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by Gallia- » Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:53 pm
by Crysuko » Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:56 pm
Gallia- wrote:lmao 10,000 tonnes for a 25 km railgun is piss poor considering a railgun that isnt even 1 tonne can achieve that
majestic
by Kassaran » Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:24 pm
Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.
"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
by Crookfur » Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:48 am
Keskinen wrote:Crookfur wrote:Well it would certainly cut down the number of dear John letters the forces post office would have to deal with.
IIRC most conscription systems have been pretty blind to marital status even when they have otherwise taken consideration of dependents.
Keskinen: missed that bit and went straight to the 35,000lb service number however the max bomb load (let alone your slightly expanded one) never going to be the most common load mainly because it limits the fuel load and hurts the range. With the max load victors might have been able to hit France and maybe mine some French Atlantic ports but with a circa 20,000lb load Moscow and further into Russia is doable. 35,000lb would probably be the limit for reaching eastern europe.
As for the training pipeline, yup that would be right.
Yeah, fortunately, a slight advantage I have in the RP region that I'm in is that there's a scattered group of us that allows each other to stage equipment via a NATO-esque agreement, if necessary, which cuts down on the range vs. bomb loading issue.
And as far as the training pipeline, how long for each? I've been using Nordic aircraft, though somehow I missed the Hawk, which is in service with Finland.
by Austrasien » Sat Jun 17, 2017 4:01 am
Crysuko wrote:1. goal is as a direct fire anti-ship weapon. essentially a cannon.
by Keskinen » Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:06 am
Crookfur wrote:Even with lots of regional bases max bomb load missions are going to be few and far between as even the best basing is unlikely to put you right next door to your targets.
If using such bombers you might want to look at developing thier stand off capabilities. Whilst historically the v-bomber stand off capabilities focused on nuclear strikes in the latest 70s/early 80s you would be seriously look at such platforms as the only way to deliver useful amounts of air launched cruise missiles.
As for training times I would probably just base things off the RAF courses:
https://www.raf.mod.uk/idtraf/courses/t ... flying.cfm
You would be looking at the elementary course and then the basic and advanced fast jet courses.
by Crookfur » Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:23 am
Keskinen wrote:Crookfur wrote:Even with lots of regional bases max bomb load missions are going to be few and far between as even the best basing is unlikely to put you right next door to your targets.
If using such bombers you might want to look at developing thier stand off capabilities. Whilst historically the v-bomber stand off capabilities focused on nuclear strikes in the latest 70s/early 80s you would be seriously look at such platforms as the only way to deliver useful amounts of air launched cruise missiles.
As for training times I would probably just base things off the RAF courses:
https://www.raf.mod.uk/idtraf/courses/t ... flying.cfm
You would be looking at the elementary course and then the basic and advanced fast jet courses.
Ok, that makes more sense now. The big thing is that there's not a whole lot of turn over in the Air Force for pilots, because we're not involved in constant conflicts which was my reasoning for the extended courses.
Also, did I miss a memo or something? It seems to me that the vast majority of players attach their rotary wing forces to the regular Air Force, rather than an Army Aviation group. Now, I'm an American, so that may play into it (fixed wing is mostly Air Force, helos are mostly Army) but are there any real advantages of lumping helicopters in with the fixed-wing aircraft?
by Gallia- » Sat Jun 17, 2017 10:45 am
by Gallia- » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:00 pm
by Allanea » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:07 pm
Gallia- wrote:Until you sweep the minefield with an HPM and kill all sensors that aren't pressure springs.
by Gallia- » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:11 pm
by Allanea » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:15 pm
Gallia- wrote:I never said anything about the landmines.
by Gallia- » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:25 pm
Allanea wrote:Vibration sensors on landmines existed since 1943 and are terrifyingly simple. [No electronics are involved at all.] Even if an actual NVU-P won't work (which I doubt), I don't thin kyou want to be crawling across a 1980s minefield with a stick.
Allanea wrote:Of course, the US military had no HPM munitions at the time this was drawn (other than, of course, the option of using nukes), and still does not have them, and has no plans to field them in the near future as far as anyone knows.
by Theodosiya » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:33 pm
by Allanea » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:55 pm
It is true that neither existed in the 1980s, but I suspect that most everyone had mine rollers and MCLCs in the 1980s too, so "improvising" your way across a minefield isn't really necessary. When it is, you are probably dealing with similarly poorly equipped forces like Serbians or something, who would lack sensor controlled/networked minefields like Matrix/NVU-P/Spider.
by Gallia- » Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:08 pm
Allanea wrote:I don't get what kind of situation this is for.
Allanea wrote:Either you have mine rollers and MICLIC and so on, in that case you should be using those.
Allanea wrote:Or you don't, but then you're not likely to have HPM either.
Allanea wrote:It's worth saying here that MAXPOWER did not succeed well in Afghanistan and has been withdrawn from the field for additional testing and is not currently being used.
by Federated Kingdom of Prussia » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:11 pm
by Allanea » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:11 pm
by Allanea » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:12 pm
Federated Kingdom of Prussia wrote:In the earlier stages of the Eastern Front in WWII, did the fact that Soviet soldiers were more plentifully armed with semiautomatic and automatic weapons like the SVT-40 and PPSH, while Germans may have had their respective versions but not nearly as many of them, make much of a difference?
by Laywenrania » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:13 pm
Federated Kingdom of Prussia wrote:In the earlier stages of the Eastern Front in WWII, did the fact that Soviet soldiers were more plentifully armed with semiautomatic and automatic weapons like the SVT-40 and PPSH, while Germans may have had their respective versions but not nearly as many of them, make much of a difference?
Nachmere wrote:Tanks are tough bastards.
Gallia- wrote: And I'm emotionally attached to large, cuddly, wide Objects.
by Federated Kingdom of Prussia » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:18 pm
Allanea wrote:Federated Kingdom of Prussia wrote:In the earlier stages of the Eastern Front in WWII, did the fact that Soviet soldiers were more plentifully armed with semiautomatic and automatic weapons like the SVT-40 and PPSH, while Germans may have had their respective versions but not nearly as many of them, make much of a difference?
They were not as plentifully armed with these weapons as official data may suggest.
Laywenrania wrote:Federated Kingdom of Prussia wrote:In the earlier stages of the Eastern Front in WWII, did the fact that Soviet soldiers were more plentifully armed with semiautomatic and automatic weapons like the SVT-40 and PPSH, while Germans may have had their respective versions but not nearly as many of them, make much of a difference?
individual armament with bolt actions or semiautos makes probably no big difference in comparison to general tactics, strageties and logistics.
by Allanea » Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:49 pm
So the Mosin really was the basic weapon most Soviet conscripts had, then?
by Kassaran » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:07 pm
Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Tristan noticed footsteps behind him and looked there, only to see Eric approaching and then pointing his sword at the girl. He just blinked a few times at this before speaking.
"Put that down, Mr. Eric." He said. "She's obviously not a chicken."
by Onekawa-Nukanor » Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:22 pm
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