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[Welcome to Kriegzimmer!]
Kriegzimmer is the father of the Golden Throne's military industry, producing armaments since the emergence of the Second Empire in the early days of January, 2005. It has released very impressive ordnance over the years, as you can see from our current list of products, and it has pleased customers from all corners of the world.

However, even Kriegzimmer, a conglomeration of many different armament companies and industries, has its own regulations. First, Kriegzimmer does not respond to criticism of its weaponry in the catalogue thread. Instead, one should go to Kriegzimmer's personal inbox [or my telegram box]. Second, Kriegzimmer is not a calculator, it's a business conglomeration, ergo, do your own math.

Thank you for your time, and thank you for your interest in Kriegzimmer. To look through our catalogue you may search the links provided below, which is a list of our current technology for sale. If you click on one of those links it will direct you to a seperate page of the catalogue, directly to the object of choice. That new page will hold a very detailed account of the technology. Again, thank you for your interest in Kriegzimmer.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board


Rules
1. Absolutely no production rights except to nations listed below.
2. Do your own math.
3. Please don't beg for anything. I will say no, over and over again.
4. For ships, try not to order insane amounts of shipping ... like 40 carriers.

Kriegzimmer Guest List
1. Fedala Accord

How do I get on this Guest List?
You don't. I add you based on my own twisted list of prequisites. Normally, it requires you to have gone to war alongside me and me develope some special bond of trust. For Southeast Asia, it's just because I think I can trust him.

What did I deserve to get on this list?
You're at war with me, most likely. Or, I just don't like you.

Kriegzimmer Specific Policies
1. When a purchase is made both client and provider agree to the fact that each piece of lost equipment is automatically replaced by Kriegzimmer, unless the client doesn't want it to be. This means that if you lose a Lu-25, the Lu-25 will be replaced without you having to come to Kriegzimmer and ask. However, should you want to increase the number of Lu-25s you do need to put in an order in Kriegzimmer.

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Click on a link to see a full write-up.


[Infantry Weapons]

Hali-53 Assault Rifle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12578976&postcount=1808)
GH-31 12.7mm High Powered Sniper Rifle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10026256&postcount=877)
P-7 Personal Defense Weapon (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12800357&postcount=1929) [Ato-Sara]
TA-80 Next-Generation Man Portable Anti-Tank Rocket (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13709078&postcount=2107)
TA-100 Anti-Tank Guided Missile [SR/MR/ER] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13709692&postcount=2109)
Tagus Anti-Tank Missile (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9551904&postcount=417)
DNR-13 Recoiless Rifle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10398867&postcount=1147)

[Mines]

ATG-44 Anti-Tank Mine (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9730509&postcount=587)



[Ground Mechanization]

Armour:

Arca. IV Nakíl/Nakíl 1 Main Battle Tank (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=478771) - 1A1 upgrade packages (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=530739)
- Nakíl 1A3/1A3HA (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13708530&postcount=2102)
R.95U Broadsword-Tizonia Main Battle Tank (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11669939&postcount=1587)
R.17U Wolverine-Colada Main Battle Tank Experiment (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11689024&postcount=1596)
Arca. II Ashurbanipal Light Battle Tank (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10343747&postcount=1106)
CB.125 125mm 'Special' Lightweight Low-Recoil Tank Gun (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13718442&postcount=2125)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles:

Oriontus 120mm Mobile Gun System (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11021347&postcount=1514)
Arica I Shalmanesar Armoured Personnel Carrier (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10254597&postcount=1037)
SOV.17 Ejíard Infantry Combat Vehicle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11013051&postcount=1508)

Artillery:

YU.13 Gargantel Self-Propelled Howitzer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10877801&postcount=1448)
Corbulo Self-Propelled 155mm Field Gun (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9582285&postcount=428)
150mm Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8605824&postcount=53)
G6 120mm Self Propelled Mortar (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10471544&postcount=1250)
G17 240mm Self Propelled Mortar (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10469006&postcount=1246)

Mine-Resistance Ambush-Protected [MRAP] Vehicles:
Tiznao-10 HIM-TAC Advanced Wheeled Utility Truck [like the HMMWV] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13708778&postcount=2106)
Tiznao-60 Category III Advanced Armored Truck (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13714145&postcount=2121)
Misc:

Mark 30 ‘Swift Kill’ 45mm Autocannon Gun System (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13708532&postcount=2103)
G11 Tracked Light Armoured Vehicles (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10476388&postcount=1255)
Praetorian II Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9775276&postcount=645)
SPAA-1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Vehicle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10467193&postcount=1243)
P.746.X Praetorian et Variants Surface to Air Missiles [Inc. ASAT, SLASAT and HIBOLAAS] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9818755&postcount=678)




[Munitions]

Kriegzimmer Artillery and Howitzer Rounds (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9919217&postcount=766)


[Naval Technology]

Dreadnoughts:

Feathermore Super Dreadnought [SD] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10646417&postcount=1326)
Arastaqis class Attack Dreadnought [ADN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10793494&postcount=1419)
Pacitalia class Galleon (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10638953&postcount=1320)
Argentine class Galleon [Super Dreadnought Killer] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9139231&postcount=295)
Kristík class Battleship (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10837186&postcount=1435)
Establías class Battleship (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11030201&postcount=1524)
Elusive class Battleship (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8656294&postcount=98)

Battlecruisers:

Ingerier class Battlecruiser [BCN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10380844&postcount=1134)
Taníat class Anti-Aircraft Warfare Battle Cruiser [BCGN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10402139&postcount=1156)
Grospek class Heavy Guided Battle Cruiser [BCGN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10638893&postcount=1318)

Aircraft Carriers & Amphibious Ships:

Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier [CVN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8708897&postcount=112)
Dienstad class Strategic Projection Vessel [SPV] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12818065&postcount=1950)

Other Combat Vessels:
Catamaran Landing Craft; CLC (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13724754&postcount=2126)

Escort Vessels:

Illium class Guided Missile Destroyer [DDGN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9923374&postcount=776)
Carranzei class Heavy Missile Guided Cruiser (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10781562&postcount=1410)
Tenacious Class Cruiser, Nuclear Powered [CN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10537291&postcount=1288)
Morsky-Orol Light Cruiser, Nuclear Powered [CLN] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10068427&postcount=892)
Paramount class Air Defense Vessel [ADV] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9142148&postcount=299)
Azores class Fast Attack Craft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8772169&postcount=136)

Support Vessels:

Pepperbox class Logistical Support Vessel [LSV] (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8952916&postcount=192)

Submergibles:

Cartagena SSN (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8939206&postcount=188)
Type A Advanced Diesel Attack Submarine (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13708533&postcount=2104)
Cadiz class SSBN (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9062453&postcount=249)
Tenerife class SSH (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9491772&postcount=379)



[Naval Munition Technologies]

Conhort Mk. II Close-in Weapon System (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10787698&postcount=1415)
Principe III Anti-Shipping Missile/Torpedo (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8597823&postcount=19)
Kriermada Torpedo Technology (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10009682&postcount=849)
Shockhound Avenger I Anti-Shipping Missle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8601244&postcount=27)
Sledgehammer II Universal Anti-Shipping Cruise Missile (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12019354&postcount=1693)
Sledgehammer Anti-Shipping Anti-SuperDreadnought Missile (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8708696&postcount=111)


[Aerial Technology]

Fighter Craft:

Lu-45 Hawk Air Superiority Fighter (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9708782&postcount=533)
Lu-12 Canary Tactical Strike Fighter (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8601066&postcount=24)
GLI-76 Falcon VTOL Multi-Role Aircraft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9845541&postcount=725)
Lu-25 Black Mariah STOVL Multi-Role Aircraft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9056559&postcount=244)

Interceptors:

Lu-27 Condor Hypersonic Interceptor (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10057607&postcount=887)

Bombers:

GLI-34 Albatross Long Range Stealth Bomber (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9550356&postcount=416)
GLI-113 'Ank'ríat' Super Heavy Bomber (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10973722&postcount=1491)

Helicopters:

RoLu.21.A Boneharvester Attack Helicopter (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10638127&postcount=1314)
RoLu-17 Galicia Attack Helicopter (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8641788&postcount=71)

Support Aircraft:

Be-23 Archimede's Lever Heavy Transport Aircraft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9149204&postcount=307)
GLI-44 Blackjester Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Battlefield Control Aircraft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10656604&postcount=1333)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles:

GF11 Archer Tactical Reconnaissance UAV (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10079775&postcount=895)
GF15 Valkyrie Anti-Armour UCAV (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10675744&postcount=1349)


[Aerial Munitions]

AAM Series of Air to Air Missiles (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9845559&postcount=726)
MTAAM-3 Silencer Air to Air Missile (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8600838&postcount=23)
MLAM-2 Air to Surface Missile (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8601929&postcount=32)

[Factory Locations:]
Hailandkill [Naval, Land and Air] 300km²
Corzia [Naval, Land and Air] 10,000km²
Spizania [Naval, Land and Air] 200km²
McKagan [Naval?] 100km²
Space Union [Land and Air]
Pushka [Naval, Land and Air] 20km²
Allanea [Naval, Land and Air] 2,000km² + 20,000km²
Jaredcohenia [Naval, Land and Air] 500km²
Cravan [Land and Air]
Scandavian Stages [Land and Air]
Illior [Land]
Ambrose-Douglas [Naval, Land and Air] 50,000km²



[NEWS:]

[July 1, 2007]
I will be gone until the last week of October, at OSUT - Hailandkill will be taking over orders, again.

[August 20, 2005]
I'm back from Spain! I will, again, be confirming orders and such, and thank you for your continued loyalty to Kriegzimmer. Don't worry, I will continue to put out new designs and such. Thanks.

Yes, pictures of Spain coming soon, although I don't have many since I've been there every summer, sometimes up to three times a year, throughout the year, meaning I've seen a lot, and this time I didn't really travel a lot, just took care of the vineyards and such...but I have some, so don't miss out!



[June 27, 2005]
Because I will be in Spain from the 4th of July to the 18th of August, Hailandkill, my good colleague in this game, will be taking over confirmation of orders. Furthermore, industry in his own country will be taking over production, I'm sure that his industry could handle it - his industry is going to expand, but once Kriegzimmer returns to my own industries, which will be turning to civilian goods until I come back [as well as producing military goods for my own military, and my own only], imagine all the industry he's going to have for himself! Damn economic booster if you ask me! Regardless, just expect him confirming orders and such!

[To be reworked]

Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd

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Armor:
Due to the overriding cost of the Muwatallis' 'buckyball composite' armor, and because this cost is what caused the shortages of armor in the Macabee armed forces it was decided that a much cheaper, yet still completely modern, armor was needed, and although it would still be expensive relative to other tanks it would be considerably cheaper than the billion dollar buckyballs. Consequently, the armor would be a heavy conglameration of Russian/Soviet technology, Israeli technology, and American technology. The overriding armored layer is one of Kontackt-5 ERA, which is said to give an RHA value of 600mms against HEAT and 250mm against APFSDS with an armored mass of three tons. So, there's actually two layers of Kontackt-5 ERA bricks merged as one, giving the armor a weight of a total of about ten tons. The second layer is composed of eighteen millimeters of Modular Expandable Armor System (MEXAS),which equates to around three thousand millimeters of RHA armored value. The final layer is made of a Chobham Composite armor, who's exact materials remain secret, although it's rumored by a few of the engineers that it has mixed layers/fibers of plastic, ceramics, titanium boride, depleted uranium, et cetera. Finally, on top of the Kontackt-5 ERA armor the Pz. XI also uses the newly designed 'electric amor'. The new electric armour is made up of a highly-charged capacitor that is connected to two separate metal plates on the tank's exterior. The outer plate, which is bullet-proof and made from an unspecified alloy, is earthed while the insulated inner plate is live. The electric armour runs off the tank's own power supply. When the tank commander feels he is in a dangerous area, he simply switches on the current to the inner plate. When the warhead fires its jet of molten copper, it penetrates both the outer plate and the insulation of the inner plate. This makes a connection and thousands of amps of electricity vaporises most of the molten copper. The rest of the copper is dispersed harmlessly against the vehicle's hull. But despite the high charge, the electrical load on the battery is no more than that caused by starting the engine on a cold morning.

Fire and Control System:
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The new fire and control system present on the Pz. XI, dubbed 'Brass', is the new top notch of said systems, developed by General Dynamics (Canada) and expanded upon by Macabee engineers. It includes Multi-Role Sensor Suite, Multi-Sensor Integration, Integrated Sensor/TA Suite, Virtual Immersive, Environment (AVTB)\, Neuroholographic ATD/R, Immersive Visualization. Moreover, the new system has both a low altitude RADAR and LIDAR system which has capabilities of tracking and giving firing solutions for up to twenty different targets at up to four thousand meters for the LIDAR and up to eleven thousand meters for the RADAR (although, of course, a gun doesn't necessarily have the power nor the type of shell to reach that far, and of course, that doesn't mean that the area between you and the enemy tank if full of large rocks that can disrupt your shell and its vector). The LIDAR uses a gaussian transmitter, which is right now the most advanced LIDAR transmitter developed by the United States. Of course, this fire and control system also uses thermal imaging, and of course, infra-red imaging.

Main Gun:
The Panzer XI uses a 120mm ETC cannon. Although there were proponents of following suit with other nations and putting up to 200mm ETC cannons it was finally decided that such a decision would be unintelligent as it would mean, most importantly, that the turret would rotate slower and rate of fire would be much slower (concerning turning the turret, actually firing, and loading the shells). To make the turret turn quicker the turret and the chassis are divided in two by a central gyro circular sheet of composite metals, using McPhearson strut like bars, interwoven in springs (much like the shocks on your cars) and then smaller gyrating bars, to make the movement hydraulic, consequently, making it much faster. As do other Macabee tanks there are also small "R rings" inside the barrel which are springs measuring nanometers in size which reduce the kickback post-firing as well as muzzle flash.

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Other Systems:
The Shortstop Electronic Protection System (SEPS) is an RF Proximity Fuze counter measure. The Shortstop battlefield electronic countermeasures system is capable of prematurely detonating incoming artillery and mortar rounds. It counters the threat of RF Proximity Fuzed munitions by causing them to prefunction, to protect friendly ground troops, vehicles, structures, and other equipment under fire. The SHORTSTOP system was originally produced as a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) product in support of Desert Storm. A request for information (RFI) was received from ARCENT addressing available countermeasures for indirect fire munitions utilizing proximity fuzes; such as those found in artillery, mortar, and rocket munitions. Whittaker Corp. in Simi Valley, CA built the system for PEO-IEW during the Gulf War in response to the artillery threat posed by the Iraqis, but the war ended before Shortstop could be deployed. The system could reduce casualties to ground troops by as much as 50 percent during the initial stages of an enemy attack. These prototype systems were subjected to a minimal amount of environmental testing in preparation for deployment. After Desert Storm, the system was subjected to extensive live fire testing in the desert at Yuma Proving Grounds and evaluated by the TRADOC Analysis Command (TRAC) and the Dismounted Battlespace Battle Lab. The SHORTSTOP, AN/VLQ -9 or -10, systems demonstrated, in testing, the ability to significantly enhance survivability of troops and high value assets from indirect fire, proximity fuzed munitions. Reports of more than 5,000 live artillery and mortar round firings against Shortstop in tests at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., indicate that the system is 100 percent effective against selected weapons. The test rounds were fired singly and in barrages, with none reaching their intended target, test officials reported. The prototypes were deployed for a limited period of time in Bosnia and were returned to contingency stock in 1997. To meet urgent operational requirements for deployed forces, the 3rd Army Commander on 11 Feb 98 requested 12 Shortstop Electronic Countermeasure Systems. These systems were readily available as a near term loan that only required funding to train operators and purchase some fielding and maintenance related items. HQDA approved the release for immediate deployment, requesting AMC execute the action that was subsequently completed by CECOM's Project Manager for Firefinder. The QRO supported delivery and fielding of these systems by coordinating the necessary arrangements for deployment of a two-man New Equipment Training Team (NETT) from CECOM. The NETT departed on 25 Feb 1998 with the equipment (acting as couriers) on a C-5 Cargo flight out of Dover AFB. The SHORTSTOP system training, checkout and positioning was completed by the CECOM NETT 20 March 1998. Packaged in a suitcase-size case and fitted with a small multi-directional antenna, the Shortstop system can be activated and operational within seconds. Shortstop's passive electronics and operational features make it impervious to detection by enemy signal-intelligence sensors. In the near future, Shortstop will shrink in size, down to 25 pounds. Whittaker is currently under contract to build three new, smaller versions: manpack and vehicle units, as well as a stand-alone unit.

FCLAS is comprised of a sensor and short range grenade launcher, loaded with special fragmentation grenades with delay fuses set to intercept the incoming threat at a range of approx. 5 meters from the protected vehicle. The actual initiation of the explosive charge is triggered by a side looking RF proximity fuse which senses the incoming projectile as it passes nearby. The explosion forms a vertical, doughnut shaped fragmentation effect that kills the passing threat but does not effect the protected vehicle. The system's target weight is 140 kg., to enable deployment on light vehicles. Each grenade is equipped with a forward looking radar mounted on the exposed tip of the grenade. Each of the FCLAS munitions has such an integrated radar, which forms a complete sensor, monitoring a protective hemisphere around and above the vehicle. The Army hopes to get a prototype system of FCLAS for testing in 2004 and an operational system, which could protect against RPG threats, deployed with Bradley, Stryker and Humvee

The Panzer XI also has a small CIWS system resembling a smaller Phalanx, however, using a seperate gaussian transmitter with a range of about two hundred meters to track incoming anti-tank guided and unguided missiles. The CIWS, or ACIWS, is automated and has a three hundred and sixty rotational view.

Engine:
The Panzer XI uses a 1,800 horsepower diesel engine which gives the Panzer XI a maximum on road velocity of forty kilometers per hour, which is really all that is needed for a tank the size of a Panzer XI.

Crew: 4 (Commander, Gunner, Loader, Auxilary Machine Gunner/Driver)
Weight: 80.4 Tons

Cost:8 Million USD
Production Rights: Not available


[Differences from the last tank are the 'buckyball composite' armor, the hydrogen fuel cell tank engine, I took off the anti-mine laser system because I can just use the old fashion scorpion which costs infinitely less mulah, and I took off the DREAD and just decided to go with a Phalanx type system.]

Pic of the Track:
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SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (Special Operations Vehicle)

http://www.militaryart.com.au/catalog/ASLAV.jpg

A Joint Fluffywuffy/Macabee Project

Armor:
The SOV-06 uses a mass of MEXAS as it’s principle armored system and each SOV-06 has a layer of a full eighteen millimeters of MEXAS armor, giving it an RHA value from 8mms to an extraordinary 2,500mms (for CEs, KE is considerably less), depending on the angle it’s installed at. The MEXAS is covered with a secondary layer of a stitched glass reinforced composite. The matrix resins used are orthophtalic polyester, isophthalic polyester, vinyl ester and epoxy, which are currently used on some Norwegian patrol craft. The hulls are laminated inside and outside with fibre reinforced plastic composed of glass fibre and carbon laminates bound with vinyl ester and polyester resin. A scrimp manufacturing process is used in construction, involving vacuum assisted resin injection. Carbon fibre and carbon loaded materials have been selected for the beams, mast and supporting structures, which need high tensile strength, for example the support structures for the gun and the electro-optical and radar weapon director.
The IFVs glass reinforced secondary layer is not made up of a single brick, or in that case small bricks. Instead, special production plants, built of course for the SOV-06 and the SOV-06 alone, will manufacture this armor, now dubbed ‘GRA’, in sheets which can be applied to the IFV. Meaning, that if the GRA is one part of the IFV is damaged then the IFV wouldn’t have to go through an extensive operation to fix the damage. Instead, a team of mechanics could simply take off the sheet and re-apply a new sheet while the old sheet is ‘recycled’ back home.

Although the layer of glass reinforced armor is not particularly strong against incoming shells or guided missiles it is rather stealthy. This is further enhanced by the application of Wave-X RADAR absorbent material which is like a ‘mother of all’ RAM. It applies honeycomb RAM along with non-broad band RAM which means that the consequent RAM has a very large band and can absorb most types of RADAR without tuning it to a specific type. In total the Wave-X has a frequency range of 100MHz to 6GHz, and the RAM would have a relative thickness of about .05mms. The surface resistivity would be 1MΩ. Moreover, hatches and doors are covered with RAM combs so that they aren’t picked up if said door or hatchet opens.

Weapon Systems:
The SOV-06 uses a 15mm Gatling machine gun which fires 15mm uranium depleted shells as an anti-tank gun and a general urban combat gun, meaning to break down walls or other light vehicles. The SOV-06 also has a secondary 10mm light machine gun for anti-personnel purposes.

A side arm of sorts the SOV-06 also incorporates a beautiful six slot rocket system for ATGMs. The ATGM used would be a new meter long ATGM with a small Octagen warhead but incredible stopping power, including a ‘digging warhead’. Moreover, the velocity at which said ATGM would fly would exceed Mach 4.4, providing it with vast KE energy.

Fire and Control System:
The new fire and control system present on the SOV-06, dubbed 'Brass', is the new top notch of said systems, developed by General Dynamics (Canada) and expanded upon by Macabee engineers. It includes Multi-Role Sensor Suite, Multi-Sensor Integration, Integrated Sensor/TA Suite, Virtual Immersive, Environment (AVTB)\, Neuroholographic ATD/R, Immersive Visualization. Moreover, the new system has both a low altitude RADAR and LIDAR system which has capabilities of tracking and giving firing solutions for up to twenty different targets at up to four thousand meters for the LIDAR and up to eleven thousand meters for the RADAR (although, of course, a gun doesn't necessarily have the power nor the type of shell to reach that far, and of course, that doesn't mean that the area between you and the enemy tank if full of large rocks that can disrupt your shell and its vector). The LIDAR uses a gaussian transmitter, which is right now the most advanced LIDAR transmitter developed by the United States. Of course, this fire and control system also uses thermal imaging, and of course, infra-red imaging.

Engine:
The SOV-06 uses a 700 horsepower diesel engine and on road this gives it a maximum velocity of up to one hundred kilometers per hour, although it will be a rare day that you see the SOV-06 cruising at that speed.

Crew:
The SOV-06 has a crew of three, including a navigator and a driver. However, the IFV has capabilities to transport up to eight personnel, and has space for three wounded soldiers fully stretched out. It also has a proper medical services kit.

Weight: ca. 15 tons

Cost: 4.5 million

155mm Krigud Sel Propelled Artillery Gun
Industries:
CommunismRevisited-
The Macabees
Littlehandland

The Armor:
50mm of MEXAS armor, giving it an RHA value of ca. 1500mm. It also has a superior coating of 20mm of Chobham composite.


MEXAS density is ~1.7g/cc and reactive elements are reported in the construction with a strenght of 2.5 GPa, not many materials are that strong but Boron Carbide could fit the bill.
B4C has a mass of 2.55g/cc and ME vs shaped charges of ~ 4.0...leading to a space effectiveness of ~ 1.3.

Now a mixture of CaCO/GAP and B4C should have a density of 1.7-1.8 g/cc [2.55g/cc+1.0g/cc ÷2]. Some thing with the density of CaCO/Gap should have an effectiveness of ~ 0.7 [space effectiveness] so a average of B4C & CaCO/GAP should be ~ 1.0 spaced effectiveness...

The ME should be 7.83/1.7= 4.6.

But the CaCO/GAP is reactive and generates a considerable improvement in effectivenes because this reactive forces the steel plates apart...using the VM-11 paper as a guide the ME of steel foam is ~ 3.3 while the value for steel CaCO/GAP is ~ 10.0...meaning this reactivity tripled the effectiveness of the sandwich...

If this same reactivity is applied to the above B4C & CaCO/GAP sandwich we end up with ~ 14:1 Me.

Now in this paper there were reactive elements that were tested with thin explosive layers to enhance the bulging effect on the outer steel plates...these ranged from 4-6 times the base values and if these super reactive forces are applied to the MEXAS model thats 4.6 x 4-6 or ME of 18:1 -28:1.

The paper showed that MEXAS @ 15° offers as much protection as ERA @ 60-70°. If you take Blazer this is two 2-3mm steel plates and a couple of mm of explosives [density ~ 1.8g/cc?]...any way thats ~ 6mm steel mass @ 60-70° or 12-18mm steel...the ME of these ERAs are reported to be ~ 20:1 meaning this resistance is ~ 240-350mm. Thus MEXAS with a steel mass of ~ 7mm is as effective as >250mm RHAe or a ME of 36:1!!!!

Heres the crunch...studies of bulging plates show that plate speed is the key. Well if the above chemical reactive forces can 'bulge' a plate sufficently to tripple quadruple its effectiveness , image how effective they would be on a small ceramic [B4C ]nugget? Rosenberg and Dekel wrote several papers on the parameters of this bulging prossess...it was clear that if you increases the interlayer or reduced the thickness of the outer steel plate [mass], the plate bulging velocity shot up [going from 200-800m/s in some cases].

Could be that instead of tripple its 6-8 times the ME against shaped charges? That would be an ME of ~ 32-37 .


Gunnery and Fire and Control:
The new self propelled artillery gun has a quadruple 155mm gun battery in circular fashion, although the barrels do not rotate. The 155mms can fire anything from SCRAMjet artillery rounds to the SABOT Ausf. B rounds. With the SCRAMjet shells it can reach ranged of up to 150kms.

The KriGud uses the Mercy Mission fire and control, alternation flight patterns for the shells, so up to six shells, all fired within a minute with the advanced hydraulics system, hit six different areas at the same exact time. Consequently, it takes out six different targets without each one becoming aware of the strike (allowing counter-battery charges) before each one being pelted by shells. The Mercy Mission has also been upgraded so that a battery of KriGuds would be able to each fire six shells and put all of their shells, together, on the ground at the same time, allowing for even greater suprise bombardments of the type. On top of that, since the KriGud had four barrels on each vehicle a total of twenty-four (plus the rest of the KriGud battery) shells to rain upon the enemy at the same exact time.

To control the recoil a support vehicle, that also feed ammo through a slot in the rear, makes use of a strap, that fastens electronicall within ten seconds, around the KriGud, thereby straping it to the ground so that the KriGud doesn't flip over after each launch.

Engine:
The KriGud uses a 1,800hp diesel engine to conserve fuel, and still give it quite enough power to commit itself in battle. It's maximum velocity is thirty miles per hour.

Production Cost (Including Support Vehicle): 5 million USD
Export Cost (Including Support Vehicle): 7 million

Incinérateur 155mm Rapid Fire Artillery
With the advent of methods to stop rapid rocket artillery launches it became imperative that a machine capable of firing shells, not rockets, in massive quatities in seconds' timing be researched and produced. During his years before the takeover Catalan designed such a machine, and he first began to impliment them in the Second War of Spanish Succession.

The Incinérateur uses a ten barrel 155mm diameter (per barrel) artillery gun, using the "R" rings which are used on Macabee tanks. In any case, using state of the art hydraulics a fixed Incinérateur can load and fire 155mm round after round - anything from normal artillery shells to SABOT Ausf. B shells for anti-tank purposes. The barrels do not fire harmonically, and instead fire in sequence, rotating much like a machine gun, or anything else of this sort.

For cooling purposes the barrels use an LN2 coolant, mixed with a a specially produced coolant called SCP, which works to transfer heat and reduce friction. These coolants are specially injected, and this is done around every five hundred shells launched. The process itself is done mechanically, and takes about thirty seconds to complete.

The hydraulic systems load each shell when the barrel turrer rotates to the next one, and it takes half a second to load it, merely pushing it in, as the barrel it's loading is at ground level.

This forces the gun to be very fixed, and to move it it requires dismantling of certain parts, and this itself takes about ten minutes to dismantle, x minutes to move and five minutes to put together again. However, what is gained from it supercedes the cons. A single Incinérateur can fire all ten rounds in ten seconds, making a great number of these very deadly. It can fire all five hundred shells in fifty second. However, it does use ammunition up quickly so rate of fire can be decreased.

The hydraulics on the base allow the gun to be raised or lower according to target, and it can even be lowered parallel to the ground, allowing for anti-tank operations. It's fire and control is even better. Using a central computer the barrels use miniature hydraulics to move left or right according to target, and use the computer to lock on, launching an extremely accurate shell right at the victim. However, the traverse of these hydraulics is not one of a tank, one must remember.

Depending on the type of round in use it can fire to a maximum of two hundred kilometers distance, making it one of the world's most capable artillery guns.

Cost of Production:75,000 USD
Cost of Export:300,000 USD

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Manstein class Destroyers

Propulsion: The Manstein has a double nuclear reactor propulsion, using two Valhalla nuclear reactors. The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction. The two nuclear reactors can propel the Manstein at over forty-five knots.

The two Valhalla nuclear reactors use four screws to push the Manstein at the velocity wanted. Each screw has five blades, and are of medium size.. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Manstein has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the destroyer much more quiet when under operations, giving it a certain edge over enemy submarines.

Aircraft: Each Manstein has two helipads, for two SeaSerpents, or two Sea King IIs. The Sea Serpents are exchanged with the custom Sea King IIs when sold abroad, but nations can always scrap the Sea Kings and provide their own ASW choppers. The Sea Serpents can be bought with the destroyer; however, this adds an extra two million to the price tag due to the price of the choppers, as well as just pure wage, rent, and interest.

Armaments:
Praetorian V SAM System: The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Rommels to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Rommel class Battleship, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

For SAM purposes each Manstein sports twenty Praetorian V batteries, giving the Rommel the firepower to defend with four hundred SAMs in each volley. The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Manstein Destroyer is outfitted with two thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

Loki ASROC: The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Manstein carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

There are five Lokie ASROC batteries per side of the ship, coming to a total of ten.

DREAD:

Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any kind. Now imagine that this gun could fire .308 caliber and .50 caliber metal projectiles accurately at up to 8,000 fps (feet-per-second), featured an infinitely variable/programmable cyclic rate-of-fire (as high as 120,000 rounds-per-minute), and were capable of laying down a 360-degree field of fire. What if you could mount this weapon on any military Humvee (HMMWV), any helicopter/gunship, any armored personnel carrier (APC), and any other vehicle for which the technology were applicable?

That would really be something, wouldn't it? Some of you might be wondering, "how big would it be", or "how much would it weigh"? Others might want to know what it's ammunition capacity would be. These are all good questions, assuming of course that a weapon like this were actually possible.

According to its inventor, not only is it possible, it’s already happened. An updated version of the weapon will be available soon. It will arrive in the form of a...

tactically-configured pre-production anti-personnel weapon firing .308 caliber projectiles (accurately) at 2,500-3000 fps, at a variable/programmable cyclic rate of 5,000-120,000 rpm (rounds-per-minute). The weapon's designer/inventor has informed DefRev that future versions of the weapon will be capable of achieving projectile velocities in the 5,000-8,000 fps range with no difficulty. The technology already exists.

The weapon itself is called the DREAD, or Multiple Projectile Delivery System (MPDS), and it may just be the most revolutionary infantry weapon system concept that DefenseReview has EVER come across.

The DREAD Weapon System is the brainchild of weapons designer/inventor Charles St. George. It will be 40 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 3 inches high (20 inches high with the pintel swivel mount). It will be comprised of only 30 component parts, and will have an empty weight of only 28 pounds. That's right, 28 pounds. The weapon will be capable of rotating 360 degrees and enjoy the same elevation and declination capabilities of any conventional vehicle-mounted gun/weapon.

The first generation DREAD (production version), derived from the tactically-configured pre-production weapon, will most likely be a ground vehicle-mounted anti-personnel weapon. Military Humvees (HMMV's) and other ground vehicles (including Chevy Suburbans) equipped with the DREAD will enjoy magazine capacities of at least 50,000 rounds of .308 Cal., or 10,000 rounds of .50 Cal. ammo.

But, what is the DREAD, really? How does it work? In a sentence, the DREAD is an electrically-powered centrifuge weapon, or centrifuge "gun". So, instead of using self-contained cartridges containing powdered propellant (gunpowder), the DREAD's ammunition will be .308 and .50 caliber round metal balls (steel, tungsten, tungsten carbide, ceramic-coated tungsten, etc...) that will be literally spun out of the weapon at speeds as high as 8000 fps (give or take a few hundred feet-per-second) at rather extreme rpm's, striking their targets with overwhelming and devastating firepower. We're talking about total target saturation, here. All this, of course, makes the DREAD revolutionary in the literal sense, as well as the conceptual one.

According to the DREAD Advantages Sheet, "unlike conventional weapons that deliver a bullet to the target in intervals of about 180 feet, the DREAD's rounds will arrive only 30 thousandths of an inch apart (1/32nd of an inch apart), thereby presenting substantially more mass to the target in much less time than previously possible." This mass can be delivered to the target in 10-round bursts, or the DREAD can be programmed to deliver as many rounds as you want, per trigger-pull. Of course, the operator can just as easily set the DREAD to fire on full-auto, with no burst limiter. On that setting, the number of projectiles sent down range per trigger-pull will rely on the operator’s trigger control. Even then, every round is still going right into the target. You see, the DREAD's not just accurate, it's also recoilless. No recoil. None. So, every "fired" round is going right where you aim it.

One of the ammunition types the DREAD will be delivering downrange is the "Collision Cluster Round", or "CCR", that will be used to penetrate hard targets. The Collision Cluster Round (CCR) is explained in more detail on the munitions page of the DREAD Technology White Paper (links below). The DREAD Advantages Sheet also lists all the other advantages that the DREAD Weapon System enjoys over conventional firearms.

And, all this from a weapon that doesn't jam. Remember how at the beginning of the article I wrote “no stoppages or jams”? The DREAD won't jam because, according to its inventor, it can’t jam. The DREAD's operating and feeding mechanisms simply don’t allow for stoppages or jams to occur. It thus follows that the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon will be the most reliable metallic projectile launcher/ballistic device on the planet. DefRev is not at liberty to publish exactly why the DREAD can’t jam, since Mr. St. George hasn’t given us permission to describe the gun’s operating and feeding mechanisms in any detail.

The only thing the DREAD's operator will really have to worry about is running out of ammo, which isn’t likely. Any reasonably skilled gunner (Humvee, APC, Apache attack helicopter, etc.--doesn't matter) should be able to avoid running through all 50,000 (or more) rounds of .308 Cal. or 10,000 (or more) rounds of .50 Cal. ammo prematurely, especially when he or she can dial down the DREAD's cyclic rate to 5,000 rpm or slower, if necesssary. Even if it becomes necessary to increase the DREAD's magazine capacity to upwards of 100,000 rounds (.308 Cal.) or 20,0000 rounds (.50 Cal.), and run the weapon all day and all night for weeks on end, this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever (positive or negative) on the reliability or durability of the weapon system. The DREAD is both heatless and frictionless, and doesn’t generate any high pressures. So, there’s virtually no wear and tear on the system, no matter how many rounds are fired through it back-to-back, even if it's run constantly on full-auto at 120,000 rpm, the whole time.

Here's the kicker: because it's electrically powered and doesn't use any powdered propellant for it's operation, the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon is virtually silent (no sound signature), except for the supersonic "crack" of the metal balls breaking the sound barrier when they're launched. This makes the direction that the rounds are coming from, and their point of origin (firing source), very difficult for enemy forces to identify. It also allows the operator to communicate easily with his team, or with his command structure, while he's still firing on the enemy (with the DREAD). With the DREAD, he won't have to fight to communicate over his own weapon's firing report. And, since the gun doesn't generate any muzzle flash or heat (it's heatless and frictionless, remember?), it doesn't produce any flash signature or heat signature. So, identifying the gun itself with IR (infrared) sensors will be impossible. The vehicle that the DREAD is mounted on is the only thing that will display a heat signature. That leaves you with a difficult-to-detect/locate weapon with a virtually endless suppy of ammo. Even if the DREAD-equipped vehicle does get identified and fired upon by the enemy, the risk of a catastrophic explosion from a bullet strike on the ammunition supply is zero, because the DREAD’s ammunition doesn’t contain any propellant. There’s no gunpowder onboard to blow up. That just leaves the gas tank (vehicle’s). Nothing’s foolproof.

There's more. Since the DREAD/MPDS (Multiple Projectile Delivery System) is a centrifuge weapon, projectile velocity can be adjusted instantly back and forth between lethal and less-lethal/non-lethal modes. This means it can be utilized just as effectively for embassy security and peacekeeping roles. As an embassy security weapon, the less-lethal/non lethal mode would most likely be the way to go, in most cases. Less-lethal is usually adequate for any crowd control or riot control situations. However, let’s say the crowd starts storming the gates, and now presents a lethal threat to the occupants inside. Well, just pull your Marines inside, switch your remotely-operated battery of DREAD's on over to lethal mode, and make survival above ground impossible for anyone outside the embassy. No one gets in. Same thing goes for military base security. Remote DREAD Centrifuge Gun Pods can be outfitted with heat and motion sensors, and left in unmanned areas. These remote pods can be either human-operated, or pre-programmed with both less-lethal/non-lethal and lethal protocols that will function automatically and not even require human operation. Mobile robotic platforms, including remote-controlled Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles (UGCV's), could also be outfitted with DREAD systems. And, the list goes on. The technology application possibilities/potential uses are virtually endless.

So, what’s the upshot? It's DefenseReview's opinion that, if the DREAD Weapon System works as advertised, it will have a profound impact on U.S. infantry warfare capabilities. It has the potential to literally change the way we fight on the ground, and perhaps even in the air. No question, it will revolutionize both ground and air vehicular armament and firepower capabilities. The DREAD will have a similarly profound impact on U.S. embassy security and military base perimeter security capabilities. This paradigm shift in firepower isn't limited to the ground and air, either. The DREAD's complete lack of recoil will allow it to be fired from space-based platforms, i.e. satellites, without knocking them off of their respective orbital paths. Zero recoil, plus 8,000 fps projectile speeds, 5,000-120,000 rpm capability, and huge on-board ammunition supplies, equals a viable and relatively inexpensive option for satellite defense (and enemy-satellite neutralization), and possibly even a fast-realizable armament solution/alternative for a U.S. Space-based defense network.


Vertical Launch Tubes: The Manstein makes use of fifty VLT systems around the ship. Each VLT system has a four slot revolving missile launcher, which in order to fire a volley it fires, turns, fires, turns, etc, until all missiles are fired. The reloading process is even shorter, using a hydraulic loading system to push the missile back into the slot after each turn, meaning that the VLT system can keep a continuous launch sequence without pause. This makes the Manstein extremely dangerous when taking in the fact that the VLTs can continuously fire missiles off at enemies until the enemy is destroyed. The VLT system also uses a THYMONEL 8 coating to maintain the HEE and pressure giving to the launching platforms. The Destroyer can carry around two thousand Principe IIIs, or two thousand MAAM Ausf. B Cruise Missiles, depending on the mission.

Main Guns: The Manstein has a forward quadruple platform 12” rail gun, with a range of about two hundred and fifty miles (ca. 2020 technology). The rail gun was installed after seeing New Empire’s ships in action against the Balearics. The Manstein has another quadruple platform 8” rail gun in the rear end of the ship, to provide secondary fire support. However, the Macabees rarely use this for offensive purposes, instead relying on missiles, which give the Macabees a greater range.

SONARs: The Manstein class Destroyer uses the Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Manstein also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is as long as the Rommel type Battleship, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong nylon line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Manstein also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

RADARs: Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition.


Other Numbers: 350 crew members.

Cost: 600 million USD.

Other Notes: EMP hardened.

Model Class Aircraft Carrier
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Model class Aircraft Carrier

Propulsion: The Model class Aircraft Carrier has four Valhalla nuclear reactors, allowing the system to be propelled at a very fast velocity of 35 knots, although this speed is rarely used in war (a task force can only go as fast as its slowest ship). The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction.

The four Valhalla nuclear reactors use eight screws to push the Model at the velocity wanted. Each screw has six blades, and are of medium size, however, larger than most of the screws used by the Ohio class Battleships. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Rommel has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the carrier much more quiet when under operations, although it is almost impossible to make something this big quiet.

Aircraft: Each Model can carry a total of one hundred of any type of aircraft. The deck is so large that it can even support heavy bombers taking off. Although, technically it can carry more fighters, due to the fact that if one hundred bombers fit on it, then more fighters fit, since fighters are about half the size of a bomber, the Model never carries more than one hundred aircraft, merely for the fact that if one is lost the Macabee navy does not want to lose more than one hundred aircraft.

The length of the Model class carrier is about four hundred and fifty meters.

Armaments:
Praetorian V SAM System: The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Rommels to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Model class Carrier, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

For SAM purposes each Model sports fifty Praetorian V batteries, giving the Model the firepower to defend with four hundred SAMs in each volley. The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Manstein Destroyer is outfitted with two thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

Loki ASROC: The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Manstein carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

There are ten Lokie ASROC batteries per side of the ship, coming to a total of twenty.

DREAD:

Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any kind. Now imagine that this gun could fire .308 caliber and .50 caliber metal projectiles accurately at up to 8,000 fps (feet-per-second), featured an infinitely variable/programmable cyclic rate-of-fire (as high as 120,000 rounds-per-minute), and were capable of laying down a 360-degree field of fire. What if you could mount this weapon on any military Humvee (HMMWV), any helicopter/gunship, any armored personnel carrier (APC), and any other vehicle for which the technology were applicable?

That would really be something, wouldn't it? Some of you might be wondering, "how big would it be", or "how much would it weigh"? Others might want to know what it's ammunition capacity would be. These are all good questions, assuming of course that a weapon like this were actually possible.

According to its inventor, not only is it possible, it’s already happened. An updated version of the weapon will be available soon. It will arrive in the form of a...

tactically-configured pre-production anti-personnel weapon firing .308 caliber projectiles (accurately) at 2,500-3000 fps, at a variable/programmable cyclic rate of 5,000-120,000 rpm (rounds-per-minute). The weapon's designer/inventor has informed DefRev that future versions of the weapon will be capable of achieving projectile velocities in the 5,000-8,000 fps range with no difficulty. The technology already exists.

The weapon itself is called the DREAD, or Multiple Projectile Delivery System (MPDS), and it may just be the most revolutionary infantry weapon system concept that DefenseReview has EVER come across.

The DREAD Weapon System is the brainchild of weapons designer/inventor Charles St. George. It will be 40 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 3 inches high (20 inches high with the pintel swivel mount). It will be comprised of only 30 component parts, and will have an empty weight of only 28 pounds. That's right, 28 pounds. The weapon will be capable of rotating 360 degrees and enjoy the same elevation and declination capabilities of any conventional vehicle-mounted gun/weapon.

The first generation DREAD (production version), derived from the tactically-configured pre-production weapon, will most likely be a ground vehicle-mounted anti-personnel weapon. Military Humvees (HMMV's) and other ground vehicles (including Chevy Suburbans) equipped with the DREAD will enjoy magazine capacities of at least 50,000 rounds of .308 Cal., or 10,000 rounds of .50 Cal. ammo.

But, what is the DREAD, really? How does it work? In a sentence, the DREAD is an electrically-powered centrifuge weapon, or centrifuge "gun". So, instead of using self-contained cartridges containing powdered propellant (gunpowder), the DREAD's ammunition will be .308 and .50 caliber round metal balls (steel, tungsten, tungsten carbide, ceramic-coated tungsten, etc...) that will be literally spun out of the weapon at speeds as high as 8000 fps (give or take a few hundred feet-per-second) at rather extreme rpm's, striking their targets with overwhelming and devastating firepower. We're talking about total target saturation, here. All this, of course, makes the DREAD revolutionary in the literal sense, as well as the conceptual one.

