has been in honor of the Shiek himself ‘Shiek Yer Bouti, Shiek Yer Bouti’. Makes people want to dance.

Activity in Shantytown.







It’s getting crazy in Shantytown, Yer Bouti.

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Ukraine
Units of the 48 Div are heading north to reach the locations of the camps.

The CoC is sending another person to serve as Ambassador to Karmanaskis, Roger ‘The Raging Bull’ Romundos has departed with credentials. He was a professional boxer having won Welterweight Title in Los Vegas in 1996. Prior to that he boxed for Sparta University in Greece, grad school at Princeton at the Wilson School of International and Public Service. Ambassador Romundos said, “ I look forward to work the Karmanaskis Foreign Minister and their government to solve problems.
North of Karmanaskis a B-70 launched 2 stealth drones at 72,000 ft at a distance of 120 miles north of the Island. Each drone records data in electronic spectrum, images, GPS mapping, etc. Upon launch the B-70 turned back north to fly over the polar ice cap. There are two LCS and two FFG south and southwest on Karmanaskis by 550 miles set to recover the stealth drones. The data has been transmitted to EC-707 and probably a Chinese fishing boat.

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Yer Bouti in self-government applying home rule.



UIN Convoy bring in food as citizens begin a revolt as reported by Rosie.

Karmanaskis company to build new container port in Yer Bouti.

Pugwash PLC has received the contract to build and operate a new port facility in YerBouti.
The multi million dollar contract was signed in Yer Bouti City this weekend and work will begin at once.
It is hoped that it will become a major gateway for Africa to advance trade and development.
The cost of the project was not revealed but it estimated upwards of over 300 million dollars.
The low interest loan was backed by the Karma Government and sheik yer Bouti gets the Air Miles.

What, Karm is working to build the Yer Bouti orifice ... errrr..... port. The country of Western Sahara objects to this planned construction. First there has been an ecological impact evaluation 3 years ago considering an expansion that found that the local natural resources would be harmed. The animals of the river, the local ocean area. 2. The economic impact will not be beneficial except for the construction project. Economic activity is not sustainable. 3. Karma is planning to support a promoter of terrorism. The people of Yer Bouti by decree of the land grant must meet the laws of Western Sahara.
This is a sham is horrible choice to support a cruel and corrupt dictator the Shiek Yer Bouti. There is no other way to shake this out.

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Mindanao hosted a training war game with CHI. CHI sent Type 98 MBTs, Type 89 APCs, Chinese Hummvs, etc.
The CHI Battalion was on the offensive most of the week. Mindanao was defending primarily with M60A1 and M113.

Type 98 MBT


Type 89


Type 98 tanks being refueled by tanker.




Type 83 SPH


Mindanao M60A1 trying to block the CHI attack.