NationStates Jolt Archive

This thread, for the RP group A Modern World (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=455144), is a source of reference for defence systems produced and used by participant nations and companies.

This first post will contain a number of categories within which shall be named relevant items. The names shall link to sources of information on the associated item. These sources may be in the form of posts to this thread; entries on the off-site forums (http://s9.invisionfree.com/NS_Modern_World/index.php?); or, where AMW nations produce "RL" equipment, to other external sites describing the item in question.

AMW players, then, are invited to contribute by making posts in this thread (one per item, ideally!) to which I can link directly, or informing me here of the RL items they produce.

Since I should be able to link to individual posts, there's no problem with extended discussion on items or on the set-up of this thread.

Note: Equipment names are indicated thus (Followed by nation of origin) [And list of current operators]

AIRCRAFT

Rotary Wing

Attack Helicopters/Gunships

Ka-29 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-29.htm) (Russia) [Spyr]

Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters

Ka-28 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-28.htm) (Russia) [Spyr]

Transport/Multi-Role Helicopters

HAL Dhruv (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10104895&postcount=26) (Hindustan/Igovian Soviet Commonwealth) [Hindustan, Igovian Soviet Commonwealth, Strathdonia]

Ka-27 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-27.htm) (Russia) [Spyr H-82 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Fighters

Attackers

Sino Combat Aircraft Corp J-16 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103016&postcount=13) (China) [China]

Sukhoi Su-7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-7) (Russia) [Spyr]

Sukhoi Su-27 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/su-27.htm) (Russia) [Spyr F-84 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Interceptors/Air Superiority

Aircraft Industrial Development Corp J-14 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103033&postcount=14) (China) [China]

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. F(J).4/PAf.4 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10085397&postcount=4) (Hindustan) [Hindustan]

Transports/Other

Transports

E-150 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103362&postcount=20) (China) [China]

Il-18 (http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=249) (Russia) [Spyr C-59 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Command/Control/Surveillance

Il-20 command platform (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/il-20.htm) (Russia) [Spyr]

Maritime Patrol/Anti Submarine

Il-38 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/il-38.htm) (Russia) [Spyr]

Weapons

Air to Air Missiles

Skysword/Tian Chian series (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103091&postcount=15) (China) [China]

Bombs

LS-20K Penetrating Ordinance (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10135467&postcount=33) (China) [China]

NAVAL VESSELS

Submarines

Nuclear Attack/Guided Missile Submarines

Ming Class SSGN (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103132&postcount=16) (China) [China]

Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines

Conventional/Non-Nuclear Attack/Patrol Submarines

Bihar Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10133587&postcount=32) (Hindustan) [Hindustan]

Foxtrot Class (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/641.htm) (Russia) [Spyr Suokoyu Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Hound Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10082953&postcount=2) (Igovian Soviet Commonwealth)

Aircraft Carriers

Fleet Carriers

Light/Helicopter Carriers

Big-Gun Ships

Battleships

Lyong-ti Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10141932&postcount=34) (Spyr) [Spyr]

Monitors

Zanzibar Class Catamaran Monitor (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10133574&postcount=31) (Hindustan) [Hindustan [i]Timor, Strathdonia New Britain, UAR Lusaka Zanzibar]

Other Major Surface Combatants

Cruisers

Yang Class Trimaran Missile Cruiser (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103156&postcount=18) (China) [China]

Destroyers/Frigates

Kashin Class Destroyer (http://www.russianwarrior.com/STMMain.htm?1969vehicle_Kashin.htm&1) (Russia) [Spyr Tae-e Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Krivaki Class Anti-Submarine Frigate (http://www.russianwarrior.com/STMMain.htm?1969vehicle_Krivak.htm&1) (Russia) [Spyr Gaki Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Emperor/Wong Class Destroyer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103134&postcount=17) (China) [China]

Corvettes

Joint Indian Corvette (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10104844&postcount=25) (Hindustan/Igovian Soviet Commonwealth) [Hindustan Bengal Class, Igovian Soviet Commonwealth Gujarat Class, UAR Lusaka Revolution (Gujarat) Class]

Parchim Class (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/133_1.htm) (German Democratic Republic) [Spyr Okamihi Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Patrol/Missile/Torpedo/Other Craft

Type 037 Sub-Chaser (http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/littoral/hainan.asp) (China) [Spyr Myotoh Class Patrol Boat (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Weapons

Anti-Ship Missiles

Brave Wind/Hsieng Feng Sea-Skimming Series (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103352&postcount=19) (China) [China]

GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS

Small Arms

Pistols

D-33A/B Tokalert Automatic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10094619&postcount=7) (Igovian Soviet Commonwealth) [Igovian Soviet Commonwealth]

Crew-Served/Heavy Weapons

Anti-Tank Guided Weapons

BRES Totem 3T (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10129136&postcount=30) (Igovian Soviet Commonwealth) [Igovian Soviet Commonwealth]

Armoured Vehicles

Tanks

T-54/55 Family Medium Tanks (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/t54tank.htm) (Various) [Hindustan T-55I (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10127943&postcount=28), Igovian Soviet Commonwealth T-55, Lavrageria T-55M-L, UAR Lusaka T-56(L), Mozambique Commonwealth T-55, Spyr T-58 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27), Strathdonia T-55S (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10103775&postcount=22), Yugoslavia T-55]

Chidao Steelworks Factory Collective T-92 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10083146&postcount=3) (Spyr) [Spyr]

Type 63A Light Amphibious Tank (http://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type63a.asp) (China) [Spyr T-63 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Type 95 Ha-go Light Tank (http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/ha-go.htm) (Japan) [Spyr T-35 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Armoured Personnel Carriers

BTR-50P Amphibian (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/btr-50.htm) (Russia) [Spyr V-54 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

WZ-551 6x6 (http://www.sinodefence.com/army/armour/wz551.asp) (China) [Spyr V-86 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10114251&postcount=27)]

Air Defence

Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile Systems

Lusaka Africa Republican Arsenal LS-8 AFRISAM (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10086524&postcount=5) (UAR Lusaka)

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

BG-37 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10094586&postcount=6) (Igovian Soviet Commonwealth) [Igovian Soviet Commonwealth]

[u]Artillery/Rocketry

Field Guns/Howitzers

130mm Type 59-1 (http://www.sinodefence.com/army/artillery/tubeartillery/towed_130.asp) (China) [Spyr G-59]

155mm Type 89 (http://www.sinodefence.com/army/artillery/tubeartillery/towed_155.asp) (China) [Spyr G-89]

Multiple-Rocket Launchers

Melghat Ordnance Factories R.130 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10098501&postcount=9) (Hindustan) [Hindustan]

Ballistic Missiles

Hwasong-6 SRBM (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10097750&postcount=8) (Dra-pol) [Dra-pol, UAR Lusaka]

[Building]

Hound Class D/E Patrol Submarine (Picture Link) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Chivtv/NS1/HoundSubmarineProject2.jpg)

The result of Sentinel Project 2, the Hound first appeared during the Llewellyn Principality, and has continued to serve the revolutionary Commonwealth.

The Hound was used to deploy mines and to deliver or extract spies against the Hindustanis from the late 1960s, and continues in service to this day. Following Llewellyn's downfall and the establishment of Soviet power in Beth Gellert, the Hound design was overhauled starting in the late 1980s under Sopworth, the main improvement being a re-armament enabling the submarines to launch new 517mm heavy torpedoes.

The Hound's hull shape is begining to date, and unimpressive top-speeds mean that it is employed less and less as an offensive hunter and more as a coastal patrol asset, where the hardy and long-serving vessel still has significant potential utility.

Role: Coastal defence
Into Service: Late 1960s, update programme begun late 1980s
Complement: 23
Length: 72m
Displacement: 1,185tons submerged
Powerplant: Diesel engine, electric motor
Maximum Speed: 17knots surfaced, 10knots submerged
Armament: Eight tubes; four bow (8 warheads), four stern (4 warheads) for 517mm Type 1-B MKII torpedoes; mine laying capacity

Some thirty Hound Class submarines continue to serve in the Soviet People's Navy, while three have been exported to the UAR Lusaka, six pre-upgrade examples to Libya, and twenty pre-upgrade to the CPR Dra-pol though one of these was since destroyed in action against Hindustani surface vessels. In all, fifty-eight of sixty produced hulls continue to serve with four navies on two continents.

T-92 Main Battle Tank

Up until the 1970s, the Stranist Revolutionary Army lagged behind many nations in the development of battle tanks, relying on an increasingly outdated pool of imported and domestically-produced variants of the USSR's T-55. These vehicles could only go so far, even under a constant upgrade program: with new designs emerging amongst the Quinntonians and Bonstockians showing worrisome capabilities against older units, the SRA issued a call in 1977 for a domestic vehicle capable of holding its own against tanks on the cutting edge. The resulting design from the Chidao Steelworks Factory Collective entered full production in 1992, and incorporated a plethora of innovative features. An ammunition autoloader decreased crew requirements from four to three, while variable suspension allowed a high degree of maneuverability over increasing elevations (a feature vital to the terrain of Lyong). Several variants exist, including mine-clearing and vehicle-recovery models.

The T-92 has seen limited combat deployment, with several units having served in peacekeeping operations within Burma and then Sujava. While not neccessarily a detriment, features optimized for Lyong terrain were found to be of little use in the Burmese campaign, a fact which many observers have noted maks the unit a capable defensive vehicle for the SRA but an overly-expensive one for overseas deployment.

Hull length: 7.5m.
Hull width: 3.05m.
Height: 2.34m.
Crew: 3.
Ground Clearance: 0.45m (adjustable between 0.2 to 0.6m)
Weight: 50,000kg (combat)
Ground pressure: 0.89kg/sq.cm
Max speed: 70km/h.
Max range (internal fuel): 400km on road.
Armament: 120mm smoothbore gun (imported German Rhinemetall), 1 x 7.62mm machine gun mounted coaxially, 1 x 14.5mm machine gun on turret roof.

[OOC: The T-92 exists as the Japanese Type-90 main battle tank in RL]

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. F(J).4/PAf.4

Development

The PAf. 4 was developed in response to an HADF requirement for an air defense fighter capable of supplanting the English Electric Lightning F.6, which was then the HADF's only Mach 2-capable combat aircraft type. The Lightning F.6 was of course as popular with pilots as ever, but the issue came up of the relatively limited utility of the airpass radar in the modern combat environment, even in its upgraded form. Despite the significant drawbacks possessed by the radar-guided missiles of the day, such as the AIM-7, the Lightning lacked any ability to attack targets further than ten kilometers or so away.

The high maintainance requirements of the Lightning were also taken into account, especially the need to operate them from well-kept, centralized facilities. At a time when Bedgellen cross-border raids were a regular occurrance, concentrating the HADF's most important air defense assets at large airbases was deemed a rather bad idea and it became a matter of policy not to base Lightning units any closer than three hundred kilometers to the border.

Work on what was to become the PAf. 4 commenced in 1975, and the project would occupy the majority of HAL's most talented design engineers for the next ten years.

In designing the aircraft, the engineers placed manouverability, STOL characteristics, and easy flying characteristics at the top of the list of priorities. After discussion with Saab engineers, HAL's team settled on a canard-delta configuration very similar to what ended up on the JA-37 Viggen, which provided an extra control surface and extra wing area for high manouverability and also added lift for short take-offs and landings.

The idea of coming up with a light fighter to challenge the Quinntonian F-16 project was borrowed from Dassault, and numerous design pointers were taken from the highly parallel, and slightly faster-paced, Mirage 2000 program.

First Flights And Early Squadron Service

HAL's first PAf. 4 prototype, P.549, took to the air on February 24th, 1978. Without radar and powered by an Adour turbofan instead of the exponentially more powerful J53, P.549 still proved to be quite pleasant to fly, responsive, and agile. The following February, the first pre-production FA.1 flew, and left a considerable impression with the HADF pilots who flew it. With the J53 turbofan installed, the PAf. 4 could go over twice the speed of sound at altitude and could climb considerably faster than the EE Lightning.

In 1981, No. 4 squadron became the first operational PAf. 4 unit. At that stage, the Mk.1 variant was equipped only with the most basic radar, but fortunately, for the entirety of their combat service, they only had to fly against Igovian MiG-21s and Mirage IIIs, both much less manouverable (although more numerous), and without superior missile technology. In the air battles that took place during the opening years of the Sopworth dictatorship, the PAf. 4 and Python 3'd EE Lightning were the best fighter jets in India.

By the end of 1986, some 350 PAf. 4FA.1s had been built by HAL, including 30 two-seat trainer variants, and the type was operational in six squadrons. This concluded the production run, but the type would be upgraded continuously throughout the next decade.

Combat Service In Bonstock and Nepal

The type's second action came during the Bonstock war, where they participated in relatively little air-to-air combat. However, during one engament a flight of five PAf. 4s brought down three Bonstockian Gripens without loss, and numerous other individual shoot-downs of Gripens and Bonstockian support aircraft were recorded as well, all coming out in favor of the PAf. 4s, although several were shot up badly by ground fire.

The PAf. 4's next conflict came during the Chinese invasion of Nepal, where thirty of the 130 or so single-seat variants participated in the defense of Nepal. Here too, they saw relatively little air-to-air combat, as the Igovian air force took over the bulk of the responsibility for air operations, but there were at least four confirmed kills made by PAf. 4 pilots, most of them made on Chinese bombers and attack aircraft, but once downing an advanced J-10. While that instance seemed to confirm that the PAf. 4 was still a highly capable fighter, it was really more of there being ten PAf. 4s and two J-10s, one of which was brought down by a Rapier SAM. But the fact that the J-10s were unable to score any hits on the HADF aircraft was encouraging in itself.

Mk.2 Variant, Future Service

In spite of the PAf. 4's apparently good performance in Nepal, it soon became clear to the HADF that a more modern variant was badly needed, with improved performance and more up-to-date avionics systems.

The Mk.2 is largely the result of HAL's forays into thrust-vectoring technology, during which it was determined that a thrust-vectoring nozzle would hardly hurt the aircraft. The biggest change involves the mounting of the highly capable Type 200 radar on the Mk.2 variant, which offers better capability than anything else in service.

The FA.3 variant does have some notable improvements in terms of self-defense and countermeasures, though. These include an upgraded radar warning reciever, a new jamming system, and even a laser warning reciever. The FA.3 is also able to mount the newest electronic warfare pods, and has even been tested with a towed decoy system. R-77I AAMs can also be carried by the FA.3 variant, thanks to its newer Blue Vixen variant, and this more than doubles the PAf. 4's engagement range.

All in all, the PAf. 4Mk.2 probably rates between the Rafale and the Eurofighter on the BVR Combat Rating Scale Vs. Su-27 late variants (http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk/Eurofighter/tech.php), but this is mostly due to its usage of the R-77I AAM, which has a much greater range than the MBDA MICA, and not much in the way a result of increased technological sophistication.

Despite this increased level of advancement, the PAf. 4 retains a superb level of reliability and robustness, and can stand up to service conditions that would ruin an aircraft like the F-16 or F-15.

The HADF intends to introduce the PAf.9FA.1, HAL's first low-observable aircraft and essentially a stealth FA.3Mk.2, in twenty years or so, and it will then replace the PAf.4 in front-line service. But given the HADF's tendancy to extract every possible hour of airframe service life from its equipment, it is probable that the PAf. 4 will be in HADF service, at least in the Air Force Auxiliary, for as long as they can safely be flown.

Radar

The F(J).4 Mk.1 uses a Type 100/150 multimode Pulse-Doppler set, which can look out to around 80km for fighter-sized targets. This radar is compatible with the Derby AAM and to an extent the R-77I, but cannot use the D'Angelot Maudit. Type 100/150 sets are not terribly inferior to the Mirage 2000's RDY, and compare favorably to the MiG-21 Bison's Kopyo, MiG-29's Zhuk, and F-16's APG-66, but are greatly handicapped in range when compared with the RBE2 or CAPTOR.

Half the GR/T. 1 twin-seat variants are equipped with a Type 170-E surface search radar, mostly an Agave but with slightly improved performance. The Type 170-E suits the type's role as advanced weapons trainer and anti-shipping aircraft quite well, and there are plans underway to replace the Type 170-E with an Elta EL/M-2032, which offers better range and resolution. The other half have terrain-following radars and laser target designators in the nose, and besides their training role are employed as precision strike aircraft.

The Mk.2's pre-AESA Type 200 Pulse-Doppler Multimode set is quite close in capability to the CAPTOR, but operates on a fundamentally different principle, mainly in that it is a passive electronically-scanned array as opposed to the CAPTOR's mechanical setup. The Type 200 can reportedly track just shy of 20 targets (compared to the Rafale's 40) and engage six of them (to the Rafale's eight) at a time, out to more than 160km for fighter-sized targets and perhaps twice that far for larger aircraft. The Type 200 can reportedly burn through heavy electronic countermeasures with an alternate data channel, much like the CAPTOR, and also has the ability to designate and prioritize targets. Eventually, all F(J).4 single-seat fighter variants are slated to recieve the Type 200 radar, but this upgrade won't be fully carried out until 2015, according to optimistic projections.

Although the Type 200's effectiveness against stealth aircraft like the F-22 is quite limited, as is the case with most contemporary aircraft radars, Hindustan's new (and quite costly) air defense radar system, consisting of HF over-the-horizon sets, is capable of detecting and tracking stealth targets, although currently the OTH radars cannot guide munitions themselves.

The Type 212 radar, which is, at the present time, ungainly for even a Boxkite to lug around, should in theory offer a considerable increase in range and effectiveness against stealth targets. But the Type 212 is still years away from completion and won't be installed on PAf. 4s very much before it is installed on PAf. 9s.

Specifications

Type: Single-seat fighter-bomber and twin-seat strike plane & trainer
Powerplant: 1xHAL Type 53-P2 turbofan at 64.33kN (14,462lbf) thrust dry, 98.06kN (22,046lbf) augmented
Performance: Maximum speed at altitude Mach 2.23, range 1,445km with air-to-air payload, service ceiling 17,000m, rate of climb 56,000 ft/min
Weights: 7,500kg empty, 15,000kg max. take off
Armament: 2x30mm ADEN cannons, up to 5,000kg (5,750kg in TGR.1) of external stores including:
F(J).4 FGA.1: folding-fin rockets, unguided bombs, AT.50 PGMs, Sea Eagle ASMs, ARMAT anti-radar missiles, Python 3 & 4, R-73I, and R-77I-1 AAMs
F(J).4 TGR.1: folding-fin rockets, unguided bombs, laser-guided bombs, AT.50 PGMs, Land Eagle PGMs, Sea Eagle ASMs, BrahMos ASMs, AS30L PGMs, ARMAT anti-radar missiles, runway-cratering submunition dispensers, Python 3 & 4 and R-73I AAMs
F(J).4 FGA.2: folding-fin rockets, unguided bombs, laser-guided bombs, AT.50 PGMs, Sea Eagle ASMs, AS30L PGMs, runway-cratering submunition dispensers, ARMAT anti-radar missiles, Python 3, 4, & 5, R-73I, R-77I-1 & 2, and D'Angelot Maudit AAMs

Lusaka Africa Republican Arsenal LS-8 AFRISAM Area Defence Surface-to-Air Missile System

Brief
The LARA LS-8 AFRISAM was meant to cover a number of gaps in the Republic’s air defence grid. The military contract called for a mobile system to display, “superior performance to the comparable Soviet (Russian) origin SAM systems currently in Lusakan service at lower cost than would result from importing modern systems from the developed world.”

Guidance
AFRISAM is equipped with electronic counter-measure equipment to cut through jamming, and employs command and optional terminal guidance with a semi-active radar seeker in the terminal stages (around 3-5 seconds) of flight. The new Scavenger radar that accompanies LS-8 battalion is capable of detecting aircraft flying at tree top height, and the LS-8 missile of engaging the same. Scavenger can track forty-eight targets and attack four at a time, guiding up to eight missiles against them.

Performance
Integral ramjet rocket propulsion allows for a fairly small, lightweight missile with an impressive payload. A solid-propellant booster initiates the LS-8 missile’s flight, carrying it to above Mach 1 in a matter of seconds before being jettisoned as the ramjet motor takes over. Speed is then in excess of Mach 3.2. Launch weight is reported at just over 600kg and warhead-weight generally around 50kg. Reaction speed is said to be quite good, with perhaps less than fifteen seconds between detection and firing. The LS-8 Surface-to-Air Missile’s range is up to roughly 28km, and ceiling 14,500m.

Configuration
AFRISAM’s core component, the LS-8 missile launcher, is mounted upon a modified Luskan-built BMP-2 chassis and carries three launch-ready missiles. Scavenger radar and command unit is aboard a modified Czech OT-62B APC. Zil-131 trucks are normally used as primary reload vehicles.
An AFRISAM battalion typically consists of one improved Long Track early warning radar (150km range, 30km altitude), one Scavenger fire-control radar (65km range) and command unit, two Zil-131 reload-vehicles, and four launch vehicles. Long Track(L) may serve more than one battalion operating in the same area.

BG-37 Anti-Aircraft Cannon

The successor to BG-30, as a static and towed weapon this is likely to be deployed less widely in modern service than was the earlier cannon in the original Sopworth Commonwealth, thanks largely to increasing mechanisation. The BG-37 uses a computer-controlled electro-optical director which can operate alone or in conjunction with Tylluan short-range radar, the former element being a passive high-resolution TV tracking system that operates without emitting radar signals, thus improving survivability against SEAD operations.

The long-barrel single-mounted gun has a rate of fire in excess of 500 rounds per minute and is capable of attacking such targets as incoming anti-radar missiles in steep dives as well as aircraft and ground-based targets. Sub-calibre munitions have powerful anti-tank potential to considerable ranges.

A fairly light-weight single-barrel weapon, the BG-37 is usually towed by a SEB Acha 6x6 truck from within which the system may be remotely commanded, but it is sometimes found in static positions around sensitive facilities and may also be towed behind Land Cruiser 4x4 vehicles, though with less impressive mobility.

D-33A/B Tokalert Automatic Pistol

The on-going development of the D-41 pistol for Expert Corps service has lead Soviet and university designers to consideration of the qualities of most if not all of the automatic pistols in current or recent use in the Commonwealth and the old Principality. While doing this it was suggested that the Auxiliary Militias might benefit from the standardisation of a cheaply produced pistol related to the TT-33 Tokarev that had seen some use in the Commonwealth and been well liked there. The L-35 Lahti in Commonwealth hands was an even more popular weapon, granted, but fairly expensive and existing in nowhere near sufficient quantity to arm the new Auxiliary units organising across the old kingdom: a new second-line standard would be required.

Taking the Tokarev as a starting point, since it was thought possible to produce it more cheaply than the Dag, Lahti, or modern High-Power weapons that might have been alternative bases, the designers' first task was to adopt an alternate calibre, namely the 9x19mm round used by the Lahti in the Commonwealth and by the High-Power and Sterling weapons existing in small numbers through Principality inheritance. This also provided the added advantage of making the new slender framed weapon more comfortable to fire than was the case with the 7.62mm original, did not reduce magazine capacity, and was a proven concept thanks to earlier Tokarev copies made in Hungary at least.

Other changes are evident, most visibly in the improved shaping of the grip that fits comfortbly in large Geletian hands while also being narrow enough -owing to the single-stack magazine- to remain comfortable in smaller hands, which may be important to a militia weapon likely to end up in the hands of women and young people in the event of invasion or counter-revolution. The D-33 retains its firing pin by a plate rather than the cross-pin of other variants and the slide stop pin is strengthened along with some other parts.

D-33A -which is presently in fairly low-rate production- is slightly better finished than most Tokarev relatives and features a safety catch absent from the TT-33. D-33B is a contingency design that dispenses with the catch and can be assumed likely to wear an inferior finish since it is intended as a high-rate wartime production weapon.

All in all, then, the D-33 is marginally more comfortable and sturdy than most Tokarev variants but is unlikely to be considered a terribly modern weapon, and is serviceable if unremarkable.

Hwasong-6 Short-Range Ballistic Missile

Widely deployed opposite the ROK and China during the administrations of Kurosian I and Hotan, the current disposition of Hwasong-6 assets is less clear, though many appear to have been abandoned at or near their potential launch sites.

Under Hotanite administration, the CPRD had the capacity to produce five to eight Hwasong-6 per month under normal conditions, and had deployed three-hundred missiles around its territory. Its components were built at numerous state factories in Pyongyang, Kanggye, and elsewhere.

Hwasong-6 is mobile aboard an eight-wheeled launch vehicle. It mounts usually a 750kg HE warhead and has been deployed with sub-munitions, but is also known to have chemical warfare potential.

With a 500km range, these SRBMs could reach Chinese cities like Harbin and Qingdao, any targets in the ROK, and, since the War for Korean Unification, some sites on the west coast towards the south end of Honshu.

Based on official data and claims surrounding the use of Hwasong-6 missiles during the war that almost succeeded in uniting Korea, the missile has been attributed with a 50m CEP.

Hwasong-6 has been exported in very small quantities to the United African Republic of Lusaka (transfer taking place before the Neo-Suloist revolt).

Melghat Ordnance Factories R.130

Designed to supply HGDF units with firepower disproportionate to their numbers in a small, portable package, R.130s currently form the backbone of the artillery arm. Although they are very cheap and effective, relatively few have been exported.

The R.130 is a highly portable weapon and can be disassembled for easier transport. Twelve tubes in four columns of three tubes each contain a 22-kg high-explosive rocket, and can be fired selectively or in a volley. Other warhead types include anti-tank and fragmentation.

Once dissassembled, the R.130 can be distributed amongst two infantry sections and carried overland, or towed by around four infantrymen. This high mobility came in very useful during the Sino-Nepalese war, with HDF infantrymen being able to carry R.130s into highly advantageous positions, where Chinese artillery systems could not be set up.

Range is estimated to be around 12,000 meters for the basic high-explosive rocket, although experimental propulsion units have added several kilometers onto that figure in trials.

R.130 launchers are often mounted on vehicles like Mahindra 407 light trucks, Ferret-based armored cars, Mahindra ATs, and TC.1s.

The only comparable system is a Nepalese MRL, used in the Sino-Nepalese War.

...and it may be considered that Dra-pol simply has a history of innovation in rocketry, no doubt thanks to the likes of the odd engineer and inventor Taka Oamarii-Il (now in Spyr).

Now what would be the chances of getting our beloved Kurosite guests to help us build a missile or two? ^_^.

Most of this is from my factbook.

AMW China military

400,000 strong army (No other details released by PLA. Western experts have believe the Type 99 MBT used by the PLA matches the Abrams but numbers less than 2,000. IFVs believed to be equivalent to M2 Bradley)

[OOC: Army size not really that important in RPing situations as you're unlikely to face all of it at once. It would be logistics that really matter]

6 Carriers (Equivalent to Nimitz class)
320 J-14B Naval Fighters
24 E-150J Ground surveilance aircraft
24 E-150E AWACS
20 E-150T Mid air refuelers
30 E-150S ASW aircraft
36 E-150 Transports
26 E-150B Bombers
150 Ming SSGNs
30 Yang Cruisers
40 Emperor Destroyers
60 Kang Ding Frigates
120 Han II SSNs

1,200 J-14B multi-role fighters
240 J-16 Fighter bombers
36 A-380 Bombers

AMW China Air Force

The air force has always been a high priority for Sino and Taiwan, with Xiannese spending mainly focused on the army. Spending on the air force peaked during the Taiwan straits flashpoint. After Liu's death, spending on the air force has decreased, forcing the early retirement of various older models and almost the entire Xiannese fleet.

J-16
http://i.timeinc.net/popsci/images/space/space0702smarterbombers_A.gif
Radar capabilities: LPI, 250km surface search, 320km air search, track targets moving on/close to surface at up to 500 knots.

Programme Cost : $US20 Billion
Manufacturer : Sino Combat Aircraft Corp (SCAC), Guangzhou
Function: Stealth Fighter-Bomber
Length: 33m
Wingspan: 30m
Max Weight : 270,000lbs
Thrust: Four Engines @ 35,000lbs
Propulsion: 2D thrust-vectored turbofans with reheat
Speed: Mach 1.4 Cruise - Mach 1.8 Max
Combat radius: 1,000nm on internal fuel, 2,000nm with external tanks
Armaments: Up to 60,000lb of ordinance in internal bays.
Cost: $142 million

Begun in 1987 as a strike fighter designed to perform missions deep inside Xiannese territory, the J-16 was kept secret and public knowledge of the aircraft's existance was only made known after the second civil war. The J-16 development programme was stalled in 1995 but was restarted four years later after SCAC engineers solved major technical problems with access to J-14 blueprints.

J-14
http://www.screensavershot.com/automation/f22.jpg
Begun in 1992, the J-14 started life as the IDF-2 and was hurriedly developed by Taiwanese President Lee Teng Hui to counter increasing the Sinoese J-12 after missile testing off the Fujian coast and eventually to fight the war of independence. The war never came, and when the two nations reunified, the IDF-2 was extensively upgraded, redesignated, and adopted by the combined air forces of United China, replacing the Sinoese J-12.

The J-14B was loaned to Sino and saw action against Xiannese Fengyun fighters during the second Chinese Civil war, decisively beating the inferior Xiannese design. Three J-14Bs were lost during the war.

The J-14B is believed to have capabilities similar to the American F-22, but with inferior stealth capabilities and a RCS of 0.05m^2, fifty times larger than the F-22 but a huge improvement on the Eurofighter's 0.5m^2. The J-14C may improve on this to match the F-22 and is currently entering service with a projected order of 1,250.

Programme Cost : $US27.5 billion (1995 dollars)
Manufacturer : Aircraft Industrial Development Corp (AIDC), Taipei
Function: Air Superiority
Length: 20.5m
Wingspan: 17.3m
Max Weight : 120,000 lbs
Thrust: Twin Engine @ 35,000lbs each (J-14B)
Propulsion: 2D thrust-vectored turbofans
Speed: Mach 1.4 Cruise - Mach 1.9 Max
Combat radius: 630nm
Ceiling: 65,000 feet
Armaments:
Air Superiority configuration :
Internal - 6 mid range AAM, 2 short range AAM
External – 4 mid range AAM
Cost: $50 million

Arsenal Aircraft
There are two types of arsenal aircraft employed by the Chinese. A modified civilian A-380 with superior range, lower RCS, and military specification avionics fitted with 96 cruise missiles. In the unlikely event that heavy bombardment is required, the A-380 can carry 100 tonnes of ordinance.

The second type is the E-150 outfitted with 20 cruise missiles is used extensively ground support and naval operations due to the ruggedness of the unit.

Skysword (Tian Chian) AAM Series
Developed under Zhang's guidance during his time as President and continued during the second civil war, there are three main AAMs used by the Chinese air force today : the TC-3, TC-4, and TC-5. The TC–3 is generally considered in Western circles to be an updated equivalent of the cancelled American AIM-155 project. The TC-4 is approximately equivalent to the Meteor developed by Europe. The TC-5 is considered a sidewinder equivalent.

Ground and naval versions are designated Hai Chian (SeaSword), and have 85% commonality with the air to air version. The only SeaSword not based on an air-to-air missile is the long ranged HC-8 and the developmental HC-9, roughly equivalent to the American SM-2ER and SM-3 respectively.

AMW China Navy

In it's peak, the Chinese Navy was the second largest navy in Asia in terms of tonnage. The Navy has suffered the largest funding cuts out of all four branches of the armed forces, with a reduction to 6 carriers from 11. This essentially forced the navy to accelerate several development programmes while cancelling others, such as the Arsenal ship programme and the proposed modernised battleship.

