Made some changes to the initial loadouts. Common marks that both nations have a copy of the design, with each being United Forenia versions of the various designs. Descriptions are fairly short, but should be sufficient. This distribution sound better?
Weapons
MK-47 Assault Rifle: (2 Ore)(Personal, Medium, General) This is a blowback operated rifle using .30 caliber rounds, designed to be an automatic weapon with a similar size and role to the Model 1 Service Rifle. It has a rear pistol grip, a slotted wooden foregrip and a 30 round magazine which mounts on the side. It is based on the Cascade's action, but heavily reinforced to withstand the pressures incurred by full size rifle rounds. The heavy moving bolt significantly affects accuracy when firing automatically, even at medium range. The weapon has a heavy barrel to prevent overheating and help with the recoil, which makes the weapon weigh around 16 pounds, but the recoil from rapidly firing rifle rounds is still a significant issue. Fires 600 rounds per minute. Costs 2 ore.
M3 Sorraia GPMG: (3 Ore)(Personal, Large, Officer) A .30 caliber machine gun fed from a belt. 50-round belts can be strung together for extended fire or stored in a belt box attached to the Sorraia, which for practical purposes is similar to a magazine. Unlike the Brumby, it uses a recoil action, and is configured to fire around 800 rounds per minute, achieved with the help of a muzzle booster (which looks like a flared end on the barrel). It is slightly lighter, at 22 pounds. Comes with an integrated bipod, can be used on a tripod for emplacements. It uses similar heat sinks to the Brumby, which are now shrouded. It has a changeable barrel, which is necessary for emplacement use. It is effective to a greater distance than the Brumby when so mounted, about 800 yards.
Vehicles
T2 Breaker: (5 Ore, 2 Oil)(Vehicle, Medium, Specialized) A tank built from new Rolled Homogenous Armor, like tanks should be made of. It is medium armored throughout, with a slanted front but mostly square. The turret is specially cast as a rounded dome and rotates with electrical motors. Includes a new 1.6 inch rifled Breaker cannon, with a long barrel, suspension and muzzle brake. The Breaker cannon can fire about 24 times a minute, it is single loaded by hand. It also has a coaxially mounted Sorraia. The exit hatch in towards the mach of the tank and includes a pintle-mounted Sorraia. The tank is a heavy, it sits on wide cowled treads and is powered by a big 12-cylinder diesel engine, and can get up to about 23 mph. Crewed by a driver, loader, gunner, and commander. It is reinforced with extra slat armor and has been standardized with a radio.
Aircraft
Model 4 Yellowjacket: (3 ore, 3 oil)(Vehicle, Medium, Specialized)A fighter aircraft, built fully of aluminum. It has flat low wings on a relatively long, narrow fuselage which holds its V12 motor. The motor is fuel injected, and cooled by a water radiator. It has six exhaust pipes poking out under the wing on each side, and a canopy-covered pilot seat close to the tail. It is relatively sturdy and maneuverable, it is fast and makes tight maneuvers but is "temperamental", prone to going into out-of-control rolls and requiring a tight grip on the joystick. The canopy includes a tubular gun sight. The six Sorraia guns in the wings provide ample firepower, but the six guns and their ammo are somewhat heavy. Moves faster and maneuvers better than the Wasp, as well as having a higher altitude ceiling.
Personal Equipment
AS-AR34: (2 Ore)(Personal, Medium, General) The AR34 is an assault rifle chambered for 7.62L ammunition, an intermediate powered cartridge. It is fed at the bottom from a wide 24-round magazine, or a 40-round drum, and ejects cartridges to the right side. It has a tactical rail an adjustable iron sights on top. It is select-fire, having a knob on the side which the user slides forward and back to set the gun either to be single-shot or automatic. The knob is very stiff and requires soldiers to take their left hand off the weapon and force it. Most of its furniture is made from aluminum, and it has a vertical pistol grip and foregrip. It weighs under 6kg. It has good stopping power and accuracy out to medium range, and is relatively easy for users to control even on automatic fire (which is still far less accurate than shooting singly). It's about as long as the AS-F14, which means it is usable in close quarters but not perfect.
