Alternative Crew Vehicles?

[nduffy]

I mean a civilian drone is surprisingly quiet and quad drones are seeing the fits and starts of military use. It would not at all be outlandish to see basic drones in a modernish loadout.

To bring this back to topic. I could definitely see the project having a few EMS trucks of varying roles on stand by. Has anyone ever used alternate trailers and towed machinery

I once designed a towed fusion forge that could be pulled behind 2 18 wheelers or heavy trucks and also a 3d printer that could be fed concrete and build homes and buildings (based on a design I saw on TV) I had attached them to a large engineering team. Never got to put them to use though. That scenario never played. I had also played with a series of trailers that when fed scrap metal could produce small sections of plates or I beams for construction. It would have been pulled by a land train and required several days to a week to set up. That got a bit complicated so I put that idea on hold.

[Zaskar24]

Hello everyone, been awhile since I have been on here. Years to be precise.

To the topic at hand. I think that MP would be well served by going the route of Plasan, https://www.plasan.com/sandcat/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasan_Sand_Cat, and have a vehicle built off of a commercially available chassis such as a Ford, Oshkosh, or International one. The Ford would be best since spare parts would be a matter of finding a Ford dealership or warehouse. After all, what we end up with in game and the original plan for reawakening are two different things.

The other thing that I have not seen mentioned is something just as important for what the project was initially going to be doing. Search and rescue in an unknown post event world under a decade after the event. So a strong possibility of having to deal with Nuclear hot zones or areas with potentially still active biological or chemical weapons. Could one of The Projects companies manufacture NBC sealed rescue vehicles that have the ability to be modified to light combat vehicles The remote control mount for the fire house becomes a weapons mount with the attendant water tank becoming the fresh water supply for the team. This could make a good recon team vehicle as a properly painted vehicle would not stand out or raise much suspicion, when the teams were originally supposed to awaken that is.

Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this.

[knightofrubus]

Hello everyone, been awhile since I have been on here. Years to be precise.

To the topic at hand. I think that MP would be well served by going the route of Plasan, https://www.plasan.com/sandcat/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasan_Sand_Cat, and have a vehicle built off of a commercially available chassis such as a Ford, Oshkosh, or International one. The Ford would be best since spare parts would be a matter of finding a Ford dealership or warehouse. After all, what we end up with in game and the original plan for reawakening are two different things.

The other thing that I have not seen mentioned is something just as important for what the project was initially going to be doing. Search and rescue in an unknown post event world under a decade after the event. So a strong possibility of having to deal with Nuclear hot zones or areas with potentially still active biological or chemical weapons. Could one of The Projects companies manufacture NBC sealed rescue vehicles that have the ability to be modified to light combat vehicles

Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this.

I could easily see this. Or even the Project going the tesla route

[nduffy]

Hello everyone, been awhile since I have been on here. Years to be precise.

To the topic at hand. I think that MP would be well served by going the route of Plasan, https://www.plasan.com/sandcat/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasan_Sand_Cat, and have a vehicle built off of a commercially available chassis such as a Ford, Oshkosh, or International one. The Ford would be best since spare parts would be a matter of finding a Ford dealership or warehouse. After all, what we end up with in game and the original plan for reawakening are two different things.

The other thing that I have not seen mentioned is something just as important for what the project was initially going to be doing. Search and rescue in an unknown post event world under a decade after the event. So a strong possibility of having to deal with Nuclear hot zones or areas with potentially still active biological or chemical weapons. Could one of The Projects companies manufacture NBC sealed rescue vehicles that have the ability to be modified to light combat vehicles The remote control mount for the fire house becomes a weapons mount with the attendant water tank becoming the fresh water supply for the team. This could make a good recon team vehicle as a properly painted vehicle would not stand out or raise much suspicion, when the teams were originally supposed to awaken that is.

Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this.

Sorry for a late reply
I like the design and its versatility, I could see it on a ford or oshkosh chassis. I could see the MP building these under guise for sale in other countries. Mexico and Canada are on their list.. How convenient... Also building it off a standard chassis gives it a better parts availability.

[nduffy]

Fuchs 8x8

Still really like this vehicle as well as its 6x6 brother, which is in use in the US as an NBC vehicle

[nduffy]

Fuchs 8x8 2nd try

Fuchs 8x8

[StainlessSteelCynic]

If you use that Fuchs 8x8, then you have the makings of a family of vehicles based on common components & construction.
Obviously the 8x8 as shown in the image above, the Fuchs 6x6 parent design and also the APE 4x4

http://www.military-today.com/apc/transportpanzer_fuchs.htm

http://www.military-today.com/apc/ape.htm

[nduffy]

If you use that Fuchs 8x8, then you have the makings of a family of vehicles based on common components & construction.
Obviously the 8x8 as shown in the image above, the Fuchs 6x6 parent design and also the APE 4x4

http://www.military-today.com/apc/transportpanzer_fuchs.htm

http://www.military-today.com/apc/ape.htm

Thats kinda of what I was going for. I had also played with the idea of an MRAP style vehicle. Common off the shelf parts, easy to secure, armored, and something they could combine with a 6x6 or 8x8 ..
So a recon team of 6-9 folks would have both an MRAP and a Fuchs. The Fuchs could serve as their fire support vehicle and as a survey vehicle, testing radiation backgrounds and NBC concerns. The MRAP would do scouting and be a contact vehicle. Sometimes rolling up in a large tank like vehicle isnt always the best choice for initial contact..

[nduffy]

The 8x8 as an ambulance could potentially carry a large (compact version) medical station. big enough for a tube and an EMT and DR , you have a mobile lightly armored clinic.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

You could use the APE in the role of the MRAP. It was originally designed as a recce vehicle for engineers for such things as surveying riverbanks for fording points and so on.

[nduffy]

Never thought about that. The fact it can mount a 20mm gun is pretty interesting. 20mm DU or tungsten can do some serious damage to even moderately to heavy armored vehicles. M-2 and M-3s during the gulf were getting mobile kills on Iraqi tanks, anything APC or light armored was Swiss cheese. Once the tanks were immobile, they were TOW toast or the M-1s cleaned them up. The Iraqi light armor didn't even stand a chance. I love 20mm guns,, 30-35 is even more fun.. 3p rounds!

[nduffy]

Kirivan and expeditoinary vehicles

I could also see Kirivan as a vehicle for science, medical teams as well as communications teams. Lots of potential uses.

[nduffy]

Kirivan

[nduffy]

Expeditionary vehicles for MP

I have also pondered the use of expeditionary vehicles in the MP. Go anywhere do anything vehicles, designed to go out for weeks without support and go just about anywhere...

[nduffy]

Canadian Grizzly

Another potential vehicle would be the LAV series vehicles. The Canadian Grizzly would be a fairly easy one to acquire and refurb for MP use. Its a pretty good vehicle and has a fairly good track record and there are parts available for it.