Ming class SSGN
One of the only programmes to remain untouched by the spending cuts, the Ming SSGN is estimated to be equivalent to the Ohio class employed by the US. Around 150 Ming SSGNs are serving in the Chinese Navy currently. Newer versions of the Ming feature the ability to carry the Brave Wind 5.

Emperor (Wong) class destroyer
Originally the Liu class, the name was changed after his death. The Emperor class destroyer programme was started in 1997 and fast-tracked as Liu planned his attack on Xiaguo. 140 destroyers were originally planned, but this was cut to 40 recently. The Emperor class was not completed in time for the civil war.

The Emperor class features stealth, 50 VLS cells, hull and towed sonar, LPI air and surface search radar, eight Brave Wind 5 missiles, Two RAM launchers, six 75mm naval guns, eight MLRS launchers and one ASW helicopter.

Yang class trimaran Missile Cruiser
With the cancellation of the arsenal ship programme and the battleship programme, the Yang class cruiser is a true multi-role platform taking over the roles of the cancelled programmes. The development of the Yang class Cruiser has been accelerated and the first of 30 cruisers are expected to be built next month, replacing the obselete Xiannese cruisers and entering service over four years. Developed by Beijing Shipyard to compete against Simincorp for a carrier alternative, a prototype was completed in 1997 but it lost out against Simincorp's arsenal ship concept. Development work started again in 2003 with military reforms.

The missile cruiser will fill the roles of air defence, anti-submarine duties, surface combat, and shore bombardment with less personel requirements, leading to significantly lower costs.

Crew
125 enlisted
25 officers

Powerplant and Propulsion
Six Nuclear reactors
Fourteen waterjets
Cruise speed of 30 knots
Maximum speed of 38 knots

Armament
150 Vertical Launch System Cells
Twenty RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) launchers
Twelve MLRS/ATACMS launchers
Sixteen Brave Wind 5 missile launchers
Four ASW helicopters
Four 30mm cannons
Four ASW Mortars

Systems
LPI Air search radars
Surface Search Radar
IRST Sentry Systems
ECM/ECCM suite
Chaff launchers
Hull Sonar
Towed Array Sonar

Armor
Made from composite layers with RHA of 5 to 1.

Side Hull belt (14 degrees inclined): 4 inches (100mm)
Main Hull belt (12 degrees inclined): 3 inches (75mm)
Superstructure : 1 inchs (25mm)
Main deck : 3 inches (75mm)
Bulkheads : 6 inches (150mm)

Costs
$1.8 billion construction cost
$40m annual maintenance
$8m human resource costs

Brave Wind (Hsieng Feng) sea skimming surface-to-surface missile series
The Brave Wind 2,3,4,5 and 6 are SSMs used by the PLA and PLAN. The Brave Wind 2 is a low cost short range cruise missile that is very similar to the Harpoon. The Brave Wind 3 is a low observability with similar performance to the Tomahawk, but with a radar cross section one quarter the size. The Brave Wind 4 is equivalent to the Yakhont. The Brave Wind 5 is rumoured to be equivalent to the P-700 but lighter and shorter due to a more effective supercruising turbofan, and has a significantly smaller radar cross section. The Brave Wind 6 is similar to Norway's NSM. All of these missiles are VLS launch capable barring the Brave Wind 5.

E-150
The E-150 is essentially a jet-powered V-22 Osprey designed to withstand tough conditions such as dirt strips and is used for many naval support applications. Having performed reliably for many years and with upgrades very easy to perform compared to other transport aircraft, the E-150 is likely to continue in service for at least another 15 years. The E-150 can carry up to 40 tonnes in conventional take-off and 20 tonnes vertically.

Hope you don't mind if I break that post down so I can link to the individual bits.

Sino Combat Aircraft Corp J-16 (Picture) (http://i.timeinc.net/popsci/images/space/space0702smarterbombers_A.gif)

Radar capabilities: LPI, 250km surface search, 320km air search, track targets moving on/close to surface at up to 500 knots.

Programme Cost : $US20 Billion
Manufacturer : Sino Combat Aircraft Corp (SCAC), Guangzhou
Function: Stealth Fighter-Bomber
Length: 33m
Wingspan: 30m
Max Weight : 270,000lbs
Thrust: Four Engines @ 35,000lbs
Propulsion: 2D thrust-vectored turbofans with reheat
Speed: Mach 1.4 Cruise - Mach 1.8 Max
Combat radius: 1,000nm on internal fuel, 2,000nm with external tanks
Armaments: Up to 60,000lb of ordinance in internal bays.
Cost: $142 million

Begun in 1987 as a strike fighter designed to perform missions deep inside Xiannese territory, the J-16 was kept secret and public knowledge of the aircraft's existance was only made known after the second civil war. The J-16 development programme was stalled in 1995 but was restarted four years later after SCAC engineers solved major technical problems with access to J-14 blueprints.

Aircraft Industrial Development Corp J-14 (Picture) (http://www.screensavershot.com/automation/f22.jpg)

Begun in 1992, the J-14 started life as the IDF-2 and was hurriedly developed by Taiwanese President Lee Teng Hui to counter increasing the Sinoese J-12 after missile testing off the Fujian coast and eventually to fight the war of independence. The war never came, and when the two nations reunified, the IDF-2 was extensively upgraded, redesignated, and adopted by the combined air forces of United China, replacing the Sinoese J-12.

The J-14B was loaned to Sino and saw action against Xiannese Fengyun fighters during the second Chinese Civil war, decisively beating the inferior Xiannese design. Three J-14Bs were lost during the war.

The J-14B is believed to have capabilities similar to the Quinntonian F-22, but with inferior stealth capabilities and a RCS of 0.05m^2, fifty times larger than the F-22 but a huge improvement on the Eurofighter's 0.5m^2. The J-14C may improve on this to match the F-22 and is currently entering service with a projected order of 1,250.

Programme Cost : $US27.5 billion (1995 dollars)
Manufacturer : Aircraft Industrial Development Corp (AIDC), Taipei
Function: Air Superiority
Length: 20.5m
Wingspan: 17.3m
Max Weight : 120,000 lbs
Thrust: Twin Engine @ 35,000lbs each (J-14B)
Propulsion: 2D thrust-vectored turbofans
Speed: Mach 1.4 Cruise - Mach 1.9 Max
Combat radius: 630nm
Ceiling: 65,000 feet
Armaments:
Air Superiority configuration :
Internal - 6 mid range AAM, 2 short range AAM
External – 4 mid range AAM
Cost: $50 million

Skysword (Tian Chian) AAM Series

Developed under Zhang's guidance during his time as President and continued during the second civil war, there are three main AAMs used by the Chinese air force today : the TC-3, TC-4, and TC-5. The TC–3 is generally considered in Western circles to be an updated equivalent of the [cancelled?] Quinntonian AIM-155 project. The TC-4 is approximately equivalent to the Meteor developed by Europe. The TC-5 is considered a Sidewinder equivalent.

Ground and naval versions are designated Hai Chian (SeaSword), and have 85% commonality with the air to air version. The only SeaSword not based on an air-to-air missile is the long ranged HC-8 and the developmental HC-9, roughly equivalent to the Quinntonian SM-2ER and SM-3 respectively.

Ming class SSGN

One of the only programmes to remain untouched by the spending cuts, the Ming SSGN is estimated to be equivalent to the Ohio class employed by the US. Around 150 Ming SSGNs are serving in the Chinese Navy currently. Newer versions of the Ming feature the ability to carry the Brave Wind 5.

Emperor (Wong) class destroyer

Originally the Liu class, the name was changed after his death. The Emperor class destroyer programme was started in 1997 and fast-tracked as Liu planned his attack on Xiaguo. 140 destroyers were originally planned, but this was cut to 40 recently. The Emperor class was not completed in time for the civil war.

The Emperor class features stealth, 50 VLS cells, hull and towed sonar, LPI air and surface search radar, eight Brave Wind 5 missiles, Two RAM launchers, six 75mm naval guns, eight MLRS launchers and one ASW helicopter.

Yang class trimaran Missile Cruiser

With the cancellation of the arsenal ship programme and the battleship programme, the Yang class cruiser is a true multi-role platform taking over the roles of the cancelled programmes. The development of the Yang class Cruiser has been accelerated and the first of 30 cruisers are expected to be built next month, replacing the obselete Xiannese cruisers and entering service over four years. Developed by Beijing Shipyard to compete against Simincorp for a carrier alternative, a prototype was completed in 1997 but it lost out against Simincorp's arsenal ship concept. Development work started again in 2003 with military reforms.

The missile cruiser will fill the roles of air defence, anti-submarine duties, surface combat, and shore bombardment with less personel requirements, leading to significantly lower costs.

Crew
125 enlisted
25 officers

Powerplant and Propulsion
Six Nuclear reactors
Fourteen waterjets
Cruise speed of 30 knots
Maximum speed of 38 knots

Armament
150 Vertical Launch System Cells
Twenty RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) launchers
Twelve MLRS/ATACMS launchers
Sixteen Brave Wind 5 missile launchers
Four ASW helicopters
Four 30mm cannons
Four ASW Mortars

Systems
LPI Air search radars
Surface Search Radar
IRST Sentry Systems
ECM/ECCM suite
Chaff launchers
Hull Sonar
Towed Array Sonar

Armor
Made from composite layers with RHA of 5 to 1.

Side Hull belt (14 degrees inclined): 4 inches (100mm)
Main Hull belt (12 degrees inclined): 3 inches (75mm)
Superstructure : 1 inchs (25mm)
Main deck : 3 inches (75mm)
Bulkheads : 6 inches (150mm)

Costs
$1.8 billion construction cost
$40m annual maintenance
$8m human resource costs

Brave Wind (Hsieng Feng) sea skimming surface-to-surface missile series

The Brave Wind 2,3,4,5 and 6 are SSMs used by the PLA and PLAN. The Brave Wind 2 is a low cost short range cruise missile that is very similar to the Harpoon. The Brave Wind 3 is a low observability with similar performance to the Tomahawk, but with a radar cross section one quarter the size. The Brave Wind 4 is equivalent to the Yakhont. The Brave Wind 5 is rumoured to be equivalent to the P-700 but lighter and shorter due to a more effective supercruising turbofan, and has a significantly smaller radar cross section. The Brave Wind 6 is similar to Norway's NSM. All of these missiles are VLS launch capable barring the Brave Wind 5.

E-150 transport aircraft

The E-150 is essentially a jet-powered V-22 Osprey designed to withstand tough conditions such as dirt strips and is used for many naval support applications. Having performed reliably for many years and with upgrades very easy to perform compared to other transport aircraft, the E-150 is likely to continue in service for at least another 15 years. The E-150 can carry up to 40 tonnes in conventional take-off and 20 tonnes vertically.

Whew. Well, this seems to be building into something fairly nice, I think, eh?

Just a note: I've corrected China's references to America, substituting Quinntonia. I've left one comment in brackets to indicate that I'm not sure whether the referenced project has been cancelled in the USQ as in the USA.

Keep the contributions coming as and when you have a few idle minutes!

Tanks of the SDF:

The rather ramshackle Cavarly Crops of the Strathdonian Defence Force deploys a fairly large number of tanks however msot of them are seriously outdated designs that rely on thier retrofitted guns and radios, night vision and GPS devices bought by the crews themselves to give them any kind of serious capability.

Sheridan MK3S
The back bone of the SDF cavalry forces, the Mk3s is a fairly basic sheridan that has been retrofitted to mount 75/105mm Hyper Velocity gun. The majority of Sheridans in service are totally devoid of the original design's flotation gear and most carry some form of makeshift ablique armour with wire fence panels being a farvourite attempt at some form of slatted anti RPG ptrotection, offically the secondary guns are a pair of MG1s (7.62mm NATO versions of the PK series) but it is not unsual for a Vickers Mk2 to appear on the roof mount.

Sherman MKXXS
Despite thier age these former IDF exampels still provide a valuble service for the Cavalry, filling gaps that the SDF simply cannot afford to fill with newer repalcements, officially theya re all due to be repalced with an additional order of EE-9 Cascaval mk3s but recetn budget cuts have put paid to that idea. While simply incapble of functioning agaisnt enemy forces with vaguely modern armour the Shermans and thier 60mm HVGs still offer soemthing of chance of dealing with enemy light tanks and APCs.

Scorpion 90.
The most modern additions to the SDF and firm favourites with thier crews the quick and nible scorpion is a key feature of the lighter elements of the cavalry corps, most still retain thier 90mm cockeril guns but a few have been used as test beds for moutning the 60mm HVG on lighter platforms.

Centurion Mk16
The legendary centurion provides the heaviest unit amoungst the ranks of the Cavalry Crops. While the famous L7 105mm gun may not be as theoretically powerful as the newer 75/105mm gusn on the Sheridans it is still not a weapon to be sniffed at. The last few centurions are nearing the end of thier service lives but many are destiend to live on providing chassis for a number of derived varients (tortoise APC, Archer assault gun and longbow SPG).

T-55S (http://www.meatballs.terminator.org.uk/crookfur/images/T55S.jpg)
While not strictly part of any of the units of the SDF Cavalry Corps (being restricted to use by the Free Niassa Divsions), the T-55S is worth a mention as it is the closest Strathdonia has to an export AFV.
Based on the hulls of T-55s captured from Simba federal forces during the mozambique "security operation" the T-55s features an entirely new turret design based around the 75/105mm HV gun makign it a fearsoem tank killer, of coruse appart from the gun the turret doesn't offer much else int he way of mod cons, radios and modern electronics are provided for its just that the SDF don't really have much of them to mount.

[OOC: I wont add anything yet because I want to release my weapons as joint developements between France and Spain, or between any other country, so technically I don't have them yet. I guess I can put some other things here that Spain could develope on her own.]

Yeah, don't worry, there's no rush. This will continue to build for so long as there's nations using weapons, in AMW.

I wonder, what do we think I should do about weapons like the Scorpion tank? I mean, being as it's from the UK, but possibly not used by TBF anymore, though it is still used in other nations (Strath, at least)?

Hum, I suppose I'll ask that players list all the hardwear their nation produces (ideally one item per post, or I have to break it down myself and re-post each one, which I will do, but, you know, if it's not too much trouble... :) ), whether they still use it or not, and note what nations do use it. Hm, should I maybe note in the first post the users of each item, after the makers? That might work as a quick reference.

Ah, I'll think about this later.

For the record, the HDF is still a vigorous user of the Alvis Scorpion, so yeah, its not a dead vehicle just yet. I think Oman and the Trucial States have a fair few as well.

I might as well put down some of our joint-ish projects.

Joint Indian Corvette

The JIC program came about due to a requirement from both the Igovian Navy and HMDF for a modern, capable coast defense vessel to replace the hodgepodge of types filling that particular role, some of them dating back to the 1940s in Hindustan's case. Due to slightly different requirements, the JIC is as modular and adaptable as possible, and can mount a wide variety of weapons and sensors systems. For a coastal defense vessel, it has surprisingly long endurance, thanks to its diesel-electric propulsion system. Low operating costs, coupled with high operational flexibility and firepower rivaling many frigates have attracted several potential foreign buyers, foremost among them Lusaka.

The Bengal Class multirole corvettes are Hindustan's newest warships, and represent a significant leap foreward for a service that relies almost exclusively on second-hand English ships. Built by Karachi Shipbuilding, the Bengal class vessels are the Hindustani component of the Joint Indian Corvette project (JIC), examples of which serve in the Igovian and Lusakan navies as well as the HMDF. Bengal class vessels differ from the Igovian Gujarat class mainly in their weapon and sensor fit. Whereas Bengal class corvettes are meant to be a frigate in every dimension but size, Gujarat vessels are much more coastal defense vessels, and therefore don't carry the same class of weaponry and sensors. A number of design features aimed at reducing the class's radar cross section have been built in, which appear to have by and large worked, and although this increases the vessels' cost greatly it is worth it considering the increase in capability. A helipad and small hangar are provided for a small Lynx or Dhruv helicopter.

Compliment: 60 (+15)
Length: 95m overall
Width: 12.5m
Displacement: 1,780t fully loaded
Maximum Speed: 31 knots
Range: 2000nm at 20kts (turbines)
4000nm at 10kts (turbines)
Propulsion: 2xThiruvananthapuram EDS2/1 Gasoline-electric propulsion units driving two variable-pitch propellers, 2xbow thrusters
Weapons: (Bengal class) 1x114mm main gun
1x40mm CIWS
2x20mm multipurpose guns
1x8-cell VLS PAADS-1 SAM
2xtriple Sea Eagle launchers
2xtriple 533mm torpedo tubes
Sensors & ECM: Air and surface search radar, weather/navigation radar, fire control radar, thermal imager/CCTV, hull-mounted sonar, towed array sonar, radar jammer, decoy launcher, radar warning reciever

In Service with the Igovian People's Fighting Coast Guard, Hindustani Maritime Defense Force, and Lusakan Navy.

HAL Dhruv

The Dhruv is Hindustan's first all-indigenous helicopter design and by all accounts looks set to become quite a success, both in terms of national and international service. Designed around Strathdonian specifications for a multirole helicopter capable of replacing the Gazelle and Lynx in certain roles, the Dhruv soon attracted the MoD and the Igovian military as well. Numerous variants are planned, including basic transport, medevac, ASW, surveillance, anti-tank/attack, and SAR. The Dhruv is especially notable for its excellent performance in very high altitudes and friendliness to modification. A wide variety of avionics systems can be fitted, and there is plenty of room for tinkering on the part of smaller aviation companies. The Dhruv is also an extremely reliable and maintainable helicopter, easy for a very small group of mechanics to repair under very basic conditions.

Dhruvs have surprisingly good performance for such a low-cost platform. The type's performance in high altitude is superb, perhaps unparallelled, and its load-carrying capacity is also quite high. For many of the Dhruv's operators, however, it isn't so much the best choice as the only choice, since Italian and French helicopter markets are largely closed, and many British systems are either off-limits or prohibitively expensive.

Civil and medical Dhruvs have been exported worldwide, and military operators currently include Beth Gellert, Hindustan, and Strathdonia. A Lusakan order for around a dozen Dhruvs was recently approved by Parliament but has yet to be delivered. Liscenced production is carried out in Beth Gellert, and Strathdonia is liscenced to produce spare parts and systems.

Type: Twin-engine multirole helicopter
Powerplant: 2xHAL TM1000 Turboshafts at 1,488shp each
Performance: Maximum speed 260km/h, range 890km, service ceiling 5,990m
Weights: 2,502kg empty, 5,500kg max. take off
Payload: 12-14 passengers, six stretchers plus medics, 2,600kg of cargo, up to 1,500kg of external stores including AT.40 ATGWs, folding-fin rockets, Sea Eagle and Sea Skua ASMs, homing torpedoes, and depth charges

[OOC: The following are RL systems in use by the Strainist Revolutionary Army, or various local militias in the Strainist republics. I'm not sure if they merit seperate posts, or if I ought be the one to post them as they originate outside Spyr, so I'm just going to list urls for source information and a blurb on SRA use for each one. It may also be a chance to see if the producers in question still make use of the things, and resolve a few other details. I’ve also included some RL equipment from Singapore, which I thought should probably be attributed to the former Bonstock in AMW].

Japanese Type 95 Ha-go light tank (Operated by the SRA under designation T-35)
http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/ha-go.htm

This puny little tank design was first put into use by the Imperial Japanese Army some seventy years ago, and was never an effective tank: its armour and gun were too light for combat against most enemy vehicles or field guns. However, it was a quick and reliable little machine, and several models made their way into the hands of Lyongian warlords during the early Pacific War years. The tank served well in the Great Revolutionary War that led to the founding of the PRS, both in the hands of warlords and Strainist forces. Many Revolutionary units were centred around one of the little tanks, relying on its 37mm gun and twin 7.7mm machine guns to crack opposing units, and when the SRA began to purchase T-55 models from the USSR and organize dedicated tank squadrons, these units were loathe to surrender their beloved Ha-gos. Their turrets underwent a substantial upgrade (the originals can still be seen dotting buried bunkers on the Lyong-Russian border) to mount a 57mm gun and 7.62mm machine guns. However, they could not last forever… almost all have now been consigned to museums and memorial parks. Still, some units maintain a ‘pet’ Ha-go, which if it ever entered a combat situation would likely be confined to a short life of providing infantry with fire support... of these, only one has demonstrated full functionality in the past five years.

Russian T-54/T-55 MBT (Operated by the SRA under designation T-58)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/t-54-specs.htm

The universally-used Russian tank seen in armies from the Czech to Hindustan, to the Polisario Front of the Saharawi. Numerous models were purchased by the PRS from the Soviet Union, and domestic production evolved as engineers across the globe attempted to upgrade the vehicle in the face of MBT advances through the Cold War. The SRA's modern model corresponds in many respects with the T-55AMV variant, though it mounts a domestic 105mm gun capable of firing the SRA's Akayari ATGM.

Chinese Type 63A Light Amphibious Tank (Operated by the SRA under designation T-63)
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type63a.asp

The existence of several major river systems on the Lyong peninsula, and a penchant for unusual submarine operations, has caused the SRA to make use of the T-63, produced domestically under license by the Zhondai Factory 32 collective. The T-63 is a fully amphibious vehicle, with waterborne propulsion provided through a pair of water jets, and features upgraded targeting and navigation equipment. Its armour remains light compared to most opposing tanks, a difficulty whose solution has been foiled by the need to maintain optimal waterborne speed. Operationally, the T-63 is most often deployed in an infantry support role.

Russian BTR-50P APC (Operated by the SRA under designation V-54)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/btr-50.htm

The V-54 is the predecessor of the V-86 as infantry workhorse for the SRA. Numerous units were purchased from the Soviet Union, and some domestic production occurred (on lines now converted to the V-86). The V-54 is primarily an amphibious transport and APC, and at the time of its production little thought was given to additional variants, other than command and medical roles. Instead, from the Russians and Chinese, the SRA learned a crude system for fitting a field gun of 57mm, 76mm, or 85mm into the passenger compartment, from where it could be fired on the move or unloaded and used as normal. When new covered upgrade to the vehicle emerged, this function was preserved through careful use of bolted panels.

Chinese WZ-551 APC (Operated by the SRA under designation V-86)
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/armour/wz551.asp

Originally developed by the neighbouring People’s Republic of China before its collapse, the domestic V-86 model of the WZ-551 APC and its variants are the most prevalent vehicles in SRA hands, with production lines working or convertible at over fifty factories for parts and assembly on the Lyong peninsula, and four in Sujava (theory being that commonality of parts and widespread production will reduce maintenance costs and ease repairs in the event of enemy invasion). It is a reliable 6x6 design… not about to win any prizes as a top vehicle, but far from the lower rungs of capability. A large number of variants are in current use. It has often been observed that the modern SRA has been built on the back of the V-86.
The vehicle saw service assisting Marimaian security efforts in Burma, restoring order in Sumatra and Java, and most recently in allowing fast-moving mobile forces to ensure the success of the Tordian Revolution, proving itself combat capable.

Russian Su-7 Aircraft (Operated by the SRA under designation F-63)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-7

The first 'modern' aircraft of the SRA, acquired from the Soviet Union during the 1960s. The craft was highly durable, but suffered from the need for long landing strips and consumed copious amounts of fuel for a limited range. The craft was upgraded and converted over time to better serve as a fighter-bomber, and the SRA currently fields two active squadrons, along with several reserve aircraft and others cannibalized for parts.

Russian Su-27 Aircraft (Operated by the SRA under designation F-84)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/su-27.htm

The F-84 is a licensed copy of the Sukhoi Su-27 single-seat fighter aircraft. In the mid-to late eighties, numerous Su-27 craft were purchased, culminating in a multi-billion dollar license deal. Production began initially by using Russian-supplied kits, with share of indigenous content increasing to full models over several years, after which joint upgrades and domestic development resulted in the release of a successor craft, dubbed F-94 by the SRA. The factories tooled for F-84 production have been converted to F-94 lines, and no further F–84 purchases or production runs are planned.

Russian Il-18
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=249
Russian Il-20
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/il-20.htm
Russian Il-38
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/il-38.htm

Developed in the Sixties to service air routes in the Soviet Union, the Il-18 (SRA designation C-59) was sold to governments and airlines across the globe, including the People’s Republic of Spyr, where they continue to serve in civil airline ventures and military roles. The SRA currently fields Il-20 command and Il-38 ASW craft from the Il-18 family, as well as a craft modified domesically for psychological operations.

Russian Ka-27 (Operated by the SRA under designation H-82)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-27.htm
Russian Ka-28
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-28.htm
Russian Ka-29
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ka-29.htm

The Ka-27 is a coaxial double-rotor helicopter capable of multiple roles and launch from naval vessels. Its varied range of capabilities suited it well for the SRA doctrine of ‘one system, many roles, common parts’, and a number were ordered from the USSR in kit form, evolving into domestic production of both the base model and variants Ka-28 (for ASW), Ka-29 (for ground attack/transport), as well as in utility and SAR roles.


Russian Kashin class Destroyer (Operated by the SRA under designation Tai-e class)
http://www.russianwarrior.com/STMMain.htm?1969vehicle_Kashin.htm&1

Purchased second-hand and modified over time by the SRA, these vessels serve as multi-role platforms for engaging enemies at sea. As years have progressed, maintenance costs have slowly climbed, and there is some talk of retiring these and the SRA’s other ex-USSR ships. Two are in service with the SRA, the vessels PRS Yae and PRS Atsue.

Russian Krivak class Frigate (Operated by the SRA under designation Gaki class)
http://www.russianwarrior.com/STMMain.htm?1969vehicle_Krivak.htm&1

A quartet of Krivak vessels were purchased from the USSR second-hand, after electronics problems kept them in dock at the leased Soviet facility of Vladivostok, in Gochu. They underwent an extensive refit and upgrade in the drydocks of Gochu Naval Yard collective, and entered service with the SRA. This platform’s primary duty is ASW, with minimal surface combat capability.

East German Parchim Frigate/Corvette (Operated by the SRA as the Okamihi class, formerly operated by forces of the FRB)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/133_1.htm

The Okamihi in SRA service are cast-offs from the USSR, where the contemporary Grisha exceeded them in all respects. Their main advantage was that, second-hand and easily outclassed, they came dirt cheap. The Okamihi are confined close to shore, or in the shallow waters of the Great Revolutionary Sea or Indonesian Archipelago. Several additional units were captured in port by revolting conscripts of the Bonstockian navy, and transferred to the SRA by the Sujavan People’s Republic.

Chinese Type 037 Subchaser (Operated by the SRA as the Myotoh class Patrol Boat)
http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/littoral/hainan.asp

The Myotoh is a remnant of earlier People’s Defense strategies, with several smaller shipyards all along the Lyong coast capable of churning them out and providing crew. They are simplistic and largely outdated, and have thus been slowly phased out in favour of more advanced missile boats. Some units have received radar and fire control upgrades, but a general upgrade was deemed too expensive for minimal benefit… an enclosed bridge is the only widespread difference from the PRC model.

Russian T-43 Minesweepers (Operated by the SRA as the Chigeren class, (formerly?) operated by the People’s Republic of China.
http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/littoral/t43.asp

A number of these vessels were purchased from shipyards in the PRC, after increasing export trade began to raise concerns that nearby navigation channels might be mined by an aggressor as a prelude to invasion.

Russian Project 641 (‘Foxtrot’) Diesel Attack Submarine (Operated by the SRA as the Suokoyu class)

Technically the second submarine in use by the SRA (the first being Il-13, an IJN vessel which fled to Lyong at the end of the Pacific War), the Suokoyu was the first to see regular service, and many credit it with inspiring the drive for an indigenous submarine program in Spyr. Several remain in service, though age and technical difficulties have forced the retirement of several ships.

Chinese Type 59-1 Towed 130 mm Gun (SRA G-59)
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/artillery/tubeartillery/towed_130.asp

Chinese Type 89 (PLL-01) 155 mm Towed Howitzer (SRA G-89)
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/artillery/tubeartillery/towed_155.asp

Chinese Type 63-1 and Type 85 60mm Mortars (SRA G-63 and G-85)
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/crewserved/mortar_60.asp

Chinese Type 64 and Type 86 120mm Mortars (SRA G-64M and G-86M)
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/crewserved/mortar_120.asp

Russian RPG-7 Antitank Grenade Launcher (Operated by the SRA as the RPG-62)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/rpg-7.htm

The RPG-7 was acquired from the Soviet Union by the PRS in the 1960s, and was produced domestically in copious quantities. While advances in armour have rendered most of the rounds available for it obsolete on the modern battlefield, and the SRA has abandoned it for more advanced anti-tank weapons, the venerable RPG-7 continues to have a place at the squad level for Strainist militia units.

Russian RPG-29 Anti-tank Grenade Launcher (Operated by the SRA as the RPG-89)
http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl04-e.htm

The RPG-29 has replaced the RPG-7 as standard anti-tank round in SRA service.

Swedish Carl Gustaf M3 (Formerly operated by the Federal Republic of Bonstock. Operated by the SRA as the RPG-86)
http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl10-e.htm

Acquired from Sweden and manufactured in large quantities to equip the massive conscript army of the Federal Republic, the Carl Gustaf and its production facilities fell into the hands of Sujavan revolutionaries and SRA forces after the fall of the FRB. The SRA was impressed by the versatility of the weapon, and began to distribute it as a ’personal artillery’ weapon, in tandem with the RPG-29. The Carl Gustaf can also be found in the hands of many Sujavan militias.

Russian Kalshnikov/AK-47 Assault Rifle (Formerly operated by the Federal Republic of Bonstock. Operated by the SRA as the R-47)[/b]

The PRS obtained a license to produce the AK-47 from the Soviet Union early after the Strainist revolution there in 1950. It was produced in massive numbers to replace the hodgepodge of rifles used during the revolution (the most numerous of which were ex-IJA Arisaka rifles). While the AK-47 has been retired from regular SRA use in favour of a new rifle designed for the Strainist 6.5mm-Optimized round, its durability and ease of use make it the standard weapon of militia forces across both Lyong and Sujava.
A knockoff of the Kalshnikov was also produced in quantity by the Federal Republic of Bonstock, to arm home defence forces. The large masses of conscripts which characterized much of the FRB’s military were thought to need a weapon that would be difficult to damage, easy to fir, and cheap to produce: FRB volunteer forces used more accurate and expensive rifles firing 5.56mm rounds. FRB Kalashnikovs can be seen in use by forces in Malaysia and the Islamic Republic of Indonesia.

Bonstockian SAR-80 Assault Rifle
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as55-e.htm

Standard rifle of Bonstockian volunteer military and internal security forces, this rifle was produced in quantity to equip large numbers of FRB police and front-line units. After the revolution in Sujava, the SRA retooled SAR-80 production facilities and sold many captured rifles to friendly regimes in Burma and the former Marimaia. Many of these rifles can likely also be found in the hands of Indonesian, Malaysian, and Singaporean forces, as well as the occasional Sujavan militia.

Bonstockian SAR-21 Assault Rifle
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as31-e.htm

The last rifle developed by the FRB, the SAR-21 was intended to eventually replace the SAR-80, but the Federal Republic collapsed before it had been widely issued. Production facilities and rifles can likely be found in use by Singapore, with occasional examples in the hands of individuals across the former FRB (Sujava, Indonesia, Malaysia).

