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T112 Addax WUV Family

Contents
T112-A Light Armoured Personel Carrier (APC[L]) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12746970&postcount=2)
T112-B Wheeled Tank Destroyer (WTD) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12746971&postcount=3)
T112-C Battle Ambulance
T112-D Fire Support Vehicle (FSV)
T112-E Self Propelled Mortar (SPM)
T112-F Armoured Reconnaisance Vehicle (ARV) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12746976&postcount=5)
T112-G Point Air Defence Vehicle (PADV)
T112-H Anti Tank Guided Weapon Carrier (ATGW-C) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12746975&postcount=4)
T112-I Light Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV[L])
T112-J Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Gun (SPAAG)
T112-K Armoured Utility Vehicle (UV)
T112-L Urban Combat Vehicle (UCV)
T112-M Infantry Support Vehicle (ISV)
CREDITS:
Macabees: GIOD Mk1 APS and "Octavia" 105mm Liquid Propelled Gun Technology


OOC: This is an ongoing project, right now im too lazy to finish most of it, but bits will be added from time time.
"Vangaurd" is a composite armour scheme i havent gotten around to writing up yet, but should provide protection similar to that on the Centauro, which is against 25mm in the frontal arc and 14.5mm on the sides, and also 12.7mm BMG in the rear arc

T112-A Light Armoured Personel Carrier (APC[L])

Armament:
The Primary Armament of this vehicle is a roof mounted Type-122 Remote Weapon Station, this is controlled from inside the vehicle and can carry a variety of weapons, this allows the vehicle to fight effectively even when the vehicle is buttoned up during combat in Nuclear, Chemical or Biological contaminated enviroments. The Weapons station can be equipped with the following (depending on Crew Preference):-
L9 7.8mm General Purpose Machine Gun - (900rpm) - 1200 rounds on weapon
L11 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun (600rpm) - 500 rounds on weapon
L15 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher (200rpm) - 350 rounds on weapon
L16 17.78mm Heavy Machine Gun (400rpm) - 400 rounds on weapon
The vehicle also possesses a pair of firing ports, one on each side, that are fired from inside the crew compartment, these firing ports are mounted with L8V Light Support Weapons chambered in 7mm SAR, as standard, these ports are designed to tightly fit the weapon and prevent an opening being formed through which incoming fire could enter the vehicle and cause damage or injury either to the inside of the vehicle, or to the people within it. Each other LSW has an on weapon storage box containing a belt of six hundred rounds

Protection:
According to several sayings prevalent in circles of military thinking worldwide, one of the best ways to avoid being killed in war is to avoid being hit, the design staff that created the Addax series agreed, thus they included a Giod Mark 1 Active Protection System into the vehicle as standard, provided effective defence against ATGW and RPG-type weapons fired from all quarters and a wide variety of ranges.
In addition to this armour scheme they utilise a "catchers' mask"-style deflector, which is otherwise, and more commonly, known as "slat armour", this defeats the HEAT warheads on missiles and rockets by shorting out the conductors between the detonator and the actual explosive charge, preventing correct detonation of the warhead at the correct distance from the target, both limiting the effectiveness of the jet forming and helping dissapate some of the energy of the jet once it has formed.

The vehicle is also protected by a brand new armour scheme, dubbed "Vanguard" by members of the design team, *to be added at a later time, pending consultation with Mac, the god of armour on tanks*

Drive:
Like all other vehicles in the Addax family, the APCs are based off of a standard 8x8 wheeled chassis, the engine and fuel tank arrangements, however differ.
The APC is driven by a 400hp Supercharged V-8 Diesel Engine, providing a top speed of approximately one hundred kilometres per hour on roads, and giving a maximum range of five hundred kliometres, this can however be improved by the use of bolt on external fuel tanks, or by carrying fuel can inside the passenger compartment.

Crew/Passengers:
The Light APC has a standard crew of two, a driver and a gunner, who also acts as the vehicle commander, this allows for the minimum internal volume to be wasted on crew space, increasing the size of the passenger compartment and also reducing the weight of the vehicle.
The vehicle can carry two squad of eight soldiers each, totalling sixteen, as well as additional ammunition supplies for the same, it is also capable of supporting the full range of special weapons used by the Confederate Army Infantry, including Recoiless Rifles, various Machine Guns and automatic grenade launchers, as well as 81mm Infantry Mortars.

