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Glorious Arstotzka

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[VoidSlayer]

At least now I have something to riot about.  Moderate rioting of course.

So, some kind of lander maybe?  Or a tank or ship or something that the battle report actually indicates we need?

[piratejoe]

Next turn, unless something happenes, we make a tank and a lander, if something happens though, plans could change.

[Sensei]

Battle Report 6: Autumn 1939

The Map:
I've updated the map with new island names. Now 40% less confusing!

New Equipment:

This turn, the Forenians improved upon their existing radar, creating the RDN-39-2 DEADLIER RAY, it can detect the range and direction of aircraft using a single rotating array of antennae, but the facility which supports it is either a large building, or an entire AS-CV-22 cargo ship dedicated to carrying a radar array. It has good range, but only detects aircraft. For their revision, they began development of Project Blood Eagle, the exact nature of which is a secret.

Cannala's multi-turn work on radar has culminated into the Eagle Eye RADAR, which is oddly enough better than the Forenian one. It has similar capabilities, but is smaller, taking up a single turret on a combat ship, and being available in a semi-portable form, which consists of four trucks and takes a few hours to set up, but still, it's something that can be used in the field. Their revision is the M1939 A-4B Falcon, a revision of the original Falcon the chief benefit of which is being less oil intensive, with a re-tuned engine and cooling system. This makes it Cheap, a significant benefit. Additionally, it incorporates some small amounts of Titanium into the design, the main benefit of which is that Cannala has got a start on their Titanium production.

The Forenian Army currently has the following equipment:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

