Scandavian States
13-10-2004, 21:50
[Just the IFV variant to start things off.]
M-8A1 Maverick Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Production Cost: 4 Million USD
Purchase Cost: 6 Million USD (Allies Only)
Designed By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy and Joint Strategic Command
Produced By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy
Weight: 30 Tons (27,272 Kilograms)
Height: 8.25 Feet (2.54 Meters)
Width: 12.50 Feet (3.85 Meters)
Length: 24.50 Feet (7.54 Meters)
Crew: 3 (Driver, Gunner, and Commander) plus 10 Soldiers
Propulsion: Isomer Reactor Turbine
Speed: 78 Miles per Hour (124.8 Kilometers per Hour) Off-Road, 96 Miles per Hour (153.6 Kilometers per Hour) On-Road
Endurance: Limited only to crew comfort and supplies
Armour: Alloy A w/ ELERA package. Average rating of 200mm RHA against SABOT and 600mm against HEAT.
Armament:
80mm Electro-Thermal Chemical Main Gun – The 80mm ETC cannon is an oddity among IFVs and APCs. Really a small anti-tank gun, it is capable of penetrating up to 795mm RHA, very nearly the capabilities of the Abrams main gun. Thus, it has earned the reputation as a very small but incredibly effective tank that carries a lot of infantry to boot.
10mm Pulse Automatic Cannon – The Pulse Automatic Cannon, or PAC, is an infantry pulse rifle writ large and mounted on a mini-turret that it shares with its much smaller cousin. The caseless rounds and electronically fired bullets mean that the classic autocannon has turned into a turbo-charged monster that eats meat and metal for breakfast and comes back for more.
8-Pack LOSGR Launcher – An old standby of the Imperial Armoured Corps is back, this time mounted on the M-8A1 Maverick IFV. The missiles are meant to be fired in swarms against infantry, light armoured vehicles, and aircraft. Guidance is much like the Korento, but somewhat easier to fool due to the missiles’ smaller size, which is the reason for the swarm tactics. The penetrator is a smaller but dense Osmium-Tungsten rod that will wreak havoc upon any of its intended targets and would probably make life harder for a Main Battle Tank.
Electronic Systems:
Multi-Level Tactical Digital Information System – The MLTDIS (pronounced Mult-Dis) is in some ways much like IVIS in that it is meant to share and coordinate combat data among many units. On the Maverick this can occur from the platoon level all the way up to the brigade level, although not at the same time. Plugging in a portable storage device with the proper decryption key and then providing a thumbprint on a touch-screen is used to determine the level of access granted. This means that an enemy would be incapable of disabling a tank and then viewing data that would then be relayed to battlefield intelligence.
Pulse LIDAR Targeting System - The PLIDARTS (pronounced Ply-Darts) is meant as a way of fooling active anti-laser counter-measures. Instead of a steady stream of ultra-violet light that most laser targeting systems provide, it uses pulses of light to track targets. The pulses come fast enough that targeting of the main gun does not suffer but at even the fastest setting allow for several clock cycles to pass on the processing chips inside enemy counter-measures. An added feature is the ability to program the laser to randomly pulse between the set acceptable highest and slowest time values; this adds even more confusion to enemy counter-measures.
MkII Multi-Spectrum Threat Warning Receiver – The MSTWR (pronounced Mist-War) is a simple detection system designed to warn tanks crews of potential enemy targeting systems being directed upon their Maverick. It is also capable of giving the bearing, possible range, and type of targeting based upon known performance data of enemy systems. Obviously, if one does not know what one is facing then it is extremely hard to take advantage of this feature. The system is also tied into a jamming system that is capable of neutralizing most targeting systems.
Counter-Measures: Beyond the aforementioned electronic counter-measure system, there are a couple physical counter-measures afforded to the IFV. One is a fog generator that is capable of producing clouds of fog to fool laser-targeting systems and the other is eight grenade canisters, capable of firing either smoke or chemical grenades.
