NationStates Jolt Archive


Power Armour, NSA-01 already in deployment,

Nasilemak
25-02-2004, 14:20
Today, it is beginning of new sort of infantry has emerged in Ayamis Proving Ground in Federation of Nasilemak. It is power armour which enables human soldiers few folds in terms of firepower, armour and mobility. It is to fill the gap between AFV and infantry especially in broken terrain combat application. It is however, not a substitute for tracked MBTs and AFVs, it is more like complementary assets in military operations and it is not capable to taking on MBTs head to head in tank country. But, in urban or jungle warfare, it's manifest capability is more pronounced immediately.

Federation of Nasilemak's A Company, 1st Light Mechanized Infantry Battalion of 1st Mechanized Infantry "Raven" Division has already beginning the field operations of these power armours, which some sources believe plan to equip at least 2 Mechanized Infantry Divisions with 1500-2400 NSA-01 Power Armours each division in 6 years time. Most military analyst agreed that the Federation Army still working on proper doctrines and tactics regarding the power armours, reminiscient of early years of introduction of Panzer in German Army.

Here is a released photo by government of Nasilemak regarding about NSA-01 taken during manouevers in combined arms exercise few days ago.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/Stormy001_m1a2/misc/1077369447828.jpg

During this exercise, the author was told that the military is conducting new weapons configuration test.

Interested nations is invited to send military observers for the power armour combined arms exercise next week in Ayamis Proving Ground.

However the Federation did not have any plans to export the new weapon yet, but sources close said that they most likely not to do so soon, as they want to equip it's own armed forces first.


Richard Byrak, correspondent for International Defence Review.