Bonstockian CIS Ultimax 100 Machine Gun
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg20-e.htm

Light machine gun of FRB forces. Now likely found across the former FRB (Sujava, Indonesia, Malaysia).

Bonstockian CIS .50 Machine Gun
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg05-e.htm

Heavy machine gun of FRB forces. Now likely found across the former FRB (Sujava, Indonesia, Malaysia).

Russian Kalashnikov PKM Machine Gun (Operated by the SRA as the R-69)
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg07-e.htm

Formerly the standard infantry machine gun of the SRA, until the development of an effective SAW using the 6.5mm-Optimised round. Still standard equipment for many vehicles, as well as serving as a heavy machine gun in some regular units and militia forces.

[OOC: Having gone through all that, I’ve been left wondering about a few other things that Spyr probably would have imported at some point in the past from the outside… artillery rocket systems and anti-aircraft missile systems (both man-portable and larger) for example. Anyone know of any that might have been on the market 1970-2000?].

I might as well compile one of those for Hindustan, too. I am going to leave out the Alouettes II and III, since those have been produced by HAL for almost as long as by Sud Aviation.

Russian T-55 Medium Tank

The HGDF got its T-55s from Israel's stocks of captured Egyptian vehicles in the late 1970s, when what was then conservative-ruled England ran out of patience with Hindustan's constant war-making on the Principality, thus barring a Chieftan order. The T-55s are essentially the same as the Strathdonian models, being armed with a 75/105mm antitank gun in a re-designed turret. While hardly a modern tank and really only useful in defensive operations, the T-55I is a handy piece of equipment and can knock out any tank in existance with the high-velocity gun. Its variable suspension and light weight are also quite useful in rough terrain. Applique armor is generally fitted, and, while the MoD doesn't like to admit it, some T-55Is have been fitted with an experimental self-protection system.

British Centurion MBT

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/centurion.htm

The big and powerful Centurion has given excellent service with the HGDF since the 1950s, and while it is outdated in the modern battle environment, the Hindustani tank corps still relies on it for most of its tank needs. Like the T-55I, HGDF Centurions have all recieved innumerable upgrade packages, the mounting of the 75/105mm antitank gun in a redesigned turret foremost among them. Applique armor is also usually fitted, along with a new powerplant, new fire control and data sharing system, and often a self-protection system.

Czech OT-62 APC

OT-62s are deployed in very small quantities (perhaps 50, tops) by the Hindustani marines, since they are arguably the best APCs for the amphibious assault role outside of Quinntonia and Russia. Most Hindustani versions have recieved at least some measure of applique armor and are usually armed to the teeth, carrying one, sometimes two recoilless rifles on either side of a one-man turret housing a 20mm cannon. One likable quality of the OT-62 is its ability to ferry field guns across stretches of water in a ready-to-fire position. Hindustani variants also have an improved powerplant and better night vision equipment.

British Ferret Scout Car

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret_armoured_car

There are too many Ferrets in HGDF service to count. They are simply everywhere, although many of them are nothing more than mostly rusted hulks sitting in storage yards. Mahindra Motors produced something of a Super Ferret, with a crew of three including two drivers and a gunner/observer, and this is the dominant variant. It has two rough terrain wheels as well, and can be fitted with a Duplex Drive system for river crossings. The most fearsome of these Ferrets carry AT.18 ATGWs and 73mm Recoilless Rifles, but most mount GPMGs or 12.7mm NSVs.

British Scorpion Light Tank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV101_Scorpion

The most numerous Hindustani tank, Scorpions have seen action everywhere and are well-liked by crews, their quickness and amphibious characteristics being the most desired. Many have had their original 76mm main guns removed and replaced by Dutch 90mm guns, or in exceptional circumstances 24A2 30mm cannons taken off BMP-2s. The net result is that few carry the 76mm gun, but armament standardization in the Scorpion fleet is far away.

British Jaguar Attack Jet

http://www.vectorsite.net/avjag.html

The Jaguar is a well-liked and battle-proven aircraft and the backbone of the HADF's prescision strike squadrons. It is a rugged and reliable airplane, and can handle the HADF's primitive facilities wonderfully.

In addition to Hindustan, Jaguars are used by Strathdonia, The British Federation, and Al-Ahzad. The Commonwealth of Mozambique has expressed interest in purchasing surplus ex-RAF GR.3s.

British Tornado Attack Jet

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/tornado.htm

Also a respected airplane, the Tornado is a relatively new acquisition. The HADF currently has around 60 modified GR.1s, configured for long-range strike and anti-shipping. They are pivotal in that they are the only aircraft capable of carrying the BrahMos heavy ASM and provide Hindustan with, surprisingly enough, the most formidable anti-shipping aircraft in Asia, outside of United Elias.

British Hawk Fighter-Bomber

http://www.vectorsite.net/avhawk.html

The Hawk can only be described as the pinnacle of modern trainers, providing users with a fast, powerful, reliable, and easy-to-fly aircraft that can be easily and profitably converted to fulfill the role of close air support and interdiction aircraft and air defense fighter. Hindustan uses 30 Hawk Mk.200s as fighter-bombers and air defense fighters, and another 10 as anti-shipping platforms.

The BAe Hawk is used by Strathdonia, Hindustan, Lusaka (limited quantities, maintainance state unknown), The Commonwealth of Mozambique, The African Commonwealth, The British Federation, and The Dominion of Malaya.

British Harrier Fighter-Bomber

http://www.vectorsite.net/avav82.html

The HMDF operates twenty of the world's first VTOL fighter from shore bases, where they await the arrival of a retired British Invincible-class ship. In the meantime, they provide what is an insurmountable close-in dogfighting capability with their exceptional manouverability.

Harriers are operated by The British Federation, Roycelandia, and Hindustan.

British Shackleton Patrol Plane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Shackleton

Another ancient design, the Shackleton serves the HMDF in the maritime patrol capacity, where it carries modified avionics and new engines, and also as an AEW platform.

Hindustan is the Shackleton's sole remaining operator.

British Sea King Helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Sea_King

Sea Kings form the backbone of the HMDF's ASW and SAR helicopter fleets, where their heavy payload and long endurance come in quite handy. They can also launch a wide variety of ASMs, and have been used on numerous occasions to destroy Iranian and Bedgellen fast patrol boats during the 1980s.

Sea Kings are operated by Hindustan and Strathdonia.

British Lynx Helicopter

http://www.vectorsite.net/avlynx.html

Lynxes currently serve in the role of frigate helicopter for the HMDF, flying off its Type 12M and Type 22 vessels and providing ASW support. The Lynx is a fast, capable platform which can be used to engage small ships as well as submarines.

Hindustan, Strathdonia, and The British Federation all operate the Westland Lynx.

British Andover Transport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Andover

On the verge of replacement, the Andover is a servicable and reliable transport aircraft developed in the 1960s to meet the requirements of a DC-3 replacing feederliner. Adapted for military transport by the RAF, they were exported in this role worldwide, although today only Hindustan is a major operator of the type.

Hindustan, Nepal, North Hindustan, Afghanistan and possibly Strathdonia still use Andovers for one task or another.

British Twin Pioneer Transport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Twin_Pioneer

Perhaps the world's foremost STOL transport, the Twin Pionner appeals very strongly to the HADF's affinity for cheap, reliable, and extremely rugged airplanes. The Twin Pioneer, while rather dated, provides STOL performance matched by very few other airplanes, and unmatched by other transports. It can carry 16 equipped troops in and out of impossible airstrips and is used constantly in the Hindu-Kush mountains.

Hindustan is the Twin Pioneer's sole current military operator.

British Defender Transport

http://www.britten-norman.com/products/bn2b/

Another hardy little STOL transport, Defenders are liscence-built by HAL and distributed worldwide. While not quite the same aircraft as the Twin Pioneer, the BN-2 is equally reliable and maintainable, and stands up to horrible airfield conditions with pride and resiliance. They mostly find use in the survey role, but have been employed as troop transports and medevac aircraft on numerous occasions.

Strathdonia, Hindustan, Rajasthan, The British Federation, and numerous other states operate the Islander in military roles.

British Belfast Transport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Belfast

Belfasts of No.44 transport squadron are the only strategic airlift assets operated by Hindustan and are mostly used to transport humanitarian supplies and peacekeeping contingents to Africa and east Asia.

Hindustan is the type's only operator.

German Do-28D Transport

http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/itf/do28.htm

Like the Twin Pioneer, the Do-28 is an exemplary STOL aircraft, remarkably reliable and capable. It is used mostly as a survey aircraft but finds occasional employment as airborne command post or troop transport.

The Commonwealth of Mozambique, Hindustan, Sikkim, and North Hindustan use Do-28s in military roles.

Russian Mi-8 Helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-8

Like many airforces, the HADF makes considerable use of the Mi-8/17 transport helicopter, liscence-produced by HAL. The Mi-8/17 provides a "somewhat heavy" transport capability and can be heavily armed, with cannon and rocket pods as well as a wide variety of dangerous and long-range ATGWs. Thanks to a high internal capacity, they also make superb medevac helicopters.

Russia (no doubt), Beth Gellert, Hindustan, Nepal, Strathdonia, The Commonwealth of Mozambique, North Pakistan, Poland, United Elias, The Dominion of Malaya, Dra-pol, The Republic of Korea, Afghanistan, Lusaka, The African Commonwealth, and uncounted other nations use military Mi-8 derivatives.

British/Italian Merlin Helicopter

http://www.vectorsite.net/aveh101.html

The HADF's Merlin HC.3s were bought surplus from the Igovian Air Force, which used them to great effect on New Caledonia. They are fast and powerful helicopters, with plenty of load capacity, if pricey and rather more difficult to maintain than the more basic and sluggish Mi-8.

Military operators comprise The British Federation, Portugal, Hindustan, and Beth Gellert (pending replacement?).

British/French Gazelle Helicopter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Gazelle

The Gazelle, a fast, manouverable helicopter, is used by the HADF as a low-altitude antitank and scout platform. Gazelles are never far away from any operating HGDF unit and provide an unmatched antitank capability with their AT.40 missiles. They are also capable of mounting light SAMs.

Hindustan is the only remaining military Gazelle operator.

Jordanian SB7 Observation Aircraft

http://www.seabirdaviationjordan.com/products.shtm#1

Seabird Aviation's SB7 Seeker light aircraft is an unparallelled low-altitude survey plane and is used by the HADF in the light transport and airborne mapping roles.

Military operators currently comprise Strathdonia and Hindustan.

Italian G.91R Fighter-Bomber

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeritalia_G.91

The G.91 was initially designed to win a NATO competition for a Lightweight Strike Fighter during the 1950s and the first prototype flew in 1956. G.91s are remarkably rugged and can stand up to very primitive operational conditions, although compared with more recent aircraft they lack payload and have a sluggish rate of climb. Some of the examples used on the Indian Subcontinent were purchased third-hand from Portugal (where they had been bought from Germany), and the others bought directly off Luftwaffe stocks.

The Sultanate of Rajasthan and North Hindustan use G.91Rs.

Argentine IA 58 Pucara Counter-Insurgency Aircraft

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/argentina/pucara.htm

Pucaras are cheap, reliable, and effective combat aircraft that can be flown out of extremely poor facilities, and can also stand up to large amounts of battle damage. Take-off distance can reportedly be reduced to as little as 80 meters with the use of RATO rockets, and according to the manufacturer, Fabrica Militar de Aviones, conventional take-offs can be performed on lengths no longer than a football pitch. The Pucara has, however, proven extremely vulnerable even to early jet fighters and rarely is used in conventional warfare unless absolutely necessary.

The prince of Kashmir bought two dozen Pucaras in 1979, and since then about half have been lost. Besides the Kashmiris, the Pucara is used by Argentina and Uruguay.

French Mirage III Interceptor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_III

Dassault's Mirage III/5/50 is a staple world combat aircraft, seeing use across the globe, and was the first European mach-2 capable fighter. It isn't anything special in the air and this became apparent very quickly to Bedgellen or North Hindustani pilots who made the mistake of dogfighting with Commonwealth Lightnings, but is cheap, reliable, basic, and versatile. They also climb briskly and can carry a surprisingly heavy bomb load, and this quality has spawned a number of useful ground-attack and anti-shipping variants.

North Hindustan uses around 220 Mirage IIIs, the bulk of them left-over from the Llewellyn principality, and Mirage III variants are in service with Brazil, Argentina, (possibly?) Neo-Anarchos, South Africa, and Chile.

British Tiger Class Cruiser

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Blake_%28C99%29

The ex-Royal Navy cruiser Blake is Hindustan's pet capital ship, and has fought in every war Hindustan has participated in, sinking numerous ships and downing numerous aircraft each time. It is a fast, manouverable, and dashing vessel, and its automatic 6in guns can do no end of damage to all but the most heavily-armored ships.

British Type 12M Frigate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_class_frigate

Type 12M frigates were groundbreaking designs in their day and remain highly capable, if dated, ships, especially in the ASW role where their very long range sonars come in extremely useful. Nine Type 12M ships are in HMDF service.

British Type 81 Frigate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_class_frigate

Only one of the historic Tribal-class frigates serves with the HMDF, itself a prized and valuable addition to the fleet.

British Type 22 Frigate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_22_frigate

The most modern frigate type in service, Type 22s are fast and capable AA and AsSW vessels, if somewhat handicapped in the ASW role. Four were bought from Britain quite recently.

British Type 42 Destroyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_42_destroyer

The Type 42 Sheffield Class ships, of which three are in service, are the HMDF's best and primary anti-aircraft vessels. They mount a long-range radar and very many PAADS-2 VLS cells. Four were purchased from Britain during the John Bull administration, and one was sunk off Spyr by renegade Russian ships.

British Daring Class Destroyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daring_class_destroyer_%281949%29

One of the HMDF's first destroyer classes, Darings have served in one role or another since the early 1950s. While the last Daring to be operated as a combat vessel was torpedoed by a Drapoel submarine, two of the class have been modified as gigantic minesweepers, and they've been used worldwide.

British Battle Class Destroyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_class_destroyer

The HMDF's Battle Class vessel, INS Cadiz, is one of the oldest front-line warships, having served since the second world war in what was then the Royal Indian Navy. Despite the vessel's age, it is not due to be retired terribly soon.

British Rapier SAM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapier_missile

British Starstreak SAM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starstreak_missile

British Javelin SAM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin_surface-to-air_missile

Russian 82mm Vasilisk Mortar

http://www.taos-inc.com/firespt.htm

Seen in action during the Sino-Nepalese war, the HGDF very much likes the Vasilisk's automatic firing and very many knock-off M.82s have been produced. They can be seen mounted on or towed by almost anything.

Russian D-30 Howitzer

http://www.taos-inc.com/firespt.htm

While Hindustan is entirely self-sufficient when it comes to rocket artillery and produces its own line of 105mm light guns, it has no large-caliber howitzers. Several hundred D-30s were bought to rectify this, and they saw heavy service during the Sino-Nepalese War.

Russian M-36 Howitzer

http://www.taos-inc.com/firespt.htm

Another large-caliber howitzer, the M-36 was purchased in the late 1990s for fitting onto Centurion bases to make a self-propelled howitzer. However, the project never came to anything and several hundred found their way into regular HGDF service.

Russian SPG-9 Recoilless Rifle

http://www.taos-inc.com/atwpns.htm

Like all recoilless rifles, the SPG-9 is on its way out, but still provides a very useful weapon for destroying light and poorly-armored vehicles as well as fixed defenses.

Hm, I suppose that I can do entries for equipment from NPC nations, link them... list the AMW nations that use it, and have the name of each AMW nation link to the long posts from each... right... I think I've got this. Heh. My head hurts already.

BRES Totem-3T Anti Tank Guided Missile System

Primarily built by the Fort Brennus September Pwelli Ordnance Factory (Hyderabad), this 125mm missile weapon is part of a long line of heavily used systems. The first Totem ATGM was a gun-launched beam-riding missile with a warhead of limited value against very modern armour packages, but it provided a stand-off engagement capability to early Commonwealth tanks.

The current Totem is tube-launched and may be found mounted on armoured vehicles, land cruisers, helicopter gunships, sometimes on patrol boats, and carried by more than one infantry soldier. The second Totem incorporated an enhanced warhead package designed to defeat reactive armour by use of a highly modern tandem HEAT charges, while the main improvements to this final version are in enhanced countermeasure-resistance. The latest version also offers a thermobaric effect warhead as an alternative to the dedicated anti-armour weapon.

Totem 3T uses either optical or thermal detection and tracking, and infra-red or semi-automatic command to line of sight laser guidance. Range is between 250 and 6,000 metres, and armour penetration is said to be rated in excess of 1,100mm.

Just a minor note, The Commonwealth of Mozambique also uses the T-55.

Zanzibar Class Monitor

The Zanzibar Class Monitors are the only gun-and-armor ships ever to have been built in post-independence Hindustan, designed to combat the battleships fielded by Bonstock and France, among others, by countering their own heavy armor and heavy guns with its own heavy armor and heavy guns, coupled with a very low profile. Arguably the first monitors ever built anywhere since the early 1900s and directly descended from the British Erebus-class, they are unique ships and popular with crews, if not especially useful. Not designed to operate far outside of the coastline of the Indian Ocean, Zanzibar-class ships aren't terribly good performers in rough seas although their catamaran hull makes them very stable and quite difficult to make capsize. With the decline of worldwide battleship fleets, a decline undoubtedly associated with their very hefty price tag and equally significant operating costs, Zanzibar-class ships will most likely be used as gunfire support vessels for shore operations, a role that their 15" main rifles will no doubt be quite at home in.

Zanzibar-class ships have had surprising export success, probably due to their heavy armament coupled with relatively low cost. Of the three Zanzibar-class monitors built (of a planned 6-8), one (INS Timor) is used by the HMDF. The others, New Britain and Zanzibar, serve with the Strathdonian Coastal Boat Squadron and the Lusakan Navy respectively.

The 15" turrets of what were supposed to be another four monitors are currently used as coastal artillery pieces around Mumbai.

Compliment: 298+25 marines
Length: 405ft
Displacement: 7,200t
Powerplant: 4xThiruvananthapuram DS66 Gas Turbines driving twin variable pitch propellers, 1xRolls-Royce Ulstein Aquamaster Swing-Up Azimuthing Thruster
Maximum speed: 24kts
Maximum range: 8,000nm at 18kts
Weapons: 1xdual 15" main rifles (foreward turret)
1x6" QF Mk. N5 (aft secondary turret)
1x16-cell PAADS-1/Sea Wolf VLS
2x40mm CIWS (second often removed, as it has been shown to interfere with the trasversal of the aft 6in turret)
2xquadruple 20mm multipurpose turrets
2xtriple Sea Eagle launchers
Sensors & ECM: Air and surface search radar, weather/navigation radar, fire control & gunnery radar, hull-mounted sonar, radar jammer, decoy launchers, radar warning reciever

Bhiar Class Attack Submarine

The Bihar class SSK is the HMDF's main submarine type and one of the world's best attack submarines. Bihar class vessels are equipped with an advanced air-independent (AIP) propulsion system and are therefore capable of remaining underwater much longer than traditional non-nuclear submarines. They are also much quieter due to both the propulsion system and hull design, all of which are based very heavily on the German U212/214 class vessels. Infra-red and radar signatures are very low, so the Bihar could very well be classified as a 'stealth' submarine. Bihar vessels are equipped with a new command-and-control system, excellent sonar equipment, and torpedo tubes capable of firing anti-ship and cruise missiles. The new torpedo tubes won't be able to display their multi-purpose abilities for some time, however, as there aren't any plans to deploy a sub-launched BrahMos and the AS. 117 project is still some time off from completion.

Despite the type's extremely desirable qualities, it is a pricey item and the HMDF had to dig deep to afford the eight that it has, selling off some six Kilo-class vessels. Potential customers for the Bihar class are almost entirely unable to afford it.

Compliment: 27
Length: 56m
Beam: 7m
Draught: 6m
Displacement: 1,524t (surfaced), 1,830t (dived)
Propulsion: 1xThiruvananthapuram DS80/21 Submarine diesel engine developing 3.12MW, 1xThiruvananthapuram ES2/1 AIP system developing 300kW
Maximum speed: 12kts (surfaced), 20kts (dived)
Maximum range: 8,000mi at 8kts (surfaced), 420mi at 8kts (dived)
Maximum dive depth: ~400m
Weapons: 6x533mm torpedo tubes capable of firing ASMs
Sensors & ECM: Active/passive sonar suite (with towed array), mine detection sonar, weather/navigation radar, IES Type 41 periscope, IES electronic warfare suite, acoustic decoy & torpedo countermeasures launchers

LS-20K Penetrating Ordinance

Visually indistinguishable from a distance to the LS-1000 and hence unknown to exist to all but a few high ranking officers, the LS-20K is the largest conventional bomb in China's arsenal, but with a small form designed to fit comfortably within a J-16. Newer models feature extendable wings which increase the range substantially.

Weight : 20 tonnes
Guidance : Laser, GPS, or visual depending on model
Range : 30km
CEP : 5-8m

Lyong-ti class Battleship

The Lyong-ti is the highest achievement of Strainist naval engineering, and an example of the folly which can result from unfettered competition and national pride. Capable of delivering 40 tonnes of shells on target per minute, and with a nuclear powerplant and large complement of troops, the vessel is capable of long-distance deployments in a way no other SRA surface vessel can manage. It was built to counter the Bonstockian ‘Draken’ superbattleship, to break the psychological impact of what the FRB navy intended as a ‘terror weapon’, as well as to prove that Lyong could produce equally capable vessels to the FRB. The history of its development is shrouded in confusion… the Draken shows influence of IJN’s Yamato in its design, and the Lyong-ti has oddly similar aspects to both Yamato and Draken, indicating that espionage by one or more sides may have played a role. In uncharacteristic similarity with many grand projects across the sea in the CPRD, casualties amongst the construction crews were high, with at least a dozen dead or missing as the vessel was sped through to completion.

The Lyong-ti's armour was designed to resist the 18"-20" shells expected to be fired from FRB Drakens, with a waterline 'bubble' to offset torpedo impacts between double hulls. No additional armour was put in place around the ships magazines, as such measures decrease firing rates by up to 60%. Instead, force direction systems in each magazine redirect the blast of a magazine detonation, so that it will not render the vessel inoperable or immobile.

The Lyong-ti was built with additional fuel stores and refuelling booms,
despite not requiring petroleum-based fuel itself, so that it might increase the range of its escort ships should it be deployed a great distance from Strainist ports.

Length: 350 metres
Width: 60 metres
Draft: 12.4 metres
Tonnage: 130,000 tonnes
Top Speed: 28 knots (52 kph)
Powerplant: 2x nuclear reactors, driving four shafts.
Endurance: 1 month (supplies)
Anchors: 4
Shell Delivery/Minute: approx. 40 metric tonnes.
Armament:
- 9x 20" Guns (in three triple mounts)
- 2x 8" Guns (in one twin mount)
- 8x 6" rapid-fire Guns (in eight single mounts)
- 12x 20mm CIWS (in twelve single mounts)
- 16x Mosquito ASM tubes (in four quad-cell launchers)
- 32x SAM tubes (in eight quad-cell launchers)
- 2x towed torpedo countermeasures decoy systems
- 2x chaff launch systems
Carried Craft:
- 4x H-82 (Ka-28) ASW helicopters (can be increased by two units if neded, though this requires one unit to be kept on deck)
- 4x Officer’s cutters, 30 person capacity
- 64x twenty-five person encapsulated and/or inflatable lifeboats.
Crew:
-Enlisted: 1,400
-Officers: 250
-Marines: 60 (increased during offensive deployments)
Sensors/Electronics:
-Air & Surface Search Radar
-Surface Surveillance and Tracking Radar
-Fire Control Radar
-Ballista AEGIS
-EW systems
In Service: 1 (Lyong-ti)

Linguistic note: 'Lyong-ti' translates as the 'Dragon of Heaven', a deified imperial ancestor in Lyong's animist tradition. Lyong-ti fought a great war to unify the peninsula, before he ascended to Heaven to bring order and set the world on its proper course as the head of the Lyongian animist pantheon.

Akayari 105mm Anti-Tank Guided Missile (Gun-Fired)

The Akayari (Lyongese, translation: 'Bloody Spear') ATGM was developed fom the Russian 9K116 Bastion 100mm missile, in an attempt to give older SRA tanks the ability to engage modern enemy battle tanks. The Akayari has been widely distributed to armoured units fielding T-58 and T-63 model tanks, as well as to front-line artillery units with 100 and 105mm anti-tank guns. In the latter instance, only one round is issued as standard, as the outdated and immobile guns will likely be hit by heavy counterfire after the first round is fired, before reloading is complete.

Production: Shaiken Ordnance Factory, PRS.
Calibre: 105mm
Single-Hit Probability: 90% (against static targets)
Armour Penetration: 660mm RHA (standard warhead)
Range: 100-5,500m
Flight Time to Max. Range: 15 seconds
Propulsion: gun-launched, solid rocket cruise with 1 set pop-out fins for stability and 1 set pop-out fins for guidance.
Guidance: laser beam riding.

IC. 3 Fire Support Vehicle/IFV

The IC. 3, first introduced in 1981, is the HGDF's only armed IFV, often finding use alongside Hindustan's proper tanks. It has a number of crew friendly features including a V-shaped hull designed to deflect the blast of antitank mines and major components made out of composite materials. The IC. 3 is fully amphibious in its baseline manifestation and very reliable, and its three-person crew can perform all but the most intensive maintainance tasks themselves. A Mahindra Type 30M multifuel engine allows the IC. 3 even greater operational flexibility, and a planned diesel-electric upgrade will even further improve the type's performance. IC. 3s have been fitted with laser warning recievers, and such equipment could very well become standard fit. A wide range of other mission-specific equipment can be fitted quickly and easily as well, such as applique armor, sensors masts, and additional machine gun stations.

Crew: 3+8 (four stretchers)
Armament: 1x35mm main gun, 1x7.62mm coaxial MG, 1x7.62mm AA MG, 2x8 smoke grenade dischargers
Length: 5.251m
Width: 2.8m
Height: 1.879m
Weight combat: 12,189kg
Engine: Mahindra Type 30M multi-fuel engine developing 300bhp at 2,200rpm
Maximum road speed: 70km/h
Maximum road range: 650km
NBC system: Yes
Night vision equipment: Yes, passive for driver and commander

IC. 3 Special Variants

-Anti-tank, with 2xAT.40 ATGW in one-person turret

-Medical, with improved ventilation and extra powerpack, raised roof and room for six casualties and three attendants

-EME/Sapper, with mine and obstacle clearing equipment

[I thought that some of my weapons would be ok if they were solely released by Spain.]

GH-31 12.7mm High Power Sniper Rifle
Type: Heavy Calibre Sniper Rifle
Builder: Gerunt et Hiert
Abstract: The GH-31 sniper rifle was developed specifically for the Macabee special forces, made practical after the success of prototype rifles in the Operation Highborne, the opening attacks on Jagadan personnel in the Macabee-Jagadan colonial war. The rifle, being too expensive for standard infantry divisions up to now, may be widely used throughout the Golden Throne's military, despite its weight, simply because rifles need the extra punch to go through new battlesuits employed by certain nations, and even to get that extra range and lethality. Nonetheless, the GH-13 will remain the standard sniper rifle for standard armed personnel forces, including the mechanized divisions. The GH-31 employs several new and advance technologies which put it one step ahead of other sniper rifles in the same class. All in all, the GH-31 is a promising gun that will surely make it into the annals of gun history.
Operation: Short recoil, semi-automatic and manual.
Calibre: 12.7mm/.50 Cal armour piercing discarding sabot
Barrel Length: 7.42cm with a muzzle flash suppressor.
Overall Length: 117.23cm
Muzzle Velocity: 980m/s
Range: 2,300m
Magazine Capacity: 6 rounds
Weight: 8.5kg
Scope Technology: The scope is an all powerful digital optimizer using a charged coupled device [CCD]with a small computer chip which allows the operator to set different detection modes, including infra-red vision and electro-optical, with extremely accurate image rendering when zoom is used.
Ballistics: Using an optical ranging system the problems of long range precision fire have been lessened. The computer chip automatically detects air temperature, barometric pressure, and range, with the user specifying ammunition type. Range is detected through an automated range finder. The new ballistics suit also include a stabalization of the image through the scope
Recoil: To reduce the recoil of the round the GH-31 uses a multi-baffle muzzle break.
Accessories:
Bipod
Hardened Carrying Case [airborne operations]
Detachable Handle
Detachable Muzzle Break
Barrel Life: 1000 rounds
Cost: $9,000 USD
Production Rights: $70 million USD

Panzerfaust X-9/Tagus Anti-Tank Missile


The Tagus Anti-Tank Missile, also known as the Panzerfaust X-9 to Riptide Monzarc, was a joint creation for the purpose of the defense of infantry columns in wartime exercises. Although the Golden Empire already fielded the multi-purpose Ebro anti-tank missile it was decided that it was much too flawed for continued use, consequently the Tagus was researched and developed. The Tagus is equipped with an imaging infrared system (I2R), and is a fire and forget missile. It’s also designed with a “soft launch” for use within buildings, and it protects the crew from the enemy’s line of sight. The Tagus is a top attack missile, where armor normally has its major weak point.

The central part of the Tagus is its Command Launch Unit (CLU) with a trigger mechanism, and a day/night surveillance mechanism, as well as target acquisition programming. The Tagus, during nighttime operation, has night vision sight (NVS) giving it a range of some 2.5 kilometers. However, for daytime operations it is equipped with new generation sighting technology.

The new sights are built around a single Cassagrian telescope type device, with internal charge coupled devices (CCD), which allow advance recollection of photons and photonic waves. The light collected by the Cassagrian telescope cannot be seen with the unaided human eye, consequently, the image is seen through a video camera, although using fiber optic cables, the imagines is basically instantaneous. This is the same basic system as used in ultra-modern photonic masts, except that the tube and the prisms are much smaller, and this uses a CCD, while the photonic mast does not. The range given by this new sighting, dubbed, Most Advanced Sighting Capabilities (MADSIC), is just about twelve kilometers.

The missile, the Tagus, is based on a disposable launch tube assembly, battery coolant units (BCU), and the missile itself. The missile’s range has been given five kilometers, although preferred range is just about two kilometers. The system, without the missile, weighs just about eight kilograms. The warhead’s weight is 12kg; however it enjoys a much larger fuel deposit than the standard Javelin and Milan. However, this latter point extends the missile’s total weight, when fully fueled, to about twenty-three kg, giving the entire system a weight of thirty-one kilograms.

The warhead uses a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) form, with a tandem shape, giving it a penetration of 700mm + of standard armor. It’s effectiveness against explosive reactive armors and ceramic composite armors are not known, although it is expected to be about the same, since the missile was tested on an old Soviet T-72 export tank.

For accuracy the missile uses a computerized graphic positioning system (CGPS), which basically maps the enemy-tank (based on information using the MADSIC) on a liquid crystal matrix (AMLCD) screen. From there, the missile can use its own personalized acquisition and targeting system (ATS), which is a union of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and infra-red detection systems (IRDS). This communion of three technologies makes the Tagus extremely accurate, and extremely deadly.

