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Rhodesian Military Storefront (pics)

Rhodesia and Nyasaland
05-12-2003, 21:36
(Before anybody moans about my age, im a ressurected nation.)


The Royal Rhodesian Air Force has long been seeking a replacement for its F-4, A-4 and Mirage F1 aircraft that have provided the majortiy of ground attack capbility. The answer eventually came in modfiying the F-16C airframe to facilitate deep strike missions and Close Air Support.

The result the F/A-16 is an aircraft with superior performance and weapons load while retaining the economic and operational advantages of the orginal.[/b]

Advantages

50% increase in range due to additional fuel capacity, increase in max take off weight to 52,100lb and high speed performance increased to a max level speed of mach 2.2.

Also an internal Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) targeting system replaces the pods in earlier aircraft . With state-of-the art components and packaging technology, the Internal FLIR Targeting System (IFTS) incorporates an advanced multi-functional FLIR/laser system into the F-16 nose to improve lethality and survivability with lower weight and drag. The elimination of bulky pods also enhances stealthiness.

There is an integrated electronic warfare suite with internal electronic countermeasures, advanced radar, an electronic warfare management system, and up to eight chaff/flare dispensers, as well as advanced friend or foe. The aircraft's advanced avionics suite has room available for future improvements. The F/A-16 modular mission computer has a processing throughput of 12.5 million instructions per second and provides sensor and weapons integration.

The ALQ-165 electronic countermeasures system, also known as the Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ), is a sophisticated, high-power jamming system which fat out performs the equivalent on early versions. Missile warning systems on the F/A-16 provide advanced warning of approaching missiles so the pilot can activate countermeasures in time. The F/A-16 can accommodate both active and passive missile warning systems currently under development.

Any F-16 pilot can perform mission tasks with his head up and his eyes looking out of the cockpit and with his hands on the flight controls. The F/A-16 adds to this excellent pilot-aircraft interface by incorporating three advanced 5-inch by 5-inch color displays. The aircraft has wiring and space allocated for a helmet-mounted cuing system that can be added to improve pilot situation awareness.

The F/A-16 retains the full armament capability of the Block 50s and adds several new capabilities. The planes basic design and weapon interfaces are compatible with projected future weapons including new air-to-air missiles such as the advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). The aircraft will also support all-weather standoff weapons, such as the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), and AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM).

The other main addition is the incorporation of the GAU-8 30mm cannon in the nose to gibve the F/A-16 a much better close air support capability.


The F/A-16 has been developed with planned growth improvements and technology advances in virtually all major areas, including engines, avionics, and weapons.

Each F/A-16 costs 35 million


http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/e999/AF-16.jpg

Revised Cockpit Layput:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/fa-18-ef-cockpit.jpg


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The Royal Rhodesian Air Force, in an attempt to increase military self sufficiency, decided to procure indigenously built version of the Denel CSH-2 Rooivalk, which feature some imrpovements over the original and reduce reliance on South Africa for Rhodesian weapons systems.

The RCH-2B 'Osprey' Attack helicopter has been designed not only to support armour and infantry but also other more peaceful tasks such as intelligence gathering, surveillance, electronic soundwave jamming and even, bcause of its power as an airborne crane.

COCKPIT

The cockpits are in stepped tandem configuration. The Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) is seated in the front cockpit and the pilot is seated in the cockpit above and behind the WSO. The cockpits, which are fitted with crashworthy seats and are armour-protected, are equipped with hands on collective and stick (HOCAS) controls.

A Thales Avionics TopOwl helmet-mounted sight display (HMSD) provides the crew with a head-up display of information for nap-of-the-earth flight (NOE). TopOwl incorporates an integrated measurement system for directing an articulated weapon such as the cannon, or air-to-air missile seeker heads. It has an integrated Gen IV image intensifier and FLIR capability and provides transition from day to night use at the push of a button.

The 'Osprey' has a crash-resistant structure and is designed for stealth with low radar, visual, infrared and acoustic signatures.

WEAPONS

The RCH-2B carries a comprehensive range of weaponry selected for the mission requirement, ranging from anti-armour and anti-helicopter missions to ground suppression and ferry missions. The aircraft can engage multiple targets at short and long range, utilising the nose-mounted cannon and a range of underwing-mounted munitions.