UF Weapons:
-AS-SP30: [L] General infantry sidearm. An Arstotzka-made semi-automatic pistol, firing 9mm. It has a 10-round magazine and can fire quickly with moderate accuracy, at short range. Moderate stopping power. It is pretty reliable, and has a threaded barrel and can be fitted with a suppressor.
-AS-AR34: [L] The AR34 is an assault rifle chambered in new 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, with a sliding knob for either single-shot or automatic. The knob is very stiff and requires soldiers to take their left hand off the weapon and force it. It has aluminum furniture, and 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. It's about as long as the AS-F14, which means it is usable in close quarters but not ideal. Costs 2 ore (1 Al).
-Sawed-off Shotgun: [L]General infantry sidearm. Fires twice before breech loading, very effective at short range, ineffective otherwise. Poor armor penetration. Uses 12 gauge shells.
-AS-MC16A: A stands for Andres! A 9mm close-bolt SMG, with 20cm barrel and a 15cm action extending behind the trigger. The stock is redesigned entirely for a pistol grip and foregrip, and made of lightweight aluminium, the butt is an open frame. The weapon handles considerably better with this new arrangement. There is a 30-round drum magazine, and a 54-round magazine which consists of two drums feeding together into one magazine insert. It gets in the way of the shooter's view a bit, but MC16's are often fired from the hip anyway. Oh yeah, and it looks like a pair of, well, you know. Soldiers have some creative nicknames for the gun already. [1 Ore (1 Al)]
-M3 Sorraia GPMG: [L] A 7.62mm 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. 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). Weighs 22 pounds. Comes with a bipod, or tripod for emplacements. It uses copper heat sinks, which are now shrouded. It has a changeable barrel, which is necessary for emplacement use. It is effective to about 800 yards when mounted. Costs 2 ore.
-AS-F14A: [L] A 7.62mm, semi-automatic rifle. It is an open bolt blowback action, and uses a 12-round box magazine with a small charge handle on the side. It has adjustable iron sights. The weight of the moving action makes the gun difficult to control, but this is mitigated by a heavy barrel. The blowback action is fairly reliable despite being open bolt. Also available as a carbine.
-M2 Osprey: [L] The Osprey is a bolt-action rifle, chambered in 7.62mm, intended for snipers and marksmen. It is bolt-action, and has a 10 round magazine. It has a wooden stock, and the magazine protrudes a few inches beneath the rifle. It features a heavy barrel, and with its bolt action mechanism, has excellent grouping at long range. On top of the gun is a set of adjustable iron sights with a fine crosshair, and a rail for a telescopic sight.
-Eagle Sight MkII: [L] [Expensive] A refractive telescopic sight designed with the Osprey rifle in mind. It is available in two types with variable magnification from 4x to 7x (long-range type), or from 1.5x to 4x (short-range type). Has a large objective lens which creates a bright picture, but short eye relief and a narrow field of view. They are [Complex], and they must be custom fitted to weapons which do not have rails.
-Scimitar: [L] [Expensive] Officer sidearm. Elite soldiers receive a scimitar, a deadly curved sword which can be used on foot or horseback. Even in 1938, an officer's uniform is incomplete without his sword.
-Incinerator Flamethrower: [L] A heavy weapon, consists of two tanks on a soldier's back (one of harmless nitrogen as a propellant, and one of flamethrower fuel) and a nozzle with a pilot light. Shoots a jet of burning liquid about 25 feet. Includes an emergency cutoff valve. Costs 2 ore, 2 oil.
-AS-1911 8cm Mortar: [L] A light mortar tube with rocket-propelled explosive shells, which fire after being dropped into the tube and striking the bottom.
-AS-AC18: An advanced primer ignition autocannon, which ignites cartridge primers before the round is fully chambered. It fires the new, large, 20x100mm round, fed from a top-mounted 25 round C-shaped magazine with a powerful spring, usually armor piercing, about 600 times per minute. The weapon is quite large with a simple action but heavy barrel, weighing over 40 kilograms, and it requires being mounted to a carriage, foundation, or vehicle to fire with accuracy, although recoil is reduced by the nature of its action. It is dependent on a careful balance between the force of the shell and the force of the action, which means that different ammo types cannot be interchanged without recalibrating the gun. It has a terrifying ability to punch through armor and emplacements. Costs 3 ore due to its size and the size of its ammo.
-AS-RPG28 A: [L] A rocket-propelled grenade, fired out of a launch tube. The grenade itself consists of a conical shape with a narrow tube of propellent out the back, and twisted fins in the middle of the tube. The launch tube is 3cm wide, a meter long and the rocket fits in up to the fins, and is just a metal tube with a handle. To ignite the propellant, soldiers remove a pin, on the rocket, which is first clipped by a short chain to a trigger on the handle. The tube itself and each grenade each weigh 3kg. It is accurate enough to hit a tank out to almost 100 meters, after which it drops quickly. Rockets are available with warheads based on each type of grenade, including a HEAT conical shaped charge. Requires 2 ore, 1 oil.
-AS-G27: [L] The basic AS-G27 grenade is an oblong ball that fits comfortably in the hand, with a four second fuze started by pulling a ring. The casing breaks into fragments when it explodes. The AS-G27I is incendiary, the AS-G27S deploys smoke. The AS-G27AT is a cylinder shaped, magnetic shaped charge for tanks. A soldier can penetrate medium armor with it, but they have to run right up to a tank to stick one on. Costs 2 oil.
-AS-LM20: [L] A landmine! Consists of an explosive, metal shell and button. Armed by removing a key. The mines are cheap and simple, and reliably kill or dismember infantry who step on them.
-M34 Viper Landmine: [L] A multipurpose landmine, but mainly used for tanks. It's a disc shaped box full of explosives, with a trigger on top. The mines are specially designed to be stacked, their triggers ignite eachother simultaneously. The trigger is locked with a removable pin. The mines weigh 2.5 kilos each. Two or three are effective against vehicles, but a bit taller and heavier than a single mine would be with the same explosive content. Be extremely careful when stacking the mines! Costs 2 oil.
-AS-1912 Artillery A [L]: A field gun firing 80mm shells, loaded through a sliding bolt. The action is not dissimilar to a bolt action rifle, where the old casing is ejected when the bolt is opened. Must be towed by a truck. It can fire about 12 times a minute, and the barrel rests on shocks which keep it on target after firing. Aims between 0 and 90 degrees vertical. It has several kilometers of range. Costs 3 ore.
-B2 Destroyer: [L] A big, long piece of artillery with firing 100mm rounds. The barrel is nearly 3 meters long, for maximum muzzle velocity and accuracy. Its barrel sits on a hydro suspension mechanism, and lurches back each time the gun fires. It weighs more than a ton and can fire at great distance around 10 times a minute, when hand loaded in its locking screw breech. These rounds can be placed with pretty good consistency, for their range. Must be towed by a truck. Costs 4 ore.
-Bumblebee AT/AA: [L] A 90mm gun. It can be aimed down close to the ground, or up at the sky. It is aimed by a gunner who sits in a seat which inclines and declines with the gun itself, and has an iron two-ringed "spiderweb" sight. The gun is aimed with two traversal wheels. Fires fuzed flak rounds, which have an adjustable timer set by a dial on the gun itself. There is also a mechanical targeting calculator, which has a dial for target range, and rate of change of range, which can set the fuze time for shells accurately as the target moves. Additionally given an altitude and angle, the sight will automatically offset so that the gunner need merely keep the crosshair over the target. It is pretty effective, and also cheap and reliable. However, adjusting targeting calculator takes too long to aim at dive bombers and close, low-altitude planes. Fires about 15 times a minute. Costs 2 ore.

