NationStates Jolt Archive

The following message has been intercepted from the region of NWOMM:
Sender: Unknown
Receiver target: NWOMM Commander Gomez.


"Dear Gomez, your squad of SGG-081s and 084s are en route, expect them via the north forest gulley tunnel network soon.
We will supply you whith pilots and two trucks of ammunition.
However, the SGG-44 armoured trucks you requested are unavailable, we're having troubles getting the desert desighn to work on a smaller chassis.

I have taken the liberty of providing you whith the statistics you asked for:

SGG-080 chassis capabilities:

Armour: Compressed titanium front shell, 50mm, angle: 12degrees
Basic composite shell pressed plate armour, whole body, 70mm
(I have also taken your advice, and attached the spaced armour plating on the turret, and rear engine compartment, much to the discomfort of our cheif researcher.)

Engine capabilities:
120kph cruising speed, flat land.
Capable of pulling an extra ton of weight.
(We have discovered that the average jungle speed of the tank is roughly 60kph. Dodging trees has proven a difficulty for newer pilots.
We are soon to begin work on a revised wheeled version, but whithout treads I doubt it's succes against the trees and debris)

Weight, scaling:
Weight of chassis: 8ton.
Size: 6.5foot across, 12foot long.
track width: 40cm
Crew: 1

Suspension system: Hydraulic.
Rise height: 3feet above ground level max.
Drop height: 6cm above ground level min.

Track: Rubberised catterpillar tread.

And also as requested, here are the turret loadouts:

Turret '081'
Rotation: 390degrees.
Rotation speed: four seconds full rotation.
Weaponry:
90mm Main gun
6x Rocket assisted AP 50mm DSshells. 800mm penetration of conventional composite armour.(The new timers have been attached, the shells will now detonate hopefully when inside the enemy tank, that embarrasment whith the test run was inexcusable.)
6x HE shells.
4x smoke shells.
2xChaff shells.
Total shell storage ability 18 shells, 90mm max.

Coaxial MG:
rotation: 2D, 30 degrees
15mm belt feed.
4000rounds per minute.

Turret mounted Chaingun:
Rotation: 3D, full hemisphere free movement.
15mm belt feed.
3200rounds per minute.
(I Have had the foglamps attached to the turrets as requested, I may make this standard issue.)


Turret '084'
Rotation: full free rotation.
Speed: 360degrees in 3.07 seconds.
Weponry:
Twin 25mm auto cannons
2D verticle rotation to 70degrees inclination.

SAM tower, 6x Bounder SAM missile.
Full free 3D hemishpericle rotation.
(I haven't been able to apply spaced armour plated onto the 084 there is no room.)



Issues whith desighn:
--Lightweight has caused conflict whith the engine power, we have applied RPM limiters but we still recieve calls for flipped 081s weekly.

--084 turret is too easy to spot, even when retracted to it's utter limmit, the SAM tower is STILL easily visible, even whith camo it's just to easy to spot, thus the 084 model will be unable to stray far from base camp.

--080 genereal piloting issues, sleep deprevation is causing some pilots to fall asleep during patrolls, we cannot come up whith the funds to install life function monitoring equipment, thus pilots need to work on a shift basis unless in active combat.

--90mm cannon recoil flips. When firing the HE shells, the added recoil has caused incidents of flipping when riding high on the suspension, thus we ask all pilots to ride low when preparing to fire.
Unfortunately this has caused annother problem, pilots are relying on the AP shells to much, depleting mauch needed anti tank ammunition for no reason.
New training drills are bieng established, and we are looking for a replacement for the HE shells.

--Engine cut outs in desert ops. ATTENTION ALL COMMANDERS:
Do NOT attempt to move desert tanks through the jungle and visa versa, the engines filters need to be changed and resized, and the desert engine loadout is made for long periods of crusing, the jungle causes far too many gear changes.
And the jungle tanks aren't ment to spend long times cruising, the desert ops can cause engine damage from over revving.


Please use your tanks well commander, we cannot spare many losses, war is on the horison, I can smell it. When that time comes, our small force will be unable to take on annother directly, thus we must use speed and cunning to tactically outwit any foes.
Flank them, and pick them off.
It's only a matter of time, and when such time comes your troops must be ready, continue drills and extra training..."

(Messege ends.)

"So is that it then?" Intelligence Director Corinth said rather bluntly as he stared over at the man, his voice was stern. He had been working in the facility in Yurka City for six years now, and he never took these kind of things lightly, "Hmm?"

