NS Military Realism Consultation Thread #6

[Auroya]

Apparently the Caspian Sea Monster could fit ~340 tons (though without fuel), but as far as I know that was just a prototype and I'm not sure how suitable it would have been in combat. I'll most likely settle for something like it though, but with Lun-esque missile launchers on it for shore bombardment before the landing; these will obviously weigh quite a lot so I'll settle for carrying one tank plus a load of infantry/some lighter vehicles. Does that sound somewhat feasible?

[Padnak]

Apparently the Caspian Sea Monster could fit ~340 tons (though without fuel), but as far as I know that was just a prototype and I'm not sure how suitable it would have been in combat. I'll most likely settle for something like it though, but with Lun-esque missile launchers on it for shore bombardment before the landing; these will obviously weigh quite a lot so I'll settle for carrying one tank plus a load of infantry/some lighter vehicles. Does that sound somewhat feasible?

The Lun's missile launchers were for AShMs, but you could easily make something work

[Padnak]

Isn't the benefit of ground effect a linear increase with the size of the ground effect vehicle? If you had the means you could reasonably build something much larger then even the Caspian sea monster. Like, transporting two tank companies large...

Edit*

I remember seeing someone with an ekranoplan style ground effect vehicle that moved entire motor rifle battalions

and it was of glory

[Auroya]

Boeing pelican landing craft gogogo

[Zeinbrad]

So I'm in a AH WW2 RP were Japan is invading Australia and Manchukuo has tanks (After asking the OP of course) so I'm going to go for a small tank regiment or company. I am playing Manchukuo.

So, I'm going to copy the Imperial Japanese tank regiment and see if this is alright.

Using this.

Regiment HQ
One Type 89 I-Go's
Two Type 95 Ha-Go's.

First Company
Six Type-95 Ha-Go's.
Sixteen Type 89 I-Go's.

Second Company.
Six Type 95 Ha-Go's
Sixteen Type 89 I-Go's

Third Company
Six Type-95 Ha-Go's.
Sixteen Type 89 I-Go's.

Combat Train.
-Twenty Imperial Army Soldiers.
-Two officers.

[Allanea]

Possibly MLRS launchers (such as used on the Zubr) might be superior for shore bombardment.

[Tule]

Found a couple of interesting videos... and possibly two more things to break Hollywood war film immersion.

Getting shelled from a first person POV.
Dogfight from a first person POV.

[Padnak]

Found a couple of interesting videos... and possibly two more things to break Hollywood war film immersion.

Getting shelled from a first person POV.
Dogfight from a first person POV.

that video from inside an artillery barrage was intense, I have to say

I wonder what it would look like to be in the way of a carpet bombing run, apart from fucking terrifying

[New Tyran]

Found a couple of interesting videos... and possibly two more things to break Hollywood war film immersion.

Getting shelled from a first person POV.
Dogfight from a first person POV.

that video from inside an artillery barrage was intense, I have to say

I wonder what it would look like to be in the way of a carpet bombing run, apart from fucking terrifying

Does this video tickle your fancy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvy0euxmL7k
It does mine.

[Padnak]

that video from inside an artillery barrage was intense, I have to say

I wonder what it would look like to be in the way of a carpet bombing run, apart from fucking terrifying

Does this video tickle your fancy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvy0euxmL7k
It does mine.

You can feel the freedom

[Padnak]

Would creating military schools and filling them with orphaned and abandoned children be a good idea as a way to reduce child homelessness and increase the amount of loyal soldiers in my military? I'm thinking that given the amount of homeless and abandoned children in Padnak and my need for easily indoctrinated soldiers it would be the perfect way of going about things.

[Allanea]

In the context of a grimdark dictatorship, this makes perfect sense.

[The Corparation]

Isn't the benefit of ground effect a linear increase with the size of the ground effect vehicle? If you had the means you could reasonably build something much larger then even the Caspian sea monster. Like, transporting two tank companies large...

Edit*

I remember seeing someone with an ekranoplan style ground effect vehicle that moved entire motor rifle battalions

and it was of glory

I have a lolhuge one. Doesn't carry a full Battalion though. But 3 Infantry Companies plus 7 or 800 tons of vehicles and cargo is still a respectable load. (Yes I know writeup says 6, but it's really outdated and I've been planning on revising it upwards for quite some time, although if I do it's likely to bulk out before hitting full weight capacity.