UF Other Equipment:
General Tereshkova: The Forenian army is led by General Tereshkova, an expert pilot. With experience spanning back to the days of the terrifying AS-19 aircraft which pilots believed to be haunting, she trains Forenian pilots to quick witted and always on guard, and out-fly their enemies.
-Uniform AS-GU23: [L] The Forenian uniforms are based on the 1923 Arstotzkan ones, and come in patterned camouflage colors, grey/white, beige and olive. The uniform has parade dress colors on the inside, so can be worn inside-out at official funtions. Armor plates and helmet are lightweight Aluminum. Includes all the pockets and bandoliers a soldier could ask for, and one right on the elbow that nobody asked for. Costs 2 ore.
-AS-P32: [L] Parachute rigging. The parachute itself is large and round, and various straps, clips and buckles allow a soldier to carry a light primary weapon, their ammo and a grenade. Alternatively, a paratrooper could also bring a mortar or LMG and a few rounds, but only their sidearm with it. Radios need to be dropped separately.
-Tiger Infantry Armor: [L] Infantry armor made of a forged manganese steel alloy. All of the armor plates are relatively thick for infantry, and the full suit weighs in at 36 pounds. The helmet is particularly thick, and fits round and close around the head, low over the eyes and down to the neck with a little outward slope. It can be attached with a face mask, which when worn allows a wide but very narrow viewing slit between the mask and helmet, while even covering the neck. The breastplate is curved outwards for optimal armor angle, with appearance of a ridge down the middle. The backplate is thick, but flat. At the waist these plates end and there are flat curved single-piece taces to protect the upper legs, below the knee the armor has no coverage. The pauldrons allow comfortable shoulder motion, being made of three layered plates, and the upper arms are covered by rerebraces, which are round fitted plates to the outside of the arm. While the lower arms, lower legs, and sometimes gaps around the shoulders are exposed, most parts of the armor will stop a pistol bullet at point blank. The breastplate and taces will stop rifle bullets at all but very close range. AP Horsekillers easily penetrate at medium range. The armor is tiring and cumbersome, troops cannot effectively crawl and kneeling is difficult, as is aiming down rifle sights while using the mask. Costs 3 ore.
-Model 3 Radio: [L] Vacuum tube radio, in two separate 30-pound boxes requiring two men to carry. It also includes a light, flexible antenna to attach to a tent pole or vehicle frame. It can fit into most vehicles without affecting performance. Transmits and receives audio.
-Tiger's Whisper: [L] This radio device, instead of being used to transmit speech, issues and receives 26 discreet amplitudes on a given frequency. The amplitude broadcast is selected with a dial, and the amplitude received is is used to indicate a letter, using a fully circular meter which reads amplitude and is labeled with letters. When the dial, or meter, falls to zero after displaying a letter, it moves the paper indicator by an amount based on its highest position, like a rotary telephone dial. This means that the messages are bit more complex than a simple substitution. A communications officer must jot down each letter as he reads it. The letter indicators both on the dial and meter are pieces of card paper which can be changed, so that new substitutions can be issued to communications officers regularly in case a radio communicator falls into enemy hands.
-AS-DC29: [L] An Arstotzkan device design to solve Moskurg's cipher. It is basically a Tiger's Whisper, with its own code card with the numbers 1 through 26. It uses a typewriter mechanism to stamp each number onto a ticker tape. The numbers on the ticker tape are the simple cipher version of the Moskurg message, which is relatively easy to solve by hand. In addition it includes a counter for each letter, displaying the frequency in which letters occur which helps solve ciphers faster. An average Arstotzkan officer is clever enough to use this to crack a Moskurg message in five to ten minutes. With a stolen code card, it can also act exactly as a Tiger's Whisper would, where communications officers must write down each letter as it appears. It is [Complex] and fits into a very heavy backpack.
-The Death Ball: [L] [Very Expensive] [A 30-foot boulder, on two equally large steel wheels, which themselves are lined with rockets to propel it. The boulder is hewn smooth and round, and hollowed by stoneworkers (in 1935!) to support a stabilizing gyroscope. It can reliably roll in something resembling a straight line thanks to its gyroscope, although large moguls or divots will send it wildly off course. For the ten seconds or so it keeps to speed, it can crush a tank hull. In fact the most difficult thing about its use is moving it around before firing it. It, or the boulder from which it is constructed, is too large to move around on a truck, so it is instead dragged on a sled by several trucks, in a modern mechanized method which resembles the way in which ancient people moved stone megaliths. Once hewn into shape and given their gyro, chassis and rockets, they are generally not moved, but kept in place and rotated to aim. Costs 6 ore, 2 oil, and can only be deployed in areas with flat land access to a stone quarry. The Gyro system renders it [Complex].
RDN-39-2 "DEADLIER RAY" [Expensive] Building on the experience of the Death Ray, engineers worked round the clock to develop newer, more advanced Radar. Since regular radio equipment cannot generate waves of the right wavelength and power, they focused their efforts on a device more suited to the task. Their solution: they used a 'Klystron', a device capable of generating a highish-frequency and highish powered output.
The Deadlier Ray is substantially smaller than the Death Ray, and is more accurate thanks to the shorter wavelength, and gets a clearer response thanks to the higher power. It is small enough to be mounted on a truck, or more importantly a ship. A single unit is capable of determining direction and range, with possible modifications allowing for altitude to be detected as well.
[Complex]