Survivability Systems: Full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical protection. Armoured crew “pod” to separate crew from engine and external weapons damage. Armoured ammo storage area to protect IFV from sympathetic detonations resulting from enemy fire.
Vehicle Systems: Computer-controlled hydraulic suspension. Hydrothermal exhaust system to reduce IR signature and protect infantry from turbine blast.
M-8E Maverick Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Production Cost: 2 Million USD
Purchase Cost: 3 Million USD
Designed By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy
Produced By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy
Weight: 28 Tons (25,454 Kilograms)
Height: 8.25 Feet (2.54 Meters)
Width: 12.50 Feet (3.85 Meters)
Length: 24.50 Feet (7.54 Meters)
Crew: 3 (Driver, Gunner, and Commander) plus 10 Soldiers
Propulsion: 1,000 Horsepower Multi-Fuel Turbine
Speed: 70 Miles per Hour (112 Kilometers per Hour) Off-Road, 90 Miles per Hour (144 Kilometers per Hour) On-Road
Endurance: Limited only to crew comfort and supplies
Armour: Alloy A. Average rating of 100mm RHA against SABOT and 200mm against HEAT.
Armament:
80mm Electro-Thermal Chemical Main Gun – The 80mm ETC cannon is an oddity among IFVs and APCs. Really a small anti-tank gun, it is capable of penetrating up to 690mm RHA, very nearly the capabilities of the Abrams main gun. Thus, it has earned the reputation as a very small but incredibly effective tank that carries a lot of infantry to boot.
10mm Pulse Automatic Cannon – The Pulse Automatic Cannon, or PAC, is an infantry pulse rifle writ large and mounted on a mini-turret that it shares with its much smaller cousin. The caseless rounds and electronically fired bullets mean that the classic autocannon has turned into a turbo-charged monster that eats meat and metal for breakfast and comes back for more.
8-Pack LOSGR-IF Launcher – An old standby of the Imperial Armoured Corps is back, this time mounted on the M-8A1 Maverick IFV. The missiles are meant to be fired in swarms against infantry, light armoured vehicles, and aircraft. Guidance is much like the Dragoon, but somewhat easier to fool due to the missiles’ smaller size, which is the reason for the swarm tactics. The penetrator is a smaller but dense Osmium-Tungsten rod that will wreak havoc upon any of its intended targets and would probably make life harder for a Main Battle Tank.
Electronic Systems:
Multi-Level Tactical Digital Information System – The MLTDIS (pronounced Mult-Dis) is in some ways much like IVIS in that it is meant to share and coordinate combat data among many units. On the export version of the Jackson this can occur from the platoon level all the way up to the battalion level, although not at the same time. Encryption is achieved through a simple alphanumeric password system.
LIDAR Targeting System - The LIDARTS (pronounced Lie-Darts) is a simple laser targeting system; it does everything that most other laser targeting systems do. About the only notable feature are the shutters to keep enemy laser from destroying the system; they close automatically when a laser is pointed directly at the lens of the LIDARTS.
MkI Multi-Spectrum Threat Warning Receiver – The MSTWR (pronounced Mist-War) is a simple detection system designed to warn tanks crews of potential enemy targeting systems being directed upon their Maverick. The system is also tied into a jamming system that is capable of neutralizing most targeting systems. Unlike its more advanced cousin it cannot sniff out enemy illumination sources.
Counter-Measures: Beyond the aforementioned electronic counter-measure system, there are a couple physical counter-measures afforded to the tank. One is a fog generator that is capable of producing clouds of fog to fool laser-targeting systems and the other is eight grenade canisters, capable of firing either smoke or chemical grenades.
Survivability Systems: Full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical protection. Armoured crew “pod” to separate crew from engine and external weapons damage. Armoured ammo storage area to protect IFV from sympathetic detonations resulting from enemy fire.
Vehicle Systems: Computer-controlled hydraulic suspension. Hydrothermal exhaust system to reduce IR signature and protect infantry from turbine blast.