According to the DREAD Advantages Sheet, "unlike conventional weapons that deliver a bullet to the target in intervals of about 180 feet, the DREAD's rounds will arrive only 30 thousandths of an inch apart (1/32nd of an inch apart), thereby presenting substantially more mass to the target in much less time than previously possible." This mass can be delivered to the target in 10-round bursts, or the DREAD can be programmed to deliver as many rounds as you want, per trigger-pull. Of course, the operator can just as easily set the DREAD to fire on full-auto, with no burst limiter. On that setting, the number of projectiles sent down range per trigger-pull will rely on the operator’s trigger control. Even then, every round is still going right into the target. You see, the DREAD's not just accurate, it's also recoilless. No recoil. None. So, every "fired" round is going right where you aim it.

One of the ammunition types the DREAD will be delivering downrange is the "Collision Cluster Round", or "CCR", that will be used to penetrate hard targets. The Collision Cluster Round (CCR) is explained in more detail on the munitions page of the DREAD Technology White Paper (links below). The DREAD Advantages Sheet also lists all the other advantages that the DREAD Weapon System enjoys over conventional firearms.

And, all this from a weapon that doesn't jam. Remember how at the beginning of the article I wrote “no stoppages or jams”? The DREAD won't jam because, according to its inventor, it can’t jam. The DREAD's operating and feeding mechanisms simply don’t allow for stoppages or jams to occur. It thus follows that the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon will be the most reliable metallic projectile launcher/ballistic device on the planet. DefRev is not at liberty to publish exactly why the DREAD can’t jam, since Mr. St. George hasn’t given us permission to describe the gun’s operating and feeding mechanisms in any detail.

The only thing the DREAD's operator will really have to worry about is running out of ammo, which isn’t likely. Any reasonably skilled gunner (Humvee, APC, Apache attack helicopter, etc.--doesn't matter) should be able to avoid running through all 50,000 (or more) rounds of .308 Cal. or 10,000 (or more) rounds of .50 Cal. ammo prematurely, especially when he or she can dial down the DREAD's cyclic rate to 5,000 rpm or slower, if necesssary. Even if it becomes necessary to increase the DREAD's magazine capacity to upwards of 100,000 rounds (.308 Cal.) or 20,0000 rounds (.50 Cal.), and run the weapon all day and all night for weeks on end, this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever (positive or negative) on the reliability or durability of the weapon system. The DREAD is both heatless and frictionless, and doesn’t generate any high pressures. So, there’s virtually no wear and tear on the system, no matter how many rounds are fired through it back-to-back, even if it's run constantly on full-auto at 120,000 rpm, the whole time.

Here's the kicker: because it's electrically powered and doesn't use any powdered propellant for it's operation, the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon is virtually silent (no sound signature), except for the supersonic "crack" of the metal balls breaking the sound barrier when they're launched. This makes the direction that the rounds are coming from, and their point of origin (firing source), very difficult for enemy forces to identify. It also allows the operator to communicate easily with his team, or with his command structure, while he's still firing on the enemy (with the DREAD). With the DREAD, he won't have to fight to communicate over his own weapon's firing report. And, since the gun doesn't generate any muzzle flash or heat (it's heatless and frictionless, remember?), it doesn't produce any flash signature or heat signature. So, identifying the gun itself with IR (infrared) sensors will be impossible. The vehicle that the DREAD is mounted on is the only thing that will display a heat signature. That leaves you with a difficult-to-detect/locate weapon with a virtually endless suppy of ammo. Even if the DREAD-equipped vehicle does get identified and fired upon by the enemy, the risk of a catastrophic explosion from a bullet strike on the ammunition supply is zero, because the DREAD’s ammunition doesn’t contain any propellant. There’s no gunpowder onboard to blow up. That just leaves the gas tank (vehicle’s). Nothing’s foolproof.

There's more. Since the DREAD/MPDS (Multiple Projectile Delivery System) is a centrifuge weapon, projectile velocity can be adjusted instantly back and forth between lethal and less-lethal/non-lethal modes. This means it can be utilized just as effectively for embassy security and peacekeeping roles. As an embassy security weapon, the less-lethal/non lethal mode would most likely be the way to go, in most cases. Less-lethal is usually adequate for any crowd control or riot control situations. However, let’s say the crowd starts storming the gates, and now presents a lethal threat to the occupants inside. Well, just pull your Marines inside, switch your remotely-operated battery of DREAD's on over to lethal mode, and make survival above ground impossible for anyone outside the embassy. No one gets in. Same thing goes for military base security. Remote DREAD Centrifuge Gun Pods can be outfitted with heat and motion sensors, and left in unmanned areas. These remote pods can be either human-operated, or pre-programmed with both less-lethal/non-lethal and lethal protocols that will function automatically and not even require human operation. Mobile robotic platforms, including remote-controlled Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles (UGCV's), could also be outfitted with DREAD systems. And, the list goes on. The technology application possibilities/potential uses are virtually endless.

So, what’s the upshot? It's DefenseReview's opinion that, if the DREAD Weapon System works as advertised, it will have a profound impact on U.S. infantry warfare capabilities. It has the potential to literally change the way we fight on the ground, and perhaps even in the air. No question, it will revolutionize both ground and air vehicular armament and firepower capabilities. The DREAD will have a similarly profound impact on U.S. embassy security and military base perimeter security capabilities. This paradigm shift in firepower isn't limited to the ground and air, either. The DREAD's complete lack of recoil will allow it to be fired from space-based platforms, i.e. satellites, without knocking them off of their respective orbital paths. Zero recoil, plus 8,000 fps projectile speeds, 5,000-120,000 rpm capability, and huge on-board ammunition supplies, equals a viable and relatively inexpensive option for satellite defense (and enemy-satellite neutralization), and possibly even a fast-realizable armament solution/alternative for a U.S. Space-based defense network.


SONARs: The Model class Carrier uses the Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.


RADARs: Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition.

Crew: About five thousand (including air crew).

Also: EMP hardened.

Cost: 1.5 Billion

Seydlitz class Cruiser
Norwegian Interactive (tm)
Keff (tm)

Seydlitz class Cruiser
Propulsion:
The Seydlitz Cruiser uses four Power PropulsionLM 2500 gas turbine engines, for a maximum velocity of 35 knots. To push it the engines use five double bladed propellers. The Macabee Government is currently looking at a new cruiser with new technology, including a nuclear powerplant to totally rid themselves for the need of tankers. This engine is the same engine used by United States Navy Cruisers, and is disliked by many Macabee cruiser captains.

Aircraft:
The Seydlitz boasts two helipads for two SeaSerpent LAMPS, for anti-submarine warfare. On export the SeaKing II is given on default, or the SeaSerpents if an extra two million is paid.

Weapons:
Praetorian V SAM System: The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Rommels to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Model class Carrier, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

For SAM purposes each Seydlitz sportstwenty Praetorian V batteries, giving the Model the firepower to defend with four hundred SAMs in each volley. The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Manstein Destroyer is outfitted with two thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

Loki ASROC: The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Manstein carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

There are ten Lokie ASROC batteries per side of the ship, coming to a total of twenty.

DREAD:

Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any kind. Now imagine that this gun could fire .308 caliber and .50 caliber metal projectiles accurately at up to 8,000 fps (feet-per-second), featured an infinitely variable/programmable cyclic rate-of-fire (as high as 120,000 rounds-per-minute), and were capable of laying down a 360-degree field of fire. What if you could mount this weapon on any military Humvee (HMMWV), any helicopter/gunship, any armored personnel carrier (APC), and any other vehicle for which the technology were applicable?

That would really be something, wouldn't it? Some of you might be wondering, "how big would it be", or "how much would it weigh"? Others might want to know what it's ammunition capacity would be. These are all good questions, assuming of course that a weapon like this were actually possible.

According to its inventor, not only is it possible, it’s already happened. An updated version of the weapon will be available soon. It will arrive in the form of a...

tactically-configured pre-production anti-personnel weapon firing .308 caliber projectiles (accurately) at 2,500-3000 fps, at a variable/programmable cyclic rate of 5,000-120,000 rpm (rounds-per-minute). The weapon's designer/inventor has informed DefRev that future versions of the weapon will be capable of achieving projectile velocities in the 5,000-8,000 fps range with no difficulty. The technology already exists.

The weapon itself is called the DREAD, or Multiple Projectile Delivery System (MPDS), and it may just be the most revolutionary infantry weapon system concept that DefenseReview has EVER come across.

The DREAD Weapon System is the brainchild of weapons designer/inventor Charles St. George. It will be 40 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 3 inches high (20 inches high with the pintel swivel mount). It will be comprised of only 30 component parts, and will have an empty weight of only 28 pounds. That's right, 28 pounds. The weapon will be capable of rotating 360 degrees and enjoy the same elevation and declination capabilities of any conventional vehicle-mounted gun/weapon.

The first generation DREAD (production version), derived from the tactically-configured pre-production weapon, will most likely be a ground vehicle-mounted anti-personnel weapon. Military Humvees (HMMV's) and other ground vehicles (including Chevy Suburbans) equipped with the DREAD will enjoy magazine capacities of at least 50,000 rounds of .308 Cal., or 10,000 rounds of .50 Cal. ammo.

But, what is the DREAD, really? How does it work? In a sentence, the DREAD is an electrically-powered centrifuge weapon, or centrifuge "gun". So, instead of using self-contained cartridges containing powdered propellant (gunpowder), the DREAD's ammunition will be .308 and .50 caliber round metal balls (steel, tungsten, tungsten carbide, ceramic-coated tungsten, etc...) that will be literally spun out of the weapon at speeds as high as 8000 fps (give or take a few hundred feet-per-second) at rather extreme rpm's, striking their targets with overwhelming and devastating firepower. We're talking about total target saturation, here. All this, of course, makes the DREAD revolutionary in the literal sense, as well as the conceptual one.

According to the DREAD Advantages Sheet, "unlike conventional weapons that deliver a bullet to the target in intervals of about 180 feet, the DREAD's rounds will arrive only 30 thousandths of an inch apart (1/32nd of an inch apart), thereby presenting substantially more mass to the target in much less time than previously possible." This mass can be delivered to the target in 10-round bursts, or the DREAD can be programmed to deliver as many rounds as you want, per trigger-pull. Of course, the operator can just as easily set the DREAD to fire on full-auto, with no burst limiter. On that setting, the number of projectiles sent down range per trigger-pull will rely on the operator’s trigger control. Even then, every round is still going right into the target. You see, the DREAD's not just accurate, it's also recoilless. No recoil. None. So, every "fired" round is going right where you aim it.

One of the ammunition types the DREAD will be delivering downrange is the "Collision Cluster Round", or "CCR", that will be used to penetrate hard targets. The Collision Cluster Round (CCR) is explained in more detail on the munitions page of the DREAD Technology White Paper (links below). The DREAD Advantages Sheet also lists all the other advantages that the DREAD Weapon System enjoys over conventional firearms.

And, all this from a weapon that doesn't jam. Remember how at the beginning of the article I wrote “no stoppages or jams”? The DREAD won't jam because, according to its inventor, it can’t jam. The DREAD's operating and feeding mechanisms simply don’t allow for stoppages or jams to occur. It thus follows that the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon will be the most reliable metallic projectile launcher/ballistic device on the planet. DefRev is not at liberty to publish exactly why the DREAD can’t jam, since Mr. St. George hasn’t given us permission to describe the gun’s operating and feeding mechanisms in any detail.

The only thing the DREAD's operator will really have to worry about is running out of ammo, which isn’t likely. Any reasonably skilled gunner (Humvee, APC, Apache attack helicopter, etc.--doesn't matter) should be able to avoid running through all 50,000 (or more) rounds of .308 Cal. or 10,000 (or more) rounds of .50 Cal. ammo prematurely, especially when he or she can dial down the DREAD's cyclic rate to 5,000 rpm or slower, if necesssary. Even if it becomes necessary to increase the DREAD's magazine capacity to upwards of 100,000 rounds (.308 Cal.) or 20,0000 rounds (.50 Cal.), and run the weapon all day and all night for weeks on end, this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever (positive or negative) on the reliability or durability of the weapon system. The DREAD is both heatless and frictionless, and doesn’t generate any high pressures. So, there’s virtually no wear and tear on the system, no matter how many rounds are fired through it back-to-back, even if it's run constantly on full-auto at 120,000 rpm, the whole time.

Here's the kicker: because it's electrically powered and doesn't use any powdered propellant for it's operation, the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon is virtually silent (no sound signature), except for the supersonic "crack" of the metal balls breaking the sound barrier when they're launched. This makes the direction that the rounds are coming from, and their point of origin (firing source), very difficult for enemy forces to identify. It also allows the operator to communicate easily with his team, or with his command structure, while he's still firing on the enemy (with the DREAD). With the DREAD, he won't have to fight to communicate over his own weapon's firing report. And, since the gun doesn't generate any muzzle flash or heat (it's heatless and frictionless, remember?), it doesn't produce any flash signature or heat signature. So, identifying the gun itself with IR (infrared) sensors will be impossible. The vehicle that the DREAD is mounted on is the only thing that will display a heat signature. That leaves you with a difficult-to-detect/locate weapon with a virtually endless suppy of ammo. Even if the DREAD-equipped vehicle does get identified and fired upon by the enemy, the risk of a catastrophic explosion from a bullet strike on the ammunition supply is zero, because the DREAD’s ammunition doesn’t contain any propellant. There’s no gunpowder onboard to blow up. That just leaves the gas tank (vehicle’s). Nothing’s foolproof.

There's more. Since the DREAD/MPDS (Multiple Projectile Delivery System) is a centrifuge weapon, projectile velocity can be adjusted instantly back and forth between lethal and less-lethal/non-lethal modes. This means it can be utilized just as effectively for embassy security and peacekeeping roles. As an embassy security weapon, the less-lethal/non lethal mode would most likely be the way to go, in most cases. Less-lethal is usually adequate for any crowd control or riot control situations. However, let’s say the crowd starts storming the gates, and now presents a lethal threat to the occupants inside. Well, just pull your Marines inside, switch your remotely-operated battery of DREAD's on over to lethal mode, and make survival above ground impossible for anyone outside the embassy. No one gets in. Same thing goes for military base security. Remote DREAD Centrifuge Gun Pods can be outfitted with heat and motion sensors, and left in unmanned areas. These remote pods can be either human-operated, or pre-programmed with both less-lethal/non-lethal and lethal protocols that will function automatically and not even require human operation. Mobile robotic platforms, including remote-controlled Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles (UGCV's), could also be outfitted with DREAD systems. And, the list goes on. The technology application possibilities/potential uses are virtually endless.

So, what’s the upshot? It's DefenseReview's opinion that, if the DREAD Weapon System works as advertised, it will have a profound impact on U.S. infantry warfare capabilities. It has the potential to literally change the way we fight on the ground, and perhaps even in the air. No question, it will revolutionize both ground and air vehicular armament and firepower capabilities. The DREAD will have a similarly profound impact on U.S. embassy security and military base perimeter security capabilities. This paradigm shift in firepower isn't limited to the ground and air, either. The DREAD's complete lack of recoil will allow it to be fired from space-based platforms, i.e. satellites, without knocking them off of their respective orbital paths. Zero recoil, plus 8,000 fps projectile speeds, 5,000-120,000 rpm capability, and huge on-board ammunition supplies, equals a viable and relatively inexpensive option for satellite defense (and enemy-satellite neutralization), and possibly even a fast-realizable armament solution/alternative for a U.S. Space-based defense network.

Vertical Launch Tubes: Each Seydlitz carries somewhere around three hundred Principe III anti-shipping missile launched torpedoes, and three hundred MAAM Ausf. B cruise missiles. To fire these massive stockpiles of missiles each Seydlitz hasfive VLS systems. Each VLS system has a four slot revolving missile launcher, which in order to fire a volley it fires, turns, fires, turns, etc, until all missiles are fired. The reloading process is even shorter, using a hydraulic loading system to push the missile back into the slot after each turn, meaning that the VLS system can keep a continuous launch sequence without pause. This makes the Rommel extremely dangerous when taking in the fact that the VLSs can continuously fire missiles off at enemies until the enemy is destroyed. The VLS system also uses a THYMONEL 8 coating to maintain the HEE and pressure giving to the launching platforms.

SONARs: The Seydlitz class Cruiser uses the Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Seydlitz also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is as long as the Rommel battleship itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong nylon line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Rommel also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

RADARs: Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition.

Final Notes:
EMP hardened

Crew: 400

Cost: 750 Million USD

Refits not included in description include:

MDT-1 SODAR
Metal Casings and other defenses for EMP hardening


Rommel Class Battleship (3rd Refit)
Norwegian Interactive (The Macabees)
Keff (The Macabees)

Armor: The Rommel has a 25" steel and polymer composite coating of armor to protects its trimaran hull, and it is divided into compartments to cut flooding. Moreover, the Rommel uses a thin layer (20 millimeters) of MEXAS underneath the primary steel armor for additional protection, although MEXAS is not a good defense against the advent of KE rounds - however, for all other purposes and utilities the 20 mms of MEXAS gives it an RHA armored rating of 3,000mms alone just for the MEXAS. The massproducing of MEXAS makes it increasingly cheaper, especially if the Rommel is vastly exported.

It is important to note that the Rommel is a trimaran ship, which makes it heavy, but safe.

The 2nd refit of the Rommel also increased EMP hardening by the traditional means, although, of course, there's no immunity.

Propulsion: The Rommel class Battleship has two Valhalla nuclear reactors, allowing the system to be propelled at a very fast velocity of 39 knots, although this speed is rarely used in war (a task force can only go as fast as its slowest ship). The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction.

The two Valhalla nuclear reactors use six screws to push the Rommel at the velocity wanted. Each screw has six blades, and are of medium size, however, larger than most of the screws used by the Ohio class Battleships. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Rommel has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the battleships much more quiet when under operations, although the battleships are still making noise.

Aircraft: Each Rommel class Battleship has five helipads, under use by five Sea Serpent ASW (Anti-submarine warfare) helicopters. However, the Sea Serpents are exchanged with the custom Sea King IIs when sold abroad, but nations can always scrap the Sea Kings and provide their own ASW choppers. The Sea Serpents can be bought with the battleship; however, this adds an extra ten million to the price tag due to the price of the choppers, as well as just pure wage, rent, and interest.

Armaments:
Praetorian V SAM System: The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Rommels to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Rommel class Battleship, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

For SAM purposes each Rommel sports twenty Praetorian V batteries, giving the Rommel the firepower to defend with four hundred SAMs in each volley. The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Rommel battleship is outfitted with two thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

Loki ASROC: The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Rommel carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

DREAD:

Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any kind. Now imagine that this gun could fire .308 caliber and .50 caliber metal projectiles accurately at up to 8,000 fps (feet-per-second), featured an infinitely variable/programmable cyclic rate-of-fire (as high as 120,000 rounds-per-minute), and were capable of laying down a 360-degree field of fire. What if you could mount this weapon on any military Humvee (HMMWV), any helicopter/gunship, any armored personnel carrier (APC), and any other vehicle for which the technology were applicable?

That would really be something, wouldn't it? Some of you might be wondering, "how big would it be", or "how much would it weigh"? Others might want to know what it's ammunition capacity would be. These are all good questions, assuming of course that a weapon like this were actually possible.

According to its inventor, not only is it possible, it’s already happened. An updated version of the weapon will be available soon. It will arrive in the form of a...

tactically-configured pre-production anti-personnel weapon firing .308 caliber projectiles (accurately) at 2,500-3000 fps, at a variable/programmable cyclic rate of 5,000-120,000 rpm (rounds-per-minute). The weapon's designer/inventor has informed DefRev that future versions of the weapon will be capable of achieving projectile velocities in the 5,000-8,000 fps range with no difficulty. The technology already exists.

The weapon itself is called the DREAD, or Multiple Projectile Delivery System (MPDS), and it may just be the most revolutionary infantry weapon system concept that DefenseReview has EVER come across.

The DREAD Weapon System is the brainchild of weapons designer/inventor Charles St. George. It will be 40 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 3 inches high (20 inches high with the pintel swivel mount). It will be comprised of only 30 component parts, and will have an empty weight of only 28 pounds. That's right, 28 pounds. The weapon will be capable of rotating 360 degrees and enjoy the same elevation and declination capabilities of any conventional vehicle-mounted gun/weapon.

The first generation DREAD (production version), derived from the tactically-configured pre-production weapon, will most likely be a ground vehicle-mounted anti-personnel weapon. Military Humvees (HMMV's) and other ground vehicles (including Chevy Suburbans) equipped with the DREAD will enjoy magazine capacities of at least 50,000 rounds of .308 Cal., or 10,000 rounds of .50 Cal. ammo.

But, what is the DREAD, really? How does it work? In a sentence, the DREAD is an electrically-powered centrifuge weapon, or centrifuge "gun". So, instead of using self-contained cartridges containing powdered propellant (gunpowder), the DREAD's ammunition will be .308 and .50 caliber round metal balls (steel, tungsten, tungsten carbide, ceramic-coated tungsten, etc...) that will be literally spun out of the weapon at speeds as high as 8000 fps (give or take a few hundred feet-per-second) at rather extreme rpm's, striking their targets with overwhelming and devastating firepower. We're talking about total target saturation, here. All this, of course, makes the DREAD revolutionary in the literal sense, as well as the conceptual one.

According to the DREAD Advantages Sheet, "unlike conventional weapons that deliver a bullet to the target in intervals of about 180 feet, the DREAD's rounds will arrive only 30 thousandths of an inch apart (1/32nd of an inch apart), thereby presenting substantially more mass to the target in much less time than previously possible." This mass can be delivered to the target in 10-round bursts, or the DREAD can be programmed to deliver as many rounds as you want, per trigger-pull. Of course, the operator can just as easily set the DREAD to fire on full-auto, with no burst limiter. On that setting, the number of projectiles sent down range per trigger-pull will rely on the operator’s trigger control. Even then, every round is still going right into the target. You see, the DREAD's not just accurate, it's also recoilless. No recoil. None. So, every "fired" round is going right where you aim it.

One of the ammunition types the DREAD will be delivering downrange is the "Collision Cluster Round", or "CCR", that will be used to penetrate hard targets. The Collision Cluster Round (CCR) is explained in more detail on the munitions page of the DREAD Technology White Paper (links below). The DREAD Advantages Sheet also lists all the other advantages that the DREAD Weapon System enjoys over conventional firearms.

And, all this from a weapon that doesn't jam. Remember how at the beginning of the article I wrote “no stoppages or jams”? The DREAD won't jam because, according to its inventor, it can’t jam. The DREAD's operating and feeding mechanisms simply don’t allow for stoppages or jams to occur. It thus follows that the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon will be the most reliable metallic projectile launcher/ballistic device on the planet. DefRev is not at liberty to publish exactly why the DREAD can’t jam, since Mr. St. George hasn’t given us permission to describe the gun’s operating and feeding mechanisms in any detail.

The only thing the DREAD's operator will really have to worry about is running out of ammo, which isn’t likely. Any reasonably skilled gunner (Humvee, APC, Apache attack helicopter, etc.--doesn't matter) should be able to avoid running through all 50,000 (or more) rounds of .308 Cal. or 10,000 (or more) rounds of .50 Cal. ammo prematurely, especially when he or she can dial down the DREAD's cyclic rate to 5,000 rpm or slower, if necesssary. Even if it becomes necessary to increase the DREAD's magazine capacity to upwards of 100,000 rounds (.308 Cal.) or 20,0000 rounds (.50 Cal.), and run the weapon all day and all night for weeks on end, this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever (positive or negative) on the reliability or durability of the weapon system. The DREAD is both heatless and frictionless, and doesn’t generate any high pressures. So, there’s virtually no wear and tear on the system, no matter how many rounds are fired through it back-to-back, even if it's run constantly on full-auto at 120,000 rpm, the whole time.

Here's the kicker: because it's electrically powered and doesn't use any powdered propellant for it's operation, the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon is virtually silent (no sound signature), except for the supersonic "crack" of the metal balls breaking the sound barrier when they're launched. This makes the direction that the rounds are coming from, and their point of origin (firing source), very difficult for enemy forces to identify. It also allows the operator to communicate easily with his team, or with his command structure, while he's still firing on the enemy (with the DREAD). With the DREAD, he won't have to fight to communicate over his own weapon's firing report. And, since the gun doesn't generate any muzzle flash or heat (it's heatless and frictionless, remember?), it doesn't produce any flash signature or heat signature. So, identifying the gun itself with IR (infrared) sensors will be impossible. The vehicle that the DREAD is mounted on is the only thing that will display a heat signature. That leaves you with a difficult-to-detect/locate weapon with a virtually endless suppy of ammo. Even if the DREAD-equipped vehicle does get identified and fired upon by the enemy, the risk of a catastrophic explosion from a bullet strike on the ammunition supply is zero, because the DREAD’s ammunition doesn’t contain any propellant. There’s no gunpowder onboard to blow up. That just leaves the gas tank (vehicle’s). Nothing’s foolproof.

There's more. Since the DREAD/MPDS (Multiple Projectile Delivery System) is a centrifuge weapon, projectile velocity can be adjusted instantly back and forth between lethal and less-lethal/non-lethal modes. This means it can be utilized just as effectively for embassy security and peacekeeping roles. As an embassy security weapon, the less-lethal/non lethal mode would most likely be the way to go, in most cases. Less-lethal is usually adequate for any crowd control or riot control situations. However, let’s say the crowd starts storming the gates, and now presents a lethal threat to the occupants inside. Well, just pull your Marines inside, switch your remotely-operated battery of DREAD's on over to lethal mode, and make survival above ground impossible for anyone outside the embassy. No one gets in. Same thing goes for military base security. Remote DREAD Centrifuge Gun Pods can be outfitted with heat and motion sensors, and left in unmanned areas. These remote pods can be either human-operated, or pre-programmed with both less-lethal/non-lethal and lethal protocols that will function automatically and not even require human operation. Mobile robotic platforms, including remote-controlled Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles (UGCV's), could also be outfitted with DREAD systems. And, the list goes on. The technology application possibilities/potential uses are virtually endless.

So, what’s the upshot? It's DefenseReview's opinion that, if the DREAD Weapon System works as advertised, it will have a profound impact on U.S. infantry warfare capabilities. It has the potential to literally change the way we fight on the ground, and perhaps even in the air. No question, it will revolutionize both ground and air vehicular armament and firepower capabilities. The DREAD will have a similarly profound impact on U.S. embassy security and military base perimeter security capabilities. This paradigm shift in firepower isn't limited to the ground and air, either. The DREAD's complete lack of recoil will allow it to be fired from space-based platforms, i.e. satellites, without knocking them off of their respective orbital paths. Zero recoil, plus 8,000 fps projectile speeds, 5,000-120,000 rpm capability, and huge on-board ammunition supplies, equals a viable and relatively inexpensive option for satellite defense (and enemy-satellite neutralization), and possibly even a fast-realizable armament solution/alternative for a U.S. Space-based defense network.


Vertical Launch Tubes: Like most battleships used today the Rommel is more of a missile boat than a conventional dreadnought; and it is much larger. Each Rommel carries somewhere around one thousand Principe III anti-shipping missile launched torpedoes, and one thousand five hundred MAAM Ausf. B cruise missiles. To fire these massive stockpiles of missiles each Rommel has ten VLT systems. Each VLT system has a four slot revolving missile launcher, which in order to fire a volley it fires, turns, fires, turns, etc, until all missiles are fired. The reloading process is even shorter, using a hydraulic loading system to push the missile back into the slot after each turn, meaning that the VLT system can keep a continuous launch sequence without pause. This makes the Rommel extremely dangerous when taking in the fact that the VLTs can continuously fire missiles off at enemies until the enemy is destroyed. The VLT system also uses a THYMONEL 8 coating to maintain the HEE and pressure giving to the launching platforms.

Main Guns: The Rommel has a forward quadruple platform 18” rail gun, with a range of about three hundred and fifty miles (ca. 2020 technology). The rail gun was installed after seeing New Empire’s ships in action against the Balearics. The Rommel has another quadruple platform 18” rail gun in the rear end of the ship, to provide secondary fire support. However, the Macabees rarely use this for offensive purposes, instead relying on missiles, which give the Macabees a greater range.

SONARs: The Rommel class Battleship uses the Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Rommel also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is as long as the Rommel itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong nylon line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Rommel also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

RADARs: Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition.

Other Numbers: The Rommel displaces a total of 120,000 tons of water, with a length of 1400.7’ and a beam 161.3’. The Rommel has a crew of 2,000 members.

Cost: $1.6 billion USD

MT-3 Torpedo

The MT-3 torpedo uses a rocket engine with a NiAl, alumina formula nickel based superalloy, coating to project itself at fifty knots. The engine uses an MHD type propulsion, however using the NiAl construction to ease the rocket projection. It is a sort of underwater ramjet, first developed by the Russians, and then improved by New Empire, and finally in the hands of the The Macabees. The MT-3 is, consequently, extremely silent. The MT-3 also uses a cavitation absorber on the frame and on the screw; this was first developed by the U.S. Navy for destroyers, and shrunk by the Macabees to fit on a torpedo.

It has a 300kg Octagen warhead, with a hull piercing tip, to burn through the titanium double hulls. However, against a titanium frame it would still, most probably, still require two torpedoes to penetrate. The width of the warhead remains 500mm to be able to use it on the existing tubes on the Toledo class SSN and Spanish ASROC weapons on surface ships.

The MT-3 has a rounder form in order to force water pressure to spread equally along the torpedo, meaning that the torpedo could be fired at deeper depths.

The MT-3 is the only “normal” torpedo in Macabee use up to now. It could be classified as MADCAP, according to New Empire’s classification system. The MT-1 and MT-2 are Super Cavitational torpedoes.

Cost: 200,000 USD

The Sultan of Acirmoni, always awed by the newest weapons, is agape at The Macabees tanks, artillery, etc. Even as a child he liked things that went boom. Actually, he had married his wife for the sole reason that she had designed and built the first A-04 Main battle tank. Snapping out of his stupor, he quickly typed out a message to the Kriegzimmer Storefront Sales Manager.

Dear sir,

If it is not to early to purchase products, I would like to purchase 112 of your
155mm Incinérateur Artillery, 350 SOV-06, and 250 P-XI Tanks. I beleive this adds up to $3,617 Million.
Also, would it be possible to purchase SOV-06 equipped with DREAD systems? If so, we would like to purchase a number, though probably not until next year.
Moneys will be wired upon confirmation.

Sincerely,
Sultan Reilly of Acrimoni

[OOC: I'll answer your DREAD question OOC. It is possible, however, some say that the system is impossible within itself, even though the news article that I picked it off from claimed that Humvees are going to be equipped with these by 2006 to 2008. I won't sell the DREAD system individually since it's RL tech and I don't cheat people.. you can use it as much as you want to without actually buying it off me.]

To:Sultan Reilly of Acrimoni
The order for one hundred and twelve Incinérateurs, three hundred and fifty SOV-06 IFVs, and two hundred and fifty BredtSverd MBTs has been confirmed for 3.6 billion (or 3,617 million... I hate living in the United States where our billion has nine zeroes as opposed to twelve...I'm Spanish so whenever I go to Spain I get confused :( ). As we believe that our costumers deserve the products they purchase as fast as possible, our delivery systems will have said order ready at your ports within six weeks (a month to produce, two to deliver). Moreover, we guarantee the utmost quality of our products and should you find any problem, even if its the most minimal, we must stress that you contact us and we will either fix it, explain it, or replace it, without cost.

[signed]Lord Karl von Ferst, CEO of Kriegsimmer

To: Lord von Ferst

We are pleased that you are willing to accept responsibility for quality flaws. This noted, I would like to mention that two of our P-XI arrived with some strange looking scratches on them, an Incenerator had a dent in it, and seven of the SOV-06 were a slightly different shade of gray.

Sincerely,
Sultanate of Acrimoni

OOC: I just want to see you come up with some good explanations for this. ;)

To: Sultanate of Acrimoni

Sorry, me and Lola got to crazy in the supply depot.

The Principe III

The Principe III is a missile launched torpedo which is fired out of a VLT system, meaning it can be used on a submarine, or on a surface ship. The Principe III was the answer to the MSCIWS problem which was rendering Macabee surface strike anti-shipping missiles worthless, and it provided the Macabee military with a powerful weapon of destruction.

The Principe III uses a conventional engine, with a conventional jet turbine, propelling it at a measly Mach 2.1. However, this lower velocity also allows it to maneuver in the face of enemy surface to air missiles, which may be sent to counter the Principe III at longer ranges, allowing the Principe III to most likely surface massive barrages of long range anti-missile SAMs. In addition, the turbine is coated by the THYMONEL 8 superalloy which is used a lot in Macabee missiles to protected against hydrogen embrittlement (HEE), as well as over heating, giving the Principe III an extremely long range (five hundred kilometers; meaning five hundred seventy total, taking in mind that it drops the torpedo at around 70 kilometers from the enemy fleet). THYMONEL 8 was a NiFe superalloy mixed by the United States military for its jet turbines (NiFe is Nickel Based Iron Formula superalloy).

The Principe III jet turbine propells the missile capsule, which is much like a bouyancy capsule, however, instead is slimmer, and built to deal with air friction, and the augmented velocities. At around seventy kilometers distance the Principe III missile capsule, using RADAR and LIDAR to compute distance, as well as sattelite coordination if their are sattelites present, and the missile capsule breaks releasing an MT-2 torpedo into the water. However, this requires the Principe III to slow down to around 120 kilometers per hour. To decrease speed without allowing the enemy a greater time period to shoot it down, the Principe III has a very advanced jamming system, which jams enemy RADAR, giving it ample time to close the distance, break, and drop the MT-2.

The MT-2 is a SuperCavitating torpedo, which runs at a normal 70 knots for fifty of the seventy kilometers, and then makes turns for 200 knots at 20 kilometers distance. To handle the increasing ten kilometers in range the screw and propellant of the MT-2 is made of a NiAl based superalloy (Nickel based Alumina Formula superalloy).

The Principe III offers the next generation of anti-shipping missiles.

Production Cost: 100,000
Export Cost: 300,000

Lu-05 Air Superioty Aircraft

Abstract:
Although the Kondor was quite top of the line for air superiority aircraft Macabee industries decided to turn towards an independent research fighter for their own uses while continuing to export the MMA-A3 Falcon. Consequently, Macabee engineers have designed, and come out with, the new Lu-05 Air Superiority Fighter.

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Combat Systems:
The Lu-05 has thirteen wing hardpoints, capable of carrying what in the Macabee military are called 'missile clips', in which an Lu-05 can carry a total of twelve MTAAM-3 Predator air to air missiles. However, that is if, of course, no other ordnance is carried, which would be the most likely case. The wings are lined with a Rene N6 superalloy variant called Thymonel 8, used widely in Macabee turbines and engines for its missiles. Thymonel 8 has a tendency to have a low case of hydrogen enviroment embrittlement and does not burn or wear as easily, making it perfect for mass launchings of air to air missiles.

Moreover, the Lu-05 has two 20mm cannons mounded in blisters on either side of the fuselage. The cannons are powered by an internal motor generator, nick named the LuG-1 generator, which in turn powers dozens of large capacitors, bathed in water to give more permeability for the transfer of electrons, multiplying total power output by at least eighty.

Two internal hardpoints can carry up to 2,000 pounds worth of weight for bombs or extra missiles, or even extra fuel for extended air superiority missions.

The Lu-05 also has a single MAAMG (Macabee Anti-Air Missile Gun), dubbed 'Lunatic', as well as a undercompartment for flares and chaff. Moreover, it's armed with active RADAR jammer.

The Lu-05

Cockpit and Avionics
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The GEC-built Head-Up Display (HUD) offers a wide field of view (30 degrees horizontally by 25 degrees vertically) and serves as a primary flight instrument for the pilot.

There are six liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in the cockpit. These present information in full color and are fully readable in direct sunlight. LCDs offer lower weight and less size than the cathode ray tube (CRT) displays used in most current aircraft. The lower power requirements also provide a reliability improvement over CRTs. The two Up-Front Displays (UFDs) measure 3"x4" in size and are located to the left and right of the control panel.

The Integrated Control Panel (ICP) is the primary means for manual pilot data entry for communications, navigation, and autopilot data. Located under the glareshield and HUD in center top of the instrument panel, this keypad entry system also has some double click functions, much like a computer mouse for rapid pilot access/use.

The Primary Multi-Function Display (PMFD) is a 8"x8" color display that is located in the middle of the instrument panel, under the ICP. It is the pilot’s principal display for aircraft navigation (including showing waypoints and route of flight) and Situation Assessment (SA) or a "God's-eye view" of the entire environment around (above, below, both sides, front and back) the aircraft.

Three Secondary Multi-Function Displays (SMFDs) are all 6.25" x 6.25" and two of them are located on either side of the PMFD on the instrument panel with the third underneath the PMFD between the pilot's knees. These are used for displaying tactical (both offensive and defensive) information as well as non-tactical information (such as checklists, subsystem status, engine thrust output, and stores management)

Airframe
The airframe of the Lu-05 is a composite material made of an Aluminum based superalloy, NiAl, also a third generation crystal superalloy, as well as titanium, cobalt, Iron, interlaced tungsten and a Zirconium and hafnium alloy. There are fifteen titanium ribs.

The airframe is also built with contour angles, in which RADAR waves bounce back in other directions, thus giving the Lu-05 a limited stealth feature, although it has been known that particularly powerful RADAR can look 'over' said features.

Stealth
The Lu-05 incorporates the Pallas Athena system, which uses carbon computers, to measure the amplitude, period and frequency of incoming radio waves and thus return an exact radio wave in order to cancel it. The motor generations which run the Pallas Athena also run through a series of capacitors, bathed in water, in order to augment total output by atleast eighty times over. However, the Pallas Athena can be overwhelmed, consequently, it's more of a second rate weapon in order to put 'lesser technologies' at a disadvantage.

The airframe is also covered with a thin-layer of composite light-metallic materials, which in turn is covered with microscopic silica material that is placed to seperate LIDAR rays into opposite adjacent directions.

The turbojets have infra-red suppresants in order to reduce on infra-red photon radiation, consequently cutting back on infra-red target lock from the less advance air to air missiles (AIM-7 Sparrow, AAM and AIM-9 Sidewinders).

Finally, the entire aircraft has a coating of WAVE-X radar absorbent material, which incorporates the best of honeycomb absorbent material, as well as foam absorbers. WAVE-X works at a frequency of 100MHz - 6GHz and has a surface resistivity of 1MΩ. It works in extreme temperatures, -54° - +177°C, and is the best in existance up to now.

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Electronics
The Lu-05 is equipped with a carry-on RADAR, powered through another motor generator, which in turn runs its wires through a series of dozens of capacitors bathed in water, multiplying the power put out by the motor generator by at least eighty. In turn, the active RADAR can detect movements at over three hundred kilometers distance, equal to that of a MiG-31. Specifically, it's a multi-mode X-band pulse Doppler radar. The system consists of a single electronically-scanned Phased-Array RADAR antenna mounted in the nose and tail giving the Su-63 360 degree scanning capabilites.System can track 50 Targets and simultaeneously fire at 5.The NO-12M RADAR can also be integrated with AWAC or ground based RADAR systems to give it a total detection range of whatever the ground based RADAR is.

The Lu-05 is also equipped with a Gaussian LIDAR transmitter. How the Gaussian transmitter works is that it sets up two electrical planes, one charged positively, and one charged negatively. This, in turn, sets up an electron form, which charges the transmitter to direct a photon ray. The laser beam transmitted in turn hits an object and reports said object through electrical impulses, not reflection. A carbon computer onboard the Lu-05 distinguishes between inanimate (meaning, natural obstacles), friendly, and non-friendly objects in the sky. In order to reduce sucepbility to LIDAR falters in the clouds the DOPPLER LIDAR and DIAL use an infra-red imaging program.

The Lu-05 has a single three hundred and sixty degree rotating camera located under the nose of the aircraft, giving the pilot a full circle view of at least fifty kilometers distance.

Other Specifics:
Height: 6.3 meters
Wingspan: 13.2 meters
Length: 22 meters
Stall Speed: 120 kilometers per hour
Climb Rate: 28,000 meters per minute
Ceiling: 24,384 meters
Range: 5,600 kilometers

Engines:
The Lu-05 has two Rivka Industry Turbofans lined with Thymonel 8, a RENE N6 superalloy. Thrust-vectoring nozzles provides STOL capabilities, 160 kN static thrust with 250 kN of afterburner. The Rivka turbofans give the Lu-05 a maximum velocity of Mach 2.8.

Price:
110 million USD

Velkya would like 20 of your fighters in a naval paint scheme.

$2,200,000,000

Velkya would like 20 of your fighters in a naval paint scheme.

$2,200,000,000

Confirmed. The fighters are just entering production, so please allow one month worth of production and one week worth of transport to your country. The paint scheme can be changed within no time after production, so that shouldn't be a factor in time. Thank you for your order.


[signed]Lord Karl von Ferst, CEO of Kriegsimmer

MTAAM-3 Silencer Air to Air Missile

Type: MADAAM (Most ADvanced Air to Air Missile)
Propulsion: The Silencer uses a SCRAMjet engine, which instead of using an independent chamber for oxygen it uses oxygen from the atmosphere in order to light the fuel chamber, saving the space which could be used instead to add more fuel, giving the missiles a much longer range. In order to further this range the engine is made of a Ni based superalloy with high Cr content and using the d-electron concept. The d-electron concept was developed on the basis of the molecular orbital calculations of the electronic structures of Ni alloys. The two electronic parameters that are important for this concept are the bond order between an alloying element and nickel atons, Bo, and the other is the d-orbital energy level of alloing elements. This specific composition has high hot-corrossion resistance, tested by the immersion test, where it was tested through weight loss. There is a second coating oa Rene N6 single crystal based superalloy called CMSX-11B and CMSX-116, containing Chromium levels of 12.5% to 14.5% respectively. The Rene N6 also increases hydrogen resistance (HEE).
Sources:
"Rene N6: Third Generation Single Crystal Superalloy", W.S. Walton, K.S. O'Hara, E.E. Ross, T.M. Pollock, and W.H. Murphy. Superalloys 1996
"The Development of the CSMX-11B and CMSX-11C Alloyus for Industrial Gas Turbine Application", G.L. Erickson. Superalloys 1996
"Hot Corrosion Resistant and High Strength Nickel-Based Single Crystal and Directionally-Solidified Superalloys Developed by the d-Electrons Concept", C. Sarioglu, C. Stinner, J.R. Blachere, N. Birks, F.S. Pettit, G.H. Meter, and J.L. Smia
lek. Superalloys 1996

Range: The maximum range is 275 kilometers
Maximum Velocity: Mach 4.7 (decreasing range)
Optimum Velocity: 3.7 for maximum range

Guidance System: The Silencer uses a computer which means it's guided bu the MRT-2 RADAR system on the Hawk and Falcon, and can be programmed to be compatible with any RADAR, including ground RADAR. The missile also has a miniature RADAR with a twenty kilometer range for its terminal phase. The Predator is also programmed for use of surface SODAR and CELLDAR systems if available.

