The Macabees
09-10-2005, 19:29
Praetorian II Mobile Surface to Air Missile Launcher
[Image: The image was drawn by myself, and colored by Ato-Sara.]
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The Praetorian II was the response to the growing problems concerning the Praetorian mobile surface to air missile launcher, including the fact that the Praetorian V missiles sometimes jammed within the small tubes, and that regardless of the sold range, the missile didn't have that range, which was likely because the launchers were extremely small, constricting the original size of the missile. Furthermore, there were problems with the fact that the barrels of the Praetorian launcher could simply not stand the head of sustained fire from the missiles, cuasing them to be needing replacements after every two launching sequences. As a consequence, the Praetorian mobile launcher was just too expensive to keep in combat for sustained periods of time. Indeed, the cost of putting these into combat around Aurillac and Mosnoi Bor during the War of Golden Succession was immense, eclipsing the cost of operating the early aerial formations.
The Praetorian II, unlike the original design, is not a self powered vehicle, but instead relies on an Ebro Type 23 truck. The truck has a six hundred horse power engine with a two stick transmission designed to maximize par and minimize horsepower when in the context of acceleration, meaning the truck is designed to tow, not to move quickly. The first stick has five gears, which are directly controlled by the second stick with three groups, giving the truck a total of fifteen gears. The first group maximizes torque [par], while the second group is designed for more acceleration if there is a need, and the third group is for reverse. The steering application is done through hydraulics and the braking is done by wire, although the brake itself is divided into two, allowing the driver to apply the brake one tire, depending on the direction of the turn, consequently the truck can make wider turns.
Before the Praetorian launcher, the box guards the computer application which is the fire and control system, as well as the central nervous system for the Engagement Control Station. The computer also localizes a phased array radar, which works on multiple bandwidths, and is very difficult to jam. Indeed, the PAC-3 system's radar has been deemed one of the most difficult, and considering that the radar on the Praetorian is more advance than that on the PAC-3, it can be deducted that the Praetorian's radar is, indeed, very difficult to jam.
Praetorian II mostly work in packs, with a single command truck commanding up to one hundred batteries over a range of over one hundred kilometers. The command truck includes a Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, which houses and leads the information and coordination central, that controls air traffic locations during an air battle sending information to higher echelons and subordinate groups, Communications relay groups, antenna mast groups, Trailer mounted electric power units, and guided missile transporters.
The fire and control system present on the Praetorian II, dubbed 'Brass', is the new top notch of said systems, developed by General Dynamics (Canada) and expanded upon by the Empire's own 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 II's computer also feeds transmissions from grounded, and larger, RADAR arrays, on land, air and sea, giving it wider and more accurate coverage.
The launcher can launch eight Praetorians within a time set of fifteen seconds. It can thus be reloaded within forty-five minutes, depending on the logistical capabilities of the nation using the equipment. To take the heat of multiple launch sequences the launcher is lined internally with a cap of RENE N6, a Nickel based aluminum superalloy which has been tested time and time again to have high heat resistivity and the additional resistance to hydrogen enviroment embrittlement, caused by high heat. The launcher must be maintained after every twenty launch sequences, but doesn't necessarilly have to be replaced.
The Praetorian missile, technically the Praetorian VI, has just reverted to the original name of merely the Praetorian surface to air missile. The missile has been changed to be exactly the same missile as used in fixed batteries in order to improve logistics capabilities of the Praetorian batteries, wether fixed or mobile. The missile uses a fully capable RAMjet, which works at lower altitudes than the SCRAMjet, but still uses a temporary rocket booster. The missile has the capability of hitting Mach 1.2 within ten seconds after launch, and Mach 2 after twenty seconds of launch. It's counter-thrust nozzle vectoring gives it superior manuevaribility. It's said the PAC-3 can out manuever any aircraft and most missiles; imagine the Praetorian.
The Praetorian II mobile launcher is to become the mainstay surface to air missile battery used within the Empire for at least the next thirty years, further improvements nonwithstanding. It's deemed a very large improvement over the past design, the Praetorian MSAM, and one of the best regarding international armaments.
Statistics:
Truck: Ebro Type 23 [Heavy Logistics]
Engine: 600 bhp biodiesel
Maximum Velocity: 60 kph
Range: 405 kilometers
Length: 13.5 meters
Width: 3.7 meters
Angle of Turn: seventy-six degrees [if a full turn would be ninety degrees]
Sensor Systems:
Engagement Control Station
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
Information and Coordination Central
Communications Relay Groups
Antenna Masts Groups
Trailer Mounted Electric Power Units
Missile Powerplant: Hydrogen enjection/RAMjet/Rocket Engine
Missile Range: 350 kilometers
Missile Length: 5.6 meters
Missile Weight: 376 kilograms
Warhead: 75 kilogram high explosive/CAPMES secondary warhead [disposable metalstorm canister]
Cost: 1.7 Million USD
[Image: The image was drawn by myself, and colored by Ato-Sara.]