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M-8A1 Maverick Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Production Cost: 4 Million USD
Purchase Cost: 6 Million USD (Allies Only)
Designed By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy and Joint Strategic Command
Produced By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy
Weight: 30 Tons (27,272 Kilograms)
Height: 8.25 Feet (2.54 Meters)
Width: 12.50 Feet (3.85 Meters)
Length: 24.50 Feet (7.54 Meters)
Crew: 3 (Driver, Gunner, and Commander) plus 10 Soldiers
Propulsion: Isomer Reactor Turbine
Speed: 78 Miles per Hour (124.8 Kilometers per Hour) Off-Road, 96 Miles per Hour (153.6 Kilometers per Hour) On-Road
Endurance: Limited only to crew comfort and supplies
Armour: Alloy A w/ ELERA package. Average rating of 200mm RHA against SABOT and 600mm against HEAT.
Armament:
80mm Electro-Thermal Chemical Main Gun – The 80mm ETC cannon is an oddity among IFVs and APCs. Really a small anti-tank gun, it is capable of penetrating up to 795mm RHA, very nearly the capabilities of the Abrams main gun. Thus, it has earned the reputation as a very small but incredibly effective tank that carries a lot of infantry to boot.
10mm Pulse Automatic Cannon – The Pulse Automatic Cannon, or PAC, is an infantry pulse rifle writ large and mounted on a mini-turret that it shares with its much smaller cousin. The caseless rounds and electronically fired bullets mean that the classic autocannon has turned into a turbo-charged monster that eats meat and metal for breakfast and comes back for more.
8-Pack LOSGR Launcher – An old standby of the Imperial Armoured Corps is back, this time mounted on the M-8A1 Maverick IFV. The missiles are meant to be fired in swarms against infantry, light armoured vehicles, and aircraft. Guidance is much like the Korento, but somewhat easier to fool due to the missiles’ smaller size, which is the reason for the swarm tactics. The penetrator is a smaller but dense Osmium-Tungsten rod that will wreak havoc upon any of its intended targets and would probably make life harder for a Main Battle Tank.
Electronic Systems:
Multi-Level Tactical Digital Information System – The MLTDIS (pronounced Mult-Dis) is in some ways much like IVIS in that it is meant to share and coordinate combat data among many units. On the Maverick this can occur from the platoon level all the way up to the brigade level, although not at the same time. Plugging in a portable storage device with the proper decryption key and then providing a thumbprint on a touch-screen is used to determine the level of access granted. This means that an enemy would be incapable of disabling a tank and then viewing data that would then be relayed to battlefield intelligence.
Pulse LIDAR Targeting System - The PLIDARTS (pronounced Ply-Darts) is meant as a way of fooling active anti-laser counter-measures. Instead of a steady stream of ultra-violet light that most laser targeting systems provide, it uses pulses of light to track targets. The pulses come fast enough that targeting of the main gun does not suffer but at even the fastest setting allow for several clock cycles to pass on the processing chips inside enemy counter-measures. An added feature is the ability to program the laser to randomly pulse between the set acceptable highest and slowest time values; this adds even more confusion to enemy counter-measures.
MkII Multi-Spectrum Threat Warning Receiver – The MSTWR (pronounced Mist-War) is a simple detection system designed to warn tanks crews of potential enemy targeting systems being directed upon their Maverick. It is also capable of giving the bearing, possible range, and type of targeting based upon known performance data of enemy systems. Obviously, if one does not know what one is facing then it is extremely hard to take advantage of this feature. The system is also tied into a jamming system that is capable of neutralizing most targeting systems.
Counter-Measures: Beyond the aforementioned electronic counter-measure system, there are a couple physical counter-measures afforded to the IFV. One is a fog generator that is capable of producing clouds of fog to fool laser-targeting systems and the other is eight grenade canisters, capable of firing either smoke or chemical grenades.
