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Official Communique:
From: Minister of Defense, General-Marshal Mandal Horde

It is with great honor that I in the name of The National Sozialist Reich of Lyncanthropia and Führer Damyo Kruder announce the creation of the two new models of Lyncanthropia Imperial Army Armoured Personal Carriers and also two new piece of weaponry. This new type of Modern Technology APC will replace the old ones on their official dutys.
There are already beying produced 100 units of each model, and will be operacional in the next month.

At this moment these units will be only for the use Lyncanthropia Imperial Army, and will not be avaible for sale.

BM-001 (BEHEMOTH APC 01)
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Specifications:

Armor: (Secret)

Wheel arrangement: 6x6
Gross weight: 26,875 Kg
Passengers: 14+1+1 (14 Troops + 1 Driver + 1 Gunner) [16 Crew]

Engine:
*liquid-cooled
*supercharged multifuel diesel

Engine power: kW (hp) 423 (644)

Maximum speed: km/h:
*on road: 100
*in water: (Not avaible for water pourposes)

Armament:

[Front]

GM3/1A1 Gatling Gun

* Type: three-barrel rotary cannon
* Caliber: 25 mm
* Operation: hydraulically operated, electrically fired
* Weight (excluding feed system): (98 kg)
* Rate of fire: 3,000 rounds per minute (lab terms)
* Muzzle velocity: 960 m/s

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BM-002 (BEHEMOTH APC 02)
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Specifications:

Armor: (Secret)

Wheel arrangement: 6x6
Gross weight: 30,154 Kg
Passengers: 12+1+2 (12 Troops + 1 Driver + 2 Gunners) [15 Crew]

Engine:
*liquid-cooled
*supercharged multifuel diesel

Engine power: kW (hp) 423 (644)

Maximum speed: km/h:
*on road: 75
*in water: (Not avaible for water pourposes)

Armament:

[Front]

GM6/1A1 Gatling Gun

* Type: six-barrel rotary cannon
* Caliber: 25 mm
* Operation: hydraulically operated, electrically fired
* Weight (excluding feed system): (98 kg)
* Rate of fire: 3,000 rounds per minute (lab terms)
* Muzzle velocity: 960 m/s

[Top]

GM3/1A1 Gatling Gun

* Type: six-barrel rotary cannon
* Caliber: 30 mm
* Operation: hydraulically operated, electrically fired
* Weight (excluding feed system): (140 kg)
* Rate of fire: 6,000 rounds per minute (lab terms)
* Muzzle velocity: 1000 m/s

ATG10/1T1 Anti-Tank Gun

* Type: Anti-tank Cannon
* Caliber: 100mm
* Breech: vertical
* Recoil: hydraulic buffer and hydropneumatic recuperator
* Rate of fire: 4 rounds/min avg., 5–6 rounds/min max.
* Muzzle velocity: 1,500 m/s
* Maximum range: 15,600 m
* Sights: laser, thermo or infrared


[OOC: I'm sorry if I missed something but this is my first creation of military stuff, feel free to give opinions and suggestions.]

*bump*

Guns! *Yay*

(Well done. Artwork is great, but the vehicle sides seem to restrict the driver's view from his side windows)

[ Gross weight: 30,154

I hope that's kilograms. Units of measure do help, on occasion, to ensure people don't get the wrong idea (like say, someone assuming that was weight in tonnes).

Driver compartment is a big-assed target, and impossible not to hit with an RPG (it's almost flush with the ground and continues up to what I'll assume is head-level). Another thing, while I'm on that subject: dimensions (length, width, height; ground clearance would be helpful, although most people don't bother—with pictures I don't think that's particularly needed, however) would be nice.

On crew: does your gunner double-team as vehicle commander? That's putting a lot of strain on him, since he can't always be concentrating on the big picture when there's a squad of infantry trying to wtfpwn his vehicle. On the BM-002, you won't need two gunners. One will be enough, if you have a commander aiding him.

Speeds need cutting down on both (road speed of 160 km/h is ridiculous, and so is 140 km/h—cut them down to around 100 and ~65, if you take my later advice on hp, respectively; if you want to keep these speeds, I believe you'll need a 700 or 750 hp engine, but you're better off asking Vault 10 or someone similar), and horsepower needs upped to at least 500 on the BM-001; at least 100 hp more on the BM-002 if you want to have normal horsepower and normal speeds.

BM-001: 14.1 hp/ton
BM-002: ~15.75 hp/ton

I'd recommend twice those ratios (~27-30 hp/ton) for good performance.

Your AT cannon takes up far too much room, and is anyway unnecessary. If you're looking for a cheap but effective alternative to high-powered tank cannons, go with a TOW launcher. It's much smaller.

Is the purpose of the second 20 mm on the BM-002 to act as a secondary weapon? If so I'd say it's going overboard, but you'll get differing opinions, depending on how much the person you're talking to believes in the 'BLOW IT THE FUCK UP' doctrine. Anyway, on the BM-001, I'd recommend adding either a 7.5-8 mm or thereabouts as a weapon for the commander; both so he has something to hang on to when the vehicle is moving, and to bat away infantry attacks that the gunner is too busy to deal with (as I talked about earlier).

So yeah, main points of contention: speed, crew, horsepower and that driver compartment of lulz. ]