OTHER STATISTICS

Weight: 20,150kg
Length: 7.6 metres
Height (without RWS): 2.2 metres
Width: 3.1 metres
Price: $1,000,000

T112-B Wheeled Tank Destroyer (WTD)

Armament:
The Primary Armament of the Vehicle has become the source of much criticism of the entire series, for it is not an entirely indigenously designed weapon, it is a Confederate Arms derived version of the Kriegzimmer "Octavia" 105mm Liquid Propelled Tank Weapon, currently used in Confederate Service on the Broadsword-Tizona Main Battle Tank, in use with Territorial Army Formations. After Confederate Arms acquired the designs and indigenous production licences to the weapon, they sat on the proverbial shelf in one of Confederate Arms many libraries, until a junior designer on the Addax team stumbled across them one day while looking up various armour scheme mechanisms, although he was infact meant to be designing the "Oberon" Light ERA, he realised the weapons enormous potential and took the design to the head of the gun design team for the WTD Variant, with whoom he played regular games of poker in one of the clubs frequented by Confederate Arms Design Staff. He immediately recognised the potential that the junior staffer had seen in the weapon and the following day set his crwe to work on designing a derivative of the weapon, optimised for the differing circumstances in which the gun would be used.
The result is the new M233, dubbed "Titania" by the design team, which gives the WTD a power unheard of in such a light vehicle. The modifications to the weapon mostly include the fitting of a smaller breachblock, allowing the weapon to be handled more easily inside the WTDs smaller turret, as well as modifications to allow compatability with Confederate Designed Fire Control Systems, despite these modifications, it remains a weapon of muzzle energy comprable to that of equal technology 120mm ETC weapons, if not exceeding them in there penetrative abilities.
The T112-B can carry a total of forty rounds, twenty of which are inside individually armoured cases inside the turret bustle, another ten of which are inside the hull, within the confines of the turret ring and with a final ten, accessible from near the drivers posistion, kept in the aft section of the hull

The Secondary Armament of this vehicle is a roof mounted Type-122 Remote Weapon Station, this is controlled from inside the vehicle and can carry a variety of weapons, this allows the vehicle to fight effectively even when the vehicle is buttoned up during combat in Nuclear, Chemical or Biological contaminated enviroments. The Weapons station can be equipped with the following (depending on Crew Preference):-
L9 7.8mm General Purpose Machine Gun - (900rpm) - 1200 rounds on weapon
L11 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun (600rpm) - 500 rounds on weapon
L15 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher (200rpm) - 350 rounds on weapon
L16 17.78mm Heavy Machine Gun (400rpm) - 400 rounds on weapon

There is also an L9V 7.8mm General Purpose Machine Gun in a coaxial posistion, with six hundred rounds carried in belt ready to fire, in addition there is an L8V LSW on a skate mount by the drivers hatch, with five hundred rounds of 7mm SAR ready to fire in belt. Providing protection against close in attacks from Infantry.

Protection:
According to several sayings prevalent in circles of military thinking worldwide, one of the best ways to avoid being killed in war is to avoid being hit, the design staff that created the Addax series agreed, thus they included a GIOD Mk1 Active Protection System into the vehicle as standard, provided effective defence against ATGW and RPG-type weapons fired from all quarters and a wide variety of ranges.
In addition to this armour scheme they utilise a "catchers' mask"-style deflector, which is otherwise, and more commonly, known as "slat armour", this defeats the HEAT warheads on missiles and rockets by shorting out the conductors between the detonator and the actual explosive charge, preventing correct detonation of the warhead at the correct distance from the target, both limiting the effectiveness of the jet forming and helping dissapate some of the energy of the jet once it has formed.

