NationStates Jolt Archive

To: The Arms Manufacturers of the World
From: Pavel Frankov, CEO of Volzgradien Arms Co.

As most of you know, Volzgrad has recently been liberated from the shackles of Socialism by the Korvograd Revolutionary Front. To celebrate, and destroy our past, we would like to announce an arms competition to see which nations weaponry is the best suited to our needs. Both the Army and the Airforce are in dire need of new equipment, so any company may put forth their weapon designs. Once the winner of a category is announced, we will ask for a shipment and then the manufacturing rights. Thank you for reading this, and good luck in the competition.

Weapons to Replace:

Assault Rifle: AK-74M
Quantity of new weapon: 500,000

Submachine gun: MP-5
Quantity of new weapon: 200,000

Pistol: Glock 17
Quantity of new weapon: 100,000

Sniper Rifle: R-700
Quantity of new weapon: 10,000

Anti tank: LAW
Quantity of new weapon: 50,000

Vehicles:

Main Battle Tank: T-80
Quantity of new vehicle: 1200

APC: BTR-90
Quantity of new vehicle: 800

Attack Helicopter: Hind-26
Quantity of new weapon: 400

Transport Helicopter: Bell Huey (Vietnam one)
Quantity of new weapon: 2000

Fighter: Su-37
Quantity of new weapon: 400

OOC: Current category winners will be updated regularly.

The Binarian Armarment Exportation Corporation is ready to meet many of your needs. We have an extensive catalog that has many of the vehicles and equipment you need.

Assualt Rifle

M-12 Export Assualt Rifle
Weight: Weight 1.97 kg (empty)
3.756 kg (loaded, with sling)
Length 736 mm
Barrel length 475 mm
Cartridge: 6 mm x 49 mm
Action: gas operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire: 550—760 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s
Max. Effective range: 350 meters
Maximum range 3600m
Feed system: 30 round magazine
Sights: Standard iron sight
Fire Modes: 3 round burst semi auto, Full Auto

Based on the M-8 Bullpup Battle Rifle, the M-12 is designed soley for export to nations in the grip of civil strife. It is a lighter, cheaper version made of stamped steel and as few moving parts as possible. This allows for easy cleaning and disassebly.

Price
Rifle-1,000 USD
Ammo: 600 USD per 1000 rounds
DPR
Rifle-300 million USD

Anti tank
M-4 Binar's Hammer
Length:
1.1 m (42.6 in) missile.
1.2 m (47.2 in) launch tube.
Diameter:
135 mm missile.
145 mm launch tube.
Weight:
18.21kg missile.
7.5 kg Launcher.
Warhead:
14 kg tandem shaped charge HEAT.
13 kg Fragmentation warhead
10 kg Incendiary warhead
Armour penetration (after reactive armor effects) >2600 mm
Reinforced concrete or brick >5,300 mm
Log and earth fortification: 14,100 mm
Range:
50 to 4500 m
Guidance system: Imaging infra-red guidance,

Launch Unit:
Passive target acquisition/fire control with integrated day/thermal sight.
Magnification 4x optical and 4x or 10x thermal.

Backround:
Named after the Acient Binarian God Binar, who is credited with founding the Binarian Nation and the first ruler of the Binarian People. He was the God of War, Conquest, Famine and Death.

Main Battle Tank
M-78 Kilgore MBT (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13341762&postcount=15)

