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Cerberus Class Heavy Cruiser.

Erinin
02-05-2004, 13:29
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ENV Cerberus(Fleetkiller)
Erinin Arms has over the years watched the development of many extrmemly powerful vessels. WWhose proliferation is nothing short of awe inspiriing.
Erinin herself has contributed to the TAR lead design of the Chimera Class battleship. And has designed several ships all her own.

The Cerberus is ErininArms answer to the super vessels now so abundant on the seas.
The Cerberus has nearly no conventional arms, she is designed to be a fleet killer.
Based off the Erinin ThunderHead Class Hull, the Cerberus is an unassuming target. What sets the Ceberus apart is its raw overwhelming fire power.
Specifications:
DIMENSIONS
Displacement: 24,300.0 (Tons) (Fully Loaded)
Length: 252.0 (Metres)
Beam: 28.5 (Metres)
Draught: 9.1 (Metres)
Speed: 36.0 (Knots)
Range: 24,000 (Miles)
Ship's complement: 727
Aircrew: 18
Flagship staff: 15

HELICOPTERS
The ship accommodates three Erinin Ka-27 or Ka-25 helicopters. The Kamov-27 ( codename Helix) is equipped for anti-submarine warfare with surface search radar, sonobuoys, dipping sonar, and magnetic anomaly detectors. The Ka-27 can be armed with torpedoes, bombs, mines and rockets. The Ka-25 (Hormone) helicopter is the predecessor of the Ka-27.




Radars
Air search: Top Pair (Top Sail + Big Net) 3D; C/D-band; range 366 km (200 n miles) for 2 m2 target.
Air/surface search: Top Plate; 3D; D/E-band.
Navigation: 3 Palm Frond; I-band.
Fire control: Cross Sword; K-band (for ESA-N-9).
2 Top Dome for ESA-N-6
Tomb Stone E-band (for ESA-NX-20)
2 Pop Group, F/H/I-band (for dual frequency missile guidance to frustrate ECM)
Kite Screech ; H/I/K-band (for main guns).
8 Hot Flash for CADS-N-1; I/J-band.
Aircraft control: Flyscreen B; I-band.
IFF: Salt Pot A and B.
Tacan: 2 Round House B.
Weapons control:
4 Tin Man optronic trackers.
2 Punch Bowl C SATCOM .
4 Low Ball SATNAV.
2 Bell Crown and 2 Bell Push datalinks.
Sonars:
Horse Jaw (Polinom); hull-mounted; active search and attack; low/medium frequency.
Horse Tail; VDS; active search; medium frequency. Depth to 150-200 m (492.1-656.2 ft) depending on speed.
Countermeasures:
Decoys: 2 twin PK 2 150 mm chaff launchers. Towed torpedo decoy.
ESM/ECM: 8 Foot Ball. 4 Wine Flask (intercept). 8 Bell Bash. 4 Bell Nip. Half Cup (laser intercept).
MISSILES
40 E-SS-19 WaterViper(In ripple-fire mode, the lead missile follows a high flight trajectory, while the other missiles follow a low level flight path. If the lead missile is intercepted then one of the other missiles automatically takes on the lead role.)
ESA-N-9Gauntlet(138 missiles)
12 ESA-NX-20 vertical launchers(138 missiles); semi-active radar homing to 90 km (48.6 n miles); warhead 133 kg-1Kt ERW. (Erinin exclusive, not sold un less on an Erinin platform).
Automated Defense System:The ship is equipped with a BridgetCADS-N-1 air-defence missile/gun system, supplied by the Instrument Design Bureau of O'Murchadha. The system provides defence against precision weapons including anti-ship and anti-radar missiles and air bombs, aircraft, and small naval ships. Two command modules and eight combat modules are installed on the ship. The command module provides autonomous operation by detecting the threats, distributing the threat data and designating the targets to the combat modules. The combat module automatically tracks the target with radar and television, calculates firing data and engages the target with missiles and guns. The missile range is 10km and the gun range is 2.5km for altitudes up to 6,000m. The system can engage up to eight targets simultaneously, one for each combat module. The guns can fire at a rate of 1,800 rounds/min.
Bridget Air Defence Gun-Missile system
Command modules: 2
Combat modules: 8
Missiles: 192
Cartridges: 32,000

Main Guns:The Cerberus is fitted with a 155mm EK-15/2 multipurpose twin-barrel gun supplied by the Callahan Design Bureau, Murphy JSC and the Killearney Engineering Plant. The main components of the artillery system are a computer-based control system with a multi-band radar, television and optical target sighting, and a gun mount with a turret-mounted Kondensor optical sighting unit. The gun can be operated under fully automatic remote control interfaced to the radar control system, under autonomous control from the sighting officer or can be laid manually by gunner.
Lethality
Rate of fire: 10 rounds per minute
Gunpointing Fully automated
Ammunition handling Fully automated
Ready to fire: 15 to 30 seconds
Time on target: 4 rounds from 5-30 km
Minimum range: 5 km
Maximum range: 40+ km
Ammunition type:EW-48 ERW
Yeild:7.2 tons(=TNT 7.2 tons)
Warhead:measured 86 cm (34") long and weighed 53.5-58 kg (118-128 lbs).
Secondary Guns
EK-630 30mm is a six-barrel gatling-gun system used to protect naval vessels from incoming AShMs like the Harpoon and Exocet. The gun fires HE-FRAG incendiaries or DPU tracer projectiles. The gun can be laid remotely from the radar control system and target tracker. The maximum rate of fire is 5000 rounds/min while the muzzle velocity is 880 meters per second. The gun is provided with an automatic belt feed and requires a crew of one. The range is up to 4000 meters for low flying anti-ship missiles and 5000 meters for light surface targets. The gun is equipped with radar and television detection & tracking.

ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE
The ship has ten torpedo tubes for 20 EUUM-44(SubRoc) . The ship has two anti-submarine and anti-torpedo rocket systems, the Udav-1 with 40 anti-submarine rockets and the RBU-1000. The ship has two RBU-1000 six-tube launchers, with 102 rockets.
It should be noted that the EUUM-44 and the 155mm main gun can be easily brought to bear against standard slow moving torpedoes.

PROPULSION
The ship's propulsion system is based on a combination of nuclear power and steam turbine, with four nuclear reactors and two auxiliary boilers. The four steam turbines deliver 70,000hp. Two shafts drive two five-bladed, fixed-pitch propellers. The propulsion system provides a full speed of 36 knots.

Cost:$14.8 billion--Limit 7, yes 7.

Should you have some question as to the uses of the weapons systems aboard this vessel please ask I will do the best I can to answer. Please note however that a majority of the weapons aboard the Cerberus are designed to kill an enemy just by getting near, contact is not required.

Some weapon specs may be found at the AoH Storefront (http://s6.invisionfree.com/International_Mall/index.php?showforum=17) and many systems are sold separtely to be fitted to any vessel that you wish.
OOC: All system on the Cerberus are RL Currently or previously deployed by various militaries around the globe.
FallschrimmJager
09-05-2004, 19:06
As an AoH member I am sure I get A discount right?