Varhaug Conversion Armaments is a subsidiary of the Northeast Interstate Kombinat
WHO ARE WE ?
Varhaug Armament Conversions (VAC), or Varhaug Conversions, was founded in December 2020 as a subsidiary of the Northeast Interstate Kombinat, a state-owned conglomerate initiated by the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha, the People's Democratic Republic of Nihon-Ha and the Secular Heterotopya Of Massayiana.
The company aims to be a melting pot of experiences in terms of converting obsolete military equipment that these three nations have accumulated over the last fifty years, notably Nanban-Ha following the Havonyan Liberation War (1960-1972), the War of the Borders (1979-1989) and the Winter War (1985-1989) with the Imperskaya Federativnaya Respublika of Chorussia. During these three almost consecutive conflicts, large quantities or military equipment were captured and often stored without too much consideration. The justification put forward at the time were mainly financial and logistic. The Soviet Union could not simultaneously provide its military forces with modern equipment and ensure the conversion of obsolete or foreign equipment. However, the necessities of war forcing compromises, this equipment could be very useful in the future, to equip the Hemvarnet (Home Guards) units or reserve contingents in the event of an invasion or at least a military defeat of strategic dimension.
The type of service offered by VAC is certainly not its prerogative. Every country is confronted to the problematic of the conversion of its obsolete military equipment in new, modernized platforms able to meet its evolving needs in terms of defense policy. But each country is limited by its own technological advances, by its ability to mobilize its scientific research around its defense needs, as well as its industrial, human and financial resources. For many states, buying new is often the one and only solution to replace equipment that certain technological advances, like drones or new anti-vehicles systems, have made too expensive, both in financial and manpower terms, to mobilize in a military conflict.
The company aims to be a melting pot of experiences in terms of converting obsolete military equipment that these three nations have accumulated over the last fifty years, notably Nanban-Ha following the Havonyan Liberation War (1960-1972), the War of the Borders (1979-1989) and the Winter War (1985-1989) with the Imperskaya Federativnaya Respublika of Chorussia. During these three almost consecutive conflicts, large quantities or military equipment were captured and often stored without too much consideration. The justification put forward at the time were mainly financial and logistic. The Soviet Union could not simultaneously provide its military forces with modern equipment and ensure the conversion of obsolete or foreign equipment. However, the necessities of war forcing compromises, this equipment could be very useful in the future, to equip the Hemvarnet (Home Guards) units or reserve contingents in the event of an invasion or at least a military defeat of strategic dimension.
The type of service offered by VAC is certainly not its prerogative. Every country is confronted to the problematic of the conversion of its obsolete military equipment in new, modernized platforms able to meet its evolving needs in terms of defense policy. But each country is limited by its own technological advances, by its ability to mobilize its scientific research around its defense needs, as well as its industrial, human and financial resources. For many states, buying new is often the one and only solution to replace equipment that certain technological advances, like drones or new anti-vehicles systems, have made too expensive, both in financial and manpower terms, to mobilize in a military conflict.
VAC aims to meet three different types of needs which can relay to very large array of national defense strategy.
- You are considering to re-equip all or an important fraction of your armed forces but their size is so large that you fear the prohibitive blow of such a decision? Unconvinced that a complete overall would be necessary or that it is unlikely to meet the strategic needs of the moment, you are looking for alternative at a lower cost ?
- Varhaug Armament Conversions can help you to ensure the transition of a fraction or the totality of your forces, regardless of their size, from a crumbling puzzle of obsolete equipment and weaponry to a fully equipped and modernized military force without imposing a heavy and long term burden on your finances and your economy.
- To theses countries, VAC propose to buy the old military equipment in order to convert them into reconditioned and refurbished weapons platforms capable of being integrated or fully equipped in wide range of military units, from the front line to the rear, at a lower cost.
- On short term, this would allow your government to save the means necessary to develop or purchase more advanced weaponry without facing any risk of being taken off guard by your enemies.
- You are facing some insurmountable difficulties whether geographical, financial, technological, political or others to the point that your state is too weak to ensure the equipment of your armed forces with modern and recent weapons ? Isolated, surrounded by enemies, you are on your own and seeking to increase your military potential at a lower cost ?
- Varhaug Armament Conversions can provide your armed forces with large quantity of military hardware without the need to be a first-rate financial and economic powerhouse.
