NationStates Jolt Archive


The Royal Army Seeks a New SHBT

Lower Columbia
23-12-2006, 23:58
To all defense contractors the world over:

In accordance with the Armored Divisions Act of 2407, this nation's Royal Army is to maintain a ratio of eight Main Battle Tanks for each Super-Heavy Battle Tank within its ranks of tanks. However, due to an apparent dearth of available models, our armored divisions lack sufficient numbers of large tanks to meet this requirement. Therefore, as Minister of Defense, I have deemed it fitting and necessary to seek out a new design for a SHBT, which Lower Columbian tank factories would produce in sufficient numbers to comply with the aforementioned Act. Please submit your best designs to my office, such as would be comparable to any SHBT currently fielded by any army or offered for sale on any storefront. Any design my department ultimately chooses would remain the intellectual property of the contractor which offers the rights to its production.

Thank you and good luck!
Signed,
John Retcliffe
HM Minister of Defense

(OOC: Yes, I'm looking for production rights to a SHBT. Regardless of your opinion of either, I want a design that rivals DMG's Behemoth III or Izistan's Crimson King at NS Draft. Give it your best shot.)
The Phoenix Milita
24-12-2006, 00:15
May we present the...
T-4B Big Scary Tank MK2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/NS1/bigscarymk2.jpg
The T-4 B features 4 sets of tracks and a new bright camo pattern to confuse your enemies.. just think! noone will believe it when your enemies report a column of gigantic pink blue and red tanks!!
Specifications
Power Plant: The PD XM-3000 Diesel-Electric Hybrid with fuel cell battery backup.
Maximum Speed: 29mph
Weight: in excess of 200 tons
Weapons
(2) 200mm Main Cannons
(1) 128mm Smoothbore Cannon
(2) 15.5mm BRG-15 MGs in turret operated by commander
(1) 12.7mm (.50 cal) GAU-18 Machine guns
(1) 40mm GMG
(24) FIM-92 Stinger in 4 pack launcher on back of main turret
(10) AT-101 Vixen Anti-Tank Missiles
(6) L818 40mm smoke/tear gas/grenade launchers on sides
Crew: 6 (1 commander, 3 gunners, 1 loader, 1 driver)
Electronics
(CITV)
Thermal Imaging System (TIS)
Eyesafe Laser Rangefinder(ELRF)
Gunner's Primary Sight- Line of Sight (GPS-LOS)
Digital fire control computer
20X optical zoom scope w/ thermal and nightvision in turret
10x sight on 15.5mm and 128mm
Thermal/Nightvison/Video Gun sight w/6x opitcal zoom on 15.5mm guns
UHF, VHF,SATCOM communications systems
GPS reciever
*all electronics are shielded from emp in faraday cages.
Price
A mere $35 million
Praetonia
24-12-2006, 00:21
[OOC: It seems plausible that that is a joke. Please tell me I am right.]
Lower Columbia
24-12-2006, 00:27
[OOC: Looks like he whipped it up in a flash and didn't bother to texture the model.]