The History of the Imperial War (OOC, TWI only)

[Razzgriz]

Would it be ok to reserve the Renault FT-17 and Char-1 as early-war tanks for my empire? Especially the Renault FT-17 I figure the OE could have several modified versions of it for all the Mountain, forest and urban combat I'll be in. I'll probably either import or build my own tanks purposed with more emphasis on speed for combat on the plains (if there are any) later in the war.

[Alteran Republics]

Would it be ok to reserve the Renault FT-17 and Char-1 as early-war tanks for my empire? Especially the Renault FT-17 I figure the OE could have several modified versions of it for all the Mountain, forest and urban combat I'll be in. I'll probably either import or build my own tanks purposed with more emphasis on speed for combat on the plains (if there are any) later in the war.

As far as I'm aware, no one is using those vehicles - so unless someone is, I don't see an issue.

[Miklania]

Things I've called dibs on:

P-39/P-400
P-40
P-51
SBD
F4F/FM2
F4U
C-46
Mosquito
B-25
A-26
B-29
XBTK
Lansen
F-86/FJ Fury
B-47

Merlin Engine

M24 Chaffee
M10
M18

M1895 Lee Navy
SIG Model U
Winchester M30 Series and W.A.R.
M1 Carbine
FG 42
Reising M50/M55
M1917/M1919
M2

I'm willing to issue licenses for the production of most of these things, and am definitely going to be licensing stuff from allies, plus making a bunch of original things. Stay tuned for some of that stuff.

Significant things I will be licensing from other nations:

!Spitfires and !Seafires from Noronica/Altera

Anti-tank guns (6 pounder-ish) from Noronica
!Vickers 40mm Pom-Pom from Noronica (perhaps free license as part of reparations)
40mm Bofors
20mm Oerlikons

Bolt-action rifles from the Second Independence era (Noronica)
A light machine gun (anybody)
!Thompson M1928A1

[Corindia]

Things I've called dibs on:

P-39/P-400
P-40
P-51
SBD
F4F/FM2
F4U
C-46
Mosquito
B-25
A-26
B-29
XBTK
Lansen
F-86/FJ Fury
B-47

Merlin Engine

M24 Chaffee
M10
M18

M1895 Lee Navy
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Reising M50/M55
M1917/M1919
M2

I'm willing to issue licenses for the production of most of these things, and am definitely going to be licensing stuff from allies, plus making a bunch of original things. Stay tuned for some of that stuff.

I've already done the A-26 and used the turret from the Chaffee, other than that I have no conflicts to report
My forces at the time used a licensed M1 from the mid 40s to the mid 50s and honestly I'd be more than happy to say it was licensed from you instead of the US though, seems like a free action for me and increases regional ties

EDIT: also I've done the P36, some overlap w the P40 there

[Alteran Republics]

As we're now going to start calling dibs:

Aircraft:
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Martin Baker MB.1 to MB.5
Short Stirling
Bristol Beaufort
Handley Page Hampden
Blackburn Botha
Westland Wyvern
Supermarine Attacker
Gloster Gladiator
Gloster Meteor

Tanks:
FV300 Series
AC.1 Sentinel to AC.4
Excelsior

The following tanks are likely to be used by Noronica/Noronican colonial forces, so I'll pre-emptively reserve them for the Noronican Empire:
A9, A10
Cruiser Mk.I, II, III and IV
Crusader
Cromwell, Comet
Centurion (very late war)
A45

Weapons: (again, Noronican empire pattern)
Vickers M/HMG (both water and air cooled)
Bren Gun / ZB-26 / Ishapore MkIII Vickers-Berthier LMG
Kiraly 43M SMG/Battle Rifle
Farquar Hill
Lee Enfield pattern rifles
M1915 Howell Automatic Rifle
Turner Semiauto SMLE
Enfield revolvers
Janson Rifle / EM-2

Edit: Charlton Automatic Rifle

[Corindia]

This isnt calling dibs, I'm just putting out what I've already done:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_P4M_Mercator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_G8N
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Commodore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_247
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_TB-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-36_Hawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air ... tory_S.E.5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_P.11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen_G.III

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOMUA_S35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARL_44
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Priest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willys_MB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T40_Whizbang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M40_Gun_Motor_Carriage

Also I did the Staghound, P47, dominator, and bearcat

For future dibs I'll just take the US 2 1/2 ton truck, that's all I'm working on rn

[Dothrakia]

Things I've called dibs on:

P-39/P-400
P-40
P-51
SBD
F4F/FM2
F4U
C-46
Mosquito
B-25
A-26
B-29
XBTK
Lansen
F-86/FJ Fury
B-47

Merlin Engine

M24 Chaffee
M10
M18

M1895 Lee Navy
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Reising M50/M55
M1917/M1919
M2

I'm willing to issue licenses for the production of most of these things, and am definitely going to be licensing stuff from allies, plus making a bunch of original things. Stay tuned for some of that stuff.

In that case imma call dibs on the
P-47 Lightning
A1D Skyraider
B-17
F6F Hellcat
ME-262
B-25 Mitchell
A-20 Havoc
PBY Catalina

Churchill Tank
Centurion Tank
T-34

MP-40 SMG
Lee Enfield
M3A1
MG 42
Winchester 1897 Trench Gun
SVT-40

[Dothrakia]

As we're now going to start calling dibs:

Aircraft:
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Martin Baker MB.1 to MB.5
Short Stirling
Bristol Beaufort
Handley Page Hampden
Blackburn Botha
Westland Wyvern
Supermarine Attacker
Gloster Gladiator

Tanks:
FV300 Series
AC.1 Sentinel to AC.4
Excelsior

The following tanks are likely to be used by Noronica/Noronican colonial forces, so I'll pre-emptively reserve them for the Noronican Empire:
A9, A10
Cruiser Mk.I, II, III and IV
Crusader
Cromwell, Comet
Centurion (very late war)
A45

Weapons: (again, Noronican empire pattern)
Vickers M/HMG (both water and air cooled)
Bren Gun / ZB-26 / Ishapore MkIII Vickers-Berthier LMG
Kiraly 43M SMG/Battle Rifle
Farquar Hill
Lee Enfield pattern rifles
M1915 Howell Automatic Rifle
Turner Semiauto SMLE
Enfield revolvers

Would you be interested in having the centurion be a joint developed design?

[Alteran Republics]

Would you be interested in having the centurion be a joint developed design?

Possibly, depends if Noronica wants it or not.

[New Totzka]

I love the way this map looks. It definitely will create a war that will be looked upon for a long time. The Neo-Imperialists will definitely have a strong base of power. Biggest front of the war will probably be the Almorean front, likely with a large amount of Svalbardian troops there as well.

Will you be assisting in the 1945 liberation of south Almorea and invasion of Rio de Ouro? After the invasion I kind of want to have the nation divided among the invaders similar to post war Germany. Along with Almorea, Razzgriz also showed interest in the invasion.

Also Noronica when you next update the map would you removing the north-western peninsular (the area marked as Pamilya here ) from Rio de Ouro?

[Corindia]

Things I've called dibs on:

P-39/P-400
P-40
P-51
SBD
F4F/FM2
F4U
C-46
Mosquito
B-25
A-26
B-29
XBTK
Lansen
F-86/FJ Fury
B-47

Merlin Engine

M24 Chaffee
M10
M18

M1895 Lee Navy
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Reising M50/M55
M1917/M1919
M2

I'm willing to issue licenses for the production of most of these things, and am definitely going to be licensing stuff from allies, plus making a bunch of original things. Stay tuned for some of that stuff.

In that case imma call dibs on the
P-47 Lightning
A1D Skyraider
B-17
F6F Hellcat
ME-262
B-25 Mitchell
A-20 Havoc
PBY Catalina

Churchill Tank
Centurion Tank
T-34

MP-40 SMG
Lee Enfield
M3A1
MG 42
Winchester 1897 Trench Gun
SVT-40

I've already written up factbooks and done art for the P47 and PBY
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1023719
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1032982

[Corindia]

Oh, I forgot that I have three more too,
the Bf 110, Bf 109 and the mosquito
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1043348
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1040656
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1039864

I keep digging up more aircraft I've done and forgotten about

[Polar Svalbard]

I love the way this map looks. It definitely will create a war that will be looked upon for a long time. The Neo-Imperialists will definitely have a strong base of power. Biggest front of the war will probably be the Almorean front, likely with a large amount of Svalbardian troops there as well.

Will you be assisting in the 1945 liberation of south Almorea and invasion of Rio de Ouro? After the invasion I kind of want to have the nation divided among the invaders similar to post war Germany. Along with Almorea, Razzgriz also showed interest in the invasion.

Also Noronica when you next update the map would you removing the north-western peninsular (the area marked as Pamilya here ) from Rio de Ouro?

Anything going down in Almorea will be supported by Svalbardian troops.

[Polar Svalbard]

As we're now going to start calling dibs:
The following tanks are likely to be used by Noronica/Noronican colonial forces, so I'll pre-emptively reserve them for the Noronican Empire:
A9, A10
Cruiser Mk.I, II, III and IV
Crusader
Cromwell, Comet
Centurion (very late war)
A45

I've been using a tank design based off of the centurion for after the war for awhile...

Nonetheless if we're doing all this dibs stuff then I'll list out some likely Svalbardian stuff for the war.
Tanks:
-Early used tanks
Char D2
Char B1
Char 2C
Renault line of tanks
-Tanks made during the war
Type 1 Chi-He
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Type 3 Chi-Nu
-Tanks made close to the end of the war
Carro_Armato_P_40
T44
AMX-13

Moving into small arms:
Polar Svalbard would likely import a bit from Miklania and Noronica, especially since it would be involved in heavy fighting in Almorea but Polar Svalbard would have an industry of its own.
Modèle 1935 pistol
Modèle 1892 revolver
MAS-36 rifle
ZB vz. 26
ZB vz. 30
ZH-29
ZB-53
Suomi KP/-31
CETME rifle (Late war probably post war)

Aircraft:
Amiot 354
Bloch MB.150 series of fighters (Early war)
Bloch MB.170 series of bombers (Early war)
Loire-Nieuport LN.401 (Early war dive bomber)
Avia B-135 (Successor to Bloch series of fighters)
VL Myrsky (Mid war single engine fighter)
Fokker G.I (First Svalbardian dual engine fighter)
Kawasaki Ki-102 (Successor to the Fokker G.I
Saab 17
VL Pyörremyrsky (Late war single engine fighter)
Lavochkin La-11 (End of war or early post war fighter)
Lavochkin La-152 (Prototype jet fighter)
Saab 21R (First Svalbardian Jet fighter)

[Dothrakia]

Do we have any way to figure out who gets priority when people have made different versions of the same aircraft?
Cause right now 3 people have the P-47, 2 have the mosquito, 2 had the SBD (I had it but I just took it off cause I can just find another, and the same with the F4U) and with most of the major single engine fighters in the war taken up were probably gonna have more issues, in addition to 4 people having the centurion down, with several people using it well into the future after the war.
I have no issue giving up my claim to the P-47 for the Spitfire but after that I think every notable fighter used on the Western Front is gone, I'm not sure what Russian designs are left...

[Corindia]

I mean I would hope that the people who announced it 6 months ago, made a factbook, and did their own custom lineart for it get priority. But there's not that much overlap here anyway, and Mik, alt and I typically tell each other what we're up to which keeps us from stepping on each others toes for the most part.

[Miklania]

I would say, in general, if you are not going to be making art and factbooks for something, you should probably defer to someone that is. For many smaller nations as well, it might make sense to license production of things they like from a larger regional supplier.

Things I've called dibs on:

P-39/P-400
P-40
P-51
SBD
F4F/FM2
F4U
C-46
Mosquito
B-25
A-26
B-29
XBTK
Lansen
F-86/FJ Fury
B-47

Merlin Engine

M24 Chaffee
M10
M18

M1895 Lee Navy
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Reising M50/M55
M1917/M1919
M2

I'm willing to issue licenses for the production of most of these things, and am definitely going to be licensing stuff from allies, plus making a bunch of original things. Stay tuned for some of that stuff.

I've already done the A-26 and used the turret from the Chaffee, other than that I have no conflicts to report
My forces at the time used a licensed M1 from the mid 40s to the mid 50s and honestly I'd be more than happy to say it was licensed from you instead of the US though, seems like a free action for me and increases regional ties

EDIT: also I've done the P36, some overlap w the P40 there

The turret from the Chaffee isn't too distinctive, I'd most likely end up altering it anyway, the tank is suppoesd to be a heavier medium tank based on the Chaffee design. It'll be my Sherman.

I'll fight you for the A-26.

I'd be more than happy to license the weapons.

P-36 and P-40 were related, but not enough to be a problem, methinks.

[Polar Svalbard]

I'm mostly staying towards stuff that people might not care too much about. French and Czech stuff mainly.

[Corindia]

The turret from the Chaffee isn't too distinctive, I'd most likely end up altering it anyway, the tank is suppoesd to be a heavier medium tank based on the Chaffee design. It'll be my Sherman.

I'll fight you for the A-26.

I'd be more than happy to license the weapons.

P-36 and P-40 were related, but not enough to be a problem, methinks.

I agree with the turret, and I'm fine with the ruling on the P36/P40 but this factbook has actually been around for half a year: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1046349

And yeah definitely license the small arms

[Polar Svalbard]

When does the war end around btw?

[Miklania]

Drat. I'll scheme up something else along those lines.

The war should be ending sometime around 1950, give or take a couple years.

[Dothrakia]

Drat. I'll scheme up something else along those lines.

The war should be ending sometime around 1950, give or take a couple years.

I think the official conflicts sheet has it ending 1953

[Miklania]

Drat. I'll scheme up something else along those lines.

The war should be ending sometime around 1950, give or take a couple years.

I think the official conflicts sheet has it ending 1953

That has been one of the times quoted, and it shall remain there for now. The actual war is still open for discussion, so that date may be pulled forwards or backwards. Most likely backwards.

[Polar Svalbard]

Interesting. Well, I have a rough schematic of Svalbardian military equipement during the war up above. Mostly French, Czech, Swedish and Finnish arms.

[New Totzka]

To quote the OP

An uneasy alliance of empires and independent nations, some of them former colonies themselves, would come together to fight the common enemy over the next eight years.

I assumed it would end in 1948/1949?