The 20mm FN supplied dual-feed gas-operated cannon fires high-speed (1,100m/s) ammunition at a firing rate of 740 rounds per minute. Two ammunition bins hold up to 700 rounds of ready-to-fire ammunition. The slew rate of the cannon is 90° per second. The cannon is chin mounted on the helicopter.

The RCH-2B is armed with the Mokopa long-range anti-armour missile developed by the Rhodesian Aviatin Company. Mokopa has a semi-active laser seeker head and is equipped with a tandem warhead. Range is over 8.5km. RCH-2B can also fire Hellfire or TOW missiles.

RCH-2B can carry four air-to-air missiles such as the FIM-92 Stinger. It is equipped to fire 70mm Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) with a range of warheads, selectable according to the type of targets being engaged.

SELF-DEFENCE

The RCH-2B's electronic warfare suite is the fully integrated Helicopter Electronic Warfare Self-protection Suite (HEWSPS), incorporating radar warning, laser warning and countermeasures dispensing system. The system is flight line programmable and in-flight adaptable to match the threat library with the mission's area of operation.The radar warner features low effective radiated power (ERP)/Pulse Doppler radar detection beyond radar detection range, ultra broadband frequency coverage, high pulse density handling and internal instantaneous frequency measurement.The laser warner provides broadband laser frequency coverage to detect and display rangefinding, designating and missile guidance laser threats.

The countermeasures dispensing system, which is operated in manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic mode is charged with chaff and flare cartridges.

Extensive all-round armour installed in the cockpit protects the pilot against 12.7mm armour piercing bullets and 23mm projectile fragments. The rotor blades are rated to withstand several hits of ground-based automatic weapons

FIRE CONTROL AND OBSERVATION

Target detection, acquisition and tracking are carried out using the nose mounted stabilised sight, TDATS. The TDATS sight is equipped with a low level television sensor, Forward Looking Infrared sensor (FLIR), autotracker, laser rangefinder and laser designator.

NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

The helicopter is equipped with an advanced navigation suite including Doppler Radar Velocity Sensor, Thales Avionics eight-channel Global Positioning System, Heading Sensor Unit and an Air Data Unit.

The communications suite consists of two VHF/UHF transceivers with FM, AM and digital speech processing, one HF radio with frequency hopping and secure voice and data channels and an IFF transponder.

EJECTION

Unlike its South African Brethren, the 'Osprey' features a crew rescue ejection system, which allows the crew to escape at all altitudes and speeds, the rotors are first blown off in milliseconds, with preset explosive charges.

Dimensions
Main rotor diameter 14.5 metres
Length with rotating rotors 15.9 metres
Overall height 4.9 metres
Wing span 7.3 metres
Weights
Empty weight 7,692 kg
Normal take off weight 9,800 kg
Maximum take off weight 10,800 kg
Weight of consumable combat load 610 kg
Weight of maximum combat load 1,811 kg
Engines
Two TV3-117VMA engines 2 x 2,200 h.p
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle nosewheel type landing gear
Performance
Maximum level flight speed 310 km/h
Diving speed 390 km/h
Cruise speed 270 km/h
Hovering ceiling 4,000 metres
Service ceiling 5,500 metres
Vertical rate of climb at 2,500 m 10 m/s;
Range of flight with normal take-off weight 460 km
Ferry range 1,160 km


Each RCH-2B costs 17.5 million.

http://globalsecurity.org/military/world/rsa/images/roo04.jpg

http://www.flygplan.info/images/Denel%20Aviation%20CSH-2%20Rooivalk.jpg

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After giving nearly fifty years of continuous service to the Military, the Royal Rhodeisan Arms Company have ceased production of the FN FAL 7.62mm rifle which has now been deemed to outdated for military use.

Instead the RRAC will start producing the new RCR-556 assault rifle which is more modern and offers 5.56mm rounds rather than the previous standard NATO round of 7.62mm. Other improvements are made in accuracy, weight and relaibilty and so far the first army perosnnel to use teh weapon are pleased with its performance.

New Rifle: RCR-556

Caliber: 5.56x45 mm (.223 Remington)
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 960 mm (810 mm when butt folded)
Barrel length: 460 mm
Weigth: 3.48 kg with empty magazine
Rate of fire: 700-900 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds standard (any M16-type magazine will fit)
Modes: 3 round Burst, Single. Automatic

Available Sights: Standard Iron sight, optical sight, 4x sight.


http://world.guns.ru/assault/sr88a.jpg

RCR-556: $750 each.


