NationStates Jolt Archive


"Goliath" Urban Combat Vehicle

Anarcanis
09-04-2005, 14:08
Anarcanian Arms is currently in final test stages of it's new "Goliath" UCV (Urban Combat Vehicle.) And will be opening this vehicle up to purchase from interested foreign buyers.

Designed for and tested within the massive urban sprawl that is modern Anarcanis this lightweight vehicle weighs only 16 tons, standing at a height of 9 feet from the treads to the top of the weapons mount, at a length of 15 feet with a tread to tread width of eight feet.

It is driven by a four-stroke, turbocharged V12 alumnium-diesel powerplant rated at 1500hp. Driving the vehicle at speeds up to 50mph.

The Goliath uses an aluminum-titanium alloy based armor, with attachment points for additional armor or ERA blocks.

The Goliath is a two man light armoured vehicle, the driver sits near the front of the vehicle and his gunner sits behind and to the left. The turret mount is remote operated, the EOS gunsights incorporating thermal and optical sighting systems.

The turret mounting brackets and electronics ports are universal, allowing for a wide variety of ordinance packages to be mated to accept foreign weapons systems. The turret mount can swivel it's ordininace through a 60degree up-down axis to engage aerial targets as well as ground

The standard load is a Anarcanian 'Hurricane' 25mm rotary cannon with 975 rounds of ammunition on the port mount. This cannon fires at a cyclic rate of 4200 rounds per minute of depleted-uranium tipped armor-piercing incindiery ammunition. The power of the gun is impressive, capable of savaging light to medium vehicles in a single burst, though not especially effective against larger and more heavily armored tanks it provides a lethal punch for the vehicle against other vehicles.

The starboard mount holds the Goliath's longer ranged punch, a rack of four "Sprint" Hypervelocity Antitank Missiles. Targetted by the EOS mount's laser designator, these ultrafast missiles ride the designator's beam into the target, or can be fired in dumbfire mode. At nearly three feet long each, the Sprints leave the launcher and accelerate to speeds exceeding Mach 4. The Sprint has no warhead, relying on it's tungsten rod penetrator to destroy a vehicle from kinetic energies alone. The Sprint is a deadly threat to any vehicle on the battlefield due to it's speed and kinetic force.

The sheer speed of the missile is it's advantage, destroying targets before they or their defensive measures can react. Due to acceleration limitations, the targets must be at least one mile from the Goliath to achieve maxmimum effect, and the missiles normal maximum range is about 15 miles. The goliath's designator is not needed to guide the Sprint, another vehicle or a ground designator can take a hand-off for targetting from the launching vehicle.

Use of the Sprint is often situational, in the tightest parts of an urban environment it's minimum range limitations are often a liability. In those cases the starboard mount is refitted with another weapon system, such as a second Hurricane or the 12.7mm Cyclone machinegun for anti-infantry use..

The Goliath is low to the ground, fast, and agile for a tracked vehicle, it is light and air-droppable. Designed principally for urban combat, the Goliath can be refitted for nearly any terrain circumstances, replacing weapon systems for it's environment. For example, as a tank destroyer both port and starboard mounts often fit Sprint launchers for use as battlefield support.

It's principal weakness is it's armor, but the armor is upgradable for battlefield environments, still it is not designed for a one on one slugging match with tanks in open terrain, but in built up areas or difficult terrain the Goliath becomes hard to spot and target.

Prices:

Goliath: 7,000,000 USD (armed with Hurricane and Sprint) Production rights: 5,000,000,000 USD
Skinny87
09-04-2005, 14:11
The Republic of Skinny87 will purchase 100 of these vehicles for use in our military, along with the production rights to said vehicle. The amount of $5.7 Billion USD, rounded up to £6 Billion USD for 'packaging costs', etc, has been wired to your account.
Anarcanis
09-04-2005, 14:13
order noted and in processing by our staff. please note that the production rights include those for the Hurricane and Sprint weapons system.
Russkya
09-04-2005, 22:14
Is Anarcanis Arms willing to sell the production rights multiple times?
Verdant Archipelago
09-04-2005, 22:46
OOC: How heavy is it? Unless it's 70 tons, you want to drop the power of that engine