Confederate States Army/Canon

"My army is highly skilled, trained and spirited, should Republic forces ever manage to land on my world, then my army will swiftly rout them!"

- Jane Zarkan to Count Dooku, on the CSA

The Confederate States Army (CSA), also known as the Confederate Army, Separatist Army, Confed Army, Rebel Army, Western Army, Western States Army, the Rebs and the Traitor's Army. were the ground forces of the Confederate States of Earth, a Separatist-aligned alliance of nations which joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

The CSA was founded in 21 BBY from the short-lived Confederate States Militia, a volunteer army which served as the Confederacy's army in its earliest days prior to the creation of its professional army, the CSA. Militia units would continue to serve the Confederacy following the creation of the CSA, however they would be part of the CSA.

The CSA would see only a little service in the First Battle of Earth, most of the fighting being done by the Confederate States Navy, however CSA forces would quickly rout the few Republic forces that managed to breakthrough the Separatist blockade and reach Earth, resulting in a decisive Separatist victory and the capture of Jedi General Maksi Hikar.

The CSA was made up of both organic soldiers and droids. The Confederate States Army Aviation Corps (CSAAC) was the branch of the army which dealt with army aviation, the army equivalent of the Confederate Naval Air Service.

The CSA was widely respected across the CIS for being one of the Separatist Alliance's strongest and most elite ground forces, being rough equals for the Clone army of the Republic, the clones which fought the CSA, and Jedi General Maksi Hikar himself, were suprised by how skilled the CSA were at combat.

In 18 BBY the CSA fought against the forces of the Galactic Empire and the Imperial puppet government, the Earth Empire, despite the CSA's general elite combat skills and training, the CSA was defeated, one of its critical blows was at the First Battle of Mollun, in which Field Marshal Alexander Norman, a veteran leader of the Earth Civil War, was killed whilst leading the Confederate First Army. The CSA finally surrendered following the Battle of Zarkan City.

The Soldiers of the Confederacy was the anthem of the CSA. Sep'ratist Soldier and Cheer, Boys, Cheer! were popular marching songs that were considered unofficial army anthems. We Conquer or Die was a rallying song of the 15th Zarkanian Infantry Division but eventually became popular with the rest of the Army.

Equipment and Uniforms
The CSA mostly used Separatist-supplied equipment, however it also used native equipment, equipment supplied by the Rebel Alliance and equipment captured from Republic/Pro-Republic and Imperial forces:

Uniforms and body armour

 * Armoured Exosuit Mk II

Small arms

 * E-5 blaster rifle
 * E-5C blaster rifle
 * Zarkan Arms ZR-50 rifle
 * DC-15A blaster rifle
 * DC-15S
 * SE-14 blaster pistol
 * Zarkan Arms ZP-30 pistol
 * DC-17 hand blaster
 * E-5s sniper rifle
 * DH-17 blaster pistol
 * DL-18 blaster pistol
 * T-21 light repeating blaster
 * E-11 blaster rifle
 * A280C blaster rifle
 * TL-50 Heavy Repeater
 * ARE-1 Assault Rifle
 * AR-1(U) assault rifle
 * RK-3 blaster pistol

Heavy weaponry

 * Zarkan Arms ZLMG-55 light machine gun
 * Zarkan Arms ZHMG-39 heavy machine gun
 * M3 PAWS
 * Double-barrel repeating blaster
 * RPS-6 rocket launcher
 * E-60R missile launcher
 * ML-9 Missile Launcher
 * RLE-1 Rocket Launcher
 * RLE-2 "Quad" Rocket Launcher
 * DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle
 * GLP-1 Grenade Launching Pistol

Artillery, AA, anti-tank and tank guns

 * J-1 semi-autonomous proton cannon
 * Zarkan Arms ZFG-600 Field Gun
 * Zarkan Arms ZFG-850 Field Gun
 * Zarkan Arms ZAA-880 anti-aircraft gun
 * J-1 tank gun
 * Zarkan Arms ZAT-900 anti-tank gun
 * Zarkan Arms ZSAMS-930 surface-to-air missile system
 * Culebre-class Aero-Naval Defence Gun
 * Culebre
 * Cerastes

Vehicles
The CSA used numerous different vehicles, though most of the vehicles operated by the CSA were either supplied by the Separatists or of native design, though the CSA also received numbers of Rebel Alliance vehicles following the Liberation of Earth in 4 ABY, small numbers of captured Republic and Imperial vehicles were also operated.


 * Skyhopper-class Patrol Aircraft
 * AAT
 * Cobra medium tank
 * Black Mamba super-heavy tank
 * STAP
 * Flitknot speeder
 * HAG
 * TX-130 tank
 * AT-TE
 * AT-ST
 * AT-DP
 * AT-PT
 * AT-AP
 * Rebel attack tank
 * T3-B heavy attack tank
 * AAC-1 speeder tank
 * Rebel combat speeder
 * PAC
 * APAC
 * APTE-1 Armoured Personnel Transport

Uniforms
As with the other branches of the Confederate military the Army wore grey, ranging in colour from light grey to dark grey, the uniforms of the enlisted ranks tended to be of a lighter shade of grey than those of the officer ranks, the battle dress of the enlisted ranks looked coincidently somewhat similar to the officers of Darth Revan's Sith Empire. Enlisted soldiers wore the standard uniform with either a grey campaign hat or helmet, junior officers wore an officers uniform with a forage cap, whilst senior officers wore a dark grey officers uniform with matching officer's cap or wide-brimmed Stetson.

Ranks

 * Private
 * Private was the lowest rank in the army, Privates were usually newly-enlisted soldiers who had yet to see action.


 * Ensign
 * Not to be confused with the Navy rank of the same name, the Army rank of Ensign was given to the colour bearer of a unit, one who carried the unit's banner. The rank was considered a noble rank, to be allowed to carry the unit's flag, the heart and soul of the unit, was considered a great honour.


 * Lance Corporal
 * Lance Corporal was the rank above Private, the Lance Corporal was typically the second-in-command of a Section (6-20 troops).


 * Corporal
 * Corporal was the rank slightly more superior to that of Lance Corporal, the Corporal had command over a Section.


 * Lance Sergeant
 * Though not a standard rank, a Corporal could be appointed to Lance Sergeant, giving him the responsibilities of a Sergeant.


 * Sergeant
 * Sergeant was the rank between Corporal/Lance Sergeant and Lieutenant, the Sergeant was often second-in-command of a Platoon (15-45 soldiers).


 * Lieutenant
 * A Lieutenant had command over the Platoon.


 * Captain
 * A Captain, not to be confused with the Navy rank, had command over an entire Company of troops (80-150 troops).


 * Field Marshal
 * The rank of Field Marshal was the highest standard rank in the army, Field Marshals commanded entire field armies. A notable Field Marshal was Alexander Norman, Field Marshal of the Army of the Zarkan Kingdom and brother of Michael Zarkan, née Norman, the first Grand Marshal of the Army. Michael Norman was killed during the First Battle of Mollun, which was part of the Third Battle of Earth


 * Grand Marshal
 * The rank of Grand Marshal was the highest rank of the army, the Grand Marshal commanded the entire army, notable Grand Marshal included Michael Zarkan, President Jane Zarkan's husband and Ahsoka Tano, Jane Zarkan's close friend, who took over the position following the death of Michael Zarkan.

Appearances

 * Ashes of War
 * A.R.K.: Ancients to the Modern Aliens