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Anarcanian Naval Systems offers Barracuda for Export.

Anarcanis
25-02-2005, 14:00
Anarcanian Navy "Barracuda" Class Patrol Boat:

Length : 15.9 m
Width : 3.8 m
Displacement : 15.2 metric tons fully loaded.
Top Speed: 40+ Knots
Powerplant: Two Savoy-Kabrinski V8 Turbocharged Diesel Engines at 770hp ea (1540hp) driving two Kabrinski 'Seaspray' waterjet drives (with reverse/crash stop deflectors)

Sedondary Powerplant: Kabrinski 'Otter' electric drive motor, max speed 5knots silent running from batteries for 4 hours.

Crew: 3
Cargo: 4 metric tons, or 21 marines.

Navigational system: The Barracuda is equipped with an integrated computerized navigational system. The driver and navigator each has a CRT display with radar information superimposed on a digital chart. The navigator can enter waypoints and range circles and the driver-side CRT is instantly updated. The Barracuda is fitted with a Kolschek Type2 SEOS turret mounted above the helm station, incorporating low-light and thermographic vision systems. These systems allows the Barracuda to navigate in zero-visibility at full speed through very tight passages.

The computer used is a suspension-mounted PC with a navigational program from the navigation computer and digital charts. A 8-channel differential GPS is connected to the computer to provide position updates. The Barracuda also is fitted with radar.

Sensor Outfit:
Navigational Radar
Weapons Director Radar for Cyclone turret, or operated manually by SEOS turret.
Blip Enhancer System that increases the Barracuda's electronic signature.

Countermeasures:
2x3-tube 90mm rocket launched Chaff Dispenser Port and Starboard.

Armament: Cyclone 12.7mm machinegun in electrically operated turret behind the bridge cabin, this gun is fitted with a Kolschek SEOS system that incorporates a laser rangefinder.

Secondary Armament: Side and bow rail mounting points for machineguns and automatic grenade launch systems. Rear deck fitted with minerails with capacity for 6 mines or depth charges. Rear deck mounts are modular, allowing the minerails to be removed as other systems, such as light Antiship Missiles, Mortars, or special equipment to be installed.

Unit cost: 12.25 million USD




Gun Characteristics
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Designation 0.50"/70 (12.7 mm) Cyclone Rotary Machinegun
Gun Weight 139 lbs. (63 kg) with feeder and transfer unit (no ammunition)
Gun Length oa 46.5 in (1.181 m)
Barrel Length about 36 in (0.914 m)

Rate Of Fire Maximum: 2,000 rounds per minute cyclic
Normal maximum: 1,300 rounds per minute cyclic

Ammunition
Type Fixed
Weight of Complete Round 0.255 lbs. (0.116 kg)
Projectile Types and Weights Bullet - 1.71 oz (48.5 gm)
Bursting Charge Solid bullet
Projectile Length N/A - Complete round 5.45 in (13.84 cm)
Propellant Charge 0.54 oz (15.3 gm) NC tube
Cartridge 0.5 x 3.9 in (12.7 x 99 mm)
Muzzle Velocity 2,910 fps (887 mps)
Working Pressure N/A
Approximate Barrel Life N/A
Ammunition stowage per gun: Ammunition is supplied in 100 round belts, which can be linked together up to 1,200 rounds

Fires all standard 12.7mm ammunitions

Range with 1.71 oz (48.5 gm) Bullet
Range Effective: 2,200 yards (2,000 m)
Maximum: 7,400 yards (6,770 m)
Anarcanis
25-02-2005, 20:27
Barracuda Patrol Boat undergoing trials before final weapons/electronics installation (http://www.navy.mil.ph/gallery/CB90H/originalimages/DSC00224.JPG)

The Cyclone gun mounting support is visible in this picture, although the turret and it's protective cowlings have not yet been installed.

(OOC: boat pictured is a CB90H)
Anarcanis
26-02-2005, 04:48
*bump*
Anarcanis
02-04-2005, 10:54
Announcement:

Anarcanian Naval Systems is in the market for a new, light antiship missile to be added to the Barracuda's modular weapons packages. The missile system must be small enough to fit onto the back deck mounts of the Cuda, have a short to moderate range, be very fast, sea-skim attack capability, and be able to engage and damage or defeat a vessel up to the size of a cutter