"Y-yes Director." A young looking man in a labcoat blurted out, sweat pooling on his forehead. Through his thick glasses could be seen eyes full of fear, since he was the first man in charge of watching over that region, "I have the files right here..."

Corinth quickly grasped forward towards the documents and gave them a quick look before nodding over at the man, who promptly walked off hastily down the halls. As soon as the man was out of sight, Director Corinth walked forward towards the monitor and sent forth the following message to Emperor Yurka:

Reason:Build up of weaponry in NWOMM.
Threat: Minimal

Action Advised: I suggest sending in a small force to find out whats going on in that area. Possibly a few thousand...

Sincerely, Director Corinth

"Sergent? Do you know how this nation came to being?", General Tsu Kwan watched as the three 081s and a single 084 departed the supply base.

"No sir." Sergent Garamond stood next to him.

"A game, Russian Roulette. Our nations founder was a warlord that got lucky."
"What are you saying sir?"
"We grow every day, step by step, but still we are not ready for whatever our leader is planning for."
"I have full confidence in our troops sir."
"As you should, as you should, but we would only be able to defend.
Our strategy so far is only a stealthy defence, we could easily take a force a hundred times our size, but we would take such great losses, and whith almost 60% of our population in the military..."
"Loss is unavoidable sir, but we would still be able to live after a conflict, we've done it for the years we spent trying to take the nation in the first place, geurilla warfare, day in day out for centuries, just because we can build some better equipment doesn't mean we've lost our way."
"Well, right you are there...
But god help us if our leader's right...
If war breaks out, total war, our country doesn't have the numbers to fight annother.
These days 3.5million soldiers just isn't enough."
"We're trained, and equipped to fight on our own soil,
whith the new Naval Guns being installed throughout the mountain ranges we can shell an incoming force easily.
Whith the SGG's we can do what no other nation can, we can use cheap stealth, by meerely shutting off the engine and dropping to ground level one of the 081's can vanish from sight in the jungle.
Heck! we even LOST one the other day!
If this enemy he's talking about is powerful?
All we need to do is cut them down before they punch..."

Whith that the two seperated, the Sergent to annother group of fresh SGG pilots, and the General to over see the fortification of the capital.
Paranoia was on the rise throughout the nation, the leader, Emperor Gannt, was growing ever suspicios of those around him, and whith every day annother squad of SGG tanks was ready for deploy ment.
Annother training day for the soldiers of the NWOMM, their ranks swelling only marginally, but their skill growing to extreems.
The normal snipers were picking off coulored leaves in the jungle for practice, holding week long sniper duels for bragging rights.
The normal infantry were each becoming capable of anything, each soldier moulding into a special operations expert, using the experiance from their older years of rebel conflict, and their potriotic national will to fuel them.
Not to mention, the SGG tank, built to fight in tight jungle warfare, desighned to battle in an environment that covered the entire nation, all exept the desert regions to the south.
The desert strip, nothing but scorpions and snakes for miles, and directly in the line of fire for the naval gun emplacements.
War, was what the region was silently preparing for, war, was what the region was spawned from, and war, would be the defining moment in their history... if they survived.

~Yurkan Government Channel~

The Great Leader, Emperor Drake Yurka slowly ascended the stairs of the black palace, the crowds outside the gates cheering in unisen at him. The balcony he was standing was completely covered in transparent bullet proof glass, though nobody below knew that. It had been there for five years now and still he had never been sniped at. But still, it was better for him to be safe than sorry. What would the Empire of Yurka be without its beloved, powerful monarchy?

"Mighty Citizens of Yurka!!! I come to you with a wish in mind... A wish for our future!" His words were broken by the screams of the crowd as they cheered in unisen once more, almost like clockwork, "The region of NWOMM is slowly gaining more and more military power! Our sources tell us that its only a time being before they use these weapons against us!!!" He shouted again as the crowd cheered out his name. God he loved this. Hell, even if they weren't supposed to cheer they probably would have anyway.

Any who oppose us will die... The emperor thought to himself, grinning abit. He didn't tell them anymore, since they really weren't concerned about that. All they cared about was the glory of the empire, and that was all that really mattered anyways. The fact of the matter was, NWOMM would soon become a thorn in the empire's quest for territory in the region. So obviously the only sane thing would be to destroy them before they had a chance to do some real damage...

Emperor Drake Yurka (31st Emperor of the Yurkan Empire)
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