The missile also has a heterodyne-reception optical RADAR using a standard configuration [transmitter laser > exit optics > atmospheric propagation path > target] and [photodetector > photocurrent processing > image processing / BermCombiner/ local oscillato entrance optics]. The Silencer's transmitter is a Casegrainian telescope/ Picture coming soon...
Sources:
"Requirements of a coherent laser pulse-Doppler radar", G. Biernson, R.F. Lucy.
"Analysis and optimization of laser techniques", Graham W. Flint
"Motion sensing by optical heterodyne Doppler detection from diffuse surfaces", R.D. Kroeger
"Optical antenna gain. 1: Transmitting antennas", Bernard J. Klein and Jon J. Degnan
"Optical antenna gain. 2: Recceiving antennas", Bernard J. Klein and Jon J. Degnan
"Imaging and target detection with a heterodyne-reception optical radar", J.H. Shapiro, B.A. Capron, R.C. Harney

Explosion Style: Spread explosion or direct impact. Area of effectiveness is ten kilometers.
Length: 2.1 meters
Diamter: 15 centimeters
Missile Warhead: 20 kilograms Octagen

NO PRODUCTION RIGHTS! It also has one of those handy dandy self-destruction devices every one uses, you know..if you try to copy them.

Costumers with over one million combined purchases have 20% off from new purchases. They are listed below:

Price: 1.1 million USD

Picture coming soon...in drawing phase

Lu-12 Canary Tactical Strike Fighter

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Abstract:
The Lu-12 is a replacement aircraft for the antiquated Kondor, which was far too large for the missions of tactical strike is was assigned to. Moreover, the Lu-12 is designed for partial stealth, although it gives up much of the firepower the Kondor was equipped with.

Combat Systems:
The Lu-12 has four hardpoints on each wing, carrying a combat load of up to eight missiles on both wings, varying on the size of the missile. The wings are lined with a Rene N6 superalloy variant called Thymonel 8, used widely in Macabee turbines and engines for its missiles. Thymonel 8 has a tendency to have a low case of hydrogen enviroment embrittlement and does not burn or wear as easily, making it perfect for mass launchings of air to air missiles.

Two internal hardpoints can carry up to 2,000 pounds worth of weight for bombs or extra missiles, or even extra fuel for extended air superiority missions.


Moreover, the Lu-05 has two 20mm cannons mounded in blisters on either side of the fuselage. The cannons are powered by an internal motor generator, nick named the LuG-1 generator, which in turn powers dozens of large capacitors, bathed in water to give more permeability for the transfer of electrons, multiplying total power output by at least eighty.

The Lu-05 also has a single MAAMG (Macabee Anti-Air Missile Gun), dubbed 'Lunatic', as well as a undercompartment for flares and chaff. Moreover, it's armed with active RADAR jammer.

Cockpit and Avionics
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[Taken off Tyrandis' aircraft since he bought the original from the MMA-A3 Falcon]
The GEC-built Head-Up Display (HUD) offers a wide field of view (30 degrees horizontally by 25 degrees vertically) and serves as a primary flight instrument for the pilot.

There are six liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in the cockpit. These present information in full color and are fully readable in direct sunlight. LCDs offer lower weight and less size than the cathode ray tube (CRT) displays used in most current aircraft. The lower power requirements also provide a reliability improvement over CRTs. The two Up-Front Displays (UFDs) measure 3"x4" in size and are located to the left and right of the control panel.

The Integrated Control Panel (ICP) is the primary means for manual pilot data entry for communications, navigation, and autopilot data. Located under the glareshield and HUD in center top of the instrument panel, this keypad entry system also has some double click functions, much like a computer mouse for rapid pilot access/use.

The Primary Multi-Function Display (PMFD) is a 8"x8" color display that is located in the middle of the instrument panel, under the ICP. It is the pilot’s principal display for aircraft navigation (including showing waypoints and route of flight) and Situation Assessment (SA) or a "God's-eye view" of the entire environment around (above, below, both sides, front and back) the aircraft.

Three Secondary Multi-Function Displays (SMFDs) are all 6.25" x 6.25" and two of them are located on either side of the PMFD on the instrument panel with the third underneath the PMFD between the pilot's knees. These are used for displaying tactical (both offensive and defensive) information as well as non-tactical information (such as checklists, subsystem status, engine thrust output, and stores management)

Airframe
The airframe of the Lu-12 is a composite material made of an Aluminum based superalloy, NiAl, also a third generation crystal superalloy, as well as titanium, cobalt, Iron, interlaced tungsten and a Zirconium and hafnium alloy. There are eleven titanium ribs.

The airframe is also built with contour angles, in which RADAR waves bounce back in other directions, thus giving the Lu-12 a limited stealth feature, although it has been known that particularly powerful RADAR can look 'over' said features.

Stealth
The Lu-12 incorporates the Pallas Athena system, which uses carbon computers, to measure the amplitude, period and frequency of incoming radio waves and thus return an exact radio wave in order to cancel it. The motor generations which run the Pallas Athena also run through a series of capacitors, bathed in water, in order to augment total output by atleast eighty times over. However, the Pallas Athena can be overwhelmed, consequently, it's more of a second rate weapon in order to put 'lesser technologies' at a disadvantage.

The airframe is also covered with a thin-layer of composite light-metallic materials, which in turn is covered with microscopic silica material that is placed to seperate LIDAR rays into opposite adjacent directions.


The turbojets have infra-red suppresants in order to reduce on infra-red photon radiation, consequently cutting back on infra-red target lock from the less advance air to air missiles (AIM-7 Sparrow, AAM and AIM-9 Sidewinders).

Finally, the entire aircraft has a coating of WAVE-X radar absorbent material, which incorporates the best of honeycomb absorbent material, as well as foam absorbers. WAVE-X works at a frequency of 100MHz - 6GHz and has a surface resistivity of 1MΩ. It works in extreme temperatures, -54° - +177°C, and is the best in existance up to now.

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Electronics
The Lu-12 is equipped with a carry-on RADAR, powered through another motor generator, which in turn runs its wires through a series of dozens of capacitors bathed in water, multiplying the power put out by the motor generator by at least eighty. In turn, the active RADAR can detect movements at over three hundred kilometers distance, equal to that of a MiG-31. Specifically, it's a multi-mode X-band pulse Doppler radar. The system consists of a single electronically-scanned Phased-Array RADAR antenna mounted in the nose and tail giving the Lu-12 360 degree scanning capabilites.System can track 50 Targets and simultaeneously fire at 5.The NO-12M RADAR can also be integrated with AWAC or ground based RADAR systems to give it a total detection range of whatever the ground based RADAR is.

The Lu-12 is also equipped with a Gaussian LIDAR transmitter. How the Gaussian transmitter works is that it sets up two electrical planes, one charged positively, and one charged negatively. This, in turn, sets up an electron form, which charges the transmitter to direct a photon ray. The laser beam transmitted in turn hits an object and reports said object through electrical impulses, not reflection. A carbon computer onboard the Lu-12 distinguishes between inanimate (meaning, natural obstacles), friendly, and non-friendly objects in the sky. In order to reduce sucepbility to LIDAR falters in the clouds the DOPPLER LIDAR and DIAL use an infra-red imaging program.

The Lu-12 has a single three hundred and sixty degree rotating camera located under the nose of the aircraft, giving the pilot a full circle view of at least fifty kilometers distance.

Other Specifics:
Height: 5.9 meters
Wingspan: 10.2 meters
Length: 18 meters
Stall Speed: 120 kilometers per hour
Climb Rate: 28,000 meters per minute
Ceiling: 24,384 meters
Range: 5,600 kilometers

Engines:
The Lu-12 has two Rivka Industry Turbofans lined with Thymonel 8, a RENE N6 superalloy. Thrust-vectoring nozzles provides STOL capabilities, 160 kN static thrust with 250 kN of afterburner. The Rivka turbofans give the Lu-05 a maximum velocity of Mach 2.8.

Price:
45 Million USD

Don't forget to put our anti-ship missile on display, I bet some allied nations may be interested.

Looks excellent Mac :)

[OOC: It's 9:44 in the morning and I'm tired. I don't have the stats to it anymore.]

Shockhound Avenger I air-to-ship; surface-to-ship missile

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Joint Guffingford/Macabee Project

Length: 7m
Diameter: 90cm
Wingspan: .9m
Weight: 1900kg
Range: 450km
Speed: Mach 3.5

Warhead: Main explosive body - 400kg OctaNitroCubane; eight 20kg thermite explosive "wings". Armor piercing.

Guidance: Inertial with GPS and optionally TERCOMP, CELLDAR, limited command post RADAR steering. The variant also has an attached minimized Gaussian LIDAR transmitter for infra-red LIDAR operations.

Propulsion: Reichs Metalwerken AXIS RAMjet fuel and hydrogen injection propulsion.

Documentation on the external MIRV system:
In the tip of the missile several high tech laser systems have been implemented measuring the current velocity, altitude, longitude and latitude. This information if directly sent to a CELLDAR satellite providing a tracking command station with an up-to-the-minute datafeed about the missiles trajectory. The whole course is monitored and can be adjusted if needed. Roughly fifty meters before impact on a ship, eight seperate external MIRV charges (thermite or chemical) will be blasted out by a central hydraulical system creating a circle of explosives hitting the target at a maximum speed of mach six. These fragments detonate on impact.

The remaining part of the missile penetrates the hull, due to the use of either tungsten or alpha-grade uranium as a tip (50mm in length, at basis 30mm wide). Upon entering the target, the main explosive core will detonate.

Cost:
1.1 Million USD

The Principe III

The Principe III is a missile launched torpedo which is fired out of a VLT system, meaning it can be used on a submarine, or on a surface ship. The Principe III was the answer to the MSCIWS problem which was rendering Macabee surface strike anti-shipping missiles worthless, and it provided the Macabee military with a powerful weapon of destruction.

The Principe III uses a conventional engine, with a conventional jet turbine, propelling it at a measly Mach 2.1. However, this lower velocity also allows it to maneuver in the face of enemy surface to air missiles, which may be sent to counter the Principe III at longer ranges, allowing the Principe III to most likely surface massive barrages of long range anti-missile SAMs. In addition, the turbine is coated by the THYMONEL 8 superalloy which is used a lot in Macabee missiles to protected against hydrogen embrittlement (HEE), as well as over heating, giving the Principe III an extremely long range (five hundred kilometers; meaning five hundred seventy total, taking in mind that it drops the torpedo at around 70 kilometers from the enemy fleet). THYMONEL 8 was a NiFe superalloy mixed by the United States military for its jet turbines (NiFe is Nickel Based Iron Formula superalloy).

The Principe III jet turbine propells the missile capsule, which is much like a bouyancy capsule, however, instead is slimmer, and built to deal with air friction, and the augmented velocities. At around seventy kilometers distance the Principe III missile capsule, using RADAR and LIDAR to compute distance, as well as sattelite coordination if their are sattelites present, and the missile capsule breaks releasing an MT-2 torpedo into the water. However, this requires the Principe III to slow down to around 120 kilometers per hour. To decrease speed without allowing the enemy a greater time period to shoot it down, the Principe III has a very advanced jamming system, which jams enemy RADAR, giving it ample time to close the distance, break, and drop the MT-2.

The MT-2 is a SuperCavitating torpedo, which runs at a normal 70 knots for fifty of the seventy kilometers, and then makes turns for 200 knots at 20 kilometers distance. To handle the increasing ten kilometers in range the screw and propellant of the MT-2 is made of a NiAl based superalloy (Nickel based Alumina Formula superalloy).

The Principe III offers the next generation of anti-shipping missiles.

Production Cost: 100,000
Export Cost: 300,000

Pushka would like to purchase 700 Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd for 5600000000 USD

To: Pushka
This order has been confirmed by higher authority, and consequently, these seven hundred Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverds will arrive at your home ports within three weeks. We thank you for your business and hope you come back. Mechanical perfection is guaranteed.

[signed]Lord Karl von Ferst, CEO of Kriegsimmer

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MLAM-2 Air to Surface Missile

Propulsion: The MLAM-2 uses a conventional Octagen solid rocket fuel booster to propel itself along the surface of the sea, or extremely low in a land terrain scenario. In order to further the range the engine is made of a Ni based superalloy with high Cr content and using the d-electron concept. The d-electron concept was developed on the basis of the molecular orbital calculations of the electronic structures of Ni alloys. The two electronic parameters that are important for this concept are the bond order between an alloying element and nickel atons, Bo, and the other is the d-orbital energy level of alloing elements. This specific composition has high hot-corrossion resistance, tested by the immersion test, where it was tested through weight loss. There is a second coating oa Rene N6 single crystal based superalloy called CMSX-11B and CMSX-116, containing Chromium levels of 12.5% to 14.5% respectively. The Rene N6 also increases hydrogen resistance (HEE).

Range: The maximum range is 200 kilometers
Maximum Velocity: Mach 2.5
Optimum Velocity: 2.1 for maximum range

Guidance System: The Silencer uses a computer which means it's guided by the MRT-2 RADAR system on the Hawk and Falcon, and can be programmed to be compatible with any RADAR, including ground RADAR. The missile also has a miniature RADAR with a twenty kilometer range for its terminal phase. The Predator is also programmed for use of surface SODAR and CELLDAR systems if available.

The missile also has a heterodyne-reception optical RADAR using a standard configuration [transmitter laser > exit optics > atmospheric propagation path > target] and [photodetector > photocurrent processing > image processing / BermCombiner/ local oscillato entrance optics]. The Silencer's transmitter is a Casegrainian telescope

Explosion Style: Direct impact and high explosive.
Length: 3.9 meters
Diamter: 19 centimeters
Missile Warhead: 200 kilograms OctaNitroCubane

Price:1.3 million USD

The muscles from Brussels orders you to buy off my storefront.

We would like to purchase 500 Lu-05 Air Superiority Fighters for 5500000000 USD, money will be wired upon aproval of the deal.

Also money is wired for the tanks.

We would like to purchase 500 Lu-05 Air Superiority Fighters for 5500000000 USD, money will be wired upon aproval of the deal.

Said order is confirmed and will delivered along with the tanks. Because you are the first buyer to come back after the first buy you will be added to the frequent buyer list!

Money wired for the planes.

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SRSB Naram-Sin
(Short Range Strategical Bomber)

Abstract: The Naram-Sin is an extension program to the old Western Asian BMV ULA (came out near September 2003), and an improvement over the BMV/MA-1 ULA Gilgamesh (released November 2004). The new SRSB Naram-Sin would be able to sit over a battlefield and launch a barrage of missiles into invading armies, using the newly designed SkyCat 2000 transport bays, put onto two parallel bomb bays. The mammoth Naram-Sin could reload the ‘clips’ with missiles on hand and be refuled by air, therefore it would stay in combat for an extended period of time.

Engines: Using ‘air-breathing’, rocket based, combined-cycle engines, first developed as a concept by Preston Carter, the Naram-Sin would act as Hypersonic aircraft, of sorts. However, the Naram-Sim would not be as fuel efficient as Carter’s brainchild, yet substantially more fuel efficient than a normal jet engine. Instead, the engines would throttle pushing the Naram-Sin into the upper atmosphere in a near vertical accension, advancing about ten kilometers. As it descents into denser air the Naram-Sin would be pushed up by the increased aerodynamic lift. The engies would fire again, but unlike Carter’s Hypersoar, the engines have the ability to ‘rotate’ through hydraulics and thus pushes the Naram-Sin back up and backwards, so that the Naram-Sin would oscilate back and forth between two points. Any heat which plagues Hypersonic aircraft such as this would be negated as the Naram-Sin would radiate its heat into space, just like the Hypersoar. A 255,000 kilogram Naram-Sin would weigh as much as the heaviest Ariane 4 yet carry 40% more payload.

The engines are constructed of a single crystal Ni-Fe based superalloy called THYMONEL 8. THYMONEL 8 has a high fatigue resistance and this couples with a low hydrogen environment embrittlement (HEE). THYMONEL 8 exibit high termal conductivity and lower Young’s modulus meaning its beneficial for the thermo-mechanical strength. THYMONEL 8 is another RENE N6 based superalloy, and RENE N6 is microstructurally stable, and does not suffer from SR2, a cellular precipitation reaction which happens beneath coatings.

Maximum Velocity (Without loadout): Mach 1.5 (Mach 11 in the upper atmosphere)

Maximum Velocity (Fully Loaded): Mach 1 (Mach 8 in the upper atmosphere; the Hypersoar has a velocity of Mach 10)

Armaments: Using parallel bomb bays the Naram-Sin could place eight ‘clips’ or missile racks per bomb bay, and then stack them in three ‘levels’, meaning each Naram-Sin would have a total of forty-eight ‘clips’, each with twelve ‘slots’, thus a total of five hundred and seventy-six missiles (!). Now, if enough of a stockpile is put into the craft the Naram-Sin could hold and fire a total of two thousand eight hundred and eighty missiles, giving each Naram-Sin (fully loaded) a 2.8 billion dollar value (putting missiles at export price), which although costly, is very effective. ( Which explains why my own airforce only employs one so far.)

The ideal load out:

192 MTAAM-3 Air to Air Missiles
192 MAAM B Cruise Missiles
192 MLAM or MALAS Missiles


However, one could give it a load out which fits a specific mission better. The racks give the possibility of contraction or expansion of the ‘slots’ to fit missiles better – this is done mechanically and through AI if under the ‘re-load phase’ during combat exercises.

Targeting Systems:

MRT-5 on board RADAR with a 100 kilometers range
MST-2 on board SODAR system
MLT-3 o board LIDAR system


The Naram-Sin also uses land based targeting systems, as well as naval targeting systems.

Crew: 60

Export Cost: 350 million (not including missiles) or 3.5 billion (including ideal missile load out)

OOC: A Bump for Mac.

Could you do me a favor and give my your opinion at my thread in the IADF forums?

Very, very nice photoshoping man.

Very, very nice photoshoping man.Thank you ^_^ sorry to clutter up your thread.

We would like to purchase rights to the KriGud Self Propelled Artillery Gun, MLAM-2 Air to Surface Missile, MTAAM-3 Silencer Air to Air Missile, Naram-Sin Strategical Long Term Bomber, Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd Main Battle Tank and the Preatorian V.

[This is for W@W usage]

[For W@W Only, people]

The production rights can be sold for say, one hundred billion USD, since SafeHaven2 has been a loyal costumer.

Projects portion updated

To: Kriegzimmer Storefront
From: Roach-Busters Department of War

Hello. We wish to purchase the following from your storefront:

MLAM-2 Air to Surface Missile x100,000 ($130,000,000,000.00)
Shockhound Avenger I air-to-ship; surface-to-ship missile x100,000 ($111,000,000,000.00)
Rommel Class Battleship x100 ($160,000,000,000.00)
Seydlitz class Cruiser x1,000 ($750,000,000,000.00)
Model Class Aircraft Carrier x100 ($150,000,000,000.00)
SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicle x10,000 ($45,000,000,000.00)
Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd Main Battle Tank x10,000 ($80,000,000,000.00)
Incinérateur 155mm Rapid Fire Artillery x1,000,000 ($300,000,000,000.00)

TOTAL COST: $1,726,000,000,000.00

Money will be wired upon confirmation. Thank you!

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Said order of:


MLAM-2 Air to Surface Missile x100,000 ($130,000,000,000.00)
Shockhound Avenger I air-to-ship; surface-to-ship missile x100,000 ($111,000,000,000.00)
Rommel Class Battleship x100 ($160,000,000,000.00)
Seydlitz class Cruiser x1,000 ($750,000,000,000.00)
Model Class Aircraft Carrier x100 ($150,000,000,000.00)
SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicle x10,000 ($45,000,000,000.00)
Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd Main Battle Tank x10,000 ($80,000,000,000.00)
Incinérateur 155mm Rapid Fire Artillery x1,000,000 ($300,000,000,000.00)


for the amount prescribed:


$1,726,000,000,000.00


has been confirmed. Indeed, how could we say no to Roach-Busters. The utmost quality of our products is guaranteed, and the vehicles will arrive at your ports within three months (at the latest, perhaps sooner), the missiles within two weeks, the artillery within two months, and the ships, since they need a great deal of work in construction, at the very least five years. (However, since no one really cares, you can just use fluid time and say you already have all of it :P ).

[signed]Lord Karl von Ferst, CEO of Kriegsimmer

Said order of:



for the amount prescribed:



has been confirmed. Indeed, how could we say no to Roach-Busters. The utmost quality of our products is guaranteed, and the vehicles will arrive at your ports within three months (at the latest, perhaps sooner), the missiles within two weeks, the artillery within two months, and the ships, since they need a great deal of work in construction, at the very least five years. (However, since no one really cares, you can just use fluid time and say you already have all of it :P ).

[signed]Lord Karl von Ferst, CEO of Kriegsimmer


Thank you, my friend. I will definitely purchase from you again in the future.

-Generalissimo J.L.

Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery

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Armor:
The Praetorian V M-SAM is equipped with a very light armor. It has twenty inches of MEXAS armor, equating to a CE RHA value of ca. three thousand millimeters, but considerably less against KE. However, as it is a rear line vehicle, or at least a vehicle which is supposed to be sorrounded by a formidable entourage, larger, or heavier armor, is not desirable.

Fire and Control System:
he new fire and control system present on the Pz. XI, dubbed 'Brass', is the new top notch of said systems, developed by General Dynamics (Canada) and expanded upon by Macabee engineers. It includes Multi-Role Sensor Suite, Multi-Sensor Integration, Integrated Sensor/TA Suite, Virtual Immersive, Environment (AVTB)\, Neuroholographic ATD/R, Immersive Visualization. Moreover, the new system has both a low altitude RADAR and LIDAR system which has capabilities of tracking and giving firing solutions for up to twenty different targets at up to four thousand meters for the LIDAR and up to eleven thousand meters for the RADAR (although, of course, a gun doesn't necessarily have the power nor the type of shell to reach that far, and of course, that doesn't mean that the area between you and the enemy tank if full of large rocks that can disrupt your shell and its vector). The LIDAR uses a gaussian transmitter, which is right now the most advanced LIDAR transmitter developed by the United States. Of course, this fire and control system also uses thermal imaging, and of course, infra-red imaging.

The Praetorian M-SAM battery also is equipped with a super computer which feeds transmissions from grounded, and larger, RADAR arrays, on land, air and sea, giving it wider and more accurate coverage.

Engine:
The Praetorian M-SAM Battery has a 1,200 horsepower engine, giving it a maximum velocity of 80 kilometers per hour.

The SAM:
Each Praetorian M-SAM Battery has twelve slots on the 'missile clip', with capabilities to fire twelve seperate surface to air missiles. The launcher is covered with a thick layer of Thymonel 8, a RENE N6 Third Generation Crystal Superalloy, which protects it from the heat, and hydrogen enviroment embrittlement (HEE), making the Praetorian M-SAM Battery extremely worthy, without needing exrutiating maintenance.

The Praetorian M-SAM Battery's clip can be changed by the manufacturer, or by the client, to equip their own surface to air missile. The standard surface to air missile of the Macabee army is the Praetorian V, which is not for sale, however, soon this will be replaced by a newer surface to air missile.

Cost:
3 million USD

400mm Coastal Rail Gun
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The Rail Gun:
Railguns are actually relatively simple devices consisting of two parallel copper rails with a groove cut into them. A small projectile made of either aluminum, copper, or graphite is fitted in the groove. The projectile must be at least semi-conductive in order to complete the circuit. The rails are hooked up to an enormous power source which sends an electric current up one rail, through the projectile, and down the second rail. The current up and down the raill causes magnetic fields that interact with the electrons (current) moving through the projectile. This interaction is known as the Lorentz Force and acts in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field and the current. The effect of the force acting perpendicular to the magnetic field and current causes the projectile to accelerate down the rails. Therefore, using longer rails causes the projectile to reach a higher velocity before leaving the rails, due to the fact that the Lorentz Force will be acting on the projectile for a longer period of time.

To determine the force on the electric current across the projectile in a uniform magnetic field, the following equation applies. �

F=I*L x B

* I = Current
* L = length along which current is flowing
* B = uniform magnetic field

To determine the exit velocity of the projectile, we find:

V=(L'*I�*t)/(2*m)

where,

* V = velocity
* L' = inductance of rods
* I = current
* t = time length of current pulse
* m = mass of projectile
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Energy Production for the 400mm Coastal Rail Gun:
The energy for this piece of hardware is produced by a subterranean diesel generator. For large strings of said fortification nuclear generators can also power a motor generator to power each gun (the nuclear generator, of course, is for many, not one..so one nuclear generator can power up to one hundred for optimal preformance). The motor generators, whichever system is used, in turn transfers energies to a string of two thousand 4 inch by 1 inch capactors, bathed in water, which thus multiplies total energy output by right under eighty times. This gives the rail gun the necessary energy to fire.

Range:
Ca. 450 kilometers

Price For System and Construction (Diesel Only, Nuclear must be constructed by own country):
Each gun platform costs 800,000 USD.
Each powerplant costs 400,000 USD
For a total of 1.2 million per system.

Note: Projects Has Been Updated

Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS
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In the quest to create a second type of multiple rocket launch delivery system, in which the firing time, and the reload time, would be much shorter than the American MRLS or the Russian TOS-1 or SMERCH, the Macabee military released the much smaller, much more economical, Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS, a second to the larger Panzerwerfer M-97, the main MRLS system in service with the Macabee military.

The Panzerwerfer M-2000 has a twelve tube rocket pack which fires twelve 150mm rocket, using whatever warhead prescribed to it. The 'clip' can expend itself in just under eight seconds, while a secondary truck, if present, can re-load the tube system within fifteen seconds, providing a reliable, quick, and powerful, 'get in and get dirty' multiple rocket launch system. The 'clip' is layered with a coating of THYMONEL 8, a RENE N6 Single Crystal Third Generation superalloy, giving it better heat resistance, as well as Hydrogen Enviroment Embrittlement (HEE) protection.

The rockets which can be launched from the Panzerwerfer M-2000 include high explosive, anti-tank, cluster munitions, and heavy saturation rockets. Indeed, any type of rocket is compatible with the Panzerwerfer M-2000 as long as it's 150mm in diameter and around six to eight meters in length.

The maximum range for the Panzerwerfer M-2000 is fifty kilometers, lacking the range of the larger variant. However, it has a faster velocity, one hundred and twenty kilometers an hour, and has better traction, as well as torque. All in all, it is a very effective weapon, and cheap for its use.

Cost: 600,000 USD

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Mac, don't forget to cite me in your post on the Shockhoud and our new anti-ship missile.

Will do.

The Empire of Jamum wishes to purchase:

1 SRSB Naram-Sin (un-loaded)

which comes to 350 million that will be paid upon completion

Will firearms (assault rifles, sniper rifles, handguns, etc.) be added to this storefront in the foreseeable future?

-Generalissimo J.L.

The Empire of Jamum wishes to purchase:

1 SRSB Naram-Sin (un-loaded)

which comes to 350 million that will be paid upon completion

Your order for one Naram-Sin has been confirmed and processedd. You will recieve the order within two weeks. Thank you for your purchase.

Will firearms (assault rifles, sniper rifles, handguns, etc.) be added to this storefront in the foreseeable future?

-Generalissimo J.L.

Most likely, soon enough. [OOC: Probably this weekend.]

Most likely, soon enough. [OOC: Probably this weekend.]

Excellent. Inform me when they are available. I shall purchase tremendous quantities of them.

-Generalissimo J.L.

Guffingford Transfer Notice:

All sales of joint Guffingford/Macabee products are split half and half between both nations. This is done electronically, and automatically.

The Javean nation is interested in purchasing 5,000 of your 400mm Coastal Rail Guns to defend our coastlines. $4,000,000,000 USD will be wired on confirmation.

-General Yuri Bigglesworth of Javea

Said order has been confirmed for 4 billion USD. In exchange the parts to the five thousand 400mm coastal guns will arrive at your ports, five hundred encasements per month. Thank you for your order.

Kriegzimmer Corporation Conglomerate is happy to announce its new ten percent off sale policy. Said policy goes for all costumers. However, unfortunately it will only be in effect for a limited time.
-Krigzimmer Board

The Panzerwerfer M-2000 has been introduced.

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Woot, 4,600 posts!

Hali-37 Assault Rifle
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[It's us actually little like this, I just wanted a picture.]

During the latter days of the Civil War, soldiers on all sides used the cheap, abundant, and effective, Ak-74s, bought off foreign markets across the globe. However, in the quest of a more modern, more competent, and much more effective, killing machine the Macabee armed forces has released their first assault rifle, the Hali-37 Assault Rifle. The design is supposed to completely take the place of the older Ak-74s and M-16s.

The Hali-37 uses the widely distributed 5.56 x 45mm NATO round, fitted in a standard thirty round magazine. The Hali-37 has two different rates of fire; 1,800 rounds per minute, in two shot bursts, or six hundred rounds per minute in fully automatic. Moreover, the Hali-37 uses Nikonov's AN-94 process of speeding up loading time.

n a conventional semi-automatic rifle, to load the next round the bolt must unlock, extract the spent cartridge case, move rearward over the next round to be fed in the magazine, and eject the case. At this point the bolt (driven by the recoil or return spring) is pushed forward, where it strips the next round from the magazine, chambers it, locks in place, and is ready to fire. In the Hali-37 this process is sped up through the use of a cable and pulley operated "rammer" which pre-positions the next round in the chamber, eliminating unnecessary reward bolt travel. The rammer functions as follows: as the bolt recoils to the rear the cable (passing through the pulley, pulls the rammer forward, stripping the next round from the magazine and partially chambering it. As the bolt returns forward the rammer resets and the bolt pushes the round completely into the chamber and locks.

In the Hali-37 recoil, in burst mode, is handled in essentially a dual recoiling system. When the first round is fired the entire barrel/bolt assembly begins sliding to the rear, compressing a main recoil spring. In addition the bolt itself is compressing an individual secondary spring, which drives the bolt back forward, whereupon the hammer automatically fires the second round of the burst (all while the barrel is still recoiling reward on the main spring.) Once the second round is fired the bolt locks to the rear until the barrel has recoiled completely and gone back into battery. As soon as the barrel is back in battery the bolt is released and another round is chambered. This arrangement allows for two shots to be fired before any recoiling forces are transferred to the shooter. When fired in the full auto mode the Hali-37 first fires a 2 round burst and then goes into fully automatic fire (in which the bolt is held to the rear until the barrel completes its recoiling cycle).

Beyond the 2-round burst capability, the Hali-37 is a relatively conventional battle rifle. The Hali-37 is capable of mounting a bayonet (though in this case it is mounted to the right of the muzzle rather than below, so as to allow for the use of an under barrel grenade launcher, and horizontally, to enable the user to male side to side slashing attacks while holding the rifle.) and it comes standard with a universal scope mounting rail on the left hand side of the receiver. The Hali-37 accepts standard M-16 20 and 30 round magazines, as well as the new 60 round four-stack magazines. The sights feature a conventional shrouded front sight, which is adjustable for zeroing, and a 5-position rotating aperture rear sight (similar to the German G3) for range.

Put it all together and it adds up to a rifle with 200 meters more range than the AK-74, better accuracy for rapid "burst" firing, and an innovative recoil and reload system, all at a fraction more weight than the standard AK-74.

Caliber: 5.56 x 45mm
Action: Gas Operated
Overall length: 943mm (728mm with folded butt stock)
Barrel length: 405mm
Weight, empty / loaded w. 30 rounds: 3850g
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds
Rate of fire, cyclic: 1,800 - 2 burst ; 600 fully automatic
Maximum effective range: 650 to 700 meters

Cost: 2,000 USD

RoLu-17 Galician Attack Helicopter
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A Macabee/Mekugi Project

Design:
The helicopter design is based on the conventional pod and boom configuration with a tail rotor. The main rotor head has elastomeric bearings and the main rotor blades are made from composite materials. The tail rotor is designed on a biplane configuration with independently controlled X-shaped blades. A new design of all plastic rotor blades, which can sustain hits from 30mm shells. Specifically, the main rotor is a five bladed whisper quiet rotor, as designed by Mekugi Industries.

The helicopter has non-retractable tricycle tailwheel type landing gear. The energy absorbing landing gear and seats protect the crew in a crash landing or in a low-altitude vertical fall. The crew are able to survive a vertical fall up to 12m/s. The Galicia has a fully armoured cabin including the windshield which withstands impact by 7.62mm and 12.7mm bullets and 20mm shell fragments.

Weapon Systems:
The nose turret has a dual weapon system, including a 20mm automatic grenade launcher, with a range of about four hundred meters, as well as a 30mm cannon. Both weapon systems use a liquid nitrogen II coolant system. The rate of fire on the latter cannon is anywhere from 600 to 1,800 rounds a minute.

Each stub wing has three hardpoints. The outer hardpoint carries a 'clip' of two MTAAM-3 Silencer MADAAM air to air missiles, giving the Galicia a total of four air to air missiles, for defense against enemy aircraft. The middle hardpoint, on each stub, has a twenty 80mm mini-rocket saturation cannon, with a range of about six hundred meters. The inner hardpoints give the Galicia a total of sixteen, on both stub wings, anti-tank guided missiles - capable of using any ATGM used anywhere, making the Galicia perfect for export.

Cockpit:
The pilot and gunner cockpits are in a stepped tandem configuration. Both cockpits are equipped with multifunction displays which present information from the Integrated Management System and provide a synthetic waypoint map, navigation data, weapon status, weapon selection, communications, and aircraft/flight data. The displays are equipped with multifunction keyboards.

The helicopter is equipped with an Automatic Flight Control System, which provides nap-of-the-earth flight capability and the level of stability for precise weapon aiming. A Tactical Navigation Display enhances mission management and situational awareness.

The cockpit is also reknown for its structure, and its strength, making it amongst the safest in the world.

Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System (IHADSS)
The Pilot Night Vision Sensor (PNVS) gives the pilot the capability to fly the Galicia at night. The PNVS is a FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed), or thermal night vision system. Unlike Night Vision Goggles (NVG), a FLIR does not magnify starlight. Instead, it collects the thermal (infrared) energy radiated and reflected from objects. Therefore, the Galicia pilot can see at night regardless of the amount of starlight or moonlight.

The imagery from the FLIR is presented to the pilot through a 1 inch TV picture tube mounted on the right side of his helmet. The image from the TV tube is reflected off a small lens in front of the pilot's right eye. Therefore, the pilot flies with one eye night vision "aided" while the other eye is unaided.

In order to command the movement of the sensor turrets (PNVS and TADS), each of the cockpits has two infrared scanners mounted behind and above each side of the crew seats. These scanners sweep the cockpit interior with timed infrared energy. Four small receivers mounted on the crew helmets detect the infrared energy. A computer calculates the position of the helmet by comparing the reception time of each receiver with the transmission time (sweep) of the scanners. The PNVS or TADS turret is then commanded to move in elevation and azimuth to match the position of the applicable crew member's helmet position. In this way the sensor looks where the pilot or CPG looks.

Other Detection Devices:
The RoLu-17 Galicia also has a 2nd Generation Macabee Gaussian LIDAR transmitter. The transmitter has two charged plates, one positive, and one negative, to create an electrical current. Thusly, the photon wave is charged, and upon striking something it sends back an electrical impulse to a carbon computer onboard the Galicia. The computer, solely for the LIDAR, designates it friendly or foe, and it also uses a doppler and DIAL device to designate between a worthwhile target, meaning the helicopter crew will not have to designate worthwhile targets themselves, and instead are presented with priority readings within seconds.

Countermeasures:
The helicopter's electronic warfare suite includes a Elettronica ELT-156 radar warning receiver and BAE Systems Italia RALM-101 laser warner. The helicopter countermeasures systems include Elettronica ELT-554 radar and BAE Systems IEWS AN/ALQ-144A infrared jammer and chaff and flare decoy dispensers.

Engines:
The RoLu-17 Galicia Attack Helicopter is fitted with two Lu-17-287 turboshaft engines, fitted on either side of the fuselage. Given the design of the frame, and the engines, the Galicia has a maximum velocity of three hundred and ten kilometers per hour.

The engines are also given IR Supression devices, used first on the Rafale, and then on the Lu line of military jets. They're also fitted with Wave-X RADAR Absorbing Material.

Cost: 28 Million

I have some questions about the SRSB Naram-Sin if I may...

It is described as a "short-range strategic bomber".

What is the un-refuelled range? What is the battlefield loiter time?

What is the maximum and minimum altitudes through its flight profile?

Thanks,
Wolfish Defense Command.

To Wolfish Defense Command
The Naram-Sin SRSB was not designed to fly long ranges, however, we the 'air breathing' engines, first designed for the American Hypersoar (destined to be released 2018), the Naram-Sin would be able to 'skip' through the atmosphere for at least half the globe (since the NS globe is much larger than the RL globe, it would be able to circumnavigate the entire RL globe), although again, that is not what it was built for. It was built to fly directly into the atmospheres and oscilate back and forth, at over two hundred kilometers distance from the enemy (depending on the range of your missiles). Unrefueled it would have a battlefield loitering time of circa a day or two, depending on how large the fuel tanks are (depending on the mission). However, it is designed to be refueled in the air, so it shouldn't be much of an issue. As for altitude, the Naram-Sin works in the upper atmospheres. As stated in the catalog, "Instead, the engines would throttle pushing the Naram-Sin into the upper atmosphere in a near vertical accension, advancing about ten kilometers. As it descents into denser air the Naram-Sin would be pushed up by the increased aerodynamic lift. The engies would fire again, but unlike Carter’s Hypersoar, the engines have the ability to ‘rotate’ through hydraulics and thus pushes the Naram-Sin back up and backwards, so that the Naram-Sin would oscilate back and forth between two points. Any heat which plagues Hypersonic aircraft such as this would be negated as the Naram-Sin would radiate its heat into space, just like the Hypersoar." Meaning, it would work from the upper atmosphere, then briefly into space, and then back into the Earth's atmopshere.

Any further questions shall be answered immediately.

-Krigzimmer Board

Thank you - most helpful.

What would the altitute be when it drops back into the atmosphere at the low point of its flight?

My concern is that this is likely to be the point at which it is most susceptible to enemy interceptors or missile systems.

Thank you - most helpful.

What would the altitute be when it drops back into the atmosphere at the low point of its flight?

My concern is that this is likely to be the point at which it is most susceptible to enemy interceptors or missile systems.

According to theory its high point would be sixty kilometers from the surface of the Earth, while its low point would be thirty-five kilometers from the surface of the Earth. This of course varies on the atmosphere, however, it wouldn't vary substantially enough to throw away these measurements.

However, in practicing military theory, it would most likely be more 'sane' to put a fighter screen. Though, again, the Naram-Sin is designed to sit in friendly skies, behind the front lines. In reality, it would have to depend on the scenario, and the happenings in the skies, and fighter screen size would depend on it as well.

OOC: its Horizon Heavy Industries (HHI) not Mekugi Industries just for the sake of accuracy, it looks great though ^_^ Im assumeing I have production rights as well? the profits are all yours I just am in need of the actual aircraft.

Production Rights are yours, and all the money made is split half and half automatically.

we wish to purchase 1,000 Rapidfiring artillery and 1,000 400mm Coastal railguns.

1,000 Princip IIIs
2,000 Shockhound Avengers anti shipping missiles


we we would also like to purchase production rights for these weapons

To: Surperier
The sale of one thousand 155mm Incinérateur Rapid Firing Artillery Gun, one thousand four hundred millimeter coastal rail guns, one thousand Principe IIIs and two thousand Shockhound Avengers has been confirmed. [OOC: The passage of said weapons will be RPd through World at War.] This comes to a total cost of 4.1 billion USD. This will be electrically transferred from your national bank accounts. Thank you for your order.

how about the production rights?

[OOC: Forgot about that.]

To: Superier
Because of our policy concerning production rights to other countries, excepting SafeHaven2, who has been a loyal ally of the Empire, and has laid his life on the line for us, we will not be able to sell production rights to most of our weaponry. However, perhaps we can work something out with specific designs, such as the Principe III. The newer designs, however, will not have their production designs on the market any time soon.

understandable

understandable

9mm Pistol: Hol-24

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Description:
The Hol-24 is a semiautomatic, as well as automatic, blowback-operated magazine-fed weapon fited with a double-action trigger mechanism. It fires a 9 X 18mm cartridge and uses an 8 round magazine.

Capabilities:
The effective range of the Hol-24 is fifty meters. Its muzzle velocity is 315 meters per second. It's practical rate of fire is thirty rounds per minute. The Hol-24 also has an option for automatic fire.

Length: 7 inches
Width: 1.50 inches
Height: 5.51 inches

Cost: 400 USD

and I will get 8million Hali-37 Assault Rifle which the final cost would be 160000000000 USDS

To: Homieville Foreign Ministry
The eight million Hali-37 Assault Rifles has been confirmed for 160,000,000,000 USD (160 billion). The rifles will be delivered over a time period of eight months. Their preformance on the battlefield is guranteed. Thank you for your purchase.

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Public Message:
Kriegzimmer has began custom designs! Yes, that's right. You tell us what you want, and we will make it! For further information please refer to Kriegzimmer's specific office for this at http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=411441. Come fast!

Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle
Note: This was made upon request of Malatose. Only he can purchase production rights.

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Weapon Systems:
The Munich is designed to be the second generation self-propelled anti-tank gun. The first generation, of course, were the self-propelled anti-tank killers of the Second World War, ending with the ingenius Jagdtiger. With the advent of the fire and forget anti-tank missiles, however, it is time to release the second generation mobile anti-tank gun.

The vehicle sits on the same bottom half chassis as the Panzerwerfer M-2000 and the Praetorian V mobile SAM battery. However, the chassis changed a bit on window contructed, crew compartment construction. The design still has a flaw in crew compartment space, however, the crew is only made up of two personnel, a driver, and weapons manager. The driver also acts as the tank commander, and as close-in weapons manager.

The main weapon is the twelve clip anti-tank launcher, which uses the newest of Macabee anti-tank missiles, the Munic missile, named after its name-sake vehicle. The missile itself is explained below. In any case, the missile launcher is foiled in a construction of titanium ribs, with a smaller polymer composite skin, with a final coating of THYMONEL 8. THYMONEL 8 is a RENE N6 third generation single crystal superalloy, with general strength charactiristics against Hydrogen Enviroment Embrittlement, as well as heat, making it especially useful when taking in mind the fast paced launchings of the Munich self propelled anti-tank vehicle. Under testing the Munich's launcher has been able to launch all twelve missiles, accurately, at under eight seconds. The general launching sequence follows multiple rocket launch procedures, and in fact, the Munich is designed after a multiple rocket launch vehicle.

As secondary weapons the Munich Anti-tank vehicle also has a phalanx type close-in weapon system for air to surface missile strikes against the vehicle, equipped with its own 2GM Gaussian LIDAR Transmitter, which uses electrical plates, as Gauss' Law specifies, but instead of working with returned light waves, works with returned electrical impulses, making avoiding the LIDAR that was much harder for the enemy. The phalanx can be controlled by either member of the crew, or it can be set to automatic, working solely on the vehicle's RADAR and LIDAR.

The driver/commander also has control of a 7.62mm light machine gun for anti-personnel usage. The machine gun has a rate of fire of about one thousand five hundred rounds a minute on a conservative estimate. However, this statistic may vary on usage.

Munich Anti-Tank Guided Missile - 'Fire and Forget':
The Munich ATGM is a fire and forget missile, meaning it can be fired, and it locks on itself, avoiding wires or RADAR sights from the launcher. It's general configuration follows that of the Javelin anti-tank missile the United States developed, in which the seeker section is placed at the forefront of the missile, the explosive in the center, and the propulsion in the rear.

