NationStates Jolt Archive

OK. I was making one of this earlier, was about to post it when some shithead of a brother clicked it down, when I was taking a break after putting 2 hours of work in on it. The purpose was to prove that I actually had *insert weapon*, and wasn't just making it up during the conflict because I needed an advantage and I needed it fast. Also, so I and anyone I have a conflict with can be sure as to what my tank divsion or infantry company has. I really don't feel like having that happen again so I am gunna keep this simple as opposed to the big complex orgnizational system I had before...

I am sorting it really simply

Infantry
Ground Vehicles
Boats/ETC
Airplanes/ETC
Spaceships
WMDs
WMD Countering Thingys

Each item will be tagged with a YES IC Knowledge or NO IC Knowlegde tag, that states if the average nation knows about it. Exapmle of a YES IC Knowlegde tagged item: An Infantry Rifle. Example of an NO IC Knowlegde tagged thingy: Some top-secret doomsday device from my version of area 53

Infantry:

I-35 Infantry Rifle, IC Knowledge = Yes
The I-35 rifle is a bolt-action and highly accurate .50 caliber infantry rifle. The bolt-action set-up is because the Akeriaoni Defense Command deemed that accuracy and punch on a per shot basis were more important then rapid fire in their standard infantry rifle, and accurate semi-auto fire with the powerful round used was deemed not pratically possible, in other words, that it was not worht the expense. The I-35 utilizes 10 shot magazines, and comes with a 5 inch long bayonet attachable to the front of the rifle.

SO-12 Carbine, IC Knowledge = Yes
The SO-12 was designed as the weapon of choice for Spec Ops and paratrooper squads. It is small and compact, making it easy to carry and store while paying attention to something else (EG: Parachuting out of a plane above enemy territory, or avoiding detection deep behind enemy lines) It can fire automatically at about 3 rounds per second (180 rounds per minute) and also can fire semi auto. It uses a round equivilant to a 5.56 nato round. It has 30 round magazines, that is 10 seconds of full auto fire. A special version is availble that drops the automatic fire in favor of a silencer and subsonic ammo.

I-3 Pistol, IC Knowledge = Yes
The I-3 is intended to be mainly used in case of ammo shortage. A Variant called the SO-2 is also availible, it comes with an integeral silencer and subsonic ammo. The I-3 uses 15 shot mags of 5mm bullets, and is capable of semi-auto fire. The SO-2 is supplied with a combat knife.

CES-1 Prototype Combat Exo-Skeleton, IC Knowledge = HELL NO
The CES-1 suit is the result of years of top-secret ADC research, it shows great promise but still has major flaws...
Tests show that the CES-1 suit is capable of increasing a wearers physical strength nearly 3-fold. (Meaning, it nearly cubes the wearers strength) The armour sheathing of the main suit is also second only to a few things in the Aekiraoni military in terms of protective strength. According to test results, the finished suit will probably be able to take quite a bit of damage before being rendered inoperable.

However, this armour has several gaping flaws. First of, the power required is enormous, military base level supplys have been able to power it, but so far no portable power sources have been developed. Secondly, the suit is more expensive than said MBT, with a total cost per suit being projected as over 5 billion USD. And, thridly, its MUCH slower than said MBT, with a top speed of (so far) 5 MPH. Also, a new means of air-transport will need to be developed for this suit, as it is heavy enough to tear the bottom floor out of most Aekiraoni military cargo aircraft, and those that can carry it do so with a much reduced top speed and flight ceiling.

Ground Combat Vehicles

MCV-23 "Kirin's Blade" Mobile Combat Vehicle IC Kowledge = Yes
The MCV-23 is a sort of hybrid between a buggy and a tank. It uses wheels as opposed to treads, and is much faster than a normal tank (it can hit 100 mph without much trouble), though significantly less powerful in a stand-off combat situation. It is armed with a 55mm main gun and 2 secondary light machine guns (Think m249 saw). It has about an inch of alloy armour, that can stand up to most small-arms fire but will be ripped to shreds by any sorta cannon or missle launcher. They are mainly used for anti-infantry hit & run atttacks and for harrassing enemy vehicles

HCV-73 "Behemoth" Heavy Combat Vehicle IC Knowledge = No, we never used it
The HCV-73 is sometimes thought of more as a mobile weapons fortress than a tank. It can barely reach walking pace, on a good day. In terms of its size... lets put it this way... It can fill a 2 lane highway on its own. It is triangular in shape, with heavy mounted armor. Remember that sentence about how the CES-1 armour is second to few things in the Aekiraoni army? Well, this is one of them... In the first combat tests it overwhelmed the oppostion, even mortar shells were having litte effect on its armor. It was eventually destoryed with a co-ordinated artillery strike from several howitzers, but not before it had demolished 90 percent of their force... It is equipped with a 255mm cannon (mounted in the front tip) , a flak cannon (mounted in the middle), 3 100mm cannons (on the 2 side tips and the back) , 2 TOW Missile Launchers (on the 2 forward sides), a SAM system (on the middle/back), and 5 heavy machine guns (1 on each corner and side). It requires a crew of 25 men. Of course, there are only 3 of these in the entire military, and they take about 15 Billion USD and around a year to manufacture, so...

Aircraft

ASF-10 "Myrmidon" IC Knowledge = Yes
The ASF-10 is deisgned for air supeiriority. It can reach top speeds of mach 3 and comes equipped with 6 "Titan's Fang" Anti-Air Missiles. It is typically deployed on intercept missions and to destroy enemy bombers.

