Greater Republic Union (GRU) Military

They use a small motor rifle regimental structure for their military.

Description (Specifications)

In the Unofficial system the Gru, Greater Republican Union, are a 5/A feudal technocracy/charismatic oligarchy with a King, Dukes, Counts, Marquis, Barons, and a rough and ready law level 4. They use the following equipment from TL–5 to TL–7 designs.

Tracked SP 30cm Howitzers

Tracked SP MRLS 20 tubes, 8cm rockets

Tracked SP 4 barreled 6cm electric action auto cannon, high velocity, 5 TA power radar

Tracked APC Tac Missile, MMG, IR

MBT Tank 10 cm high velocity CPR, MMG co-ax, MMG pintel, IR

Centipede Armored Tractor Company CAT

Heavy Helicopter

8x8 trucks

Heavy Transport Plane

7mm Assault Rifles, RPGs, Chemical Protective Gear=Cloth, IR Goggles, Gas/Filter Masks

The main force is concentrated into the GRU Army Brigade of 2,500 troops, which consists of:

Head Quarters and Support Battalion

Command Post 65 men

Mess 50 cooks, 25 field kitchens

Medical 135 84 medics, 34 nurses, 17 doctors, 25 company clearing, 5 battalion aid

Supply 50 supply tractors 50 drivers

Maintenance 200 mechanics 10 workshops

(4) Transport Jets w/crew

(8) Attack Jets w/crew

(4) Motor Rifle Battalions (500)

Support Company 6/94

HQ 2/11 2 APC, 2 Trucks, the rest is detached from HQ

(Mess 10 cooks, 5 kitchens)

(Medical 34 6 ambulances w/company clearing, 1 battalion aid surgical van)

(Maintenance 40 mechanics, 2 workshops)

(Supply 10 trucks, 10 drivers)

Recon Company 4/36

10 Hussar Tanks

Tank Company 4/36

10 MBT

Tank Company 4/36

10 MBT

Artillery Battery 3/29

8 30cm SP Howitzers

Artillery Battery 3/29

8 MRLS 20 tubes 8cm

Air Defense Battery 3/21

8 SP 4 barreled 6cm AC

Helicopter Squadron 4/164

4 Heavy Helicopters

Motor Rifle Company 4/76

8 APC

Motor Rifle Company 4/76

8 APC

Medium Tank (TECH LEVEL 6)

The vehicle has a crew of 4, a driver, commander, loader and a gunner. It is armed with a stabilized 9cm hyper velocity CPR gun with TL 6 direct fire control in a turret on the chassis deck.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2m(+1m turret). Width: 3m. Length: 6m.

Total usable volume: 23.4m3

Total mass: 46.9399 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 145,386.94

Movement: Road 65kph/54cm; Cross-Country 32.5kph/27cm.

Movement effect on fire: move < 1/2 -4 EFP, > 1/2 -4 FFP, no fire EFP

Armor: Chassis and turret front 34, chassis and turret sides 18, chassis and turret rear, belly and deck 10.

Target Size DMs: +2 low and +1 high hits.

Equipment: passive IR, head lights, 200 power radio, weapons stabilization, and 8 smoke dischargers.

Power: 1 megawatt improved internal combustion engine (ICE) consumes 500 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 3,065.775 liters, enough for 6 hours. Ground Pressure 7.8233166 tons/m2, Power to weight 21.

Weapons:

The 9cm hyper velocity gun has storage for 50 rounds, enough for 50 fire phases. Rounds mass 22kg each. It has +2 signature, can engage 1 target/phase and its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective: Long: Extreme:

100m 200m 350m

Rounds available: Cost/round:

HE 15/2/2 110

HEAP 24 165

KEAP 34/31/28 165

KEAPER 32/29/26 181.5

There is a pintel mounted HMG with a gunshield for the commander. There is storage for 2,000 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases. It can engage 2 targets and has +2 signature. Its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective: Long: Extreme:

50(6)+3 100(5)+2 150(3)+1

There is a coaxially mounted LMG with storage for 4,000 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases. It can engage 4 targets and has a +2 signature. Its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective: Long: Extreme:

35(3)+4 70(2)+2 100(2)+2

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 8

Weapons: 2

Electronics: 8

Suspension: 3

GRU STOL Attack Jets (TECH LEVEL 6)

The vehicle has a crew of 2, a pilot, gunner/RIO in armored complex cockpits with ejection seats, with powered controls in a transonic STOL airframe. It can carry 3 tons of bombs on a pair of bomb racks and mounts a gas operated, hyper velocity, 4 barreled auto-cannon in the nose.

Vehicle volume: loaded combat ready 420m3, with wings removed for transport loaded 140m3.

Total mass: empty: 20 tons loaded: 23 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 3,972,454.9

Movement:

Empty Maximum 1,080kph/900cm, Cruise 810kph/675cm, Minimum 270kph/225cm.

Loaded Maximum 900kph/750cm, Cruise 675kph/562.5cm, Minimum 225kph/187.5cm.

Movement effect on fire: move < 1/2 -4 EFP, > 1/2 -4 FFP, no fire EFP

Damage Points: 200 empty, 230 loaded.

Agility: empty 14/loaded 12

Turns: empty 53 o/loaded 45o

Equipment: +2 DM radio direction finder, 5 power target acquisition RADAR, and a 5,000 power radio.

Power: The transonic STOL airframe mounts 0.6MW basic high performance turbojet engines producing 18 tons of thrust and consuming 2,700 liters of fuel per hour, internal fuel capacity 6,479.75liters, enough for 2.399 hours. Thrust to weight produce 0.9G's empty and 0.78G’s loaded. Range: loaded 1,619km on internal fuel.