Weight: 31 kg
Length: 1.85 meters
Range: (Daytime) 5 kilometers; (Nightime) 2.5 kilometers
[b]Warhead Type: HEAT Tandem
Warhead Weight: 12 kg
Armor Penetration: 700mm +
Crew: 2 man portable system


Cost: 25,000 USD

[Valencia class SSK]

[Images]
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[Abstract]
The Empire has never had a diesel/electric submarine to call its own, and with the rescent design of the Cartagena class SSN the OberKommando des Kriegsmarine, in conjunction with the OberKommando des Werhmacht and the Emperor, decided that it would be high time to design and put into production the Empire's first SSK design - dubbed the Valencia class.

Total production is to amount only to thirty submarines of this type, however, they will provide some of the most effective coastal defense operations in case of war, and a further ten have been ordered by the coast guard, although they currently do not have pens to hold the SSKs, and thus their order has been put on hold until such facilities can be constructed.

Regardless, the SSK is largely based on the Soviet/Russian Kilo and new, more modern, submarine designs. It has a bright future ahead of it, and is most likely to preform much better than the modified Kilos currently in service with the Imperial Kriegsmarine.

[Hull Design and Construction]
The Valencia class SSK takes on a teardrop shape, as seen in the Virginia class SSN, and showing resemblence to technology first released with the Soviet/Russian Kilo class SSK [diesel attack submarine]. The teardrop shape was designed to further disperse the pressure mounted by water, especially at lower depths. Meaning, the rounder shape of the aft of the submarine allows the water to disperse around the hull, avoiding mounting pressure on a single point, as the water "flows" around the hull. Therefore, the teardrop shaped hull gives the Cartagena a much larger crush depth.

The frame of the Valencia class SSK is fully made of titanium, amongst the strongest conventional metals known to man. Although rather expensive, it does allow to extend the much important crush depth needed for modern submarines. Furthermore, it gives the hull a greater tensile strength, and should be able to survive up to, and perhaps more than, two standard ADCAP [MK 48] torpedoes.

The hull is constructed of a composite material, designed by Imperial engineers. Namely, a polymer material [or plastic material] is weaved around a matrix, giving it additional strength for resistance. The polymer is also reinforced with titanium and steel strands, as well as the ceramics found in chobham and cermat. Furthermore, there are also strands of depleted uranium and vanadium, giving the hull a strength proportional to that of a surface ship. There are also several bulkheads and a host of NBC protection agents, in order to defend from chemical to nuclear attacks in the submarine layer.

The hull and frame gives the Valencia class SSK an outstanding crush depth of 1.5 kilometers under perfect circumstances. The hull also incorporates ROR-CHO composite technology developed by BFGoodrich which give the submarine and its sonar windows awesome acoustical performance, while keeping structural integrity.

Moreover, the hull and screws are pocketed by Super Flow cavitation absorbers. SuperFlow power absorbers use forged stainless steel shafts, which have internal hubs for attachment of the impeller. The attachment point to the hub is part of the forging, not a keyway or serration. The stainless steel forged shafts, used in the dynamometers currently available on SF-901s, have not experienced a single failure in their current configurations, going back a number of years. The SuperFlow absorber design uses a rounded pocket which is considerably more efficient at transferring torque, while reducing the shock effect of the water moving from the rotor to the stator. As a consequence, the rotor is smaller in diameter and contains much less volume for rapid response. The area exposed to the water is less, and many of these units have been in operation more than 15 years at this time. The SuperFlow dynamometers are used extensively for endurance testing, and customers report accumulating more than 10,000 hours on the absorbers. SuperFlow’s durability is proven by many years of in-field use.

Finally, the hull is layered with a thin strip of gaucho, a black rubbery substance designed to absorb active sound waves, as well as anechoic tiling.

[Propulsion]
The Valencia class SSK submarine is powered by diesel-electric propulsion with two 1000kW diesel generators and one 5,500hp propulsion motor. It also has 190hp motor for economic running and two 102hp standby propulsion systems. It has four seven-blade fixed-pitch propellers.

More importantly, the Valencia uses air independent propulsion and closed-cycle diesel engines, with stored liquid oxygen (LOX), allowing it to be submerged for about three to five days. Typically, a closed-cycle diesel (CCD) install- ation incorporates a standard diesel engine that can be operated in its conventional mode on the surface or while snorkeling. Underwater, however, it runs on an artificial atmosphere synthesized from stored oxygen, an inert gas (generally argon), and recycled exhaust products. The engine exhaust - largely carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapor - is cooled, scrubbed, and separated into its constituents, with the argon recycled back to the intake manifold. The remaining exhaust gas is mixed with seawater and discharged overboard. Generally, the required oxygen is stored in liquid form - LOX - in cryogenic tanks.

CCD systems have been developed by a number of firms in Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and a few other countries. However, except for a 300-horsepower demonstration system refitted onto the German Navy's ex-U 1 in 1993, no modern CCD systems have entered naval service. England's Marconi Marine recently acquired CCD pioneer Carlton Deep Sea Systems and is marketing a CCD retrofit package for existing conventional submarines, such as South Korea's nine Type 209s. Although one key advantage of CCD systems is their relatively easy backfit into existing submarine engineering plants, there have been no takers. Despite the additional supply complication of needing regular replenishment of cryogenic oxygen and inert gas, there are logistics advantages in retaining standard diesel engines and using normal diesel fuel.

[Electronic Detection Devices]
AN/BQQ-5 Sonar
AN/BQQ-5 bow-mounted spherical array sonar acoustic system is deployed on SSN 637 and SSN 501 attack submarine classes. This low frequency passive and active search and attack sonar is supplied by IBM. The AN/BQQ-5E sonar with the TB-29 towed array and Combat Control System (CCS) Mk 2, known collectively as the QE-2 System, provides a functionally equivalent system for the Cartagena class submarines. Enhancements include increases in acoustic performance, improved combat control capabilities and replacement of obsolete equipment.

OPEVAL for AN/BQQ-5E system with the TB-29 Array completed in FY 1998; this system will provide quantum improvements in long-range detection and localization for SSN 501 Class Submarines. Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 7001 to AN/BQQ-5E will provide Low Frequency Active Interference Rejection, Dual Towed Array Processing, and Full Spectrum Processing to SSN 501 Class Submarines.

The AN/BSY-1 ECP 1000, the AN/BQQ-5 Medium Frequency Active Improvement program and Improved Control Display Console Obsolete Equipment Replacement have been modified to become the basis of the Acoustics Rapid Commercial Off The Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) program. A-RCI is a multi-phased, evolutionary development effort geared toward addressing Acoustic Superiority issues through the rapid introduction of interim development products applicable to SSN 501,Class Submarines. A-RCI Phases I and II introduce towed array processing improvements; A-RCI Phase III introduces spherical array processing improvements.

The Cartagena Submarine System Improvement Program develops and integrates command and control improvements needed to maintain Cartagena submarine operational capability through the life cycle of this vital strategic asset. The program conducts efforts needed to ensure platform invulnerability, and reduce life cycle costs. Recent efforts have included the development of AN/BQQ-6 Sonar to AN/BQQ-5E Sonar Translator.

TB-113, TB-23 Towed Array and TACTAS
The TB-113 towed array is the newest towed array currently in service with the Imperial Navy. Being about three times as long as the current Elusive class Battleship it also has a grand host of hundreds of sensitive hydrophones running down the final seventy-five meters length of steel wire.

It was designed to supplement the AN/BQQ-5 spherical array, and to exceed existent towed arrays. However, the older TB-23 towed array is still in use, being the only short towed array in service with the Imperial Navy.

The AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS) provides very long-range passive detection of enemy submarines. TACTAS is a long cable full of microphones that is towed about a mile behind the ship. It is towed so far behind the ship so as to not let noise radiating from the shipitself interfere with the noise picked up from targets. Using that noise can determine exactly what ship or submarine is being tracked. The AN/SQR-19B Tactical Array SONAR (TACTAS) is a passive towed array system which provides the ability to detect, classify, and track a large number of submarine contacts at increased ranges. TACTAS is a component sensor of the AN/SQQ-89(V)6 ASW Combat System, and provides significant improvements in passive detection and localization, searching throughout 360 degrees at tactical ship speeds. Processing of complex TACTAS data is performed by the largest computer program assembly ever developed for surface ship anti-submarine warfare.

Meteorology and Oceanography Center Detachment TACTAS support products describe oceanographic and acoustic conditions (using range dependent models) in the prosecution area for towed array ships tasked by CTF-69 for ASW operations. This message is provided when own ship Sonar In-situ Mode Assessment System (SIMAS) or the Mobile Environmental Team’s Mobile Oceanographic Support System MOSS) are not available. It is tailored to the specific towed array carried onboard. The message is transmitted prior to the start of a prosecution and daily thereafter or as requested.


General SONAR Use
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) usually, but not always, involves the use of sonar. Although the vagaries of the environment make it difficult to predict and use, there is no other type of energy propagation that travels so far in the ocean without significant losses as acoustics waves. In this section, we describe the principles of operation of the major types of sonar systems and one non-acoustic system (MAD). We begin with the system that most closely resembles the operation of basic radar, namely active sonar.

Transmitter. The transmitter generates the outgoing pulse. It determines pulse width, PRF, modulation (optional), and carrier frequency. The output power can be controlled by the operator. The source level may be limited for several reasons. If the transducers are driven with too much power, they can cavitate (drop the pressure so low that the water boils). This is called quenching, and it can destroy the transducer since the normal backpressure is removed when bubbles form on its surface. Since the normal restoring force is gone, the surface of the transducer can travel too far (over-range) and damage itself. The quenching power limit increases with depth due to the increased ambient pressure.
Another common phenomenon that limits the maximum source level is reverberation, which is an echo from the immediate surrounding volume of water. The reverberation level (RL) increases with the source level (SL). At some point the reverberation exceeds the noise level (NL) and will dominate the return signal. Since reverberation always comes back from the same direction you are projecting, the reduction in background noise, quantified by the directivity index (DI) does not apply. When
RL > NL - DI,
the system is said to be reverberation-limited. The figure of merit equation must be modified to reflect this:

FOMactive (reverberation-limited) = SL + TS - RL - DT

When the system becomes reverberation-limited, the display will begin to be dominated by noise near own ship in the direction the active sonar is projecting. The solution is to reduce power to just below the level at which reverberation-limiting occurred.

Transducer array. The individual transducers are simple elements with little or no directionality. They are arranged in an array to improve the directivity index, which improves the figure-of-merit by noise reduction. The array of transducers reduces the beamwidth in the horizontal (or azimuthal) direction, and is usually circular in order to give more or less complete coverage, with the exception of the region directly behind the array (where the ship is). The array is protected from noise by own ship by discontinuing the array in the after regions, and also by putting in sound attenuating material. This region aft of a hull-mounted array, from which the sonar system cannot detect is called the baffles.

The array is also configured to reduce the beamwidth in the vertical direction. Normally a hull-mounted array should only receive sound from the downward direction, not directly ahead, since the noise from the ocean's surface would destroy the sonar's performance.

Beamforming processor. The input/output of each transducer is put through a beamforming processor, which applies time delays or phase shifts to each of the signals in such a way as to create a narrow beam in a particular direction.

The width of the beam formed by the beamforming processor will determine the bearing accuracy of the system when searching. In an identical manner to dual-beam tracking systems, sonar tracking systems can improve on this accuracy tremendously, at the expense of the signal-to-noise ratio.

4.) Duplexer. The duplexer performs the same function in an active sonar as in a radar system, namely to protect the receiver from the full transmitter power while the pulse is going out. It can be thought of a switch that toggles between the transmitter and receiver.

5.) Synchronizer. Performs same role as the synchronizer in radar. Provides overall coordination and timing for the system. Reset the display for each new pulse in order to make range measurements.

6.) Receiver. Collects the received energy. The receiver compares the power level to noise with a threshold SNR (DT) in order to determine if the signal will be displayed in a particular beam. If the DT is set too low, there will many false alarms. If it is too high, some detection capability will be lost.

The receiver may also demodulate the return if frequency modulation is used on transmission. Sonar systems often use pulse compression techniques to improve range resolution.

7.) Display. Puts all of the detection information into a visual format. There are several types:

A-scan: the signal along a single beam for a portion of the listening cycle. A target appears as a raised section if it is in the beam.
Passive SONAR:

Hydrophone array. These are the sensitive elements which detect the acoustic energy emitted from the target. Again, they are arranged into an array to improve the beamwidth. Common configurations are cylindrical or spherical. The cylindrical array operates at a fixed vertical angle, usually downward. The spherical array, which is common on submarines, has a much wider vertical field-of-view. Since the submarine may be below what it is tracking, the array must be able to look upwards to some extent. The large downward angles are only used for bottom bounce detection. Using a beamforming processor (described below) the field-of-view is broken down into individual beams in the vertical and azimuthal directions.

Beamforming processor. Unlike active systems which transmit and receive in a set direction, the passive system must listen to all angles at all times. This requires a very wide beamwidth. At the same time, a narrow beamwidth is required for locating the source and rejecting ambient noise. These two objectives are achieved simultaneously by the passive beamforming processor. The idea is very similar to the active system.

The beams should not be thought of as coming from the individual hydrophones. In fact, each of the beams so created has a narrow beamwidth that comes from the full aperture of the array, not the individual hydrophones.




Broadband display. The output of the beamforming processor is displayed as a bearing time history (BTH):

The newest information is at the top of the display. The beamwidth of the system determines how accurately the bearing can be measured by such a display. A common beamwidth is about 5o. The total amount of time displayed from top to bottom can be controlled (to some extent). A quickly updating display that only kept information for a few minutes would be useful for close contacts whose bearings are changing rapidly. On the other hand, a long tie history is more useful for detecting long range contacts, whose bearings are only changing slowly.

4.) Frequency Analyzer. The frequency analyzer breaks the signal into separate frequencies. This is the spectrum of the signal. For processing purposes, the frequencies are divided into small bands known as frequency bins. The width of each bin is called the analysis bandwidth. Sonar systems can gain considerable signal-to-noise improvements by matching the analysis bandwidth to the bandwidth of narrowband sources. The way to illustrate this is by two counter examples. If the signal processing bandwidth is too wide, then noise from the part of the spectrum beyond the signal is let in and the SNR is degraded. If the bandwidth is too narrow, then part of the signal is excluded, also reducing the SNR. It should be obvious now that the best situation occurs when the bandwidth exactly matches the signal. This is possible when the characteristics of the signal are well known, which they are for most targets.




The frequency analyzer separates (filters) the signal into discrete bins, inside of which the SNR is maximized. The frequency content of the signals from a target information provides vital information about its identity and operation. These frequencies are also subject to the Doppler shift, just like radar, are therefore can provide information about the range rate. This requires that the original frequency be known exactly, which is generally not the case. However, many important facts can be inferred by the changes in the received frequency over time.

Narrowband Display. For a particular beam, the time history of the frequency is called a waterfall display.

This can be used to gain additional information from a contact which is already being tracked by another system. In order to search for contacts on the basis of narrowband information alone requires a different type of display. One possibility is to simultaneously display several different beams, each showing a mini-waterfall display, which are called grams.

These are quite useful, but require great concentration on the part of the operator because there is more information displayed at any one time. Many systems require the operator to systematically search the entire field-of-view, looking at only a few beams at a time.

Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)
Variable depth sonars use large transducers that are towed from the ship on a cable with an adjustable scope. The combination of the buoyancy, ship speed and cable scope determine at the depth that the transducer will be at. VDS is used for two main reasons. At increased depth, the source level (SL) can be increased greatly, since the quenching limit is higher. This is due to increased backpressure on the surface of the transducer. Secondly, the VDS can be operated below the layer.

Recall that the combination of positive over negative sound velocity profiles created a layer at the interface. The layer makes it difficult to propagate sound across it. Therefore, ships using hull-mounted sonar systems will be unable to detect submarines operating below the layer, except possibly at short range. However, if the VDS can be place below layer, the ship can take advantage of the deep sound channel while being in the shadow zone of the submarine's sonar.

ZW-07 Surface Search RADAR
The radar has a peak power of 50 or 60 kW (pulse width 1 microsecond, PRF 1200 pps). There are also a short-pulse mode (0.1 microsecond, 100 kW, can be 2500 pps). Gain is 28 dB; dimensions of the half-cheese antenna are 1.0 x 0.25 m. The beam is 2.4 x 16 deg.
Performance: The range remains at around 200 nautical miles. In the single-pulse mode a ship can be detected at two hundred and ten nautical miles. The ZW-07 radar is installed on the Cartagena SSN.
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Inertial Guidance
An inertial navigation system measures the position and attitude of a vehicle by measuring the accelerations and rotations applied to the system's inertial frame. It is widely used because it refers to no real-world item beyond itself. It is therefore immune to jamming and deception. (See relativity and Mach's principle for some background in the physics involved).

An inertial guidance system consists of an inertial navigation system combined with control mechanisms, allowing the path of a vehicle to be controlled according to the position determined by the inertial navigation system. These systems are also referred to as an inertial platform.
INSs have angular and linear accelerometers (for changes in position); some include a gyroscopic element (for maintaining an absolute positional reference).

Angular accelerometers measure how the vehicle is twisting in space. Generally, there's at least one sensor for each of the three axes: pitch (nose up and down), yaw (nose left and right) and roll (clockwise or counterclockwise from the cockpit).

Linear accelerometers measure how the vehicle moves. Since it can move in three axes (up & down, left & right, forward & back), it has a linear accelerometer for each axis.

A computer continually calculates the vehicle's current position. First, for each of six axes, it adds the amount of acceleration over the time to figure the current velocity of each of the six axes. Then it adds the distance moved in each of the six axes to figure the current position.

Inertial guidance is impossible without computers. The desire to use inertial guidance in the minuteman missile and Apollo program drove early attempts to miniaturize computers.

Inertial guidance systems are now usually combined with satellite navigation systems through a digital filtering system. The inertial system provides short term data, while the satellite system corrects accumulated errors of the inertial system.

Schemes

Gyrostabilized platforms
Some systems place the linear accelerometers on a gimballed gyrostabilized platform. The gimbals are a set of three rings, each with a pair of bearings at right angles. They let the platform twist in any rotational axis. There are two gyroscopes (usually) on the platform.

Why do the gyros hold the platform still? Gyroscopes try to twist at right angles to the angle at which they are twisted (an effect called precession). When gyroscopes are mounted at right angles and spin at the same speed, their precessions cancel, and the platform they're on will resist twisting.
This system allowed a vehicle's roll, pitch and yaw angles to be measured directly at the bearings of the gimbals. Relatively simple electronic circuits could add up the linear accelerations, because the directions of the linear accelerometers do not change.

The big disadvantage of this scheme is that it has a lot of precision mechanical parts that are expensive. It also has moving parts that can wear out or jam, and is vulnerable to gimbal lock.

The gudiance system of the Apollo command modules used gyrostabilized platforms, feeding data to the Apollo Guidance Computer

Rate Gyro Systems
Lightweight digital computers permit the system to eliminate the gimbals. This reduces the cost and increases the reliability by eliminating some of the moving parts. Angular accelerometers called "rate gyros" measure how the angular velocity of the vehicle changes. The trigonometry involved is too complex to be accurately performed except by digital electronics.

Laser Gyros
Laser gyros were supposed to eliminate the bearings in the gyroscopes, and thus the last bastion of precision machining and moving parts.

A laser gyro moves laser light in two directions around a circular path. As the vehicle twists, the light has a doppler effect. The different frequencies of light are mixed, and the difference frequency (the beat frequency) is a radio wave whose frequency is supposed to be proportional to the speed of rotation.

In practice, the electromagnetic peaks and valleys of the light lock together. The result is that there's no difference of frequencies, and therefore no measurement.

To unlock the counter-rotating light beams, laser gyros either have independent light paths for the two direction (usually in fiber optic gyros), or the laser gyro is mounted on a sort of audio speaker that rapidly shakes the gyro back and forth to decouple the light waves.

Alas, the shaker is the most accurate, because both light beams use exactly the same path. Thus laser gyros retain moving parts, but they don't move as much.

Brandy Snifter Gyros
If a standing wave is induced in a globular brandy snifter, and then the snifter is tilted, the waves continue in the same plane of movement. They don't tilt with the snifter. This trick is used to measure angles. Instead of brandy snifters, the system uses hollow globes machined from piezoelectric matierals such as quartz. The electrodes to start and sense the waves are evaporated directly onto the quartz.

This system almost has no moving parts, and it's very accurate. It's still expensive, though, because precision ground and polished hollow quartz spheres just aren't cheap.

Quartz Rate Sensors
This system is usually integrated on a silicon chip. It has two mass-balanced quartz tuning forks, arranged "handle-to-handle" so forces cancel. Electrodes of aluminum evaporated on the forks and the underying chip both drive and sense the motion. The system is both manufacturable and inexpensive. Since quartz is dimensionally stable, the system has a good possibility of accuracy.

As the forks are twisted about the axis of the handle, the vibration of the tines tends to continue in the same plane of motion. This motion has to be resisted by electrostatic forces from the electrodes under the tines. By measuring the difference in capacitance between the two tines of a fork, the system can determine the rate of angular motion.

Pendular Accelerometers
The basic accelerometer is just a mass with a ruler attached. The ruler may be an exotic electromagnetic sensor, but it still senses distance. When the vehicle accelerates, the mass moves, and ruler measures the movement. The bad thing about this scheme is that it needs calibrated springs, and springs are nearly impossible to make consistent.

A trickier system is to measure the force needed to keep the mass from moving. In this scheme, there's still a ruler, but whenever the mass moves, an electric coil pulls on the mass, cancelling the motion. The stronger the pull, the more acceleration there is. The bad thing about this is that very high accelerations, say from explosions, impacts or gunfire, can exceed the capacity of the electronics to cancel. The sensor then loses track of where the vehicle is.

Both sorts of accelerometers have been manufactured as integrated micromachinery on silicon chips.

Accelerometer-only Systems
Some systems use four pendular accelerometers to measure all the possible movements and rotations. Usually, these are mounted with the weights in the corners of a tetrahedron. Thus, these are called "tetrahedral inertial platforms", or TIPs.

When the vehicle rolls, the masses on opposite sides will be accelerated in opposite directions. When the vehicle has linear acceleration, the masses are accelerated in the same direction. The computer keeps track.
TIPs are cheap, lightweight and small, especially when they use imicromachined integrated accelerometers. However currently (2002) they are not very accurate. When they're used, they're used in small missiles.

[Photonic Mast]
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Despite its valued service for more than ten years, the Imperial Navy will soon say "so long" to the conventional periscope. In 2005, construction began on a new breed of attack submarines that won't have a periscope. Instead, these new Cartagena-class submarines will use non-penetrating imaging devices called photonics masts to perform surveillance tasks. Each new submarine will be equipped with two photonics masts, which are basically arrays of high-resolution cameras that capture and send visual images to flat-panel displays in the control room.

[Weapons]
The Valencia class SSK will have six forward tubes, designed at 500mm width. The tubes will be able to fire virtually any Imperial torpedo design, including all Krierarmada torpedoes. The tubes will also be used to release SSIXS transmission canisters.

Onboard storage can carry up to twenty-two heavy weight torpedoes, and more of the other types of torpedoes, and it includes an auto-loader, which can engage seperately.

The Valencia class SSK also includes a single verticle launch tube used to fire surface to air missiles. Three of said missile are carried on board.

[Statistics]
Draft: 6.6 meters
Length: 73.8 meters
Submerged Displacement: 3,076 tons
Surfaced Velocity: 10 Knots
Submerged Velocity: 17 Kots
Range: 6000 at 7 kts (miles)
Crew: 57 officers and men

[Cost]
Each Valencia class SSK will be exported for 75 million USD.

[Pepperbox class Logistical Support Vessel [LSV]]
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[Abstract]
The Pepperbox class LSV is the Empire's sole logistical support vessel and has been the workhorse of the new Kriegsmarine since the accension of Jonach as Emperor of the Golden Throne.

The purpose of the Pepperbox class LSV is to fully support the long-range missions of a naval squadron, which would typically include an aircraft carrier and complete escort. The logistic support vessel has to be in position to refuel the squadron, including the air wing of the carrier, and also provide full logistic support in terms of repair workshops, spare parts, ammunition replenishment and supplies.

Pepperbox class LSV is also capable of performing civil protection roles at times of crisis. The ship has high autonomous capacity to provide electrical power, fresh water and prepared meals and also has fully equipped hospital and medical facilities on board.

The ship is available in optional configurations to: house, feed, transport and deploy troops; deploy and retrieve helicopters and patrol boats concealed below the flight deck; train military personnel in seamanship; partially submerge allowing at-sea loading and unloading of smaller vessels; and civil/military inter-island transportation

[Weapon Systems]
The Pepperbox class LSV has two of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability.

For underwater defenses the Indestructable has four ASHUM guns, which basically work as underwater close-in weapon systems. The magazines can hold 1,200 rounds and they're reloaded in compartments placed above the guns. The ASHUM guns placed on the Indestructable are trained through the ship's SONAR, as well as blue-green Guassian LIDAR transmitters placed for the individual guns.

[Sensors and Countermeasures]
The Pepperbox class LSV is fitted with a single broadband surface search RADAR, but relies on its single Sea Serpent II Multi-mission Helicopter for most of its electronics operations.

The countermeasures suite includes: four Mk 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff) six-barrelled launchers from Sippican Hycor which fire infrared decoys and chaff for confusion, distraction and seduction of incoming anti-ship missiles to a range of 4km; an AN/SLQ-25A Nixie towed torpedo decoy system from Sensytech Inc of Fedala, Second Empire of the Golden Throne which has two towed units that emit acoustic signals from an onboard transmitter; and an Aldebaran electronic support measures/electronic countermeasures (ESM/ECM) system supplied by the Empire's Indra Group.

[Cargo System]
The prime mission of the ship is the direct transport and discharge of liquid and dry cargo to shallow terminal areas, to remote under-developed coastlines and on inland waterways. The ships also provide a drive-through capability by mating the bow ramp to the neighbouring stern ramp in order to form a floating bridge. The ships can be computer linked to logistics files at military stock points, and can transport roll-on/roll-off and containerised cargo for unit deployment and relocation, tactical resupply and sustained resupply.

The ship does not require external cranes or port facilities and four feet of water allows the ship to land under full load. This capability expands the choice of landing locations and reduces the potential enemy impact on the logistics support operations. The ship also provides self-delivery to overseas locations. The ramps and the main deck are able to withstand roll-on/roll-off operations of the Pzkmf. XI, the P&H 6250 crane complete with counterweight and boom, and rough terrain handlers.

The ship can carry up to 900 short tonnes during Logistics Over The Shore Operations (LOTS) and up to 2,000 short tonnes during Intra-Theatre Line-Haul (ITLH).

[Helicopter Capabilities]
The LSV-Helicopter Capable configuration provides concealed transport, deployment and retrieval of both helicopters and patrol boats. Seap Serpent II helicopters are concealed below a modular flight deck while patrol boats and intercept craft are behind the stern ramp. The configuration presents the appearance of a logistic supply ship without the obvious display of force.

[EMP Hardening]
There are two things to consider when considering hardening targets against EMP. The first question to answer is whether the hardened system will become useless if shielded. The second question to be answered is whether the target is economically worthwhile to harden. The answers to these two questions are used to determine what devices should be shielded

To explain the first consideration, Makoff and Tsipis give the following simple example. If there was a communication plane with many antennas used to collect and transfer data, it would not be useful if its antennas were removed. However, to harden the plane, the antennas would need to be removed because they provide a direct path to the interior of the plane.(18) It is important to understand how the hardening will affect the performance of the hardened item.

The second consideration is very easy to understand. Some systems, although important, may not seem worthwhile enough to harden due to the high costs of shielding. "It may cost from 30% to 50% of the cost of a ground based communication center…just to refit it to withstand EMP," and, "as high as 10% of the cost for each plane."(19)

There are two basic ways to harden items against EMP effects.20 The first method is metallic shielding. The alternative is tailored hardening. Both methods will be briefly described.

Metallic shielding is used to, "Exclude energy propagated through fields in space."(21) Shields are made of a continuous piece of some metal such as steel or copper. A metal enclosure generally does not fully shield the interior because of the small holes that are likely to exist. Therefore, this type of shielding often contains additional elements to create the barrier. Commonly, only a fraction of a millimeter (22) of a metal is needed to supply adequate protection. This shield must completely surround the item to be shielded. A tight box must be formed to create the shield. The cost of such shielding (in1986 dollars) is $1000 per square meter for a welded-steel shield after installation.(23)

The alternative method, tailored hardening, is a more cost-effective way of hardening. In this method, only the most vulnerable elements and circuits are redesigned to be more rugged. The more rugged elements will be able to withstand much higher currents. However, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences is skeptical of this method due to unpredictable failures in testing.(24) Also, the use of this method is not recommended by the National Research Council. They doubted whether the approximations made to evaluate susceptibilities of the components were accurate. They did concede that tailored hardening may be useful to make existing systems less vulnerable.(25)

[Propulsion]
The ship is powered by two Zonoras 12 V ZA40S diesel engines with a maximum continuous rating of 8640kW at 510rpm. There are two reduction gears with pitch actuators, driving two independent shafts with controllable pitch propellers. The ship also has a bow thruster. The propulsion system provides Pepperbox class LSV with a continuous speed of 21 knots at full load displacement. The range at an economical speed of 18 knots is 7,600 nautical miles.

Power generation is provided by two shaft generators each rated at 1000kW and four diesel generators each rated at 780kW.

[Cost]
The Pepperbox class LSV costs 200 Million per ship.

Azores class Fast Attack Craft

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With the Macabee navy going through a massive refit, and new ships being designed for the new navy of the Empire, including the Elusive class Battleship, it would only be necessary for the creation of the Macabee's first national Fast Attack Craft, or the Azores class. The Azores class Fast Attack Craft is designed for coastal defense operations, which embodies speed, stealth, and firepower, while staying small, cheap, yet effective. Hard pressed for the best design the entire way Macabee engineers have finally unveiled their latest creation, and happy of the progress the Macabee administration has opened it for export.

Hull Design
The vessel is capable of operation in rough seas up to Sea State 7. The hard chine hull features a transverse step and a transom flap. The bottom of the hull is equipped with stabilising fins, which are controlled by electric servo drives. The stabilising fins give rise to a 2 to 2.5 reduction in the roll, a 1.5 fold reduction in pitch and vertical acceleration by 20 to 50%. The boat remains afloat even when one watertight compartment is completely flooded.

The ship's configuration uses an Air Cushion Catamaran (ACC) design, which is an advanced variant of Surface Effect Ship (SES) technology. The ACC is based on a catamaran hull with an air cushion between the hulls and has been successfully proven with the Norwegian Oksoy class minehunters and minesweepers which entered service in 1994. The low area of wetted surface of the hulls gives an improved level of shock resistance and significantly reduced wave resistance compared to that of a conventional displaced or semi-displaced hull configuration.

VT Maritime Dynamics provides the vessel's stabilisation systems, including a ride control system that monitors and regulates the pressure of the air cushion by controlling vent valves and a stern fan system that controls the stern seal pressure.

The elevated position of the magnetic components reduces the magnetic signature. The combination of the twin hull and water jet propulsion provides very high and very responsive manoeuvrability. Vital systems have been duplicated for enhanced survivability and the ship remains operational with one engine room set lost.

The low draft of 0.9m on cushion gives an advantage of access to shallow coastal waters and lower vulnerability to impact against surface or tethered mines or other debris.