APC
Crusader Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Crew: (Driver,Gunner, Commander)
Troops Capacity:10
Combat Weight: 48000 kg
Power-to-Weight Ratio: 18.75hp/tonne
Hull Length: 7 meters
Overall Length: 7.8 meters
Width: 3.2 meters
Height to Turret Roof: 2.8 meters
Engine: V-10 900 hp Forced Induction Diesel 4-stroke
Transmission: 3-Gear(1st, 2nd, Reverse)
Fuel Capacity: 500 Litres
Fuel Consumption (Road): 4 litre per km
Fuel Consumption (Cross Country): 5 litre per kilometers
Operational Range(Average): 125 km
Maximum Speed (Road): 60 km/h
Maximum Speed (Cross Country): 45 km/h
Fording Depth: 1.2 meters
Deep Water Depth: 2.6 meters
Slope: ° Gradient, ° Side Slope
Obstacle: 1.5 m Vertical; 3 m Trench
Main Gun:
1x 90mm 30 caliber
Stowed Main Gun Ammunition: 36 rounds
Gun Depression/Elevation Range: -18°/+45°
Secondary Armament:
1X M2 Brwowing .50 caliber/12.7x99mm
Smoke Dischargers: 6x 81mm twin
Armour Protection (Actual Thickness minus ERA)
Hull - Glacis: 420mm
Hull - Lower Front: 380mm
Hull - Side: 390mm
Hull - Rear: 340mm
Turret - Front: 200mm
Turret - Front Angle: 260mm
Turret - Side: 180mm
Turret - Rear: 175mm
Turret - Roof:135 mm
Turret - Gun Mantlet:310 mm

The Crusader Infantry Fighting Vehicle can bring heavy firepower where the soldiers on the ground need it with out the need to bring tanks into an urban enviroment.

Armarment:
The Crusader is armed with a short barrelled, high angle 90mm cannon. This gives it the capibility to provide heavy fire support to men it carries. It carries primarily high-explosive ammunition with 1 in every 6 rounds being APFSDS rounds providing the Crusader with limited anti-armor capability. Although not powerful enough to destroy a main battle tank, it can still destroy enenmy ACPs and IFVs with a lucky hit.

Price: 1.25 million USD
DPR: 2.5 billion USD


Attack Helicopter
AH 97 Attack Helicopter
Crew: 2: pilot, co-pilot/gunner
Passengers: 10 fully equiped soilders
Length: 20 meters (with both rotors turning)
Rotor diameter:18 meters
Height: 4 meters
Empty weight: 12,465 kg
Loaded weight: (13,500 kg)
Max takeoff weight: (17,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× M364 3,000 shp turboshaft engines
Fuselage length: 18 meters
Rotor system: 4 blades
Maximum speed: 170 knots
Cruise speed: 157 knots
Combat radius: 360 km
Service ceiling: (7,780 m)
Rate of climb: (15.4 m/s)
Armament
Guns:1 20 mm gatling chin gun 2500 rounds 2× 40 mm automatic grenade launchers, 1,800 rounds( hard points0
Rockets: 2 pods of 36 105 mm rockets
Missiles: up to 500 kg of missiles
Armor:
2 cm titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy( protecting vital systems)
Kevlar inserts in troop bay

Price:
12 million USD
DPR:
30 billion USD

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bump, interest please.

OOC: I have easily a half dozen rifle designs that may be what you're looking for. Some are rather unconventional. I've got things in new calibres, things in standard 7.62x39 and 5.45x39, bullpup and standard configurations, some with art and most without. These all have huge writeups - I could clutter your thread or I could ask as I am now, what is it you'd prefer in a rifle?

I've got designs that are conventionally laid out but have longer barrels with equivalent or shorter overall lengths than other rifles (unconventional action type at work there) and I've got a rifle (complicated action at work there) which has no recoil. Then there's a variety of balanced automatics and so on. Do you want a custom calibre? Someone else's calibre? Etc.

BTR-90 is still a fine APC. For most heavy ordnance needs, check out Aequatian Military Industries (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=530096), IMW-LDS (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=391319), and there's the HTC (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=529784) for various small arms needs.

Volzgradien rifles tend to have longer barrels and larger ammunition sizes than most (9mm ammo for example). Our submachine guns tend to be small, fast firing, and usually have a 50 round drum clip. Light machine guns tend to be fairly fast firing with a large ammunition size and drum clip.

