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I reserve the right to refuse sale to anyone. All nations buying more than 5 Pufferfish or 3 Super Pufferfish will be submitted to a background check.
Anyone wanting to trade quid pro quo can TG me. I am not around all the time so it may take some time for your order to be processed. Orders arrive within 2 days of payment, at a port of your choice. If any Pufferfish do not work on arrival, we will repair or replace them, but if you wreck them it's your own fault.




Taldaan Arms Pufferfish Assault Hydrofoil

Specifications

Length overall: 40.72 m
Width overall: 7.20 m
Midship depth: 4.56 m
Speed (maximum): up to 48 knots

Weapons

To destroy surface and coastal targets the boat has 1 Taldaan Arms light ship-mounted missile system, capable of firing most small to medium size anti-ship missiles.

One SAM battery for engaging hostile aircraft.

To engage low/slow flying aerial targets the boat is equipped with two M85 .50 calibre anti-aircraft guns.

The boat's other weapons are six pedestal-mounted 13-mm calibre naval machine guns.

The boat also has a DP-64 depth charge grenade launcher.

Propulsion

The boat is powered by 2 hydrogen fuel cell power plants. Each plant turns it’s
own propeller. The combined power is 12000 hp.

Hull

5cm Kevlar

Other

GPS, Laser Rangefinders and Ground Level Radar
Echo Sounding Active Sonar Equipment, Passive Sonar Equipment
SKIT 50km Range Radar, IR tracking

Price

15,000,000 TC (Taldaan Chits, equivalent to 1 US dollar)





Taldaan Arms Super Pufferfish Assault Hydrofoil

Specifications

Length overall: 45.88 m
Width overall: 8.16 m
Midship depth: 4.98 m
Speed (maximum): up to 48 knots

Weapons

To destroy surface and coastal targets the boat has 2 Taldaan Arms cruise missile launchers, capable of firing most cruise missiles, and 1 Taldaan Arms light ship-mounted missile system, capable of firing most small to medium size anti-ship missiles.


One SAM battery for engaging hostile aircraft.

The boat is also armed with a twin 3” gun and two 13mm naval machine guns.

The boat also has two DP-64 depth charge grenade launchers.

Propulsion

The boat is powered by 2 hydrogen fuel cell power plants. Each plant turns it’s
own propeller. The combined power is 13000 hp.

Hull

6cm Kevlar

Other

GPS, Laser Rangefinders and Ground Level Radar
Echo Sounding Active Sonar Equipment, Passive Sonar Equipment
SKIT 50km Range Radar, IR tracking

Price

22,000,000 TC (Taldaan Chits, equivalent to 1 US dollar)

Are those 10 inch guns? Here is a pic: http://www.cdsg.org/gunpics/Worth2.gif

You'd never be able to fit those on a small hydrofoil. It huge. They only used them on shore defense batteries and battleships and two of them would take up more room than is found on most AEGIS destroyers let alone an Assault Hydrofoil.

Yes. Is that bad?

Read above.

Oops. Boat will be edited. Is 6" better?

On an assault Hydrofoil like this you'd be lucky to get away with a 5" gun. But really do you need a 5" slow firing gun in the Modern Era? No you don't. Thats why I put the rapid firing 3" on mine. Able to shoot as an AA-gun but also to take down missles and small craft. But its all up to you. If you really do want a large gun then do one 5" gun. Wont do very much good in todays naval warfare, but thats just my opinion.

Thanks a lot. Thats the second piece of kit you've saved me on

Okay some more advice. This heavy assault Hydrofoils main anti-ship weapon is the 3" guns from what I can tell. Well I can tell you that that ship will be dead in the water before the enemy is 50 miles away. Harpoons have a range of around 100 miles the 3" guns on the Pufferfish can, at most, engage an enemy 13 nautical miles, about 12 statute miles, away. So before you can even see the enemy he is firing a few Harpoons at your little hydrofoil and your dead, if not out of commsion.

Any pics of the boat?

I would to purchase 10,000 of each of these ships. Money wired upon confirmation.

Sorry, Huahin, there are no pictures.

Morathania, the Super Pufferfish also has the cruise missile launchers.

Jangle Jangle Ridge:

10,000 of each? Well, someone's rich.

10,000 Pufferfish: 150,000,000,000

10,000 Super Pufferfish: 220,000,000,000

total: $370,000,000,000

Unfortunately, due to the high number of boats, we can't deliver them all in 2 days. We can, however, send you 1000 of each per day. The final group will arrive in 12 days of payment. Thankyou for buying Taldaan Arms products.

Hello,

The Republic of Sharina would like to discuss acquistion of hydrofoils to bolster our miniscule navy.

We desire the hydrofoils to undertake these roles...

1. Establish a Coast Guard
2. Protect our waters from Piracy
3. Ships able to respond to naval emergencies quickly
4. A screen for my several cruisers and destroyers
5. A good coastal defense if we are being invaded (able to destroy troop transports)

We would like to know what can be done, or a deal that can be reached so we may have some of your fine ships. We eagerly await your response!


Thank you.
President Rand Veristek

Yes, both the Pufferfish and the heavier Super Pufferfish can do these things. As a friend of Taldaan, you are entitled to a 10% discount from all Taldaan Arms products, so take this into account when you buy.

How many would you like?

The Republic of Sharina would like to request 50 Super Puffer Hydrofoils for a total of $990,000,000 including the discount.

If we like the performance of these Hydrofoils, then we would be interested in:

Limited production rights whereas Sharina would be allowed to build its own Puffers of both variations. If you agree, the Hydrofoils we build will be used exclusively by Sharina and we won't sell these Puffers to other nations. We would be able to aid you in production of additional Hydrofoils for you and only you to sell to other nations, or aid your naval building in times of war freeing up your shipyards to produce more powerful warships.

We shall wire the 990 million dollars upon confirmation of our initial order and delivery.

Live well,
President Rand Veristek

Order accepted. 50 Super Pufferfish will arrive at a port of your choice within 2 days. Any which don't arrive in full working order will be repaired or replaced. I'll TG you about production rights.

Use them in good health, friend.

OOC: You really know nothing. Cruise Missles are used only against land targets. They are very different in construction from the launchers used to launch Anti-Ship Missles like the Harpoon. Currently the only defense this ship has against other ships is a gun with a maximum range of 13 miles against a Harpoon armed ship that can shoot at you from over 50 miles away.

And also one of the anti-ship missile launchers like on the Pufferfish.

And people seem to be buying them, regardless. Now order ships.

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