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TBD Storefront 2.3 (Vehicle and Infantry) Sale! (PIC WARN!!)

The Burnsian Desert
02-05-2004, 19:20
The Great Armed Republic of The Burnsian Desert Storefront

We sell only the finest goods and materials to our customers. The order form is at the bottom of this post.

5% off all purchases!*

Military: Infantry

M-16
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The M16 Assault Rifle is the standard issue shoulder weapon in the US military. It marks a departure from normal ballistics in that it uses a smaller, high-velocity round (5.56 mm caliber vs. 7.62 mm). This results in a smaller and lighter weapon as well as smaller ammunition, significantly decreasing combat load.

Cost: $100

M249 SAW
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The M249 is an individually portable machine gun capable of delivering a large volume of effective fire to support infantry squad operations. This weapon is being used in Iraq by all services. It has been seen on television news broadcasts and in newspapers. It is belt-fed, gas-operated, air cooled and fires from the open bolt position. The weapon is manufactured by FN Manufacturing, Inc. and was adopted by the Army in 1984 to replace the M60 Machine Gun.

Cost: $120

M-4 Carbine
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The M4/M4A1 5.56mm Carbine is a lightweight, gas operated, air cooled, magazine fed, selective rate, shoulder fired weapon with a collapsible stock. A shortened variant of the M16A2 rifle, the M4 provides the individual soldier operating in close quarters the capability to engage targets at extended range with accurate, lethal fire. The M4 Carbine achieves over 80% commonality with the M16A2 Rifle and will replace all M3 .45 caliber submachine guns and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifle series.

Cost: $230

M9 9 mm Beretta Pistol
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The M9 Beretta pistol is the standard Army sidearm. It replaced the M1911A1 pistol in .45 caliber. It is basically a Beretta 92F pistol and fires the 9mm NATO round. A semiautomatic, double-action pistol, the M9 is more lethal, lighter, and safer than its predecessors. The M9 is carried by crew-served weapon crewmen and by others who have a personal defense requirement, such as law enforcement personnel and aviators. It replaces the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and the .38 caliber revolver.

Cost: $80

M136 AT4
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The M136 AT4 is the Army's primary light anti-tank weapon. The M136 AT4 is a recoilless rifle used primarily by Infantry Forces for engagement and defeat of light armor. The recoilless rifle design permits accurate delivery of an 84mm High Explosive Anti-Armor warhead, with negligible recoil.

Cost: $400

RPG-7V
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The RPG-7 is a recoilless, shoulder-fired, muzzle-loaded, reloadable, antitank grenade launcher. It fires a variety of 85-mm rocket-assisted grenades from a 40-mm smoothbore launcher tube. The launcher has two hand grips; a large optical sight; a thick, wooden heat guard around the middle; and a large, flared blast shield at the rear of the tube. The launcher is 953 mm long without grenade and 1,340 mm with grenade. The launcher weighs 7.9 kg and the grenade 2.25 kg.

Cost: $350

Military: Ground Vehicles

AAVP7A1
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The AAVP7A1 is an armored assault amphibious full-tracked landing vehicle. The vehicle carries troops in water operations from ship to shore, through rough water and surf zone. It also carries troops to inland objectives after ashore. The amphibious capability of the AAV makes it unique among all DOD systems. This forcible entry amphibious capability is the unique capability that sets the Marine Corps apart from the other services. A portion [64%] of the AAV fleet will undergo a reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) upgrade, and a rebuild to standard (RS) retrofit, to ensure Marine AAVs remain maintainable until the arrival of the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV).

Cost: $23,000,000

M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle

The mission of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle is to provide mobile protected transport of an infantry squad to critical points on the battlefield and to perform cavalry scout missions. The BFVS will also provide overwatching fires to support dismounted infantry and to suppress or defeat enemy tanks and other fighting vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicle is a fully armored, fully tracked vehicle designed to carry Mechanized Infantry into close contact with the enemy. It possesses sufficient cross-country mobility to keep up with the Abrams Main Battle Tank, medium and long-range firepower capable of defeating any vehicle on the battlefield, and is adequately armored to protect the crew from artillery and small arms threats.

Cost: $14,000,000

[b]M113A1
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The M113A1 is a lightly armoured full tracked air transportable personnel carrier designed to carry personnel and certain types of cargo. The M113-family was developed the from M59 and M75 which were designed by Ford and Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Co. in the late 1950´s. The vehicle is capable of: amphibious operations in streams and lakes; extended cross country travel over rough terrain; and high speed operation on improved roads and highways.

