1st Battalion (Cork)

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The 1st Battalion is an infantry based battalion within the King's brigade, it belongs to the Royal Welsh Guards.

Structure

As the battalion is Welsh based all companies and units are named after Brythonic Celtic gods. Such as the Arawn Company, Arawn being the God of death in Welsh mythology.

The battalion itself is infantry based and contains three light infantry companies, one of which being motorized infantry. The layout is as goes:

Arawn (infantry) Company

Amaethon (infantry) Company

Agrona (mot. infantry) Company

Equipment

The Agrona motorized infantry company makes heavy use of the Mowag AFV to both transport and provide fire cover for troops, however only one out of the three platoons within this company uses Mowags, the other two use Jackals.

The rest of the battalion uses standard Corkonian army equipment such as the AUG, L7A2.