- All this equipment is not only reliable from a military standpoint, it can also, if handled by competent hands, help your face almost any opponents, even ones equipped with some of the most advanced weaponry currently existing.
- Choosing VAC can be part of a sustainable strategy, in the medium as well as in the long term. It guarantee your country access to equipment which can be constantly updated, to a relatively low cost, to meet the most recent requirements of a wide spectrum of defense strategies.
- You seek to provide your security apparatus, your paramilitary forces or your militias with some modern military hardware without having to sacrifice the level of readiness of your regular forces ? You are involved in an asymmetrical conflict of very low intensity where the use of your armed forces would be counter-productive ?
- Varhaug Armament Conversions has acquired a leading expertise in the conversion of military equipment into law enforcement ordnance or low intensity conflicts hardware that require the intervention of non-military equipped forces.
- VAC's expertise spans a multitude of conflict types ranging from classic internal instability, border conflicts, anti-terrorist operations as well as riot/crowd control types of equipment.
- These products are not intended only for paramilitary or law enforcement forces. They can also equip, to varying degrees, revolutionary or rebel forces which are engaged against conventional forces despite reduced financial means.
In addition to the conversion of obsolete military equipment, VAC also intends to provide its customers with the logistic chain, especially in term of spare parts, necessary to maintain the readiness of every peace of equipment sold by the company. The objective is above all to offer an after-sales service to its customers but also to conquer potential clients among nations which are not engaged in armed conflicts but have significant quantities of military equipment which they must keep in high level of readiness despite lack of budget or plan to replace them.
Workshop station for T-54/55 platform conversion
Unlike many companies in the defense industry, VAC does not actually sell new equipment. By simplifying to the extreme, it is engaged in the purchase, conversion and resale of obsolete military equipment. It is not an exchange program nor a charity. In other words, it is not because a seller allows us to acquire a quantity of material that this material once converted is immediately returned to him. With the exception of contractual conditions with a client, nothing would force us to resell the vehicles acquired by VAC to their original sellers. Once converted, this equipment becomes the property of VAC, which can choose to sell it to one or more customers of its choice.
Equipment sold to VAC cannot be bought back at the same price once it has been stored. This may seem logical to many but is worth remembering. The set of modifications made to these equipments often explains the price difference between the purchase price and the resale price. However, the purchase of modernized equipment from a stock of obsolete equipment that was sold earlier represents a clear advantage both in terms of cost and logistics. Most of the conversion effort is made by VAC and the product often represents a significant improvement at a reduced cost.
Equipment sold to VAC cannot be bought back at the same price once it has been stored. This may seem logical to many but is worth remembering. The set of modifications made to these equipments often explains the price difference between the purchase price and the resale price. However, the purchase of modernized equipment from a stock of obsolete equipment that was sold earlier represents a clear advantage both in terms of cost and logistics. Most of the conversion effort is made by VAC and the product often represents a significant improvement at a reduced cost.
For example, a T-72 costs between $ 1,000,000 (earlier variants) and $ 2,000,000 (T-72B1). At VAC, we offer to buy complete or incomplete T-72 for $ 400,000. Based on our production cost, a T-72 converted to an M7117 Armored Personal Carrier "Black Bear" cost between $ 1,700,000 and $ 2,400,000 per unit. Selling a T-72 and then buying its converted version amounts to obtaining a reduction of almost 25% on the usual market price and a modernized APC according to the latest technological advances for a cost between $ 1,300,000 and $ 2,000,000.
Not all VAC products and conversion programs systematically follow this type of ratio. The Protector program is notably more expensive because of its ambitions to offer a Multi-Purpose Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle from a platform as obsolete as the Cadillac Gage Commando vehicle series.
APPLICATIONS
VAC offers application forms which you will find here. These forms are intended to facilitate interactions with our customers, however, they are not the only communication tool with VAC which welcomes any proposal in any form, as long as it takes the form of a clear and concise request. In other words, it is not necessary to fill out a form to do business with BCA. But if you choose to not do so, make sure that most of the information is easily understood by everyone involved.