Cost: $20,000,000

M270 MLRS Self-Propelled Loader/Launcher
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MLRS consists of a self-loading launcher with an onboard fire control system (FCS). The launcher is mounted on a mobile track vehicle that carries 12 rockets or 2 Army Tactical Missile System (Army TACMS) missiles, which can be fired individually or simultaneously. Rockets have a range beyond 30 kilometers, and the Army TACMS Block IA missile can reach to 300 kilometers.

Cost: $25,000,000

M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
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The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) is the namesake of the late General Creighton W. Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Battalion. It is the backbone of the armored forces of the United States military, and several of US allies as well. The purpose of this vehicle is to provide mobile firepower for armored formations of sufficient capability to successfully close with and destroy any opposing armored fighting vehicle in the world, while providing protection for it's crew in any conceivable combat environment. It is capable of engaging the enemy in any weather, day or night on the multi-dimensional, non-linear battlefield using its firepower, manuever, and shock effect. The Abrams Tank System synchronizes its high tempo, distributed manuever via its digitized situational awareness and the fusion of onboard and remote battlefield sensors.

Cost: $23,000,000

M1 GRIZZLY
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The GRIZZLY is an armored vehicle designed to breach complex obstacles including mines, berms, wire, rubble, and tank-ditches. The GRIZZLY will breach obstacles with minimal preparation creating safe lanes for other vehicles in the dominant maneuver force with little or no loss in momentum. The GRIZZLY's obstacle clearing features include a full-width mine-clearing blade and a powered, extensible excavating arm.

Cost: $15,000,000

Armored Medical Treatment Vehicle
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The Armored Medical Treatment Vehicle (AMTV) will provide sufficient space and on-board medical equipment to allow the medic to treat injured soldiers under the protection of armor. The current treatment vehicle found in heavy battalions (M577) does not have this capability and requires the medic to set-up a treatment area outside the vehicle before patients can receive emergency resusitative and stabilizing care.

Cost: $12,000,000

M4 Command and Control Vehicle
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The C2V is a tracked, armored vehicle designed to provide an automated tactical command post for mobile armored operations. At the Corps and division, the C2V will be the tactical command post (TAC), while at the brigade and battalion, it will be the tactical operations center (TOC). The C2V platform is designed to provide information superiority directly supporting the dominant manuever force.

Cost: $19,000,000

*Means total price of purchase

Order Form
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Gaia Rodina
02-05-2004, 19:28
To: The Burnsian Desert
From: Admiral Yuri Padorin, Red Fleet Command
Subject: purchases

We are impressed with your stock and wish to purchase the following for the Red Army.

2000 M-4 Carbine rifles-230 each
100 M1 Abrams MBT-23 million each

Total Price: 2.76 billion USD
Money shall be wired upon confirmation. Thank you.

Admiral Yuri Padorin
Red Fleet Command
People's Republic of Gaia Rodina
The Burnsian Desert
02-05-2004, 19:29
Confirmed. Please specify how and where products are to be shipped. Thank you for your business.
Gaia Rodina
02-05-2004, 19:33
Preferably by transport plane or ship, to Polyarny Naval Base, in the Roubhe region. It is an island, so land transport is unavailable.
The Burnsian Desert
02-05-2004, 19:36
Confirmed.

The RBS Sanatan and RBS Leviathan will arrive soon.
Validon
02-05-2004, 19:53
Validon wishes to purchase:

600,000 M136 AT4 weapons at 240 million USD
400 M270 MLRS Self-Propelled Loader/Launchers at 1 billion USD

Total cost: 1,240,000,000 USD

Ship weapons to Dreadstrike Military Base, on the Southern Coast.
The money will be wired to your account upon confirmation of order.
The Burnsian Desert
02-05-2004, 20:20
Confirmed.

AC-130s from Hoxeswell AFB are taking off. Thank you for your business.
Pacific Northwesteria
02-05-2004, 20:28
President Zwimbala of Pacific Northwesteria would like to purchase 500 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 100 Abrams MBTs for our modern-tech army, total of $9.3B
take off 5%: aww, who cares. Consider it a tip. ( I can do math... just I won't be coming back to this thread, and the 5% off* asterisk makes me afraid that I will screw up.)
Please deliver by transport ship to Walrus Harbor.
*money wired*
Pacific Northwesteria
02-05-2004, 20:29
President Zwimbala of Pacific Northwesteria would like to purchase 500 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 100 Abrams MBTs for our modern-tech army, total of $9.3B
take off 5%: aww, who cares. Consider it a tip. ( I can do math... just I won't be coming back to this thread, and the 5% off* asterisk makes me afraid that I will screw up.)
Please deliver by transport ship to Walrus Harbor.
*money wired*
The Burnsian Desert
02-05-2004, 20:37
I'm pleased to do business with you. The RBS Nautilus and RBS Salvadore have set sail from Hiat Naval HQ.