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Engineering vehicles storefront! (Both modern and future)

Lunatic Retard Robots
01-05-2004, 03:58
What happens when those jet jocks bomb the vital bridge to simtherines? What do you do when the minefield is just too thick? How do you get your tanks through a swamp too far?

WITH COMBAT ENGINEERING VEHICLES!!!!!!!!

The vehicles sold at this storefront are of high quality and easy to use. They will cover all of your engineering needs, be it crossing rivers, advancing through swamps, clearing minefields, or building fortifications.

We can safely say that this is the only such storefront on NS!!!!!!

MKPV Ground Reinforcement system

http://www.haaland.info/norway/army/bilder/bvmark.jpg

The MKPV is a vital part of armored operations. Inevitably, a mechanized army will run into swamps and soggy ground. Armored vehicles sink and get stuck in the mud. The MKPV aims to solve this.

The MKPV consists of an electric spool and roller, which rolls out a kevlar carpet over soggy ground. This kevlar carpet is capable of supporting the weight of most modern MBTs. Fully extended, the carpet is 100 meters long.

The carpet assembly is usually towed by a Bv-206, but can be mounted on most flatbed trucks, and on MBTs with their turret removed.

Cost: 100,000 USD/carpet

Mk.17 Mine Plow

http://www.haaland.info/norway/army/bilder/113mineplog.jpg

The Mk. 17 puts the power of a mine clearance vehicle in the hands of an APC or MBT crew. Seen here on an LRRA M113X, the Mk. 17 mine plow can be fitted to a wide variety of vehicles, including the Leopard series MBTs, Abrams series MBTs, T-90s, BMP series IFVs, MT-LBs, CV-90 series IFVs, M113 APCs, Stryker series LAVs, and Bradleys.

It is capable of digging up AP and AT mines, and if a mine were to explode during the removal process (the plow scoops the mine from the bottom), the plow deflects the blast out in front of the vehicle, preventing crew injury.

The Mk. 17 can also be used to plow snow and dirt, and to cut through foliage.

Cost: 10,000 USD/plow

CEV-1 Recovery Vehicle

http://www.haaland.info/norway/army/bilder%5Cbergpanz.jpg

When your tank falls into a ditch, can you get it out? Now you can, with the CEV-1 armored recovery. The CEV-1 is equipped with a crane capable of lifting an Abrams, and can drag almost anything.

In terms of armor, the CEV-1 is comparable to most modern MBTs. It can be fitted with applique explosive reactive armor to even further enhance its survivability. The CEV-1 can withstand cannon-caliber armor piercing projectiles at range, and can thus operate under full combat conditions.

The CEV-1 is crewed by five; the driver, commander, crane operator, and two technicians. It is armed with a 12.7mm machine gun, served by the commander. Smoke, chaff, and flare launchers are also included.

Cost: 1,000,000 USD/vehicle

BLV-4 Bridgelayer (Biber)

http://www.rheinmetall-ls.de/fahrzeuge_komponenten/u_fahrzeuge/images/biber.jpg

The BLV-4 is the definitive bridgelaying tank. It is based on the MBT-4 Red Cloud, a domestic LRR copy of the Leopard 1.

The bridge, fully extended, spans 26 meters, but only 25 can be over water because 50 centimeters are needed on each side.

The bridge can handle differences in elevation as great as five meters on one side, and support vehicles as heavy as 70 tons.

Laying consists of the vehicle bracing itself with it's blade then the lower section of bridge slides out and the upper drops down and locks on the lower (now the forward). The whole assembly is then pushed forward on a cantilever boom until emplaced.

The bridge never raises more than five meters above its starting position during bridging. Unlike most scissors bridges, which present a large and obvious target for enemy gunfire, the flat laying of the BLV-4 means that, throughout the entire bridging operation, the vehicle has a low profile and is thus harder to spot from a distance.

Cost: 1,000,000 USD/vehicle

BLV-3 Bridgelayer

http://www.haaland.info/sweden/other/bilder/brobv971.jpg

The BLV-3 is a traditional scissors-type bridgelayer, which has been in service with the LRRA for many years. While not as advanced and more veunerable than the BLV-4, the BLV-3 is cheaper because of its platform, the T-55, and slightly easier to maintain.

The bridge takes three minutes to deploy, and can span a maximum of 19 meters.

Cost: 500,000 USD/vehicle
The Zoogie People
01-05-2004, 04:10
OOC: Aaaaaaaargh...I hate figuring out prices of things costing less than $1 million that I need a lot of...

IC:

While our own logistics are extensive, your storefront is most interesting and we are intensely interested in acquiring fair amounts of each of your support vehicles. We intend to acquire 24,000 MKPV vehicles, 42,000 Mine Plows, 62,000 CEV-1 recovery vehicles, 16,000 BLV-3 and 19,000 BLV-4 Bridgelayers.

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The price would cause us great pain to figure out as my only available calculator currently is the Windows one and I really don't want to squint my eyes and count the zeros :lol: It's probably a billion or so...but you know I can afford it.
Lunatic Retard Robots
01-05-2004, 04:15
Woah, Zoogie! That's probably more than the number of such vehicles in LRRA service! The total comes to something between three and four billion.

The vehicles will be built as fast as they can and shipped out within the next week.
Granzi
01-05-2004, 04:20
Wow... One of the most original storefronts I have seen. A really good idea overall, and stuff I need too! :P To that effect, the Commonwealth would like to acquire 1,000 of your BLV-4 Bridgelayer (Biber) and 10,000 Mk.17 Mine Plow for a total of $1.1 Billion. Thank you and money wired on confirmation.
The Zoogie People
01-05-2004, 04:24
Then maybe I might have overdone the logistics just a tad (I envisioned them as supplementing my own forces ;)...okay...then, well, please divide the order by four for each item. Thank you...and sorry for the inconveniencce.
Lunatic Retard Robots
01-05-2004, 04:38
Wow... One of the most original storefronts I have seen. A really good idea overall, and stuff I need too! :P To that effect, the Commonwealth would like to acquire 1,000 of your BLV-4 Bridgelayer (Biber) and 10,000 Mk.17 Mine Plow for a total of $1.1 Billion. Thank you and money wired on confirmation.

You aren't the one supporting Dra-pol, are you?

If you aren't, then your order is ok. Expect the shipments within a week.

Zoogie, mabye production rights would be better for LRR factories in terms of workload.
The Zoogie People
01-05-2004, 04:49
Yes, perhaps production rights are for the best. In that case, we shall pay whatever you request for them.
Ise
01-05-2004, 06:25
The Commonwealth of Ise requests the price for production rights for these vehicles. Their aid will be a valuable component of operations, particularly in areas of difficult terrain.
Great Mateo
01-05-2004, 06:30
I would suggest adding the GRIZZLY obstacle breaching vehicle, if I may.
Granzi
01-05-2004, 14:32
No we aren't supporting Dra-pol. However, our troops are stationed in Central China in an operation with _Taiwan, Chinese Army, Starblaydia, and Xiaguo.
Lunatic Retard Robots
02-05-2004, 01:13
Ok. Your order is confirmed.

Zoogie: well, the production rights re about 1 billion per vehicle, around 1 million for the mine plow.
Lunatic Retard Robots
02-05-2004, 01:14
Ok. Your order is confirmed.

Zoogie: well, the production rights re about 1 billion per vehicle, around 1 million for the mine plow.
Neo-Soviet Russia
02-05-2004, 01:15
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Central Facehuggeria
02-05-2004, 01:34
OOC: What sort of future tech engineering equipment do you have? We could use large scale vehicles of that nature, but only if they are future tech.