Site Update Thread!

[Legbreaker]

Not sure if that is the base line, or a upgraded one but they were just running around Ft. Lewis so not in a combat zone.

I would assume baseline - you wouldn't think the additional packages would be issued and subject to wear and tear (not to mention the increased fuel usage for the vehicles themselves) without good reason.
On the other hand, if they were actually involved in an exercise it's possible, but general day to day usage Not so much I'd suggest.

[Vespers War]

For the JLTV development program, the original requirement called for the A-Kit (permanently installed armor) to resist 7.62mm at 30 meters, along with 155mm HE at 100 meters and 6 to 8 kilogram IEDs and mines. The B-Kit requirements upped that to 7.62mm to 14.5mm (I believe varying by location), 155mm at 30 meters, 10 kilogram mines, and RPGs. How that requirement changed over the course of development, I don't know, but it gives a baseline ideal to work from. I believe the RPG cage is separate from the B-Kit, so one can have A-Kit with or without cage and B-Kit with or without cage.

There was some discussion of the JLTV back in April.

[Legbreaker]

Paul, how do you calculate the prices There's quite a bit of variation from the books.
I understand the stats (fuel consumption, ranges, etc) are all based on real world information, but the prices

[Raellus]

Space Guns

Hey Paul,

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36876/the-toz-81-mars-gun-was-the-soviet-unions-ultimate-space-revolver

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[pmulcahy11b]

Hey Paul,

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36876/the-toz-81-mars-gun-was-the-soviet-unions-ultimate-space-revolver

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I think I have that in Russian Special Weapons -- but I may be wrong.

[pmulcahy11b]

Paul, how do you calculate the prices There's quite a bit of variation from the books.
I understand the stats (fuel consumption, ranges, etc) are all based on real world information, but the prices

Just about everything is fudged to some extent or another. Including the prices. On the PDF page I have posted a copy of my "fudge sheets."

[pmulcahy11b]

09 Mar 21

British Bombers has been added. (Don't worry, the V-Bombers are coming soon!)

Chinese Bombers has been added.

Russian Bombers has been added.

US Bombers has been heavily expanded, almost totally rewritten.

Indian Tracked EV has been corrected, updated, and to a small extent, expanded.

International Tracked EV has been corrected, updated, and greatly expanded. In addition, the Kodiak has been removed from this page and moved to German Tracked EV.

Israeli Tracked EV has been updated and corrected.

In Russian Assault Rifles, under the Kalashnikov AK-47/AKM, the 44 Bore has been added.

In US Assault Rifles G-L, the Geissele Super Duty has been added.

In US Semiauto Sporting Rifles S-Z, the Wilson Combat Tactical Hunter has been added.

In Austrian Battle Rifles, the entire page has been reworked (which consisted of only the Mannlicher M1895) and rewritten.

In Italian Battle Rifles, under Mannlicher-Carcano M-1891, the TS Carbine M-1891 with MOD.28 Grenade Launcher has been added.

In US Lever-Action Rifles A-H, the Big Horn Armory Model 90 has been separated from the Model 89, and expanded.

In Austrian Pistols, under Glock 9mm Pistols, the Roland Special has been added.

In Italian Grenade Launchers, the Mannlicher-Carcano MOD.28 has been added.

In Grenade Launcher Rounds, the 38.5x55 Brixia round (for the MOD.28) has been added.

In Melee Weapons, the Abraham & Moses Goodman Special Operations Knife and Wilson Combat/Fox EDC-X were added.

In Argentine Tracked APCs, Australian Tracked APCs, and Austrian Tracked APCs have had the Combat Equipment entry added to the stats.

[Ewan]

Out of curiosity under the entry for the Canberra in the British bombers section it mentions Twilight 2035. Is this a future supplement that may be in the pipeline. Thanks

[pmulcahy11b]

Out of curiosity under the entry for the Canberra in the British bombers section it mentions Twilight 2035. Is this a future supplement that may be in the pipeline. Thanks

Some GMs have told me that they start WWIII as far out as 2035, So I put it in. But you may be right; it causes confusion.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

As an aside, the history of the Canberra aircraft includes some remarkable feats. The following video goes into some detail about a 1950s penetration of Soviet airspace to photograph the Kasputin Yar test site (described by some as the Soviet version of Area 51)

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RM3AEkM-4JY

[pmulcahy11b]

As an aside, the history of the Canberra aircraft includes some remarkable feats. The following video goes into some detail about a 1950s penetration of Soviet airspace to photograph the Kasputin Yar test site (described by some as the Soviet version of Area 51)

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RM3AEkM-4JY

I'm working on the Canberra now. HUGE update.