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The explosive is a tandem charge, meaning it has two steps to its explosion phase. The tandem charge was developed to counter explosive reactive armor, and has proved to be quite good at the job. The first minor impact, set off by small packs of thermite, not enough to do damage to the tank on itself, but enough to set off the explosive reactive bricks on the tanks, provides the counter to the reactive bricks. The second phase is the general penetration and explosion which destroys the tank. All in all, the 12kg armor penetrating warhead, composed of OctoNitroCubane, has the ability to destroy anything on the road, with double the punch of the javelin.

However, this does mean the weight of the missile is considerably larger. In full, the Munic missile weighs thirty-eight kilograms, as opposed to the twenty-eight of the Javelin. However, with the better off propulsion system it doesn't serve as a problem.

With this said, the propulsion system is a RAMjet propulsion system, which gives it a range of six thousand meters, although not optimal, and a velocity of circa Mach 4, perhaps even faster. However, this does make the Munich one of the most advanced anti-tank missiles known to man.

For seeking devices the Munich ATGM uses a smaller variant of the 2GM Gaussian LIDAR Transmitter, working on the same premise as the 2GM for the Phalanx type close in weapon system. This LIDAR system has a range of two hundred meters, and is used for after-lock accuracy. For lock the Munich has an on board carbon computer, about the size of a thumb, which computes the position of the target using the statistics provided by the vehicle. The missile creates a grid, and using this grid locks onto the said foe. In this way the Munich can be programmed as a seemingly 'dumb' missile, without guidance, but can prove very accurate.

On Board Electronics:
The Munich vehicle is provided with a electronic warning system for RADAR locks, which works both for the CIWS and the crew. Moreover, it has a RADAR of its own, the MRT-3 to be exact, with a range of about ten thousand meters on the surface, and twenty thousand meters at higher altitudes. The RADAR is fed by a seperate motor generator running off the engine of the vehicle, which wires through a series of capacitors embedded in water to multiply total energy output by at least eighty, much like the already existant American Louis Alice Power Supply.

The Munich also has an on board Gaussian 2GM LIDAR Transmitter, seperate from the one used for the Phalanx type CIWS. This is powered by a seperate motor generator, although smaller than the last, yet still running through a series of capacitors. This LIDAR system has a range of about three thousand meters for close-in strikes. This 2GM LIDAR Transmitter works the same as the other ones, and instead of relying on return signals, works on electrical impulses launched to and fro by the two charged plates.

The detection devices can be turned off at the wish of the crew, and this serves for stealth purposes, further described below.

Vehicle Skin:
The Milan Self Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle has an armored coating of a full eighteen millimeters of MEXAS armor, giving it an RHA value from 8mms to an extraordinary 800mms to 2,500mms (for CEs, KE is considerably less), depending on the angle it’s installed at. The MEXAS is covered with a secondary layer of a stitched glass reinforced composite. The matrix resins used are orthophtalic polyester, isophthalic polyester, vinyl ester and epoxy, which are currently used on some Norwegian patrol craft. The hulls are laminated inside and outside with fibre reinforced plastic composed of glass fibre and carbon laminates bound with vinyl ester and polyester resin. A scrimp manufacturing process is used in construction, involving vacuum assisted resin injection. Carbon fibre and carbon loaded materials have been selected for the beams, mast and supporting structures, which need high tensile strength, for example the support structures for the gun and the electro-optical and radar weapon director.

This is further enhanced by the application of Wave-X RADAR absorbent material which is like a ‘mother of all’ RAM. It applies honeycomb RAM along with non-broad band RAM which means that the consequent RAM has a very large band and can absorb most types of RADAR without tuning it to a specific type. In total the Wave-X has a frequency range of 100MHz to 6GHz, and the RAM would have a relative thickness of about .05mms. The surface resistivity would be 1MΩ. Moreover, hatches and doors are covered with RAM combs so that they aren’t picked up if said door or hatchet opens.

In order for the stealth features to preform to its fullest all electronic detection devices must be turned off, as explained above.

Engine:
The Munich MAT Vehicle has a 800 horsepower engine, having a weight to power ratio of thirty-two horsepower per ton, giving it a better weight to power ratio than the Challenger main battle tank. This, in turn, means the Munich also has an excellent transmission, and is not prone to multiple and frequent breakdowns, like other armored vehicles.

The Munich MAT Vehicle has a maximum velocity of eighty kilometers per hour on good roads, somewhat less across terrain. It has a cross suspension system for off road manuevers.

Cost: 3.8 Million USD

Malatose would like to buy the production rights to the Munich Mobile Anti-Tank Missile Vehicle.

Malatose would like to buy the production rights to the Munich Mobile Anti-Tank Missile Vehicle.

As the deal stated prior the design of the vehicle the government of Malatose is to pay sixty billion dollars for the production rights of the Munich MAT Vehicle. Then, it shall be Malatose's design.

[OOC: Meh, looks like we're going to be using the same weapon when we're rolling across France in the epic European war.]

Pushka would like to purchase the following:

5000 Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery
5000 Panzerwerfer 2000

Cost(with frequent buyer discount): 3600000000

OOC: Macabees i am waiting for your reply to my telegram. I really wanna know what you think.

[OOC: I'll check my T-Grams right now. Sorry, I log in through the forums most of the time.]

The order has been confirmed. Said five thousand Praetorian Vs and five thousand Panzerwerfer M-2000s shall be delivered to you within three months. The total cost of 3.6 billion faced a further discount of 720 million, bringing the total cost to 2.88 billion. Thank you for your order.

Pleasure doing business with you. Money has been wired to your bank account.

As the deal stated prior the design of the vehicle the government of Malatose is to pay sixty billion dollars for the production rights of the Munich MAT Vehicle. Then, it shall be Malatose's design.

[OOC: Meh, looks like we're going to be using the same weapon when we're rolling across France in the epic European war.]

We will wire the 60 Billion dollars immediantly.

It's my own pleasure doing business with you both.

The Kriegzimmer Board is estatic that the costum designs area has flourished with buyers.

Elusive class Battleship

Abstract:
After the stunning success and long life of the Rommel class Battleship it was finally decided to mothball the Rommel and instead opt for the implementation of a newer battleship. This movement was further propelled by the appearance of several super dreadnoughts, which had made their stand across the world as doable designs. However, the Macabee administration had never been fond of extremely expensive designs, and so a super dreadnought was out of the question, although something close to one, or at lest something that could put a defense up against one, was the next thing in line. Consequently, the dawn of the Elusive class Battleship struck, and the best naval engineers throughout the Empire began their task in designing said ship.

After a couple of years the engineers finally arrived with a conclusion, and the design looked spectacular. It was something never before seen in a Macabee navy, although others nations mights scoff at it. It was certainly something that could stand its own against other battleships, and other ships in particular. It also implemented some of the most advanced technologies designed by Macabee engineers. All in all, it was a worthwhile ship, and one that could ride the waves, and perhaps be close to ruling them.

Of course, the first ship, the HES-771 Elusive was the first Elusive class Battleship in the Macabee inventory. Twenty-four others would soon follow. The twenty-five Elusive class Battleships in the Macabee navy were: HES-771 Elusive, HES-772 Pepperbox, HES-773 Traditional, HES-774 Imperial, HES-775 Guidance, HES-776 Cellestial, HES-778 Valiant, HES-779 Couragous, HES-780 Solace, HES-781 Undertaker, HES-782 Vivacious, HES-783 Demonic, HES-784 Gargantuan, HES-785 War Hammer, HES-786 Malicious, HES-787 Hunter, HES-788 Tariq, HES-789 Megellan, HES-790 Bismarck, HES-791 Metternich, HES-792 Lathargic, HES-793 Peacekeeper, HES-794 Asteroid, HES-795 Striker and finally, the HES-796 Malintent.

Another nation in use of the battleship is Malatose, who has bought it off the Macabees for seventy billion United States Dollars.

Hull and Skin Construction:
The Elusive is designed as a trimaran ship, which consequently offers it protection from mass attack, including mines and torpedoes. Moreover, should the outer hull be breached the second hull would still have enough bouyance to stay afloat, giving the Elusive class Battleship a lifespan, and survivability rate, mirroring other battleships.

The hulls themselves are contructed of a polymer composite formed of titanium and steel fibers, as well as plastics and heavy and firm ceramics. The polymer composite is also laced with kevlar, which gives it yet more protection. The entire composite is designed in a matrix, which has been proven to be able to operate under stress, it is to say, the matrix adds toughness to the composite, and while some of the material used to construct the composite might have strong tensile strength, the matrix gives the armor a strong compressional strength, meaning it won't buckle under the pressure of a missile, or a shell. The matrix is further reinforced by epoxy resins, which can be used at higher temperatures. The main belt line of the ship has an actual measurement of three hundred and fifty-five millimeters of armor, with an RHA value of over three thousand millimeters. The main deck armor is composed of fifty and eight-tenths millimeters of armor, while the splinter deck armor is composed of fifteen millimeters and the second deck armor of one hundred and seventy-seven millimeters. The barbette is enshrouded by five hundred and eight actual millimeters of armor, while the turret face plate armor has a similar statistic. The turret side has a reading of two hundred and forty-one millimeters of armor. Finally, the conning tower has an armored statistic of four hundred and fifty-seven millimeters of composite armor. This makes the Elusive class somewhat heavier in armor than the Iowa, with a much better RHA reading as it employs better composites.

Armament:
The main armaments of the Elusive class Battleship are three quadruple platform sixteen inch coil guns. Coil Guns, (also known as "gauss guns", or "coaxial accelerators", or "linear electromagnetic accelerators") are extremely easy to make, a fact that explains their popularity on the Internet and as a science project in general. Basically, all one needs to build a coilgun is to wrap a couple turns of wire around some type of tube and run electricity through that wire with a piece of iron inside the tube. However, as with most things, when it comes to making a coil gun that performs well, that is, converts a significant portion of the energy stored in the capacitors into kinetic energy, even the best designs -the ones on this web site included- achieve at best a meager couple of % efficiency. Although a comparison with conventional electric motors and transformers, which can perform at efficiency levels as high as 90% and above, is not appropriate since they are completely different devices, some governmental institution coil gun designs have been quoted as achieving efficiencies as high as 26%, which makes it very obvious to me that there is something seriously wrong with the current amateur designs. The power supply for the total of sixteen guns is found through the application of a larger variant of the Louis Alice Power Supply (LAPS), which is a motor generator, running off the nuclear core of the ship, which passes its current through a series of hundreds of four inch by two inch capacitors, embedded in water, magnifying the power by eighty. With this the sixteen inch guns have a range of over three hundred kilometers.

The Elusive class Battleship also carries twelve five inch guns, which are of conventional design. As a propellant the five inch guns use a elastomer which is often used interchangeably with the term rubber, and is preferred when referring to vulcanisates. They are amorphous polymers existing above their glass transition temperature, so that considerable segmental motion is possible. At ambient temperatures rubbers are thus relatively soft (E~3MPa) and deformable. Their primary uses are for seals, adhesives and molded flexible parts.

Elastomers are usually thermosets (requiring vulcanization) but may also be thermoplastic. The long polymer chains cross-link during curing and account for the flexible nature of the material. The molecular structure of elastomers can be imagined as a 'spaghetti and meatball' structure, with the meatballs signifying cross-links.

Elastomeric behaviour can be explained further by thinking about entropy. Entropy is fundamentally a measure of disorder. In all natural processes, the entropy of the universe increases. Consequently, gasses difuse, heat disapates, and in this case, molecular structures become disorganised. When an elastomer is stretched or pulled, these disorganised chains of molecules straighten up. This is an unnatural condition, and so when the pull/stretching is stopped, the entropy increases as the material returns to its original state.

So, you put that into a matrix. The best polymer-bonded explosive would most likely be PBXN-106, for the usage you want. PBXN-106 is used currently in naval shells. However, If the polymer matrix is an elastomer (rubbery material), it tends to absorb shocks, making the PBX very insensitive to accidental detonation. Meaning, the round will fire when you want it, and it avoids accidently fires and such.

The Elusive class Battleship also carried a total of ten surface to air missile batteries. The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Elusive to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Rommel class Battleship, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Rommel battleship is outfitted with onethousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

The Elusive also carries ten Loki ASROC systems. The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Rommel carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

The Elusive also has six of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability,

Like most battleships used today the Elusive is more of a missile boat than a conventional dreadnought; and it is much larger. Each Elusive carries somewhere around one thousand Principe III anti-shipping missile launched torpedoes, and five hundred MAAM Ausf. B cruise missiles. To fire these massive stockpiles of missiles each Elusive has fifty VLT systems. Each VLT system has a four slot revolving missile launcher, which in order to fire a volley it fires, turns, fires, turns, etc, until all missiles are fired. The reloading process is even shorter, using a hydraulic loading system to push the missile back into the slot after each turn, meaning that the VLT system can keep a continuous launch sequence without pause. This makes the Elusive extremely dangerous when taking in the fact that the VLTs can continuously fire missiles off at enemies until the enemy is destroyed. The VLT system also uses a THYMONEL 8 coating to maintain the HEE and pressure giving to the launching platforms.

For underwater defenses the Elusive has sixteen ASHUM guns, which basically work as underwater close-in weapon systems. The magazines can hold 1,200 rounds and they're reloaded in compartments placed above the guns. The ASHUM guns placed on the Elusive are trained through the ship's SONAR, as well as blue-green Guassian LIDAR transmitters placed for the individual guns.

Detection Devices:
The Elusive has an onboard SONAR array, capable of searching through the mixed layer. However, for under the layer searches it also has the TB-2016, used in the Macabee Leviathan class SSN, which is rolled from a seperate compartment, and is long enough to sit right on the deep sound channel axis, giving the SONAR a full read, leaving no shadow zone. The power of the Macabee SOANR systems has been applauded before, and the Elusive is a testament to it.

The Elusive is also given the same SONAR system which the Rommel was equipped with. The Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Elusive also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is three times as long as the Elusive itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong steel line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Elusive also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition. The newer Gaussian LIDAR system used by Macabee ships has two charged plates placed parallel to each other, one charged negative, the other positive. This in turn begins an electrical current. The Gaussian system doesn't work on reflected waves. Instead, it relies on electrical impulses, rendering current anti-LIDAR techniques inefficient and obsolete.

Aircraft:
Each Elusive class Battleship has five helipads, under use by five Sea Serpent ASW (Anti-submarine warfare) helicopters. However, the Sea Serpents are exchanged with the custom Sea King IIs when sold abroad, but nations can always scrap the Sea Kings and provide their own ASW choppers. The Sea Serpents can be bought with the battleship; however, this adds an extra ten million to the price tag due to the price of the choppers, as well as just pure wage, rent, and interest.

Engines:
The Elusive class Battleship has two Valhalla nuclear reactors, allowing the system to be propelled at a very fast velocity of 39 knots, although this speed is rarely used in war (a task force can only go as fast as its slowest ship). The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction.

The two Valhalla nuclear reactors use six screws to push the Rommel at the velocity wanted. Each screw has six blades, and are of medium size, however, larger than most of the screws used by the Ohio class Battleships. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Elusive has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the battleships much more quiet when under operations, although the battleships are still making noise.

Dimensions:
The Elusive class Battleship is three hundred meters long, thirty meters over its counterpart, the Iowa. It's waterline lenght is somewhere near two hundred and sixty meters, while its beam is thirty-two meters long.

Fully loaded the Elusive displaces sixty thousand tons.

EMP Hardening:
There are two things to consider when considering hardening targets against EMP. The first question to answer is whether the hardened system will become useless if shielded. The second question to be answered is whether the target is economically worthwhile to harden. The answers to these two questions are used to determine what devices should be shielded

To explain the first consideration, Makoff and Tsipis give the following simple example. If there was a communication plane with many antennas used to collect and transfer data, it would not be useful if its antennas were removed. However, to harden the plane, the antennas would need to be removed because they provide a direct path to the interior of the plane.(18) It is important to understand how the hardening will affect the performance of the hardened item.

The second consideration is very easy to understand. Some systems, although important, may not seem worthwhile enough to harden due to the high costs of shielding. "It may cost from 30% to 50% of the cost of a ground based communication center…just to refit it to withstand EMP," and, "as high as 10% of the cost for each plane."(19)

There are two basic ways to harden items against EMP effects.20 The first method is metallic shielding. The alternative is tailored hardening. Both methods will be briefly described.

Metallic shielding is used to, "Exclude energy propagated through fields in space."(21) Shields are made of a continuous piece of some metal such as steel or copper. A metal enclosure generally does not fully shield the interior because of the small holes that are likely to exist. Therefore, this type of shielding often contains additional elements to create the barrier. Commonly, only a fraction of a millimeter (22) of a metal is needed to supply adequate protection. This shield must completely surround the item to be shielded. A tight box must be formed to create the shield. The cost of such shielding (in1986 dollars) is $1000 per square meter for a welded-steel shield after installation.(23)

The alternative method, tailored hardening, is a more cost-effective way of hardening. In this method, only the most vulnerable elements and circuits are redesigned to be more rugged. The more rugged elements will be able to withstand much higher currents. However, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences is skeptical of this method due to unpredictable failures in testing.(24) Also, the use of this method is not recommended by the National Research Council. They doubted whether the approximations made to evaluate susceptibilities of the components were accurate. They did concede that tailored hardening may be useful to make existing systems less vulnerable.(25)

Cost: 5 Billion USD

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[OOC: How do the other storefronts get some 500 posts worth of sales? It perplexes me.]

I wish to purchase:

Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle x30,000 ($114,000,000,000)
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS x99,000 ($59,400,000,000)
Hali-37 Assault Rifle x30,000,000 ($60,000,000,000)
9mm Pistol: Hol-24 x30,000,000 ($12,000,000,000)
Manstein class Destroyers x100 ($60,000,000,000)
Lu-05 Air Superioty Aircraft x1,000 ($110,000,000,000)
Lu-12 Canary Tactical Strike Fighter x1,000 ($90,000,000,000)
SRSB Naram-Sin (Short Range Strategical Bomber) x100 ($35,000,000,000)
RoLu-17 Galician Attack Helicopter x10,000 ($280,000,000,000)

Money will be wired upon confirmation. Thanks!

DataBurst to Roach-Busters
The following order:

Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle x30,000 ($114,000,000,000)
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS x99,000 ($59,400,000,000)
Hali-37 Assault Rifle x30,000,000 ($60,000,000,000)
9mm Pistol: Hol-24 x30,000,000 ($12,000,000,000)
Manstein class Destroyers x100 ($60,000,000,000)
Lu-05 Air Superioty Aircraft x1,000 ($110,000,000,000)
Lu-12 Canary Tactical Strike Fighter x1,000 ($90,000,000,000)
SRSB Naram-Sin (Short Range Strategical Bomber) x100 ($35,000,000,000)
RoLu-17 Galician Attack Helicopter x10,000 ($280,000,000,000)


Coming to a total of 820,400,000,000 USD. This order, as specified above, has been confirmed. The Lu-05s and Lu-12s will be sent within the month. The Naram-Sins within two. The RoLu-17s within three months. The assault rifles and pistols with two weeks. The Panzerwerfers within five months and the anti-tank vehicles within five as well. The Manstein class Destroyers will take around three years.

We thank you for your order, and we are pleased to add you to our frequent buyer list, saving you money in case of future orders!

-Board of Kriegzimmer

Thank you very much. I will indeed purchase from you again in the future.

-Generalissimo J.L.

I'm glad to hear that you will bump into us again!

Blah, I need to finish my naval re-fit, which includes re-writing all my ships descriptions.

The Board to Kriegzimmer is very happy to announce that the new technologies are coming along quite well, and will be added to our catalogues soon enough.

8720 Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery
6760 Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS

20980000000+3244800000=24224800000 USD

Money wired upon confirmation

8720 Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery
6760 Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS

20980000000+3244800000=24224800000 USD

Money wired upon confirmation
Confirmed. [OOC: Crap, but almost no time on my part to make a good IC post]

We present to you the AK-47/B

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Abstract:
In the search for something cheap but reliable, and much more inexpensive than the modern Hali-37, the main assault rifle for the Macabee forces, the imperial engineers devised the second model to the reknown Ak-47/B. With a bit of an incentive from a direct request by Armandian Cheese Macabee engineers were able to design, and then mass produce, a rifle that would cost about five hundred dollars a piece, instead of the two thousand that the Hali-37 cost. In that respect, the Ak-47/B was to become a new center piece in the collection of many armies that rather have a "cheap and reliable" assault rifle.

Statistics:
Caliber (mm): 7.62
Cartridge: 7.62x39
Sighting radius (mm): 378
Length, overal (mm): 870
Barrel Length(mm): 415
Magazine capacity (rds): 30
Sighting range (m): 800
Weight w/empty magazine, g 4300
Weight w/loaded magazine, g 4876
Rate of fire (rds/min): 600
Muzzle velocity (m/s): 700
Killing range (m): 1500
Rifling Grooves 4
Rifled Bore(mm): 378

Charactiristics Shared with the Ak-47:
The AK-47/B is inexpensive to manufacture and very simple to clean and repair in the field. Its ruggedness and reliability are legendary, and it can fire even after being submerged in water (if the water is poured out first), or when it is covered in dirt. The standard flip-up iron sight is calibrated with each numeral indicating in hundreds of metres. It is released by squeezing the two buttons on the back end. The standard calibration of the flipped-down sight is 50 metres, the normal minimal distance for aimed fire. Distances below this range are usually aimed instinctively. For night fighting, Macabee models have a flip-up luminous dot, also calibrated to 50 m.

Ballistics:
The standard AK-47/B fires a 7.62 × 39 mm round with a muzzle velocity of 710 m/s. Muzzle energy is 1,990 joules. Cartridge case length is 38.6 mm, weight is 18.21 g. Projectile weight is normally 8 g, though some Russian ammunition made for export to the US uses a soft-nose hunting type bullet of 10 g mass.

The AK-47/B, with the 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge, had an effective range of around 300 metres and usually had the sights zeroed at 200 metres.

The rate of fire is between 300 and 600 rounds per minute. Later models have modifications to the trigger assembly and bolt to fire more slowly. This helps make the weapon more controllable and waste less ammunition. This can help reduce logistic requirements. The rate-reducing devices may also be intended to reduce the wear and tear on moving parts.

Improvements over the Original Ak-47:
In the Ak-47/B recoil, in burst mode, is handled in essentially a dual recoiling system. When the first round is fired the entire barrel/bolt assembly begins sliding to the rear, compressing a main recoil spring. In addition the bolt itself is compressing an individual secondary spring, which drives the bolt back forward, whereupon the hammer automatically fires the second round of the burst (all while the barrel is still recoiling reward on the main spring.) Once the second round is fired the bolt locks to the rear until the barrel has recoiled completely and gone back into battery. As soon as the barrel is back in battery the bolt is released and another round is chambered. This arrangement allows for two shots to be fired before any recoiling forces are transferred to the shooter. When fired in the full auto mode the Hali-37 first fires a 2 round burst and then goes into fully automatic fire (in which the bolt is held to the rear until the barrel completes its recoiling cycle).

Beyond the 2-round burst capability, the Ak-47/B is a relatively conventional battle rifle. The Ak-47/B is capable of mounting a bayonet (though in this case it is mounted to the right of the muzzle rather than below, so as to allow for the use of an under barrel grenade launcher, and horizontally, to enable the user to male side to side slashing attacks while holding the rifle.) and it comes standard with a universal scope mounting rail on the left hand side of the receiver. The Ak-47/B accepts standard Russia/Soviet 20 and 30 round magazines.. The sights feature a conventional shrouded front sight, which is adjustable for zeroing, and a 5-position rotating aperture rear sight (similar to the German G3) for range.

Price per Unit: 500 USD

Hali-21 Part-Variant Assault Rifle
http://www.hkdefense.us/pages/military-le/mil-leimages/xm8s2rtmain.jpg

Statistics:
Calibre: 7.62mm NATO
Capacity: 10/20/30/60 rds
Length: 29.8 in
Width: 2.34 in
Height: 9.17 in
Weight: 6.2 lb

Description:
The Hali-21 will be based on the kinetic energy weapon that is part of the Hali-21 next-generation infantry weapon system (formerly the Objective Individual Combat Weapon) currently under development by ATK Integrated Defense. The kinetic energy weapon, which fires 7.62mm ammunition, will provide maximum commonality in components and logistics with the Hali-21 system.

The Hali-21 will provide lethality performance comparable to the currently fielded M4 carbine rifle, while weighing 20 percent less than the M4 because of advanced technologies developed for the Hali-21 program.

The Hali-21 Lightweight Assault Rifle will reduce the 21st century soldier's load and increase his mobility. The progress made to reduce weight and improve performance on the Hali-21 program is key to the decision on accelerating the development of the Hali-21, which is integrated with the Army's efforts to transform to a more lethal and rapidly deployed fighting force as part of its Objective Force.

Internally, the Hali-21 uses a rotary locking bolt system that functions and fieldstrips like those used in the M-16 rifle and M-4 carbine, according to the Hali-21 manufacturer’s — Heckler & Koch — Website. The bolt is powered by a unique gas operating system with a user-removable gas piston and pusher rod to operate the mechanism. Unlike the current M-4 and M-16 direct gas system with gas tube, the Hali-21 gas system does not introduce propellant gases and carbon back into the weapon’s receiver during firing.

This improved reliability can be credited to differences in the Hali-21s operating system from the one in the M16. For instance, a thin gas tube runs almost the entire length of the barrel in all of the M16 variants. When the weapon is fired, the gases travel back down the tube into the chamber and push the bolt back to eject the shell casing and chamber a new round. The Hali-21s gas system instead is connected to a mechanical operating rod, which pushes back the bolt to eject the casing and chamber the new round each time the weapon is fired. So there‘s no carbon residue constantly being blown back into the chamber, reducing the need to clean the weapon as often. You don‘t get gases blowing back into the chamber that have contaminates in them. The Hali-21 also has a much tighter seal between the bolt and the ejection port, which should cut down on the amount of debris that can blow into the weapon when the ejection port‘s dust cover is open.

Beginning life as the 7.62mm KE (kinetic energy) component of the 20mm air-bursting Hali-21 Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW), the Hali-21 Lightweight Modular Carbine System represents the state-of-the-art in 7.62 NATO assault rifles.

This modularity includes the exchange of interchangeable assembly groups such as the barrel, handguard, lower receiver, buttstock modules and sighting system with removable carrying handle. In addition and in parallel, the new Hali-21 quick detachable single-shot 40mm grenade launcher with side-opening breech and LSS lightweight 12 gauge shotgun module can be easily added to the Hali-21 by the user in the field without tools. The unique buttstock system allows the operator exchange buttstocks without tools from the standard collapsible multi-position version, to an optional buttcap for maximum portability or an optional folding or sniper buttstock with adjustable cheekpiece for special applications. Internally the Hali-21 employs a combat-proven robust rotary locking bolt system that functions and fieldstrips like that used in the current M16 rifle and M4 carbine. However this bolt is powered by a unique gas operating system that employs a user removable gas piston and pusher rod to operate the mechanism. Unlike the current M4/M16 direct gas system with gas tube, the Hali-21 gas system does not introduce propellant gases and the associated carbon fouling back into the weapon’s receiver during firing. This greatly increases the reliability of the Hali-21 while at same time reducing operator cleaning time by as much as 70%. This system also allows the weapon to fire more than 15,000 rounds without lubrication or cleaning in even the worst operational environments. A cold hammer forged barrel will guarantee a minimum of 20,000 rounds service life and ultimate operator safety in the event of an obstructed bore occurrence.

The Hali-21 has fully ambidextrous operating controls to include a centrally located charging handle that doubles as an ambidextrous forward assist when required, ambidextrous magazine release, bolt catch, safety/selector lever with semi and full automatic modes of fire and release lever for the multiple position collapsible buttstock. The operating controls allow the operator to keep the firing hand on the pistol grip and the weapon in the firing position at all times while the non-firing hand actuates the charging handle and magazine during loading and clearing. Major components of the weapon are produced from high-strength fiber reinforced polymer materials that can be molded in almost any color to include OD green, desert tan, arctic white, urban blue, brown and basic black. Surfaces on the Hali-21 that interface with the operator are fitted with non-slip materials to increase comfort and operator retention. The Hali-21 uses 10 or 30-round semi-transparent box magazines and high-reliability 60-round drum magazines for sustained fire applications.

Beyond the 2-round burst capability, the Hali-21 is a relatively conventional battle rifle. The 94 is capable of mounting a bayonet (though in this case it is mounted to the right of the muzzle rather than below, so as to allow for the use of an under barrel grenade launcher, and horizontally, to enable the user to male side to side slashing attacks while holding the rifle.) and it comes standard with a universal scope mounting rail on the left hand side of the receiver. The Hali-21 accepts standard. The sights feature a conventional shrouded front sight, which is adjustable for zeroing, and a 5-position rotating aperture rear sight (similar to the German G3) for range.

Special integral flush mounted attachment points are located on the handguard and receiver to allow the quick attachment of targeting devices. Unlike MIL-STD-1913 rails, the Hali-21 attachment points do not add additional weight, bulk and cost to the host weapon, and will accept MIL-STD-1913 adapters to allow for the use of current in-service accessories. The attachment points for the standard multi-function integrated red-dot sight allow multiple mounting positions and insure 100% zero retention even after the sight is removed and remounted. The battery powered Hali-21 sight includes the latest technology in a red dot close combat optic, IR laser aimer and laser illuminator with back-up etched reticle with capability exceeding that of the current M68-CCO, AN/PEQ-2 and AN/PAQ-4. This sight will be factory zeroed on the weapon when it is delivered and does not require constant rezeroing in the field like current rail-mounted targeting devices.

Variations:
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Range: 700 Meters

Cost Per Unit: 3,000 USD

Sledgehammer Anti-Dreadnought Missile
"A Joint Guffingford-Macabee project."


Overview
Chance is everything and so is improvement. With all the dreadnaughts floating around on the high seas the only possible antidote against them was either hoping your Tungsten rods hit the ship, or a nuclear weapon exploding under the hull or an ICBM strike. Today, all these barbaric measures are a thing of the past with the joint Guffingford-Macabee project we call the Sledgehammer. Velocity is the most important factor to make a missile successful, but trajectory is often neglected by designers. Normally a missile is, roughly, propulsion, explosive charge and penetration tip. Normally, that is sufficient to destroy destroyers, cruisers etc. But a superdreadnaught like Praetonia's Freedom class is a different matter. Due to the multiple layers of armour, cracking this shell is a tough one. But what if you redesign an ordinary ICBM, relocate the explosive charge and take away all systems from the tip placing them closer to the engine. So what do we have?

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Main explosive body
RAMjet propulsion
Uranium tip

Dimensions
Length: 9m
Diameter: 110cm
Wingspan: 1.2m
Weight: 2200kg

Range, speed & armament
Range: 390km
Speed: Mach 6.5 (terminal velocity) Mach 3.3 - Cruise speed
Warhead: Main explosive body - 500kg OctaNitroCubane; 10 20kg thermite MIRVS embedded into the main explosive core

Guidance & features
Guidance: Inertial with GPS and optionally TERCOMP, CELLDAR, limited command post RADAR steering. The variant also has an attached minimized Gaussian LIDAR transmitter for infra-red LIDAR operations.

Propulsion: Lancaster & Blair RAMjet fuel and hydrogen injection propulsion. A special alcohol/ethanol reserve is stored in front of the engine, to give the engine one final boost before penetrating the ship's armour.

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On this graph you can see the perfect parabolic path of the missile. Once the missile reaches the highest point in flight, gravity combined with the hydrogen injection gives the missile a terminal velocity of mach 6.5. Because of this extreme velocity, and the fact the missile spirals down in a controlled fashion, hitting this proves to be extremely difficult. In the last 3 seconds before impact the spiralling stops and the last reseve of ethanol is injected into the engine along with the last bits of hydrogen to give the missile an even greater penetration effect. If the missile is fired in the most ideal circumstances a penetration angle of 88.6° can be achieved! Under normal circumstances an angle of 86° or even 85° is good enough to cause major damage. This means it goes virtually straight down, punching through the layers of armour. The solid tip of the missile is made of solid tungsten molten under the highest temperature, minimizing the amount of structural faults in the tip. The small orange section is alpha grade uranium (U235) to let the missile slice through the layers of hardened steel and titanium. Once inside the ship the missile can either be detonated by the onboard computer or manually. But the best feature is the explosive core behind the RAMjet propulsion. Some might say, the heat of the exhaust pipe is too much for the missile. We thought of that, and several layers of pressed titanium interwoven with high temperature resistant materials. The engine itself also has several heat outlets, but all the force goes through the exhaust pipes, 8 in total. The explosive body is heat-resistant by nature, but a single layer of SNAS - 24mm, cooled down prior to launch with plenty of ice and liquid nitrogen also add to the cooling.

Normally all the explosive energy is spread in all directions, but in this missile all the energy is focussed on one point: behind the missile. Because the missile penetrates the hull, the explosive energy has only a few ways to go, the way of the least resistance is behind the missile; the path of entry. Once the main explosive core detonates, 10 smaller clusters are also blasted away, causing even more havoc. Though one missile will do squat against such a large thing as a carrier or a superdreadnaught, a few of these will do a significant amount of damage. Shooting these things down is near to impossible due to their spiralling path down, and the terminal velocity.

Price Per Unit: 1.5 million

Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier

Abstract:
The Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier is an improvement over the Model class Aircraft Carrier, ordered by Emperor Jonach I himself, first Emperor of the Second Empire of the Golden Throne. With the poor construction of the Model, especially concerning little compartmentalization and overstock of missiles, it was imperative that a new aircraft carrier which could rule the seas be built, especially when the new Elusive class Battleships had already been released for export.

The Macabee Kriegsmarine plans to invest for a total of twenty of these to be built within the next four years to replace the older Model class Aircraft Carriers, although the Models will still be available for export.

Hull and Skin Construction:
The Indestructable is designed as a trimaran ship, which consequently offers it protection from mass attack, including mines and torpedoes. Moreover, should the outer hull be breached the second hull would still have enough bouyance to stay afloat, giving the Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier a lifespan, and survivability rate, mirroring other aircraft carriers.

The hulls themselves are contructed of a polymer composite formed of titanium and steel fibers, as well as plastics and heavy and firm ceramics. The polymer composite is also laced with kevlar, which gives it yet more protection. The entire composite is designed in a matrix, which has been proven to be able to operate under stress, it is to say, the matrix adds toughness to the composite, and while some of the material used to construct the composite might have strong tensile strength, the matrix gives the armor a strong compressional strength, meaning it won't buckle under the pressure of a missile, or a shell. The matrix is further reinforced by epoxy resins, which can be used at higher temperatures. The main belt line of the ship has an actual measurement of four hundred millimeters of armor, with an RHA value of over three thousand five hundred millimeters. The main deck armor is composed of eighty and eight-tenths millimeters of armor, while the splinter deck armor is composed of twenty-five millimeters and the second deck armor of two hundred millimeters. The barbette is enshrouded by five hundred and eight actual millimeters of armor. Finally, the conning tower has an armored statistic of four hundred and fifty-seven millimeters of composite armor. This makes the Indestructable class somewhat heavier in armor than the Nimitz, with a much better RHA reading as it employs better composites.

The entire ship, fully equipped, displaces about one hundred and twenty thousand tons, making it one of the heaviest aircraft carriers around.

Armament:
The Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier also carried a total of ten surface to air missile batteries. The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Indestructable to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Indestructable, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Indestructable carrier is outfitted with one thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

The Indestructable also carries ten Loki ASROC systems. The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Indestructablel carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

The Indestructable also has ten of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability.

For underwater defenses the Indestructable has sixteen ASHUM guns, which basically work as underwater close-in weapon systems. The magazines can hold 1,200 rounds and they're reloaded in compartments placed above the guns. The ASHUM guns placed on the Indestructable are trained through the ship's SONAR, as well as blue-green Guassian LIDAR transmitters placed for the individual guns.

Aircraft:
The aircraft deck of the Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier has an overall length of four hundred meters, with a width of about eighty meters. The indestructable has eight aircraft elevators and eight catapults for launchings, giving the Indestructable quite a potential when it comes to putting out aircraft in emergency.

It carries a total of one hundred and twenty-five fighters, including Lu-05 Schlachten, Lu-12 Canaries, and MMA-D1 Reconaissance Aircraft. Heavy bombers can also run off the decks of an Indestructable, however, the Indestructable class is more limited in their carrying capacity concerning bombers.

Detection Devices:
The Indestructable has an onboard SONAR array, capable of searching through the mixed layer. However, for under the layer searches it also has the TB-2016, used in the Macabee Leviathan class SSN, which is rolled from a seperate compartment, and is long enough to sit right on the deep sound channel axis, giving the SONAR a full read, leaving no shadow zone. The power of the Macabee SOANR systems has been applauded before, and the Elusive is a testament to it.

The Indestructable is also given the same SONAR system which the Rommel was equipped with. The Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Indestructable also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is three times as long as the Indestructable itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong steel line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Indestructable also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition. The newer Gaussian LIDAR system used by Macabee ships has two charged plates placed parallel to each other, one charged negative, the other positive. This in turn begins an electrical current. The Gaussian system doesn't work on reflected waves. Instead, it relies on electrical impulses, rendering current anti-LIDAR techniques inefficient and obsolete.

Propulsion:
The Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier has eight Valhalla nuclear reactors, allowing the system to be propelled at a very fast velocity of 30 knots, although this speed is rarely used in war (a task force can only go as fast as its slowest ship). The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction.

The two Valhalla nuclear reactors use six turbines and six shafts to push the Indestructable at the velocity wanted. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Indestructable has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the battleships much more quiet when under operations, although the battleships are still making noise.

EMP Hardening:
There are two things to consider when considering hardening targets against EMP. The first question to answer is whether the hardened system will become useless if shielded. The second question to be answered is whether the target is economically worthwhile to harden. The answers to these two questions are used to determine what devices should be shielded

To explain the first consideration, Makoff and Tsipis give the following simple example. If there was a communication plane with many antennas used to collect and transfer data, it would not be useful if its antennas were removed. However, to harden the plane, the antennas would need to be removed because they provide a direct path to the interior of the plane.(18) It is important to understand how the hardening will affect the performance of the hardened item.

The second consideration is very easy to understand. Some systems, although important, may not seem worthwhile enough to harden due to the high costs of shielding. "It may cost from 30% to 50% of the cost of a ground based communication center…just to refit it to withstand EMP," and, "as high as 10% of the cost for each plane."(19)

There are two basic ways to harden items against EMP effects.20 The first method is metallic shielding. The alternative is tailored hardening. Both methods will be briefly described.

Metallic shielding is used to, "Exclude energy propagated through fields in space."(21) Shields are made of a continuous piece of some metal such as steel or copper. A metal enclosure generally does not fully shield the interior because of the small holes that are likely to exist. Therefore, this type of shielding often contains additional elements to create the barrier. Commonly, only a fraction of a millimeter (22) of a metal is needed to supply adequate protection. This shield must completely surround the item to be shielded. A tight box must be formed to create the shield. The cost of such shielding (in1986 dollars) is $1000 per square meter for a welded-steel shield after installation.(23)

The alternative method, tailored hardening, is a more cost-effective way of hardening. In this method, only the most vulnerable elements and circuits are redesigned to be more rugged. The more rugged elements will be able to withstand much higher currents. However, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences is skeptical of this method due to unpredictable failures in testing.(24) Also, the use of this method is not recommended by the National Research Council. They doubted whether the approximations made to evaluate susceptibilities of the components were accurate. They did concede that tailored hardening may be useful to make existing systems less vulnerable.(25)

Cost Per Unit: 7 Billion

UCR (pushka) would like to purchase 5 of these aircraft carriers.

cost: 28 billion USD with the 20% frequent buyer discount

UCR (pushka) would like to purchase 5 of these aircraft carriers.

cost: 28 billion USD with the 20% frequent buyer discount

This purchase has been confirmed, of course, how could it not? The five aircraft carriers will be completed in our shipyards in a timespan of two years, maximum three. At the end of the completion of all five aircraft carriers the ships will be sailed to Pushkan ports by skeleton crews. We thank you for your order, once again. As always, the quality of our weapons is guaranteed!.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

250 Elussive Class Battel ships

cost: 200 billion USD

250 Elussive Class Battel ships

cost: 200 billion USD

The order has been confirmed. Of course, you can imagine the time it will take to build, however, we will provide you with an accurate time table. Within the first year of your purchase a full twenty of these ships will arrive at your ports. The second year will see another sixty at your ports, and in general, it will take about ten to fifteen years to fulfill your order. We thank you for your patience.

[signed] Board of Kriegzimmer

13720 Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle

cost: 41708.8 million USD

13720 Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle

cost: 41708.8 million USD


Confirmed! These will arrive at your home ports within two months. We thank you once again!
[signed]Board of Kriegzimmer

OOC: How long is months and years by your standards?

OOC: How long is months and years by your standards?

[OOC: Technically, you can already assume you have it if you're going by fluid time.]

OOC: Good then, i don't need to have it till the weekends so i am gonna wait till then. Thank you again

The Nedalian government would like to place an order for 100 Incinérateur 155mm Rapid Fire Artillery and 50 Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS for a total of $60,000,000.

Ameracadia would like to upgrade our military and federal police with your Hali-21 Assault Rifle.

Units ordered: 4 million
Unit price: 3000
Cost: 12 billion

The Nedalian order of 100 Incinérateur 155mm Rapid Fire Artillery and 50 Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS has been confirmed. All pieces will be dilevered within twenty-five days. Thank you for your order.

The Ameracadian order has been confirmed, comprising of four million Hali-21 Assault Rifles. These will be all shipped within four months. Again, thank you for your order.

Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier: 50
Elusive class Battleship: 70
Manstein class Destroyers: 300

Cost: 280 bil+280 bil+ 144 bil= 704 bil USD

Money to be wired upon confirmation

OOC: Are you gonna have boomers and attack subs any time soon?

Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier: 50
Elusive class Battleship: 70
Manstein class Destroyers: 300

Cost: 280 bil+280 bil+ 144 bil= 704 bil USD

Money to be wired upon confirmation

OOC: Are you gonna have boomers and attack subs any time soon?

Confirmed. These ships will arrive within ten to fifteen years [or right now using fluid time].

[OOC: Yea, I just have to get off my ass and write it up.]

Check your TGs i sent you something.

The Divine Reich would like to purchase the The Principe III. This will cost 200,000 USD seeing as we are allies with The Second Empire, Right?

http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/mil/ww2/who/pics/rommel.jpg
~Reinhard~

Well, we are not currently selling production rights of any of our technology (unless you're using it for W@W).

(I meant the weapon it self)

Check the TGs again.

(I meant the weapon it self)

[OOC: Well, one Principe III won't do much, as when you expend it they don't reappear. Unless you're purchasing it for an alternative reason. But anyways, you want to purchase one Principe III? I can do that, I don't care what's its for. I was just worried you thought it was something it wasn't - it indeed is a missile launched torpedo.]

OOC: So what you thinking about that idea i sent you over the TGs?

OOC: So what you thinking about that idea i sent you over the TGs?

[OOC: Sorry for not responding to it. I'm having an RP mood swing which includes liking little to read - but I will get to it soon enough. Real life events suck! - although the event is really good, it's just nerve racking.]

OOC: I hear you, i got the same kind of thing going on right now.