The hull is of composite construction. The hulls are laminated inside and outside with fibre reinforced plastic composed of glass fibre and carbon laminates bound with vinyl ester and polyester resin. A scrimp manufacturing process is used in construction, involving vacuum assisted resin injection. Carbon fibre and carbon loaded materials have been selected for the beams, mast and supporting structures, which need high tensile strength, for example the support structures for the gun and the electro-optical and radar weapon director.

The hatches, doors and windows have been fitted with Wave-X RADAR absorbent material. Wave-X incorporates the best of honeycomb absorbent material, as well as foam absorbers. WAVE-X works at a frequency of 100MHz - 6GHz and has a surface resistivity of 1MΩ. It works in extreme temperatures, -54° - +177°C, and is the best in existance up to now.

Dimensions:
The Azores class FAC has a total displacement, fully loaded, of three hundred and ninety-two tons. It measures sixty meters in length and seven and two tenths in beam.

Weapon Systems:
The Azores is equipped with a suite of ASW 127mm rocket powered grenade launchers, depth charges and torpedoes. There are three fixed 500mm torpedo tubes for MT-3 MADCAP torpedoes.

The ship is also armed with eight Shockhound Avenger I (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8601244&postcount=27) anti-ship missiles. The Shockhound Avenger I was a missile jointly developed by Guffingford and the Macabees, with a total range of around 450 kilometers, using its Reichs Metalwerken AXIS RAMjet fuel and hydrogen injection propulsion.

The boat is equipped with an AK-306 automatic artillery system and eight Igla-1M portable air defence missile systems.

The 30mm Hali-203 automatic artillery system is supplied by the Fedala Engineering Plant JSC and the Sporting and Hunting Guns Research and Design Bureau both based in Macabea City. The Hali-203 is installed on the front deck and provides defence against lightly armoured land and sea targets, floating mines and isolated airborne targets. The system is equipped with an AO-18L six-barrel automatic gun with an electrically driven revolving barrel cluster. The gun mount magazine holds a 500-cartridge ammunition-loaded belt. The firing rate is up to 1,000 rounds/min and the muzzle velocity is 880m/s. Air targets can be engaged at a range up to 4,000m and sea and coastal targets up to 5,000m.

The patrol boat also has spaces for the installation of pedestal mounts for two 14.5mm machine guns together with 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

The Azores class FAC has a single Praetorian battery. The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Aozres to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.

The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Azores class Fast Attack Craft, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.

The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.

The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms.

The Azores class Fast Attack Craft also has a single of the brand new Conhort Close-in Weapons Systems. The Conhort uses a variant of the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-8 itself weighs 281 kg (620 lb), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 lb (1,830 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. The entire system is 19 ft 10.5 in (5.05 m) long. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds, although 1,174 is the more normal load-out. Muzzle velocity with armor-piercing incendiary (API) ammunition is 3,250 ft/s (988 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan.

The Conhort's system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which tracks incoming fire, determines its trajectory, then aims the gun and fires in a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The kinetic energy of the 30mm rounds is sufficient to destroy any missile or shell. The system can also be deployed to protect airfields. However, like the Dutch Goalkeeper and the American Phalanx the Conhort is a last-chance weapon, although considerably accurate. It uses a seperate, smaller, LIDAR Gaussian Transmitter and RADAR tranmitter in order to lock on potential targets and blow them out of the air. Several advantages the Cohort has over the Phalanx system are that it is more accurate, it has a greater kenitic energy impact, more tracking, it's reloaded under the deck, and it can operate under three modes: Auto, Semi-Auto and Manual allowing full operator operability.

For underwater defenses the Azores has a single ASHUM gun, which basically work as underwater close-in weapon systems. The magazines can hold 1,200 rounds and they're reloaded in compartments placed above the guns. The ASHUM guns placed on the Azores are trained through the ship's SONAR, as well as blue-green Guassian LIDAR transmitters placed for the individual guns.

Detection Systems:
The Aozres has an onboard SONAR array, capable of searching through the mixed layer. However, for under the layer searches it also has the TB-2016, used in the Macabee Leviathan class SSN, which is rolled from a seperate compartment, and is long enough to sit right on the deep sound channel axis, giving the SONAR a full read, leaving no shadow zone. The power of the Macabee SOANR systems has been applauded before, and the Azores is a testament to it.

The Azores is also given the same SONAR system which the Elusive was equipped with. The Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.

The Azores also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is three times as long as the Elusive class Battleship, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong steel line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Azores also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.

Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.

Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.

Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition. The newer Gaussian LIDAR system used by Macabee ships has two charged plates placed parallel to each other, one charged negative, the other positive. This in turn begins an electrical current. The Gaussian system doesn't work on reflected waves. Instead, it relies on electrical impulses, rendering current anti-LIDAR techniques inefficient and obsolete.

Countermeasures:
Azores class vessels are equipped with the MASS (Multi-Ammuntion Softkill) decoy system from Rheinmetall Waffe Munition (formerly Buck Neue Technologien) of Germany. MASS can launch up to 32 omni-spectral projectiles in a time-staggered configuration against anti-ship missiles and guided projectiles. The MASS decoy covers radar, infrared, electro-optic, laser and ultraviolet wavebands.

Propulsion:
The main propulsion is by waterjet, which gives a very shallow draught and extraordinary maneuvering capabilities. The waterjets are normally driven by gas turbines but may also be driven by small diesel engines in order to reduce infrared signature. The waterjet nozzles can be moved independently to manoeuvre the Azores sideways without side propellers or bow propellers. The Azores retains its ability to turn through very sharp angles even at high speed.

The prototype has a CODAG (combined diesel and gas turbine) propulsion system, with two Rolls Royce Allison 571KF gas turbine engines, each rated at 6,000kW (8,160hp), driving two Kamewa water jets and two auxiliary engines, MTU 6R 183 TE52 rated at 275kW. These provide a maximum speed of over 100km/h (55 knots). The new series of Azores class ships will have COGAG (combined gas turbine and gas turbine) propulsion and will be fitted with four gas turbines from Pratt & Whitney, two ST18M rated at 2 x 4,000kW and two ST 40M rated at 2 x 2,000kW, driving the two Kamewa water jets. There are also two MTU 6R TE92 manoeuvring engines rated at 3,700kW.

Two MTU 12V TE92 lift fan engines, rated at 735kW, drive the air into the air cushion between the hulls. A computer controlled ride control system controls the air cushion at a 0.5m water column pressure.

Price Per Unit: 400 Million USD

[OOC: Last one for a while..]

[OOC: If some of you would be kind of enough that if you did order so to copy/paste the order to Kriegzimmer (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=409787), for my records. I would be extremely thankful.]



GF11 Archer Tactical Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

http://modernwarstudies.net/Lineart/Archer.gif


History:
The Laerihans has never had an unmanned aerial vehicle to call its own, and after a reconsideration of tactical surveillance and reconnaissance it was decided that a new form of tactical surveillance was an utter necessity. This only became more apparent after the decomissioning of old wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, reverting the task to sattelites and underequipped and underpaid foot soldiers and heavier vehicles. Therefore, prototypes of the Archer were released in late 2015 under the administration of the newly risen Fedor I. The first battlefield experience of the Archer was in the War of Golden Succession, both in the colonies and in the fronts nearer to home. It was a smashing success. Because of the Archer the Jagadan Phantom units were utterly destroyed in the colonies, and their landings in the northern areas of Sidi, during the beginning stages of the Jagadan offensive towards Sidi Rezegh, were betrayed. Havenite convoys in Zarbia were also found. In short, the Archer was something that was immediately qualified to go into mass production. Mass production began around June 2016. They saw major service agaisnt Haven [SafeHaven2] and against Zarbia; they also saw minor service in the later naval battles of the war as naval spotters, instead of the much more cumbersome SeaSerpent helicopters. They would also see action in many more wars to come and post-war brushfire incidents throughout new dependencies of the Empire.

The idea of the Archer was not for it to work as a weapon in combat, and so any payload that existing UAVs or UCAVs had were dropped. There was absolutely no need for the GF11 to have anything that could harm another person; that would only give it a way. Instead, it was designed to fly relatively high and quiet, with as much heat reduction as possible. In other words, it was to be invisible. This would be achieved through new airframe contruction for lightweight UAVs and infra-red reduction systems and such. In other words, this was to be a revolutionary UAV. Of course, it was a hit within the Imperial Armed Forces and Kriegzimmer, having a short slump in sales, hoped it would be a hit abroad as well. Kriegzimmer has lately admitted that the idea was an expansion on a similar UAV system developed by the now deseased Vastiva. These were first witnessed in the Euroslavian Civil War, shortly after the Empire had emerged from the Kahtan Crusade, and they were under the name of SHARDS. Understandably, it hit a bright light inside Kriegzimmer's head, although the program never begun until 2014 since Kriegzimmer had gone into a relative expansion of products.

History nonwithstanding, the GF11 Archer has already proved itself in combat operations. These successes can only be exaggerated further in the event of a clandestine intelligence operation. Indeed, IINSA has already ordered thirty for their own uses in intelligence operations abroad. Guffingford, a recent victim of a IINSA operation against the Order of the Invisible Hand, has already lashed out at the Macabee intelligence agency [IINSA] and warned them of further use, including the use of Archers, within their country. Nevertheless, one cannot downplay the possiblities of the GF11 Archer.

Airframe:
The primary task in airframe construction was to make the UAV radar transparent; in other words, the radio waves would simply pass through the material without creating an angle of incident and thus reflecting. The idea works much like that of a parachute, which is radar transparent. Of course, the material would have to be sturdy enough to support flight. Therefore, a composite between three principle materials was chosen in the end; glass, acrylic and polycarbonate. Minor materials included were vinyl and urethane. The composite is rather expensive, rated at around 300 Reichmarks per gram, but it provides the intregral strength for flight and gives the Archer the properties it needs as a UAV. It uses a titanium alloy matrix to weave fiber reinforced plastics to produce the substructure. This is then laminated by vinyl and urethane, both of them polymers [plastics] which bond well to the major components. Acrylic is a thermoplastic and is what makes most car windshields. This coupled with glass makes an extremely transparent airframe to radar, while through visual contact it would appear white because of the bonding materials used. The only reflective material in use is the titanium alloy, but the matrix is so small it's inconsequential.

Every component of the airframe is modular to make it cheaper to apply and re-apply. Meaning, the armour comes in appliqué slabs which use a urethane laminate along the sides to bond well with neighboring slabs, as well as standard welding, of course. The modular perforated armour has been dubbed Modular Perforated Transparent Armour [MOPETA]. It's been put on sale to commercial airliners and to foreign governments by Kriegzimmer at 700 Reichmarks a gram.

Powerplant:
The powerplant uses a totally mechanical and electrical turboprop engine. Namely, it uses pulses of electricity coming from a reginative coil to combust the fuel, which in turn expands the compressed air coming from the engine intakes, which spins the small turboprop behind the GF11 Archer. The battery has an extremely limted lifespan of forty hours, but is cheap to replace because of the fact that a similar battery is used to power Macabee tank guns. Apart from that the engine is very quiet, and heat is insulated through the use of aerogel/fiber composite materials, which are light weight, but strong and absorbant. Meaning, the GF11 Archer neither makes noise or expends great deal of heat. Meaning, the Archer has successfully made itself to be one of the stealthiest UAV designs on the market. Not only that, but its lifespan matches all tactical reconnaissance UAVs except for the Global Hawk.

Conclusions:
As said prior, the GF11 Archer has been proven to be quite the design, superior to most other UAV designs on the market. The Laerihans has ordered a full aerial armada of one hundred and twenty GF11 Archers for further use in war; half of these are expected to be shot down through enemy action. The Kriermada has ordered hundreds to accompany shipping in naval actions. It's expected that the foreign market will cram for purchases of the GF11 Archer.

In terms of future capabilities, Kriegzimmer has only released that it has a lot ahead of it.

Name: GF11 Archer Tactical Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Manufacturer: Goldent Luftwaffe Industries
Length: 5.8 meters
Wingspan: 13.7 meters
Height: 1.8 meters
Data Link:
-Global Positioning System
-Ultra High Frequency
-Ku Frequency
-Line of Sight
-C-band
Sensors:
-Foward Looking Electronic Scanned Array
-Sidelooking Electronic Scanned Array
-Downlooking Bi-static Radar
-Downlooking Pulse Lidar
-Downlooking Gaussian Ladar
-Downlooking Infra-red Receiver
-Downlooking High Definition Camera
Maximum Gross Weight: 730 kilograms
Operational Altitudes: 4000 meters
Velocities:
23 knots @ stall
56 knots @ cruise
70 knots @ dash
Emergency Recover: Parachute
Auto Return Home: Yes [on data link loss]
Autonomy: Full
Engine: Electrical Turboprop
Fuel: 150 Litres
Flight Life: 40 Hours
Runway: 1524 x 38 meters; hard surface
Production Cost: 4.8 million
Purchase Cost per Unit: 15 million
Production Rights Cost: 6.2 billion

You know, Mac...would it be possible to rewrite some of those posts to conform with an AMW series of events and conditions? For example, your Azores class FAC, while puny by mainstream NS standards, is a fearsome stealth craft with weapons capability exceeding by my estimation all frigates and most destroyers. To have very many of them would be to rule the seas.

Copying things right out of Kreigzimmer doesn't really carry much relevance to the AMW environment. I might as well have modern ships and tanks. ;)

But seriously.

You know, Mac...would it be possible to rewrite some of those posts to conform with an AMW series of events and conditions? For example, your Azores class FAC, while puny by mainstream NS standards, is a fearsome stealth craft with weapons capability exceeding by my estimation all frigates and most destroyers. To have very many of them would be to rule the seas.

Copying things right out of Kreigzimmer doesn't really carry much relevance to the AMW environment. I might as well have modern ships and tanks. ;)

But seriously.


Aye, sorry; I'll do that tomorrow... yea, a sam on the boat is a bit out there. I'll look over all the designs and change things around.

Hsieng Feng 3R (HF-3R)
The HF-3R is a low-cost reconassiance UAV based on the Brave Wind 3 cruise missile, with 80% commonality. It retains the low cost of the cruise missile variant, underwater VLS launch capability, and an extremely low RCS. The HF-3R has larger wings, a lighter engine, and is generally more suited to high altitude loitering. Endurance is 17 hours.

Commonwealth Armed Forces material

The de-classification of material from the once totally paranoid CAF high command has begun, in the hopes that transparency will quell some of the fears the Commonwealth's neighbours feel at its size and militarism.

Items developed by foreign nations have a link to a page adequately informed about the weapons specification, weapons developed by African Defense Industries will be explained in detail in following posts.

Small arms, hand weapons and squad support weaponry

ADI-F6 5.56mm Selective Fire Assault Rifle.
AK-47/AKM 7.62mm Assault Rifle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ak-47)
AK-74 5.56mm Assault Rifle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-74)
AK-108 5.56mm Assault Rifle with grenade launcher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-107)
Scoped Short-magasine Lee-Enfield mk. 4 7.62mm precision rifle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield)
Self-loading Lee-Enfield 7.62mm semi-automatic rifle ((Link required, can't seem to find any info on it.))
[it is worth noting that all Lee-Enfields in the Commonwealth have been re-chambered for the 7.62mm cartridge, per agreement with the Roycelandian manufacturers]
ADI-F19 .50 BMG/.455 Lapua Anti-Personnnel/Anti-Material Precision Rifle.
FAMAE 9x19 Parabellum Submachine Gun. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAMAE_SAF)
Browning High-Power 9mm/.357 selective-fire pistol. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_High_Power_Pistol)
Fabrique National Barracuda .357 Revolver (http://www.wapahani.com/revf.html)

ADI-R6 "Tesó" wire-guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile, HEAP/HEAT/HESH warheads
Igla-1 9M313 Man-Portable Surface-to-Air Missile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-16_Gimlet#Igla-1)
RPG-7V1 Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher, single HEAT, tandem HEAT and some single-stage thermobaric warheads. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-7)
ADI-F2 .50 FMJ Heavy Machine Gun.



ooc, Tias: Sorry for the cluttered post guys, will add tons more things when I can dig up the links - Thought a little teaser was in order ;)

HAL Boxkite CC.7

The Boxkite, HAL's first indigenously designed and built aircraft, has had one of the longest service records of any aircraft with any airforce. First built in 1951, the Boxkite has gone through seven major variants in order for it to keep up with advances in engines and avionics. The Boxkite is a very reliable aircraft and is designed to operate from very primitive facilities. Large, sturdy landing gear assemblies and a strong airframe allow it to routinely take off from and land on dirt or grass airstrips, or any suitably flat surface for that matter, with minimal fatigue damage. The Boxkite's design is largely borrowed from the Douglas DC-3, and while it hasn't experienced the same level of export success as the DC-3, it remains HAL's most successful design ever and numerous examples are still flying in Asia and Africa.

The largest Boxkite order in recent history was recently filed by Neo-Anarchos, for twenty military variants of the current CC.7, and the Yugoslavian Federation recently purchased production rights for the CC.7 variant.

Type: Utility transport
Powerplant: 2xHAL TV3-117TB Turboprops at 1,105kW each
Performance: Maximum speed 381km/h, range 1,320km, service ceiling 7,315m, rate of climb 1,130ft/min
Weights: 7,100kg empty, 12,000kg max. take off
Payload: 2,500kg or 28 equipped troops

HAL CC.10


The CC.10 is one of only a handful of light aircraft that HAL ever produced, and is roughly similar to the MFI-17 supporter. The type was first rolled out in 1966, with production amounting to around 90 examples, most of them for civil use. The HADF bought its present batch of twenty airplanes intending to use them as basic trainers, but they were pressed into service in the Hindu-Kush mountains as liason aircraft. Their small size, low speed, and small payload capacity make them rather ill-suited as military aircraft, but they do have impressive STOL characteristics and are extremely easy to operate, being able to fly from any patch of flat ground at least 100m long. Nowadays they are mostly used as survey aircraft with the HAuxADF.

Type: STOL utility transport
Powerplant: 1xHAL P10-2 Piston engine at 183kW
Performance: Maximum speed 221km/h, range 1,201km, service ceiling 5,190m, rate of climb 1,050ft/min
Weights: 569kg empty, 1,200kg max. take off
Payload: 2 passengers, 1 stretcher, various internal cargoes and 300kg on wing hardpoints

Robertson M34 Umkhonto (african throwing spear)
http://www.meatballs.terminator.org.uk/crookfur/images/roberstsonUmkhonto.jpg

Caliber: .355 (9x72mm)RSM
Operation: Bolt Action
Length: 1270mm
Barrel lenght: 762mm
Weight: 7.6kg empty without telescope
Magazine Capacity: 5 round box magazine
Maximum Effective Range: 1100+ meters
Armor Pentration: >17mm at 500m
Expected Accuracy: up to roughly 1MOA with specialist ammo.

After many months of researcha nd extensive firing trials the Strathdonian Defence Force have finally reached a decision on the rifle/cartridge combiantion to fufil the Strandardised Long Range Fire Arm (SLRFA) requirement.

The Round selected is the newly unveiled .355 RSM (Robertson Sniper Magnum) known to the SDF by it's metric designation of 9x72mm.
Based on a necked up .338 Lapua Magnum case the round hurls a 9mm 18gram (278grain) specialist boat tailed bullet at a whopping 914m/s (3000fps). Compared to the original Lapau the heavier round reains it's energy slighter better during flight at the expense of a noticable increase in recoil energy.

The Rifle chosen to accept this round is the brand new Robertson M34 Umkhonto (african throwing spear) which claims to offer sub 1 MOA accuracy with match grade ammo through it's heavy 30" hammer forged barrel

EA-22 Multirole Utility Helicopter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-22A1.bmp)

The Elias Aerospace Corporation sets the new standard in the military medium twin helicopter market, redefining the concept of flexibility and versatility with unmatched performance and operational capabilities. From combat support, transport of men and material, medical evacuation, fire support or SAR the EA-22 provides the flexibility requested to a modern Battlefield Support Helicopter, and executes all required missions with unequalled cost-effectiveness.

The EA-22 military inherent design features include low radar/IR signatures, low acoustic emission, agility, ballistic tolerance and crashworthiness. All this at competitive acquisition and operating costs. The impressive list of possible cabin/mission capabilities is complemented by an equally impressive list of design and avionics features.

A new state-of-the-art five-bladed main rotor and a four-bladed tail rotor grant smooth riding together with high speed and low noise signature. Easy ground handling and taxiing as well as operation from unprepared terrain is made possible by the heavy-duty nose-wheel high energy absorbing, semi-retractable landing gear for higher speed.

The helicopter operates in temperatures ranging from -20 to +50 degrees C. An ice protection system allows operation in known icing conditions. An engine inlet particle separator system provides protection in sandy environments.

The cockpit is equipped with armoured crew seats able to withstand an impact velocity of 35ft per second. Dual flight controls are provided for the pilot and copilot, but the helicopter is capable of being flown by a single pilot. The electronic instrument system includes high-definition, full-colour displays, together with a digital map mission display. All models have a forward looking Infrared system display and thermal imagers.

A cargo hook allows external loads to be carried. The maximum external payload is 2,750kg

All helicopter versions can be upgraded with the Mk17 full protection suite of Electronic counter measures, chaff/flare dispensers and armor plating in cockpit and passenger compartment. $200,000 (standard on some versions)

Specifications applicable to all versions:

Powerplants: 2 EPE-11M2 turboshafts producing 1820 shp each.

Performance:
Cruising speed: 158 knots.
Max Speed: 164 knots
Max Range: 590 nautical Miles (can be increased by 370nm with external tanks.)
Service Ceiling: 22,000ft

Dimensions:
Overall Length (rotors turning):
15.60m
Fuselage length:
13.5m
Diameter Main Rotor:
13.50m
Dimension Tail Rotor:
1.42m

Versions:

-EA-22A Standard Utility Version. 8.2 million .
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots, Capacity: 10, Armament: None

-EA-22B VIP Transport Version. 8.8 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots, Capacity: 6 in Executive Comfort, Armament: None

-EA-22C Military Utility Version/Troop Transport.8.6 million.
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 gunners, Capacity: 15, Armament: 2x 7.62mm door mounted miniguns, Features: Armor plated cockpit.

-EA-22D (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-22D2.jpg) Direction Action Penetrator/Gunship Version 9.2 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + , Capacity: 12, , Armament: two/four hardpoints for either gun pods, free flight rocket pods or sets of four air to ground or air to air missiles. Typical weapons configuration is dual 30mm chain guns, dual trainable 7.62mm miniguns and two 70mm rocket pods. Features: Armour plated cockpit and passenger compartment, advanced electronics and sensors, full countermeasures suite.

-EA-22E Law Enforcement. 8.55 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots, +1 or 2 observers Capacity: 8 Features: Thermal Imaging Camera, Spotlight and loud haler

-EA-22F Search and Rescue Version 8.52 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 rescue swimmers/winch operators, Capacity: 8 Features: Spotlight, rescue winch, range increased by 200nm

-EA-22G Special Forces Insertion Helicopter. 9.7 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 gunners, Capacity 14, Armament 2x 7.62mm door mounted miniguns, sound dampening, night operation sensors and IR protective coating.

-EA-22H Light Naval helicopter. 12.5 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 systems operators, Capacity: 9, Armament: 2 Torpedoes/Light anti-ship missiles, Features: Dipping Sonar, rescue winch, sonar buoy dispenser, personnel locating system

-EA-22P Command and Control helicopter. 12.2 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + between 3 and 5 systems operators/commanders, Features: full countermeasures suite including chaff/flare dispensers, armor plating, console of common networked computers, combat net radios and UHF radios. HF radios, and a large digital map display on a flat panel screen. This system is used by commanders as a highly mobile C2 platform. Provides real-time situational awareness and mission planning capability.

-EA-22Q Electronic Warfare Helicopter. 12.7 million
Crew: 1 or 2 Pilots + between 3 and 5 systems operators/commanders, Features: full countermeasures suite including chaff/flare dispensers, armor plating, Satellite communications (SATCOM), EW suite including Intercept (1.5-150 Mhz), Direction Finder (20-76 Mhz) and Jammer systems(20-80 Mhz) providing Standoff Jamming at up to 35nm from target system.

EA-24 Multirole/Medium Lift Helicopter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-24A2.jpg)

The EA-24 is the workhorse of the Elias military and is a larger counterpart to the EA-22, which it shares a high degree of commonality with.

The rugged modular structure incorporates crashworthy and damage-tolerant features, including a five-blade main rotor, four-blade teetering tail rotor and main lift frame, which includes multiple primary and secondary load paths. The fuselage is mainly of aluminium-lithium construction. The aerodynamic rotor blades are constructed from carbon/glass with nomex honeycomb and rohacell foam. Active vibration control of the structural response uses a vibration-cancelling technique.

The helicopter operates in temperatures ranging from -20 to +50 degrees C. An ice protection system allows operation in known icing conditions. An engine inlet particle separator system provides protection in sandy environments. High flotation tyres and efficient landing gear permit operation from soft or rough terrain.

The cockpit is equipped with armoured crew seats able to withstand an impact velocity of 35ft per second. Dual flight controls are provided for the pilot and copilot, but the helicopter is capable of being flown by a single pilot. The electronic instrument system includes six high-definition, full-colour displays, together with a digital map mission display. All military models have a forward looking Infrared system display and thermal imagers.

The cabin has room for a medical team and 16 stretchers or for palleted internal loads. The maximum ramp load is 3,050kg for vehicles such as Land Rovers. The heavy-duty cabin floor and ramp are equipped with flush tie-down points, a roller conveyer for palleted freight and a cargo winch for non self-loading freight. An underslung load hook is capable of carrying external loads up to 12,000lb, and the load measurement is displayed in the cockpit. A rescue hoist and a hover trim controller are fitted at the cargo door.

All military versions can be equipped with an air to air refuelling probe for an additional $100,000.

All helicopter versions can be upgraded with a full protection suite of Electronic counter measures, chaff/flare dispensers and armor plating in cockpit and passenger compartment. $300,000 (standard on some versions)

Specifications (applicable to all versions):

Powerplants: 3x EPE-12 turboshafts producing 2318 shp driving a five bladed main rotor and four bladed tail rotor.

Dimensions:
Length (rotors turning): 22.80m
Width (main rotor stowed): 4.55m
Main Rotor diameter: 18.60m
Tail Rotor diamter: 4.00m
Rear loading ramp/door (some versions only): height 1.8m x width 2.1m

Performance:
Cruising speed: 155 knots.
Max Speed: 174 knots
Max Range: 780 nautical Miles (can be increased by 380nm with external tanks.)

Versions:

-EA-24A Civilian Utility Version, 13.5 million .
Crew: 2 Pilots, Capacity: 28, Armament: None

-EA-24B (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-24B1.bmp) VIP/Executive transport version. 17.2 million
Crew: 2 pilots, Capacity: 9 in executive comfort + 6 in standard seating, Armament: none

-EA-24C Military utility Version/troop transport. 15.5 million
Crew: 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 gunners. Capacity: 30 fully equipped troops Armament: Armament 2x 7.62mm door mounted miniguns. Features: rear loading ramp, Armor plated cockpit, missile approach warners, laser detection warning system.

-EA-24F Search and Rescue Version 14 .6 million
Crew: 2 Pilots + 1 to 4 rescue swimmers/winch operators, Capacity: 18 Features: Spotlight, distress beacon detection radar, increased ferry range to 1,200 miles.

-EA-24G Special Forces/Marine Assault Helicopter. 18.8 million
Crew: 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 gunners, Capacity 28, Armament 2x 7.62mm door mounted miniguns, 12.7mm machinegun on ramp. Features: full countermeasures suite including chaff/flare dispensers, armor plating, sound dampening, night operation sensors, rescue winch, rear loading ramp, and IR/RAM protective coating. This model can also be equipped with unguided rocket pods/up to four anti-tank missiles on stub wings.

-EA-24H Naval Helicopter. 24 Million
Crew: 2 pilots + 2 Systems operators, Capacity: 18, Armament 4x Torpedoes/ light anti-ship missiles (such as Penguin, Sea Skua), Features: Full countermeasures suite including chaff/flare dispensers, night operations and all weather sensors, dipping sonar, surface search radar (range: 60-80km), sonarbuoy dispensers, dipping sonar and IR protective coating. For secondary overland missions the radar can be removed and 7.62mm MGs can be fitted to the doors.

-EA-24J Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter. 19.7 million[/b]
Crew: 2 Pilots + 1 or 2 gunners, Capacity 26, Armament 2x 7.62mm door mounted miniguns, 12.7mm machinegun on ramp. Features: full countermeasures suite including chaff/flare dispensers, armor plating, sound dampening, night operation sensors, standard air to air refuelling probe, Terrain following/ distress beacon detection radar, increased ferry range to 1,200 miles, 8 stretcher positions, rear loading ramp, and IR/RAM protective coating, improved environmental control system, Cardiac monitoring systems, Oxygen generation, distribution and suction systems, integrated patient monitoring system. This model can also be equipped with unguided rocket pods/up to four anti-tank/anti-air missiles on stub wings.

-EA-24K Medevac Helicopter 15.8 million [/b]
Crew: 2 Pilots . Capacity: 16 Stretcher Patients + 4 Medical Attendants , Armament: None, Features: rear loading ramp, Armor plated cockpit, missile approach warners, laser detection warning system, improved environmental control system, Cardiac monitoring systems, Oxygen generation, distribution and suction systems, Airway management capability, integrated patient monitoring system.

-EA-24L Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Helicopter 24.8 million
Crew: 2 pilots + mission crew (normally 5-6), Armament: pintle mounted .50 Machine guns for ordnace disposal. Features: rear loading ramp, Armor plated cockpit, missile approach warners, laser detection warning system, Airborne Mine Countermeasures Navigation system, mission consoles, reeling machine, tow boom/cable, davit/cradle, and mine detection/clearnace equipment detailed below.

Note: The standard mine countermeasures systems are easily removable and for instance when the helicopter is not needed for these duties it can also perform logistics tasks.

The following systems are supplied with the helicopter:

The EFMS-461 Sonar Detecting Set is a high-resolution sonar that provides the Elias Navy with the operational capability to hunt mines from helicopters and surface craft. The system was initiated to develop a high-speed reconnaissance and mine hunting sonar capable of searching large volumes of the sea for mine-like objects with a high probability of detection and classification and low probability of false alarms. This information is used for mine avoidance and neutralization.

The EFMS-650 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System is an airborne electro-optical system that is capable of rapid detection, classification, and localization of floating and moored mines located in relatively shallow water. With input from GPS, accurate navigation data is provided to determine target location. Operation of the systems consists of firing a pulsed laser into the water and imaging any objects within the illuminated sector using a gated camera system.

The EFMS-120/121 Mine Clearing Set, Moored Mines system consists of sweepwires which deploy Mk-17 Mod 1 cutters to sever mine moorings; electro-mechanical depressors which "fly" submerged in the water to maintain predetermined sweep depth; electro-mechanical otters, which function like depressors, but also separate the port and starboard sweepwire sections in order to maintain the proper sweep width; and one or more sections of Kevlar tow wire, depending on the desired sweep depth.

Note: Miniguns are mentioned as the standard weapon on combat versions but these can be replaced with 7.62mm/.50 cal Machine guns or any other pintle mounted gun of similar size and weight.

EA-28 Multirole Light Helicopter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-281.bmp)

The Most notable feature of the design is the NOTAR anti-torque system (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-282.bmp) which eliminates the need for a tail rotor improving survivability and making ground operations safer for both the aircraft and people on the ground. The modular structure incorporates other crashworthy and damage-tolerant features, including a five-bladed, bearing less main rotor. The fuselage is mainly of aluminium-lithium construction. The aerodynamic rotor blades are constructed from carbon/glass with nomex honeycomb and rohacell foam. Active vibration control of the structural response uses a vibration-cancelling technique.

