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[Andres]

I've been thinking about it and we shouldn't design a sniper rifle this year. We'll need to design a cheap assault rifle and the Revision phase must be saved for fixing our plane's manoeuvrability problems and - more importantly - giving it aluminium armour.

Moskurg will inevitably upgrade their plane with aluminium. This will make it more manoeuvrable and increase its damage resistance. If they use their Expense credit on it then, our own planes stand no chance. Revising our plane will keep them equal in manoeuvrability to them and the armour will increase the odds that they can use their autocannon before the enemy can use their Stallions. We cannot let the bombers start targetting our own trains. Cheap armoured cars are on the horizon and they'll let us...wait for it.....blitzkrieg all the way to Moskurg!
Getting our planes some aluminium armour will let them ignore the armoured cars protecting the enemy trains too.

Cheap assault rifles would be useful in both the Jungle and the Mountains, but so would the LMG. What makes cheap assault rifles needed is that if Moskurg instead uses their Expense credit on their SMG, we'll automatically lose the war in the Jungle. They've held on there because of their ability in CQC, despite their best CQC weapon being a pistol. After seeing how making our SMG cheap allowed us to take territory in the Jungle last time, I'd say it's likely that they'll use their credit on the SMG. Getting assaults rifles should also help prevent our men from getting pinned by Brumbies.

I've changed the design of the assault rifle somewhat.
Design the AS-AR23.

Spoiler: AS-AR23 (click to show/hide)

The AS-AR23 is a magazine-fed assault rifle chambered for 7.62mm rounds. It is cheap and primarily meant for use in the Jungle. It uses aluminium to decrease weight/increase performance. (+1 Ore cost)

Revise our plane to be more manoeuvrable and make it fully out of aluminium. (I'm going to bed so let this be my vote in the Revision phase.)

Glory to Arstozka.

[10ebbor10]

I'm quite certain we're at the end of what is possible with revisions for that plane. There are structural flaws which we can not resolve, and we will need to develop a new plane.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Also, I joked when I said design AK47 , also where are votes for a fighter, I expected this one to be a leader

[Andres]

I'm quite certain we're at the end of what is possible with revisions for that plane. There are structural flaws which we can not resolve, and we will need to develop a new plane.

We got a 1 on the last revision for manoeuvrability. It's not a base structural flaw. At worst, we still get an opportunity to make it out of aluminium.

Glory to Arstotzka.

Also, I joked when I said design AK47

It doesn't matter. An assault rifle is absolutely necessary if we want to keep Moskurg from capturing the entire Jungle. It'll also piss off the Moskurgs to no end if we develop awesome anti-infantry to match our autocannon's awesome anti-tank.
Besides, the GM might be nice and launch us 20+ years into the future like he accidentally did for Moskurg.

[10ebbor10]

We should remember though, next turn their spy has free reign, so we're likely to receive a walloping.

And honestly, I have no idea how to deal with their new armoring scheme for their Smasher tank. By all that is logical, that armoring should be completely ineffective against our autocannons. I mean, they even admitted it themselves :

That said, is spaced armor basically a skirt?  That should work pretty well against single fire, but they're using autocannons.  Mind you, stopping three, four shells at once would be nice, and not really unreasonable.

Spaced armor works as long as the armor plate is intact. Against an autocannon, that is 2 seconds.

[10ebbor10]

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

Designs

AS-AR23

The AS-AR23 is a magazine-fed assault rifle chambered for 7.62mm rounds. It is cheap and primarily meant for use in the Jungle. It uses aluminium to decrease weight/increase performance. (+1 Ore cost)

AS PRG-23 (

A breech loading single shot pistol. It fires shells of the same rocket-propelled high explosive type as the 8cm mortar but smaller 35 x 80mm in size. It should have all types of warhead available with care being taken to develop a good high explosive round. It's high explosive charge should be able to defeat medium armour.

AS-1923

A new machinegun using a long-stroke gas piston action and rotating bolt, aluminum composites and other weight saving tricks, as well as magazine feeds to make for a fast-firing and lightweight LMG.