HSB-9 "Retaliator" IC Kowledge = Yes
The SB-9 is a heavy strategic bomber. It is capable of delivering presicion ordanance (including Tac Nukes, if it is demeed neccesary) from nearly 15 miles into the stratosphere. Its bomb bay can hold either 20 presicion convential bombs (think JDAMs), or 2 presicion Tac Nukes.

HGS-3 "Scythe" IC Knowledge = Yeah
The Scythe gunship is the main air to ground attack unit of the ADC. It has a .50 call gatling gun and a complement of anti-tank missles. 2 pilots are needed to pilot it.

Boats and other combat watercraft will here by not be included. Due to difficulty thinking of anything my nation is now landlocked. Sure is good to be still making your nation :)

Space Ships

Talon Space Fighter IC Knowledge = prolly not
The Talon Space Fighter was designed as the escort fighter of the ADC infinity. It is equipped with a smaller, quicker version of the cannon on the Infinity.

The ADC Infinity, IC Kownledge = not really
The Infinity (pictured below, if i can get this bloody photobucket piece of crap to work.) is the first attempt by the ADC to create a large scale (Ok, maybe not that large scale, it is less than 200 meters long) space combat vessel. The Inifinity is equipped with a mass-driver (rail gun) cannon capable of propelleing a small and dense metal penatrator at speeds well above mach 10 (at sea level). Its main functions are controlled from the command tower, and only space-suited engineers are stationed lower than that, as that is the only place perssurised (to save energy). The Hangar bay has 5 Talon Space Fighters.

http://tinypic.com/view.html?pic=66ge48




I will get to the other sections later... Oh, and before I forget, please post comments/etc on these, try to keep any criticisms constructive.

Added planes

Interesting mix of equipment, very puzzled though about the exo-skeleton being able to take a tank shell and survive. That suit must be massive, you're losing out on the sloped surfaces of a tank, assuming it has a vague humanoid shape, therefore you've got to compensate by adding extra armour making it pretty unusable in any form by shere weight alone.

If you want an exo-skeleton it might be wise to drop the surviving a tank shot ability as if this suit can be remotely useful it isn't going to be in good shape after taking a 90mm SABOT dart to the chest.

Not to mention the fact that most people utilize 140mm or bigger ETC guns.

Yeah, maybe that isn't the best idea. editing main thing now.

There is that as well, not forgetting that injuries to the human body can be inflicted by munitions that don't pentrate armour such as bruising, cracked ribs or internal bleeding, with the latter you might not even notice it has happened until its too late.

As for your suits protective ability I'd guess, as I've limited knowledge in the field, that protection from assault rifle calibres at medium range can be shrugged off with no problem but naturally there are going to be weak spots in the armour and larger calibres or munitions fired at closer range will be more effective.

Effective in killing your troops that is.

There is that as well, not forgetting that injuries to the human body can be inflicted by munitions that don't pentrate armour such as bruising, cracked ribs or internal bleeding, with the latter you might not even notice it has happened until its too late.

As for your suits protective ability I'd guess, as I've limited knowledge in the field, that protection from assault rifle calibres at medium range can be shrugged off with no problem but naturally there are going to be weak spots in the armour and larger calibres or munitions fired at closer range will be more effective.

Effective in killing your troops that is.

Well, that info in the thingy was JUST based on a study of the armour of the suit, the haven't gotten to studying the effects on the people inside.

And besides, it will prolly be at least 50 NS years before the suits are done, maybe I will have descovered how to put in intertial dampeners by then. Its a possiblity, right?

Intertial dampers.... are you talking futurey space tech or something a little more modern like some sort of material? In any case it would be a good idea to give your soldiers something a little better in performance than a bolt-action rifle, those things went out of the front-line soldiers hands before Korea.

I really ain't sure about that, was just trying to come up with a response :).

Yes, that is true, BUT, when EVERY front-line guy has a barret - scope sort of rifle, you can do quite a bit of damage.

Yeah... except for the huge weight of the weapon and the fact that a fireteam with automatic rifles is going to be able to surpress your troops to the extent they won't be able to make use of those weapons, especially in close quarters.

Also, in any sort of restrictive terrain, a fifty cal sniper is very big hindrance due to its size. If you want precision shooting, try something like a C7, it has a 3.4x sight and is a fairly accurate weapon, especially in a skilled shooters hands. It also has full auto for suppression work and anything where you need to get out a lot of rounds really fast as opposed to precision shots. After all, if a single soldier is up against a bunch, the last thing he'll want to do is cock his weapon between each shot.

Response to TJ: Well, thats assuming the automatic-weapon users are able to get within firing range. Also, they can just lob out a HE Nade at em :) AND, if they are in close quarters, a round or 2 in the skull with an I-3 pistol should do em in. And, of course, there is the bayonet ;) AND, the guys could have a team with carbines to support them.

Response to TCT: Well, its a *bit* smaller than a .50 cal sniper, due to the utter lack of the scope and the lack of the bipod and a bunch of the other stuff. It is also made out of pretty light weight stuff. Its not meant to be a a sniper rifle. Also, I make a policy of using only domestically made weaponry, so, that C7 thing isn't really an option. Also, I tend to use weight of numbers with infantry, so I most likely won't be outnumbered unless I am fighting someone quite a bit more powerfull that me.

You're lightened .50 rifle isn't going to have an almighty kick to each shot and your soldiers are going to be in no position to fire whilst on the move or even from unsupported standing positions, in an engagement your troops are going to up against automatic rifles, machine guns and grenandes plus anything else so completely disabling any benefit of such an overpowered rifle.

With no scope, reduced length and immense recoil you're soldiers are going to be absolute wrecks after even a brief engagement.