The Hellenic Frontier Guard (Fictional)
Founded in 1924 to protect the North Land Borders of the Kingdom,the Frontier Guard is (together with the Gerdarmerie) the only law enforcement forces in the 4 autonomous territories of the Kingdom.There,the Gerdarmerie replaced the older Civil Guard (1919-1984) in 1986,when the Goverment desided to reorganise the Police Forces.The structure of the Frontier Guard based on the Finnish one and is devided to Land,Maritime and Air Forces which also has the duty of SAR both in land and in the Black Sea (Hellenic Coastguard never had a branch in Black Sea).Today it has 12000 personel trained to its own Frontier Guard School in Messimvria.
About equipment:
AS-365G:Variant of the Dauphine family,has the same equipment with the USCG HH-65 but is 100% French in engine,avionics and electronics.Also HCG has 14 AS-365Gs,all asseblied by the Hellenic Aircraft Industry in 1981-1984.
R-228:It is the locally,license built Dornier Do-228 (the R- is a perfix in all hellenic made airplanes,as a honour to Antonius Raab,the founder of the Hellenic Aircraft Industry back in 1929).These aircraft can act above land or sea.
Mil Mi-17H:These helicopters aquired from former East Germany in 1993 as Mi-8 and rebuilt in Russia to Mi-17 spec in 1996-1997.Some work on them was made by HAI.They classified as -H because it is a Rescue/Transport variant with Western communication system and avionics,similar with AS-365G.
AH-139FG:Based to AW-139,the only difference is the French-Hellenic avionics.Has all equipment for SAR missions and used also to discover illegal immigrants trying to enter the Kingdom's Mainland.
Zelitz ZH-50:Identical with RHN,but here its role is more peaceful:SAR missions,transferring emergency supplies to mountain villages (400kg load in a hook underneath) in winter conditions (North Thrache and North Macedonia have the most severe winter in the Kingdom) or even use a IR system to discover illegal immigrants).Will be replaced from the ZH-60.
Vehicles:These posted here are not complete list,but they are the main vehicles in service.
MT-LB:Aquired second hand from Russia in 1998 and rebuilt locally.
Lynx 4X4: (I found the original design in Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia of Vossiej,I do not know who is the original drawer-it is the french VAB).To my scenario,this is a locally developed small armoured amphibious vehicle.
AMX-10PM:The old AMX-10P which Army bought from France in 1970's (about 140) rebuilt with different engine and equipment for use by the Frontier Guard.The Gerdarmerie has also several (identical with Frontier Guard's).Total number 120.
Unimog:The Frontier Guard has a large number of various Unimogs,this is one example.
G-Series:In HLK these is a large number of these in service with all Armed Forces and Fire Brigade,all made with license locally.
Maritime Force:
First patrol boats aquired in 1925,were a modified copy of Vulcan "11" torpedo boats RHN had.Several other followed,all sunk in WW2.Current boats are these posted.
PC Klasse145:Designed by Lurssen in mid 1960's,made with license (total 18 built 1967-1975),used as FACM with the Adis I missile (Navy Command of Black Sea still has 4 on service to that role) and converted to PCs in 1997.
Pr.63: This very fast vessel has its roots to East Germany,is a variant of the Schnellboot Projekt 63 / 63.300 Iltis Typ LTS.Made form aluminium,these vessels were designed to retain their speed in any conditions in Baltic and North Sea,so in early 1970's (my scenario now) the Messimvria Shipyard managed to purchase the license for building 36 of these boats in 2 variants: one fast interceptor boat (Navy Command of Black Sea,HCG,HFG) and a SOC for RHN Seals.From 36 vessels built (1973-1975) only 6-7 survive today all in Frontier Guard (numbers were 16,12,8 to each maritime branch) due to fatigue. A good photo of the real East German Vessel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leich ... _Iltis.jpg
(If the link does not work,copy paste it in address box top of the page)
Specs (Pr.63 Mk I/II)
Displacement (full load) 15,2 t
Length 14,8 m
Beam 3,4 m
Draught 1,05 m
Propulsion 2 X CRM V12 diesels,each 1000hp
Shafts/Propellers 2 - 2
Speed 52-54kn
Complement 3 (SOC also accommodated 6 Seals)
Armament : All 1 X twin 0.5" Browning (used by US forces in Vietnam) and 2 X BAR 7.62mm (later 2 X MAG 7,62mm)
SOC Variant had a slipway for a 5.8m Zodiac RIB
Note :Gerdarmerie exists only in Autonomous Territories since 1985,rest of the Kingdom has the Hellenic Police.