The vehicle is also protected by a brand new armour scheme, dubbed "Vanguard" by members of the design team, *to be added at a later time, pending consultation with Mac, the god of armour on tanks*

Drive:
Like all other vehicles in the Addax family, the WTD are based off of a standard 8x8 wheeled chassis, the engine and fuel tank arrangements, however differ.
The WTD is driven by a 470hp Supercharged V-8 Diesel Engine, providing a top speed of approximately one hundred kilometres per hour on roads, and giving a maximum range of five hundred kilometres, this can however be improved by the use of bolt on external fuel tanks, or by carrying fuel can inside the passenger compartment.

Crew/Passengers:
The Wheeled Tank Destroyer has a standard crew of four, a commander, a driver and a gunner, the possibility of using an autoloader in place of the fourth crew posistion was assesed and then turned down due to the extra maintainance and ammunition loading abilities granted by the use of a fourth soft body as a loader, in addition the 105mm Single Peice ammunition was considered to be sufficiently light to make the use of a manual loader pratical.

OTHER STATISTICS

Weight: 26,150kg
Length: 7.6 metres (without gun)
Height (without RWS): 2.9 metres
Width: 3.1 metres
Price: $2,500,000

T112-H Anti Tank Guided Weapon Carrier (ATGW-C)

Armament:
The Primary Armament of the Vehicle is the vehicle is its rack of four missile tubes for the use of the GM-113 Swingfire II Anti Tank Guided Missile, this weapon is basically an updated Swingfire missile, similar to that used by the British Army, it, like its predecessor is capable of executing a ninety degree turn soon after launching, allowing the vehicle to be situated inside cover, to facilitate this, the weapon can be aimed using a remote man portable laser director that can be placed in cover some distance from the vehicle, and which can communicate with the vehicle through a secure radio link, which is also used to communicate with the vehicle, this is a wide frequency, split-band system that is designed to be highly resistant to jamming. The vehicle also possesses an autoloader with 24 additional missiles stored inside what in the T112-A would be the troop compartment.

The Secondary Armament of this vehicle is a roof mounted Type-122 Remote Weapon Station, this is controlled from inside the vehicle and can carry a variety of weapons, this allows the vehicle to fight effectively even when the vehicle is buttoned up during combat in Nuclear, Chemical or Biological contaminated enviroments. The Weapons station can be equipped with the following (depending on Crew Preference):-
L9 7.8mm General Purpose Machine Gun - (900rpm) - 1200 rounds on weapon
L11 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun (600rpm) - 500 rounds on weapon
L15 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher (200rpm) - 350 rounds on weapon
L16 17.78mm Heavy Machine Gun (400rpm) - 400 rounds on weapon
Protection:
According to several sayings prevalent in circles of military thinking worldwide, one of the best ways to avoid being killed in war is to avoid being hit, the design staff that created the Addax series agreed, thus they included a GIOD Mk1 Active Protection System into the vehicle as standard, provided effective defence against ATGW and RPG-type weapons fired from all quarters and a wide variety of ranges.
In addition to this armour scheme they utilise a "catchers' mask"-style deflector, which is otherwise, and more commonly, known as "slat armour", this defeats the HEAT warheads on missiles and rockets by shorting out the conductors between the detonator and the actual explosive charge, preventing correct detonation of the warhead at the correct distance from the target, both limiting the effectiveness of the jet forming and helping dissapate some of the energy of the jet once it has formed.

The vehicle is also protected by a brand new armour scheme, dubbed "Vanguard" by members of the design team, *to be added at a later time, pending consultation with Mac, the god of armour on tanks*

Drive:
Like all other vehicles in the Addax family, the ATGW-Cs are based off of a standard 8x8 wheeled chassis, the engine and fuel tank arrangements, however differ.
The vehicle is driven by a 470hp Supercharged V-8 Diesel Engine, providing a top speed of approximately one hundred kilometres per hour on roads, and giving a maximum range of five hundred kliometres, this can however be improved by the use of bolt on external fuel tanks, or by carrying fuel can inside the passenger compartment.

Crew/Passengers:
The vehicle has a standard crew of two, a driver and a gunner, who also acts as the vehicle commander, this allows for the minimum internal volume to be wasted on crew space, increasing the size of the passenger compartment and also reducing the weight of the vehicle.

