Kingdom Military

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In the Unofficial (world) system the KINGDOM has:

From the pool of

20 Battalions=1 Division, 10,000men
4 Regiments, 1 /country 2,500army/country
The Kingdom is a type 3 government, law level 7 self-perpetuating oligarchy, with nobles, including Khan, Padishah, Emperor, King's, Caliphate, and the royal Vizier. To fight they prefer:
Tracked Heavy Crawlers, ATV 10tons, with an APC version, SP Gun version, and Command version
Wheeled Scouts 2 tons, 4x4 driver, 5 passengers, and dis-mountable weapons
Corporate Lear Interceptor Jet, auto-cannon, bombs, missiles, HMG turret
Strategic Bomber Squadron airborne troops, bomb bays, HMG turret

One 380 man HQ and Support Battalion with

15 HQ/Command Post 8 officers/7 enlisted
135 medical
20 supply w/20 trucks
50 cooks w/ 25 kitchens
160 maintenance w/8 work shops

The two 500 man airborne battalions have 4 heavy jets each. They carry 4 crew each and are modified for bombs, GRAVE DIGGER missiles, a WIDOWMAKER auto-cannon and a 100 man company of light airborne rangers. The 84 man headquarters has some maintenance assets (1 workshop and 20 mechanics) and a combat engineering detachment for runway air base maintenance/mine warfare/field fortifications.

The Kingdom's Royal VTOL Jet Plane (Tech Level 7)
This plane has four crew (2 pilots, 2 flight engineers) in complex cockpits with armor and advanced ejection seats. The transonic VTOL airframe has enhanced controls.
Vehicle volume: loaded combat ready 24,000m3
Total mass: loaded: 400 tons.
Production Cost: Cr. 40,429,521
Movement: Maximum 1,080kph/900cm, Cruise 810kph/675cm, NOE 40kph/33cm, Minimum 0kph.
Movement effect on fire: -2EFP, move more than ½ -2 FFP, no fire EFP
Damage Points: loaded: 4,000
Agility: 16
Turns: 65 o
Equipment: Extensive ECM, battle computer, LI/IR, 5,000 power radio, 1,000km maser communicator, 5 power all weather terrain following RADAR, 100m3 100tons of cargo.
Power: The plant develops 10.83 megawatts routed to basic turbojet engines which consume 43,320 liters/hour. Fuel capacity is 110,886.9 liters, enough for 2.5 hours. The engines produce 379 tons of thrust. The plane has 0.9Gs acceleration.
Weapons: none
Maintenance:
Vehicle: 12
Weapons: 0
Electronics: 64

The two mechanized battalions each have 20 Crawlers with 560 troops. There are four companies of 5 crawlers with 140 men.

The Kingdom's Royal Crawler (Tech Level 7)
This tracked vehicle has a crew of five (driver, 3 gunners and a commander) and can carry 23 passengers. The vehicle mounts an eight barreled 8cm hyper-velocity, gas operated, auto-cannon with TL 7 direct fire control in a fully stabilized chassis mount, a MRL system and a TAC missile system.
Height: 5.6m
Width: 10m
Length: 25m
Total Volume: 1,400m3
Weight: 4,457.4567tons
Price: Cr. 35,457,867
Movement: Road: 80kph(66cm); Cross Country: 40kph(33cm)
Movement Effect on Fire: -2EFP, move more than ½ -2 FFP, no fire EFP
Armor: Chassis all faces 40.
Target Size DMs: +20 low, no high hits
Equipment: Sealed environment with an air lock, basic and extended life support (heat, lights, air, water, food, and waste recycling), headlights, extensive ECM, magnetic sensor, radiation sensor, battle computer, 5,000 power radio, passive IR and LI, +4 DM RADAR direction finder, 30 power counter battery RADAR, +3 DM radio direction finder, medical kit, electronics tool kit, weapons tool kit, (1) line charge, magnetic mine detector, operator guidance with radio command link, 1,000km maser communicator and full weapons stabilization. (0.0423m3 waste space)

Power: 100 megawatt nuclear fission power plant consumes 200 liters of radioactive fuel/hour; fuel capacity is 144,000 liters, enough for 30 days of continuous operation. Ground pressure is 17.827823tons/m2. Power to weight is 22. Weapon(s): The WIDOWMAKER is a fully stabilized, chassis mounted, eight barreled 8cm hyper-velocity, gas operated, auto-cannon with TL 7 direct fire control can engage 8 targets/phase. The gun has a 80 ROF and a +2 signature when it fires. Rounds mass 14kg and there is storage for 1,600 rounds, enough for 20 fire phases. A full load of HEAP ammo is included in the purchase price.

Rounds Available: 8cm Warhead: Cost:
HE 14/2/2 Cr. 70
KEAP 33/30/27 Cr. 140
KEAPER 31/28/25 Cr. 154
HEAP 34 Cr. 105
Flechette 2 +5DM 20cm Cr.350
Its other direct fire characteristics are:
Effective: Long: Extreme:
1,000m +2 2,000m +1 3,500m
1,500m 2,500m 4,000m w/KEAP and KEAPER
The GRAVE DIGGER TAC missile system is a 1,000kg capacity magazine fed launcher in the chassis. There is storage for (20) missiles.
Missiles Available: 30cm Warhead: Guidance: Range: Cost:
(5) Mk1 HE 33/5/5 Homing 354km +10DM Cr. 1,371
(5) Mk2 HEAP 56 Homing 364km Cr. 1,419
(5) Mk3 HE 33/5/5 +3 DM Op Guided/Radio Link 354km +10DM Cr. 1,189
(5) Mk4 HEAP 56 +3 DM Op Guided/Radio Link 364km Cr. 1,237
The CORPSE GRINDER is a MRL system of 20 tubes for 30cm rockets. Open mounted on the chassis deck on a turn table with TL 7 indirect fire control, it is fitted for remote fire control and comes with a remote gunner's controls, there is an auto loader system, and storage for 400 rockets, enough for 20 full salvo fire missions, set up is 17.5 turns, +5 signature when it fires, accuracy is -2 up to half range and -6 over 1/2 range, rockets mass 960kg, it comes with a full load of short range HE rockets.
Rockets Available: Range: Cost:
HE 33/5/5
Short Range 10.75km Cr.3,840
Medium Range 21km Cr.7,680
Long Range 60km Cr.11,520
CBM 6/6 +12 DM
Maintenance:

Vehicle: 8 Electronics: 61 Weapons: 7 Suspension: 12


The Kingdom's Royal CORPSE MINDER (Tech Level 7) each crawler tows an additional, heavier version of the MRLS.
This weapon has a crew of 1 gunner.
Volume: 970.815m3
Total mass: 154.815 tons
Production Cost: Cr. 21,181,800
Weapons: This is a towed MRL system of 100 tubes for 30cm rockets with TL 7 indirect fire control, it is fitted for remote fire control and comes with a remote gunner's controls, there is an auto loader system, and storage for 2,000 rockets, enough for 20 full salvo fire missions, set up is 35 turns, +5 signature when it fires, accuracy is -2 up to half range and -6 over 1/2 range, rockets mass 960kg, it comes with a full load of short range HE rockets.
Rockets Available: Range: Cost:
HE 33/5/5
Short Range 10.75km Cr.3,840
Medium Range 21km Cr.7,680
Long Range 60km Cr.11,520
CBM 6/6 +12 DM
Maintenance:

Electronics: 10 Weapons: 2

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