For this years production:
*Patriotism Machine Guns.
For this years engineering:
*Reverse engineer one of the existing biplanes.
*Design a high powered gas aircraft engine, refit the remaining biplane with it, experiment with this engine on our PT boat (Righteous?) and Badger tank.
*Experiment with the round for our existing 40mm cannons, possibly sabbot, possibly more charge.
*design a new 40mm anti tank cannon based on our existing one, utilizing the magazine feed and a higher velocity projectile.
*Design a lighter aircooled version of the Patriotism machine gun.
*Design a 14mm sniper rifle.
You recieve a letter of commendation for your efforts to further the war effort. The Generals have noted that the Patriotism machine gun did not suffer a single failure during the last years conflict. And as a result they have decided to build a factory dedicated to their production. Your current production run should be the last one that you need to be involved with, by this time next year a hundred machine guns per month will be rolling off the assembly line.
You have also been assigned an additional 10 novice engineers.
Over the course of the year your workers produce 459 Patriotism Machine Guns.
A thorough investigation of the imported biplane reveals little innovation. Its primarilly light wood and fabric, its aft facing propeller is an indication it was designed before interuptor gears were invented. Both pilot and gunner are largely unprotected in an open cockpit. It lacks speed and maneuverability. Its best use is as a scout, but it can harass ground troops with explosive shells or machine gun fire. The good news is that the novice engineer who volenteered for this task seemed to take quite an interest in it, and should be a great asset for future aviation efforts.
you assign your experiencec engineer and 7 novice engineers to the task of developping a high powered gas aviation engine.
The final design is a 300kg inlight 6 cylender 4 stroke engine with a max output of 170 kW (230hp).
In the prototype badger, this increases increases speed by aproximately 4km/h (to 52km/h).
In the prototype PT boat, This allows the weight allocated to engines (including fuel) to be cut by half while improving output to 340kw (with 2 engines).
Length: 20m
Displacement: 23 metric tons
Propulsion: 340kw
Speed: 44km/h (up to 48km/h without mines and torpedo's)
Crew: 10
Armament:
1 40x300mm auto-cannon
4 Patriotism 8mm machine guns.
2 torpedo tubes
2 mines
Special: can carry up to 10 tons of cargo or 20 fully armed soldiers and their supplies (max speed 40km/h when fully loaded).
Tonnage Allocations:
5 tons gas
5 tons boat parts (not intended for long term deployment)
2 tons 40mm cannon (less ammo than a traditional 5 ton allocation)
2 tons torpedo system (not reload-able)
4 tons torpedo's
4 tons mines (manually deployed)
1 ton machine guns and ammo
This engine is not going to be compatible with the current imported aircraft.
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5 novice engineers are assigned to experiment with improving the anti-armor qualities of the existing 40mm cannon shells. The result of this is a shell with a cast steel tip and 10% more powder packed into the same shell design. The lighter bullet combined with more powder increase the speed and kinetic energy of the shell somewhat, and on impact the solid steel round penetrates aproximately 25% more effectively. The forces are within the range of tollerance for an undamaged cannon. Experiments with sabots did not fair well as the projectile would often begin tumbling when the sabot didn't seperate from its carrier quickly enough.
4 engineers and 4 notice engineers on the 14mm sniper rifle project. The resulting weapon is a single shot rotating bolt weapon firing a devestatingly high speed projectile that should be able to penetrate light armor at several hundred meters. Though it will likely require an expert marxman to hit anything particularly useful through an armor plate with a single shot.
Action: bolt
Sights: ring or telescopic
Weight: 12kg
Barrel Length: 1.3m
14mm round
Bullet:14x20mm
Cartridge: 20x100mm
4 engineers and 5 novice engineers on the air cooled patriot project. The resulting weapon has a heavier replaceable barrel and no cooling shroud. This cuts the overall weight of the gun to 15kg.
4 engineers and 5 novice engineers on the anti tank cannon project. At the end of the year, they were not able to produce a workable prototype.
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On the military front more Patriotism machine guns and Badgers continue to flow towards the frontlines.
Once the winter weather clears, the skys fill again with enemy aircraft, fast and agile biplanes armed with a pair of rapid fire 6mm guns and up to 50kg of bombs. Fortunately, shipments of your timed fuse shells have reached the front, and between them and a growing collection on Patriotism machine guns they can fend off attacks in our captured territories.
Advancing further is difficult because our badgers and infantry are vulnerable to attack from the air outside the concentrated envelope of firepower around the two captured towns.
The military is asking for air support and quickly. They are providing you with 10 additional engineers and another machine shop in the hope that you can begin delivering aircraft within 6 months.
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At your disposal
2 experienced engineers
25 engineers
22 novice engineers
1 aviation engineer
13 experienced workers
69 workers
217 novice workers
A new brick office
A large flat field, suitable for use as a runway.
An old partially bombed out wharf with:
1 operational dockyard up to a displacement of 1600 tons (large enough for frigates)
3 warehouses converted to a small factory/machine shop.
1 not quite finished tank Factory
Several cleared lots
Various damaged or destroyed structures that are of no use at this time.
Designs not yet produced for field use:
The Peoples little friend
9mm semi auto pistol
Unreliable handgrenade
SVA-10
semi-auto battle rifle
Pump action 12 guage shotgun
14mm sniper rifle
PT Boat
Notes:
future proposal text will be in bold, non proposal text will not be in bold.
A proposal will have an assigned number, please do not reuse numbers.
A vote for a proposal will reference its number and link/quote to the original post.
If you intend to expand on or restrict a proposal made by another player, its number will be: original.subproposal (example: 2.1) If a sub proposal gets more votes than its parent, then the sub proposal will be implemented instead, otherwise the sub proposal and its votes will count as a vote for the parent unless it is a designated as a counter proposal.
This should make it faster for me to go through proposals and create an update.
As an aside, your factories are not the only factories in the country. There is for instance a factory dedicated to the original Mosin Nagant, Now there are 2 dedicated to the badger and 1 dedicated to the Patriotism MK1.
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