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Current Gorkonian Military Capabilities:

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This is a routine announcement of Gorkonian Military capabilities as of 24th June 2004. In light of recent difficulties, numbers are lower than estimated future levels.

Approximately 40% of the population is now involved in the military in some way. 20% are soldiers and officers, 10% naval officers and 5% airforce personnel. The remaining 5% are administrative personnel.
Most of the following technologies have been constructed from technologies purchased from various nations, most prominently noticed in the tanks and aircraft. The 152mm main gun of the Gladiator is our most proud achievement, and is based upon a Russian design in development though it our own work essentially.
These units cost a large amount of money to develop and have been in development for several years in some cases; we cannot afford to upgrade them any further at present, so no new units will be released.

Gorkonian High Command
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Armour:

Gorkonian G112 'Vandal' Light Tank (In Development)

Weight: 45 tons
Length with gun forward: 260 inches
Width: 110 inches
Ground clearance: 20 inches
Propulsion: 1,500 horsepower gas turbine engine
Maximum governed speed: 76 mph
Acceleration: 0 - 20mph in 4 seconds
Range: 250 miles
Main Armament: 100mm cannon
Additional Weapons: M2 machine gun, 1X 7.62mm machine gun
Armour: Chobham armour & active protection system
Additional Equipment: Rangefinder Laser, Thermal Imager, Optical Fire Control, Shtora-1 IR & SACLOS Jammer
Onboard Computer: Accuracy aids, Target recognition and acquisition, Global positioning

Gorkonian G22 'Sentinal' MBT (Note: Predecessor of Gladiator)

Weight: 69 tons
Length with gun forward: 390 inches
Width: 140 inches
Ground clearance: 20 inches
Propulsion: 1,500 horsepower gas turbine engine
Maximum governed speed: 35 mph
Acceleration: 0 - 20mph in 8 seconds
Range: 250 miles
Main Armament: 120mm smooth-bore cannon
Additional Weapons: M2 machine gun, 3X 7.62mm machine guns
Armour: Chobham armour & active protection system
Additional Equipment: Rangefinder Laser, Thermal Imager, Optical Fire Control, Missile Guidance Capability, Shtora-1 IR & SACLOS Jammer, Radar Jammer
Onboard Computer: Accuracy aids, Target recognition and acquisition, HQ and units link, Global positioning

Gorkonian 'Gladiator' G23 MBT (New)

Weight: 71 tons
Length with gun forward: 400 inches
Width: 140 inches
Ground clearance: 20 inches
Propulsion: 2,102 horsepower gas turbine engine
Maximum governed speed: 49 mph
Acceleration: 0 - 20mph in 7.5 seconds
Range: 300 miles (new fuel efficient methods)
Main Armament: 152mm armour-piercing cannon
Additional Weapons: M2 machine gun, 3X 7.62mm machine guns
Armour: Chobham armour & active protection system
Additional Equipment: Rangefinder Laser, Thermal Imager, Optical Fire Control, Missile Guidance Capability, Shtora-1? IR & SACLOS Jammer, Radar Jammer
Onboard Computer: Accuracy aids, Target recognition and acquisition,
HQ and units link, Global positioning

Naval Units:

Battleship:

Vanquish-class: flagship GMS Vanquish

Displacement: 50,000 tons
Length: 900"
Beam: 100"
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 1,500
Armament: Eight 16" guns; twenty 6" guns, sixty 40mm. guns; fifty 20mm.guns; two SAM launchers; three conventional ballistic missile launchers
First Commissioned: 31st May 2001
Additional: Five 'Sceptre' attack helicopters, five 'Seahawk' helicopters

Cruiser:

Marquis-class: flagship GMS Marvel
Displacement: 9,000 tons
Length: 500"
Beam: 100"
Speed: 36 knots
Complement: 500
Armament: Ten 8" guns; five 6" guns, ten 40mm. guns; fifteen 20mm.guns; three SAM launchers
First Commissioned: 19th January 1995
Additional: Five 'Seahawk' helicopters

Destroyer:

Liberator-class Destroyer: flagship GMS Liberator
Displacement: 6,100 tons
Length: 410"
Beam: 50"
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 300
Armament: Four 5" guns; ten 40mm. guns; one SAM launcher; self-propelled torpedo tubes
First Commissioned: June 22nd 2002
Additional: Depth charges, SONAR

Submarines: NONE

Aircraft:

Fighter/Bomber:

Avenger Fighter/Bomber
Weight: 20,000 kg
Speed: Mach 1+
Ceiling: 40,000+ feet
Range: 1300 nm
Sensors: Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) LANTIRN Targeting System
Armament: AIM-54 Phoenix missile, AIM 7 Sparrow missile, AIM 9 Sidewinder missile, air-to-ground precision strike ordnance, and one M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon.
Crew: Two (pilot and radar intercept officer)

Airforce receives limited funding; ergo, no further units. Helicopters classified under Article 2 Section 5 of High Command regulations.