AS-23
New advanched machinegun created to replace AS-10s. Use all our 13-year experience in small arms including studying captured Brumbies and Stallions.  Low weight (up to 11kg) and man portability are key requirements, use aluminium if needed (up to 2 ore). If time allows, design quad version for AA duties

AS-SR23
The AS-SR23 is a 12.7mm scoped sniper rifle. It's bolt action and carries a detachable magazine of 5 bullets. It uses aluminium to decrease weight/increase performance. (1 Ore)

AS-AR23

The AS-AR23 is a 7.62mm assault rifle based on the mechanics of the MC16. It uses a simplified version of the SMGs mechanisms, making it cheap. Aside from its cheapness and its overall reliability (thanks to being based on the MC16), it also has less recoil than other 7.76mm guns and can switch between semi-auto and full-auto. It uses aluminium to decrease weight/increase performance. (1 Ore)

AS-F23

An all-aluminum monoplane with cantilever wings, a new, fuel-injected radial engine, and mounting an AC18 in the centerline firing through the prop-shaft, as well as two 1910s mounted in the wings. It focuses on speed and power, while maintaining a reasonable level of manueverability. It also has hardpoints for mounting a couple 25kg bombs or 90mm rockets.

Revision

Revise our plane to be more manoeuvrable and make it fully out of aluminium

Spoiler: Current problems (click to show/hide)

Air

Night bombing by Hornets.

Mountains

- Rhino blowing up fortifications in the mountains
- Shortage of mobile firepower in the mountains

Desert

- T1 Smasher Spaced Armor
- Enemy Bombing runs

Jungle

- Rhino
- Enemy CQC advantage

I'm seriously considering to just abandon the mountains, and go for a killing push in the desert.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Then we lose ore and they gain ore. Not a minor problem

[10ebbor10]

Then we lose ore and they gain ore. Not a minor problem

It takes them 1 turn to actually consolidate their gains.

In addition, since the mine in the mountain is close to our side of the map, we should be able to keep it under fire from the mountains.

But yeah, we shouldn't go all out.

If you excuse me, I need to be a bit silly. See, both problematic areas share 1 trait. They both have rails.

Spoiler: AS-1923-AST-AL (click to show/hide)

A 2-engined armored train, with an armored locomotive both in front and on the back. It can carry a variety of armored compartements, ranging from a standard troop or armored vehicle compartment to artillery pieces and quad autocannons for anti aircraft systems.

That should be enough to defend the mines from both aerial and ground assault, and can also be utilized to support a push in the desert.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I am torn between machinegun for universal impact and trying to survive the storm of enemy having air superiority and  challenging the skies.

In fact I am afraid that mountains are lost in both cases with enemy suddenly getting a portable weapon from 1960s (minus shaped charges),  in this case fighter is a better choice because it gives a chance to keep fighting without ore.

Taking desert gives us very little, because then we will still need to conquer 4/4 of their capital region to win the war... not an easy task to do with them having resources.

[10ebbor10]

I though the desert was their capital region?

Anyway, I have an easy solution to deal with the enemy air superiority. We simply equip our trucks with autocannon emplacements.

After all, the enemy was able to negate our air advantage solely by researching pintle mounts for their weaponry. An actual anti-air unit should prevent any further attacks.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

No, Sensei changed that creating East Desert, West Desert and Central Desert.

[10ebbor10]

Anyway, I just noticed something.

The enemy developed Pintle mountains, and suddenly their trains carry machine gun cars.

By similar logic, I think we should develop mounts to deploy our artillery/autocannons. Clearly, and similairly, that should result in them being deployed on trains, trucks and ships.

[Aseaheru]

 Thought I suggested that last turn...

 Ahwell. For design, I think it may be time to get a new fighter. Or that 20mm sniper rifle.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

20 mm rifle had sense mostly as a way to get expense credit to take it from silverplate offer to Moskurg

You know guys, screw it! We got 4 ore. Time to take some risks and use it.

Spoiler: AS-DB-HF-23 (click to show/hide)

 Monoplane built from aluminium with addition of advanced aluminium alloys. Uses new, fuel-injected radial engine, and mounting an AC18 in the centerline firing through the prop-shaft. Capable to carry bombs or rockets on its wings and under fuselage. Build for speed and high payload. Designed for precise dive bombing of enemy fortified positions in mountains, armoured vehicles, trains. While it is designed for ground support, it should be fast enough to boom and zoom more maneuvrable but slower opponents or simply run away from them.
Aimed cost is either 5 ore, 2 oil  or 4 ore, 3 oil)

And I vote for it
If enemy can get a recoilless rifle, lets get our own dive bomber.

As for revision, either

improve air defence by  building observation posts, installing searchlights, and adding AA-mounts to trucks\trains. (we have pintle mounts on motorbikes\ship, no need to revise

or improving the dive bomber-fighter

[Aseaheru]

Divebomber vote.