The helicopter operates in temperatures ranging from -20 to +50 degrees C. An ice protection system allows operation in icing conditions. An engine inlet particle separator system provides protection in sandy environments. Durable, light weight skids made of composite materials permit operation from soft or rough terrain. The unique design of the helicopter allows it to land in small clearings and other confined areas where most other helicopters would not be able to.

The cockpit is equipped with armoured crew seats able to withstand an impact velocity of 35ft per second. Dual flight controls are provided for the pilot and co-pilot, but the helicopter is capable of and is designed to be flown by a single pilot. The electronic instrument system includes four high-definition full-colour displays, together with a digital mission map (military versions only), the controls feature 70% commonality with the much larger EA-24 helicopter to simplify the amount of training needed to change type. Every version except the EA-28A is equipped with a FLIR mounting and is cleared for full night time operation.

Every Version can accommodate an under slung external load of up to 3,500lb

All military Versions can be fitted with steel benches above the weapon hardpoints for a maximum of four persons on each side.

All helicopter versions can be upgraded with a full protection suite of Electronic counter measures, chaff/flare dispensers. $120,000 (standard on some versions)

Specifications applicable to all versions:

Powerplants: 2 EPE-16B turboshafts producing 745 shp each.

Performance:

Cruising speed: 145 knots.
Max Speed: 160 knots
Max Range: 395 nautical Miles (approx. endurance 3 h 36 min)

Versions:

-EA-28A Standard Utility, 4.8 million
Crew: 1/2 Pilot(s), Capacity: 6, Armament: None

This version is designed for civilian use in a variety of utility roles.

-EA-28C Military Utility/ Combat Scout Version. 5.75 million
Crew: 1 Pilots + 1 Pilot/Observer. Capacity: 6 Armament: two hardpoints for either gun pods or free flight rocket pods. Features: Armour plated cockpit and passenger compartment.

This Version is the basic military version and is equipped with armour and hardpoints for armament. It can accommodate a maximum of six troops in a somewhat cramped passenger compartment. Alternatively in a medevac role it can accommodate up to two stretchers and a medical attendant. In a maritime role it can be used for vertical replenishment of ships at sea, coastal patrol or in support of diving operations.

-EA-28E law Enforcement Version 5.2 million
Crew: 1 Pilots + 1 Pilot/Observer. Capacity: 6. Features: Search light thermal imaging TV camera, loudhailer system.

The EA-28E is the perfect chopper for most Police operations, especially in urban areas due to its maneuverability and ability to land in confined spaces, together with long endurance.

-EA-28F Search and Rescue Version 5.5 million
Crew: 1 Pilots + 1 Pilot/Observer. Capacity: 6. Features: Search light thermal imaging TV camera, loudhailer system, rescue winch, medical equipment, emergency flotation bags.

The EA-28F is a useful helicopter for drug interdiction as well search and rescue as it is an 'E' version upgraded with resuce and medical features. It has also been designed for operation over water with emergency flotation bags.

-EA-28G (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-28G2.jpg) Light Attack/Special Forces Helicopter. 6.8 million
Crew: 1 Pilots + 1 Pilot/Observer. Capacity: 6 Armament: two/four hardpoints for either gun pods, free flight rocket pods or sets of four air to ground or air to air missiles. Features: Armour plated cockpit and passenger compartment, advanced electronics and sensors, full countermeasures suite, IR protective coating and sound dampening.

[i]This is an upgraded ‘C’ Version with an emphasis on armour, armament and other protection systems. This version also features a sensor pod mounted just forward of the main rotor, above the cockpit and includes: A 12x Magnification TV Camera, an auto focusing thermal imaging camera and a laser rangefinder/designator with automatic target tracking and bore sighting allowing the helicopter not only to guide anti-tank missiles such as Hellfire but also to designate targets for other aircraft. This version is ideal for leading attack helicopter formations, combat scouting deep into enemy territory or special forces insertion /extraction particularly in urban assault/jungle missions due to its manoeuvrability and ability to land in confined spaces

Medical Conversion Kit (MCK). 140,000
The Medical Conversion Kit is necessary to convert the above versions into a medevac or air ambulance helicopter. It may be used on all versions and the cabin can be converted in under two hours or converted back into its standard from in less than an hour.

EA-32 Combat Scout/Light Attack Helicopter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-321.jpg)

The EA-32 Light Attack/Anti-Tank helicopter is a lightweight combat helicopter that was designed to provide support to ground troops, Special Forces and is the Air Force’s armed reconnaissance helicopter. A variant of the EA-32 is used by Navy aviation and the only attack helicopter to be embarked on assault ships, it is ideally suited to this role because of its small size and fantail arrangement.

While the EA-32 lacks the impressive payload of larger attack helicopters it makes up for this in agility, minimum observability and performance. Also the EA-32 is cheaper to purchase than larger equivalents while being 20-30% cheaper to operate and maintain.

The EA-32 only radiates one-half the rotor noise of most helicopters. Noise is reduced by use of a four-bladed rotor, pioneered by the successful EA-28 series of light utility helicopters. The fantail eliminates interaction between main rotor and tail rotor wakes. The advanced rotor design permits operation at low speed, allowing the EA-32 to sneak 40% closer to a target than an AH-64 Apache, without being detected by an acoustical system.

The EA-32 only radiates 25% of the engine heat of current helicopters, a critical survivability design concern in a low-flying tactical scout helicopter. The EA-32 is the first helicopter in which the infrared (IR) suppression system is integrated into the airframe. This innovative design feature provides IR suppressors that are built into the tail-boom, providing ample length for complete and efficient mixing of engine exhaust and cooling air flowing through inlets above the tail. The mixed exhaust is discharged through slots built into an inverted shelf on the sides of the tail-boom. The gases are cooled so thoroughly that a heat-seeking missile cannot find and lock-on to the EA-32.

The EA-32 features a crew compartment sealed for protection against chemical or biological threats, an airframe resilient against ballistic damage, enhanced crash-worthiness, and reduced susceptibility to electromagnetic interference. Extensive all-round armour installed in the cockpit protects the pilot against 12.7mm armour piercing bullets and 23mm projectile fragments. The rotor blades are rated to withstand several hits of ground-based automatic weapons. The EA-32 as with the EA-26 features a Rocket Assisted Ejection System which allows the crew to escape at all altitudes and speeds.

The EA-32 is easily sustained, requires fewer personnel and support equipment, and will provide a decisive battlefield capability in day, night and adverse weather operations. EA-32 has been designed to be exceptionally maintainable and easily transportable. Through its keel-beam construction, numerous access panels, easily accessible line-replaceable units/modules and advanced diagnostics, the EA-32 possesses "designed-in" maintainability. EA-32 aircraft will be able to be rapidly loaded into or unloaded from most transport aircraft.

In the reconnaissance role, the EA-32 is equipped with a new generation of passive sensors and a fully integrated suite of displays and communications. The helicopter can be equipped with the Longbow fire control radar and the Helmet Integrated Display and Sight System (HIDSS). The fully integrated avionics system will allow tactical data to be overlaid onto a digital map, allowing the crew to devote more time for target detection and classification. A triple-redundant fly-by-wire system can automatically hold the helicopter in hover or in almost any other maneuver, reducing workload, allowing the pilot to concentrate on navigation and threat avoidance. A hand-on grip permits one-handed operation.

The EA-32 has two stub wings on either side if the fuselage each with two under wing hardpoints and a wingtip hardpoint for short range AAMs. The inner wing harpoon can each accommodate either 4 Hellfire/TOW/similar ATGMs, or two free flight rocket pods. The outer hardpoint can each accommodate either 2 Hellfire/TOW/similar ATGMs, or a single free flight rocket pod. The wingtip hardpoints can each mount a single IR anti-air missile such as Igla/Stinger/Strela or similar type. If the mission requires it a three barreled 20mm cannon turret (same as fitted on RAH-66) can be mounted undernose although it increases RCS. Up to 480 rounds can be carried. Attaching the turret can be completed in theatre and takes approximately 90 minutes.

Specifications

Powerplants: 2 EPE-11M3/4K turboshafts producing 2250 shp each.

Performance:
Cruising speed: 158 knots.
Max Speed: 172 knots
Max Range: 480 nautical Miles (can be increased by 300nm with external tanks on inner weapons hardpoints.)
Service Ceiling: 22,000ft

Dimensions:
Fuselage length:
12.4m
Diameter Main Rotor:
11.50m
Height: 3.8m

Avionics/Sensors: Millimetric Radar, Low-light level TV or thermal sighting, a laser range-finder (16 km), FLIR, air data sensor, and digital data-link which interface with a fire control com-puter, an autopilot, a helmet sighting system and HUD for target location, acquisition, designation, and firing. Night/Poor Weather capable.

Survivability/Countermeasures:
- Main rotors and engines electrically deiced.
- Infrared signature suppressors can be mounted on engine exhausts.
- Radar warning receivers, IFF, chaff and flares.
- Armored cockpit and self-sealing fuel tanks.

Versions

EA-32A Attack helicopter: 14 million each

EA-32B Marine Attack Helicopter (includes Naval Conversion Package: salt corrosion protectors, emergency inflatable flotation pods, carrier operations equipment etc) : 14.5 million

[b]Options
-Air to Air Refueling Probe: $200,000

EA-34 Attack Helicopter (http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-342.jpg)

The EA-34 Helicopter is the final answer to a long standing Elias Air Force and Marine requirement for an advanced, stealthy and reliable combat helicopter, with similar, or enhanced capabilities to contemporaries such as the Mi-28, AH-64D and Tiger.

The airframe is crashworthy and ballistically tolerant to up to 25mm gunfire. The fuselage is mainly of aluminium-lithium construction. The aerodynamic rotor blades are constructed from carbon/glass with nomex honeycomb and rohacell foam. Active vibration control of the structural response uses a vibration-cancelling technique. The radar cross section has been minimised, primarily by the precisely shaped fuselage and weapons configuration. The helicopter has a composite four-bladed bearingless main rotor and an enclosed composite fantail tailrotor for increased anti-torque capability. The rear rotor is able to withstand impact by 12.7mm rounds, and provides a 180 degree turn in 4.7 seconds in hover mode and an 80-knot snap-turn-to-target in 4.8 seconds.

The helicopter operates in temperatures ranging from -20 to +50 degrees C. An ice protection system allows operation in known icing conditions. An engine inlet particle separator system provides protection in sandy environments. High flotation tyres and efficient landing gear permit operation from soft or rough terrain.

Cockpit

The EA-34 has two identicalcockpits for the pilot and the co-pilot, which are sealed and have a positive pressure air system for protection against chemical and biological warfare. Unlike other attack helicopter designs, the EA-34 has two fully qualified pilots who can either act as gunner or pilot, this decreases workload and improves safety becasue of rendundancy in workloads. The fly-by-light flight control system is quadruple redundant. The cockpit is fitted with an integrated pilot's night vision system and the pilots have a wide field of view with an Electronic Helmet Integrated Display Sighting System (HIDSS). HIDSS employs active matrix liquid crystal display technology and the direction of the 30mm gun turns in the direction of where the designated gunner is aiming his head. Targets can be designated and the weapons fired from collective and sidestick control push buttons or voice controls. Each integrated cockpit has flat screen liquid crystal displays, a colour display for teh fully digital moving map system, tactical situation and night operation displays.

The EA-34s has an integrated Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) suite. The CNI suite features secure multi-wave, multiband multimode wireless communications, satellite communications and Enhanced Position Locating Reporting System via the tactical internet.

Sensors

The EA-34 can be equipped with the Elias Radar Systems ERS-118-23 millimetre-wave radar. The radar dome is elctronically 'unmasked' for a single radar scan and then 'remasked'. The processors determine the location, speed and direction of travel of a maximum of 256 targets.
The Millimeter Wave sensor is an option on the EA-34 with the antenna and transmitter located above the aircraft main rotor head. It enhances system capabilities by providing rapid automatic detection, classification, and prioritization of multiple ground and air targets. The radar provides this capability in adverse weather and under battlefield obscurants. The FCR has four modes: (1) the Air Targeting Mode (ATM) which detects, classifies, and prioritizes fixed and rotary wing threats; (2) the Ground Targeting Mode (GTM) which detects, classifies, and prioritizes ground and air targets; (3) the Terrain Profiling Mode (TPM) which provides obstacle detection and adverse weather pilotage aids to the crew; (4) and the Built in Test (BIT) Mode which monitors radar performance in flight and isolates electronic failures before and during maintenance.
The advanced fire control radar incorporates an integrated radar frequency interferometer for passive location and identification of radar-emitting threats. An advantage of millimetre wave is that it performs under poor-visibility conditions and is less sensitive to ground clutter. The short wavelength allows a very narrow beamwidth, which is resistant to countermeasures.

The standard EA-34 without the millimetric radar system is still impressivley equipped with Low-light level TV, thermal sighting, a laser range-finder (16 km), FLIR, air data sensor, and digital data-link which interface with a fire control com-puter, an autopilot, a helmet sighting system and HUD for target location, acquisition, designation, and firing. Night/Poor Weather capable. The Target Acquisition Designation Sight, (TADS) and the Pilot Night Vision Sensor provides direct-view optics, television and three-fields-of-view forward-looking infrared (FLIR) to carry out search, detection and recognition, and laser rangefinder/designator. PNVS consists of a FLIR in a rotating turret located on the nose above the TADS. The image from the is displayed in the monocular eyepiece of the Integrated Helmet And Display Sighting System, worn by the pilot and copilot/gunner.


Countermeasures

The EA-34 is the first helicopter to incorporate the next generation countermeasures system known as 'Full Guard'. The system incorporates a huge range of components that provide a full and integrated solution to any type of threat.


IR PROTECTION SYSTEMS

'Full Guard' includes: a new development set of IR flare decoys the Advanced Infrared Countermeasures Munitions (AIRCMM), and passive IR features. These features include host platform modifications such as engine exhaust/heat suppression, and special coatings, intended to reduce the platform IR signature. The ATIRCM is part of the integrated concept of IR protection. The CMWS consists of six electro-optical sensors and an internally mounted Electronics Control Unit (ECU), which detects incoming missiles, provides warning to the crew, and dispenses countermeasures. CMWS is a totally passive detection system, requiring only the electro-optic (EO) signature of the missile plume. The ECU determines the threat status of detection’s using flight parameter data received from the aircraft Central Computer (CC). The ECU provides missile threat declaration, Direction-Of-Arrival (DOA) and elevation information to the CC which generates the crewstation display and warning tone. The CMWS allows for automatic or manual Countermeasures Dispenser (CMD) operation.

The IR system contributes to full-dimensional protection by improving individual aircraft probability of survival against an increasingly sophisticated range of advanced infrared (IR) guided missiles. It is a software reprogrammable system intended to provide automatic passive missile detection, threat declaration, positive warning of a post launch missile which is homing on the host platform, countermeasures effectiveness assessment, false alarm suppression, and cues to other onboard systems such as expendable countermeasures dispensers.

As part of this system another component that consists of two subsystems: infrared missile warning system and a directed infrared countermeasure system intended to be operationally deployed on tactical aircraft. The system will defend the host aircraft from infrared-guided attacking missiles by detecting the approaching threat and disabling it through the use of directed laser energy. The system should provide full coverage about the host aircraft and survive extreme thermal, vibration, and other environmental conditions experienced by tactical aircraft. In conjunction with flares, this system ensures nearly complete defence from IR guided missiles.

RF PROTECTION SYSTEMS

The other part of the 'Full Guard' protection system is the Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC) which is an integrated electronic combat system which provides RF threat awareness and active self-protection jamming capabilities for aircraft against RF air defense systems actively engaging the aircraft. The SIRFC provides defensive, offensive, active and passive countermeasures (ECM) to ensure optimum protection against Active, Pulse, Mono-Pulse Radar, and Continuous Wave radars. SIRFC consists of the Advanced Threat Radar Warning Receiver (ATRWR) and the Advanced Threat Radar Jammer.

The SIRFC core consists of an Advanced Threat Radar Warning Receiver (ATRWR) and the Advanced Threat Radar Jammer (ATRJ). The core Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) design is comprised of four components. The Receiver/Processor containing the receiving, processing, and electronic countermeasures (ECM) generation functions of the ATRJ. The Remote Transmitter provide the self-protection transmitting capability of the ATRJ. The Advanced Countermeasures Module (ACM) provides advanced ECM techniques against a particular class of weapons. Finally, the Antenna Group which contains the receiver antenna for reception of microwave and millimeter wave signals and transmit antenna for transmission of microwave ECM signals.

The system is capable of operating in either an automatic or manual (command) mode. It provides warning (situational awareness), active jamming (self protection), and when necessary expendable countermeasures to defeat threat radar guided weapon systems. Radar guided air defense artillery threat systems include surface to air missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA).

Weapons

The EA-34 has two stub wings on either side if the fuselage each with two under wing hardpoints and a wingtip hardpints. The wing hardpoints can each accommodate either 4 Hellfire/TOW/similar ATGMs, or two free flight rocket pods. The wingtip hardpints can each accomodate either a pair of AAMs or a single Hellfire/TOW/similar ATGM.

The EA-34 is equipped with a turreted gun system for anti-personel and anti-armour missions. The externally powered, three-barrel, 30mm Gatling gun is capable of firing 750 or 1,500 rounds per minute. The gun is mounted on a, low observable, composite turret, under the nose of the helicopter. The 1500-round ammunition supply system can be reloaded in less than fifteen minutes by two crew members.

Specifications

Powerplants: 2x EPE-12M2 turboshafts producing 2340 shp driving a fourbladed main rotor and fantail enclosed tail rotor.

Dimensions:

Length (rotors turning): 15.80
Width (main rotor stowed): 4.55m
Main Rotor diameter: 13.40m
Tail Rotor diameter: 1.47m

Performance:

Cruising speed: 158 knots.
Max Speed: 176 knots
Max Range: 420 nautical Miles for B version, 525 for C version (can be increased by 200nm with external tanks fof erry flights)

Versions:

EA-34A: Technology Demonstrator Only
-NOT FOR SALE

EA-34B: Standard Air Force Version, described above.
-21.50 million each.

EA-34C (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-34B2.jpg) Navy/Marine Version, as described above except with salt corrosion protectors, emergency inflatable flotation pods, carrier operations equipment and conformal fuel tanks (increases range by 105nm)
-22.75 million each

Options
Millimetric Tracking/Fire Control Radar Package (see details above)
-1.8 million

Air to Air Refueling Probe
-$200,000

Mi-26UE Heavylift Helicopter ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/Mi-26UE.bmp)

The Federal Dynamics Consortium has developed the following upgrade package for the Mil Mi-26 Ultra-Heavylift Helicopter.

The rugged modular structure incorporates crashworthy and damage-tolerant features, including an all new eight-bladed main rotor, five-blade teetering tail rotor and main lift frame, which includes multiple primary and secondary load paths. The fuselage is mainly of a new lightweight aluminum-lithium construction. The aerodynamic rotor blades are constructed from carbon/glass with nomex honeycomb and rohacell foam offering considerable performance increases over previous Mi-26 versions. Active vibration control of the structural response uses a vibration-canceling technique. The hydraulic flight control system has been replaced by a triple redundant fly-by-wire system.

The helicopter operates in temperatures ranging from -20 to +50 degrees C. An ice protection system allows operation in known icing conditions. An engine inlet particle separator system provides protection in sandy environments. High flotation tyres and efficient landing gear permit operation from soft or rough terrain. Non-retractable tricycle type; twin wheels on each unit and fully steerable nose wheels. Retractable tailskid at end of tailboom to permit unrestricted approach to rear cargo doors. Length of main legs adjusted hydraulically to facilitate loading through rear doors and to permit landing on varying surfaces.

The cockpit is equipped with armoured crew seats able to withstand an impact velocity of 35ft per second. Unlike the previous four man cockpit of the M-26, the Mi-26UE has a fully modernised ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/Mi-26UEPanel.bmp) two pilot cockpit. The electronic instrument system includes five high-definition, full-colour displays, together with a digital map mission display and flight control computers. In the main cabin directly behind the cockpit, there is a loadmaster's/crew chief's console which displays information on the helicopter's current weights and loadings.

Typical loads for the main cabin include two airborne infantry combat vehicles and a standard 44,000 lb container; about 20 tip-up seats along each sidewall of hold; maximum military seating for 80 combat-equipped troops; alternative provisions for 60 stretcher patients and five to six medical attendants. There are two sets of downward-hinged doors, with integral airstairs, at front of hold on port side, and each side of hold aft of main landing gear units. Hold loaded via downward-hinged lower door, with integral folding ramp, and two clamshell upper doors forming rear wall of hold when closed; doors opened and closed with hydraulically, with back-up hand pump for emergency use. Two electric hoists on overhead rails, each with capacity of 5,500 lb, enable loads to be transported along cabin; winch for hauling loads, capacity 2,100 lb; roller conveyors in floor and load lashing points throughout hold. To facilitate under-slung loads there is a hatch for load sling in bottom of fuselage, in line with main rotor shaft; sling cable attached to internal winching gear. There is also a system of Closed-circuit TV cameras to observe slung payloads.

The Mi-26UE is also the first variant of the Mi-26 that is designed to be armed and because of the removal of the engineer and navigator positions in the cockpit, this allows for a pair of pintle-mounted machineguns behind the pilots' position and this increases survivability. If the helicopter is being used for combat support the front or rear pair of downward hinging doors can be removed for two further machinegun positions.


Specifications

Powerplants: 2x EPE-23B turboshafts producing 14,350 shp driving an eight bladed main rotor and five bladed tail rotor.

Dimensions:
Length (rotors turning): 40.025 m
Width (overall): 6.15 m
Main Rotor diameter: 32.00 m
Tail Rotor diameter: 7.61 m

Weights:
Weight empty: 64,170 lb
Max payload, internal or external: 49,090 lb
Max Takeoff: 128,450 lb

Performance:
Cruising speed: 138 knots.
Max Speed: 159 knots
Max Range (with max internal fuel at max T-O weight, 5% reserves): 380 nautical Miles
Max Ferry Range with four auxiliary tanks: 1,036 n miles
Service Ceiling: 20,230ft

Versions:
Mi-26UE-A Civil/Military Transport Version (details above)
-New Build: 16.5 million
-Upgrade from previous Mi-26 versions: 9.2 million

M-26UE-B Mobile Field Hospital Version
Configured with intensive care section for four casualties and two medics, surgical section for one casualty and three medics, pre-operating section for two casualties and two medics, ambulance section for five stretcher patients, three seated casualties and two attendants; laboratory; and amenities section with lavatory, washing facilities, food storage and blood storage unit.
-New Build: 18.0
-Upgrade from previous Mi-26 versions: 10.2 million

Options-
The Mi-26UE-A can be upgraded with a full protection suite of missile approach warners, Electronic counter measures and chaff/flare dispensers for an additional 0.85 million
-The Mi-26UE-A can be upgraded with lightweight armour plating in cockpit and cabin areas to reduce vulnerability to small arms fire for an additional 0.35 million.
-With a tanker conversion kit the Mi-26UE-A can be easily converted to a tanker and back again depending on the mission. Configured with the tanker conversion kit, there is capacity for 14,040 litres (3,710 US gallons of aviation fuel or diesel fuel and 1,040 litres (275 US gallons) of lubricants (in 52 jerry cans), dispensed through four 198 ft hoses for aircraft, or 66 ft hoses for ground vehicles. Conversion to/from tanker configuration takes 1 hour 25 minutes for each operation. The tanker conversion kit can be purchased for 0.9 million

Mi-8/17UE Multirole Utility Helicopters ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/Mi-17UE.bmp)

The Federal Dynamics Consortium has developed the following upgrade package for the Mil Mi-8/17 utility helicopter

Any details not mentioned below can be considered to be the same as on previous versions.

The Mi-17UE is powered by two newly designed EPE-11M3 turboshafts producing 1920 shp each based on the engines of the modern EA-22. Owing to them Mi-17UE boasts greater service/hovering ceiling, improved “hot and high” performance and load capacity, while operating in mountainous areas and increased ambient air temperatures over the original Mi-17 variants. The helicopter can continue flight with one operating engine developing 2,200 shp. The upgrade also includes a EPE-A99 Auxiliary Power Unit is to start engines when taking off from prepared or unprepared pads located up to 4,000 m above sea level, as well as to check the onboard equipment when the engines are inoperative.

One or two fuel tanks can be fitted into the cargo cabin to increase the helicopter flight range.

The new comprehensive avionics set includes radio and flight navigation equipment used to fly the helicopter day/night in VFR and IFR weather conditions. The Mi-17UE is also the first version of the Mi-17 to feature a high-tech 'glass cockpit' ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/Mi-17UEpanel.bmp) and be compatible with night vision equipment. A new nose assembly is designed to accommodate and ERSS-240SR Weather and Terrain avoidance radar.

When equipped with the armament pylons, the Mi-17UE can carry a wide range of guns, guided and unguided missiles, and a variety of bombs up to 500 kg. Machine-guns are situated in flexible mounts in the cockpit and at the rear door. Cabin windows are equipped with eight gun-pivot units to enable troopers to fire from the helicopter during flight. Armour protection from small arms fire is provided for the cockpit, the pilots’ seats, the gunners’ floor, the hydraulic unit. The main gearbox and engine integrated electronic counter measure systems (ECM) comprise flare dispensers, omni-directional infrared jammer and engine exhaust suppressers. In addition to the existing features of the Mi-17, a higher level of safety on the battlefield is also ensured by a new dual hydraulic system and self-sealing fuel tanks.

The Mi-17UE is capable of carrying cargoes in the cabin (including long cargo) with half-open or removed doors and external loads. The Mi-17UE can carry up to 30 troops; it can also be used for in-flight unloading of special cargoes. Interior troop seats are removable for cargo carrying. An internal winch facilitates loading of heavy freight. Floor has tie down rings throughout. The aircraft carries a rescue hoist capable to 150 kg.


Specifications

Powerplants: 2xEPE-11M3 turboshafts producing 1920 shp each

Dimensions:
Length (rotors turning): 25.35 m m
Width: 2.50 m
Main Rotor diameter: 21.25 m
Tail Rotor diameter: 3.91 m

Weights:
Weight empty:16,720 lb
Max Payload: 9,820 lb
Max Takeoff : 31,090 lb

Performance:
Cruising speed: 129 knots.
Max Speed: 142 knots
Max Range (with max internal fuel at max T-O weight, 5% reserves): 289 nautical Miles
Max Ferry Range with two auxiliary tanks: 545 n miles
Service Ceiling: 18,350ft


Versions:
Mi-17UE-A Military Transport Version (details above)
-Remanufacture and purchase from our Surplus: 5.6 million
-Upgrade from previous Mi-17 versions: 2.2 million

M-17UE-B Medical Evacuation Version
Configured for four triple-layer stretcher kits (12 stretchers). Rear ramp provides easy loading of stretcher patients. The helicopter is supplied with a table and seat for a medical orderly, with special detachable medical equipment installed, including oxygen equipment. A tremendous advantage of the Mi-17 in the Medevac role is the width and height (2.34m x 1.80m) of its cabin, which allows medical personnel sufficient space to readily administer medical treatment to patients.
-Remanufacture and purchase from our Surplus: 5.95 million
-Upgrade from previous Mi-17 versions: 2.55 million

Options

-The Mi-17UE can be upgraded with a full protection suite of missile approach warners, Electronic counter measures and chaff/flare dispensers for an additional 0.55 million
-The Mi-17UE can be upgraded with an Emergency Flotation System to ensure flight safety over the sea, with inflation of the balloons in less than 5 seconds enabling a minimum 30 minutes floating time. 0.05 million.

EA-80 Tactical Transport Aircraft (http://www.airbusmilitary.com/gallery/ramp8.jpg)

The EA-80 Transport Plane was developed to fulfill a requirement from the Elias Air Force to replace An-12 and numerous other types. So far it has proved itself as a remarkably capable aircraft and extremely economical to operate, forming the back bone of Air Force Strategic Mobility and electronic warfare.

The aircraft which is slightly larger than the C-130 series is designed to be flexible and is an extremely capable aircraft that offers the perfect balance of payload, performance, short field capability and cost effectiveness. The design makes extensive use of composite materials. The capability for short soft field landing and take off is part of the requirement and the aircraft has six-wheel high flotation main landing gear with variable tyre pressure. The need for airdrops and tactical flight requires good low airspeed flight performance and the aircraft also has long range and high cruise speed for rapid and flexible deployment.

As it can either be used as a strategic or a tactical transport there is no need to operate different sets of planes for different roles.


Features

The cockpit is fully night-vision compatible and provides accommodation for two pilots and an additional crew member for special mission equipment operation. It is fitted with a fly-by-wire flight control system. The flight deck is fitted with five multifunction displays and two head-up displays. The throttle controls are placed centrally between the two pilot stations.

The cargo compartment (http://www.airbusmilitary.com/gallery/mixedload8.jpg ) can be configured for cargo, vehicle or troop transport or air drop, a combination of these and for aero-medical evacuation. A single loadmaster is able to reconfigure the cargo compartment for different roles either in flight or on the ground. A powered crane installed in the ceiling area of the rear section of the fuselage has a five-ton capacity for loading from the ground and for cross-loading. The rear opening door has full compartment cross-section to allow axial load movement, roll-on and roll-off loading and for the air drop of large loads. The cargo bay can transport up to nine standard military pallets (2.23m x 2.74m), including two on the ramp, along with 58 troops seated along the sides or up to 120 fully equipped troops seated in four rows. For Medevac, it can carry up to 66 stretchers and ten medical personnel. Alternatively it can carry up to 2 light helicopters or a single medium helicopter, 5 HMMWVs, a patriot missile system or three LAVs such as Stryker.

The defensive aids suite includes a radar warner, missile launch and approach warner, and chaff and flare decoy dispensers (optional). The aircraft also has armour plating crew protection, bullet-proof windscreens, engine exhaust treatment for infrared emission reduction and inert gas explosion retardation and fire retardation in the fuel systems. The wings have hardpoints for the installation of electronic warfare pods.


Specifications of EA-80A:

Powerplants: Four EPE-3 Turboprops each producing 6,950shp of thrust each.

Crew: 2 pilots, one loadmaster

Payloads: 53,000lb of equipment/freight
or 120 fully equipped troops.
More infomraton available above.

Performance:
Max Range: Empty: 4100nm
Max Range: Max Payload: 2850nm
Max Speed: Max Payload: 372Kts
Cruise Speed: 348Kts

Dimensions
Length 42.2m
Height 14.7m
Wingspan 42.4m

Minimum Runway lengths: (approximate)
Take Off: 3651ft
landing: 2480ft

Versions:

EA-80A Standard Transport Version : 46 million


EA-80B Tanker/Transport (http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/fla7.jpg) version, same as EA-80A excepts acts as a refuelling tanker for aircraft and helicopters, can be converted to A standard within two hours. 52 million

Equipped with a removable gallon stainless steel fuel tank that is carried inside the cargo compartment providing additional fuel when required. The two wing-mounted hose and drogue refueling pods each transfer up to 300 gallons per minute to two aircraft simultaneously allowing for rapid cycle times of multiple-receiver aircraft formations (a typical tanker formation of four aircraft in less than 30 minutes).