Old Rifle


Caliber : 7,62mm NATO (7.62x51)
Action: Gas operated, tilting breechblock, select-fire or semi-auto only
Length: 1100 mm
Barrel length: 533 mm
Weight: 4.45 kg empty
Magazine capacity: 20 rounds
Rate of fire: 650-700 rounds per minute

Available Sights: Standard Iron sight

http://www.btinternet.com/~the_22nd_sas2/sem/weapons/fn_fal.jpg

FN FAL (200,000+ surplus): $200 each


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As part of the army's new equipment drive, the Royal Rhodeisan Arms Company has started to produce a licensed copy of the Vektor SS77 7.62mm support weapon. The machinegun is designed to replace the older FN MAG that uses the same ammuntion but is more cumbersome and outdated.

The RSS-77 Mini will also be produced which is a lighter weapon that uses the 5.56mm NATO round as opposed to the 7.2mm round of the standard version. This allows M16 type magazines to be used as well as ammo belts/ammo boxes.

New Machinegun: RSS-77 & Mini-RSS

Caliber: 7,62mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO in Mini version)
Weigth: 9.6 kg on bipod (8.26 kg in Mini configuration)
Length: 1155 mm (1000 mm Mini-RSS)
Length: of barrel 550 mm (515 mm Mini-RSS)
Feeding: belt, 30 round magazine, 100 round box.
Rate of fire 600-900 rounds per minute

Available Sights: iron Sights, optical sight

http://www.nucleus.com/~wildoats/Vektor_SS77_7.62mm_and_MINI_SS_5.56mm_Machine_Guns.jpg
Standard Right, Mini Left.

RSS-77 7.62mm: $6,450
RSS-77 7.62mm (Pintle Version): $5,950
Mini-RSS 5.56mm: $4,890

Old Machinegun: FN MAG

Caliber: 7,62x51mm NATO
Weight: 13 kg on bipod
Length: 1260 mm
Barrel length: 545 mm
Feed: belt
Rate of fire: selectable, 650-750 and 950-1000 rounds per minute

Available Sights: iron Sights only

http://remtek.com/arms/fn/mag/gpmg.jpg

FN MAG 7.62m: $1,250
Arribastan
05-12-2003, 21:43
can i buy prod. rights?
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
05-12-2003, 22:33
can i buy prod. rights?

cartainly, how much would you reckon they should be?
Arribastan
05-12-2003, 22:37
OOC: no idea. 2-3 billion, i suppose.
Virgin Atlantic
05-12-2003, 23:02
OOC: At that price, won't the F-35A be better?
Crookfur
06-12-2003, 00:02
I hate to be a pain but a RL block 60/62 F16 already exists i'm not sure about the changes to avionics but it doesn't feature the GAU-8 and the only changes to the airframe are the conformal fuel tanks (not sure if they also came with block50/52).

Other than that a cool pic, but i would though that using new production methods and perhaps a new composite upper wing design you might have been able to drop the price a little bit, i can still understand and would be willing to pay a premium for an F16 based aircraft but in terms of cost it really loses out to the similar capability FC-1/JF-17.

just soem random points.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
06-12-2003, 19:48
Crookfur:

Clear a few things up:

The designation Block 60 was first applied to this airframe which was offered to the USAF as the A-16 with the GAU-8 to replace the A-10 in the early 1990s and then offered to the UAE as the Block 60/ F-16U. The UAE then went through years of negotation and decided to purchase a revised Block 60 which was cheaper and more or less the same as the F-16I oredereb by Israel , with the above improvements but lacking the new wing design:

This was the configuration eventually agreed to:
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/FRfotmil/F-16UAE.jpg
Jeruselem
06-12-2003, 19:55
Damn, we use F16E/Fs (should be F16Is, but didn't know they existed), but might be going to F-22s. Nice aircraft, but it might muck up our upgrade plans.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
08-12-2003, 01:32
bump.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
08-12-2003, 01:33
bump
Lost Hills
08-12-2003, 01:35
We'll take 60.

$2,100,000,000 wired upon confirmation.
imported_Lusaka
08-12-2003, 01:41
Secretary Miyanda sighed, realising he was in for another sleepless night as he attempted to figure out the best way to announce this to the President.