OTHER STATISTICS

Weight: 22,150kg
Length: 7.6 metres
Height (without RWS): 2.4 metres
Width: 3.1 metres
Price: $1,500,000

T112-F Armoured Reconnaisance Vehicle (ARV)

Armament:
The Primary Armament of the ARV is a single man turreted weapons station mounted with a single barreled 35mm Gas Operated EIET Long Barreled Automatic Cannon, essentially a giant machine gun, the weapon is some eighty calibres long and fires standard and the longer EIET specialised 35mm CAC (Confederate Automatic Cannon) ammunition, including APFSDS-T, HE-FRAG and others, it is designed to be used on a variety of platforms, not least the ARV on which it is used here. The EITC weapons technology gives massive performance increases from the weapon without requiring a complete redesign of the entire gun, only a lengthened chamber is required, this has the added benefit of allowing the gun to be fired using conventional 35mm Cannon ammunition in an emergeancy. The Weapon also boasts a flexible loading mechanism, allowing both round types to be loaded from belts without gunner intervention.
Although the weapon is not a chaingun in the conventional sense, it does posses a firing control system that allows a selectable rate of fire to be used, through the use of mechanical cam interlocks which hold the bolt back for a certain amount of time per cycle of the weapon, this allows firing rates of 120rpm, 180rpm and 240rpm, ofcourse the firing rate manager can be, and is often removed, allowing the weapon to be fired at the full rate of approximately 320 rounds per minute. The weapon is also triaxially stabilised.
The Turret of the ARV contains three hundred 35mm Rounds in belt ready to fire, while there is an additional eight hundred rounds stored in the rear of the vehicle, approximately where the rear of the infantry compartment would be in the T112-A.

The Secondary Armament of this vehicle is a roof mounted Type-122 Remote Weapon Station, this is controlled from inside the vehicle and can carry a variety of weapons, this allows the vehicle to fight effectively even when the vehicle is buttoned up during combat in Nuclear, Chemical or Biological contaminated enviroments. The Weapons station can be equipped with the following (depending on Crew Preference):-
L9 7.8mm General Purpose Machine Gun - (900rpm) - 1200 rounds on weapon
L11 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun (600rpm) - 500 rounds on weapon
L15 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher (200rpm) - 350 rounds on weapon
L16 17.78mm Heavy Machine Gun (400rpm) - 400 rounds on weapon
There is also an L9V 7.8mm General Purpose Machine gun in the coaxial posistion in the turret with eight hundred rounds in the firing posistion, and another five hundred stored elsewhere in the vehicle.

Protection:
According to several sayings prevalent in circles of military thinking worldwide, one of the best ways to avoid being killed in war is to avoid being hit, the design staff that created the Addax series agreed, thus they included a Giod Mark 1 Active Protection System into the vehicle as standard, provided effective defence against ATGW and RPG-type weapons fired from all quarters and a wide variety of ranges.
In addition to this armour scheme they utilise a "catchers' mask"-style deflector, which is otherwise, and more commonly, known as "slat armour", this defeats the HEAT warheads on missiles and rockets by shorting out the conductors between the detonator and the actual explosive charge, preventing correct detonation of the warhead at the correct distance from the target, both limiting the effectiveness of the jet forming and helping dissapate some of the energy of the jet once it has formed.

The vehicle is also protected by a brand new armour scheme, dubbed "Vanguard" by members of the design team, *to be added at a later time, pending consultation with Mac, the god of armour on tanks*

Drive:
Like all other vehicles in the Addax family, the ARVs are based off of a standard 8x8 wheeled chassis, the engine and fuel tank arrangements, however differ.
The ARV is driven by a 420hp Supercharged V-8 Diesel Engine, providing a top speed of approximately one hundred kilometres per hour on roads, and giving a maximum range of five hundred kliometres, this can however be improved by the use of bolt on external fuel tanks, or by carrying fuel can inside the passenger compartment.

Crew/Passengers:
The ARV has a standard crew of three, a driver, a radio-officer and a gunner, who also acts as the vehicle commander, this allows for the minimum internal volume to be wasted on crew space, reducing the weight of the vehicle and increasing possible armour proection

OTHER STATISTICS

Weight: 21,150kg
Length: 7.6 metres
Height (without RWS): 2.6 metres
Width: 3.1 metres
Price: $1,250,000

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