NationStates Jolt Archive

At the Red Rock proving ground in northern Ackistan; delegates from The World Soviet Party, Dartia, and Ackistan had gathered to observe field tests of the new Soviet M1 Phalanx Main Battle Tank.

The Ackistani delegation was comprised of 6 senators from the defense appropriations committee, 3 army generals plus their aids, plus a number of Ackistani soldiers and scientists responsible for conducting the tests.

Testing Schedule
Test #1 - A stationary Phalanx destroys eight targets as quickly as possible. Four targets are stationary & four are moving.

Test #2 - A Phalanx moving over a mix of smooth and rough terrain must destroy eight targets as quickly as possible. Once again, half the targets are moving and the others are stationary.

Test #3 - The penetrating power of the Phalanx's main gun will be put to the test against a combination of Abrams, Challenger II's, and M3 Bradleys.

Test #4 - The tank's chemical and biological filters will be put to the test. Sensors will be placed inside the tank while it is targeted with shell containing benign agents.

Test #5 - The Phalanx's survivability will be tested against RPG-7's, M72 LAW's, SMAW's, and 60mm mortars. Dummies will be placed inside the Phalanx to determine what sort of damage the crew would take if subjected to such attacks.

Test #6 - The Phalanx's ability to survive heavy artillery will be tested. We will be using a 120mm mortar, 155mm howitzer, and an Abrams to conduct this test. Once again, dummies will be placed inside the Phalanx to study potential damage to the crew.

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Test #1 - Stationary Fire
From a stationary position, the Phalanx must destroy eight targets. We will be tracking both how long it takes and the hit/miss ratio.

Stationary targets will be placed 400, 600, 800, and 1,000 meters away. Moving targets will be placed 450, 650, 850, 1,050 meters away.


OOC: TWSP feel free to post the results. I am assuming you are providing your own tank crew for the field tests. They can be as highly trained as you want.

The crew entered the field and got into the tank, checking the systems, gun and ammo, everything was a-ok, so the Commander picked up his radio and messaged the observers.

"This is Alpha Tank, ready when you say so, Sir"

General Winshelm, the senior military man present, nodded. One of his men radioed the tank crew.

"We are ready to proceed. Begin excercise in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!"

As soon as the order was given, the Commander gave the order to fire, almost instantly, the nearest stationary target blew up in a fire ball. The shell had just left the gun when the loader replaced it and the turret adjusted to the new target in mere seconds, again, the order was given and the moving target's side was hit by the accuarate gunner, the cupola went over 7ft into the air before falling down.

"Good work team, keep it up!"

The commander scouted the rest while the loading process was finished, having already picked a new target, the turret moved to face it and fire, obliterating it.

Time so far: Less than one (1) minute.

A safe distance away, the senators and generals looked on with binoculars as the wooden targets were being systematically blown to bits.

A safe distance away, the senators and generals looked on with binoculars as the wooden targets were being systematically blown to bits.

OOC: Wait, wood? I thought we were using old surplus tanks here =p

IC:

"FIRE!"

The Commander had picked up his target's pace nad had set the coordinates correctly, thus, as all the others, it was blown the hell up.

"Only four left, dont let down!"

"Aye aye Sir!, Round loaded and ready to fire!"

"Wait for my command... steady... FIRE!"

BOOM!

Another dummy went up in flames.

OOC: These targets are wood. You get to blow up the real thing later though :)

The last two targets were quickly taken care of, the total time was less than five (5) minutes.

"This is Alpha Tank, exercise complete, targets eliminated, over" with that, the crew exited the M1 and went to have some water that had been left on a special table, the day was a hot one and being inside a tank didnt exactly help.

General Winshelm glanced at his stopwatch at the first excercise came to an end.

"Impressive. By my estimation, your crew was able to take out one target every ten seconds with perfect accuracy. Not bad. Not bad at all."

While the men working the targeting range setup new targets, waiters walked around offering various hors d'oevres and beverages to the delegates, senators, and generals present.

OOC: I'd like to skip RP'ing the second trial, as I dont think I am capable enough, of course, if you want to do it, you are most welcome :rolleyes:

IC:

The crew got ready for the next trial.