Survivability Systems: Full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical protection. Armoured crew “pod” to separate crew from engine and external weapons damage. Armoured ammo storage area to protect IFV from sympathetic detonations resulting from enemy fire.
Vehicle Systems: Computer-controlled hydraulic suspension. Hydrothermal exhaust system to reduce IR signature and protect infantry from turbine blast.
M-8E Maverick Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Production Cost: 2 Million USD
Purchase Cost: 3 Million USD
Designed By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy
Produced By: Arkangel’skie Voennye Sistemy
Weight: 28 Tons (25,454 Kilograms)
Height: 8.25 Feet (2.54 Meters)
Width: 12.50 Feet (3.85 Meters)
Length: 24.50 Feet (7.54 Meters)
Crew: 3 (Driver, Gunner, and Commander) plus 10 Soldiers
Propulsion: 1,000 Horsepower Multi-Fuel Turbine
Speed: 70 Miles per Hour (112 Kilometers per Hour) Off-Road, 90 Miles per Hour (144 Kilometers per Hour) On-Road
Endurance: Limited only to crew comfort and supplies
Armour: Alloy A. Average rating of 100mm RHA against SABOT and 200mm against HEAT.
Armament:
80mm Electro-Thermal Chemical Main Gun – The 80mm ETC cannon is an oddity among IFVs and APCs. Really a small anti-tank gun, it is capable of penetrating up to 690mm RHA, very nearly the capabilities of the Abrams main gun. Thus, it has earned the reputation as a very small but incredibly effective tank that carries a lot of infantry to boot.
10mm Pulse Automatic Cannon – The Pulse Automatic Cannon, or PAC, is an infantry pulse rifle writ large and mounted on a mini-turret that it shares with its much smaller cousin. The caseless rounds and electronically fired bullets mean that the classic autocannon has turned into a turbo-charged monster that eats meat and metal for breakfast and comes back for more.
8-Pack LOSGR-IF Launcher – An old standby of the Imperial Armoured Corps is back, this time mounted on the M-8A1 Maverick IFV. The missiles are meant to be fired in swarms against infantry, light armoured vehicles, and aircraft. Guidance is much like the Dragoon, but somewhat easier to fool due to the missiles’ smaller size, which is the reason for the swarm tactics. The penetrator is a smaller but dense Osmium-Tungsten rod that will wreak havoc upon any of its intended targets and would probably make life harder for a Main Battle Tank.
Electronic Systems:
Multi-Level Tactical Digital Information System – The MLTDIS (pronounced Mult-Dis) is in some ways much like IVIS in that it is meant to share and coordinate combat data among many units. On the export version of the Jackson this can occur from the platoon level all the way up to the battalion level, although not at the same time. Encryption is achieved through a simple alphanumeric password system.
LIDAR Targeting System - The LIDARTS (pronounced Lie-Darts) is a simple laser targeting system; it does everything that most other laser targeting systems do. About the only notable feature are the shutters to keep enemy laser from destroying the system; they close automatically when a laser is pointed directly at the lens of the LIDARTS.
MkI Multi-Spectrum Threat Warning Receiver – The MSTWR (pronounced Mist-War) is a simple detection system designed to warn tanks crews of potential enemy targeting systems being directed upon their Maverick. The system is also tied into a jamming system that is capable of neutralizing most targeting systems. Unlike its more advanced cousin it cannot sniff out enemy illumination sources.
Counter-Measures: Beyond the aforementioned electronic counter-measure system, there are a couple physical counter-measures afforded to the tank. One is a fog generator that is capable of producing clouds of fog to fool laser-targeting systems and the other is eight grenade canisters, capable of firing either smoke or chemical grenades.
Survivability Systems: Full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical protection. Armoured crew “pod” to separate crew from engine and external weapons damage. Armoured ammo storage area to protect IFV from sympathetic detonations resulting from enemy fire.
Vehicle Systems: Computer-controlled hydraulic suspension. Hydrothermal exhaust system to reduce IR signature and protect infantry from turbine blast.
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