Azores class Fast Attack Craft

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With the Macabee navy going through a massive refit, and new ships being designed for the new navy of the Empire, including the Elusive class Battleship, it would only be necessary for the creation of the Macabee's first national Fast Attack Craft, or the Azores class. The Azores class Fast Attack Craft is designed for coastal defense operations, which embodies speed, stealth, and firepower, while staying small, cheap, yet effective. Hard pressed for the best design the entire way Macabee engineers have finally unveiled their latest creation, and happy of the progress the Macabee administration has opened it for export.

Hull Design
The vessel is capable of operation in rough seas up to Sea State 7. The hard chine hull features a transverse step and a transom flap. The bottom of the hull is equipped with stabilising fins, which are controlled by electric servo drives. The stabilising fins give rise to a 2 to 2.5 reduction in the roll, a 1.5 fold reduction in pitch and vertical acceleration by 20 to 50%. The boat remains afloat even when one watertight compartment is completely flooded.

The ship's configuration uses an Air Cushion Catamaran (ACC) design, which is an advanced variant of Surface Effect Ship (SES) technology. The ACC is based on a catamaran hull with an air cushion between the hulls and has been successfully proven with the Norwegian Oksoy class minehunters and minesweepers which entered service in 1994. The low area of wetted surface of the hulls gives an improved level of shock resistance and significantly reduced wave resistance compared to that of a conventional displaced or semi-displaced hull configuration.

VT Maritime Dynamics provides the vessel's stabilisation systems, including a ride control system that monitors and regulates the pressure of the air cushion by controlling vent valves and a stern fan system that controls the stern seal pressure.

The elevated position of the magnetic components reduces the magnetic signature. The combination of the twin hull and water jet propulsion provides very high and very responsive manoeuvrability. Vital systems have been duplicated for enhanced survivability and the ship remains operational with one engine room set lost.

The low draft of 0.9m on cushion gives an advantage of access to shallow coastal waters and lower vulnerability to impact against surface or tethered mines or other debris.

The hull is of composite construction. The hulls are laminated inside and outside with fibre reinforced plastic composed of glass fibre and carbon laminates bound with vinyl ester and polyester resin. A scrimp manufacturing process is used in construction, involving vacuum assisted resin injection. Carbon fibre and carbon loaded materials have been selected for the beams, mast and supporting structures, which need high tensile strength, for example the support structures for the gun and the electro-optical and radar weapon director.

The hatches, doors and windows have been fitted with Wave-X RADAR absorbent material. Wave-X incorporates the best of honeycomb absorbent material, as well as foam absorbers. WAVE-X works at a frequency of 100MHz - 6GHz and has a surface resistivity of 1MΩ. It works in extreme temperatures, -54° - +177°C, and is the best in existance up to now.

Dimensions:
The Azores class FAC has a total displacement, fully loaded, of three hundred and ninety-two tons. It measures sixty meters in length and seven and two tenths in beam.

Weapon Systems:
The Azores is equipped with a suite of ASW 127mm rocket powered grenade launchers, depth charges and torpedoes. There are three fixed 500mm torpedo tubes for MT-3 MADCAP torpedoes.

The ship is also armed with eight Shockhound Avenger I (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8601244&postcount=27) anti-ship missiles. The Shockhound Avenger I was a missile jointly developed by Guffingford and the Macabees, with a total range of around 450 kilometers, using its Reichs Metalwerken AXIS RAMjet fuel and hydrogen injection propulsion.

The boat is equipped with an AK-306 automatic artillery system and eight Igla-1M portable air defence missile systems.

The 30mm Hali-203 automatic artillery system is supplied by the Fedala Engineering Plant JSC and the Sporting and Hunting Guns Research and Design Bureau both based in Macabea City. The Hali-203 is installed on the front deck and provides defence against lightly armoured land and sea targets, floating mines and isolated airborne targets. The system is equipped with an AO-18L six-barrel automatic gun with an electrically driven revolving barrel cluster. The gun mount magazine holds a 500-cartridge ammunition-loaded belt. The firing rate is up to 1,000 rounds/min and the muzzle velocity is 880m/s. Air targets can be engaged at a range up to 4,000m and sea and coastal targets up to 5,000m.

The patrol boat also has spaces for the installation of pedestal mounts for two 14.5mm machine guns together with 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

The Azores class FAC has a single Praetorian battery. The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Aozres to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Azores class Fast Attack Craft, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms.

The Azores class Fast Attack Craft also has a single of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability.

For underwater defenses the Azores has a single ASHUM gun, which basically work as underwater close-in weapon systems. The magazines can hold 1,200 rounds and they're reloaded in compartments placed above the guns. The ASHUM guns placed on the Azores are trained through the ship's SONAR, as well as blue-green Guassian LIDAR transmitters placed for the individual guns.

Detection Systems:
The Aozres has an onboard SONAR array, capable of searching through the mixed layer. However, for under the layer searches it also has the TB-2016, used in the Macabee Leviathan class SSN, which is rolled from a seperate compartment, and is long enough to sit right on the deep sound channel axis, giving the SONAR a full read, leaving no shadow zone. The power of the Macabee SOANR systems has been applauded before, and the Azores is a testament to it.

The Azores is also given the same SONAR system which the Elusive was equipped with. The Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Azores also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is three times as long as the Elusive class Battleship, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong steel line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Azores also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition. The newer Gaussian LIDAR system used by Macabee ships has two charged plates placed parallel to each other, one charged negative, the other positive. This in turn begins an electrical current. The Gaussian system doesn't work on reflected waves. Instead, it relies on electrical impulses, rendering current anti-LIDAR techniques inefficient and obsolete.

Countermeasures:
Azores class vessels are equipped with the MASS (Multi-Ammuntion Softkill) decoy system from Rheinmetall Waffe Munition (formerly Buck Neue Technologien) of Germany. MASS can launch up to 32 omni-spectral projectiles in a time-staggered configuration against anti-ship missiles and guided projectiles. The MASS decoy covers radar, infrared, electro-optic, laser and ultraviolet wavebands.

Propulsion:
The main propulsion is by waterjet, which gives a very shallow draught and extraordinary maneuvering capabilities. The waterjets are normally driven by gas turbines but may also be driven by small diesel engines in order to reduce infrared signature. The waterjet nozzles can be moved independently to manoeuvre the Azores sideways without side propellers or bow propellers. The Azores retains its ability to turn through very sharp angles even at high speed.

The prototype has a CODAG (combined diesel and gas turbine) propulsion system, with two Rolls Royce Allison 571KF gas turbine engines, each rated at 6,000kW (8,160hp), driving two Kamewa water jets and two auxiliary engines, MTU 6R 183 TE52 rated at 275kW. These provide a maximum speed of over 100km/h (55 knots). The new series of Azores class ships will have COGAG (combined gas turbine and gas turbine) propulsion and will be fitted with four gas turbines from Pratt & Whitney, two ST18M rated at 2 x 4,000kW and two ST 40M rated at 2 x 2,000kW, driving the two Kamewa water jets. There are also two MTU 6R TE92 manoeuvring engines rated at 3,700kW.

Two MTU 12V TE92 lift fan engines, rated at 735kW, drive the air into the air cushion between the hulls. A computer controlled ride control system controls the air cushion at a 0.5m water column pressure.

Price Per Unit: 400 Million USD

I would like to purchase:

100,000 Hali-21 Rifles (300,000,000 USD)
20,000 PanzerKampfWagon XI Tanks (160,000,000,000 USD)
2 Model Class Carriers (3,000,000,000 USD)
2 Elusive Class Battleships (10,000,000,000 USD)
4 Manstien Class Destroyers (24,000,000 USD)

Can you produce 4 seawolf class subs? they cost 2 Bil Each.

And if i can have the discount i would gladly be in your service for a looong ass time

((OOC: whats the biggest determination on how much money you have to spend?))

I'll take ten panzerkampfwaggons for 80 million USD. Will wire money upon congformation.

Thank you very much.

Off Topic: please join Rejected Nation's peace talks before this whole FC crisis boils into a full fledeged war with deadly consequses.

I would like to purchase:

100,000 Hali-21 Rifles (300,000,000 USD)
20,000 PanzerKampfWagon XI Tanks (160,000,000,000 USD)
2 Model Class Carriers (3,000,000,000 USD)
2 Elusive Class Battleships (10,000,000,000 USD)
4 Manstien Class Destroyers (24,000,000 USD)

Can you produce 4 seawolf class subs? they cost 2 Bil Each.

And if i can have the discount i would gladly be in your service for a looong ass time

((OOC: whats the biggest determination on how much money you have to spend?))

[OOC: For general purposes most nations use this (http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com) to determine their economy.]

To: Hail and Kill
The order above has been confirmed by the Kriegzimmer CEO and consequently the rifles will be sent within the month. The armor will take a good six months, while the two battleships will take three months and the four destroyers the same amount of time. The carriers will take two months.

As for the seawolf submarines we can build them indeed, however, since they would be considered specialized construction they will take at least six months to complete.

As for the discount we can give you a 25% discount just because of the size of the order. It was originally 173,324,000,000 - and with the discount it would be 129,993,000,000 (took me a while to do the math on calculator..hehe...that's whay I had to spell out all the numbers).

Again, we thank you for your order.
[signed]Kriegzimmer CEO

[OOC: Using fluid time you can assume it's all already on your doorstep.]

I'll take ten panzerkampfwaggons for 80 million USD. Will wire money upon congformation.

Thank you very much.

Off Topic: please join Rejected Nation's peace talks before this whole FC crisis boils into a full fledeged war with deadly consequses.

[OOC: Will do when I get back from my chillin' with my friends.]

The ten Panzerkampfwaggen XIs will be delivered within the week. We thank you for your order.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

OOC: i think that i am your biggest buyer. I like your stuff though...haha...well anyway do you have troop transport options?

btw if fluid time is like 1 year-1 RT day then tomorow ill order more stuff when i get my money from my economy back. and do you have hercules c-130 transports? also do you have Troop movement/ressuply Helo's? last thing, what is your BEST fighter/bomber

Nebarri prime would like

183,000 Hali-21s for 549,000,000 USD

money will be wired upon congformation.

[OOC: Will do when I get back from my chillin' with my friends.]

The ten Panzerkampfwaggen XIs will be delivered within the week. We thank you for your order.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board
money wired

OOC: i think that i am your biggest buyer. I like your stuff though...haha...well anyway do you have troop transport options?

btw if fluid time is like 1 year-1 RT day then tomorow ill order more stuff when i get my money from my economy back. and do you have hercules c-130 transports? also do you have Troop movement/ressuply Helo's? last thing, what is your BEST fighter/bomber

[OOC: As for troop transports I haven't designed my own yet, either aerial or naval, but I can get to it.

Fluid time means that let's say you have a war going on, and then you start another one, if you use fluid time you can say that war happened before the first one. I'm not really good at explaining things, but, I guess it would be you can more or less dictate how fast a year goes by, and consequently, if you wanted to, everything can come instantanously.

I don't have a Hercules C-130 in stock, however, since it's real life technology I can produce them - or you can. Either way, real life technology is open to all for production.

As for helicopters that resemble a Blackhawk I haven't designed one yet, for now I just use the UH-60 Blackhawk, however, I can always design one.

My best fighter would be the Lu-05 Schlachten, which is probably better than a Su-37 or a F-22, and probably one of the best on NS, although I don't want to be arrogant, or jump the gun. My bomber I'm still designing, and it's going to be the Lu-217.

I guess I should get on the new designs right away!]

Nebarri prime would like

183,000 Hali-21s for 549,000,000 USD

money will be wired upon congformation.

To: Nebarri Prime
Your order for the 183,000 Hali-21s has been confirmed. They will be sent in crates through civilian shipping within the next month. We thank you for your order.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: Side note: hope you dont mind me butting in Mac, but Ive been hurting for a new transport as well (the A400M is nice and all but I need something that can unload a new 27 ton (25000kg) Medium Amphibious Tank.) The C-17 & C-5 are too big (they can both carry 6 of them +crew +spare parts) which is nice but it requires a seriously reinforced runway and a long strip for take off.

Id be willing to help in a joint project (at the very least provide an image) like on the Gailencia project. TG me if your interested.]

Message from Call to power defence command

we wish to purchase from your impressive storefront

1 Naram-Sin Strategical Long Term Bomber (unloaded)

200 SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicle

total=
1.25 billion

Message from Call to power defence command

we wish to purchase from your impressive storefront

1 Naram-Sin Strategical Long Term Bomber (unloaded)

200 SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicle

total=
1.25 billion

To: Call to Power
Your order for the Naram-Sin has been confirmed, as well as your order for the SOV-06s. Both the orders can be at your borders within three month. We thank you for your order, and for your business.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: Side note: hope you dont mind me butting in Mac, but Ive been hurting for a new transport as well (the A400M is nice and all but I need something that can unload a new 27 ton (25000kg) Medium Amphibious Tank.) The C-17 & C-5 are too big (they can both carry 6 of them +crew +spare parts) which is nice but it requires a seriously reinforced runway and a long strip for take off.

Id be willing to help in a joint project (at the very least provide an image) like on the Gailencia project. TG me if your interested.]

[OOC: I'll get a TG over to you once I come back from work. I'm seriously interested - and if Pushka, if you read this, I'll get back to you on the project as well.]

OOC: Since im new and need an army for defense and basic troop backing im going to have to manipulate fluid time a bit. Im not going to do this often its just i need some more essential stuff and dont wanna be a whorish goddmoder. What are the rules for declaring the units your making on your own?
also i would be glad to help you design a long range bomber TG me if your interested


10000 SOV-Attack vehicles (45,000,000,000 USD)
4 manstien destroyers (24,000,000 USD)
2 elusive class battleship (10,000,000 USD)

45,034,000,000 USD in total

((i wont be a whore and order aircraft for a week or longer))

OOC: Since im new and need an army for defense and basic troop backing im going to have to manipulate fluid time a bit. Im not going to do this often its just i need some more essential stuff and dont wanna be a whorish goddmoder. What are the rules for declaring the units your making on your own?
also i would be glad to help you design a long range bomber TG me if your interested


10000 SOV-Attack vehicles (45,000,000,000 USD)
4 manstien destroyers (24,000,000 USD)
2 elusive class battleship (10,000,000 USD)

45,034,000,000 USD in total

((i wont be a whore and order aircraft for a week or longer))

[OOC: The rules to produce your own units? None that I know of, although I assume it also works with size. Obviously larger nations will have larger production bases than smaller nations, but you can always twist that. For example , you can claim your business are outsourcing to other, larger, more industrialized countries and you're home free.

As for the long range bomber, I'll TG you too as well when I get back from "work"..or sitting doing nothing and getting paid for it.]

The entire order has been confirmed. The SOV-06 IFVs will take a full two years to complete, and the six ship [four Mansteins and two Elusives] will take a full six to eight months, and from there will be shipped to your ports with skeleton crews.

We thank you for your second order and we thank you for your business in general. We guarantee utmost excellence and we hope that you find our word true.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

OOC: thanks for all the production info and everything question you have answered, i really appreciate it. BTW in real time what is the day ill get all my SOV's and Ships

OOC: thanks for all the production info and everything question you have answered, i really appreciate it. BTW in real time what is the day ill get all my SOV's and Ships

[OOC: I would just give it until tomorrow. Nobody is going to complain.]

Id like to order 5,000 Mali-24 assault rifles. (15,000,000 USD)

OOC: is the mali-24 a variation of the XM-8, or the actual gun. if its not whats the difference. and what do you suggest for paratroop divisions?

Id like to order 5,000 Mali-24 assault rifles. (15,000,000 USD)

OOC: is the mali-24 a variation of the XM-8, or the actual gun. if its not whats the difference. and what do you suggest for paratroop divisions?


[OOC: The Hali-24 is a mix between the XM-8, AN-94 and other modern assault rifles. It just has more of an influence from the XM-8 than the previous Hali-37.

As for paratroopers I would go with something lightweight. In all reality the Hali-37 and the Hali-24 are just a bit different, yet the Hali-37 is much cheaper - so I would probably go with that if equiping paratrooper forces.]

Your order for five thousand Hali-24 assaulr rifles has been confirmed for fifteen million USD. Consequently, these weapons will be delivered within two weeks. We thank you again for your order.

Furthermore, we wish to inform you that you have been added to our 'privileged buyers' list and now receive a percentage off your order. [OOC: I can't remember what it was, it says it in the first post.]

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

we would like to order 57,048 Mali-24 Rifles.

( 171,144,000 USD)
With 20% discount (34,228,800 USD)

OOC: i did the discount on my calculator and something seems wrong altho i did it twice, so double check it if you will and upon conformation of order money will be sent.
PS im still interested in a joint bomber project

we would like to order 57,048 Mali-24 Rifles.

( 171,144,000 USD)
With 20% discount (34,228,800 USD)

OOC: i did the discount on my calculator and something seems wrong altho i did it twice, so double check it if you will and upon conformation of order money will be sent.
PS im still interested in a joint bomber project

[OOC:

Bah! I mistook your order. I don't carry a Mali-24 rifle, so I assumed you meant the Hali-21. However, now that I look back, I do carry a Hol-24 pistol, so now I'm confused.]

OOC

shit, i meant the rifles for that order. all the math was done for the rifles. i just mixed up the numbers 24 and 21. i meant 21.

OOC: Mac, I have a two new Plane images that you might be interested in. Though I didnt make much progress on the medium transport, I DID however create two of my better Aerospace images. If your willing to split the write up (I have the ordanence system pretty much sketched out for both, and the cockpit for one done.)

I wouldnt say the two craft are a matched pair-though they are complimentary systems. One is a Fighter bomber that is sort of the rolle the F/B-22 would fill which is air support, and essentially maintaining air superiority after a true air superioroity figther has taken over. Like wise its complimentary UCAV can either support it by carrying mroe ordanence, or act as a SEAD craft or CAP for a naval fleets who only have acces to small support crarriers.... but Ive probably said too much out int he open, if your interested TG me, and I'll show the images, since I did them myself I dont want to post them here and have someone use them thinking I just got them off a google search.

[OOC: It's all good. Shit, I forgot to TG you and Mekugi on Sunday. Well, I'll get to it one of these days this week, don't worry.

As for the 20% discount you got it 3/4 right. It is 34.something million off, so the total price would be 136,915,200 USD. Damn right, I hate math.]

The order has been confirmed and will be delivered within the month.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

I would like to buy 6 of your Praetorian Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery f9r testing purposes. If they turn out to be good, I might purchase more.

I would like to buy 6 of your Praetorian Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery f9r testing purposes. If they turn out to be good, I might purchase more.

[quote]
Your order has been confirmed, and will be free of charge since it's for testing purposes. The six vehicles will be shipped to your ports within two weeks, as we have the vehicles on stock, and from there will be in your hands. We hope that the testing proves to be ample persuasion for the purchasing of more.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

OOC: Hey, Macabees, I was wondering... I could have sworn I sent you a TG relating to a design... did you get it, or do I have to type it again?

OOC: Hey, Macabees, I was wondering... I could have sworn I sent you a TG relating to a design... did you get it, or do I have to type it again?

[OOC: I believe I got it, however, I've been generally lazy and not sent or replied to any of my TGs. Sorry about it. I'll get to it a.s.a.p, as well as Hailandkill and Mekugi.]

To: The Macabee Empire
From: The Umbrella Corporation, Covert section 01
Subject: Purchases

Greetings, we would like these items:

x6 400m Rail guns

For a total of, we believe, 6 Million dollars. These are to be shipped to a classified location, once order is confirmed, we will wire funds to you. Thank you for your time.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/LaCroix22/JackKrauser.jpg
-Jack Krauser, cheif of covert operations

To: The Macabee Empire
From: The Umbrella Corporation, Covert section 01
Subject: Purchases

Greetings, we would like these items:

x6 400m Rail guns

For a total of, we believe, 6 Million dollars. These are to be shipped to a classified location, once order is confirmed, we will wire funds to you. Thank you for your time.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/LaCroix22/JackKrauser.jpg
-Jack Krauser, cheif of covert operations

To: The Umbrella Corporation, Covert Section 01

Your order for six 400mm rail guns has been confirmed. The pieces of said rail gun will be delivered to the classified location fowarded by yourself [OOC: Assume I know]. Also, due to the clandestine nature your order seemed to connote, we will also keep this purchase somewhat secret.

Thank you for your order,
[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

The Empire of Tidan would like to purchase 600,000 Hali 21s from Macabees for 1.8 billion. The weapons will be used by our Armed Forces and Guardian Agency, thus the funds will come from our Defence and Justice budgets. It will be transfered when confirmed.

The Empire of Tidan would like to purchase 600,000 Hali 21s from Macabees for 1.8 billion. The weapons will be used by our Armed Forces and Guardian Agency, thus the funds will come from our Defence and Justice budgets. It will be transfered when confirmed.

[OOC: At work, so this has to be quick, sorry/]

Confirmed. Your order will be supplied within the month. Thank you.

OOC: Sorry to talk about this here, but since you not looking at the TGs i don't see any other place to talk about this. I have made some pictures of my new..ah..don't even know how to call it..helicopter i guess. I'll get to the office on monday and scan them. But anyways, please reply to one of my TGs i would like to know what you think about this rather odd idea that poped in my mind.

Its that time again, to drain more resources!!
We would like 80000 Mali-21 assualt rifles.

(with discount 48,000,000USD)
(((Just check that cuz again my calculator is gay and loves other calculators.)))

[OOC: Everybody, I will read your TGs/respond to this thread sometime this week... prom is killing me.]

Its that time again, to drain more resources!!
We would like 80000 Mali-21 assualt rifles.

(with discount 48,000,000USD)
(((Just check that cuz again my calculator is gay and loves other calculators.)))

[OOC: Hehe...what a gay calculator. It's actually 20% off, which means you subtract 200 and something million by 48 million getting 192 million]

Your order has been confirmed and will be fulfilled within the month. Due to so many rifle orders by so many different nations shipments will take a bit longer - thus the entire month. We apologize for any inconvenience this might bring. However, again,we thank you for your order.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

80000 more rifles again. same price as above money sent.

Order for today is:

2 Model Class Carriers (3billion)
4 Mansteinf class destroyers (2.4 Billion)
4 Elusive class battleshiips (20Million)

Total 25.4 Billlion USD

Both orders have been confirmed with pleasure. The ships will take circa five to eight years to complete and send. The rifles will take no longer than a month. It is an honor that you have made so much business for our company, and we wish to spell out our personal thanks to your nation.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

The pleasure is ours becuase you provide us with such fine military weapons. We thank you and might request an alliance.

The pleasure is ours becuase you provide us with such fine military weapons. We thank you and might request an alliance.

The request for an alliance has been fowarded to myself, and I have the honor and pleasure of officially agreeing to such a tie between your nation and our nation being formed. This can only be the dawning of a greater evolution of politics concerning the friendship between our two great states.

[signed]Jonach I

We would like rights to the MT-3 MADCAP Torpedo, Shockhound Avenger I Anti-Shipping Missile, Hali-37 Assault Rifle and the Lu-05 Air Superiority Fighter.

(W@W usage only)

We would like rights to the MT-3 MADCAP Torpedo, Shockhound Avenger I Anti-Shipping Missile, Hali-37 Assault Rifle and the Lu-05 Air Superiority Fighter.

(W@W usage only)

[OOC: For others who want rights, this is for W@W only, not NS.]

To: Allied Nation of SafeHaven

Your order for rights to the Mt-3, Shockhound Avenger, Hali-37, and Lu-05 have been processed and the following price is negotiable. For the rifle we have computed the price at 200,000 orders, meaning a full price of 400,000,000 (400 million). We think that this will be advantegous considering that you will probably produce millions over the time you use the rifle. The MT-3 goes for 2 billion, the Shockhound Avenger for the same price, and the Lu-05 for 75 billion. This would come to a total of 79.4 billion USD.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: For others who want rights, this is for W@W only, not NS.]

To: Allied Nation of SafeHaven

Your order for rights to the Mt-3, Shockhound Avenger, Hali-37, and Lu-05 have been processed and the following price is negotiable. For the rifle we have computed the price at 200,000 orders, meaning a full price of 400,000,000 (400 million). We think that this will be advantegous considering that you will probably produce millions over the time you use the rifle. The MT-3 goes for 2 billion, the Shockhound Avenger for the same price, and the Lu-05 for 75 billion. This would come to a total of 79.4 billion USD.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

This price is more than satisfactory. We know that these weapons will prove themselves again and again and because of that we will pay in full immediatly. As always, it is a pleasure doing business with your company.

We thank you for accepting our proposal, we are glad to be an ally of your nation. Now we would like to order 80000 more rifles. Money is sent along. Thank you again.

We thank you for accepting our proposal, we are glad to be an ally of your nation. Now we would like to order 80000 more rifles. Money is sent along. Thank you again.

As usual, order confirmed, and these rifles will be sent along with the old batch at the same exact time. The price has already been set before and consequently we wish you a great field day with those weapons. And, before you kill, go see Return of the Sith, because that movie was awsome.
[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

OOC: This is the wrong place for this but oh well, i also TGed you about this

IC:
president Jonach I i ask for your support. A nuclear strike is on its way to my country and many civillians will perish. I ask for help to destroy this nation, as they are a threat and the end of the world seems immenent. I will probably die in this attack, as i have decided to stay in the capital and most of my cabinet is underground. In my last dying words i ask again, Help us destroy this nation.

OOC: The thread is the war between sahirstan and leafanistan.

[OOC: Don't worry about where to put it - it does after all bump this thread up]

The words of our allies have been heard. We will not hesitate to aid those who require our force. We will make haste to the warzone.

Arriving at the central office for the company a certified courier delivered two items to the front desk.
One was a sealed envelope (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8937069#post8937069) a addressed to the director of Special projects, or the President of the company, the other was a business card with the couriers name and on the back a hotel address and room number, he made no explanation except to deliver the envelope and card together as the letter would explain it.

The Novikovian Combined Fleets are begining a large-scale overhaul of their carrier program - currently based around the Cruiser-Carries of the Soviet Navy. As such, we are interested in begining testing on a new heavy-carrier program. As such, the Novikovian Military is prepared to spen a total 3.00 billion USD to purchase two Model-Class Carriers from the Second Emipre's shipyards. We would also like to investiagte the possibility of begining testing programs (namely carrier launch and landing procedures for new aircraft currently being considered for use in our new carrier doctorine) using some of the space and human resources aboard one of the Model class ships currently operating in the Second Emipre's fleets. We hope that these options are both considered and that our requests can be processed in due time.

-Our thanks,
Adm. Trotsky (C-in-C Novikovian Combined Fleets)

The Novikovian Combined Fleets are begining a large-scale overhaul of their carrier program - currently based around the Cruiser-Carries of the Soviet Navy. As such, we are interested in begining testing on a new heavy-carrier program. As such, the Novikovian Military is prepared to spen a total 3.00 billion USD to purchase two Model-Class Carriers from the Second Emipre's shipyards. We would also like to investiagte the possibility of begining testing programs (namely carrier launch and landing procedures for new aircraft currently being considered for use in our new carrier doctorine) using some of the space and human resources aboard one of the Model class ships currently operating in the Second Emipre's fleets. We hope that these options are both considered and that our requests can be processed in due time.

-Our thanks,
Adm. Trotsky (C-in-C Novikovian Combined Fleets)

Although Kriegzimmer does not hold any jurisdiction with the Imperial Navy, we have filed a request for the beginning of Novikovan [?] testing off mothballed Model class Aircraft Carriers. Unfortunately, as this implies, there are no active Model class Aircraft Carriers in the Imperial Navy, recently mothballed and exchanged for the much newer design, the Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier. Nevertheless, crews for the Model class Aircraft Carrier do exist, and the IN has responded in kind, and thus we foward it to you.

They have agreed to putting together a crew for a single Model class Aircraft Carrier, currently going through the beginning stages of the bureaucracy to complete its srapping. Fortunately, this means that it's still going through paperwork progress, meaning it is yet in shape. Consequently, the IN has agreed to put it back on the water within three weeks, in which it will be sailed to your waters and you may conduct your testing on said Aircraft Carrier, or the HES-2071 Muhlenkamp.

Furthermore, your order for two Model class Aircraft Carriers has been processed and confirmed with pleasure by Kriegzimmer. It is to say, that the two carriers will be transferred to your ports within a year of construction. Because the Model class Aircraft Carrier is no longer a main product of our shipyards, replaced by the Indestructable class, it will take a bit longer to complete - thus, the entire year required for the construction of both, as opposed to the usual months. We hope that this is not a major obstacle to your policy, and if it is we will try to accomodate the shedule to better fit your own.

Regardless, we give you our personal thanks for your order, and we promise that you will not be let down. Finally, a reminder that the HES-2071 will arrive outside your waters, unescorted, in about five weeks - the three necessary to crew it and prepare it for the seas, and the two it will take to make its way to your coasts.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[Images]
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[Abstract]
After many years of success regarding the use of the Toledo class SSN it was decided that a newer, more advance, and much more effective nuclear attack submarine was needed if the Empire's submarine naval force was to stay on par with other naval powers around the world. Consequently, by the accension of Jonach to the government in 2005 the administration had put money into a new project, labeled S116, destined to craft the new Cartagena class SSN [501].

The Cartagena class SSN is a top of the line submarine, developed with amongst the best technologies currently available around the world, and some only available to allied states. The Cartagena is destined to make its name known around the world, and in accordance has been opened for export.

The Golden Throne has ordered a total of four hundred of the new SSNs, replacing all four hundred of the Toledo class SSNs which are to be mothballed, and consequently scrapped for construction of other submersibles. The Cartagena is to be one of the most widely used submarines around the world, especially in the Golden Throne's and allied navies.
The ship is designed using a state-of-the-art digital database, which allows members of the IPPD teams to work from a single design database and provides three-dimensional electronic mockups throughout the design process.

[Hull Design and Construction]
The Cartagena class SSN takes on a teardrop shape, as seen in the Virginia class SSN, and showing resemblence to technology first released with the Soviet/Russian Kilo class SSK [diesel attack submarine]. The teardrop shape was designed to further disperse the pressure mounted by water, especially at lower depths. Meaning, the rounder shape of the aft of the submarine allows the water to disperse around the hull, avoiding mounting pressure on a single point, as the water "flows" around the hull. Therefore, the teardrop shaped hull gives the Cartagena a much larger crush depth.

The frame of the Cartagena class SSN is fully made of titanium, amongst the strongest conventional metals known to man. Although rather expensive, it does allow to extend the much important crush depth needed for modern submarines. Furthermore, it gives the hull a greater tensile strength, and should be able to survive up to, and perhaps more than, two standard ADCAP [MK 48] torpedoes.

The hull is constructed of a composite material, designed by Imperial engineers. Namely, a polymer material [or plastic material] is weaved around a matrix, giving it additional strength for resistance. The polymer is also reinforced with titanium and steel strands, as well as the ceramics found in chobham and cermat. Furthermore, there are also strands of depleted uranium and vanadium, giving the hull a strength proportional to that of a surface ship. There are also several bulkheads and a host of NBC protection agents, in order to defend from chemical to nuclear attacks in the submarine layer.

The hull and frame gives the Cartagena class SSN an outstanding crush depth of 2.5 kilometers under perfect circumstances. The hull also incorporates ROR-CHO composite technology developed by BFGoodrich which give the submarine and its sonar windows awesome acoustical performance, while keeping structural integrity.

Moreover, the hull and screws are pocketed by Super Flow cavitation absorbers. SuperFlow power absorbers use forged stainless steel shafts, which have internal hubs for attachment of the impeller. The attachment point to the hub is part of the forging, not a keyway or serration. The stainless steel forged shafts, used in the dynamometers currently available on SF-901s, have not experienced a single failure in their current configurations, going back a number of years. The SuperFlow absorber design uses a rounded pocket which is considerably more efficient at transferring torque, while reducing the shock effect of the water moving from the rotor to the stator. As a consequence, the rotor is smaller in diameter and contains much less volume for rapid response. The area exposed to the water is less, and many of these units have been in operation more than 15 years at this time. The SuperFlow dynamometers are used extensively for endurance testing, and customers report accumulating more than 10,000 hours on the absorbers. SuperFlow’s durability is proven by many years of in-field use.
Finally, the hull is layered with a thin strip of gaucho, a black rubbery substance designed to absorb active sound waves, as well as anechoic tiling.

[Propulsion]
The Cartagena class SSN is driven by a single Baldur pebble bed nuclear reactor. The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a new type of high temperature helium gas-cooled nuclear reactor, which builds and advances on world-wide nuclear operators' experience of older reactor designs. The most remarkable feature of these reactors is that they use attributes inherent in and natural to the processes of nuclear energy generation to enhance safety features. More importantly, it is also a practical and cost-effective solution to most of the logistics of generating electricity.

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To protect the reactor there are several infra-red detection devices around the uranium core, and at a note from a pressure sensor, either made by water or a man made collision, the Baldur nuclear reactor is automatically shut off, save for the coolant flow.

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The nature of the chain reaction that takes place in the PBMR is exactly the same as the one that takes place at Koeberg. (Refer to Koeberg experience - Fuel )

The fuel used in a PBMR consists of "spheres" which are designed in such a way that they contain their radioactivity. The PBMR fuel is based on proven high quality fuel used in Germany.

Each sphere is about the size of a tennis ball and consists of an outer graphite matrix (covering) and an inner fuel zone The fuel zone of a single sphere can contain up to 15 000 "particles". Each particle is coated with a special barrier coating, which ensures that radioactivity is kept locked inside the particle. One of the barriers,the silicon carbide barrier, is so dense that no gaseous or metallic radioactive products can escape. (it retains its density up to temperatures of over 1 700 degrees Celsius). The reactor is loaded with over 440 000 spheres - three quarters of which are fuel spheres and one quarter graphite spheres - at any one time. Fuel spheres are continually being added to the core from the top and removed from the bottom. The removed spheres are measured to see if all the uranium has been used. If it has, the sphere is sent to the spent fuel storage system, and if not, it is reloaded in the core. An average fuel sphere will pass through the core about 10 times before being discharged. the graphite spheres are always re-used. The graphite spheres are used as a moderator. They absorb and reduce the energy of the neutrons so that these can reach the right energy level needed to sustain the chain reaction.

[Electronic Detection Devices]
AN/BQQ-5 Sonar
AN/BQQ-5 bow-mounted spherical array sonar acoustic system is deployed on SSN 637 and SSN 501 attack submarine classes. This low frequency passive and active search and attack sonar is supplied by IBM. The AN/BQQ-5E sonar with the TB-29 towed array and Combat Control System (CCS) Mk 2, known collectively as the QE-2 System, provides a functionally equivalent system for the Cartagena class submarines. Enhancements include increases in acoustic performance, improved combat control capabilities and replacement of obsolete equipment.

OPEVAL for AN/BQQ-5E system with the TB-29 Array completed in FY 1998; this system will provide quantum improvements in long-range detection and localization for SSN 501 Class Submarines. Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 7001 to AN/BQQ-5E will provide Low Frequency Active Interference Rejection, Dual Towed Array Processing, and Full Spectrum Processing to SSN 501 Class Submarines.

The AN/BSY-1 ECP 1000, the AN/BQQ-5 Medium Frequency Active Improvement program and Improved Control Display Console Obsolete Equipment Replacement have been modified to become the basis of the Acoustics Rapid Commercial Off The Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) program. A-RCI is a multi-phased, evolutionary development effort geared toward addressing Acoustic Superiority issues through the rapid introduction of interim development products applicable to SSN 501,Class Submarines. A-RCI Phases I and II introduce towed array processing improvements; A-RCI Phase III introduces spherical array processing improvements.

The Cartagena Submarine System Improvement Program develops and integrates command and control improvements needed to maintain Cartagena submarine operational capability through the life cycle of this vital strategic asset. The program conducts efforts needed to ensure platform invulnerability, and reduce life cycle costs. Recent efforts have included the development of AN/BQQ-6 Sonar to AN/BQQ-5E Sonar Translator.

TB-113, TB-23 Towed Array and TACTAS
The TB-113 towed array is the newest towed array currently in service with the Imperial Navy. Being about three times as long as the current Elusive class Battleship it also has a grand host of hundreds of sensitive hydrophones running down the final seventy-five meters length of steel wire.

It was designed to supplement the AN/BQQ-5 spherical array, and to exceed existent towed arrays. However, the older TB-23 towed array is still in use, being the only short towed array in service with the Imperial Navy.

The AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS) provides very long-range passive detection of enemy submarines. TACTAS is a long cable full of microphones that is towed about a mile behind the ship. It is towed so far behind the ship so as to not let noise radiating from the shipitself interfere with the noise picked up from targets. Using that noise can determine exactly what ship or submarine is being tracked. The AN/SQR-19B Tactical Array SONAR (TACTAS) is a passive towed array system which provides the ability to detect, classify, and track a large number of submarine contacts at increased ranges. TACTAS is a component sensor of the AN/SQQ-89(V)6 ASW Combat System, and provides significant improvements in passive detection and localization, searching throughout 360 degrees at tactical ship speeds. Processing of complex TACTAS data is performed by the largest computer program assembly ever developed for surface ship anti-submarine warfare.

Meteorology and Oceanography Center Detachment TACTAS support products describe oceanographic and acoustic conditions (using range dependent models) in the prosecution area for towed array ships tasked by CTF-69 for ASW operations. This message is provided when own ship Sonar In-situ Mode Assessment System (SIMAS) or the Mobile Environmental Team’s Mobile Oceanographic Support System MOSS) are not available. It is tailored to the specific towed array carried onboard. The message is transmitted prior to the start of a prosecution and daily thereafter or as requested.


General SONAR Use
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) usually, but not always, involves the use of sonar. Although the vagaries of the environment make it difficult to predict and use, there is no other type of energy propagation that travels so far in the ocean without significant losses as acoustics waves. In this section, we describe the principles of operation of the major types of sonar systems and one non-acoustic system (MAD). We begin with the system that most closely resembles the operation of basic radar, namely active sonar.

Transmitter. The transmitter generates the outgoing pulse. It determines pulse width, PRF, modulation (optional), and carrier frequency. The output power can be controlled by the operator. The source level may be limited for several reasons. If the transducers are driven with too much power, they can cavitate (drop the pressure so low that the water boils). This is called quenching, and it can destroy the transducer since the normal backpressure is removed when bubbles form on its surface. Since the normal restoring force is gone, the surface of the transducer can travel too far (over-range) and damage itself. The quenching power limit increases with depth due to the increased ambient pressure.
Another common phenomenon that limits the maximum source level is reverberation, which is an echo from the immediate surrounding volume of water. The reverberation level (RL) increases with the source level (SL). At some point the reverberation exceeds the noise level (NL) and will dominate the return signal. Since reverberation always comes back from the same direction you are projecting, the reduction in background noise, quantified by the directivity index (DI) does not apply. When
RL > NL - DI,
the system is said to be reverberation-limited. The figure of merit equation must be modified to reflect this:

FOMactive (reverberation-limited) = SL + TS - RL - DT

When the system becomes reverberation-limited, the display will begin to be dominated by noise near own ship in the direction the active sonar is projecting. The solution is to reduce power to just below the level at which reverberation-limiting occurred.

Transducer array. The individual transducers are simple elements with little or no directionality. They are arranged in an array to improve the directivity index, which improves the figure-of-merit by noise reduction. The array of transducers reduces the beamwidth in the horizontal (or azimuthal) direction, and is usually circular in order to give more or less complete coverage, with the exception of the region directly behind the array (where the ship is). The array is protected from noise by own ship by discontinuing the array in the after regions, and also by putting in sound attenuating material. This region aft of a hull-mounted array, from which the sonar system cannot detect is called the baffles.

The array is also configured to reduce the beamwidth in the vertical direction. Normally a hull-mounted array should only receive sound from the downward direction, not directly ahead, since the noise from the ocean's surface would destroy the sonar's performance.

Beamforming processor. The input/output of each transducer is put through a beamforming processor, which applies time delays or phase shifts to each of the signals in such a way as to create a narrow beam in a particular direction.

The width of the beam formed by the beamforming processor will determine the bearing accuracy of the system when searching. In an identical manner to dual-beam tracking systems, sonar tracking systems can improve on this accuracy tremendously, at the expense of the signal-to-noise ratio.

4.) Duplexer. The duplexer performs the same function in an active sonar as in a radar system, namely to protect the receiver from the full transmitter power while the pulse is going out. It can be thought of a switch that toggles between the transmitter and receiver.

5.) Synchronizer. Performs same role as the synchronizer in radar. Provides overall coordination and timing for the system. Reset the display for each new pulse in order to make range measurements.

6.) Receiver. Collects the received energy. The receiver compares the power level to noise with a threshold SNR (DT) in order to determine if the signal will be displayed in a particular beam. If the DT is set too low, there will many false alarms. If it is too high, some detection capability will be lost.

The receiver may also demodulate the return if frequency modulation is used on transmission. Sonar systems often use pulse compression techniques to improve range resolution.

7.) Display. Puts all of the detection information into a visual format. There are several types:

A-scan: the signal along a single beam for a portion of the listening cycle. A target appears as a raised section if it is in the beam.
Passive SONAR:

Hydrophone array. These are the sensitive elements which detect the acoustic energy emitted from the target. Again, they are arranged into an array to improve the beamwidth. Common configurations are cylindrical or spherical. The cylindrical array operates at a fixed vertical angle, usually downward. The spherical array, which is common on submarines, has a much wider vertical field-of-view. Since the submarine may be below what it is tracking, the array must be able to look upwards to some extent. The large downward angles are only used for bottom bounce detection. Using a beamforming processor (described below) the field-of-view is broken down into individual beams in the vertical and azimuthal directions.

Beamforming processor. Unlike active systems which transmit and receive in a set direction, the passive system must listen to all angles at all times. This requires a very wide beamwidth. At the same time, a narrow beamwidth is required for locating the source and rejecting ambient noise. These two objectives are achieved simultaneously by the passive beamforming processor. The idea is very similar to the active system.

The beams should not be thought of as coming from the individual hydrophones. In fact, each of the beams so created has a narrow beamwidth that comes from the full aperture of the array, not the individual hydrophones.




Broadband display. The output of the beamforming processor is displayed as a bearing time history (BTH):

The newest information is at the top of the display. The beamwidth of the system determines how accurately the bearing can be measured by such a display. A common beamwidth is about 5o. The total amount of time displayed from top to bottom can be controlled (to some extent). A quickly updating display that only kept information for a few minutes would be useful for close contacts whose bearings are changing rapidly. On the other hand, a long tie history is more useful for detecting long range contacts, whose bearings are only changing slowly.

4.) Frequency Analyzer. The frequency analyzer breaks the signal into separate frequencies. This is the spectrum of the signal. For processing purposes, the frequencies are divided into small bands known as frequency bins. The width of each bin is called the analysis bandwidth. Sonar systems can gain considerable signal-to-noise improvements by matching the analysis bandwidth to the bandwidth of narrowband sources. The way to illustrate this is by two counter examples. If the signal processing bandwidth is too wide, then noise from the part of the spectrum beyond the signal is let in and the SNR is degraded. If the bandwidth is too narrow, then part of the signal is excluded, also reducing the SNR. It should be obvious now that the best situation occurs when the bandwidth exactly matches the signal. This is possible when the characteristics of the signal are well known, which they are for most targets.




The frequency analyzer separates (filters) the signal into discrete bins, inside of which the SNR is maximized. The frequency content of the signals from a target information provides vital information about its identity and operation. These frequencies are also subject to the Doppler shift, just like radar, are therefore can provide information about the range rate. This requires that the original frequency be known exactly, which is generally not the case. However, many important facts can be inferred by the changes in the received frequency over time.

