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BV-19 Hussar II Light Tank Destroyer

Mass: 19.8 tons
Lenght :3m
Width: 2m
Height: 2m

Given the enthusiastic response to the initial arms offerings of the VAU, we have scrambled to come up with another vehicle. Fortunately, we had one, in the BV-13 Hussar Self Propelled Gun. The gun has been replaced, the electronics all replaced, and the mission modified… what was origionally a light, mobile artillery piece is now one of the most deadly light tank destroyers in the world.

This weapon system completes two roles; one, for a bunkerbusting/anti armor weapon for airmobile infantry, and two, for a lightly armored highly efficient tank killer.

Armament
75mm gun
1 15mm machinegun
The main gun of the Hussar II Light Tank Destroyer is a 75mm cannon with the powder charge of a 120mm cannon. Installing an ECT cannon would take too much room and weight, so the supercaliber powder charge was the best compromise. Despite not having the advanced and expencive ECT technology, the gun is still able to accelerate a depleted uranium dart up to 2.4km/s

2.4 kilometers a second. A standard 75mm APDS-FS round, or even a 120mm round, only gets up to about 1.7km/s, and those generate kills against MBTs regularly. ECT’s increase that velocity by, perhaps 25%. We achieve it using a low tech system. And the very interesting thing about APDS-FS rounds is that the size of the round makes very little difference. Velocity is the important factor. Which means yes, this 75mm gun will be able to generate kills against MBT frontal armor. It may take more shots than it would with a 120mm gun, but the MBT will die.

The gun can elevate up to about 30 degrees and depress to -10, which also allows the gun to effectively engage low flying aircraft with armour piercing-frangible rounds. It also has a 15mm machinegun mounted on the roof that can be remotely controlled from inside the armour.

Propulsion:
Maximum speed: 120 km/hour sprint, 50km/h cruising
Powerplant: Two Veragrad Mining Solutions 250kW Hybrid Diesel/Electric Turbine
Fuel: 600 litres
Unrefueled Range 700 kilometres

The BV-19 Hussar is a diesel/electric hybrid. It has two 250 kW diesel turbines that run at constant revs, generating power that's shunted into a battery. The power in the batteries is used to do everything from power the turret, to run the three Linux PCs (with windows emulators, don't panic) to powering the individual motors that run each of the Mongoose's wheels. If a lot of power is needed, the engines can engage directly to the wheels.

What are the advantages of this? Well, for one, it's about 20% more efficient than if it just used the diesel, because the engines an run constantly at maximum efficiency. This means you can go further on one tank of gas. As well, the engines can be switched off entirely and the tank run on battery power (good only for about half an hour of combat manouvers). This makes the tank extremely quiet, and it can continue running even while completely submerged.

Crew and Systems
Cohen Optics Laser Detection System Mk 2
Cohen Optics Target Detection and Acquisition System
Three Integrated Electronics Mk 3 Combat Analysis Systems Lite
Integrated Electronics Combat Analysis Suite Pro IV
Integrated Electronics Datalinque I Lite

We sell it in two versions, with a crew of 2 and a crew of three. We suggest the crew of three, it makes the workload on the other two much lighter and gives the machinegun an actual person to run it.

Because of its smaller size and the fact that it is not meant to directly engage infantry closely, the Hussar only carries a suite of 10 digital cameras, but still retains the MFD systems of it’s larger cousins, the BV-17 and BV-18. It also carries the same communications suite, but the laser communication system has been deleted due to space constraints.

From the sensor systems, the millimeter band radar has been deleted and replaced with a far smaller version used only for ADS, but the ball turret IR sensor, laser detection system, and acoustic sensors all remain, albeit miniaturized in some cases.

Armor
Including ERA
Bow: KE 1000mm CE 1600mm
Flanks: KE 600mm CE 1000mm
Stern: KE 600 CE 1000mm
Top: KE 70mm CE 500mm

Excluding ERA
Bow: KE 500mm CE 600mm
Flanks: KE 200mm CE 500mm
Stern: KE 70mm CE 500mm
Top: KE 70mm CE 500mm

This is a bit of a weak point, it is a light vehicle after all. The standard armour package includes a layer of NxRA followed by a layer of extremely hard ceramic backed by a composite material, with a Kevlar based spall-lining. Momentum transfer ERA that can disrupt CE munitions and erode KE projectiles can be fitted, but this is bulky and heavy, puts a great deal of strain on the suspension limiting the speed, and prevents it from being airdropped due to weight and safety concerns.