http://worldwarwiki.modernwarstudies.net/personal_images/praetorianframes.png
The Praetorian II was the response to the growing problems concerning the Praetorian mobile surface to air missile launcher, including the fact that the Praetorian V missiles sometimes jammed within the small tubes, and that regardless of the sold range, the missile didn't have that range, which was likely because the launchers were extremely small, constricting the original size of the missile. Furthermore, there were problems with the fact that the barrels of the Praetorian launcher could simply not stand the head of sustained fire from the missiles, cuasing them to be needing replacements after every two launching sequences. As a consequence, the Praetorian mobile launcher was just too expensive to keep in combat for sustained periods of time. Indeed, the cost of putting these into combat around Aurillac and Mosnoi Bor during the War of Golden Succession was immense, eclipsing the cost of operating the early aerial formations.
The Praetorian II, unlike the original design, is not a self powered vehicle, but instead relies on an Ebro Type 23 truck. The truck has a six hundred horse power engine with a two stick transmission designed to maximize par and minimize horsepower when in the context of acceleration, meaning the truck is designed to tow, not to move quickly. The first stick has five gears, which are directly controlled by the second stick with three groups, giving the truck a total of fifteen gears. The first group maximizes torque [par], while the second group is designed for more acceleration if there is a need, and the third group is for reverse. The steering application is done through hydraulics and the braking is done by wire, although the brake itself is divided into two, allowing the driver to apply the brake one tire, depending on the direction of the turn, consequently the truck can make wider turns.
Before the Praetorian launcher, the box guards the computer application which is the fire and control system, as well as the central nervous system for the Engagement Control Station. The computer also localizes a phased array radar, which works on multiple bandwidths, and is very difficult to jam. Indeed, the PAC-3 system's radar has been deemed one of the most difficult, and considering that the radar on the Praetorian is more advance than that on the PAC-3, it can be deducted that the Praetorian's radar is, indeed, very difficult to jam.
Praetorian II mostly work in packs, with a single command truck commanding up to one hundred batteries over a range of over one hundred kilometers. The command truck includes a Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, which houses and leads the information and coordination central, that controls air traffic locations during an air battle sending information to higher echelons and subordinate groups, Communications relay groups, antenna mast groups, Trailer mounted electric power units, and guided missile transporters.
The fire and control system present on the Praetorian II, dubbed 'Brass', is the new top notch of said systems, developed by General Dynamics (Canada) and expanded upon by the Empire's own 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 II's computer also feeds transmissions from grounded, and larger, RADAR arrays, on land, air and sea, giving it wider and more accurate coverage.
The launcher can launch eight Praetorians within a time set of fifteen seconds. It can thus be reloaded within forty-five minutes, depending on the logistical capabilities of the nation using the equipment. To take the heat of multiple launch sequences the launcher is lined internally with a cap of RENE N6, a Nickel based aluminum superalloy which has been tested time and time again to have high heat resistivity and the additional resistance to hydrogen enviroment embrittlement, caused by high heat. The launcher must be maintained after every twenty launch sequences, but doesn't necessarilly have to be replaced.
The Praetorian missile, technically the Praetorian VI, has just reverted to the original name of merely the Praetorian surface to air missile. The missile has been changed to be exactly the same missile as used in fixed batteries in order to improve logistics capabilities of the Praetorian batteries, wether fixed or mobile. The missile uses a fully capable RAMjet, which works at lower altitudes than the SCRAMjet, but still uses a temporary rocket booster. The missile has the capability of hitting Mach 1.2 within ten seconds after launch, and Mach 2 after twenty seconds of launch. It's counter-thrust nozzle vectoring gives it superior manuevaribility. It's said the PAC-3 can out manuever any aircraft and most missiles; imagine the Praetorian.
The Praetorian II mobile launcher is to become the mainstay surface to air missile battery used within the Empire for at least the next thirty years, further improvements nonwithstanding. It's deemed a very large improvement over the past design, the Praetorian MSAM, and one of the best regarding international armaments.
Statistics:
Truck: Ebro Type 23 [Heavy Logistics]
Engine: 600 bhp biodiesel
Maximum Velocity: 60 kph
Range: 405 kilometers
Length: 13.5 meters
Width: 3.7 meters
Angle of Turn: seventy-six degrees [if a full turn would be ninety degrees]
Sensor Systems:
Engagement Control Station
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
Information and Coordination Central
Communications Relay Groups
Antenna Masts Groups
Trailer Mounted Electric Power Units
Missile Powerplant: Hydrogen enjection/RAMjet/Rocket Engine
Missile Range: 350 kilometers
Missile Length: 5.6 meters
Missile Weight: 376 kilograms
Warhead: 75 kilogram high explosive/CAPMES secondary warhead [disposable metalstorm canister]
Cost: 1.7 Million USD