Narrowband Display. For a particular beam, the time history of the frequency is called a waterfall display.

This can be used to gain additional information from a contact which is already being tracked by another system. In order to search for contacts on the basis of narrowband information alone requires a different type of display. One possibility is to simultaneously display several different beams, each showing a mini-waterfall display, which are called grams.

These are quite useful, but require great concentration on the part of the operator because there is more information displayed at any one time. Many systems require the operator to systematically search the entire field-of-view, looking at only a few beams at a time.

Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)
Variable depth sonars use large transducers that are towed from the ship on a cable with an adjustable scope. The combination of the buoyancy, ship speed and cable scope determine at the depth that the transducer will be at. VDS is used for two main reasons. At increased depth, the source level (SL) can be increased greatly, since the quenching limit is higher. This is due to increased backpressure on the surface of the transducer. Secondly, the VDS can be operated below the layer.

Recall that the combination of positive over negative sound velocity profiles created a layer at the interface. The layer makes it difficult to propagate sound across it. Therefore, ships using hull-mounted sonar systems will be unable to detect submarines operating below the layer, except possibly at short range. However, if the VDS can be place below layer, the ship can take advantage of the deep sound channel while being in the shadow zone of the submarine's sonar.

ZW-07 Surface Search RADAR
The radar has a peak power of 50 or 60 kW (pulse width 1 microsecond, PRF 1200 pps). There are also a short-pulse mode (0.1 microsecond, 100 kW, can be 2500 pps). Gain is 28 dB; dimensions of the half-cheese antenna are 1.0 x 0.25 m. The beam is 2.4 x 16 deg.
Performance: The range remains at around 200 nautical miles. In the single-pulse mode a ship can be detected at two hundred and ten nautical miles. The ZW-07 radar is installed on the Cartagena SSN.
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Inertial Guidance
An inertial navigation system measures the position and attitude of a vehicle by measuring the accelerations and rotations applied to the system's inertial frame. It is widely used because it refers to no real-world item beyond itself. It is therefore immune to jamming and deception. (See relativity and Mach's principle for some background in the physics involved).

An inertial guidance system consists of an inertial navigation system combined with control mechanisms, allowing the path of a vehicle to be controlled according to the position determined by the inertial navigation system. These systems are also referred to as an inertial platform.
INSs have angular and linear accelerometers (for changes in position); some include a gyroscopic element (for maintaining an absolute positional reference).

Angular accelerometers measure how the vehicle is twisting in space. Generally, there's at least one sensor for each of the three axes: pitch (nose up and down), yaw (nose left and right) and roll (clockwise or counterclockwise from the cockpit).

Linear accelerometers measure how the vehicle moves. Since it can move in three axes (up & down, left & right, forward & back), it has a linear accelerometer for each axis.

A computer continually calculates the vehicle's current position. First, for each of six axes, it adds the amount of acceleration over the time to figure the current velocity of each of the six axes. Then it adds the distance moved in each of the six axes to figure the current position.

Inertial guidance is impossible without computers. The desire to use inertial guidance in the minuteman missile and Apollo program drove early attempts to miniaturize computers.

Inertial guidance systems are now usually combined with satellite navigation systems through a digital filtering system. The inertial system provides short term data, while the satellite system corrects accumulated errors of the inertial system.

Schemes

Gyrostabilized platforms
Some systems place the linear accelerometers on a gimballed gyrostabilized platform. The gimbals are a set of three rings, each with a pair of bearings at right angles. They let the platform twist in any rotational axis. There are two gyroscopes (usually) on the platform.

Why do the gyros hold the platform still? Gyroscopes try to twist at right angles to the angle at which they are twisted (an effect called precession). When gyroscopes are mounted at right angles and spin at the same speed, their precessions cancel, and the platform they're on will resist twisting.
This system allowed a vehicle's roll, pitch and yaw angles to be measured directly at the bearings of the gimbals. Relatively simple electronic circuits could add up the linear accelerations, because the directions of the linear accelerometers do not change.

The big disadvantage of this scheme is that it has a lot of precision mechanical parts that are expensive. It also has moving parts that can wear out or jam, and is vulnerable to gimbal lock.

The gudiance system of the Apollo command modules used gyrostabilized platforms, feeding data to the Apollo Guidance Computer

Rate Gyro Systems
Lightweight digital computers permit the system to eliminate the gimbals. This reduces the cost and increases the reliability by eliminating some of the moving parts. Angular accelerometers called "rate gyros" measure how the angular velocity of the vehicle changes. The trigonometry involved is too complex to be accurately performed except by digital electronics.

Laser Gyros
Laser gyros were supposed to eliminate the bearings in the gyroscopes, and thus the last bastion of precision machining and moving parts.

A laser gyro moves laser light in two directions around a circular path. As the vehicle twists, the light has a doppler effect. The different frequencies of light are mixed, and the difference frequency (the beat frequency) is a radio wave whose frequency is supposed to be proportional to the speed of rotation.

In practice, the electromagnetic peaks and valleys of the light lock together. The result is that there's no difference of frequencies, and therefore no measurement.

To unlock the counter-rotating light beams, laser gyros either have independent light paths for the two direction (usually in fiber optic gyros), or the laser gyro is mounted on a sort of audio speaker that rapidly shakes the gyro back and forth to decouple the light waves.

Alas, the shaker is the most accurate, because both light beams use exactly the same path. Thus laser gyros retain moving parts, but they don't move as much.

Brandy Snifter Gyros
If a standing wave is induced in a globular brandy snifter, and then the snifter is tilted, the waves continue in the same plane of movement. They don't tilt with the snifter. This trick is used to measure angles. Instead of brandy snifters, the system uses hollow globes machined from piezoelectric matierals such as quartz. The electrodes to start and sense the waves are evaporated directly onto the quartz.

This system almost has no moving parts, and it's very accurate. It's still expensive, though, because precision ground and polished hollow quartz spheres just aren't cheap.

Quartz Rate Sensors
This system is usually integrated on a silicon chip. It has two mass-balanced quartz tuning forks, arranged "handle-to-handle" so forces cancel. Electrodes of aluminum evaporated on the forks and the underying chip both drive and sense the motion. The system is both manufacturable and inexpensive. Since quartz is dimensionally stable, the system has a good possibility of accuracy.

As the forks are twisted about the axis of the handle, the vibration of the tines tends to continue in the same plane of motion. This motion has to be resisted by electrostatic forces from the electrodes under the tines. By measuring the difference in capacitance between the two tines of a fork, the system can determine the rate of angular motion.

Pendular Accelerometers
The basic accelerometer is just a mass with a ruler attached. The ruler may be an exotic electromagnetic sensor, but it still senses distance. When the vehicle accelerates, the mass moves, and ruler measures the movement. The bad thing about this scheme is that it needs calibrated springs, and springs are nearly impossible to make consistent.

A trickier system is to measure the force needed to keep the mass from moving. In this scheme, there's still a ruler, but whenever the mass moves, an electric coil pulls on the mass, cancelling the motion. The stronger the pull, the more acceleration there is. The bad thing about this is that very high accelerations, say from explosions, impacts or gunfire, can exceed the capacity of the electronics to cancel. The sensor then loses track of where the vehicle is.

Both sorts of accelerometers have been manufactured as integrated micromachinery on silicon chips.

Accelerometer-only Systems
Some systems use four pendular accelerometers to measure all the possible movements and rotations. Usually, these are mounted with the weights in the corners of a tetrahedron. Thus, these are called "tetrahedral inertial platforms", or TIPs.

When the vehicle rolls, the masses on opposite sides will be accelerated in opposite directions. When the vehicle has linear acceleration, the masses are accelerated in the same direction. The computer keeps track.
TIPs are cheap, lightweight and small, especially when they use imicromachined integrated accelerometers. However currently (2002) they are not very accurate. When they're used, they're used in small missiles.

[Photonic Mast]
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Despite its valued service for more than ten years, the Imperial Navy will soon say "so long" to the conventional periscope. In 2005, construction began on a new breed of attack submarines that won't have a periscope. Instead, these new Cartagena-class submarines will use non-penetrating imaging devices called photonics masts to perform surveillance tasks. Each new submarine will be equipped with two photonics masts, which are basically arrays of high-resolution cameras that capture and send visual images to flat-panel displays in the control room.

[Weapons]
The Cartagena will have eight forward tubes, designed at 500mm width. The tubes will be able to fire virtually any Imperial torpedo design, including the MT-1, MT-2, MT-3 and MT-4. The tubes will also be used to release SSIXS transmission canisters.

Furthermore, the Cartagena is designed with four quadruple cell VLS tubes for a launch sequence of twelve missiles within eight seconds. VLS tubes employed by the Cartagena will be of the same make as those employed on other submersible and surface ships. Meaning, after one missile is launched the entire VLS apparatus uses heavy hydraulics to spin, and in that way while one missile launches another cell restocks, ergo, the VLS tubes never have to stop firing, and instead reload on the move.
The VLS cells are designed to fire Principe III, Shockhound Avenger I and Praetorian V missiles.

The Cartagena can also carry up to two hundred mines and a single Bilbao class UUV.

Finally, the Cartagena wields five retractable ASHUM guns for anti-torpedo defenses.

[Statistics]
Beam: 34 ft.
Length: 377 ft.
Submerged Displacement: 8,100 tons
Submerged Velocity: 28 knots

[Cost]
Each Cartagena class SSN will be exported for 1.1 billion USD. Production rights can only be sold to allies for a limited time for 250 billion, on the requirement that at least ten Cartagenas are purchases for full price alongside the order of production rights.

Macabee engineers have decided that it would be to their advantage to make custom weapons for different nations. This would include, aircraft, helicopters, armor, soft skin vehicles, small arms, mines, et cetera. The idea behind it would be to boost sales, and moreover, it would be a source of ideas to increase the size of the Kriegzimmer Storefront, thereby increasing traffic over the long run.

However, it would be extremely important to exactly outline the pact made by a nation who asks for a custom design:

Article I: The piece of technology's producting rights are owned by two nations. The purchaser of the technology, and the creator of the technology, the Macabees. Moreover, the purchaser of the technology does not have the right to sell further production rights to other nations, only the Macabees - although policy of Macabee sales is to not sell production rights.

Article II: The payment can be made in two forms. Direct and immediate transfer, or over twelve months. In the case of the former the entire payment is to be made immediately upon confirmation of the design, and swapping of the producing rights. If the latter is chosen then the purchaser has twelve months to pay off the purchase, whether by equivalent checks, or by an all out payment twelve months post-purchase.

Moreover, when you give us the general idea of what you want design, please give the money that you would expect to pay for said design. We reserve the right to lower or rise, although, the final decision is, of course, that of the client's.

Thank you for your time.
-Kriegzimmer Board

Examples of Our Work:
The Ghost:
http://worldwarwiki.modernwarstudies.net/personal_images/ghost1.JPG
Disclaimer: The Ghost was never completed. The design is to be finished, so the picture is copyrighted. But it sucks anyways so I doubt anybody will be taking it. :lol:

Same goes for this picture:

http://worldwarwiki.modernwarstudies.net/personal_images/prankster.JPG

Both were done for Kyanges. He never told me to finish the design - so meh.

The only design I've done so far is future tech. Bleh. Nvm, there are no examples!

Although Kriegzimmer does not hold any jurisdiction with the Imperial Navy, we have filed a request for the beginning of Novikovan [?] testing off mothballed Model class Aircraft Carriers. Unfortunately, as this implies, there are no active Model class Aircraft Carriers in the Imperial Navy, recently mothballed and exchanged for the much newer design, the Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier. Nevertheless, crews for the Model class Aircraft Carrier do exist, and the IN has responded in kind, and thus we foward it to you.

They have agreed to putting together a crew for a single Model class Aircraft Carrier, currently going through the beginning stages of the bureaucracy to complete its srapping. Fortunately, this means that it's still going through paperwork progress, meaning it is yet in shape. Consequently, the IN has agreed to put it back on the water within three weeks, in which it will be sailed to your waters and you may conduct your testing on said Aircraft Carrier, or the HES-2071 Muhlenkamp.

Furthermore, your order for two Model class Aircraft Carriers has been processed and confirmed with pleasure by Kriegzimmer. It is to say, that the two carriers will be transferred to your ports within a year of construction. Because the Model class Aircraft Carrier is no longer a main product of our shipyards, replaced by the Indestructable class, it will take a bit longer to complete - thus, the entire year required for the construction of both, as opposed to the usual months. We hope that this is not a major obstacle to your policy, and if it is we will try to accomodate the shedule to better fit your own.

Regardless, we give you our personal thanks for your order, and we promise that you will not be let down. Finally, a reminder that the HES-2071 will arrive outside your waters, unescorted, in about five weeks - the three necessary to crew it and prepare it for the seas, and the two it will take to make its way to your coasts.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

This information has been confirmed and processed. Timing is of little concern - other naval refittings have forced the adoption of a four-year time frame - and payment for their services can likewise be directed to the Imperial Navy and Kriegzimmer at any time. We would like to extend our thanks to the Imperial Navy for their show of friendship and cooperation in these proceedings, and likewise to th dedicated engineers for the Kriegzimmer, without whom this undertaking would be impossible. May the Second Empire and the Novikovian State have continud friendship and cooperation.

[signed] Naval Design Bureau

[To All Interested Nations]
Due to the slow progress of the designing of the Ebro SPATS anti-tank missile, Cadiz class SSBN, Valencia class SSK and Lu-217 Heavy Bomber, we have decided to open all four designs to public scrutiny and begin joint-design contracts with any nation willing.

Those who agree to undertake the project - and there can be as many as possible on any one project - will receive production rights to the product, and the ability to sell it on the open market, although it will also be marketed on Kriegzimmer. We hope that nations find it interesting enough to aid Kriegzimmer and her conglomeration of government armamament producers in the four designs.

[OOC: All the designing will take place on this thread - must like the Silver Sky tank project.]

[Pepperbox class Logistical Support Vessel [LSV]]
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/patino/images/Patino_1.jpg

[Abstract]
The Pepperbox class LSV is the Empire's sole logistical support vessel and has been the workhorse of the new Kriegsmarine since the accension of Jonach as Emperor of the Golden Throne.

The purpose of the Pepperbox class LSV is to fully support the long-range missions of a naval squadron, which would typically include an aircraft carrier and complete escort. The logistic support vessel has to be in position to refuel the squadron, including the air wing of the carrier, and also provide full logistic support in terms of repair workshops, spare parts, ammunition replenishment and supplies.

Pepperbox class LSV is also capable of performing civil protection roles at times of crisis. The ship has high autonomous capacity to provide electrical power, fresh water and prepared meals and also has fully equipped hospital and medical facilities on board.

The ship is available in optional configurations to: house, feed, transport and deploy troops; deploy and retrieve helicopters and patrol boats concealed below the flight deck; train military personnel in seamanship; partially submerge allowing at-sea loading and unloading of smaller vessels; and civil/military inter-island transportation

[Weapon Systems]
The Pepperbox class LSV has two of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability.

For underwater defenses the Indestructable has four ASHUM guns, which basically work as underwater close-in weapon systems. The magazines can hold 1,200 rounds and they're reloaded in compartments placed above the guns. The ASHUM guns placed on the Indestructable are trained through the ship's SONAR, as well as blue-green Guassian LIDAR transmitters placed for the individual guns.

[Sensors and Countermeasures]
The Pepperbox class LSV is fitted with a single broadband surface search RADAR, but relies on its single Sea Serpent II Multi-mission Helicopter for most of its electronics operations.

The countermeasures suite includes: four Mk 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff) six-barrelled launchers from Sippican Hycor which fire infrared decoys and chaff for confusion, distraction and seduction of incoming anti-ship missiles to a range of 4km; an AN/SLQ-25A Nixie towed torpedo decoy system from Sensytech Inc of Fedala, Second Empire of the Golden Throne which has two towed units that emit acoustic signals from an onboard transmitter; and an Aldebaran electronic support measures/electronic countermeasures (ESM/ECM) system supplied by the Empire's Indra Group.

[Cargo System]
The prime mission of the ship is the direct transport and discharge of liquid and dry cargo to shallow terminal areas, to remote under-developed coastlines and on inland waterways. The ships also provide a drive-through capability by mating the bow ramp to the neighbouring stern ramp in order to form a floating bridge. The ships can be computer linked to logistics files at military stock points, and can transport roll-on/roll-off and containerised cargo for unit deployment and relocation, tactical resupply and sustained resupply.

The ship does not require external cranes or port facilities and four feet of water allows the ship to land under full load. This capability expands the choice of landing locations and reduces the potential enemy impact on the logistics support operations. The ship also provides self-delivery to overseas locations. The ramps and the main deck are able to withstand roll-on/roll-off operations of the Pzkmf. XI, the P&H 6250 crane complete with counterweight and boom, and rough terrain handlers.

The ship can carry up to 900 short tonnes during Logistics Over The Shore Operations (LOTS) and up to 2,000 short tonnes during Intra-Theatre Line-Haul (ITLH).

[Helicopter Capabilities]
The LSV-Helicopter Capable configuration provides concealed transport, deployment and retrieval of both helicopters and patrol boats. Seap Serpent II helicopters are concealed below a modular flight deck while patrol boats and intercept craft are behind the stern ramp. The configuration presents the appearance of a logistic supply ship without the obvious display of force.

[EMP Hardening]
There are two things to consider when considering hardening targets against EMP. The first question to answer is whether the hardened system will become useless if shielded. The second question to be answered is whether the target is economically worthwhile to harden. The answers to these two questions are used to determine what devices should be shielded

To explain the first consideration, Makoff and Tsipis give the following simple example. If there was a communication plane with many antennas used to collect and transfer data, it would not be useful if its antennas were removed. However, to harden the plane, the antennas would need to be removed because they provide a direct path to the interior of the plane.(18) It is important to understand how the hardening will affect the performance of the hardened item.

The second consideration is very easy to understand. Some systems, although important, may not seem worthwhile enough to harden due to the high costs of shielding. "It may cost from 30% to 50% of the cost of a ground based communication center…just to refit it to withstand EMP," and, "as high as 10% of the cost for each plane."(19)

There are two basic ways to harden items against EMP effects.20 The first method is metallic shielding. The alternative is tailored hardening. Both methods will be briefly described.

Metallic shielding is used to, "Exclude energy propagated through fields in space."(21) Shields are made of a continuous piece of some metal such as steel or copper. A metal enclosure generally does not fully shield the interior because of the small holes that are likely to exist. Therefore, this type of shielding often contains additional elements to create the barrier. Commonly, only a fraction of a millimeter (22) of a metal is needed to supply adequate protection. This shield must completely surround the item to be shielded. A tight box must be formed to create the shield. The cost of such shielding (in1986 dollars) is $1000 per square meter for a welded-steel shield after installation.(23)

The alternative method, tailored hardening, is a more cost-effective way of hardening. In this method, only the most vulnerable elements and circuits are redesigned to be more rugged. The more rugged elements will be able to withstand much higher currents. However, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences is skeptical of this method due to unpredictable failures in testing.(24) Also, the use of this method is not recommended by the National Research Council. They doubted whether the approximations made to evaluate susceptibilities of the components were accurate. They did concede that tailored hardening may be useful to make existing systems less vulnerable.(25)

[Propulsion]
The ship is powered by two Zonoras 12 V ZA40S diesel engines with a maximum continuous rating of 8640kW at 510rpm. There are two reduction gears with pitch actuators, driving two independent shafts with controllable pitch propellers. The ship also has a bow thruster. The propulsion system provides Pepperbox class LSV with a continuous speed of 21 knots at full load displacement. The range at an economical speed of 18 knots is 7,600 nautical miles.

Power generation is provided by two shaft generators each rated at 1000kW and four diesel generators each rated at 780kW.

[Cost]
The Pepperbox class LSV costs 200 Million per ship.

Requesting an order of 10 indestructable class carriers

Requesting an order of 10 indestructable class carriers

To: Hyst

Your order for ten indestructable class Aircraft Carriers has been processed and confirmed by both Kriegzimmer and the administration of this Empire. As a consequence, your order will come to seventy billion USD [70 billion] and the ten Aircraft Carriers will be constructed and shipped to your home ports within fifteen months.

We thank you for your order and we are sure that you will be deeply served by your new weapons.
[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[To All Interested Nations]
Due to the slow progress of the designing of the Ebro SPATS anti-tank missile, Cadiz class SSBN, Valencia class SSK and Lu-217 Heavy Bomber, we have decided to open all four designs to public scrutiny and begin joint-design contracts with any nation willing.

Those who agree to undertake the project - and there can be as many as possible on any one project - will receive production rights to the product, and the ability to sell it on the open market, although it will also be marketed on Kriegzimmer. We hope that nations find it interesting enough to aid Kriegzimmer and her conglomeration of government armamament producers in the four designs.

[OOC: All the designing will take place on this thread - must like the Silver Sky tank project.]
OOC: how heavy a bomber we talking about? Im pretty busy at the moment but I can rarely turn downa chance to draw.

To: Kriegzimmer Board
From: Field Marshall Mustang
Subject: Weapons Purchase

The Automail State comes to the Kriegzimmer Board to purchase 75,000 AK-74/B. We currently only use imported AK-47s and SKS' which are far outdated for our nation.

Total Cost: 37,500,000 USD

Our nation would like to buy the following:

5x Rommel Class Battleships (3rd Refit)
3x SRSB Naram-Sins without missiles
4x Lu-12 Canary Tactical Strike Fighters
3x Azores class Fast Attack Crafts
2x artagena class SSNs
1x Model Class Aircraft Carrier

Total cost: $13.977 billion (check to make sure there aren't any mistakes)

Thanks.

[To All Interested Nations]
Due to the slow progress of the designing of the Ebro SPATS anti-tank missile, Cadiz class SSBN, Valencia class SSK and Lu-217 Heavy Bomber, we have decided to open all four designs to public scrutiny and begin joint-design contracts with any nation willing.

Those who agree to undertake the project - and there can be as many as possible on any one project - will receive production rights to the product, and the ability to sell it on the open market, although it will also be marketed on Kriegzimmer. We hope that nations find it interesting enough to aid Kriegzimmer and her conglomeration of government armamament producers in the four designs.

[OOC: All the designing will take place on this thread - must like the Silver Sky tank project.]

Novikov has a noteworthy history of submarine design, and would gladly participate in the design process of both the Cadiz SSBN and Valencia SSK.

Originally Posted by The Macabees
[To All Interested Nations]
Due to the slow progress of the designing of the Ebro SPATS anti-tank missile, Cadiz class SSBN, Valencia class SSK and Lu-217 Heavy Bomber, we have decided to open all four designs to public scrutiny and begin joint-design contracts with any nation willing.

Those who agree to undertake the project - and there can be as many as possible on any one project - will receive production rights to the product, and the ability to sell it on the open market, although it will also be marketed on Kriegzimmer. We hope that nations find it interesting enough to aid Kriegzimmer and her conglomeration of government armamament producers in the four designs.

[OOC: All the designing will take place on this thread - must like the Silver Sky tank project.]

Union of Communist Republics Air Force Research Corps would like to aid you in designing Lu-217 Heavy Bomber. Our own heavy bomber project which we initiated 2 years ago, was cancelled because the majority funds were distributed on other projects including G-105 air supremacy fighter and G-105 "Jaba" Modified Aircraft Carrier Fighter. However the project has been active for several months and few interesting, unique concepts were developed which might be applied on this design.

-Valerie Nikitin, General-Mayor, UCRAF, Head of UCRAFRC

OOC: how heavy a bomber we talking about? Im pretty busy at the moment but I can rarely turn downa chance to draw.

[OOC: I was thinking about something B-52 style, with a bit more stealth features, although it wouldn't be your conventional B-2 Stealth. Basically, I want something that can go in, get the job done - although, when dealing with my aerial strategies, it would probably just launch missiles from a distance. Regardless, it's going to be around the weight load out of a B-52, or T-160 (BlackJack I think, no?).]

To: Kriegzimmer Board
From: Field Marshall Mustang
Subject: Weapons Purchase

The Automail State comes to the Kriegzimmer Board to purchase 75,000 AK-74/B. We currently only use imported AK-47s and SKS' which are far outdated for our nation.

Total Cost: 37,500,000 USD


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To: Field Marshall Mustang

Your order for for seventy-five thousand AK-75/B assault rifles has been processed and confirmed. The entire order will be shipped by sea in giant crates, and will all arrive in one big shipment four to five weeks from today.

We wish to tank you for your business, and it has been a pleasure serving you.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Our nation would like to buy the following:

5x Rommel Class Battleships (3rd Refit)
3x SRSB Naram-Sins without missiles
4x Lu-12 Canary Tactical Strike Fighters
3x Azores class Fast Attack Crafts
2x artagena class SSNs
1x Model Class Aircraft Carrier

Total cost: $13.977 billion (check to make sure there aren't any mistakes)

Thanks.

To: Aerospace Forces

Your order for five Rommel class Battleships, 2 SRSB Naram-Sins, four Lu-12s, three Azores, two Cartagena class SSNs and one Model class Carrier has been processed and confirmed. The Rommels will be produced and will arrive at your home ports within twenty-four months, while the aircraft carrier within four months. The two Cartagena class SSNs can be constructed and shipped within two weeks, and the three Azores in the same time. The three Naram-Sins, without hte missile load-out, will be shipped within the month, and the Canaries within the week.

We thank you for your order and business and it has been a pleasure supplying your fine nation.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Novikov has a noteworthy history of submarine design, and would gladly participate in the design process of both the Cadiz SSBN and Valencia SSK.


Private Message to: Novikov

Yes, your past history of submarine design is well advertised and it would be an honor for Kriegzimmer and her sub-companies to work with Novikov's own shipyard companies in the design of both the Cadiz and Valencia.

When you are ready we can begin the designing.
[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: Ok, so where do you want to start? I guess we can begin with the SSBN and then move on the SSK.]

Union of Communist Republics Air Force Research Corps would like to aid you in designing Lu-217 Heavy Bomber. Our own heavy bomber project which we initiated 2 years ago, was cancelled because the majority funds were distributed on other projects including G-105 air supremacy fighter and G-105 "Jaba" Modified Aircraft Carrier Fighter. However the project has been active for several months and few interesting, unique concepts were developed which might be applied on this design.

-Valerie Nikitin, General-Mayor, UCRAF, Head of UCRAFRC

Private Message To: Pushka

It is rather unfortunate that your own project was put aside like that, although it is rather fortunate for ourselves. Regardless, it would be an honor to work with your aerospace engineers and companies in the design of the Lu-217. We may begin when you see it fit.

Also, we have a third partner, an allied nation, named Mekugi. Hopefully this bomber will come out as one of the best in its class, especially with three reknown weapon designing nations.

[OOC: Same applies as with Novikov. Where do you want to begin? I guess this question should also be oriented towards Mekugi.]

We are interested in the following:

200x Manstein class Destroyers. Cost: 120 Billion USD
100x Cartagena class SSN. Cost: 110 Billion USD
5,000x Shockhound Avenger I. Cost: 5.5 Billion USD

Total... $235.5 Billion USD.

Money wired upon confirmation, this is part of a refit program of the Kriegsmarine.

We are interested in the following:

200x Manstein class Destroyers. Cost: 120 Billion USD
100x Cartagena class SSN. Cost: 110 Billion USD
5,000x Shockhound Avenger I. Cost: 5.5 Billion USD

Total... $235.5 Billion USD.

Money wired upon confirmation, this is part of a refit program of the Kriegsmarine.


To: Lame Bums

Your order for two hundred Manstein class Destroyers, one hundred Cartagena class SSNs and five thousand Shockhound Avenger I anti-shipping missiles has been confirmed with pleasure. The two hundred destroyers, due to the sheer size of the order, will be completed in intervals. Each twelve months you can expect one hundred of the Manstein class Destroyers, meaning the entire order will be completed within two years - working our shipyards year around due to the increased amount of production ordered. The one hundred Cartagena class SSNs will arrive within fifteen months and the five thousand Shockhound Avenger Is within two months.

We bid you good luck with your Kriegsmarine refit program, and it has been an honor supplying you.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Private Message to: Novikov

Yes, your past history of submarine design is well advertised and it would be an honor for Kriegzimmer and her sub-companies to work with Novikov's own shipyard companies in the design of both the Cadiz and Valencia.

When you are ready we can begin the designing.
[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: Ok, so where do you want to start? I guess we can begin with the SSBN and then move on the SSK.]

Private Response to The Second Empire

The National Design Bureau is eager to begin work on the Cadiz and Valencia designs. We must mention, however, that our engineers are not well acquainted with all the technical aspects of an SSBN and will need the assistance of your and others’ research data in order to contribute to the Cadiz’ launch platform. We will gladly begin work with Second Empire engineers as soon as technical details are provided.

[signed] National Design Bureau – Naval Section

[OOC: The SSBN is fine to start on. Do you have a powerplant chosen already?]

(OOC: Since it's been a few minutes let's say it was a few RP weeks.)

Following our previous order, we have decided to make the Kriegzimmer the main place to refit the navy. Further orders may be made even after this, pending new budget spending.

We are interested in buying:
30 Model class Aircraft Carrier for $45 Billion USD.
10 Elusive class Battleship for $50 Billion USD.
100 Manstein class Destroyer for $60 Billion USD.
100 Cartagena class SSN for $110 Billion USD.
500 Pepperbox class LSV for $100 Billion USD.

Total... $365 Billion USD.

Money will be wired upon confirmation.

(OOC: Working your factories overtime yet? :D)

(OOC: Since it's been a few minutes let's say it was a few RP weeks.)

Following our previous order, we have decided to make the Kriegzimmer the main place to refit the navy. Further orders may be made even after this, pending new budget spending.

We are interested in buying:
30 Model class Aircraft Carrier for $45 Billion USD.
10 Elusive class Battleship for $50 Billion USD.
100 Manstein class Destroyer for $60 Billion USD.
100 Cartagena class SSN for $110 Billion USD.
500 Pepperbox class LSV for $100 Billion USD.

Total... $365 Billion USD.

Money will be wired upon confirmation.

(OOC: Working your factories overtime yet? :D)

[OOC: Hell yes, I have!]

To: Lame Bums

Your most rescent order for thirty Model class Aircraft Carriers, ten Elusive class Battleships, one hundred Manstein class Destroyers, one hundred Cartagena class SSNs and five hundred Pepperbox class LSVs has been all confirmed. The entire naval package will be delivered in seperate installations, anually. The LSVs will arrive one hundred and fifty per year, the SSNs will take twelve months for delivery, and the destroyers two years. The carriers will arrive within fifteen months and the Elusive class Battleships within fifteen months.

We thank you for your order and your business. Again, it has been a pleasure serving your honored nation.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

(My factories are 10 times worse off. To make a long story short I intentionally gave up my claim on the earth and started up elsewhere. The first thing I'm doing after getting that claim is building a military. I made a 6+ trillion order in my own SF--apparently from the government to the company. So yeah, um...) [/hijack]

Private Response to The Second Empire

The National Design Bureau is eager to begin work on the Cadiz and Valencia designs. We must mention, however, that our engineers are not well acquainted with all the technical aspects of an SSBN and will need the assistance of your and others’ research data in order to contribute to the Cadiz’ launch platform. We will gladly begin work with Second Empire engineers as soon as technical details are provided.

[signed] National Design Bureau – Naval Section

[OOC: The SSBN is fine to start on. Do you have a powerplant chosen already?]

Private Response to Novikov
Yes, this would also be the first boomer design of the Second Empire as well. Hopefully, we will both learn much from this experience.

As for the general design, perhaps it would be best to center it around already existant SSBN designs, such as the Trident class SSBN, Vanguard class SSBN, Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarine, Triomphant Class Ballistic Missile Submarines and Typhoon class SSBN. Then, using those as templates, we would be able to improve on the design using fire and control technology, hull technology, propulsion technoly, et cetera, from our already existant SSNs and SSKs.

As for propulsion of the SSBN what we had in mind was the Baldur Pebble Bed Reactor used on our newest class of SSNs, the Cartagena. Although, if you had something better, of course, we would consider that as well.

We are amazed with your selection. For now we wish to buy 10 of your rail gun systems for a total of 12000000 USD, if they work out well we would like to buy another 20, but for now we will stay with 10.

The money will be wired when we recive a response.

-William Hakomi
Head of the Corzian Strategic Defense Force

We are amazed with your selection. For now we wish to buy 10 of your rail gun systems for a total of 12000000 USD, if they work out well we would like to buy another 20, but for now we will stay with 10.

The money will be wired when we recive a response.

-William Hakomi
Head of the Corzian Strategic Defense Force

To: Corzia

Thank you for your kind words. Your order for ten coastal rail gun systems has been confirmed and processed, and consequently, the seperate pieces for each of the ten systems will be delivered within two months, and then assembled on location by our engineers and hooked up to engine systems either built by us, or yourself. We hope that these systems do you well.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Great, we have sent the money to you, it should now be there.
If we could speed up the production in any way we will gladly assist. We will soon be upgrading our navy so we will be back shortly.

We would like to order:
2000 panzer bretsverd MBT's
1256 SOV fighting vehicles
80000 M-24 Rifles

4 Manstein class destroyers
2 elusive class battleships

((OOC: Is it wrong to have 2000MBTs in a 40000 man division?))
((OOC2: Also the model class is outdated?))

We would like to order:
2000 panzer bretsverd MBT's
1256 SOV fighting vehicles
80000 M-24 Rifles

4 Manstein class destroyers
2 elusive class battleships

((OOC: Is it wrong to have 2000MBTs in a 40000 man division?))
((OOC2: Also the model class is outdated?))

[OOC: Sorry if this is a bit incohesive - I have a hangover. The two thousand MBTs are fine I guess in that division. But that's a large division. An infantry division normally has 11,000 to 20,000 men. Armored divisions normally have 125 tanks to 500 tanks.]

Your order has been confirmed. The two thousand BredtSverts will be delivered within two months, and the SOV IFVs within one and the M-24s within one month. The four Manstein class destroyers will arrive in two months, and the two battleships within four months.

Corzia is vey happy with the guns and so we are back to order another 20 rail guns for 24 000 000 USD. We are also purchasing 100 anti-dreadnaught missiles for 150 000 000 USD. Our total should come to 174 000 000 USD.

We have a new program underway which will reinforce national defenses. Part of that involves a few purchases from your fine storefront, and they are as follows:

[10,000] 400mm Coastal Railgun (no Powerplant) ($8 Billion USD)
[3,000] Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd ($24 Billion USD)
[1,000] Sledgehammer Anti-Dreadnought Missile ($1.5 Billion USD)
[100,000,000] Hol-24 9mm Pistol ($40 Billion USD)

Total... $73.5 Billion USD.

Realizing the massive order of handguns we are willing, as an alternative, to buy the production rights for $100 billion USD and instead produce the guns ourselves if production is a problem.

Corzia is vey happy with the guns and so we are back to order another 20 rail guns for 24 000 000 USD. We are also purchasing 100 anti-dreadnaught missiles for 150 000 000 USD. Our total should come to 174 000 000 USD.

To: Corzia

We are glad that you found your guns to be successful, and your new order has been, with a pleasure, confirmed. The twenty rail guns will be delivered within two months and set up at locations defined by your own military. The anti-dreadnought missiles will be supplied within two weeks and brought to your nearest port city. Again, we thank you for this order, and we hope that it is as successful as the last.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

We have a new program underway which will reinforce national defenses. Part of that involves a few purchases from your fine storefront, and they are as follows:

[10,000] 400mm Coastal Railgun (no Powerplant) ($8 Billion USD)
[3,000] Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd ($24 Billion USD)
[1,000] Sledgehammer Anti-Dreadnought Missile ($1.5 Billion USD)
[100,000,000] Hol-24 9mm Pistol ($40 Billion USD)

Total... $73.5 Billion USD.

Realizing the massive order of handguns we are willing, as an alternative, to buy the production rights for $100 billion USD and instead produce the guns ourselves if production is a problem.

To: Lame Bums
We do not normally sell production rights to any other nation [on Nation|States]. and although it is a very enticing offer, the problem comes in when we do allow production rights, it is compelling to sell other nations them as well - and thus, there is some sort of domino effect. Consequently, we can only respectfully decline the offer, although in the end it would have been much more profitable for us.

Regardless, the coastal guns will be delivered in batches within five years - a batch every six months. The BredtSverts will be delivered within three months in batches and the Sledgehammers within one month. The pistols will all arrive within two months in a single ordered batch.

We are sorry if you were let down by any of the previous information, however, it is what we think is right for our country and for our store policy. Again, we apologize for our stubborness.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Excelent, money wired.

Though it is relatively uncommon for OMASC to approach a foreign arms contractor, upon various reviews the Omzian Air Force and the Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation expresses their own interest in the Macabee's current heavy bomber project, the Lu-217. Though our (rather huge) bomber force is already sufficent and capable, we are nevertheless attracted by the current information available regarding the Lu-217 aircraft. Further, the Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation is well experienced in the field of bomber design, already having designed more than five distinctive designs, which are already in service in various countries. Thus, we would like to inquire regarding the possibility of cooperation between Kriegzimmer and OMASC.

Regards,
H. Jonares,
Chief Engineer of Strategic Platforms
Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation - Aerospace Division

OOC: So I'm basically expressing my interest in the project. If your guys do accept our offer, do you have MSN for better coordination?

Though it is relatively uncommon for OMASC to approach a foreign arms contractor, upon various reviews the Omzian Air Force and the Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation expresses their own interest in the Macabee's current heavy bomber project, the Lu-217. Though our (rather huge) bomber force is already sufficent and capable, we are nevertheless attracted by the current information available regarding the Lu-217 aircraft. Further, the Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation is well experienced in the field of bomber design, already having designed more than five distinctive designs, which are already in service in various countries. Thus, we would like to inquire regarding the possibility of cooperation between Kriegzimmer and OMASC.

Regards,
H. Jonares,
Chief Engineer of Strategic Platforms
Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation - Aerospace Division

OOC: So I'm basically expressing my interest in the project. If your guys do accept our offer, do you have MSN for better coordination?

Response To: H. Jonares, Omzian Military Aerospace Corporation

We are well aware of your nation's own aerial catalogue, and it would be quite a lie if we were to say that we were not impressed. Consequently, it would be an honor to have you working with us on this heavy bomber project, dubbed the Lu-217.

As of now we are still, unfortunately and sadly, in the stages of getting engineers from all sides together. However, once this project gets off the ground we are positive that the Lu-217 will come out as what the entire world expected, and more.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: My own MSN is puto_poeta@hotmail.com. I'm not sure about everyone else in the project. I guess I'll have to TG them.]

To: Kriegzimmer Storefront
From: Ministry of Naval Affair--The Religious Commonwealth of Jagada

Greetings,

The Religious Commonwealth is currently scrapping out "generic fleet", a fleet made-up of our design, since they are aging and are now below our quaility of standards. Thus we are curious if you are willing to sell us the following:

20 Elusive-Class Battleships {100,000,000,000}
5 Indestructable-Class Aircraft Carrier {35,000,000,000}
100 Sledgehammer Anti-Dreadnought Missile {150,000,000}

Total Amount: 135,150,000,000 billion USD

OOC: We should start working on the bomber me thinks. My email is kuzmich16@hotmail.com thats also my id on the msn messenger.

To: Kriegzimmer Storefront
From: Ministry of Naval Affair--The Religious Commonwealth of Jagada

Greetings,

The Religious Commonwealth is currently scrapping out "generic fleet", a fleet made-up of our design, since they are aging and are now below our quaility of standards. Thus we are curious if you are willing to sell us the following:

20 Elusive-Class Battleships {100,000,000,000}
5 Indestructable-Class Aircraft Carrier {35,000,000,000}
100 Sledgehammer Anti-Dreadnought Missile {150,000,000}

Total Amount: 135,150,000,000 billion USD

To: Ministry of Naval Affairs - Jagada

Welcome to Kriegzimmer,

Before we begin to confirm your order, we would advise to not scrap your entire fleet prior to this purchase and instead run upgrades through the logistical shipping and such, therefore saving your administration tons of money - furthermore, logistical shipping remains relatively the same quality throughout the years.

Nonetheless, you are the masters of your own fleet, and we are here to confirm orders. Consequently, your order has been confirmed. The Sledgehammers will arrive within two weeks, the carriers within twelve months and the battleships within twenty-four.

We thank you for your order.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Mationland will be ordering 10,000 Lu-25 Black Mariah STOVL . We will be paying in installments . 800 USD Billion in total . Each installment will be 8 Billion USD every half a year .

Mationland is also ordering 1 Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier to replace MRN Wolfgang which has served us for 10 years . 7 Billion will be paid at one go .

Regards ,
The Armed Republic Of Mationland

Thinking in retrospect, i came to remember an incident with saharistan a few years ago ((2WKS RL)). The fact that some 57 ICBM missiles were shot at this nation frightens me, and another scary fact is that this nation survived by pure luck. I propose the idea that we can work on a joint anti-ICBM system capable of shooting down ICBMs by long range ground or space. With growing nuclear powers i hope we can reach an agreement and help protect both our nations.
-Signed- President Revello
-Signed- Secretary of Defense Robert Arnold
-Signed- Secretary of State Allen Johnson

Mationland will be ordering 10,000 Lu-25 Black Mariah STOVL . We will be paying in installments . 800 USD Billion in total . Each installment will be 8 Billion USD every half a year .

Mationland is also ordering 1 Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier to replace MRN Wolfgang which has served us for 10 years . 7 Billion will be paid at one go .

Regards ,
The Armed Republic Of Mationland

To: Mationland

Your order for ten thousand Lu-25 Black Mariah STOVL aircraft, and one Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier has been confirmed. The aircraft carrier will arrive at your ports within twelve months while the aircraft will be shipped within six months.

Your chosen payment method has too been confirmed. We are sure that the equipment you have purchase will serve you well.

[OOC: I'll confirm the guns you bought on the other thread a.s.a.p.]

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Thinking in retrospect, i came to remember an incident with saharistan a few years ago ((2WKS RL)). The fact that some 57 ICBM missiles were shot at this nation frightens me, and another scary fact is that this nation survived by pure luck. I propose the idea that we can work on a joint anti-ICBM system capable of shooting down ICBMs by long range ground or space. With growing nuclear powers i hope we can reach an agreement and help protect both our nations.
-Signed- President Revello
-Signed- Secretary of Defense Robert Arnold
-Signed- Secretary of State Allen Johnson

[OOC: I use a system called G-PALS which was began by Regan and finishing under Bush the younger. Basically, it's a group of sattelites in a series of constellations revolving around the Earth. During the threat of a nuclear attack the G-PALS respond by firing any number of rockets, called [i]Brilliant Pebbles. These rockets are armed with manuevering jets, an explosive strong enough to destroy a sattelite, and a cassagrian telescope/camera underneath the nose. When a sattelite or an ICBM come into view a supercomputer back from the G-PALS sattelite that fired them re-directs them to hit the victim. Works quite well.

Regardless, we could design some sort of missile ABM system. Let's get started! Here, through TG, or through some sort of chat thing [MSN/AIM]?]

I use Aim if you want to establish a basic chat, my aim is the same as my username here (Hailandkill09), im on quite a bit and IM whenever. Just as a basis for the idea of the AICMBS (anti-ICBM-system) is that it would be able to handle large quantities, and defer decoy systems. The thing is missiles can miss and orbital systems can be where you dont want them. First off i want to use some sort of weapon that hits, because missile systems can miss or hit a decoy. First to start do we want a land based system or orbital system because both have drawbacks and advantages.