EA-80C gunship version, same as EA-80A with following exceptions: 58 million

Armament: two 20 mm Vulcan cannons with 4000 rounds, one 40mm Bofors cannon with 256 rounds and one 105mm howitzer with 100 rounds.
All weapons are infrared/radar/GPS guided.

Requires 8 additional crew: electronic warfare officer; 7 enlisted (flight engineer, All Light Level TV operator, infrared- detection set operator, four airborne gunners )

EA-80D Psychological Warfare Version, same as EA-80A with following exceptions: 64 million.

Capability to control the electronic spectrum of radio, television, and military communication bands in a focused area, the aircraft can prepare the battlefield through psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts. These planes provide broadcasting capabilities primarily for psychological operations missions; support disaster relief operations; and perform communications jamming in military spectrum and intelligence gathering. One blade antenna is under each wing with a third extending forward from the vertical fin. A retractable wire antenna is released from tail, with a second extending from the belly and held vertical by a 500 pound weight.

EA-80E Electronic Warfare Aircraft, same as EA-80A with following exceptions: 88 million.

Provides disruptive communications jamming and other unique capabilities to support the Joint Force Commander across the spectrum of conflict. Specifically, the modified aircraft uses noise jamming to prevent communication or degrade the transfer of information essential to command and control of weapon systems and other resources. It primarily supports tactical air operations but also can provide jamming support to ground force operations.

The EA-80E aircraft carries a combat crew of 11 people. Two members are responsible for aircraft flight and navigation, while nine members operate and maintain the EW equipment. The mission crew consists of an electronic warfare officer, who is the mission crew commander (MCC), an experienced cryptologic linguist, an Acquisition Operator, a High Band Operator, four analysis operators, and an airborne maintenance technician (AMT).

Options (apply to all versions)
Air to Air Refuelling Probe: +0.3million
Air to Air Refuelling Receptacle: +0.3million
Flare/Chaff dispensers: +1.0million

EA-160 Multirole Fighter Aircraft (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-160B1.jpg)


The EA-160 Wolverine Light Air Superiority Fighter was first considered after an extensive design program to find a suitable replacement for Mig-21s and Mig-23s while dramatically improving versatility and performance. Once again the Elias Aerospace Corporation and its subsidiaries have risen to the challenge and produced a magnificent airframe with the most advanced sensors and weapons systems.

Features

The aircraft is constructed of carbon fire composites, glass-reinforced plastic, aluminium lithium, titanium and aluminium casting. Stealth technology features include low frontal radar cross-section, passive sensors, RAM absorbent coating and super cruise ability (can fly supersonic without afterburners)

The foreplane/delta configuration is intentionally aerodynamically unstable which provides a high level of agility (particularly at supersonic speeds), low drag and enhanced lift. The pilot controls the aircraft through a highly computerised digital fly-by-wire system which provides artificial stabilisation and gust elevation to give good control characteristics throughout the flight envelope.

The pilot's control system is a voice-throttle-and-stick system (VTAS). The stick and throttle tops house 28 fingertip controls for sensor and weapon control, defence aids management, and in-flight handling. The direct voice input allows the pilot to carry out mode selection and data entry procedures using voice command.

The Helmet Mounted Symbology System and Head Up Display show the flight reference data, weapon aiming, cueing, and the FLIR imagery. The cockpit (http://www.gripen.at/images/02/24.jpg ) has four multifunction, colour displays which show the tactical situation, systems status and map displays. The Moving Map Display This uses digital terrain information to depict a graphical map of an area around the aircraft. The current position of the plane is obtained using the GPS and Inertial Navigation Systems. This map can then be overlaid with the complete air and ground picture surrounding the aircraft including target identification information. So this single display can give the pilot an almost unprecedented level of non-conflicting data enabling an effective attack (or retreat) strategy to be defined in a matter of seconds.

A Weapons systems operator is included on the Strike Version to manage the additional work load on strike missions, the WSO can access information from the radar, electronic warfare or infrared sensors, and monitor aircraft or weapons status and possible threats. The WSO also selects targets and navigates with the aid of another moving map displays similar to the pilot’s. The Strike version also features a synthetic aperture mode for its radar, that can show minute details on the ground including vehicles and even personnel from up to 35 nautical miles away. The system can be enhanced by a FLIR pod mounted on centreline hardpoint.

The aircraft's defensive aids sub-system is accommodated within the aircraft structure and integrated with the avionics system and includes: an electronic countermeasures/support measures system (ECM/ESM), front and rear missile approach warners, laser warning receivers and a chaff and flare dispensing system.

The EA-160 is powered by a single EPE-136M (http://www.jolly-rogers.com/images/15e-pw29.jpg) High bypass turbofan producing 23,690lb of thrust dry and 29,750lb when afterburning. The power plant has proven to be extremely reliable in all climates and conditions and also is one of the most efficient engines in service.

A retracting refuelling probe for air to air tanking is fitted as standard and is compatible only with the hose and drogue system. Modifications can be made to make the aircraft compatible with the boom-receptacle system.

Weapons

One of the most important features of the Wolverine is the flexibility of its warload; the aircraft can carry a vast array of weapon systems for nearly every conceivable role, including the full NATO range of guided munitions and their eastern equivalents. The open architecture system also means that software for indigenous weapons can be wired without complication.

There a total of 8 external hardpoints: one on each wingtip and three under each wing. In addition there is a single centre line hardpoint that is designed especially for mounting an external fuel tank to increase range. There is also an internal Gsh-23 cannon mounted port wing fairing.

Specification Summary: (all versions)

Type: Multirole Fighter

Powerplant: 1x EPE-136M turbofan 23,690lb of thrust dry and 29,750lb when afterburning.

Performance:

Max Speed: (at 35,000ft) Mach 2.1

Time to 35,000ft: up to 2 min 25 seconds

Range: (with typical payload) 1340nm can be extended with external tanks.

Weapons: See Above

Accommodation: ‘B’ Pilot only, ‘C’ Pilot and a weapons system operator.

Versions

-EA-160A: Development Prototype only, not for sale.

-EA-160B: Single Seat Air superiority Version. $22 million per unit.

The EA-120B variant is a single seat aircraft optimised for air to air combat, however it can also perform anti-ship and ground attack missions although not as effectively as the ‘C’ Version.

-EA-160C: Two seat Strike Version (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-160C.jpg). $34 million per unit.

The EA-160C variant is a two seat aircraft optimised for air to ground combat, however it can also perform air to air missions almost as effectively as the ‘C’ Version with only a slight loss in agility. The main difference is that with the inclusion of a weapons systems operator it enables the targeting of complicated guided munitions, cruise missiles and anti-radiation devices. The ‘C’ Version also includes additional ground detection sensors not found on the ‘B’ Version that make it more effective in the ground attack role whether it be tactical or strategic strike. The second cokcpit position can also be used to fly the aircraft so the version can be used for conversion training.

-EA-160D: Two seat SEAD Version. $46 million per unit.

The EA-160D variant is an upgrade of the EA-160C and while retaining all of the capabilities it is optimised for the Suppression of Enemy Air Defences. The aircraft has an inbuilt EAS-TJS/19 Tactical jamming system with emissions processing and interpretation system, which can provide broad band jamming over a wide range or localised effects against specific targets. On board antennas are located in a fuselage fairing behind the cockpit and and the exciters and jamming transmitters are in conformal pods along the fuselage. The system intercepts and automatically processes radar signals and power manages its exciters and transmitters to jam diverse electronic threats with very high effective radiated power. To enhance the jamming capability additional AN/ALQ-99 Jamming Pods can be attached to wing hardpoints.


-EA-160E: Single Seat Air superiority. ‘B’ version with upgrades detailed below. $32 million per unit.

-EA-160F: Upgraded ‘C’ version. See below. $46 million per unit.

-EA-160G: Upgraded ‘D’ version. See below $57 million per copy.


EA-160 Upgrades Program

Elias Aerospace has now begun to upgrade the Elias Air Force’s inventory of EA-160B/C/D to a more advanced E/F/G standard This upgrade program adds significant capability to the aircraft and also assists in supporting the aircraft through its life cycle.

The upgraded aircraft are designated EA-160E/F/G corresponding to EA-160B/C/D respectively.

Upgrade Features:

-The EA-160B/C/D currently uses a removable FLIR Pod housed on a weapon hardpoint, this is replaced with a powerful integrated system.

EAS-FLIR/490-1 features state-of-the-art, third-generation, mid-wave infrared targeting and navigation FLIRs, an electro-optical sensor, laser rangefinder, target designator, and laser spot tracker. This third-generation FLIR demonstrates a three to four times improvement in target detection and recognition over first-generation systems. In the FLIR/490 the system is integrated into one aerodynamic pod fitted below the port intake that does not interfere with weapon hardpoints.

-The EA-160's current powerplants provide sufficient thrust but the E/F/G upgrade adds two dimensional thrust vectoring to improve agility. Hydraulically actuated nozzles allow ±15º in pitching plane at rate of 30º/s under control of aircraft's flight control system. An emergency pneumatic system returns the nozzle to level flight setting in the event of system failure.

-The EA-160E/F/G series incorporates a fatigue/health monitoring system.

EAS-IHU/10 first generation Integrated Health/Usage Monitoring System is used to measure fatigue and structural wear. The system uses a series of sensors to calculate fatigue at 22 separate positions around key points in the airframe 16 times per second during flight. This enables ground crews to identify areas that parts need to be changed or repaired without having to manually check, which is inaccurate as well as time consuming.

-The upgraded airframe incorporates a newly developed towed decoy system integrated into the defensive countermeasures suite.

EAS-TCS/10 The Towed Decoy System works by an onboard ECM system creating an effective jamming signal which is provided to the decoys towed behind the aircraft for amplification and transmission. To reach the decoy, the signal is converted to light and transmitted down a fiber-optic link to the decoy. In the decoy, the light signal is converted back to RF, amplified, and transmitted using antennas integral to the decoy. The Towed Decoy systems distinct dynamic fins are key to the decoy's stability. The fins adjust to changes in the air stream and help maintain continuity by minimizing the stress on the fiber optic line. Another key component to the TCS/10 is its towline's unique ability to withstand the intense heat of an afterburner plume.

-The EA-160E/F (but not G) have fuselage modifications allowing the attachment of conformal fuel tanks, which could extend the range in excess of 25% with little affect to the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft and no reduction in weapons payload.

-The upgrade installs a new intra-flight datalink, joint tactical information distribution system (JTIDS) link and a more advanced identification friend or foe (IFF) system.

Primary Anti-Aircraft Defense System (PAADS)-1 Anti-aircraft Missile

One of the newest HDF anti-aircraft missile systems, the PAADS-1 is based heavily on the Sea Wolf and could be described as a longer-range, faster, and more modern version of it, designed primarily for naval use but with land launchers under development. The PAADS-1/Super-Sea Wolf is currently deployed on the JIC/Bengal class corvettes, Type 12M frigates, the Type 81 frigate INS Mohawk, Type 22 frigates, and all HMDF support vessels, and a mobile launcher vehicle made out of the TC. 3 carries four missiles in a box launcher. The PAADS-1 has a maximum speed close to Mach 4 and tolerance for very high g forces, as well as excellent manouverability. It can engage anti-ship missiles as well as aircraft, and tests have seen it successfully (if inconsistently) hit 155mm howitzer shells.

Currently no export customers for the PAADS-1 have come foreward, with Strathdonia opting to exchange the PAADS-1 launcher on its Zanzibar-class monitor with the more familiar Sea Wolf.

Range: ~20km
Weight: 162kg
Propulsion: 2-stage solid rocket motor
Guidance: Active radar, Infra-red

EA-220 Joint Tactical Bomber (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-220JTB.jpg)

The EA-220 is the most advanced, costly and capable aircraft project ever undertaken in United Elias. The aircraft itself was designed to provide Carrier Battle groups or Air Force Strike wings with an unrepresented ability to penetrate enemy air space and delver large amounts of ordnance accurately while being able to escape without detection.

Design and Structure

The wings and fuselage are made of composite materials and covered with Radar Absorbent Materials (RAM). This ensures that the EA-220 is extremely low-observability. The EA-220 delta-wing design uses a lightly loaded wing. Such a design offers some unique challenges in handling the flight control system and making it adaptive to the environment that the EA-220 is designed to be in, which is a very low-altitude, high-speed state as it penetrates enemy defenses. The EA-220 has a straight trailing edge. Along the trailing edge are pairs of elevons at each wingtip and pairs of spoilers forward of them. A pitch flap is located in the center, above the engine exhaust area. Yaw control is designed to be provided by differential drag at the wingtips. All flight controls are integrated in a quadruple redundant fly by light control system. This configuration provides not only for an extremely low radar cross section but also an airframe capable of great agility. The EA-220 uses reinforce titanium alloy landing gear and on the carrier version full arresting gear, which has been fully tested for durability and fatigue

Cockpit and Electronic Systems

The cockpits use 5 Multifunction colour displays in both pilot and WSO stations showing complete tactical data with conventional glass dial back ups in case of electronic systems falure. Wide angled HUDs, CCIP indicator and threat indicators are integrared into a
Helmet mounted system offering HUD abilities, weapons targeting and cue and imposition of imagery from sensors and targeting systems. The pilot's control system is a voice-throttle-and-stick system (VTAS). The stick and throttle tops house 28 fingertip controls for sensor and weapon control, defence aids management, and in-flight handling. The direct voice input allows the pilot to carry out mode selection and data entry procedures using voice command. Navigation is provided by a laser ring gyro Inertial navigation system, open architecture satellite system (since there radio compass ability, full terrain following autopilot with terrain avoidance system for low level flight.

The ERSS-4015 sensor system is more than just a radar but a complete target identification and engagement management system with automatic threat prioritization and combat analysis model placing more emphasis on a ground surveillance mode, air surveillance can still track up to 20 simultaneous airborne targets (for zero emissions operation it can use data supplied by other platforms including AEW/AWACS) in air search mode the high definition scan can give detailed returns on targets over 500km distant. In order to allow the EA-220 to approach its target without being detected a number of low emission ground surveillance modes are included.The first mode is completely passive and relies on gathering returns from signals generated by other platforms as well as enemy emissions. The second mode uses a very low powered but highly focused beam to provide a stealthy short range surveillance mode giving medium detail.

Air search: 370km
Detail scan: 500km
Surface scan (full power) vs. large targets: 500km
Surface scan (full power) vs. small targets: 150km
Surface scan (stealthy) vs. large targets: 150km
Surface scan (stealthy) vs. small targets: 45km

Delivery systems:

Air to Air: Standard installation covering US systems and MICA/ASRAAM, optional modules for soviet/indigenous systems.
Bombs: Full compatibility with laser, IR, GPS/INS and EO targeting, radar targeting in concert with Stand off radar imaging platforms (In a very recent test a J-STAR guided a bomb) or in built systems (i.e. this lot offers full any condition engagement of both stationary and mobile targets.
Missiles: same as bombs and with support for Stand off weapons and microwave targeting for tactical weapons.
Gun: targeting using best senor for environment.

A fully integrated system where the plan selects the best weapon for the Rules of Engagement and mission type so that the pilot/WSO chooses the target from the data that is gathered by all systems, a data link to other units is of course included for those who like the info sphere idea and so your Forward Air Controllers can double check your targets (if you use Rather gung-ho pilots).

Countermeasures

Full automatic radar/ millimetric/ laser illumination detection and threat warning, missile launch warning system, active counter measures including 50 round chaff/ flare/ DPS launcher and active IR/ laser missile dazzler system.

Weapons

The main bay has an 8 panel retracting door with a split in the middle. Electronic servo motors provide quick opening and closing of the main bay. Should electronics fail for whatever reason a hydraulic system opens the doors at a slightly slower pace. Whether they are open or closed the main bay doors do not protrude from the fuselage.

1 main bomb bay, w/ 9 mounting points 7 of those can accept double mountings (bombs of various types, a variety of ASMs, ALCMs or ARMs)
2 inner wing bays (AMRAAAMs, bombs, HARM, Maverick, Harpoon, Rainbow etc) [also can take extra fuel tanks]
2 outer wing bays (AIM-132 ASRAAMs, AIM-120 AMRAAMs, Maverick, SHRIKE, etc.)
2 inner IR guided AAM ports (AIM-9X Sidewinder or AIM-132 ASRAAM etc)
1 Gsh-6-30 internal gun system


Powerplants

The Elias Precision Engineering Corporation has designed the high technology EPE-136M2 turbofan engine specifically for the JTB. (18,230lb of thrust each)

They include the following features:

-Integrally bladed rotors: In most stages, disks and blades are made from a single piece of metal for better performance and less air leakage.
-Long chord, shroudless fan blades: Wider, stronger fan blades eliminate the need for the shroud, a ring of metal around most jet engine fans.
-Both the wider blades and shroudless design contribute to engine efficiency.
-Low-aspect, high-stage-load compressor blades: Once again, wider blades offer greater strength and efficiency.
-Alloy high-strength burn-resistant titanium compressor with innovative titanium alloy increases durability, allowing the engine to run hotter and faster for greater thrust and efficiency.
-Alloys in augmentor and nozzle: The same heat-resistant titanium alloy protects aft components, permitting greater thrust and durability.
-Floatwall combustor: Thermally isolated panels of oxidation-resistant high cobalt material make the combustion chamber more durable, which helps reduce scheduled maintenance.
-No visible smoke: Reduces the possibility of an enemy visually detecting the plane
-Improved Supportability: All components, harnesses, and plumbing are located on the bottom of the engine for easy access, all line replaceable units can be removed with just one of the six standard tools required for engine maintenance.

Fuel and Range

The plane carries two fuel tanks, one in each wing. Both tanks are connected, with a small integrated computer system controlling flow between the tanks if necessary. The system will be accessible from the cockpit, so the pilot can take over manually. A backup physical control is situated in the cockpit as well, in case of computer malfunction. The program and connections ensure that in the event that one engine is disabled, fuel is given to the other engine, or if a fuel leak is detected, fuel can either be pumped into or out of the leaking tank, depending on whether both engines are needed.
A small backup tank situated in the middle of the plane provides some fuel reserves, so that the actual range of the plane is slightly farther than what the fuel systems and official range state. This is also connected to the automatic fuel distribution system.
Finally, up to two of the weapons bays can carry fuel pods. These, too, are wired into the distribution system.

All aspects of the distribution can be sealed off within .025 seconds.

Emergency Egress System
Rather than the conventional system of ejection seats, the EA-220 uses an ejectable crew module (similar to the F-111). The system provides maximum protection for the crewmembers throughout the aircraft performance envelope and includes capabilities for safe ejections at maximum speed and altitude as well as at zero altitude and zero airspeed. The module is self-righting, watertight, has flotation provisions, and provides protection for the crewmembers from environmental hazards met on land or water.

Summary of Specifications

Wing Span:

Overall: 70 feet 3 inches

Folded: 36 feet 3.25 inches

Length: 37 feet 3 inches

Height:

Overall: 11 feet 3.375 inches

Folded: 12 feet 6.25 inches

Wing Area: 1,308 square feet

Empty Weight: 42,000 pounds

Gross Weight: 86,000 pounds

Performance:

Max Speed: Mach 0.98

Cruise Speed: Mach 0.95

Service Ceiling: 54,000ft

Design Load Factor: 9 Gs

Range:

Combat range - avg. load: 1,100 nm (1,265 mi)

Combat range - max. take-off weight: 950 nm (1,093 mi)

Ferry range: 2,500nm (2,876.9 mi)

Ferry range - weapons bay fuel pods: over 3,200 nm (3,682 mi)

In actuality, all of these ranges are about 90 nm further than stated, thanks to the backup systems and reserve tanks, but this is generally only used in emergencies.

Armament: See Above

Countermeasures: See Above


Versions:

EA-220A Joint Tactical Bomber, Land based Version: 124 million per unit

EA-220B Joint Tactical Bomber, Carrier based Version: 132 million per unit

EM-220 Diesel-Electric Submarine (SSK) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/05.jpg)


The EM-220 ‘Tigershark’ class diesel electric submarine type is the result of a very lengthy review into Elias Navy submarine operations. This review concluded that since larger SSNs such while being incredibly capable are prohibitively expensive to build in large numbers and not as useful in littoral waters where many of Elias Navy submarine operations take place. Therefore the decision was taken to develop a new type of diesel electric submarine that would offer a cost effective alternative to nuclear attack submarines and at the same time providing as similar capabilities as possible. The Elias Marine Corporation’s extremely experienced team then came up with a design that effectively crammed as many technologies and capabilities into as small a hull as possible. During design emphasis was also placed on secondary missions such as mine laying, Special Forces insertions, electronic intelligence and even search and rescue. Using extensive knowledge gained from experience with the 'Kilo' and 'Foxtrot' class submarines, the design represents a significant step forward in important qualities such as stealthiness, combat power and reliability. The Elias Navy has commissioned a total of 36 EM-220 type boats into service and theynow form the mainstay of the sub service fleet.

Design

The Tigershark is designed for maximum performance with minimum acoustic signatures and features a teardrop shape hull constructed of a steel based alloy that offers significant advantages over steel without the huge price premium of titanium. The hull is covered in ancheolic sound absorbent tiles which prevent nearly all interior sounds from escaping.

The forms of the hull, the sail and the appendages have been specifically designed to produce minimum hydrodynamic noise. Between the suspended decks, the equipment is mounted on elastic mountings wherever possible, and the noisiest systems have a double-elastic mounting to reduce the risk of their noise profiles being radiated outside the submarine. The shock-resistant systems have been developed from systems incorporated in advanced nuclear-powered submarine designs. The low acoustic signature and hydrodynamic shock resistance give the class the capability to carry out anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare operations in closed or open sea conditions, as well as the capability of working with special forces in coastal waters.

One of the most easily detectable signs of submarines has always been the periscope that can show up easily on surface search radars but on the Tigershark the fibre optic is non hull penetrating and is covered in a RAM coating that makes a small radar cross section into a virtually non existent one. Additionally the periscope’s shape minimises visible wake on the surface. All other antennae and aerials that need to protrude above the surface at some stage all have these stealth features to minimise the risk of detection. These masts are also shaped to produce as little wake as possible, thus reducing the chances of acquiring the submarine visually.

The submarine was designed with the object of having the least crew possible and using automated systems and eliminating certain jobs through technology. The compliment of the class need only be 31 with a standard watch team of nine although spare accommodation, in the form of fold down bunks for 16 is provided for missions such as Special Forces Insertion where additional personnel are required. All living and operational areas are fully air-conditioned. The vessel is especially equipped with all the necessary systems to provide vital supplies, water, provisions, regeneration of the atmosphere, to ensure the survival of all the crew for up to nine days in the event of an emergency where the submarine is stranded on the sea bed.

The ship is equipped with full rescue and safety systems. A connection point for a diving bell or Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) allows rescue operations.


Command and Control

The combat management system (http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/scorpene/images/scorpene3.jpg ), with up to six multifunction common consoles and a centrally situated tactical table, is collocated with the platform-control facilities. The combat management system is composed of a command and tactical data handling system, a weapon control system and an integrated suite of acoustic sensors with an interface to a set of Air Surface Detection sensors and to the Integrated Navigation System. The system can also download data from external sources such as satelllites and airborne radars.

The Integrated Navigation System combines data from global positioning systems, the log, depth measurement and the ship's trim/list monitoring system. The submarine's sensors also monitor the environment including seawater density and temperature as well as the submarine's own noise signature.


Weapons

The Tigershark class boats excellent war fighting capability and an emphasis has been placed on land attack as well as anti-surface/anti-submarine warfare. The submarine has the capacity to carry up to 18 surface-to-surface missiles or torpedoes, which give the vessel excellent standoff capability.

The submarine has six bow torpedo tubes. Two of the tubes have a 650mm diameter which could provide the capability of launching swimmer delivery vehicles (SDVs) . With liners the tubes could be reduced to 533mm diameters Four tubes are 533mm diameter for launching torpedoes and missiles.

The submarine can also be armed with mines in lieu of other weapons. A wet and dry compartment is installed for deploying underwater swimmers and special forces personnel.

Sensors

The submarine is equipped with the EMSS-055 integrated sonar system designed by Elias Marine Sensor Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elias Marine which has: cylindrical array for passive medium-frequency detection; a low-frequency towed array sonar; flank array sonar for low/medium-frequency detection; passive ranging sonar; and hostile sonar intercept system. There is also an active high-frequency mine detection sonar.

Propulsion

The propulsion system combines a conventional system consisting of a diesel generator with a lead acid battery, and an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, used for silent slow cruising, with a fuel cell equipped with oxygen and hydrogen storage. The system consists of nine PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cells, providing a total of 350 kilowatts.

For higher speeds, connection is made to the high-performance lead acid battery. A diesel engine powers the generator for charging the battery when either snorkeling or surfaced. The diesel generator plant is mounted on a swinging deck platform with double elastic mounts for noise and vibration isolation. The propeller motor is directly coupled to the seven-bladed variable pitch, low noise propeller.

Performance of the AIP system gives the submarine an underwater endurance of nearly 30 days which is unprecedented for a diesel electric submarine. This is a crucial advanatge because the need to come repeatedly to periscope depth to recharge the batteries using the diesel engine greatly increases vulnerability to detection.

Specifications

Displacement: 1,920 tons (dived)
Dimensions 204ft x 22ft
Max Speed: 22 knots dived.
Max ‘Silent’ Speed: 8 knots
Crush Depth: 1,250ft
Weapons:
6 Torpedo Tubes, total 18 weapons
Countermeasures: ESM decoys, torpedo decoys, deployable noisemakers
Unit Cost: 295 million

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'Muhannad' Rifle Series

The 'Muhannad' family of weapons was developed by Elias Precision Engineering Corporation's Small Arms Division in the late 1970s, is based upon the AK design. The weapon has the same reliability as an AK allowing it to work at temperatures of -50 to +50 C and in any conditions. However the rifle also has much greater accuracy, using a slightly heavier reciever similar to the one used on the RPK.

The weapon comes in two principle versions, the SCR, and the compact SCC:

Standard Combat Rifle (SCR)

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Sharpshooter configured version with bipod and telescopic sight

Calibre: 5.56mm & 7.62mm NATO (used in Elias service, but has also been built in 5.54mm, .233, .303, .308 and several other calibres)
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 1000 mm
Magazine capacity: 20 or 30 rounds standard
Accessories: Can be fitted with a 40mm under slung grenade launcher, telescopic/optical sights, bayonet, bipod.


Standard Combat Carbine (SCC)

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Calibre: 5.56mm NATO (used in Elias service, but has also been built in 5.54mm, .233, and several other calibres)
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 880 mm
Magazine capacity: 20 or 30 rounds standard
Accessories: Can be fitted with, telescopic/optical sights, bayonet, bipod.

Close Assault Weapon

The CAW is a sub-machinegun primarily designed for law enforcement, security agents and special forces, and while lacks some of the range offered by the SCC, it is more adept for use in confined spaces, and is much more compact.

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Special Forces configured model

Calibre: 5.56mm NATO (used in Elias service, but has also been built in 9mm and several other calibres)
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: interchangeable barrel lengths
Magazine capacity: 20 or 30 rounds standard
Accessories: Can be fitted with, telescopic/optical sights, numerous foregrips, supressors etc.

ADI-F6 5.56mm Selective Fire Assault Rifle.

In engagements with insurgents through the 80s and Elian army units during the Gabon war; it become evident to ACA commanders that the ubiquitous Kalashnikov series of assault rifles did not meet battlefield demands. The first incarnation of AR based arms, the ACA-AR15 assault rifle performed well in range and stopping power; but was so hard to clean and maintain that any operative force using them would lose many weapons through malfunction and neglect. It was evident that next generation rifle was needed: Enter the ADI-F6!

Essentially a modified AR18, the ADI-F6 is 5.56mm NATO-chambered selective fire assault rifle. Most notable variations on the original design are the folding buttstock(instead of a fixed-position plastic buttstock that the AR18 has to comply with current Quinntonian firearm laws); an extended-capacity scope range on the top of the weapon, and the fact that the R6 incorporates a third firing mode apart from semi- and fully-automatic; if the fire selection switch is pressed all the way up, the rifle fires controlled 3-round bursts every time the trigger is depressed.

Optional accessories: ADI-F2 'Cracker' under-barrel rifle grenade launcher, optical/red-dot/laser scopes

Caliber: 5.56mm parabellum NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 948 mm (740 mm with folded stock)
Barrel length: 467 mm
Weight: 3.1 kg with empty 20 rounds magazine
Magazine capacity*: 20, 30 or 40 rounds

Will also accept AR-15/AR-18/ADI-AR15 20-round magazines.

ADI-R19 .50 BMG/.455 Lapua Anti-Personnnel/Anti-Material Precision Rifle

Banking on the success of next-generation anti-personnel/material rifles like the Barrett light fifty and the British Arctic Warfare Precision Rifle, ACA commanders gave the green light to construct a heavy precision infantry weapon for sniping both infantry and material. The newly finalized ADI-R19 is a heavy sniper rifle, chambered for both the .50 BMG and .455 Lapua cartridges(mainly because of differing preferences among sniper teams, and the relative ease of conversion), using a fluted barrel to dissipate heat, and a massive and quite effective muzzle brake. While it is used by unscrupulous ACA snipers against soft targets, the ADI-R19 is equally capable of taking out reinforced wheels, disabling stationary aircraft and destroying ordnance safely.

Standard accessories: 10x Leopold scope, carrying handle, angled bipod.

Caliber: .50 BMG or .455 Lapua Magnum.
Action: short recoil, semi-automatic
Overall length: 1460mm
Barrel length: 742mm
Magazine capacity: 10-round detachable box magazine
Sights: 10x telescopic, flip-up iron sights if optical sight breaks.
Weight: 13 kg empty
Maximum effective range: In excess of 1800 metres with .455 Lapua.

((Much more to come!))

EA-120 Strike Fighter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/United-Elias/EA-120A1.jpg)

The EA-120 was the first combat aircraft designed completely from scratch in United Elias, and as such represents the evolution of Elias Aerospace into a high technology, precision enterprise.

The aircraft originates from a Ministry of Defence Procurement and Export directive in 1977, for a tactical strike aircraft/theatre bomber. Due to United Elias’s movement away from the Soviet bloc and towards NATO, it was becoming impossible to procure the Su-24M, being developed at more or less the same time. Although it was preferable to purchase the F-111, defence exports from the United States are known to be unreliable, and an indigenous equivalent was sought.

The EA-120 has high mounted wings with compound sweepback, dog tooth leading edges and marked anhedral; twin turbofans, with lateral air intakes; all sweep tail surface, comprising large main fin, single small ventral fin and a low set all moving tailplane. There are small overwing fences at approximately two third span. Quarterchord sweep angles approximately 45 degrees on wings and fins and 55 degrees on the tailplane. The configuration is conventional and unlike its contemporaries, the F-111, the Tornado IDS and the Su-24, does not use variable geometry wings. The EA-120 includes a retractable air to air refuelling probe.

Due to cost and technology constraints, the EA-120A was placed into production using many components of previous Russian Aircraft. Its powerplants, for example, are two Klimov RD-33 Turbofans from the Mig-29, each producing 18,300lb when afterburning. Additionally, the avionics suite uses the Slot Back radar of the Mig-29, as well as the same inertial navigation system.