Product Purchasing Application Form
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[b][u]Product Purchasing Application Form[/u][/b]
[spoiler][b]Name of the buyer (which ever applies):[/b]
[b]Official or Non-Official Purchase:[/b]
[b]Discounts applicable to this order (ISC or ISVC membership, contribution to the PAMK or the International Brigades) (Can be left blank):[/b]
[b]Purpose of the Purchase:[/b]
[b]Shipment & Delivery Supported (Y/N):[/b]
[b]Type & Quantity of equipment purchased: [/b]
[b]Any other detail you deem necessary to add for RP purposes:[/b][/spoiler]
Equipment & Procurement Selling Form
Customers can apply for three types of contracts
- If you wish to sell us some obsolete equipment or procurement, use the Equipment Selling Form below
- If you wish to give us access to a boneyard, a military or civilian depot, via the Boneyard Access Contract Form or Military/Civilian/Contractor Depot Access Contract Form, get in touch with our Equipement and Procurement Acquisition Department
It is not necessary to use an application form for each type of equipment. Each form can be used for several types of equipment at the same time. For any information regarding the price of each equipment VAC is prepared to pay, we refer you to Purchase Products Price List
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[b][u]Equipment Selling Form[/u][/b]
[spoiler][b]Name of Seller (country/organization/individual, which ever applies):[/b]
[b]Other details that can be provided about the seller:[/b]
[b]Equipment offered for sale (Number, Type, Quality):[/b]
[b]Other details that can be provided about this equipment:[/b]
[b]Supported delivery by VAC (Yes/No):[/b]
[b]Anything else you wish to inform us (may be left blank):[/b][/spoiler]
DISCOUNTS
Discounts can be accumulated but cannot exceed 75% of the original value of an order.
- Members and Observers of the International Socialist Congress, Contributors to the International Socialist Volunteers Corps: Nanban-Ha is a full member of the ISC, a contributor to its International Socialist Volunteer Corps. All nations that are members of the ISC are eligible for discounts, depending on their status within this international structure. Observers and full members can obtain a discount of 10 and 25% respectively, symbolizing their difference in status within the Congress. Members or observers who contribute significantly to the ISC (for RP especially) can get a discount ranging from 50% to 75% on the entire catalog, unless otherwise stated. As Varhaug Conversion Armaments is under the direct control of the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha, the status of each nation will be monitored in close contact with the Congress. If necessary, Varhaug reserves the right not to apply discounts. Join the International Socialist Congress to support the progress of Socialism! - Join the International Socialist Volunteer Corps to support the fight for the Revolution!
- Contributors of the Populärt och Antifascistiskt Milisekommando (PAMK, Popular & Anti-Fascist Militias Command): All contributors to PAMK, whether in terms of money, equipment or volunteers can obtain a 25% discount on the entire Varhaug Conversion Armaments catalog, unless otherwise stated. Exceptionally, discounts from 50% to 75% on VCA products may be applied to the most significant contributors to the PAMK, i.e. those who agree to contribute to the divisional and brigade components, or, at the discretion of the PAMK's leadership, and consequently of the leadership of the Soviet Union. Join the
Popular & Anti-Fascist Militias Command in its fight against Fascism and the Tetrarchy of Arkaynia! - Contributors of the Internationella Brigaderna: Contributors to Brigades International can receive a 25% discount on the VCA product catalog as recognition of their effort and support. In the event of a significant contribution, a 50% reduction may be offered, at VCA's discretion, upon request of the Brigade leadership or the Soviet Union.
- Nations led or dominated by a government or political party/coalition may apply for the 10-15% discount. The decision to apply this discount is fully in the hands of VCA and cannot be challenged. This discount offer does not apply to nations claiming ideologies such as National-Bolshevism, Red Conservatism, National Communism or other disguised variants of the defenders of capitalist oppression.
BLACK LIST
- Tetrarchy of Arkanyia: As a continual threat to our existence, the Tetrarchy is banned from any interaction with the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha and any of its direct or indirect representations. Any nation that is an ally, contribute to the Unified Command of Christian and Patriot Militias or the Death Corps, participate or support in any shape or form the effort of the Tetrarchy to destroy us are also affected by this decision and will be added to this list. Any nation that intend to play a role of third party by reselling to the Tetrarchy or its allies our products will also be added to the list.
- Federal Republic of Countesia: For threats expressed against the Soviet Union and adopting a petty-bourgeois and counter-revolutionary attitude aimed at assimilating us and our allies to the fascist and genocidal tyrants of the Tetrarchy of Arkanyia.
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