ARSe:- The Army of the Republic of Setumsia

(Dictatorship)

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(1) President "DaDa" Ngobi of Setumsia

President Ngobi's Bodyguard: Click on any vehicle in the picture above for a close up shot.

President Ngobi is extremely paranoid, he lives in the constant fear of assasination and never travels anywhere without a large escort drawn from his personal bodyguard. The picture above shows his normal entourage parked outside a Radio Setumsia relay station, but the escort column is the same size even if he's just popping out to the shops. As can be seen here Ngobi's escort packs formidable firepower with two jeeps mounting .50 cal HMGs and a technical mounting a quad AA gun. Not pictured ahere re the lorries carrying the bodyguard infantry who are deployed round the radio station perimiter.

Ngobi's personal bodyguard consists mainly of fanatically loyal soldiers drawn from his own tribe, some are his illegitimate sons and many more are blood relatives, though he also employs mercenaries, mainly European special forces veterans. These troops are extremely well trained by local standards and are greatly feared by all other factions in the Ztum-Setum wars. The bodyguard's sole reason for existing is to protect Ngobi so they are hardly ever committed to battle.

	(2) President Ngobi's armoured Mercedes with two motorcycle outriders.
	(3) Motorcycle outrider.
	(4) Infantry from Ngobi's personal bodyguard.
	(5) Heavy weapons support.
	(6) Jeeps with machine guns.
	(7) Technical mounting a quad AA gun.

The Regular Army

	(8) Troops of the Setumsian Presidential Guard dismount from their BTR-60 PB APC. These troops should not be confused with the President's personal bodyguard described above.
	(9) ARSe has large numbers of Soviet T55 tanks.
	(10) ARSe line infantry
	(11) ARSe troops use a large and varied selection of technicals.
	(12) More ARSe technicals

The Setumsian Police Service Tactical Armed Response Teams (TARTs)

	(13) Setumsian TARTs
	(14) A TART armoured column
	(15) TART infantry supported by a BRDM-2 amphibious scout car.
	(16) The Setumsian TARTs have a number of light tanks such as this PT 76b.

Credits: Unless otherwise noted all models on this page are from Peter Pig's Range 17 "AK47 Republic"and were painted by Jim Loutitt aka President "DaDa" Ngobi, C in C of ARSe. and President of Setumsia.

(1) Centre and left are from PP Dictator character pack (17-43) my unreliable memory says right is from (17-24) R officers(cap).
(2) Mercedes Benz saloon car (17- 49) with German motorcycles from PP WWII range (8-193).
(3) German motorcycle from PP WWII range (8-193).
(4) & (5) Assorted PP Range 17 infantry and crews including IDF snipers and troops with galils along with special forces and US grunts from the Vietnam range.
(6) Left: Israeli Mutt Jeep with .50 cal from QRF (ISA 13) Right: PP GAZ 469 Jeep (17-50).
(7) A QRF Bedford MK (MBSS7) mounting a PP ZPU 4, quad barrelled AA gun (17-51).
(8) BTR 60 from Skytrex assorted PP beret figures.
(9) Skytrex T55.
(10) Assorted R/P infantry from PP Range 17.
(11) A QRF Ford Mutt with 106mm recoilless rifle(left) and a QRF LWB Landrover with Wombat recoilless rifle (right).
(12) PP Toyota (17-23) with recoiless rifle (17-20) (left) and a QRF Bedford OL mounting a PP ZPU-1 AA gun (17-53)
(13) PP IDF with M16 (17-83) and P bearhedaed with M16 (17-48).
(14) (Left to right) PP Panhard AML 90 armoured car with 90mm gun (17-32), Skytrex PT 76b and Skytrex BRDM 2 armoured car.
(15) PP IDF with M16 (17-83) and P bearheaded with M16 (17-48). Skytrex BRDM 2 in the background.
(16) Skytrex PT 76b.

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