AS-1924: (3 Ore)(Personal, Large, Officer) A light machine gun using 7.62mm rifle rounds. It is gas-operated, with a box magazine, a bottom-fed 25 round rectangular mag or 60 round drum. It includes an aluminium stock, magazines and fixtures, which are lighter than wood fixtures used on previous guns, though the barrel, action etc are steel. It is easily man portable at 8 kilos, allowing one man to carry the gun and a decent amount of ammo, though AS-1924 gunners are still often accompanied by a man to spot and carry additional ammo. It can be fired while standing or kneeling, with its pistol grip and overhead foregrip, but is most accurate when used with a bipod. Sustained fire (through multiple magazines) can cause overheating. Shoots around 500 rounds a minute. Costs 3 ore.
Vehicles
AS-T25: (5 Ore, 2 Oil)(Vehicle, Medium, Specialized) A medium tank, built to fit under medium thickness RHA. The armor is sloped shallow in the front, and this slope goes about halfway down the tank's length. The turret and crew hatch are on the flat part of the top of the tank, in the back, leading to a design that looks like a bit of a wedge. It is powered by a 12 cylinder, fuel injected diesel motor. The original turbo injection has been removed to save on fuel. It can get up to 40 kph. The gun, a AS-DT25, fires 50mm rounds, and has a screw breech. The original turret has been modified with an electric motor. It can fire about 20 times a minute and includes AP rounds. The treads are on hydropneumatic suspension, which improves accuracy while the tank is moving. Includes a coaxial AS-1924 and one on the exit hatch with a pintle mount.
Aircraft
AS-HF-32: (3 ore, 3 oil)(Vehicle, Medium, Specialized) An aluminum built fighter with a mid wing. It has a long narrow fuselage with a water cooled, turbo charged and fuel injected V10 motor. It has a square-ish closed canopy and fixed landing gear. It is armed with 2 AC-18s in the wings and 2 AS-1924s in the nose, on an interrupter gear. It is faster and can climb higher than the AS-DB or AS-1931 by a good margin, and despite some turbulence from the landing gear it has better maneuverability at high speeds. Not often, but sometimes, the landing gear breaks off in an extreme maneuver, forcing pilots to land the craft on its belly. The bomb mounts and portions of the required reinforcing were removed to save on resources.
Personal Equipment
UF-P33: ((Personal, Large, General) A parachute based upon the Arstotzkan AS-P32 design. It is large and round, and has various straps, clips and buckles to allow a soldier to carry a light primary weapon, ammunition, and a grenade, or a large weapon with limited ammo.
UF-M4 Radio: (1 Ore)(Personal, Large, Officer) A 30 pound vacuum tube radio that improves over the Model 3 from not needing to be assembled before use and having an internalized battery. It is both man-portable and can fit into most vehicles without affecting performance. Range had to be sacrificed to keep the weight low and the battery fairly often runs down on long offenses.
UF-M35 Cobra: (1 Ore, 1 Oil)(Personal, Medium, General) A disc shaped landmine based upon the M34 Viper Landmine. This design has a greater amount of explosives within the mine, but is also smaller. The end result is that the mine has the same explosive power at a smaller size and lower cost.
Vehicles
UF-L2 Bengal: (3 Ore, 2 Oil) (Vehicle, Medium, General) A truck based upon the L-1 Tiger. The primary difference is within the base of the truck being reinforced and its rear wheels being doubled up. This costs it speed, but renders it more resistant to sabotage.
Aircraft
UF-1939 (5 Ore, 5 Oil)(Vehicle, Large, Specialized) A six-engine aircraft based upon the AS-1931-HAFB to transport the initial assault force to take a major port upon the island to allow UF-CV39s to have a place to land. Much of its armaments had to be sadly removed in this revision in order to hold more soldiers.
Navy
UF-CV35: (6 Ore, 3 Oil) (Ship, Medium) A diesel-powered troop transport designed to carry further units onto an island for an invasion. It mounts an UF-19 on the bow for air defense, a on top of the con tower.
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