To: Mationland

Your order for ten thousand Lu-25 Black Mariah STOVL aircraft, and one Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier has been confirmed. The aircraft carrier will arrive at your ports within twelve months while the aircraft will be shipped within six months.

Your chosen payment method has too been confirmed. We are sure that the equipment you have purchase will serve you well.

[OOC: I'll confirm the guns you bought on the other thread a.s.a.p.]

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

We thank you for processing our order so quickly . The money has been wired to you . You will also be receiving an additional 10,000 USD for your excellent services as a tip from the defence ministry .

Regards ,
Mationland Defence Ministry

The Democratic Republic of Fatus Maximus once again turns to the Macabees for military goods. This time we request one hundred (100) Panzer XIs, costing eight hundred million US dollars ($800,000,000 US), and four (4) Elusive Class Battleships, at a cost of twenty billion US dollars ($20,000,000,000 US). Payment will be wired upon confirmation.

Sincerely,

Big Friendly Fat Guy,
General all-around nice guy representing Fatus Maximus

The Democratic Republic of Fatus Maximus once again turns to the Macabees for military goods. This time we request one hundred (100) Panzer XIs, costing eight hundred million US dollars ($800,000,000 US), and four (4) Elusive Class Battleships, at a cost of twenty billion US dollars ($20,000,000,000 US). Payment will be wired upon confirmation.

Sincerely,

Big Friendly Fat Guy,
General all-around nice guy representing Fatus Maximus


To:Fatmus Maximus

We thank you for returning. As with your first order, your newest order for a hundred Panzer XIs and four Elusive class Battleships has been confirmed. The armor will be delivered within the month, while the battleships within sixteen months - due to several slow downs in production due to the production of multiple super dreadnoughts. We thank you for your patience.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Excellent. Payment has been wired as of this morning. And, how quickly you've forgotten- this is our third order. Our first two were via telegram. :D

Big Friendly Fat Guy,
General all-around nice guy representing Fatus Maximus.

OOC: Macabees when we gna continue work on the anti-icbm system? TG or respond to the post i have earluer. ((Its up on this page somewhere))

The Silver Sky wishes to purchase:

2,000x SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicles for $9,000,000,000 USD, we would also like to purchase the production rights to this vehicle.

Here comes a huge order for ya!
1 Zealous class superdreadnough
2 Model Class aircraft carriers
11 Elusive Class battleships
16 Manstein Destoyers

MONEY WIRED

OOC: Macabees when we gna continue work on the anti-icbm system? TG or respond to the post i have earluer. ((Its up on this page somewhere))


[Well, I think it should be a combination of both, and I think that we're going to have rely on projectile type ABM systems. Frankly, laser systems, in my opinion, haven't developed to a point to where they can handle large amounts of electric energy, and although there might be superconducters that can handle it, there aren't transmitters which can handle it - they tried to put one on a 747, but it melted.

I'm going to Spain, not this Monday, but the next, on 21 June, so this might be put on hold, unless we can finish it fast - as in this week. But I'm busy most of this week, since I'm graduating. Today I plan to go to a party, tomorrow I'll probably be open, Monday I'll probably be open for some time, and tuesday the same [I'll go out with friends and stuff, but I'll be home at least for a few hours], and on Wenesday I have grad practice, and then I leave at 8 for Grad Night, and I come back 8 in the morning, and then I have grad practice again...and on Friday I have graduation. Then I have to get ready to go to Spain..so yea, I don't know how far we'll get in this.]

The Silver Sky wishes to purchase:

2,000x SOV-06 Infantry Fighting Vehicles for $9,000,000,000 USD, we would also like to purchase the production rights to this vehicle.


To: The Silver Sky

Your order for two thousand SOV-06 IFVs have been confirmed. Unfortunately, Kriegzimmer has a no-prod rights policy [OOC: unless it's for W@W, in which you can buy it there] due to political reasons. We haven't granted prod rights to any other country, and we apologize for any inconvinience this might make.

Nonetheless, your order for the SOV-06 will be fulfilled within three months, and they will be shipped to your nearest port city in batches.

We thank you for your order,

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

Here comes a huge order for ya!
1 Zealous class superdreadnough
2 Model Class aircraft carriers
11 Elusive Class battleships
16 Manstein Destoyers

MONEY WIRED

To: Hail and Kill
[OOC: I'm to lazy to count up the money. Assume it's all there.]

Your order for one Zealous class Super Dreadnought, two Model class Aircraft Carriers, eleven Elusive class Battleships and sixteen Manstein class Destroyers has been confirmed. The super dreadnought will arrive within eighteen months, the two carriers within twelve, the Elusives within eight years, and the sixteen mansten class destroyers within two years.

We thank you for yet another order. You have become, perhaps, our best costumers, and we could only hope that we are returning the favor with the quality of our goods.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

To: The Silver Sky

Your order for two thousand SOV-06 IFVs have been confirmed. Unfortunately, Kriegzimmer has a no-prod rights policy [OOC: unless it's for W@W, in which you can buy it there] due to political reasons. We haven't granted prod rights to any other country, and we apologize for any inconvinience this might make.

Nonetheless, your order for the SOV-06 will be fulfilled within three months, and they will be shipped to your nearest port city in batches.

We thank you for your order,

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board
While we don't agree to your policy, we accept your decision, the mony has been wired, and we would like to purchase another 2,000 SOV-6 IFVs.

[Signed]
President Jason Garner

OOC: No this isn't for W@W

OOC: Macabees ive designed an underwater carrier sub. I ask that if you can look at it and let me know what you think or comment or suggest anything it would be greatly apreciated.

Heres the link:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=425214

Thanks for your time.

While we don't agree to your policy, we accept your decision, the mony has been wired, and we would like to purchase another 2,000 SOV-6 IFVs.

[Signed]
President Jason Garner

OOC: No this isn't for W@W

To: The Silver Sky

Again, we apologize for the inconvinience our decisions may have caused. Regardless, we are only inclined to accept this newest order from yourself, and these vehicles will be shipped closely along with the first order, since the order was placed so closely.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

OOC: To busy and tired to make a big post

IC: We thank you for excepting our order the money has been wired.

[Valencia class SSK]

[Images]
http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/sub/yuan_1lg.jpg

[Abstract]
The Empire has never had a diesel/electric submarine to call its own, and with the rescent design of the Cartagena class SSN the OberKommando des Kriegsmarine, in conjunction with the OberKommando des Werhmacht and the Emperor, decided that it would be high time to design and put into production the Empire's first SSK design - dubbed the Valencia class.

Total production is to amount only to thirty submarines of this type, however, they will provide some of the most effective coastal defense operations in case of war, and a further ten have been ordered by the coast guard, although they currently do not have pens to hold the SSKs, and thus their order has been put on hold until such facilities can be constructed.

Regardless, the SSK is largely based on the Soviet/Russian Kilo and new, more modern, submarine designs. It has a bright future ahead of it, and is most likely to preform much better than the modified Kilos currently in service with the Imperial Kriegsmarine.

[Hull Design and Construction]
The Valencia class SSK takes on a teardrop shape, as seen in the Virginia class SSN, and showing resemblence to technology first released with the Soviet/Russian Kilo class SSK [diesel attack submarine]. The teardrop shape was designed to further disperse the pressure mounted by water, especially at lower depths. Meaning, the rounder shape of the aft of the submarine allows the water to disperse around the hull, avoiding mounting pressure on a single point, as the water "flows" around the hull. Therefore, the teardrop shaped hull gives the Cartagena a much larger crush depth.

The frame of the Valencia class SSK is fully made of titanium, amongst the strongest conventional metals known to man. Although rather expensive, it does allow to extend the much important crush depth needed for modern submarines. Furthermore, it gives the hull a greater tensile strength, and should be able to survive up to, and perhaps more than, two standard ADCAP [MK 48] torpedoes.

The hull is constructed of a composite material, designed by Imperial engineers. Namely, a polymer material [or plastic material] is weaved around a matrix, giving it additional strength for resistance. The polymer is also reinforced with titanium and steel strands, as well as the ceramics found in chobham and cermat. Furthermore, there are also strands of depleted uranium and vanadium, giving the hull a strength proportional to that of a surface ship. There are also several bulkheads and a host of NBC protection agents, in order to defend from chemical to nuclear attacks in the submarine layer.

The hull and frame gives the Valencia class SSK an outstanding crush depth of 1.5 kilometers under perfect circumstances. The hull also incorporates ROR-CHO composite technology developed by BFGoodrich which give the submarine and its sonar windows awesome acoustical performance, while keeping structural integrity.

Moreover, the hull and screws are pocketed by Super Flow cavitation absorbers. SuperFlow power absorbers use forged stainless steel shafts, which have internal hubs for attachment of the impeller. The attachment point to the hub is part of the forging, not a keyway or serration. The stainless steel forged shafts, used in the dynamometers currently available on SF-901s, have not experienced a single failure in their current configurations, going back a number of years. The SuperFlow absorber design uses a rounded pocket which is considerably more efficient at transferring torque, while reducing the shock effect of the water moving from the rotor to the stator. As a consequence, the rotor is smaller in diameter and contains much less volume for rapid response. The area exposed to the water is less, and many of these units have been in operation more than 15 years at this time. The SuperFlow dynamometers are used extensively for endurance testing, and customers report accumulating more than 10,000 hours on the absorbers. SuperFlow’s durability is proven by many years of in-field use.

Finally, the hull is layered with a thin strip of gaucho, a black rubbery substance designed to absorb active sound waves, as well as anechoic tiling.

[Propulsion]
The Valencia class SSK submarine is powered by diesel-electric propulsion with two 1000kW diesel generators and one 5,500hp propulsion motor. It also has 190hp motor for economic running and two 102hp standby propulsion systems. It has four seven-blade fixed-pitch propellers.

More importantly, the Valencia uses air independent propulsion and closed-cycle diesel engines, with stored liquid oxygen (LOX), allowing it to be submerged for about three to five days. Typically, a closed-cycle diesel (CCD) install- ation incorporates a standard diesel engine that can be operated in its conventional mode on the surface or while snorkeling. Underwater, however, it runs on an artificial atmosphere synthesized from stored oxygen, an inert gas (generally argon), and recycled exhaust products. The engine exhaust - largely carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapor - is cooled, scrubbed, and separated into its constituents, with the argon recycled back to the intake manifold. The remaining exhaust gas is mixed with seawater and discharged overboard. Generally, the required oxygen is stored in liquid form - LOX - in cryogenic tanks.

CCD systems have been developed by a number of firms in Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and a few other countries. However, except for a 300-horsepower demonstration system refitted onto the German Navy's ex-U 1 in 1993, no modern CCD systems have entered naval service. England's Marconi Marine recently acquired CCD pioneer Carlton Deep Sea Systems and is marketing a CCD retrofit package for existing conventional submarines, such as South Korea's nine Type 209s. Although one key advantage of CCD systems is their relatively easy backfit into existing submarine engineering plants, there have been no takers. Despite the additional supply complication of needing regular replenishment of cryogenic oxygen and inert gas, there are logistics advantages in retaining standard diesel engines and using normal diesel fuel.

[Electronic Detection Devices]
AN/BQQ-5 Sonar
AN/BQQ-5 bow-mounted spherical array sonar acoustic system is deployed on SSN 637 and SSN 501 attack submarine classes. This low frequency passive and active search and attack sonar is supplied by IBM. The AN/BQQ-5E sonar with the TB-29 towed array and Combat Control System (CCS) Mk 2, known collectively as the QE-2 System, provides a functionally equivalent system for the Cartagena class submarines. Enhancements include increases in acoustic performance, improved combat control capabilities and replacement of obsolete equipment.

OPEVAL for AN/BQQ-5E system with the TB-29 Array completed in FY 1998; this system will provide quantum improvements in long-range detection and localization for SSN 501 Class Submarines. Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 7001 to AN/BQQ-5E will provide Low Frequency Active Interference Rejection, Dual Towed Array Processing, and Full Spectrum Processing to SSN 501 Class Submarines.

The AN/BSY-1 ECP 1000, the AN/BQQ-5 Medium Frequency Active Improvement program and Improved Control Display Console Obsolete Equipment Replacement have been modified to become the basis of the Acoustics Rapid Commercial Off The Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) program. A-RCI is a multi-phased, evolutionary development effort geared toward addressing Acoustic Superiority issues through the rapid introduction of interim development products applicable to SSN 501,Class Submarines. A-RCI Phases I and II introduce towed array processing improvements; A-RCI Phase III introduces spherical array processing improvements.

The Cartagena Submarine System Improvement Program develops and integrates command and control improvements needed to maintain Cartagena submarine operational capability through the life cycle of this vital strategic asset. The program conducts efforts needed to ensure platform invulnerability, and reduce life cycle costs. Recent efforts have included the development of AN/BQQ-6 Sonar to AN/BQQ-5E Sonar Translator.

TB-113, TB-23 Towed Array and TACTAS
The TB-113 towed array is the newest towed array currently in service with the Imperial Navy. Being about three times as long as the current Elusive class Battleship it also has a grand host of hundreds of sensitive hydrophones running down the final seventy-five meters length of steel wire.

It was designed to supplement the AN/BQQ-5 spherical array, and to exceed existent towed arrays. However, the older TB-23 towed array is still in use, being the only short towed array in service with the Imperial Navy.

The AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS) provides very long-range passive detection of enemy submarines. TACTAS is a long cable full of microphones that is towed about a mile behind the ship. It is towed so far behind the ship so as to not let noise radiating from the shipitself interfere with the noise picked up from targets. Using that noise can determine exactly what ship or submarine is being tracked. The AN/SQR-19B Tactical Array SONAR (TACTAS) is a passive towed array system which provides the ability to detect, classify, and track a large number of submarine contacts at increased ranges. TACTAS is a component sensor of the AN/SQQ-89(V)6 ASW Combat System, and provides significant improvements in passive detection and localization, searching throughout 360 degrees at tactical ship speeds. Processing of complex TACTAS data is performed by the largest computer program assembly ever developed for surface ship anti-submarine warfare.

Meteorology and Oceanography Center Detachment TACTAS support products describe oceanographic and acoustic conditions (using range dependent models) in the prosecution area for towed array ships tasked by CTF-69 for ASW operations. This message is provided when own ship Sonar In-situ Mode Assessment System (SIMAS) or the Mobile Environmental Team’s Mobile Oceanographic Support System MOSS) are not available. It is tailored to the specific towed array carried onboard. The message is transmitted prior to the start of a prosecution and daily thereafter or as requested.


General SONAR Use
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) usually, but not always, involves the use of sonar. Although the vagaries of the environment make it difficult to predict and use, there is no other type of energy propagation that travels so far in the ocean without significant losses as acoustics waves. In this section, we describe the principles of operation of the major types of sonar systems and one non-acoustic system (MAD). We begin with the system that most closely resembles the operation of basic radar, namely active sonar.

Transmitter. The transmitter generates the outgoing pulse. It determines pulse width, PRF, modulation (optional), and carrier frequency. The output power can be controlled by the operator. The source level may be limited for several reasons. If the transducers are driven with too much power, they can cavitate (drop the pressure so low that the water boils). This is called quenching, and it can destroy the transducer since the normal backpressure is removed when bubbles form on its surface. Since the normal restoring force is gone, the surface of the transducer can travel too far (over-range) and damage itself. The quenching power limit increases with depth due to the increased ambient pressure.
Another common phenomenon that limits the maximum source level is reverberation, which is an echo from the immediate surrounding volume of water. The reverberation level (RL) increases with the source level (SL). At some point the reverberation exceeds the noise level (NL) and will dominate the return signal. Since reverberation always comes back from the same direction you are projecting, the reduction in background noise, quantified by the directivity index (DI) does not apply. When
RL > NL - DI,
the system is said to be reverberation-limited. The figure of merit equation must be modified to reflect this:

FOMactive (reverberation-limited) = SL + TS - RL - DT

When the system becomes reverberation-limited, the display will begin to be dominated by noise near own ship in the direction the active sonar is projecting. The solution is to reduce power to just below the level at which reverberation-limiting occurred.

Transducer array. The individual transducers are simple elements with little or no directionality. They are arranged in an array to improve the directivity index, which improves the figure-of-merit by noise reduction. The array of transducers reduces the beamwidth in the horizontal (or azimuthal) direction, and is usually circular in order to give more or less complete coverage, with the exception of the region directly behind the array (where the ship is). The array is protected from noise by own ship by discontinuing the array in the after regions, and also by putting in sound attenuating material. This region aft of a hull-mounted array, from which the sonar system cannot detect is called the baffles.

The array is also configured to reduce the beamwidth in the vertical direction. Normally a hull-mounted array should only receive sound from the downward direction, not directly ahead, since the noise from the ocean's surface would destroy the sonar's performance.

Beamforming processor. The input/output of each transducer is put through a beamforming processor, which applies time delays or phase shifts to each of the signals in such a way as to create a narrow beam in a particular direction.

The width of the beam formed by the beamforming processor will determine the bearing accuracy of the system when searching. In an identical manner to dual-beam tracking systems, sonar tracking systems can improve on this accuracy tremendously, at the expense of the signal-to-noise ratio.

4.) Duplexer. The duplexer performs the same function in an active sonar as in a radar system, namely to protect the receiver from the full transmitter power while the pulse is going out. It can be thought of a switch that toggles between the transmitter and receiver.

5.) Synchronizer. Performs same role as the synchronizer in radar. Provides overall coordination and timing for the system. Reset the display for each new pulse in order to make range measurements.

6.) Receiver. Collects the received energy. The receiver compares the power level to noise with a threshold SNR (DT) in order to determine if the signal will be displayed in a particular beam. If the DT is set too low, there will many false alarms. If it is too high, some detection capability will be lost.

The receiver may also demodulate the return if frequency modulation is used on transmission. Sonar systems often use pulse compression techniques to improve range resolution.

7.) Display. Puts all of the detection information into a visual format. There are several types:

A-scan: the signal along a single beam for a portion of the listening cycle. A target appears as a raised section if it is in the beam.
Passive SONAR:

Hydrophone array. These are the sensitive elements which detect the acoustic energy emitted from the target. Again, they are arranged into an array to improve the beamwidth. Common configurations are cylindrical or spherical. The cylindrical array operates at a fixed vertical angle, usually downward. The spherical array, which is common on submarines, has a much wider vertical field-of-view. Since the submarine may be below what it is tracking, the array must be able to look upwards to some extent. The large downward angles are only used for bottom bounce detection. Using a beamforming processor (described below) the field-of-view is broken down into individual beams in the vertical and azimuthal directions.

Beamforming processor. Unlike active systems which transmit and receive in a set direction, the passive system must listen to all angles at all times. This requires a very wide beamwidth. At the same time, a narrow beamwidth is required for locating the source and rejecting ambient noise. These two objectives are achieved simultaneously by the passive beamforming processor. The idea is very similar to the active system.

The beams should not be thought of as coming from the individual hydrophones. In fact, each of the beams so created has a narrow beamwidth that comes from the full aperture of the array, not the individual hydrophones.




Broadband display. The output of the beamforming processor is displayed as a bearing time history (BTH):

The newest information is at the top of the display. The beamwidth of the system determines how accurately the bearing can be measured by such a display. A common beamwidth is about 5o. The total amount of time displayed from top to bottom can be controlled (to some extent). A quickly updating display that only kept information for a few minutes would be useful for close contacts whose bearings are changing rapidly. On the other hand, a long tie history is more useful for detecting long range contacts, whose bearings are only changing slowly.

4.) Frequency Analyzer. The frequency analyzer breaks the signal into separate frequencies. This is the spectrum of the signal. For processing purposes, the frequencies are divided into small bands known as frequency bins. The width of each bin is called the analysis bandwidth. Sonar systems can gain considerable signal-to-noise improvements by matching the analysis bandwidth to the bandwidth of narrowband sources. The way to illustrate this is by two counter examples. If the signal processing bandwidth is too wide, then noise from the part of the spectrum beyond the signal is let in and the SNR is degraded. If the bandwidth is too narrow, then part of the signal is excluded, also reducing the SNR. It should be obvious now that the best situation occurs when the bandwidth exactly matches the signal. This is possible when the characteristics of the signal are well known, which they are for most targets.




The frequency analyzer separates (filters) the signal into discrete bins, inside of which the SNR is maximized. The frequency content of the signals from a target information provides vital information about its identity and operation. These frequencies are also subject to the Doppler shift, just like radar, are therefore can provide information about the range rate. This requires that the original frequency be known exactly, which is generally not the case. However, many important facts can be inferred by the changes in the received frequency over time.

Narrowband Display. For a particular beam, the time history of the frequency is called a waterfall display.

This can be used to gain additional information from a contact which is already being tracked by another system. In order to search for contacts on the basis of narrowband information alone requires a different type of display. One possibility is to simultaneously display several different beams, each showing a mini-waterfall display, which are called grams.

These are quite useful, but require great concentration on the part of the operator because there is more information displayed at any one time. Many systems require the operator to systematically search the entire field-of-view, looking at only a few beams at a time.

Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)
Variable depth sonars use large transducers that are towed from the ship on a cable with an adjustable scope. The combination of the buoyancy, ship speed and cable scope determine at the depth that the transducer will be at. VDS is used for two main reasons. At increased depth, the source level (SL) can be increased greatly, since the quenching limit is higher. This is due to increased backpressure on the surface of the transducer. Secondly, the VDS can be operated below the layer.

Recall that the combination of positive over negative sound velocity profiles created a layer at the interface. The layer makes it difficult to propagate sound across it. Therefore, ships using hull-mounted sonar systems will be unable to detect submarines operating below the layer, except possibly at short range. However, if the VDS can be place below layer, the ship can take advantage of the deep sound channel while being in the shadow zone of the submarine's sonar.

ZW-07 Surface Search RADAR
The radar has a peak power of 50 or 60 kW (pulse width 1 microsecond, PRF 1200 pps). There are also a short-pulse mode (0.1 microsecond, 100 kW, can be 2500 pps). Gain is 28 dB; dimensions of the half-cheese antenna are 1.0 x 0.25 m. The beam is 2.4 x 16 deg.
Performance: The range remains at around 200 nautical miles. In the single-pulse mode a ship can be detected at two hundred and ten nautical miles. The ZW-07 radar is installed on the Cartagena SSN.
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Inertial Guidance
An inertial navigation system measures the position and attitude of a vehicle by measuring the accelerations and rotations applied to the system's inertial frame. It is widely used because it refers to no real-world item beyond itself. It is therefore immune to jamming and deception. (See relativity and Mach's principle for some background in the physics involved).

An inertial guidance system consists of an inertial navigation system combined with control mechanisms, allowing the path of a vehicle to be controlled according to the position determined by the inertial navigation system. These systems are also referred to as an inertial platform.
INSs have angular and linear accelerometers (for changes in position); some include a gyroscopic element (for maintaining an absolute positional reference).

Angular accelerometers measure how the vehicle is twisting in space. Generally, there's at least one sensor for each of the three axes: pitch (nose up and down), yaw (nose left and right) and roll (clockwise or counterclockwise from the cockpit).

Linear accelerometers measure how the vehicle moves. Since it can move in three axes (up & down, left & right, forward & back), it has a linear accelerometer for each axis.

A computer continually calculates the vehicle's current position. First, for each of six axes, it adds the amount of acceleration over the time to figure the current velocity of each of the six axes. Then it adds the distance moved in each of the six axes to figure the current position.

Inertial guidance is impossible without computers. The desire to use inertial guidance in the minuteman missile and Apollo program drove early attempts to miniaturize computers.

Inertial guidance systems are now usually combined with satellite navigation systems through a digital filtering system. The inertial system provides short term data, while the satellite system corrects accumulated errors of the inertial system.

Schemes

Gyrostabilized platforms
Some systems place the linear accelerometers on a gimballed gyrostabilized platform. The gimbals are a set of three rings, each with a pair of bearings at right angles. They let the platform twist in any rotational axis. There are two gyroscopes (usually) on the platform.

Why do the gyros hold the platform still? Gyroscopes try to twist at right angles to the angle at which they are twisted (an effect called precession). When gyroscopes are mounted at right angles and spin at the same speed, their precessions cancel, and the platform they're on will resist twisting.
This system allowed a vehicle's roll, pitch and yaw angles to be measured directly at the bearings of the gimbals. Relatively simple electronic circuits could add up the linear accelerations, because the directions of the linear accelerometers do not change.

The big disadvantage of this scheme is that it has a lot of precision mechanical parts that are expensive. It also has moving parts that can wear out or jam, and is vulnerable to gimbal lock.

The gudiance system of the Apollo command modules used gyrostabilized platforms, feeding data to the Apollo Guidance Computer

Rate Gyro Systems
Lightweight digital computers permit the system to eliminate the gimbals. This reduces the cost and increases the reliability by eliminating some of the moving parts. Angular accelerometers called "rate gyros" measure how the angular velocity of the vehicle changes. The trigonometry involved is too complex to be accurately performed except by digital electronics.

Laser Gyros
Laser gyros were supposed to eliminate the bearings in the gyroscopes, and thus the last bastion of precision machining and moving parts.

A laser gyro moves laser light in two directions around a circular path. As the vehicle twists, the light has a doppler effect. The different frequencies of light are mixed, and the difference frequency (the beat frequency) is a radio wave whose frequency is supposed to be proportional to the speed of rotation.

In practice, the electromagnetic peaks and valleys of the light lock together. The result is that there's no difference of frequencies, and therefore no measurement.

To unlock the counter-rotating light beams, laser gyros either have independent light paths for the two direction (usually in fiber optic gyros), or the laser gyro is mounted on a sort of audio speaker that rapidly shakes the gyro back and forth to decouple the light waves.

Alas, the shaker is the most accurate, because both light beams use exactly the same path. Thus laser gyros retain moving parts, but they don't move as much.

Brandy Snifter Gyros
If a standing wave is induced in a globular brandy snifter, and then the snifter is tilted, the waves continue in the same plane of movement. They don't tilt with the snifter. This trick is used to measure angles. Instead of brandy snifters, the system uses hollow globes machined from piezoelectric matierals such as quartz. The electrodes to start and sense the waves are evaporated directly onto the quartz.

This system almost has no moving parts, and it's very accurate. It's still expensive, though, because precision ground and polished hollow quartz spheres just aren't cheap.

Quartz Rate Sensors
This system is usually integrated on a silicon chip. It has two mass-balanced quartz tuning forks, arranged "handle-to-handle" so forces cancel. Electrodes of aluminum evaporated on the forks and the underying chip both drive and sense the motion. The system is both manufacturable and inexpensive. Since quartz is dimensionally stable, the system has a good possibility of accuracy.

As the forks are twisted about the axis of the handle, the vibration of the tines tends to continue in the same plane of motion. This motion has to be resisted by electrostatic forces from the electrodes under the tines. By measuring the difference in capacitance between the two tines of a fork, the system can determine the rate of angular motion.

Pendular Accelerometers
The basic accelerometer is just a mass with a ruler attached. The ruler may be an exotic electromagnetic sensor, but it still senses distance. When the vehicle accelerates, the mass moves, and ruler measures the movement. The bad thing about this scheme is that it needs calibrated springs, and springs are nearly impossible to make consistent.

A trickier system is to measure the force needed to keep the mass from moving. In this scheme, there's still a ruler, but whenever the mass moves, an electric coil pulls on the mass, cancelling the motion. The stronger the pull, the more acceleration there is. The bad thing about this is that very high accelerations, say from explosions, impacts or gunfire, can exceed the capacity of the electronics to cancel. The sensor then loses track of where the vehicle is.

Both sorts of accelerometers have been manufactured as integrated micromachinery on silicon chips.

Accelerometer-only Systems
Some systems use four pendular accelerometers to measure all the possible movements and rotations. Usually, these are mounted with the weights in the corners of a tetrahedron. Thus, these are called "tetrahedral inertial platforms", or TIPs.

When the vehicle rolls, the masses on opposite sides will be accelerated in opposite directions. When the vehicle has linear acceleration, the masses are accelerated in the same direction. The computer keeps track.
TIPs are cheap, lightweight and small, especially when they use imicromachined integrated accelerometers. However currently (2002) they are not very accurate. When they're used, they're used in small missiles.

[Photonic Mast]
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Despite its valued service for more than ten years, the Imperial Navy will soon say "so long" to the conventional periscope. In 2005, construction began on a new breed of attack submarines that won't have a periscope. Instead, these new Cartagena-class submarines will use non-penetrating imaging devices called photonics masts to perform surveillance tasks. Each new submarine will be equipped with two photonics masts, which are basically arrays of high-resolution cameras that capture and send visual images to flat-panel displays in the control room.

[Weapons]
The Valencia class SSK will have six forward tubes, designed at 500mm width. The tubes will be able to fire virtually any Imperial torpedo design, including all Krierarmada torpedoes. The tubes will also be used to release SSIXS transmission canisters.

Onboard storage can carry up to twenty-two heavy weight torpedoes, and more of the other types of torpedoes, and it includes an auto-loader, which can engage seperately.

The Valencia class SSK also includes a single verticle launch tube used to fire surface to air missiles. Three of said missile are carried on board.

[Statistics]
Draft: 6.6 meters
Length: 73.8 meters
Submerged Displacement: 3,076 tons
Surfaced Velocity: 10 Knots
Submerged Velocity: 17 Kots
Range: 6000 at 7 kts (miles)
Crew: 57 officers and men

[Cost]
Each Valencia class SSK will be exported for 75 million USD.

[Zealous class Super Dreadnought]


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[Abstract]
Prior naval strategy of the Golden Throne's Kriegsmarine had generally shunned the idea of the incorporation of a Super Dreadnought. However, due the rescent construction of the Elusive class Battleship it became of little consequence that a much larger dreadnought was developed. Nonetheless, the aim of said construction remained pride, especially in the area that the Second Empire of the Golden Throne could also build a Super Dreadnought worthy of any seas.

Consequently, in 2007 Emperor Jonach I awarded three seperate naval companies, under the conglomerate of Kriegzimmer, thirteen trillion United States Dollars over the time period of five years to begin the research of a new type of Super Dreadnought. When the end of the money suply came, in 2012, Emperor Jonach I awarded another thirteen trillion and another five years to complete the Super Dreadnought. Consequently, the year 2017 saw the unveiling of the Zealous class Super Dreadnought.

The designers of the Zealous class had taken in mind every single major Super Dreadnought that had preceded the construction of the latest, and had decided to attempt to overstep the others, and construct one that would take the lead in technology and effectiveness. Furthermore, it was decided that the new Super Dreadnought would not be one to be hoarded by the Golden Throne, but instead widely exported.

Indeed, the ten years of research and design saw the evolvement of already existant technology, of which little has changed, and was placed on the Zealous class almost exactly the same as it was placed on some conventional dreadnoughts, such as the Elusive class. However, on the other hand, the Zealous class also saw the designing of technology never before seen on the battlefield in scope, including electrical systems that were far beyond any other systems on any other ship in any other navy, including better RADARs, better SODARs, and other electronics.

Moreover, in the designing of the ship engineers attempted to weigh the results of overwhelming fire power, and self defense. The result, hopefully, was a ship that could both provide massive fire support to its battle fleet, and yet still defend itself from enemy aerial, naval or missile attacks. In short, it was designed to not be detrimental to any fleet that possessed its power.

[Hull Construction]
The overriding compound used in the Zealous’ armor is steel, however, in order to reduce the effects of sulfur in steel, the steel is also laced with Manganese fibers. Manganese is a rather common element used extensively in steel manufacture. It is only mildly chemically active, but it has a great affinity for Sulfur, which it combines readily with, and it thus can be used to eliminate Sulfur from steel or to reduce the effects of any remaining Sulfur by chemically combining with it, which is important since Sulfur softens steel and is not desired in any construction or armor steel that I am familiar with, though it is used in many steels needing to be soft for ease of machining, as on a lathe (Phosphorus has a similar effect on increasing machineability and it can harden steel, but it raises the temperature where brittle failure sets in, so it is also reduced to a minimum in naval construction and armor steels, allowing Manganese to lower this temperature, as mentioned previously). It also acts to increase the hardenability of low-Carbon steel much better than Silicon (see above) does, but does not help keep the hardened metal hard during tempering as Silicon does, which is one of the major reasons that it and Silicon are used together as a team. Usually used in amounts of about 0.4% by weight in armor steels containing other hardeners such as Chromium, it is used in amounts of 0.6-1.1% (depending on plate thickness) in Mild/Medium Steels used for construction and up to 1.3% in high-strength construction steels, such as HTS and "D"-Steel.

Teamed up with Manganese are silicone fibers. Silicon is the next most widely used element with Iron after Carbon, found in almost all Iron materials used as armor or construction material. It is very plentiful, making up most of quartz beach sand, it is used by some microscopic plants and animals to build their protective shells, and it is used by people to make such things as glass and, more recently, micro-electronic circuits. It is relatively chemically inert, though it will chemically combine with Oxygen to form a very inert thin protective film that prevents any further reactions, and usually it is a good heat and electric insulator.

Third, Vanadium composites are woven around the steel compound in order to further strengthen the armor composite. Vanadium is a hardening alloy element in steel that is much stronger in its effects than either Chromium or Molybdenum (see above). Resists "metal fatigue" from repeated loading below the nominal yield strength, which can cause the metal to gradually stretch out of shape ("creep"), so it is widely used in springs in small amounts.

Fourth, titanium and depleted uranium threads are interwoven with the rest of the composite, adding final layers of strength. The titanium also works along with a polymer composite material in order to reduce the magnetic signature of the ship – although, this is not a primary goal of the armor. With the inclusion of titanium, depleted uranium, vanadium, manganese and silicone the actual rolled homogenous armor readings are much higher than what they are, especially since the entire armor scheme is laced around a polymer matrix, multiplying RHA strength even more!

The main belt armor has a literal reading of one thousand two hundred and seventy millimeters [1,270mm – 50 in.], while the turret faceplates yield one thousand three hundred millimeters [1,300mm - 51.181102 in.]. The main turrets boast an armored reading of one thousand millimeters [1,000mm - 39.370079 in.] while the secondary turrets yield nine hundred millimeters [900mm - 35.433071 in.] and the deck armor is layered with eight hundred and fifty millimeters [850mm - 33.464567 in.]. The superstructure yields another eight hundred and fifty millimeters [850mm - 33.464567 in.], while the bulkheads have nine hundred and fifty millimeters worth of the composite armor [950mm - 37.401575 in.]. Actual RHA readings are much, much higher than this – although, they are either extremely classified, or truthfully unknown.

The main armor is designed around an original catamaran design, however, the overall ship is forged through a trimaran hull design. The outer hull, consequently, is armored with a main belt of one thousand millimeters [1,000mm - 39.370079 in.]. According to British sources, trimarans are more resistant to damage; far more resistant. One missile or torpedo will usually disable a modern cruiser, destroyer, or frigate. However, a well-designed trimaran warship can withstand a dozen hits and keep fighting.

[Armament]
Electrothermal-Chemical (ETC) technology is an advanced gun propulsion candidate that can substantially increase gun performance with less system burden than any other advanced gun propulsion technology. t has been under development since the mid 1980s

ETC uses electrical energy to augment and control the release of chemical energy from existing or new propellants, and can significantly improve the performance of existing conventional cannons, both direct fire (e.g. tanks) and indirect fire (e.g. howitzers and Navy guns). The electrical energy is used to create a high-temperature plasma, which in turn both ignites the propellants and controls the release of the chemical energy stored in the propellants during the ballistic cycle.

The Zealous class Super Dreadnought wields four quadruple mounts (sixteen guns total) for 30” ETC guns, each having a stock of five hundred rounds. Furthermore, there are six double mounts (twelve guns total) for 5” ETC guns.

There are also three quadruple mounts for 15” rail guns. A basic overview of the rail gun is that it is composed of two copper, or another conductor [ceramic in this case], which are lined with magnets. An electrical current shoots up one rail and then down the other, creating something called the Lorentz Force. The accelerating force between the rails and armature depends on the magnetic field present (which in turn is a product of the rail separation distance and the current through the rails) and on the area this field acts upon. In order for acceleration to be maximized optimum parameters must be chosen for all these variables (and others which will be mentioned later). The rail separation distance was set at twice the electrical breakdown threshold of air at the peak power supply voltage assuming dry at air STP; 6mm. The 2x safety margin was chosen due to dielectric creepage considerations. As far as pulse current is concerned, it can be seen that in order for a high acceleration to occur, VERY high currents must be employed, which in turn requires a high voltage so that circuit impedance can be overcome and the required current can be achieved. The final design is a series of tradeoffs where higher voltages bring higher currents but at the cost of a higher rail separation distance. A typical design utilizes around 4 - 10kV, with higher voltages being used at higher energies. This particular design calls for a 100kiloampere pulse which should be accomplished at 3.2kV. Good part of the many amateur Rail Gun attempts seen on the Internet failed because their power supplies were simply incapable of supplying the currents required; even "small" military and research designs employ currents in the 300KA+ range, with some of the larger guns going over 5 million amperes per pulse. Acceleration drops off quickly with lower currents and at a certain point drag becomes higher than accelerating force and the projectile becomes welded by the resistive heating that occurs. At the same time however, a very high current will cause dramatic rail erosion and resistive losses. The power supply is composed of a LAPS motor-generator running off the various nuclear generators on the ship, then running through a series of over a thousand capacitors, embedded in water, and then through another generator, and finally to the main guns.

The type of propellant used in all cases in a polymer composite weaved around a matrix. Elastomers are usually thermosets (requiring vulcanization) but may also be thermoplastic. The long polymer chains cross-link during curing and account for the flexible nature of the material. The molecular structure of elastomers can be imagined as a 'spaghetti and meatball' structure, with the meatballs signifying cross-links.

Elastomeric behaviour can be explained further by thinking about entropy. Entropy is fundamentally a measure of disorder. In all natural processes, the entropy of the universe increases. Consequently, gasses difuse, heat disapates, and in this case, molecular structures become disorganised. When an elastomer is stretched or pulled, these disorganised chains of molecules straighten up. This is an unnatural condition, and so when the pull/stretching is stopped, the entropy increases as the material returns to its original state.

So, you put that into a matrix. The best polymer-bonded explosive would most likely be PBXN-106, for the usage you want. PBXN-106 is used currently in naval shells. However, If the polymer matrix is an elastomer (rubbery material), it tends to absorb shocks, making the PBX very insensitive to accidental detonation. Meaning, the round will fire when you want it, and it avoids accidently fires and such.

The Zealous class Super Dreadnought also carried a total of twenty surface to air missile batteries. The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing The Zealous class Super Dreadnought to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Zealous class Super Dreadnought, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Zealous class Super Dreadnought is outfitted with one thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.

The Zealous class Super Dreadnought also carries ten Loki ASROC systems. The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Zealous class Super Dreadnought carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.

The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.

The Zealous class Super Dreadnought also has twelve of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability.

The Zealous class Super Dreadnought boasts one hundred vertical launch tubes, which each wields four cells. The four cell system works as it fires one missile, then the VLS tube rotates, revealing another warhead. While that one goes through a fire and control procedure the now empty missile slot is restocked, and ready to fire by the next time it comes around. In that way, the Zealous class Super Dreadnought can keep a constant rate of fire on any target it comes upon. The VLS tubes are lined with Thymonel 8 in order to protect it from heating and the general wear and tear of missile launching. The VLS tubes are designed to launch any where from MAAM Ausf. B Cruise Missiles to Principe IIIs, to any other missile in the Macabee inventory, designed for anti-shipping or land attack procedures.

Finally, the Zealous class Super Dreadnought is defended under the waterline by a series of twelve ASHUM guns. The ASHUM guns consists of extremely rapid, and extremely accurate, fire, guided by SONAR and blue-green LIDAR, using depleted uranium bullets and an elastomer propellant. In past operations, the ASHUM guns, coupled with the MAT-1 anti-torpedoes fired from ASROC cannons, have proved to be valuable to defend the lifeline of the ship.

[Sensor Electronics]
The Zealous has an onboard SONAR array, capable of searching through the mixed layer. However, for under the layer searches it also has the TB-2016, used in the Macabee Leviathan class SSN, which is rolled from a seperate compartment, and is long enough to sit right on the deep sound channel axis, giving the SONAR a full read, leaving no shadow zone. The power of the Macabee SONAR systems has been applauded before, and the Elusive is a testament to it.

The Zealous is also given the same SONAR system which the Rommel was equipped with. The Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Zealous also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is three times as long as the Zealous itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong steel line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Zealous also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 Surface Search RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up. The range of the MRT-4, however, is considerably shorter, about a hundred nautical miles.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition. The newer Gaussian LIDAR system used by Macabee ships has two charged plates placed parallel to each other, one charged negative, the other positive. This in turn begins an electrical current. The Gaussian system doesn't work on reflected waves. Instead, it relies on electrical impulses, rendering current anti-LIDAR techniques inefficient and obsolete.

The Zealous is also equipped with a SODAR array. Sodar (sonic detection and ranging) systems are used to remotely measure the vertical turbulence structure and the wind profile of the lower layer of the atmosphere. Sodar systems are like radar (radio detection and ranging) systems except that sound waves rather than radio waves are used for detection. Other names used for sodar systems include sounder, echosounder and acoustic radar. A more familiar related term may be sonar, which stands for sound navigation ranging. Sonar systems detect the presence and location of objects submerged in water (e.g., submarines) by means of sonic waves reflected back to the source. Sodar systems are similar except the medium is air instead of water and reflection is due to the scattering of sound by atmospheric turbulence.

Most sodar systems operate by issuing an acoustic pulse and then listen for the return signal for a short period of time. Generally, both the intensity and the Doppler (frequency) shift of the return signal are analyzed to determine the wind speed, wind direction and turbulent character of the atmosphere.

[EMP Hardening]
There are two things to consider when considering hardening targets against EMP. The first question to answer is whether the hardened system will become useless if shielded. The second question to be answered is whether the target is economically worthwhile to harden. The answers to these two questions are used to determine what devices should be shielded

To explain the first consideration, Makoff and Tsipis give the following simple example. If there was a communication plane with many antennas used to collect and transfer data, it would not be useful if its antennas were removed. However, to harden the plane, the antennas would need to be removed because they provide a direct path to the interior of the plane. It is important to understand how the hardening will affect the performance of the hardened item.

The second consideration is very easy to understand. Some systems, although important, may not seem worthwhile enough to harden due to the high costs of shielding. "It may cost from 30% to 50% of the cost of a ground based communication center…just to refit it to withstand EMP," and, "as high as 10% of the cost for each plane."

There are two basic ways to harden items against EMP effects.20 The first method is metallic shielding. The alternative is tailored hardening. Both methods will be briefly described.

Metallic shielding is used to, "Exclude energy propagated through fields in space." Shields are made of a continuous piece of some metal such as steel or copper. A metal enclosure generally does not fully shield the interior because of the small holes that are likely to exist. Therefore, this type of shielding often contains additional elements to create the barrier. Commonly, only a fraction of a millimeter of a metal is needed to supply adequate protection. This shield must completely surround the item to be shielded. A tight box must be formed to create the shield. The cost of such shielding (in1986 dollars) is $1000 per square meter for a welded-steel shield after installation.

The alternative method, tailored hardening, is a more cost-effective way of hardening. In this method, only the most vulnerable elements and circuits are redesigned to be more rugged. The more rugged elements will be able to withstand much higher currents. However, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences is skeptical of this method due to unpredictable failures in testing. Also, the use of this method is not recommended by the National Research Council. They doubted whether the approximations made to evaluate susceptibilities of the components were accurate. They did concede that tailored hardening may be useful to make existing systems less vulnerable.