OOC: Tell me calibre, configuration (Bullpup/Conventional/Toploading), any special requirements (Rifle grenade capability, requires numerous attachment rails, et cetera) and I'll see what I have that may suit your needs. If not I can custom design something easily - I enjoy small arms design. I can do the same for a submachinegun or handgun if you give me similar specifications.

At the moment I have, off the top of my head, the SKP/BVP, VSV-01, ERP-07, KGR-01V, MBRS, and so on. MBRS is in my own 9.3x39mm, a derivative of 9.3x64mm, and a top-loader like the FN P90 SMG. KGR-01V has a specialized action that allows for a longer barrel in a conventionally laid out rifle without an associated length handicap, SKP and BVP are bullpups with a hypercyclic burst feature like the AN-94 without its associated complexity, and VSV-01 is a pretty conventional assault rifle. I've got a machinepistol, a handgun, and a submachinegun that are available for export, in addition to a combat shotgun. The ERP-07 family are forward-ejecting bullpup assault rifle, carbine, and PDW, and include the T-04 type underbarrel grenade launcher.

Yeah, I am looking for something to occupy my time with, hence all the questions as to what you want.

By the looks of it, the ERP-07 seems the best choice for my nation. I've always liked higher caliber weapons with a bullpup design. Simply state the specifications and I'll see if I will buy it. Also, a major selling feature for the ERP-07 is the underslung grenade launcher. I would prefer if it is on the short side of rifle design because urban combat is my soldiers "specialty." Also, I'm surprised to see how indepth some of your weapons are in their descriptions. I've only ever done a small summary and the specs for my range of weapons.

P.S. My country actually does have its own NS weapons, I'm simply stating the closest RL comparison to them.

Mind if I suggest replacing all small arms besides pistol and 72 mm LAW with the Hurtian "Light Assault Weapon" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10892498&postcount=17) Series?

Chambering may be modified to user's prefferance, so long as bolt travel doesn't exceed 80 mm.
Long barrels are available.

You can call it whatever you want, but we'll call it whatever we'll call it...
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That or we can ship you surplus HAP series carbines... they're a bit more finicky, but @ $25 a gun, it'd be hard to find a better deal...

Then there's the heavy and obsolete CM-26/38 series of SAW/GPMGs...

Volzgradien rifles tend to have longer barrels and larger ammunition sizes than most (9mm ammo for example). Our submachine guns tend to be small, fast firing, and usually have a 50 round drum clip. Light machine guns tend to be fairly fast firing with a large ammunition size and drum clip.
AK-74 was 5.45x39 mm, MP-5 could never accept a drum.

May want to add your factbook link (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=551356) to your sig for future refferance. Before it gets buried.

No clue how the CFD-99 = Rem-700...
Or why you have 3 standard rifle calibers (7.62NATO, 8 mm MAG, and 9 mm), 2 heavy calibers (9+12.7 mm), and one pistol caliber (5 mm 'peashooter')

OOC:
- Fig.1, ERP07 (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/PavelKirilovich/NationStates/ARC.jpg)
- Fig.2, T-04 UBGL (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/PavelKirilovich/NationStates/T-04UBGL.jpg)
- Fig.3, ERP07 "PDW" (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/PavelKirilovich/NationStates/PDW.jpg)

If you want something that isn't in 5.45x39/7.62x39/6.5x40mm the SKP/BVP comes in 9x39mm, and the KGR-01V was developed for 9.3x64mm. SKP and BVP (Carbine & Rifle) are bullpup, KGR is conventionally laid out.

I have a complete writeup for all weapons if you're interested further.

From the Executive of Nineveh International

While we are unsure of your specific requierments, we would like to provide you with information regarding our MCA-7 and derrived vehicles for your heavy armour needs.

Information and orders can be found through our previous export outlet here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=545305

Or through our official new outlet, which includes newer vehicles not otherwise released, here: http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?showforum=40

We thank you for your consideration.

- Nineveh International Executive