New Marnin Naval Combat Fleet

The New Marnin Naval Combat Fleet (Marnin: Nevoy Voystrany Maskoya Bayevoy Flota) Acronym: MNF (Marnin: NMF). Is the active serving naval warfare uniform service of the Marnin People's Armed Forces. The branch is seen as one of the key influencers in Marniya's strategic planning, and thus, a large sum of budget goes into the Navy (2nd Highest Of Any Branch). This means that Marniya's navy plays a pivotal role in the armed forces.

The New Marnin Naval Combat Fleet is divided into four fleets: The North West, Jincheng, Zagrev Sea and Expeditionary Fleets. In addition to these fleets are the Sötkasch Flotilla, Marnin People's Marine Infantry Corps, Marnin People's Naval Air Detachment and Marnin Guard's Strategic Coastal Artillery Corps.

Marnin Civil War
Previous to the Marnin Civil War, Marniya's navy was known as the Royal Marnin Surface Fleet. During the civil war, many ships of the RMSF mutinied against their commanding officers, and joined the various factions of the Marin Civil War. The first ship in the newly founded New Marnin Laborer's and Soldier's Fleet was the MSS Azkochak (Pioneer), who's crew mutinied against their commanding officers, and turned the ship in to the Marnin Proletariat Movement (The winning faction of the Marnin Civil War). Following the Azkochak several more ships would follow under the same pattern, and by the 17th of January, 1925, the NMLSF was created. By the closure of the civil war in late 1927, the total number of ships in NMLSF became near equal to that of the prewar fleet (The ships not integrated were sunk during the war or scuttled by crew before capture). On the branch's anniversary in 1928, the name was officially changed to the New Marnin Naval Combat Fleet.

Post War
In early 1930, Marniya had nearly finished their economic recovery process, which lead to the creation of the first domestic New Marnin ship, the MNK Vaskivov.

Baryushin Period
Following the Second Great War, Comrade Fleet Admiral Svirskals Valkirova sought to reform the navy to become a more modern fleet. After asking of Myatavla Baryushin for an extension to the NMF's budget, Marniya quickly began strengthening up their navy as the doctrine of war began to shift. The first improvement of which was the Standardization Of Naval Caliber Armament Systems, or SONCAS. The SONCAS system was immediately installed on preexisting and newly ordered ships. In addition to the SONCAS program, post war tentions with Ludechlynovia lead to the creation of the Sötkasch Flotilla to gaurd trade between Marniya and Sayikoia.

Post Baryushin Period
After the death of General Secretary Myatavla Baryushin and Comrade Fleet Admiral Svirskals Valkirova in 1959, the new acting General Secretary, Kavlashenko Zushechov, sought to continue the SONCAS program. The creation of SONCAS II, saw the creation of a new class of Marnin ships. As well as a shift in doctrine, as the Podivyy Program began to kick off. The doctrine was officially shifted again in 1971, right after the demotion of Kavlashenko Zushechov, and soon Marniya's navy was fully focused on the SONCAS and Podivyy Programs.

Nikiyev Period To Modern
Following Zushechov's death in 1979, Marniya's infamous Nikiyev Salshavanovik, Marniya had once again changed its overall naval doctrine. The new doctrine would see the formation of the Sötkasch Flotilla which would carry on until present day, and on top of it, came the continuation of the SONCAS program with SONCAS III, as well as the extension to the Navy's budget once more, which lead to further developments in the Podivyy Program.

Carriers
By 1999, Marniya's Fleet primarily relies off the use of heavy nuclear carriers such as western ones The most important carrier of the Marnin fleet is the Comrade Fleet Admiral Valkirova Class. Three ships have been completed in the class, Comrade Fleet Admiral Valkirova (MK-07), Comrade Fleet Admiral Tavankela (MK-08), and Comrade Fleet Admiral Zakrotiva (MK-09). The three ships are the flagships of the The North West, Jincheng, and Expeditionary Fleets. In total six carriers in the class are to be built, inorder to complete the new upgrade to the fleet. Although featuring in many military recruitment videos, Marniya's super carriers remain still a much guarded secret. Even with three complete and a fourth expected in mid 1999, none of them have been proven in combat, or even seen by western forces. They remain within Marnin waters and have only been studied via satellite imagery, publicized videos from Marnin state networks and most importantly, SIGINT.

The primary bolster of the fleet of course is not the new carriers, but in fact the older Comrade Fleet Admiral Raschiev. The Rashiev class was first built during the change in doctrine during the 1970s, a total of 6 were built for the Marnin navy with the last ship Comrade Fleet Admiral Talgira (MK-06) being complete in 1992. The decision to overwrite the Rashiev Class with the Valkirova Class was first decided in 1985 during the completion of the new carrier program, which was aimed at making the ships not only larger, but also improve the carriers fleet command capabilities and carrier wing compacity. The Rashiev Class was upgraded however in 1990, with all in class being fully upgraded to accommodate the new island and weapon systems.

Podivyy Program
First beginning in 1961, the Podivyy program was a program founded to solve one of Manriya's biggest doctrinal dilemmas. A large inland sea called the Zagrev Sea sat between Marniya and several of the nation's western rivals. The solution to the program was the delve into "alternative methods". The obvious solution was the use of aircraft, however after much analysis, it was figured out that Marniya couldn't effectively produce a well protected heavy lift aircraft capable of carrying the number of both armored and infantry units to enemy shores. One of the alternatives to this was the use of hydrofoils, but by 1964, and several prototype vessels, none could cut the time of crossing down significantly enough. However in 1965, the first idea of interest came to play. The idea came from a man named Visorovich Zachevly, a former Pilot in the Marnin Airforce. Upon landings, he notice an effect known as the ground air effect. After much tuning to the idea the first prototype was ready and immediately, the Marnin navy was impressed with its performace.

After further refinement, the idea took off

North Western Fleet
The role of the North Western Fleet in a modern combat situation would be to defend Marniya's western shores from a major naval invasion, because of this, the use of coastal batteries from the Strategic Coastal Artillery Corps is used heavily. Stationed around key ports and weak points, batteries of Modern SAMs, AShMs, costal howitzers and strike aircraft guard the shoreline from the threat of a naval invasion. At sea, the fleet consists of mostly command cruisers of the Svadsev Class, with the primary role of sinking hostile carriers and amphibious assault ships before they manage to secure a corridor to the shore.