And that doesn't list all of my lol-variants. Lol-variants include: Rocket Launcher with hundreds of artillery rockets, Missile Launcher with over 100 VLS cells, Mobile Command Center, Hospital, Nuclear Power Station, Field Brothel, ABM/ASAT Laser platform,and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head.

[Padnak]

I have a lolhuge one. Doesn't carry a full Battalion though. But 3 Infantry Companies plus 7 or 800 tons of vehicles and cargo is still a respectable load. (Yes I know writeup says 6, but it's really outdated and I've been planning on revising it upwards for quite some time, although if I do it's likely to bulk out before hitting full weight capacity.

And that doesn't list all of my lol-variants. Lol-variants include: Rocket Launcher with hundreds of artillery rockets, Missile Launcher with over 100 VLS cells, Mobile Command Center, Hospital, Nuclear Power Station, Field Brothel, ABM/ASAT Laser platform,and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head.

It is of the strength

I tried looking for that lolhuge one I mentioned by I think the nation that fielded it no longer exists so I've turned up nothing . Yours is mighty impressive, but needs to be at least 1.5 times bigger for it to be of total strength

*EDIT*
I'd personally shrink the front windows down a bunch, small windshields increases coolness by at least 80%

[Imperializt Russia]

Found a couple of interesting videos... and possibly two more things to break Hollywood war film immersion.

Getting shelled from a first person POV.
Dogfight from a first person POV.

I guess Battlefield got at least something right about dogfighting.
I can't see shit and I have idea what the fuck the other guy is doing when he wanders out of my field of vision.

[The Corparation]

Picture is outdated as well. I redrew it in Ship Bucket scale. It still has the large front windows. I like them.

[Imperializt Russia]

Does this video tickle your fancy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvy0euxmL7k
It does mine.

You can feel the freedom

I can feel Poland liberating something already.

[Padnak]

Picture is outdated as well. I redrew it in Ship Bucket scale. It still has the large front windows. I like them.

fair enough

I might have to buy myself one...

Which I totally won't produce unlicensed copies of or anything...

[Padnak]

I can feel Poland liberating something already.

Wasn't the PRC going to liberate north korea a while back when north korea moved a bunch of its tanks to the china-nk boarder?

China can into freedom!

(I really want that to happen, if only so that colonel peng will get to hire the mercenary)

Mercenaries POD references ahoy!

[Imperializt Russia]

That was like, last week
Probably still ongoing. The Chinese unit mobilised is claimed, in Chinese non-state press, to be responsible for possible defence of DPRK in a western invasion.

[Padnak]

That was like, last week
Probably still ongoing. The Chinese unit mobilised is claimed, in Chinese non-state press, to be responsible for possible defence of DPRK in a western invasion.

I really wonder why china puts up with north korea's shit, they could easily invade and crush them if they wanted and I doubt that anyone would have a problem with it

[Imperializt Russia]

That was like, last week
Probably still ongoing. The Chinese unit mobilised is claimed, in Chinese non-state press, to be responsible for possible defence of DPRK in a western invasion.

I really wonder why china puts up with north korea's shit, they could easily invade and crush them if they wanted and I doubt that anyone would have a problem with it

two million T-55s with computers versus two thousand T-55s with worse computers, who will win?

[Padnak]

two million T-55s with computers fuel versus two thousand T-55s without worse computers fuel , who will win?

[Connori Pilgrims]

That was like, last week
Probably still ongoing. The Chinese unit mobilised is claimed, in Chinese non-state press, to be responsible for possible defence of DPRK in a western invasion.

I really wonder why china puts up with north korea's shit, they could easily invade and crush them if they wanted and I doubt that anyone would have a problem with it

1.) Refugees would be a pain in the ass to worry about.

2.) North Korea is so dirt poor that no one wants to have to deal with the inevitable reconstruction. That's why South Korea, despite official statements, will never reunite with the North. It will make German reunification look comparatively simple. China won't be able to fund reconstruction for it either.

3.) Even if they dispose of Kim Jong Un, no guarantee the next guy will be better.

4.) Even if the North Koreans just detonate their nukes within their own territory, the fallout won't be a good thing for anyone near them (including China).

Really, the best thing for everybody is the status quo. Well, everybody except the average North Korean.

[Allanea]

4.) Even if the North Koreans just detonate their nukes within their own territory, the fallout won't be a good thing for anyone near them (including China).

Fallout is nowhere near that horrible.

Literally thousands of nukes have been detonated around the world in the past 60 years and you are not dying of cancer.