Weapons: There is a remote turret with four HMGs. The turret can engage or designate 16 target/phase. There is storage for 3,200 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases for each gun.

Effective Long Extreme

50(6) +3 100(5) +2 150(3) +1

The gas operated, 4 barreled, hyper velocity auto cannon has a 320 ROF, in a stabilized forward fuselage mount with storage for 6,400 rounds which is enough for 20 fire phases. It has TL 6 direct fire control and can engage 16 targets/phase.

Effective Long Extreme

1,000m (20) +6 2,000m (18) +5 3,500m (16) +2

Rounds mass 0.4kg, and a full load of KEAP is included in the price.

It can carry (12) 250kg bombs 30cm warhead 32/5/5 Cr. 750 each, a full load is included in the price.

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 12

Electronics: 11

Weapons: 2

GRU Utility Tractor Bus (TECH LEVEL 5)

The tracked vehicle has a crew of 2, a commander/gunner and a driver. It mounts a MMG with a gun-shield in an un-stabilized pintel mount on the chassis deck.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2.7m. Width: 2.5m. Length: 5.9m.

Total usable volume: 39.825 m3

Total mass: 37.92206 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 25,317.064

Movement: Road 20kph/16.7cm, Cross-Country 6kph/5cm

Movement effect on fire: move 1/2 or less -4 FFP, no fire EFP, move more than 1/2 speed no fire

Armor: Chassis all faces 1.

Target Size DMs: +2 low and no high hits.

Equipment: 4 smoke dischargers, headlights, 1 power radio, 20m3 and 20 tons of cargo space.

Power: 0.3 megawatt internal combustion power plant consumes 270 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 6,091.063 liters, enough for 22.5 hours. Ground pressure 6.42tons/m2, Power to weight is 7.9.

Weapons: There is a MMG mounted on the chassis deck with a gun-shield for the vehicle commander can engage 8 targets and has +2 signature. There is storage for 1,600 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases for each medium machine gun. The direct fire characteristics are:

:Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range :400m(3)+4 750m (2)+3 1,200m(2) +1 A full load of ammo is included in the price.

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 8

Weapons: 0

Electronics: 1

Suspension: 2

GRU Hind Heavy Helicopter (Tech Level 7)

This helicopter has two crew (pilot, gunner) in complex, armored cockpits and can carry 40 passengers. The pilots have enhanced controls and avionics in the airframe.

Vehicle volume: loaded combat ready 1,400m3

Total mass: loaded: 27 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 3,770,228

Movement: Maximum 300kph/250cm, Cruise 250kph/208cm, NOE 60kph/50cm, Minimum 0kph.

Movement effect on fire: -2EFP, move more than ½ -2 FFP, no fire EFP

Damage Points: 270

Agility: 5

Equipment: LI/IR, 5,000 power radio, basic ECM, operator guidance package with a wire command link, medical kit, 10 power target acquisition RADAR

Power: The power plant consumes 3,000 liters of fuel/hour and the fuel capacity is 9,000 liters which is enough for 3 hours.

Weapons: There is a remote turret in the chin with (4) fully stabilized HMGs. There is storage for 3,200 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases. It has a +2 signature and each gun can engage 4 target/phase. Its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective: Long: Extreme:

500m (6) +3 1,000m (5) +2 1,500m (3) +1

There are four 32kg capacity launch rails, two on either side of the fuselage.

Missiles Available: 20cm Warhead: Guidance: Range: Cost:

(2) Sidewinders HE 27/4/4 Homing 9km Cr. 349

(2) TOW HEAP 50 Wire +3DM 4km Cr. 140

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 12

Weapons: 12

Electronics: 13

GRU Scout Tank Hussar (TECH LEVEL 5)

The tracked vehicle has a crew of 4, a commander, gunner, loader and a driver. It mounts a 5cm low velocity cannon with TL 5 direct fire control in an un-stabilized turret on the chassis deck.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 1.3m (+0.7m turret). Width: 2.8m. Length: 4.2m.

Total usable volume: 15.1592 m3

Total mass: 8.0910774 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 26,440.851

Movement: Road 50kph/41.7cm, Cross-Country 30kph/25cm

Movement effect on fire: move 1/2 or less -4 FFP, no fire EFP, move more than 1/2 speed no fire

Armor: Turret front 12, rear and sides 9, Chassis front 5, sides 2, rear, belly and deck 1.

Target Size DMs: +1 low and +0 high.

Equipment: 4 smoke dischargers, headlights, 1 power radio.

Power: 0.12 megawatt internal combustion power plant consumes 135 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 548.647 liters, enough for 4 hours. Ground pressure 3.85tons/m2, Power to weight is 18.5.

Weapons: There is a 5cm low velocity cannon in the un-stabilized turret mount. Rounds mass 4kg and there is storage for 40 rounds of KEAP is included in the price, enough for 40 fire phases. It has +1 signature, can engage 1 target per fire phase and its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective: Long: Extreme:

200m(12) 600m(10) 1,500m(8) w/KEAP

Ammo available: Penetration: Cost:

HE 7/-/- 8

KEAP 12/10/8 8

KEAPER 10/8/6 8.8

The co-axial MMG can engage 8 targets and has +2 signature. There is storage for 1,600 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases for each medium machine gun.

The direct fire characteristics are:

:Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range 400m(3)+4 750m (2)+3 1,200m(2) +1

A full load of ammo is included in the price.

The other MMG is mounted on the turret deck with a gun-shield for the vehicle commander. Both machine gun mounts are un-stabilized.

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 8

Weapons: 2

Electronics: 7

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
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