NS Military Realism Mk. 7: NO

[Erusuia]

Victory has arrived

[Spirit of Hope]

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Victory has arrived

That turret looks fat. It looks like the turret is the same height as the body of the vehicle, not including tracks. Not sure if that is bad and/or unusual, just in this case it looks fat.

[Erusuia]

(Image)

Victory has arrived

That turret looks fat. It looks like the turret is the same height as the body of the vehicle, not including tracks. Not sure if that is bad and/or unusual, just in this case it looks fat.

Improved, post-diet version

[United Marxist Nations]

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Victory has arrived

The fuck is that?

[Yukonastan]

(Image)

Victory has arrived

The fuck is that?

The fuck is a tank?

[The Akasha Colony]

How effective would the M103's gun be against modern tanks if you were to develop single-piece APFSDS ammunition for it?

At that point it would be more of a question of how effective the ammunition would be, not the gun. The gun just fires the munition.

In any event, with its original AP-T ammunition, the 120 mm M58 gun actually had greater muzzle energy than the M256 firing M829A3. Of course, it traveled at a whopping 1,067 m/s but it also weighed 23 kg. The lightened T123E6 variant of the M58 was actually the preferred weapon for the M60 until the 105 mm X15E8 (the British L7) was tested. T123E6 was more powerful, but the L7 had a much greater rate of fire since it didn't require two-piece and had APDS ammunition, so the US selected it instead.

[Erusuia]

(Image)

Victory has arrived

The fuck is that?

The Federal Erusuian Army's primary main battle tank and my first attempt at linearting a tank

[United Marxist Nations]

The fuck is that?

The fuck is a tank?

I meant what kind of tank is it.

[Erusuia]

The fuck is a tank?

I meant what kind of tank is it.

Its a UG-92M, OOCly based on the chassis of the T-80, IC'ly a totally local development

[United Marxist Nations]

I meant what kind of tank is it.

Its a UG-92M, OOCly based on the chassis of the T-80, IC'ly a totally local development

What about the turret though?

[Purpelia]

Looks to me as if it was taken from a M-103 and scaled UP.

[Erusuia]

The turret is something of my own creation, with a little bit of inspiration from the Type-99s turret

It mounts a 125mm gun with a bustle auto loader and that thing on the back is a gear rack/ slat armor

[Rich and Corporations]

How effective would the M103's gun be against modern tanks if you were to develop single-piece APFSDS ammunition for it?

At that point it would be more of a question of how effective the ammunition would be, not the gun. The gun just fires the munition.

In any event, with its original AP-T ammunition, the 120 mm M58 gun actually had greater muzzle energy than the M256 firing M829A3. Of course, it traveled at a whopping 1,067 m/s but it also weighed 23 kg. The lightened T123E6 variant of the M58 was actually the preferred weapon for the M60 until the 105 mm X15E8 (the British L7) was tested. T123E6 was more powerful, but the L7 had a much greater rate of fire since it didn't require two-piece and had APDS ammunition, so the US selected it instead.

Gun efficiency is highly dependent on velocity.

[Roski]

Pros/Cons of having mandatory reserve service for all qualifying men age 18-25?

[The Republic of Lanos]

Pros/Cons of having mandatory reserve service for all qualifying men age 18-25?

I know a con is how expensive the program will be if you make every man at age 18 go into some form of basic military training. You generally only do this when your country is surrounded by enemies that could hit you at any moment (Israel) and you can justify it as a means of national defense.

[Roski]

Pros/Cons of having mandatory reserve service for all qualifying men age 18-25?

I know a con is how expensive the program will be if you make every man at age 18 go into some form of basic military training. You generally only do this when your country is surrounded by enemies that could hit you at any moment (Israel) and you can justify it as a means of national defense.

How about being under a constant threat of warfare or physically forseeing military conflict within the very immediate future?

[The Republic of Lanos]

I know a con is how expensive the program will be if you make every man at age 18 go into some form of basic military training. You generally only do this when your country is surrounded by enemies that could hit you at any moment (Israel) and you can justify it as a means of national defense.

How about being under a constant threat of warfare or physically forseeing military conflict within the very immediate future?

-_- I said it in my answer to you.

[San-Silvacian]

Pros/Cons of having mandatory reserve service for all qualifying men age 18-25?

Low quality of troops
Fairly expensive
Your work force may suffer

The French noted a massive increase in how well the quality of troops increased when they moved from conscription to a volunteer military.

[Doppio Giudici]

Pros/Cons of having mandatory reserve service for all qualifying men age 18-25?

Low quality of troops
Fairly expensive
Your work force may suffer

The French noted a massive increase in how well the quality of troops increased when they moved from conscription to a volunteer military.

Didn't pre-WW1 France have the best trained army in the world, with the worst rifles and the worst officer corps? I recall that when the war happened, the French people had a 50/50 chance of having 2 years of experience in training.

[Beefmerica]

Main Fighter: Su 24 Mp Fencer

Main Multirole: SAB JAS 39 Gripen

Main Attacker: Su 34 Fullback

Main Attack Helicopter: Apche Longbow

Secondary Fighter and Multirole: F16 and its variations

[Questers]

That turret looks fat. It looks like the turret is the same height as the body of the vehicle, not including tracks. Not sure if that is bad and/or unusual, just in this case it looks fat.

Improved, post-diet version

The shape of the turret leaves a lot to be desired. Also the cupola is WAY too far forwards.

also too many black shade lines on the bottom of the bustle and no really visible optics. But it is better than what most people post first time.

[Roski]

Pros/Cons of having mandatory reserve service for all qualifying men age 18-25?

Low quality of troops
Fairly expensive
Your work force may suffer

The French noted a massive increase in how well the quality of troops increased when they moved from conscription to a volunteer military.

WOmen are more than capable of work...

[District XIV]

Low quality of troops
Fairly expensive
Your work force may suffer

The French noted a massive increase in how well the quality of troops increased when they moved from conscription to a volunteer military.

WOmen are more than capable of work...

Not exactly. Women who are in jobs already will be either a) forced or b) strongly "encouraged" to take over jobs that were forcibly abandoned by the masculine population.

Either way, your economic will decline because the females are forced out of possibly-necessary jobs.

[San-Silvacian]

Low quality of troops
Fairly expensive
Your work force may suffer

The French noted a massive increase in how well the quality of troops increased when they moved from conscription to a volunteer military.

WOmen are more than capable of work...

They need to get into the normal civilian work force more than men since you are forcing your males into service.

[Questers]

The supply of bowmen was not something the state could really control at the time. The number of archers available for war depended on the number kicking around in the kingdom at the time or selling their services as mercenaries.

Nearly anyone could fire a crossbow with some training though, it was a real mass weapon.

The English Longbow (or should I say Welsh...) was a mass weapon in some periods as the English crown did attempt to force every able bodied man to try to train with the longbow. Im not sure that it was effective, but the image is at least lasting.