In addition to this physical protection, the Hussar is fitted with metalstorm based grenade launchers that deploy a thick smoke that obscures light from IR to long UV wavelengths. As well, the Hussar has an ADS system of small explosive packs on the exterior of the hull and turret that deploy a pattern of airfoils up to 2m away from the vehicle, destroying incoming missiles.

Transportation
By far the most interesting feature of the Hussar is it's airdrop capability. The BV-19 can be carried and dropped from transport planes in a specially designed disposable container. The container has special shocks built into the floor, to save the crew from being injured in the landing, as well as 4 sets of streamers to orient the tank destroyer properly, and 3 complete sets of parachutes, in case two should fail. A C-130 Hercules can carry one of these containers. An An-225 can carry 10. Imagine being able to deploy an armored company from two planes. A soothing thought.

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OOC:You may want to edit the part with the main gun a bit. If the first round doesn't penetrate, then the others won't, unless you somehow manage to hit the same spot twice. Otherwise it looks good.

I don't know it coudl be read that the rounds are penetrating but not doing huge amounts of damage with each hit (although agueably anything that does get through a tank's armour has pretty much killed most of the stuff inside, buit then with N/S high surviavability deigns a turret hit is not always a kill and even soem hull penetrations could be "survived" ie the tank and crew might be in one peice but the tank might be useless do the lack of an engine or main computer or soemthing...)

OOC:You may want to edit the part with the main gun a bit. If the first round doesn't penetrate, then the others won't, unless you somehow manage to hit the same spot twice. Otherwise it looks good.

Not entirely true. First of all, the hull isn't uniformly armoured. While it may be unable to penetrate some points in the frontal armour, other points will be vulnerable... I saw a lovely image of a T-72 with the weakpoints highlighted. There are also hits on the barbette, veiwfinders, hits near the engine that cause spall damage... Firing multiple times does improve the chances of a kill... even more so with modern armour. What a lot of armour manufacturers don't highlight is that armour performence degrades with multiple hits... modern vehicle armouir generally has a ceramic layer that shatters on impact, deforming the projectile and robbing it of KE... but that isn't particularly useful if there's another shell coming in behind it. This is doubly true when it comes to ERA, which can now reduce the effectiveness of KE penitrators as well.

We would enquire as to this units suitability in extremes of temperature and difficult (i.e. mountainous) terrain.

We are very interested in a large purchase, if this meets to our satisfaction.

Regards,

-The Crucible

The vehicle is rated to operate in enviroments from -30 celcius to +35 celcius, and simple modifications can increase that by ten degrees in each direction... Unfortunately, at very low temperature, the batteries hold less charge, and at very high temperature, the engine begins running less efficiently. The tankitas were specifically designed to be used in a tropical enviroment and include extencive airconditioning systems to avoid crew fatigue.

As for mountinous terrain, the Hussar chassis has several advantages. Because of it's small size, it can fit through mountain passes most armoured vehicles cannot, and the hybrid diesel electric system allows for extremely high torque to be applied to the treads. Unfortunately, this small size also results in limited clearence for obsticals like large rocks which can scrape the bottom of the hull, but we feel that the airtransportability of the system more than makes up for this. It is actually light enough to be deployed from (extremely) large helecopters or transport airships, which we also sell.

We hope the Hussar meets your requirements.

Gunther Krupp
Chief Sales Representative, Krupp Armaments

We would like purchase a 1000 such units, but we would like to know the price.

-The Crucible

Flat rate price is $5 million per unit, with a maintenence package worth 10% of the unit that can be added to it. Or... we can negociate some other kind of Deal.

Well met friend.

These excellent vehicles literally sound perfect for my location. Taneraia is a mountainous range, so you might understand my order better.

720 Hussars

Modifications:

-Specialized for winter and mountain combat.

-This one is a brainstorm, if you cannot accomplish it I will have my technicians work on it. An on-the-go wheel to tread replacement, for that especially difficult terrain. I understand speed will decrease dramatically, but that is to be expected.

If you could wire your answer by telegram I would be especially thankful.

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