[Vespers War]

I added a post about the prototype Robotic Combat Vehicles currently undergoing testing with the US Army.

[Vespers War]

I think I have that in Russian Special Weapons -- but I may be wrong.

I didn't find it (although I'm notoriously bad at locating things within your pages), but I did a write-up of it in the Best That Never Was thread.

[pmulcahy11b]

02 Sep 21

http://www.pmulcahy.com/misc_pages/updates_2021.html

In Swiss Assault Rifles, the SIG-Sauer MCX has been added.

In US Pistols M-Q, the MasterPiece Arms DS9 Hybrid has been added.

In US Bolt-Action Rifles - Savage, the Impulse has been added.

In US Semiauto Sporting Rifles A-E, the Big Horn Armory AR500 has been added.

The Avro Vulcan has been added to British Bombers.

In Jordanian Tracked Engineer Vehicles, the newer version of the Monjed, the AB1 P1, has been added to the entry, and the AB1 itself has been updated and corrected.

In Mexican Tracked EV, the M32 Chenca has had some corrections and has had some small bits of details added.

The HIT Al-Hadeed has primarily had some corrections and and some small details added in Pakistani Tracked EV.

In Polish Tracked EV, all the entries have been greatly modified and corrected, as well as more information added. (Note that also thar the M84ABI will probably be moved to another page, while the WZT-3M2 will probably in the future be given its own entry on the page.)

[pmulcahy11b]

Sorry I'm late in notification, but...

29 Dec 21

I was going to put more into this update, but this month has been busy, and I wanted to get one more update out before the New Year. Cheers!

In Belgian Pistols, the FN 509 has been added.

In Heavy-Caliber Rifle Rounds, the .470 Capstick and .577 Tyrannosaur were added.

In Melee Weapons, the Yarara Yaara has been added. (It's a little out of alphabetical order; I will fix that in an early next year update.)

In Riflescopes and Other Weapon Scopes, the Leupold VX Freedom has been added.

In Slovakian Tracked Engineer Vehicles, everything has had a great deal information added, including in some cases the equipment carried, and in one case a change to the proper designation.

In South African Tracked Engineer Vehicles, there have primarily been corrections made.

In South Korean Tracked Engineer Vehicles, a large amount of corrections have been made and a lot of new information added.

In Best SP Antiaircraft That Never Were, M48-Based Experimental and Drawing-Board AAA Vehicles has been added.

I have been notified by a fan of my site, Neal Sofge, that a number of links on my site are broken (other than the ones I broke deliberately -- these are noted on the Home Page). I will will be working on this for...however long it takes. (It's probably is something I should consider site maintenance -- shame on me.) Expressions Web has a tool, my web host has a tool, and Neal has given me the web address of the tool he uses.



09 Nov 21

In Russian Tracked Engineer Vehicles, corrections have been made, and most vehicles have had more information added. In addition, under the Omsk MTU-20, the MTU-12 has been added.

In Serbian TEV, corrections have been made and additional information has been added, particularly to the Munja's engineer reconnaissance role.

Singaporean TEV has had some minor corrections made.

In British Bombers, the Handley Page Victor has been added.

In Chinese Assault Rifles, the Chiyou Group ZH-05 has been added.

In US Assault Rifles M-Q, the Maxim Defense MDX Series has been added.

In Austrian BA Sporting Rifles A-Su, the Fuchs-Szecsei Double Barrel Bolt-Action Rifles have been added.

In Russian GL, the GP-30 and GP-25 have been corrected, and in particular the weight of the GP-30 has been corrected and more information added.

A new page, Ukrainian GL, has been added, with the KNR UAG-40.

In Small Caliber Rifle Rounds, the .22 Nosler round has been added.

In Heavy Caliber Rifle Rounds, the .500 Auto Max has been added.

In Rimfire Rounds, the .17 Mach 2 Rimfire has been added.