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When Civitas Americae began its Westamerika colony, it suddenly had land borders for the first time. In order to provide long-range artillery fire, and cross-channel fire in case an invasion was made of The Silver Sky’s nearby island, very long-range artillery was needed. The M75 Templar railway gun answered this need. Sporting a 280mm L/75 ETC cannon with EM rifling, this huge artillery piece has a range of 200 miles. In order for maximum mobility to be attained, it is built into a railway car, and travels on five-foot gauge rail. Weighing 215 tons and measuring 136 feet long, the sight of one of these is something never to be forgotten.

The M75 fires a 563-pound shell. Shell variants include high explosive, cluster, anti-personnel mine deployment, and naval mine deployment (limited to bottom distance mines due to weight). Computers aboard the M75 allow it to conduct time on target barrages, either by itself, or in unison with other guns.

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Price: $45 million a unit.
Sale of production rights is limited to GPE nations.

The Silver Sky would like to purchase:
200x M75 Templar Railway Guns for $9 Billion USD

Your order has been confirmed. All units should be complete and have successfully shipped within 4 months.

*money wired*

Such a system seems very vulnerable. Would not a Ballistic or Cruise missile system mounted on a wheeled vehicle be better? I am shore that the railways would be targeted if you were to be invaded. (OOC sory for any spelling errors, exc)

That being said we will take 2.

One thing that we did forget to mention is that, using more advanced reloading technology, this gun has a rate of fire of one round every 45 seconds.

Such a system seems very vulnerable. Would not a Ballistic or Cruise missile system mounted on a wheeled vehicle be better? I am shore that the railways would be targeted if you were to be invaded. (OOC sory for any spelling errors, exc)

As with all systems, there are vulnerabilities. Our preferred method of dealing with these vulnerabilities is to make sure that we have a top notch air defense system and to keep the trains moving and/or hidden in tunnels. As for ballistic or cruise cruise missile systems, these are much more easily interceptable, and don't have the flexibility that comes with artillery.


That being said we will take 2.

Thank you for your order. The two guns are now on their way.

[OOC: You are in the GPE?]

[OOC: You are in the GPE?]

Yes, in the Kingdom of Burgundy.