"Yes, the Rhodesians may be flying new F/A-16s on the other side of the southern border, but obviously they're no match for F-5 Freedom Fighters or F-5G Tigers.."

No, he'll just hit me for trying to feed him that..

Miyanda rolled an exceptionally large joint and kicked his computer into life. Time to search forrr.. 'how to build beyond-visual-range-air-to-air-missiles for less than a New Kwacha' I'd better get hits..
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
08-12-2003, 01:48
orders confirmed.

Secretary Miyanda sighed, realising he was in for another sleepless night as he attempted to figure out the best way to announce this to the President.

"Yes, the Rhodesians may be flying new F/A-16s on the other side of the southern border, but obviously they're no match for F-5 Freedom Fighters or F-5G Tigers.."

No, he'll just hit me for trying to feed him that..

Miyanda rolled an exceptionally large joint and kicked his computer into life. Time to search forrr.. 'how to build beyond-visual-range-air-to-air-missiles for less than a New Kwacha' I'd better get hits..

:lol: :roll:
Jaxusism
08-12-2003, 01:49
Ill take prod rights for 1 1/2 billion.
08-12-2003, 05:52
Ill take 170 of them :D

money wired on confirmation.
08-12-2003, 05:55
We'll take 192 of them.

$6,720,000,000 will be wired upon confirmation.
Glorious Humanity
08-12-2003, 06:21
The Federation of Glorious Humanity would like to order two hundred of these aircraft, and also inquire about purchasing production rights.

Sonya Dean
Director
Bureau of Military Procurement
Federation of Glorious Humanity
Soviet Haaregrad
08-12-2003, 06:31
OOC: Are you sure about the GAU-8? I'm pretty sure you couldn't cram one of those behemoths into an F-16 body without seriously changing it's flight characteristics.

EDIT: Yup, it seems you can.

EDIT#2: I stand corrected

This project failed because the 30 mm gun would heat up and senge(sic) the inner components of the left fuselage.


To sum things up: The F-16 has never been sucessfully equiped with a 30mm cannon, nor will it ever be in the future.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
13-01-2004, 19:52
OOC: Are you sure about the GAU-8? I'm pretty sure you couldn't cram one of those behemoths into an F-16 body without seriously changing it's flight characteristics.

EDIT: Yup, it seems you can.

EDIT#2: I stand corrected

This project failed because the 30 mm gun would heat up and senge(sic) the inner components of the left fuselage.


To sum things up: The F-16 has never been sucessfully equiped with a 30mm cannon, nor will it ever be in the future.

Cooling and insulation technology is not exactly that complicated!
Jeruselem
14-01-2004, 13:34
Interesting, we sell and manufacture the F16I Sufa (RPed earlier).
Don't go infringing on our F16I licencing eh?
The Zoogie People
14-01-2004, 14:14
I'll take a hundred, $3.5 billion wired.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
15-01-2004, 15:30
your order has been processed, thank you for your business.
Argyres
15-01-2004, 15:40
The HMR of Argyres would like to purchase 400 of these fine aircraft for a total price of $14 billion. In addition, we'd like to consider buying production rights...how much would that be?
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
15-01-2004, 17:29
rifles and machinegun added.

orders confirmed.
15-01-2004, 17:51
Forgota shall purchase forty milion of the RCR-565 rifle. This is not at all for my nation, i am going to give them to lesser nations as peace and friendship.

*money shall be wired upon confirmation*

*confirm by sending telegram to Forgota*

The Armed Republic
Wyrmsvaar
15-01-2004, 18:37
Requesting the following armaments

FN FAL 7.62mm
200/unit * 24,000 units = 4.8 million USD

RCR-556
750/unit * 1000 units = 750,000 USD

total = 5,550,000 USD

*money wired upon confirmation*
15-01-2004, 18:46
I will take 1,000 RS77


telegram me for confirmation and money
15-01-2004, 18:46
I will take 1,000 RS77


telegram me for confirmation and money
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
15-01-2004, 18:56
All orders confirmd, thank you very much for oyur business.

Forgota shall purchase forty milion of the RCR-565 rifle. This is not at all for my nation, i am going to give them to lesser nations as peace and friendship.

*money shall be wired upon confirmation*

*confirm by sending telegram to Forgota*

The Armed Republic

godmodding, your too small to order 40 million rifles!
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
08-02-2004, 19:00
bump