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hey! take all of your military out of chris's land! i am sendin 2 elite army compinies equivilent to the SAS ito your country. i will with draw them if you withdraw all of your military personnels

Gorkonian military is currently running intensive drills across the board in light of some performance issues highlighted in recent disturbances. Once this is complete, they will be trained and reassigned as required. They're not going anywhere for a while.

Send some of your troops to my military camp and i will send my troops to you more will get trained Faster. Do some buisness with me and we could be the greatest.mhaaaaa mhaaaa

chris, u no whatis on your way from me :D there are 2 infrantry regiments on board as well

High Command has no intention of sending our troops anywhere. You will have to solve your own problems for now.

Your army takes up a high amount of your population, but I guess its ok, they aren't all active duty right? The majority 85% of the AZK military is reserves, later trained more.

If you want to be on the biggest team join my team in canabis city we will yet ruel it all

High Command Intelligence is aware of the unwritten rule prevalent in many nations here that your armed forces should consist of no more than 5%. However, there are some unusual circumstances. The previous regime was suspicious of all corporations. As a result, a great many were banned, and foreign investors kept out. 20% of the population managed to work for corporate organisations. Another 10% serviced the Monarch, though they too have moved to newly-established corporate organisations. 5% of the population were of the Elite Guard, though that portion of society has now been exterminated. So 40% of the population were forced to find work in the military, as there were no other jobs left. The rest of the population were either unemployed or took up less-than-legal business activities of their own.
We expect military service to decrease a little over the next few years as we allow corporations to establish themselves here and take on employees. Only 35% of the population are actually trained soldiers, although 40% are in the Military, 5% are just administrative workers, mostly located in the newly-established government.
If you're wondering how the economy survived in such a fashion, you're probably better off not knowing. Let's just say, it's a practice that died with the Monarchy.

Gorkon , your tiny nation can't possibly support the military you have listed above . Stop threatning my allies and puffing your non-existant chest out . At 8 Million you have a long way to go.

Oh, I still want to know.

IC:

Official AZK letter to Gorkon:

We noticed the "militaryness" of your country, to fix it we suggest quick dismantel of at least 70% of the armed forces. As if your army stays at the currents 40% of population, your economy is bound to crash. Most country's economys crashed when they built up a 13 million man armies... :)

Your opinion was neither needed nor wanted, Latinsbury. And I haven't threatened anybody.

Gorkon , your tiny nation can't possibly support the military you have listed above . Stop threatning my allies and puffing your non-existant chest out . At 8 Million you have a long way to go.

:? Thats was uncalled for and not respectful way to deal with the situation, I suggest you learn manners and/or edit your post.

if he wants to let his nation collpase I say we let him do as he wishes.

My sincerest apologies , I was just venting ...

I didnt mean any disrespect , just a reality check .

if he wants to let his nation collpase I say we let him do as he wishes.

OOC -- I'm well aware of the economic implications, nay, impossibilities of a nation having 40% of its population in the military. And that would go for a nation with a population of 8 million, 8 billion or 8 trillion; it's a percentage, irrespective of size. I'm attempting to establish the militaristic nature of the nation, and suggested that the previous regime was obtaining the necessary funds from less-than-legal places, which they now claim to have stopped.

hey, i like your destroyer's name. reminds me of MY nation's name. :wink:

OOC -- Oh... uh... yeah, actually I named it in honour of your nation! Can... uh... can I have some money :lol: ?

Your Nation seems a bit paranoid.
What ever happned to those "motherships" LOL :lol:

Motherships? What are you talking about? Do you mean battleships? We have a couple of those.

Mothership...?...ummm...hmmm...ahh do u mean simply "ship", maybe "transport ship" or "battleship"..if not i sugest you check your vocabulary.
(vo...voa...vocab... here we are vocabulary- a amount of words that someone or somebody uses...hmmm well I'll be damned)

in theory if you had one year conscription and a stock of (slightly obsolete) weapons you could have a large number of reserves. THen after a year keep onnthe ones that want to stay, keeping a small elite army with a huge number of reserves. But that would depend on your regime.

Motherships? What are you talking about? Do you mean battleships? We have a couple of those.
Oh Please forgive me. There was another nation that posted in my Battleship Thread that almost sounds exactly the same as yours.
I must have gotten you 2 mixed up :oops:

Motherships? What are you talking about? Do you mean battleships? We have a couple of those.
Oh Please forgive me. There was another nation that posted in my Battleship Thread that almost sounds exactly the same as yours.
I must have gotten you 2 mixed up :oops: