[Lord Frost]

Enkaido, Mainland Asia, Neo Japan

Imperial Researchers working in the military research wing of Enkaido Engineering are finishing the final tests of two brand new pieces of Artillery:
The Type-1 "Yabusame" Self-Propelled Artillery



A-X supply vehicle



And the FH-100 (OOC: rl FH-2000) Towed-Artillery



The Yabusame is intended to be a replacement for the current Imperial Type-99 self propelled artillery, and to be a large improvement on it as well. The Yabusame comes in two parts: the Artillery itself, and the A-X armored supply vehicle. The Type-1 artillery piece has fully automated ammunition handling and firing that allows firing of the 48 on-board rounds at rates of up to 10 rounds per minute to ranges in excess of 40km. The first rounds of a mission can be fired in 15 to 30 seconds. Additionally, Yabusame has the capability to fire multiple rounds to achieve simultaneous impact on target (MRSI). One Yabusame vehicle can fire up to 8 rounds to strike a single target at the same time. The digital fire control system calculates separate firing solutions for each of the 8 projectiles.
Sending and recieving real-time battle information, the Yabusame is also linked with other Yabusame's on the field, giving it full communication with other Yabusame's and their supply vehicles.
The barrel of the Type-1 is Integral Midwall cooled, allowing for it's extremely high rate of fire
Yabusame is re-supplied by the A-X ammunition re-supply vehicle, which is equipped with a fully automated ammunition handling subsystem. This allows its three-man re-supply crew to automatically transfer, under armour, up to 48 rounds of ammunition and fuel to the howitzer in less than 12 minutes. Resupply can be carried out in a contaminated environment.
The resupply vehicle itself can be fully loaded with fuel and 110 rounds of ammunition in less than 60 minutes.

The FH-100 is also a replacement of the FH-70 currently in use, upgrading to a 6 round per minute for every 3 minutes firing rate

OOC: I'd like to thank Army-technology.com for the information that i have so clearly copy-pasta'd from them

This post has been edited by Lord Frost: 23 January 2009 - 08:43 PM

[Sumeragi]

OOC: You're actually using the terminated Crusader Howitzer?

[Lord Frost]

Sumeragi, on Jan 24 2009, 12:11 AM, said:

OOC: You're actually using the terminated Crusader Howitzer?

OOC: strangely enough, the only reason it got terminated IRL is because whats-his-name decided the cost wasn't worth it

[Sumeragi]

Lord Frost, on Jan 24 2009, 03:12 PM, said:

OOC: strangely enough, the only reason it got terminated IRL is because whats-his-name decided the cost wasn't worth it

OOC: No, it got terminated because it was not considered sufficiently mobile or precise.

This post has been edited by Sumeragi: 24 January 2009 - 12:16 AM

[Lord Frost]

Sumeragi, on Jan 24 2009, 12:15 AM, said:

OOC: No, it got terminated because it was not considered sufficiently mobile or precise.

OOC: in the opinion of a single person . After that, it got worked on some more, but the cost a pop came to around 25 million, and it was decided that the project be scrapped so that we could keep buying the PzH 2000 and building Paladins

[LeVentNoir]

Sumeragi, on Jan 24 2009, 07:15 PM, said:

OOC: No, it got terminated because it was not considered sufficiently mobile or precise.

OOC: Snap.

[Lord Frost]

OOC: Also, To add to a point; I don't think Donald Rumsfeld's opinion counts very much - Like i said, it got canceled for the cost. Even if it didn't meet satisfaction RL, whose to say my RP engineers haven't worked out those problems >:3

[Sumeragi]

OOC: I figure you people wouldn't know this beauty.

But anyway, each to their own, I guess.

This post has been edited by Sumeragi: 24 January 2009 - 12:36 AM

[Lord Frost]

Sumeragi, on Jan 24 2009, 12:34 AM, said:

OOC: I figure you people wouldn't know this beauty.

OOC: I considered it, but then I decided to go with the superior Crusader. Though you are right, it is a nice Howitzer

This post has been edited by Lord Frost: 24 January 2009 - 12:37 AM

[Maelstrom Vortex]

ooc: Personally, I think that new Finnish Artillery piece featured on Future Weapons beats all of them.

Ah, here we go. My artillery beats all of yours all to pieces.. simply because it has a nice, cozy internal cab to operate in...
Soo sweet.

Yup, Archer is correct.

This post has been edited by Maelstrom Vortex: 24 January 2009 - 12:45 AM

[Sumeragi]

Maelstrom Vortex, on Jan 24 2009, 03:39 PM, said:

ooc: Personally, I think that new Finnish Artillery piece featured on Future Weapons beats all of them.

OOC: You mean the ARCHER? It's actually more of a Scandinavia thing. Also, it's probably good for real fast mobility, but I'm not sure if it'll stand against other systems.

I know, I'm heavily biased toward Korean stuff, but that's because it gets the most out for the least cash.

This post has been edited by Sumeragi: 24 January 2009 - 12:45 AM