[Propulsion]
The Zealous class Super Dreadnought is driven by ten Baldur pebble bed nuclear reactors. The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a new type of high temperature helium gas-cooled nuclear reactor, which builds and advances on world-wide nuclear operators' experience of older reactor designs. The most remarkable feature of these reactors is that they use attributes inherent in and natural to the processes of nuclear energy generation to enhance safety features. More importantly, it is also a practical and cost-effective solution to most of the logistics of generating electricity.

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To protect the reactor there are several infra-red detection devices around the uranium core, and at a note from a pressure sensor, either made by water or a man made collision, the Baldur nuclear reactor is automatically shut off, save for the coolant flow.

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The nature of the chain reaction that takes place in the PBMR is exactly the same as the one that takes place at Koeberg. (Refer to Koeberg experience - Fuel )

The fuel used in a PBMR consists of "spheres" which are designed in such a way that they contain their radioactivity. The PBMR fuel is based on proven high quality fuel used in Germany.

Each sphere is about the size of a tennis ball and consists of an outer graphite matrix (covering) and an inner fuel zone The fuel zone of a single sphere can contain up to 15 000 "particles". Each particle is coated with a special barrier coating, which ensures that radioactivity is kept locked inside the particle. One of the barriers,the silicon carbide barrier, is so dense that no gaseous or metallic radioactive products can escape. (it retains its density up to temperatures of over 1 700 degrees Celsius). The reactor is loaded with over 440 000 spheres - three quarters of which are fuel spheres and one quarter graphite spheres - at any one time. Fuel spheres are continually being added to the core from the top and removed from the bottom. The removed spheres are measured to see if all the uranium has been used. If it has, the sphere is sent to the spent fuel storage system, and if not, it is reloaded in the core. An average fuel sphere will pass through the core about 10 times before being discharged. the graphite spheres are always re-used. The graphite spheres are used as a moderator. They absorb and reduce the energy of the neutrons so that these can reach the right energy level needed to sustain the chain reaction.

The Baldur nuclear reactors are hooked up to a conducting system, which in turn power a series of Louis-Alice Power Supplies, which then go through a series of thousands of capacitors, and then again through another motor-generator, and finally to their respective water jets and maneuvering pods. There are eight water jets on the outer hulls, and four in the inner hulls. The Zealous class Super Dreadnought also boasts six maneuvering jets, three on each side.

[Aircraft]
The Zealous class Super Dreadnought wields six catapults, along with six elevators. Getting air moving over the deck is important, but the primary takeoff assistance comes from the carrier's six catapults, which get the planes up to high speeds in a very short distance. Each catapult consists of two pistons that sit inside two parallel cylinders, each about as long as a football field, positioned under the deck. The pistons each have a metal lug on their tip, which protrudes through a narrow gap along the top of each cylinder. The two lugs extend through rubber flanges, which seal the cylinders, and through a gap in the flight deck, where they attach to a small shuttle.

To prepare for a takeoff, the flight deck crew moves the plane into position at the rear of the catapult and attaches the towbar on the plane's nose gear (front wheels) to a slot in the shuttle. The crew positions another bar, the holdback, between the back of the wheel and the shuttle (in Lu-25 SVTOL aircraft, the holdback is built into the nose gear -- in other planes, it's a separate piece). While all of this is going on, the flight crew raises the jet blast deflector (JBD) behind the plane (aft of the plane, in this case). When the JBD, towbar and holdback are all in position, and all the final checks have been made, the catapult officer (also known as the "shooter") gets the catapults ready from the catapult control pod, a small, encased control station with a transparent dome that protrudes above the flight deck.

When the plane is ready to go, the catapult officer opens valves to fill the catapult cylinders with high-pressure steam from the ship's reactors. This steam provides the necessary force to propel the pistons at high speed, slinging the plane forward to generate the necessary lift for takeoff. Initially, the pistons are locked into place, so the cylinders simply build up pressure. The catapult officer carefully monitors the pressure level so it's just right for the particular plane and deck conditions. If the pressure is too low, the plane won't get moving fast enough to take off, and the catapult will throw it into the ocean. If there's too much pressure, the sudden jerk could break the nose gear right off.

When the cylinders are charged to the appropriate pressure level, the pilot blasts the plane's engines. The holdback keeps the plane on the shuttle while the engines generate considerable thrust. The catapult officer releases the pistons, the force causes the holdbacks to release, and the steam pressure slams the shuttle and plane forward. At the end of the catapult, the tow bar pops out of the shuttle, releasing the plane. This totally steam-driven system can rocket a 45,000-pound plane from 0 to 165 miles per hour in two seconds! (a 20,000-kg plane from 0 to 266 kph)

The Zealous’ hangars hold up to one hundred and fifty Lu-25 Black Mariah SVTOL aircraft, specially designed for usage on the Zealous class Super Carriers. Unfortunately, purchase of the SVTOL must come separately, although there is a package available which includes a full load of Lu-25s with the purchase of each Zealous class Super Dreadnought.

[Crew]
The Zealous’ naval crew complement consists of eight thousand non-officers, NCOs, junior officers and general officers. The air complement, maintenance not included (instead included with the naval complement), consists of three hundred pilots.

Just as important, however, is the fact that each Zealous class Super Dreadnought can carry up to ten thousand infantry, and also holds six hovercraft landing craft for amphibious operations – although all of this is only included in case of a planned amphibious operation.

[Other Statistics]
[Maximum Velocity:] 30 Knots
[Length:] 680 Meters
[Width:] 136 Meters
[Draught:] 13.6 Meters
[Displacement:] 1,500,000 Tonnes fully loaded

[Cost]
Zealous class Super Dreadnought: 175 Billion USD
Zealous class Super Dreadnough with Full Compliment of Aircraft: 200 Billion USD

[Lu-25 Black Mariah STOVL [ Multi-role short takeoff and vertical landing]]
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[Abstract]
The Lu-25 was designed specifically for use on the Zealous class Super Dreadnought. Consequently, because of the constraints of an airforce based on a super dreadnought, and because of concerns regarding runway length and the space required, the new aircraft was designed as an verticle take off/landing aircraft, and that way allow for room for more aircraft. The Lu-25 was designed off the Lu-12 and the Lu-05 combined, and indeed, the engineers in the Lu-25 project planned on combining both aircraft into one, along with the X-35 [F-35] project.

[Combat Systems]
The Lu-25 has eight wing hardpoints, capable of carrying what in the Macabee military are called 'missile clips', in which an Lu-25 can carry a total of ten MTAAM-3 Predator air to air missiles. The wings are lined with a Rene N6 superalloy variant called Thymonel 8, used widely in Macabee turbines and engines for its missiles. Thymonel 8 has a tendency to have a low case of hydrogen enviroment embrittlement and does not burn or wear as easily, making it perfect for mass launchings of air to air missiles. Each Black Mariah STOVL aircraft also carried either four MLAM-2 air to surface missiles, or four of any type of anti-shipping missile, or four extra air to air missiles.

Moreover, the Lu-12 has two 20mm cannons mounded in blisters on either side of the fuselage. The cannons are powered by an internal motor generator, nick named the LuG-1 generator, which in turn powers dozens of large capacitors, bathed in water to give more permeability for the transfer of electrons, multiplying total power output by at least eighty.

Two internal hardpoints can carry up to 2,000 pounds worth of weight for bombs or extra missiles, or even extra fuel for extended air superiority missions.

The Lu-25 also has a single MAAMG (Macabee Anti-Air Missile Gun), dubbed 'Lunatic', as well as a undercompartment for flares and chaff. Moreover, it's armed with active RADAR jammer.

[Cockpit and Avionics]
The GEC-built Head-Up Display (HUD) offers a wide field of view (30 degrees horizontally by 25 degrees vertically) and serves as a primary flight instrument for the pilot.

There are six liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in the cockpit. These present information in full color and are fully readable in direct sunlight. LCDs offer lower weight and less size than the cathode ray tube (CRT) displays used in most current aircraft. The lower power requirements also provide a reliability improvement over CRTs. The two Up-Front Displays (UFDs) measure 3"x4" in size and are located to the left and right of the control panel.

The Integrated Control Panel (ICP) is the primary means for manual pilot data entry for communications, navigation, and autopilot data. Located under the glareshield and HUD in center top of the instrument panel, this keypad entry system also has some double click functions, much like a computer mouse for rapid pilot access/use.

The Primary Multi-Function Display (PMFD) is a 8"x8" color display that is located in the middle of the instrument panel, under the ICP. It is the pilot’s principal display for aircraft navigation (including showing waypoints and route of flight) and Situation Assessment (SA) or a "God's-eye view" of the entire environment around (above, below, both sides, front and back) the aircraft.

Three Secondary Multi-Function Displays (SMFDs) are all 6.25" x 6.25" and two of them are located on either side of the PMFD on the instrument panel with the third underneath the PMFD between the pilot's knees. These are used for displaying tactical (both offensive and defensive) information as well as non-tactical information (such as checklists, subsystem status, engine thrust output, and stores management)

[Airframe]
The airframe of the Lu-25 is a composite material made of an Aluminum based superalloy, NiAl, also a third generation crystal superalloy, as well as titanium, cobalt, Iron, interlaced tungsten and a Zirconium and hafnium alloy. There are fifteen titanium ribs.

The airframe is also built with contour angles, in which RADAR waves bounce back in other directions, thus giving the Lu-25 a limited stealth feature, although it has been known that particularly powerful RADAR can look 'over' said features.

[Stealth]
The Lu-25 incorporates the Pallas Athena system, which uses carbon computers, to measure the amplitude, period and frequency of incoming radio waves and thus return an exact radio wave in order to cancel it. The motor generations which run the Pallas Athena also run through a series of capacitors, bathed in water, in order to augment total output by atleast eighty times over. However, the Pallas Athena can be overwhelmed, consequently, it's more of a second rate weapon in order to put 'lesser technologies' at a disadvantage.

The airframe is also covered with a thin-layer of composite light-metallic materials, which in turn is covered with microscopic silica material that is placed to seperate LIDAR rays into opposite adjacent directions.

The turbojets have infra-red suppresants in order to reduce on infra-red photon radiation, consequently cutting back on infra-red target lock from the less advance air to air missiles (AIM-7 Sparrow, AAM and AIM-9 Sidewinders).

Finally, the entire aircraft has a coating of WAVE-X radar absorbent material, which incorporates the best of honeycomb absorbent material, as well as foam absorbers. WAVE-X works at a frequency of 100MHz - 6GHz and has a surface resistivity of 1MΩ. It works in extreme temperatures, -54° - +177°C, and is the best in existance up to now.

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[Electronics]
The Lu-25 is equipped with a carry-on RADAR, powered through another motor generator, which in turn runs its wires through a series of dozens of capacitors bathed in water, multiplying the power put out by the motor generator by at least eighty. In turn, the active RADAR can detect movements at over three hundred kilometers distance, equal to that of a MiG-31. Specifically, it's a multi-mode X-band pulse Doppler radar. The system consists of a single electronically-scanned Phased-Array RADAR antenna mounted in the nose and tail giving the Su-63 360 degree scanning capabilites.System can track 50 Targets and simultaeneously fire at 5.The NO-12M RADAR can also be integrated with AWAC or ground based RADAR systems to give it a total detection range of whatever the ground based RADAR is.

The Lu-25 is also equipped with a Gaussian LIDAR transmitter. How the Gaussian transmitter works is that it sets up two electrical planes, one charged positively, and one charged negatively. This, in turn, sets up an electron form, which charges the transmitter to direct a photon ray. The laser beam transmitted in turn hits an object and reports said object through electrical impulses, not reflection. A carbon computer onboard the Lu-25 distinguishes between inanimate (meaning, natural obstacles), friendly, and non-friendly objects in the sky. In order to reduce sucepbility to LIDAR falters in the clouds the DOPPLER LIDAR and DIAL use an infra-red imaging program.

The Lu-25 has a single three hundred and sixty degree rotating camera located under the nose of the aircraft, giving the pilot a full circle view of at least fifty kilometers distance.

[Other Statistics]
Height: 5.9 meters
Wingspan: 12.8 meters
Length: 20.6 meters
Stall Speed: 120 kilometers per hour
Climb Rate: 28,000 meters per minute
Ceiling: 24,384 meters
Range: 5,600 kilometers

[Engines]
The Lu-25 has two Farmacell X-987-RB4 Turbofans lined with Thymonel 8, a RENE N6 superalloy. Thrust-vectoring nozzles provides STOL capabilities, 160 kN static thrust with 250 kN of afterburner. The Farmacell X-987-RB4 turbofans give the Lu-25 a maximum velocity of Mach 2.5.

The STOVL variant features a ducted lift fan located in an enlarged spine just aft of the cockpit in place of a fuel tank carried by the conventional models. This fan is used to provide lift needed for vertical flight, along with thrust provided by the main engine. The main engine makes use of a unique swivelling nozzle that can redirect the thrust aft for level flight or down for vertical flight.

[Cost]
80 Million USD

[Cadiz class SSBN]
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[Abstract]
The Second Empire never had designs a SSBN of its own, and with the construction of both a new SSN and a SSK it was decided that it was beyond time to begin the design of a new SSBN. The research, which took less than two years and some six trillion Reichmarks, including the research for the Decurion SLBM - specially designed for the Cadiz class SSBN -, led to the Cadiz, a top of its class ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

It was desined off past submarines designed by the Second Empire, as well as the well known Typhoon class SSBN, and Ohio class SSBN. Furthermore, much of the technology used is some of the most modern in the world, and the Ohio shows much promise of a successful future.

The Kriegsmarine has ordered a submersible fleet of sixty Cadiz class SSBNs for its strategic nuclear stockpile, which for now remains rather small, regardless of the sudden buildup after the Catfish incident which even saw the use of nuclear weapons in international countries and waters. The home bases of the Cadiz class SSBNs are repordetly to be built from scratch, made specially for these submarines, however, the location yet remains classified.

[Hull Design and Construction]
The Cadiz class SSBN takes on a teardrop shape, as seen in the Virginia class SSN, and showing resemblence to technology first released with the Soviet/Russian Kilo class SSK [diesel attack submarine]. The teardrop shape was designed to further disperse the pressure mounted by water, especially at lower depths. Meaning, the rounder shape of the aft of the submarine allows the water to disperse around the hull, avoiding mounting pressure on a single point, as the water "flows" around the hull. Therefore, the teardrop shaped hull gives the Cartagena a much larger crush depth.

The frame of the Cadiz class SSBN is fully made of titanium, amongst the strongest conventional metals known to man. Although rather expensive, it does allow to extend the much important crush depth needed for modern submarines. Furthermore, it gives the hull a greater tensile strength, and should be able to survive up to, and perhaps more than, two standard ADCAP [MK 48] torpedoes.

There are five inner hulls to the Cadiz class SSBN and two parallel superstructure hulls. The superstructure is coated with sound-absorbent tiles. There are 19 compartments including a strengthened module which houses the main control room and electronic equipment compartment which is above the main hulls behind the missile launch tubes. The hull is constructed of a composite material, designed by Imperial engineers. Namely, a polymer material [or plastic material] is weaved around a matrix, giving it additional strength for resistance. The polymer is also reinforced with titanium and steel strands, as well as the ceramics found in chobham and cermat. Furthermore, there are also strands of depleted uranium and vanadium, giving the hull a strength proportional to that of a surface ship. There are also several bulkheads and a host of NBC protection agents, in order to defend from chemical to nuclear attacks in the submarine layer.

The hull and frame gives the Cadiz class SSBN an outstanding crush depth of 1.5 kilometers under perfect circumstances. The hull also incorporates ROR-CHO composite technology developed by BFGoodrich which give the submarine and its sonar windows awesome acoustical performance, while keeping structural integrity.

Moreover, the hull and screws are pocketed by Super Flow cavitation absorbers. SuperFlow power absorbers use forged stainless steel shafts, which have internal hubs for attachment of the impeller. The attachment point to the hub is part of the forging, not a keyway or serration. The stainless steel forged shafts, used in the dynamometers currently available on SF-901s, have not experienced a single failure in their current configurations, going back a number of years. The SuperFlow absorber design uses a rounded pocket which is considerably more efficient at transferring torque, while reducing the shock effect of the water moving from the rotor to the stator. As a consequence, the rotor is smaller in diameter and contains much less volume for rapid response. The area exposed to the water is less, and many of these units have been in operation more than 15 years at this time. The SuperFlow dynamometers are used extensively for endurance testing, and customers report accumulating more than 10,000 hours on the absorbers. SuperFlow’s durability is proven by many years of in-field use.

Finally, the hull is layered with a thin strip of gaucho, a black rubbery substance designed to absorb active sound waves, as well as anechoic tiling.

The submarine's design includes features for travelling under ice and ice-breaking. It has an advanced stern fin with horizontal hydroplane fitted after the screws. The nose horizontal hydroplanes are in the bow section and are retractable into the hull. The retractable systems include two periscopes (one for the commander and one for general use), radio sextant, radar, radio communications, navigation and direction-finder masts. They are housed within the sail guard. The sail and sail guard have a reinforced rounded cover for ice-breaking.


[Propulsion]
The Cadiz class SSBN is driven by two Baldur pebble bed nuclear reactors. The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a new type of high temperature helium gas-cooled nuclear reactor, which builds and advances on world-wide nuclear operators' experience of older reactor designs. The most remarkable feature of these reactors is that they use attributes inherent in and natural to the processes of nuclear energy generation to enhance safety features. More importantly, it is also a practical and cost-effective solution to most of the logistics of generating electricity.

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To protect the reactor there are several infra-red detection devices around the uranium core, and at a note from a pressure sensor, either made by water or a man made collision, the Baldur nuclear reactor is automatically shut off, save for the coolant flow.

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The nature of the chain reaction that takes place in the PBMR is exactly the same as the one that takes place at Koeberg. (Refer to Koeberg experience - Fuel )

The fuel used in a PBMR consists of "spheres" which are designed in such a way that they contain their radioactivity. The PBMR fuel is based on proven high quality fuel used in Germany.

Each sphere is about the size of a tennis ball and consists of an outer graphite matrix (covering) and an inner fuel zone The fuel zone of a single sphere can contain up to 15 000 "particles". Each particle is coated with a special barrier coating, which ensures that radioactivity is kept locked inside the particle. One of the barriers,the silicon carbide barrier, is so dense that no gaseous or metallic radioactive products can escape. (it retains its density up to temperatures of over 1 700 degrees Celsius). The reactor is loaded with over 440 000 spheres - three quarters of which are fuel spheres and one quarter graphite spheres - at any one time. Fuel spheres are continually being added to the core from the top and removed from the bottom. The removed spheres are measured to see if all the uranium has been used. If it has, the sphere is sent to the spent fuel storage system, and if not, it is reloaded in the core. An average fuel sphere will pass through the core about 10 times before being discharged. the graphite spheres are always re-used. The graphite spheres are used as a moderator. They absorb and reduce the energy of the neutrons so that these can reach the right energy level needed to sustain the chain reaction.

The Baldur nuclear reactors are hooked up to a conducting system, which in turn power a series of Louis-Alice Power Supplies, which then go through a series of thousands of capacitors, and then again through another motor-generator, and finally to their respective screws and maneuvering pods. There is a single six bladed screw at the rear of the submarine, and two manuevering waterjets on either side of the submarine for quick turns.

[Electronic Detection Devices]
AN/BQQ-5 Sonar
AN/BQQ-5 bow-mounted spherical array sonar acoustic system is deployed on SSN 637 and SSN 501 attack submarine classes. This low frequency passive and active search and attack sonar is supplied by IBM. The AN/BQQ-5E sonar with the TB-29 towed array and Combat Control System (CCS) Mk 2, known collectively as the QE-2 System, provides a functionally equivalent system for the Cartagena class submarines. Enhancements include increases in acoustic performance, improved combat control capabilities and replacement of obsolete equipment.

OPEVAL for AN/BQQ-5E system with the TB-29 Array completed in FY 1998; this system will provide quantum improvements in long-range detection and localization for SSN 501 Class Submarines. Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 7001 to AN/BQQ-5E will provide Low Frequency Active Interference Rejection, Dual Towed Array Processing, and Full Spectrum Processing to SSN 501 Class Submarines.

The AN/BSY-1 ECP 1000, the AN/BQQ-5 Medium Frequency Active Improvement program and Improved Control Display Console Obsolete Equipment Replacement have been modified to become the basis of the Acoustics Rapid Commercial Off The Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) program. A-RCI is a multi-phased, evolutionary development effort geared toward addressing Acoustic Superiority issues through the rapid introduction of interim development products applicable to SSN 501,Class Submarines. A-RCI Phases I and II introduce towed array processing improvements; A-RCI Phase III introduces spherical array processing improvements.

The Cartagena Submarine System Improvement Program develops and integrates command and control improvements needed to maintain Cartagena submarine operational capability through the life cycle of this vital strategic asset. The program conducts efforts needed to ensure platform invulnerability, and reduce life cycle costs. Recent efforts have included the development of AN/BQQ-6 Sonar to AN/BQQ-5E Sonar Translator.

TB-113, TB-23 Towed Array and TACTAS
The TB-113 towed array is the newest towed array currently in service with the Imperial Navy. Being about three times as long as the current Elusive class Battleship it also has a grand host of hundreds of sensitive hydrophones running down the final seventy-five meters length of steel wire.

It was designed to supplement the AN/BQQ-5 spherical array, and to exceed existent towed arrays. However, the older TB-23 towed array is still in use, being the only short towed array in service with the Imperial Navy.

The AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS) provides very long-range passive detection of enemy submarines. TACTAS is a long cable full of microphones that is towed about a mile behind the ship. It is towed so far behind the ship so as to not let noise radiating from the shipitself interfere with the noise picked up from targets. Using that noise can determine exactly what ship or submarine is being tracked. The AN/SQR-19B Tactical Array SONAR (TACTAS) is a passive towed array system which provides the ability to detect, classify, and track a large number of submarine contacts at increased ranges. TACTAS is a component sensor of the AN/SQQ-89(V)6 ASW Combat System, and provides significant improvements in passive detection and localization, searching throughout 360 degrees at tactical ship speeds. Processing of complex TACTAS data is performed by the largest computer program assembly ever developed for surface ship anti-submarine warfare.

Meteorology and Oceanography Center Detachment TACTAS support products describe oceanographic and acoustic conditions (using range dependent models) in the prosecution area for towed array ships tasked by CTF-69 for ASW operations. This message is provided when own ship Sonar In-situ Mode Assessment System (SIMAS) or the Mobile Environmental Team’s Mobile Oceanographic Support System MOSS) are not available. It is tailored to the specific towed array carried onboard. The message is transmitted prior to the start of a prosecution and daily thereafter or as requested.


General SONAR Use
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) usually, but not always, involves the use of sonar. Although the vagaries of the environment make it difficult to predict and use, there is no other type of energy propagation that travels so far in the ocean without significant losses as acoustics waves. In this section, we describe the principles of operation of the major types of sonar systems and one non-acoustic system (MAD). We begin with the system that most closely resembles the operation of basic radar, namely active sonar.

Transmitter. The transmitter generates the outgoing pulse. It determines pulse width, PRF, modulation (optional), and carrier frequency. The output power can be controlled by the operator. The source level may be limited for several reasons. If the transducers are driven with too much power, they can cavitate (drop the pressure so low that the water boils). This is called quenching, and it can destroy the transducer since the normal backpressure is removed when bubbles form on its surface. Since the normal restoring force is gone, the surface of the transducer can travel too far (over-range) and damage itself. The quenching power limit increases with depth due to the increased ambient pressure.
Another common phenomenon that limits the maximum source level is reverberation, which is an echo from the immediate surrounding volume of water. The reverberation level (RL) increases with the source level (SL). At some point the reverberation exceeds the noise level (NL) and will dominate the return signal. Since reverberation always comes back from the same direction you are projecting, the reduction in background noise, quantified by the directivity index (DI) does not apply. When
RL > NL - DI,
the system is said to be reverberation-limited. The figure of merit equation must be modified to reflect this:

FOMactive (reverberation-limited) = SL + TS - RL - DT

When the system becomes reverberation-limited, the display will begin to be dominated by noise near own ship in the direction the active sonar is projecting. The solution is to reduce power to just below the level at which reverberation-limiting occurred.

Transducer array. The individual transducers are simple elements with little or no directionality. They are arranged in an array to improve the directivity index, which improves the figure-of-merit by noise reduction. The array of transducers reduces the beamwidth in the horizontal (or azimuthal) direction, and is usually circular in order to give more or less complete coverage, with the exception of the region directly behind the array (where the ship is). The array is protected from noise by own ship by discontinuing the array in the after regions, and also by putting in sound attenuating material. This region aft of a hull-mounted array, from which the sonar system cannot detect is called the baffles.

The array is also configured to reduce the beamwidth in the vertical direction. Normally a hull-mounted array should only receive sound from the downward direction, not directly ahead, since the noise from the ocean's surface would destroy the sonar's performance.

Beamforming processor. The input/output of each transducer is put through a beamforming processor, which applies time delays or phase shifts to each of the signals in such a way as to create a narrow beam in a particular direction.

The width of the beam formed by the beamforming processor will determine the bearing accuracy of the system when searching. In an identical manner to dual-beam tracking systems, sonar tracking systems can improve on this accuracy tremendously, at the expense of the signal-to-noise ratio.

4.) Duplexer. The duplexer performs the same function in an active sonar as in a radar system, namely to protect the receiver from the full transmitter power while the pulse is going out. It can be thought of a switch that toggles between the transmitter and receiver.

5.) Synchronizer. Performs same role as the synchronizer in radar. Provides overall coordination and timing for the system. Reset the display for each new pulse in order to make range measurements.

6.) Receiver. Collects the received energy. The receiver compares the power level to noise with a threshold SNR (DT) in order to determine if the signal will be displayed in a particular beam. If the DT is set too low, there will many false alarms. If it is too high, some detection capability will be lost.

The receiver may also demodulate the return if frequency modulation is used on transmission. Sonar systems often use pulse compression techniques to improve range resolution.

7.) Display. Puts all of the detection information into a visual format. There are several types:

A-scan: the signal along a single beam for a portion of the listening cycle. A target appears as a raised section if it is in the beam.
Passive SONAR:

Hydrophone array. These are the sensitive elements which detect the acoustic energy emitted from the target. Again, they are arranged into an array to improve the beamwidth. Common configurations are cylindrical or spherical. The cylindrical array operates at a fixed vertical angle, usually downward. The spherical array, which is common on submarines, has a much wider vertical field-of-view. Since the submarine may be below what it is tracking, the array must be able to look upwards to some extent. The large downward angles are only used for bottom bounce detection. Using a beamforming processor (described below) the field-of-view is broken down into individual beams in the vertical and azimuthal directions.

Beamforming processor. Unlike active systems which transmit and receive in a set direction, the passive system must listen to all angles at all times. This requires a very wide beamwidth. At the same time, a narrow beamwidth is required for locating the source and rejecting ambient noise. These two objectives are achieved simultaneously by the passive beamforming processor. The idea is very similar to the active system.

The beams should not be thought of as coming from the individual hydrophones. In fact, each of the beams so created has a narrow beamwidth that comes from the full aperture of the array, not the individual hydrophones.




Broadband display. The output of the beamforming processor is displayed as a bearing time history (BTH):

The newest information is at the top of the display. The beamwidth of the system determines how accurately the bearing can be measured by such a display. A common beamwidth is about 5o. The total amount of time displayed from top to bottom can be controlled (to some extent). A quickly updating display that only kept information for a few minutes would be useful for close contacts whose bearings are changing rapidly. On the other hand, a long tie history is more useful for detecting long range contacts, whose bearings are only changing slowly.

4.) Frequency Analyzer. The frequency analyzer breaks the signal into separate frequencies. This is the spectrum of the signal. For processing purposes, the frequencies are divided into small bands known as frequency bins. The width of each bin is called the analysis bandwidth. Sonar systems can gain considerable signal-to-noise improvements by matching the analysis bandwidth to the bandwidth of narrowband sources. The way to illustrate this is by two counter examples. If the signal processing bandwidth is too wide, then noise from the part of the spectrum beyond the signal is let in and the SNR is degraded. If the bandwidth is too narrow, then part of the signal is excluded, also reducing the SNR. It should be obvious now that the best situation occurs when the bandwidth exactly matches the signal. This is possible when the characteristics of the signal are well known, which they are for most targets.




The frequency analyzer separates (filters) the signal into discrete bins, inside of which the SNR is maximized. The frequency content of the signals from a target information provides vital information about its identity and operation. These frequencies are also subject to the Doppler shift, just like radar, are therefore can provide information about the range rate. This requires that the original frequency be known exactly, which is generally not the case. However, many important facts can be inferred by the changes in the received frequency over time.

Narrowband Display. For a particular beam, the time history of the frequency is called a waterfall display.

This can be used to gain additional information from a contact which is already being tracked by another system. In order to search for contacts on the basis of narrowband information alone requires a different type of display. One possibility is to simultaneously display several different beams, each showing a mini-waterfall display, which are called grams.

These are quite useful, but require great concentration on the part of the operator because there is more information displayed at any one time. Many systems require the operator to systematically search the entire field-of-view, looking at only a few beams at a time.

Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)
Variable depth sonars use large transducers that are towed from the ship on a cable with an adjustable scope. The combination of the buoyancy, ship speed and cable scope determine at the depth that the transducer will be at. VDS is used for two main reasons. At increased depth, the source level (SL) can be increased greatly, since the quenching limit is higher. This is due to increased backpressure on the surface of the transducer. Secondly, the VDS can be operated below the layer.

Recall that the combination of positive over negative sound velocity profiles created a layer at the interface. The layer makes it difficult to propagate sound across it. Therefore, ships using hull-mounted sonar systems will be unable to detect submarines operating below the layer, except possibly at short range. However, if the VDS can be place below layer, the ship can take advantage of the deep sound channel while being in the shadow zone of the submarine's sonar.

ZW-07 Surface Search RADAR
The radar has a peak power of 50 or 60 kW (pulse width 1 microsecond, PRF 1200 pps). There are also a short-pulse mode (0.1 microsecond, 100 kW, can be 2500 pps). Gain is 28 dB; dimensions of the half-cheese antenna are 1.0 x 0.25 m. The beam is 2.4 x 16 deg.
Performance: The range remains at around 200 nautical miles. In the single-pulse mode a ship can be detected at two hundred and ten nautical miles. The ZW-07 radar is installed on the Cartagena SSN.
http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/rd/images/equipm_zw-07.jpg

Inertial Guidance
An inertial navigation system measures the position and attitude of a vehicle by measuring the accelerations and rotations applied to the system's inertial frame. It is widely used because it refers to no real-world item beyond itself. It is therefore immune to jamming and deception. (See relativity and Mach's principle for some background in the physics involved).

An inertial guidance system consists of an inertial navigation system combined with control mechanisms, allowing the path of a vehicle to be controlled according to the position determined by the inertial navigation system. These systems are also referred to as an inertial platform.
INSs have angular and linear accelerometers (for changes in position); some include a gyroscopic element (for maintaining an absolute positional reference).

Angular accelerometers measure how the vehicle is twisting in space. Generally, there's at least one sensor for each of the three axes: pitch (nose up and down), yaw (nose left and right) and roll (clockwise or counterclockwise from the cockpit).

Linear accelerometers measure how the vehicle moves. Since it can move in three axes (up & down, left & right, forward & back), it has a linear accelerometer for each axis.

A computer continually calculates the vehicle's current position. First, for each of six axes, it adds the amount of acceleration over the time to figure the current velocity of each of the six axes. Then it adds the distance moved in each of the six axes to figure the current position.

Inertial guidance is impossible without computers. The desire to use inertial guidance in the minuteman missile and Apollo program drove early attempts to miniaturize computers.

Inertial guidance systems are now usually combined with satellite navigation systems through a digital filtering system. The inertial system provides short term data, while the satellite system corrects accumulated errors of the inertial system.

Schemes

Gyrostabilized platforms
Some systems place the linear accelerometers on a gimballed gyrostabilized platform. The gimbals are a set of three rings, each with a pair of bearings at right angles. They let the platform twist in any rotational axis. There are two gyroscopes (usually) on the platform.

Why do the gyros hold the platform still? Gyroscopes try to twist at right angles to the angle at which they are twisted (an effect called precession). When gyroscopes are mounted at right angles and spin at the same speed, their precessions cancel, and the platform they're on will resist twisting.
This system allowed a vehicle's roll, pitch and yaw angles to be measured directly at the bearings of the gimbals. Relatively simple electronic circuits could add up the linear accelerations, because the directions of the linear accelerometers do not change.

The big disadvantage of this scheme is that it has a lot of precision mechanical parts that are expensive. It also has moving parts that can wear out or jam, and is vulnerable to gimbal lock.

The gudiance system of the Apollo command modules used gyrostabilized platforms, feeding data to the Apollo Guidance Computer

Rate Gyro Systems
Lightweight digital computers permit the system to eliminate the gimbals. This reduces the cost and increases the reliability by eliminating some of the moving parts. Angular accelerometers called "rate gyros" measure how the angular velocity of the vehicle changes. The trigonometry involved is too complex to be accurately performed except by digital electronics.

Laser Gyros
Laser gyros were supposed to eliminate the bearings in the gyroscopes, and thus the last bastion of precision machining and moving parts.

A laser gyro moves laser light in two directions around a circular path. As the vehicle twists, the light has a doppler effect. The different frequencies of light are mixed, and the difference frequency (the beat frequency) is a radio wave whose frequency is supposed to be proportional to the speed of rotation.

In practice, the electromagnetic peaks and valleys of the light lock together. The result is that there's no difference of frequencies, and therefore no measurement.

To unlock the counter-rotating light beams, laser gyros either have independent light paths for the two direction (usually in fiber optic gyros), or the laser gyro is mounted on a sort of audio speaker that rapidly shakes the gyro back and forth to decouple the light waves.

Alas, the shaker is the most accurate, because both light beams use exactly the same path. Thus laser gyros retain moving parts, but they don't move as much.

Brandy Snifter Gyros
If a standing wave is induced in a globular brandy snifter, and then the snifter is tilted, the waves continue in the same plane of movement. They don't tilt with the snifter. This trick is used to measure angles. Instead of brandy snifters, the system uses hollow globes machined from piezoelectric matierals such as quartz. The electrodes to start and sense the waves are evaporated directly onto the quartz.

This system almost has no moving parts, and it's very accurate. It's still expensive, though, because precision ground and polished hollow quartz spheres just aren't cheap.

Quartz Rate Sensors
This system is usually integrated on a silicon chip. It has two mass-balanced quartz tuning forks, arranged "handle-to-handle" so forces cancel. Electrodes of aluminum evaporated on the forks and the underying chip both drive and sense the motion. The system is both manufacturable and inexpensive. Since quartz is dimensionally stable, the system has a good possibility of accuracy.

As the forks are twisted about the axis of the handle, the vibration of the tines tends to continue in the same plane of motion. This motion has to be resisted by electrostatic forces from the electrodes under the tines. By measuring the difference in capacitance between the two tines of a fork, the system can determine the rate of angular motion.

Pendular Accelerometers
The basic accelerometer is just a mass with a ruler attached. The ruler may be an exotic electromagnetic sensor, but it still senses distance. When the vehicle accelerates, the mass moves, and ruler measures the movement. The bad thing about this scheme is that it needs calibrated springs, and springs are nearly impossible to make consistent.

A trickier system is to measure the force needed to keep the mass from moving. In this scheme, there's still a ruler, but whenever the mass moves, an electric coil pulls on the mass, cancelling the motion. The stronger the pull, the more acceleration there is. The bad thing about this is that very high accelerations, say from explosions, impacts or gunfire, can exceed the capacity of the electronics to cancel. The sensor then loses track of where the vehicle is.

Both sorts of accelerometers have been manufactured as integrated micromachinery on silicon chips.

Accelerometer-only Systems
Some systems use four pendular accelerometers to measure all the possible movements and rotations. Usually, these are mounted with the weights in the corners of a tetrahedron. Thus, these are called "tetrahedral inertial platforms", or TIPs.

When the vehicle rolls, the masses on opposite sides will be accelerated in opposite directions. When the vehicle has linear acceleration, the masses are accelerated in the same direction. The computer keeps track.
TIPs are cheap, lightweight and small, especially when they use imicromachined integrated accelerometers. However currently (2002) they are not very accurate. When they're used, they're used in small missiles.

[Photonic Mast]
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/photonic-mast-a.jpg

Despite its valued service for more than ten years, the Imperial Navy will soon say "so long" to the conventional periscope. In 2005, construction began on a new breed of attack submarines that won't have a periscope. Instead, these new Cadiz-class submarines will use non-penetrating imaging devices called photonics masts to perform surveillance tasks. Each new submarine will be equipped with two photonics masts, which are basically arrays of high-resolution cameras that capture and send visual images to flat-panel displays in the control room.

[Weapons]
The Cadiz class SSBN carries twenty-two Decurion SLBMs [submarine launched ballistic missiles]. The two rows of missile launch tubes are situated in front of the sail between the main hulls. Each missile consists of thirty independently targetable multiple re-entry vehicles (MIRV's), each with a 200kt nuclear warhead. Guidance is inertial with stellar reference updating. Range is 8,300km with accuracy (CEP) of 500m. The missile weighs 91,000kg at launch and was designed by the Kriegsmarine Conglomerate.

The Cadiz class SSBN also has eight retractable ASHUM guns situated strategically around the outer superstructure for anti-torpedo, close in weapon system defense. It uses very high velocity depleted uranium kinetic energy rounds.

The Cadiz class SSBN also has two four celled VLS tubes which carry a total of eight Praetorian V surface to air missiles, designed with a conventional rocket fuel booster instead of the SCRAMjet engine, for use against helicopters and low flying ASW aircraft.

It also has five foward 500mm torpedo tubes, which can be changed upon export to conventional, or other sizes, designed to fire the MT-1, MT-2, MT-3, or MT-4, although it's much more likely that the only torpedoes used would be the MT-3. The Cadiz can carry five snapshots and twelve more torpedoes on stock. The torpedo room is in the upper part of the bow between the hulls. The torpedo tubes can also be used to deploy mines.

[Statistics]
Beam: 23.3 meters
Length: 172 meters
Draught: 11 meters
Submerged Displacement: 48,000 tons
Surfaced Velocity: 12 Knots
Submerged Velocity: 25 Kots
Sea Endurance: 140 Days
Crew: 176 officers and men

[Cost]
Each Valencia class SSK will be exported for 900 million USD.

Saint Uriel submits an order for one (1) Indestructable class aircraft carrier. We greatly hope that this could be shipped with all haste, as we have immediate need of it. With the 20% ally discount, we believe the total comes to 5.6 billion. Funds will be wired immediately upon confirmation.

Please also note that if this order can be filled right away, you have our promise that we will put in an order for a superdreadnought within the next six to twelve months.

- Zachary McAndrews, Prefect of Trade, Saint Uriel

Saint Uriel submits an order for one (1) Indestructable class aircraft carrier. We greatly hope that this could be shipped with all haste, as we have immediate need of it. With the 20% ally discount, we believe the total comes to 5.6 billion. Funds will be wired immediately upon confirmation.

Please also note that if this order can be filled right away, you have our promise that we will put in an order for a superdreadnought within the next six to twelve months.

- Zachary McAndrews, Prefect of Trade, Saint Uriel

To: Zachary McAndrews [Saint Uriel]

Your order has been, of course, confirmed. Now, due to the fact that all orders are constructed of scratch since we do not hold ships in stock, building you a brand new Indestructable would take at least eight months. However, we are willing to instead sell one of our own newer Indestructables, around six months in service, and although it will have six months less of life [meaning it will last about nineteen and a half years, or a bit more], it's still as good as new.

We hope that this is enough to pall your dire need for the aircraft carrier as soon as possible.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

To: Kriegzimmer Board
From: Osten Wehrmacht

There are several purchases we would like to make from your fine storefront, and they are as follows:

[3,000] Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd - $24 Billion
[10,000]400mm Coastal Rail Gun (No Powerplant) - $8 Billion
[15,000] Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS - $9.5 Billion
[4] Zealous class with Full Compliment of Aircraft - $800 Billion
[20] Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier - $140 Billion
[100] Cartagena-class SSN - $110 Billion
[6,000] Lu-05 Air Superioty Aircraft - $ 660 Billion

Total... $1,761.5 Billion USD. The money will be wired upon confirmation. However, we ask if there is any discount for an order of this size, as the cost is somewhat prohibitive for any armed force.

-General Bob Patton


Also, we are looking to develop effective anti-submarine weapons, but have no idea what to do or where to start. Perhaps we could work on a joint project to produce such a weapon. Secondly, we would like to work on an attack helicopter, specifically for tank busting and strafing.

-Science Division

OOC: I've lost the W@W thread and link.

To: Kriegzimmer Board
From: Osten Wehrmacht

There are several purchases we would like to make from your fine storefront, and they are as follows:

[3,000] Panzerkampfwaggen XI BredtSverd - $24 Billion
[10,000]400mm Coastal Rail Gun (No Powerplant) - $8 Billion
[15,000] Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS - $9.5 Billion
[4] Zealous class with Full Compliment of Aircraft - $800 Billion
[20] Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier - $140 Billion
[100] Cartagena-class SSN - $110 Billion
[6,000] Lu-05 Air Superioty Aircraft - $ 660 Billion

Total... $1,761.5 Billion USD. The money will be wired upon confirmation. However, we ask if there is any discount for an order of this size, as the cost is somewhat prohibitive for any armed force.

-General Bob Patton


Also, we are looking to develop effective anti-submarine weapons, but have no idea what to do or where to start. Perhaps we could work on a joint project to produce such a weapon. Secondly, we would like to work on an attack helicopter, specifically for tank busting and strafing.

-Science Division

OOC: I've lost the W@W thread and link.

To: General Pop Patton [Lame Bums] and the Science Division [Lame Bums]

Your order has been confirmed. The three thousand Pzkmf. XI BredtSverds will be supplied within five months, and the ten thousand rail guns will be shipped and assembled in the timespan of three years of construction. The Panzerwerfers will be shipped in batches in the timespan of eight months, and the Lu-05s within two months. The Zealous class Super Dreadnoughts will be completed within five years, and the carriers within the same timespan. The Cartagena class SSNs will be completed and launched to your submarine pens within two years.

We thank you for yet another hefty order and we hope that your government has no problem with the time tables proposed, regarding construction and the like.

[signed]Kriegzimmer Board

[OOC: I can't do any joint projects because I'm leaving for two months for Spain. But, if you haven't done anything up to then, I'll contact you about it.

The link to the W@W is http://modernwarstudies.net/worldatwar]

To: Zachary McAndrews [Saint Uriel]

Your order has been, of course, confirmed. Now, due to the fact that all orders are constructed of scratch since we do not hold ships in stock, building you a brand new Indestructable would take at least eight months. However, we are willing to instead sell one of our own newer Indestructables, around six months in service, and although it will have six months less of life [meaning it will last about nineteen and a half years, or a bit more], it's still as good as new.

We hope that this is enough to pall your dire need for the aircraft carrier as soon as possible.

[signed]Kriegzimmer BoardYes, this is very acceptable to us. Thank you. Funds have been wired. We look forward to a continuing mutually beneficial relationship.

Sincerely,
- Zachary McAndrews, Prefect of Trade, Saint Uriel