The weapons delivery systems include head-up displays that indicate airspeed, altitude and dive angle on the windscreen, a low altitude safety and targeting enhancement system which provides constantly computing impact point freefall ordnance delivery. The EA-120A is also capable of launching TV guided weapons, such as the GBU-15, Kh-19T and KAB-500KR. There is one under-fuselage hardpoint, and three hardpoints under each wing, capable of using Multiple Ejector Rails, for a total external payload of 19,000lb. There is also a Gsh-6-23 internal gun system. The typical weapons load of a standard radar interdiction sortie would be 16 1000lb bombs, two wingtip self-defence AAMs and a 2000lb drop tank. In an anti-shipping role, the aircraft can carry up to four anti-ship missiles, such as Harpoon or Exocets.

The EA-120A entered service in 1983 with the Elias Air Force, and a total of 134 were delivered over the next four years. Initial service entry proved the aircraft technically, with a relatively low attrition rate and slightly better than expected sortie generation and availability tempo, the only exception being the engines, prone to unreliability. However, the mission it was designed to fulfill was becoming outdated, as the emphasis of warfare focused more on laser guided munitions, delivered at very low altitude. With this in mind, and at the same time as the first deliveries of the F-111F, an upgrade was planned, the EA-120B with service entry in 1987, fitted with the Pave Tack targeting system for high and low level laser designating. The Pave Tack was fitted on the centerline hardpoint, but can be detached or reattached in several hours. In order to improve survivability, the aircraft were wired for use of externally mounted EW pods, such as the AN/ALQ-131.

In 1993, all EA-120s in Elias Service were once again upgraded to a new designation known as the EA-120C. This finally rectified powerplant issues by replacing the Klimov RD-33s with the newly developed EPE-136 turbofan producing 24,200lb of thrust when afterburning. This improved the takeoff performance of the aircraft, slightly expanded takeoff weight and range, and reduced maintenance requirements. Also in this upgrade package was a further avionics update, designed to expand the capabilities of the EA-120. This was the inclusion of a new computer system for Pave Tack and targeting hardware that allows the aircraft to fire standoff attack missile, such as the EAW-10.

As well as indigenous service, the EA-120 had some export success, finding favour with Arab states closely aligned with UE, namely Sabir and Morocco.


Specifications:

Crew: Two (1 pilot and 1 weapon systems operator)
Powerplants:
Wingspan: 12.8 m
Length: 21.00 m
Height: 6.22 m
Maximum speed: Mach 1.69 (at 11,000 m)
Service ceiling: 60,000ft
Range: Ferry range 2,100nm, Combat Radius with typical payload, 910nm

BrahMos Anti-ship Missile

The BrahMos is the HDF's most capable ASM and one of the best in Asia. While only a few are in service, the BrahMos provides excellent performance and allows the HDF to engage surface targets well outside of their own SAM umbrella. The BrahMos is currently capable of being launched from JIC/Bengal/Gujarat class low-observable corvettes, Type 22 frigates, INS Blake, Type 42 Destroyers, and truck launchers. Air launching platforms comprise the Panavia Tornado and F(J).4 TGR.1, although on the latter platform range is severely limited and a long runway is needed to get the hulking brute into the air.

The BrahMos's very high cost means that the HDF has been cutting down on the number of platforms using it as of late, so the Bengal class vessels have been re-armed with Sea Eagles.
Range: 290km
Weight: 3000kg
Propulsion: liquid propellant ramjet
Guidance: Radar

JaF NT1FB(-A/B/C) Springer Attack Fighter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Chivtv/NS1/New_Tiamat_Fighter-Bomber_Prototype_d.jpg)

First developed under the 1947-82 Principality, Springer was Beth Gellert's first domestically designed jet aircraft. It was initially to be a multi-role intercept and attack fighter by requirement, but the design soon got away from Hyderabad Fort Brennus-based developers and it became clear that this would not be an interceptor able to perform equally to Dassault Mirage jets acquired by the military.

Springer-A was driven by infamously tempremental turbojet motors of a first generation origin. One can see from the sharp angle of the main wing and the twin bodies that form the upright sections of the tail that Springer was indeed supposed to perform at high speed and similarly high altitude, and the turbojet powerplant supported this. In spite of these features, however, it was at low altitude that the aircraft first proved itself, several examples returning home from interdiction missions against Hindustan and West Bengal exhibiting battle damage that, by all sensible standards, should have brought them down.

Still, with primitive and unreliable engines designed for a high-flying fighter, the inarguably ugly Springer A -scathingly called a flying felt-tip [pen] by critics- was looking very much make-shift in its dedicated attack role. The rise of the 1982-89 Sopworth Commonwealth saw an increase in domestic military industry as the Beddgelens sought to achieve greater self reliance. Springer was soon brought up on charges, too much associated in its current form with the hated Principality, and clearly not performing up to potential.

Springer B appeared with new turbofan engines, Beth Gellert's first, and minor detail changes were applied to the airframe, mainly in the configuration of the tail and in an attempt to disguise the unaerodynamic and blocky form of the original machine. Crews were delighted by Springer B, which was internally many times more reliable than the old craft and retained all of its outer strength. With a new poweplant, Springer was said to be quite comfortable to fly, and it was finally safe enough that new crews were able to appreciate how intuative the design actually could be.

But this was still in some respects a first generation aircraft, and its avionics, developed in the middle of the Cold War by an inexperienced industry, continued to leave the plane relatively vulnerable in spite of its strength and armour, especially when facing increasingly capable Hindustani opposition, while making missions much more difficult to complete than really should have been the case.

Springer C arose only during the 1989-2006 Chivo Commonwealth, and is the current model in service with the Soviet People's Air Force (which has 1,250 examples on the books). Powered by afterburning Barbarian turbofans that give a useful low-level sprint speed, Springer C has a modern dual-purpose radar with multi-target handling abilities, and much improved navigational systems.

Despite its association with both Principality and Sopworth-Commonwealth, the Springer remains popular in Beth Gellert, largely for the high probability of it bringing crews back alive and well even from normally high-risk missions, the main criticism today being that the Commonwealth perhaps should be looking to new stealth-type aircraft to carry-out Springer's missions (actually, for its day, Springer was a remarkably low-signature aircraft, though this advantage has over several decades ebbed away and turned eventually to obsolescence).

Technical Data C Model-
Primary Builder: January Fort Brennus Aviation Plant (JaF)
Crew: 2; pilot, weapons systems operator
Dimensions: length 15.7m/51.5ft span 12.8m/42ft
Powerplant: Two Barbarian afterburning turbofans
Maximum Speed: 1,590kph, 990mph, Mach 1.35 at altitude
Ceiling: 12,800m, 42,000ft
Maximum Range: 2,125km, 1,320miles plus in-flight re-fuelling
Armament: 30mm internal cannon (270rnds); DRAB ASRAAM; 30mm cannon pods; 57mm, 80mm, 122mm, and 289mm rockets; 54kg, 225kg, and 450kg free-fall and laser guided bombs; cluster bombs; napalm tanks; free-fall nuclear bomb; Parliament A/B/C AGM; Qian Wei anti-shipping missile.

Phew. Still updating the front page. I'm getting left quite a long way behind, but I seem to have spent the better part of an hour, tonight, without really gaining much ground! Don't worry, it's still progressing :)

Hey BG, I could compile this if you wanted me to. I've got time coming out of my ears, if you can't keep track of it. All you'd have to show me is how to link to individual posts.

J-13 (MiG 31)

In 1992 the Xiannese reached agreement with the Russian Federation to buy 24 MiG-31 Foxhound long-range interceptors in response to Taiwan separatism. The MiG-31s were expected to be assembled at a newly set-up factory in Tianjin, with production at a rate of four per month expected by 1994. The first batch of indigneously produced MiG-31s were designated the MiG-31MKK, and were generally inferior to the MiG-31, as well as the IDF-2 which Taiwan was producing at the time. Performance and reliability problems were common, and only 8 were built.

In 2002, deteriorating relations with Sino forced the restart of the J-13 construction programme. The J-13 Block 2, commonly referred to as J-13B, featured improved afterburning turbofans with a better thrust-weight ratio than the F-15C and an indigenous radar that was rated by international experts as being equivalent to the "Flash Dance" radar system. The cockpit was upgraded substantially, featuring LCD screens and facitlities for the vectoring of other aircraft. It was a formidable craft, more than capable of holding it's own against other non-stealth aircraft.

General consensus of experts in both Chinas was that the J-13B would have proven superior against Sino's J-12 given good infrastructure. Although the J-13B scored a number of long-range kills against the J-12, the Xiannese support structure critical to the operation of the J-13B was destroyed quickly at the outset of the war. After the reunification of China, General Charles Zhang concluded that the J-13B had been underestimated, and immediately began the missile programme that would result in the development of the TC-3, TC-4, and TC-5 to complement the aircraft. The majority of J-13Bs were destroyed during the conflict.

During Zhang's tenure, it was decided that future development of the J-12 would be cancelled to focus on development of the J-13C, which is expected to feature supercruise, low observability, internal bays and superior speed.

The J-13C is expected to enter service within 3 years.

Designation : J-13C
Programme Cost : $US9 Billion
Manufacturer : Tianjin Aircraft Corp
Function: Interceptor, Strike
Length: 22m
Wingspan: 14m
Max Weight : 80,000lb
Thrust: Twin Engine @ 35,000lbs
Propulsion: 2D thrust-vectored turbofans with reheat
Speed: Mach 1.8 cruise, Mach 3+ max
Combat radius: 550nm on internal fuel, 2,000nm with external tanks
Ceiling : 114,000 feet
Armaments: 15,000lb of weaponary
Cost: $US65 million

EAW-36 Fire Arrow SAM System (http://www.army-technology.com/projects/thaad/images/Thaad_4.jpg)

The EAW-36 'Fire Arrow' Surface to Air missile was designed to meet a requirement for a successor to the S-300 SAM system that also incorporated the capabilities of for Theatre Ballistic Defence Missile. The result is a missile that can destroy aircraft, cruise missiles and theatre ballistic missiles at range in excess of 200km. Eventually it will be deployed in all Army SAM Brigades at the Corps level, providing theater SAM coverage to deployed forces and also homeland defence.

Design

The two-stage missile is equipped with solid propellant booster and sustainer rocket motors. The missile uses an initial burn to carry out a vertical hot launch from the container and a secondary burn to sustain the missile's trajectory towards the target at a maximum speed of Mach 9, or 2.5km/s. Thrust vector control is used in the boost and sustainer phases of flight. At the ignition of the second stage sustainer motor, the first stage assembly separates.

When firing against theatre ballistic missiles the Fire Arrow missile is launched before the threat missile's trajectory and intercept point are accurately known. As more trajectory data becomes available, the optimum intercept point is more precisely defined and the missile is guided towards the optimum intercept point.

The kill vehicle section of the missile, containing the warhead, fusing and the terminal seeker, is equipped with four aerodynamically controlled moving fins to give low altitude interception capability. The warhead is a high explosive directed blast fragmentation device, which is capable of destroying a target within a 60m radius. The dual mode missile seeker has a passive infrared seeker for the acquisition and tracking of tactical ballistic missiles and an active radar seeker used to home on air breathing targets at low altitudes. The infrared seeker is an indium antimonide focal plane array developed by Elias Aerospace.

Battery

A Fire Arrow battery will typically operate six launch vehicles each carrying eight missiles, a mobile tactical operations center and a ground-based radar.

Radar

The ‘Solid Mirror’ early warning and fire control radar for the Fire Arrow system. The radar carries the designation ERAS-2090 and includes the trailer mounted radar and antenna array, the power generator, a cooling system and a radar control centre.

Solid Mirror is an electronically scanned, solid state, phased array radar operating at L-band in the range 500MHz to 1,000MHz. The radar operates in search, detection, tracking and missile guidance modes simultaneously.

The radar can detect targets at ranges up to about 500nm and is able to track targets up to speeds over 3,200m/s. The radar illuminates the target and guides the missile to within 4m of the target which is trailer mounted, downloads the radar data along with data from other sources and uses powerful signal processing tools to manage the threat interceptions fully automatically, including against single and multiple threats. The system has man-in-the-loop intervention capability at every stage.

The fire control and battle management centre has computer workstations for the Sky Situation Co-ordinator, Intelligence Officer, Post Mission Analysis Officer, Resource Officer and Senior Engagement Officer as well as the Commander's station. The workstations display a large electronic map showing the area of battle. Predicted and confirmed launch sites are colour coded to show priority sites.

Tactical Operations Center

The TOC, which is trailer mounted, downloads the radar data along with data from other sources and uses powerful signal processing tools to manage the threat interceptions fully automatically, including against single and multiple threats. The system has man-in-the-loop intervention capability at every stage.

The fire control and battle management centre has computer workstations for the Sky Situation Co-ordinator, Intelligence Officer, Post Mission Analysis Officer, Resource Officer and Senior Engagement Officer as well as the Commander's station. The workstations display a large electronic map showing the area of battle.

Mobility

Each part of the Fire Arrow system is mounted on a highly durable all terrain truck and each one is transportable on Il-76 or An-124/225 Transport Planes/

Specifications

Missile Performance:
Missile Velocity: Mach 9
Maximum Range: 120nm
Maximum Altitude: 145,000ft

Missile Dimensions:
Length: 6.17m
Propulsion unit diameter: 0.34m
Kill vehicle diameter: 0.37m
Launch weight: 900kg

Single shot kill probability:
Aircraft: 0.93
Theatre Ballistic Missiles: 0.90
Cruise Missiles: 0.95

EAW-74 Fire Lance SAM System (http://www.defense-update.com/images/mica-vl-sl.jpg)

The EAW-74 'Fire Arrow' Surface to Air missile is a recent development by Elias Aerospace and was designed. a successor to the Buk M-1 medium range SAM system which is currently the standard equipment for Army Air Defence Battalions at the divison level. Not only is the Fire Arrow, developed from its sea based counterpart the EAW-73 Sea Arrow, more capable than the system it replaces, but is crucially more deployable, swapping heavy tracked vehicles for lighter wheeled vehicles.

Design
The EAW-74 medium-range missile system is designed to engage aerial targets, including aircraft, cruise missiles, helicopters as well as short range ballistic missiles It can also "home on jam", in response to enemy jammers, as well as defeat incoming anti-radiation missiles. The missile offers better maneuverability and improved capability compared with the earlier generation systems and each battery can engage up to six targets simultaneously.
Battery

A Fire Lance battery will typically operate six vertical launch vehicles each carrying eight missiles, a mobile tactical operations center and a ground-based radar.

Radar

The early warning and fire control radar for the Fire Lance system is the designation ERAS-4420 and includes the trailer mounted radar and antenna array, the power generator, a cooling system and a radar control centre. The radar operates in search, detection, tracking and missile guidance modes simultaneously. It can track up to 60 targets

Mobility

Each part of the Fire Lance system is mounted on a highly durable all terrain truck and each one is transportable by EA-80/C-130 Tactical transport aircraft

Specifications

Missile Performance:
Missile Velocity: Mach 3+
Maximum Range: 25nm
Maximum Altitude: 65,000ft

[EA-100 Penetration Bomber (http://www.suchoj.com/andere/Tu-128/riss/Tu-128M_05.jpg)

The EA-100 represents one of the most ambitious projects in the history of Elias Aerospace and was designed primarily to field UE’s first generation nuclear deterrent.
The aircraft originates from a Ministry of Defence Procurement and Export directive in 1976, for a strategic and nuclear strike bomber. Due to UE’s move away from the Soviet bloc at this time, it was no longer possible to acquire Tu-22M aircraft as previously planned (they were later purchased after the fall of the USSR) so an indigenous solution had to be found to complement the few and poor performing Tu-22s.

The design of the EA-100 was a protracted affair owing principally to the difficulties in the development of an indigenous power plant. For this reason it was not until 1984 that the type entered service with the Elias Air Force. Initial service entry was moderately successful with over sixty examples being built, with production halting in 1990. Until the delivery of the longer range and larger Tu-22M and Tu-160 Strategic bombers the EA-100A was primarily responsible for the strategic deterrent mission.

There is a considerable amount of avionics commonality between the EA-100 and the smaller EA-120 strike fighter which was developed in parallel. The weapons delivery systems include head-up displays that indicate airspeed, altitude and dive angle on the windscreen, a low altitude safety and targeting enhancement system which provides constantly computing impact point freefall ordnance delivery.

One of the most successful elements of the EA-100 design is the bomb bay configuration. The standard initial weapons configuration would be to carry a total of 8 Kh-55/AS-15 ALCMs four internally and four externally. In 1994 all the aircraft were upgraded to EA-100B standard, updating the weapons systems to carry a total of 12 EAW-10 standoff missiles, 8 in an internal rotary launcher and 4 on four under wing hard points. Up to 24 1000lb bombs can be accommodated internally on the rotary launcher and externally additional stores up. A total payload of 36,000lb can be carried.

Plans to update the EA-100 to be capable of dropping laser and satellite guided munitions were shelved and the two remaining squadrons have been re-roled for Electronic Warfare and had their aircraft upgraded to EA-100C standard. The EA-100C is equipped with EW/ECM equipment capable of both standoff and tactical jamming. In a SEAD role, the aircraft can carry 12 EAW-10AR anti-radiation missiles and thus is extremely potent in this role.
Specifications:

Crew: Two (1 pilot and 1 weapon systems operator)
Powerplants: 2x EPE-43 Turbofans producing 38,000lb of thrust when afterburning
Wingspan: 18.1 m
Height: 7.1 m
Length: 27.20 m
Maximum speed: Mach 1.75 (at 11,000 m)
Service ceiling: 60,000ft
Combat Radius hi-lo-hi with supersonic dash: 1,750nm

Great Wall Radar

Currently under construction, the GWR consists of a network of Over-the-horizon radar throughout China, allowing surveilance of ships, land vehicles, and even stealth aircraft at a distance of 3,000km from China. The system is accurate enough to show aircraft turning in their approach to Manila airport.

The GWR on completion in two years will be much more extensive that Australia's JORN, but is similar in most other respects. The GWR will complement, not replace existing early warning systems.

Passive Coherent Location

A purely theoretical project at this stage, the PCL is designed to track stealth aircraft by measuring disturbances in civilian radio traffic.

[OOC: And the gap is closed... between Lyong, Hindustan, and China, there can't be much of Asia left unmonitored ^_^]

Ishapore INSAS Family Standard Small Arms (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/Chivtv/NS1/insas1.jpg)

Built primarily at the famous Ishapore Rifle Factory, these are the Igovian manifestation of a weapon discussed in various forms across the sub-continent for several years now. The Ishapore INSAS finally realises the Soviets' long-time intention to adopt as standard an intermediate cartridge used also by Strainist and Hotanite forces, with hopes of convincing INU forces eventually to follow suite.

Both the 6.5mm round and the INSAS design are supposed to fill more roles than was ever the case with designs that they replace. In different states, Commonwealth forces previously deployed under-powered 7.62x39mm AKM assault rifles and RPK SAWs supported by 7.62x54mm SVD dedicated marksman rifles and PPK GPMGs, or else over-powered 7.62x51mm or .303" SLR or SMLE battle rifles and Vickers-Berthier LMG supported by Vickers Mk1 GPMGs. The Russian calibres created needless logistical complexity, while the over-powered western ones resolved some of that but limited combat flexibility, and still meant the use of otherwise unrelated rifles, SAWs, and GPMGs and created problems in the carbine range that often meant the deployment of dangerously limited submachine-guns.

INSAS-1 is a standard assault rifle with a 20 or 30 round magazine, bayonet and sight mountings, fixed polymer buttstock, and the ability to accept an under-slung grenade launcher. Its mechanism is a gas operated rotating bolt system based upon that of the Kalashnikov rifles used previously in most of the Commonwealth, but includes features of the FN-FAL derivatives used by former Principality forces. The receiver is of expensive but hard-wearing milled steel that gives for low-vibration and great accuracy, and the fire selector switch allows for semi or fully automatic fire. Rate of fire is around 600rpm.

INSAS-1S is identical to the above weapon, but features a folding metal buttstock.

INSAS-2 and INSAS-2S are intended for Militia Auxiliary issue, and possibly for export to revolutionaries in need. The key differences are two fold. First, the receiver is made of 1.8mm stamped steel, which marginally decreases weight and cost while possibly taking a little from accuracy, though it should be noted that the pressings are considerably thicker than was the case for Russian AKM rifles, so the problem of excessive vibration is unlikely to be severe, and INSAS-2 is inarguably more accurate than the AKM-BG it replaces. The second major change is in the replacement of the fully automatic fire setting with a three shot burst, decreasing waste of ammunition and increasing accuracy when in the hands of less expert shooters. One final difference is in the usual exchange of polymer for wooden furniture, though this change can be easily negated. Production of these rifles is likely to be extremely low for a long time, as CMA units receive AKM-BG handed down from CMEC units receiving INSAS-1 weapons, and they are largely a contingency design for high-rate production in the event of war.

The 6.5mm intermediate round is used by all of these assault rifles, providing a healthy balance of range and stopping power with controllability.

Ishapore INSAS-3, called the Common Sniper's Rifle, also uses the intermediate cartridge, which gives a fairly flat trajectory along with a heavy hit. The weapon differs from INSAS-1/2 by having no burst or fully automatic fire setting, exchanging it for a more finely tuned trigger assembly set in a heavy milled receiver. A short ten shot magazine is standard, though twenty and thirty round boxes are accepted. INSAS-3 is usually fitted with a light bipod, and the polymer buttstock incorporates adjustable cheek and shoulder pieces.

Ishapore INSAS-4 and INSAS-4S are designated Multi-Role Machine-Guns, and will replace SAWs and GPMGs in the CMEC. Similar to INSAS-1 and 1S, they are of heavier construction and normally are fitted with a longer and heavier quick-change barrel. Like other INSAS weapons, these will accept box magazines of 10, 20, or 30 rounds, but are more usually seen with low-profile quick-loading 60 round drums, or larger 90 round drums that are still reasonably practical from a prone position. INSAS-4 can be fired from the shoulder or hip, especially with a box magazine, and, if fitted with a barrel normally used with INSAS-1/2, is only marginally less practical than those dedicated assault rifles. However, with its intended long-heavy barrel, INSAS-4 can also be fired from a bipod as a squad automatic weapon or -usually with a drum magazine- from a stable tripod with flexible mounting for anti-aircraft use, for which the 6.5mm round -unlike 7.62x39, 5.56x45, or 5.45x39mm ammunition- is deemed sufficiently powerful to be of defensive utility.

It would not be difficult to create a fifth INSAS group by fitting INSAS-2(S) with a long-heavy barrel and mounting it on a bipod, though the value of a tripod mounting might be in question without a fully automatic function.

INSAS-4V weapons with a vehicle-heavy barrel are intended for mounting in and on tanks, AVs, and other Commonwealth military vehicles. They are, of course, with heavy milled receivers and either without buttstock or, in some cases, with folding versions where there is an intended dismountable capacity.

IC. 2 APC

By the 1970s, the INA's collection of APCs was beginning to reach the end of its servicable life. While the mishmash of Ram and Churchill Kangaroos, complemented by locally-produced Cromwell and Comet conversions, might have been sufficient for the INA's needs back in the day, MBTs certainly weren't about to get slower and the ever-increasing age of these platforms made reliability a dangerous issue. The specification for an all-new, purpose-built APC was issued after an INA armored division, called upon to counterattack a Bedgellen cross-border incursion, could not move due to the near total unservicability of its equipment.

The IC. 2 is the INA's main tracked APC type, and uses many parts in common with the FV101 series armored vehicles, of which the INA has very many. It doesn't look much like the FV101, however, being considerably larger. The IC.2's biggest endearing feature is its mine-proofing, consisting of an extra-thick sheet of armor on the vehicle's underside. A very low visual profile helps compensate for weak all-around armor, and applique armor is widely available and widely fitted. One of the best things about the IC.2, and what makes it different from the hodgepodge of predecessor vehicles, is its mechanical reliability and standard features. As previously stated, it shares many components with the FV101 series of light tanks and was built with crew servicability in mind.

Low ground pressure thanks to a low combat weight and broad tracks, coupled with amphibious capability, make this vehicle quite suitable for usage in swampland and soggy ground.

Crew: 3+8
Armament: 1x7.62mm, 2x8 smoke grenade dischargers
Length: 6.2m
Width: 2.8m
Height: 1.92m
Weight combat: 11,950kg
Engine: Mahindra Type 20M multi-fuel engine developing 370bhp
Maximum road speed: 72.5km/h
Maximum road range: 640km
NBC system: Yes
Night Vision equipment: Yes, passive for driver and commander

IC. 2 Special Variants

Anti-Tank, with twin AT.40 missiles in one-person turret above troop compartment

Medical, with improved ventilation and auxiliary generator, room for four casualties and two attendants

EME/Sapper, generally fitted with mine and obstacle clearance equipment and improved sensors systems

Assault Gun, with a 25-pounder howitzer fitted in the troop compartment, crew protected by gun shield and no all-round armor, somewhat similar to the SU-76; no longer in service

Mortar Carrier, often with an M.82V automatic or M.82A single-shot mortar mounted over the troop compartment

IC. 1 APC

The IC.1, largely based on the Alvis Saxon, was the INA's first domestic armored personnel carrier, and today it forms the basis of the INA's armored transport capability. Being a wheeled vehicles, it has inherent advantages over the other tracked vehicles in use in terms of mechanical reliability and ease of use, but at the same time has all the mobility disadvantages of a wheeled vehicle. Intended only as an armored lorry for troops but not a platform from which to fight, the IC.1 isn't very heavily armed and also has a bit higher a profile than would be desired, but is mine-proofed and extremely reliable. Its mobility is further improved by its amphibious qualities.

Like the IC.2 which came a few years later, the IC.1 is the result of an effort to replace the hodgepodge of imported British surplus APCs that formed the backbone of the INA in its formative years. It soon became apparent that the IC.1 was insufficiently mobile and too lightly armed to replace the tracked APC types, but its cheapness and reliability were still attractive, and it found a useful niche as a battlefield transport for infantry units operating behind an armored advance screen. It is also a favorite for peacekeeping and other deployment operations, where its lightness and air-portability are complemented by mine-proof features and tolerance for a wide range of environmental conditions.

Crew: 2+10
Armament: 1x12.7mm MG, 1x7.62mm MG
Length: 5.9m
Width: 2.31m
Height: 2.6m (without MG)
Weight, Combat: 8,900kg
Engine: Mahindra Type 19A Multi-Fuel Engine developing 120bhp at 3,400rpm
Maximum Road Speed: 100km/h
Maximum Water Speed: 10km/h
Maximum Road Range: 650km
Fording: Amphibious
NBC system: Yes
Night vision equipment: Yes, passive for driver and commander/gunner

IC. 1 Special Variants

Mortar carrier, with one 82mm mortar

Medical, with raised and enclosed compartment and capacity for four stretchers

Anti-Aircraft, with a ZU-23 AAA gun or Javelin SAM

Anti-Tank, mounting an SPG-9 Recoilless Rifle or AT.18 ATGW post

Armored Carrier Wheeled, India Pattern (ACV-IP) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Armored-car-india-1.jpg)

Second only to the Daimler Ferret in the INA inventory is the ACV-IP family of vehicles. Initially used by British and Commonwealth forces in the second world war, the Indian Commonwealth was left with large stocks of ACV-IP vehicles and continued to produce them with the onset of the Indo-Bedgellen War. Although the stock of Ford Canada truck chassis soon ran out, production lines quickly switched to the Mahindra copy and ACV-IPs were still being built right up until the mid-1980's. While the Ferret gradually nudged ahead of the older vehicle, the ACV-IP is still in widespread service, both in the regular army and amongst the Union Irregular Corps.

Almost all ACV-IP vehicles in service are used in the scout/liason role, and therefore can usually be seen armed with a Bren L4A5 or FN-MAG. Some in irregular use have single or twin VGOs, or sometimes even Vickers Mk.1 MGs, and are often fitted with a 12.7mm DShK.

Crew: 3-4
Armament: 1x7.62mm, 2x4 smoke grenade dischargers
Length: 4.72m
Width: 2.26m
Height: 1.98m
Weight: 2,164kg
Engine: Mahindra Type 7A Diesel developing 95hp
Maximum Road Speed: 85km/h
Maximum Road Range: 420km
NBC System: No
Night Vision Equipment: Yes, passive for driver and commander

Special Variants

Command, with long-range radios and telescoping antennae

Mortar Carrier, with M.82A mortar mounted in fighting compartment

Medical, with cut-down fighting compartment and side exits, capacity for two casualties

Anti-Aircraft, with twin 14.5mm MGs pintle-mounted in fighting compartment

Anti-Tank, with SPG-9 Recoilless Rifle mounted in fighting compartment

Antitank Scout Car Type 3

The INA's main armored car, following the Ferret, is the Antitank Scout Car Type 3. It could be described as an AML-90 copy, but differs in a few key aspects, namely a flat plate underneath the hull to allow sliding over rough terrain and a more powerful engine. ASCs were initially armed with the QF 6 pounder antitank gun in an open turret, with VGOs in coaxial and antiaircraft positions. For much of the Indo-Bedgellen war, this weapon proved adequate, able to penetrate the armor of the plethora of ex-British Cruiser tanks exported to India as well as the early Centurion marks used by both sides with APDS. Once upgraded Centurions began to appear, along with the newer and more capable Vijayantas, the 6 pounder became useless and a it was decided to fit the vehicle with the QF 17 pounder. The heavy 17 pounder could penetrate 213mm of armor at a kilometer's distance, easily equal to the Centurion, Vijayanta, and later the T-55s exported to the Sopworth Commonwealth. However, the gun's size and weight necessitated the removal of the turret, so the crew was reliant on the gun shield for protection against enemy fire.

Once the Sopworth Commonwealth recieved T-72s from their Soviet backers, though, the 17 Pounder hat met its match. The T-72's much thicker armor proved too much for even APDS shot, and the ASC was rapidly converted to take recoilless rifles. The deletion of the 17 pounder brought back a full turret and therefore all-around protection for the gun crew from small arms fire, and its new armament, the SPG-9 recoilless rifle, proved quite able to penetrate the T-72 at out to 700 meters.

Most of the INA's vehicles today have a single SPG-9 with 30 rounds, a coaxial FN MAG, and a Bren in the AA position. Vehicles used by the Irregulars often retain the 17 pounder gun, and almost uniformly mount the VGO in place of the FN MAG and Bren L4.

Crew: 4
Armament: 1x73mm, 1x7.62mm coaxial, 1x7.62mm AA, 2x4 smoke grenade dischargers
Length: 5.1m
Width: 2.82m
Height: 2.51m
Weight: 6,403kg
Engine: Mahindra Type 10F Diesel developing 120hp
Maximum Road Speed: 89km/h
Maximum Road Range: 530km
NBC System: Yes
Night Vision Equipment: Yes, passive for driver, commander, and gunner

Variants

Mk.1: QF 2 Pounder antitank gun, usually fitted with Littlejohn adaptor, no longer in service
Mk.2: QF 6 Pounder antitank gun, more powerful Mahindra petrol engine, no longer in service
Mk.3: Artillery tractor, turretless, no longer in service
Mk.4: Experimental ATGW carrier, not selected for service
Mk.5: QF 17 Pounder antitank gun, turret removed, more powerful Mahindra diesel engine, no longer in service
Mk.6: Anti-Aircraft variant, fitted with quadruple Polsten cannon turret
Mk.7: Command variant, with long-range radios and improved communications equipment
Mk.8: SPG-9 recoilless rifle, full turret reinstalled, converted from Mk.5 vehicles