UF Ground Vehicles:
-L-1 Tiger: [L] The Tiger is, despite its fierce name, a truck. It has a long, narrow nose in front of the cab containing a twelve cylinder engine, and the steering wheels are next to it under round cowls. It has a bed where a hopper, tanker, seats, trailer hitches or other things can easily be attached. There are six rear drive wheels, on independent suspension. Costs 3 ore, 2 oil. Provides +1 Transport Capacity.
-AS-M17A: [L] A motorcycle which seats one passenger, and a second in a sidecar. The petrol motor is Arstotzka's first, with three in-line cylinders. On its own, the bike is capable of more than 80 kilometers per hour, cross country, and 110 on a road. The sidecar is available with a machine gun, sometimes on a pintle mount to aim at aircraft. 2 Ore, 1 Oil.
-AS-MV21-AL: [L] [This is an armoured car, designed to be maneuverable in tight quarters and offroad. The frame, armor and engine block are all built from aluminium for reduced weight. It sits on four big tires, the rear ones shrouded by armor, on hydro suspension. The V-6 motor gets it up to 70 KPH. Its shape is tight and rectangular around the crew cabin, which holds only a driver and gunner, to minimize the quantity of armor needed. The engine is in the rear, and includes the lightest (thin) armor in the slats over the radiator. The front armor is medium and most of the armor is light. A belt-fed AS-AC18 gun fires from the top of car, with the gunner's hatch open. The gunner hatch provides the gunner a small amount of cover. 4 Ore (2 Al), 2 Oil
-T2 Breaker: [L] [Expensive] A tank. It is medium armored throughout with RHA, with a slanted front but mostly square. The turret is specially cast as a rounded dome and rotates with electrical motors. Includes a 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 M3 Sorraia. The exit hatch is towards rear with another MG. 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 35 kph. Crewed by a driver, loader, gunner, and commander. Now with extra slat armor. Costs 5 Ore, 2 Oil.
-AS-MAT26-50 [L]: A light tracked platform for the 50mm DT25 gun originally designed for the AS-T25 tank. Moves on a simply 8-cylinder motor and treads. It has thin RHA armor in the front only, with the rest open to the air. The DT-25 gun has an extended barrel with a muzzle brake, and is mounted on a front-facing armature with good side-to-side and vertical angling, for direct fire. It includes an M3 Sorraia for good measure against aircraft. Costs 4 ore, 2 oil.
-AS-T33: [L] [Expensive] A tank similar to the AS-T25, with Heavy frontal armor, a radio as a standard feature. The shape is basically the same, a wedge with a cylindrical turret towards the back. It is powered by a turbocharged and fuel injected diesel engine, with twelve cylinders, which allows the tank to reach 45 kph. It is also armed with a new, enormous DT33 75mm cannon, which loads with a screw breech and can be fired about 12 times a minute, which happily penetrates medium armor at long range with HEAT rounds, and has similar accuracy but better range than the DT25. It includes one M3 Sorraia coaxially in the turret and one for a commander/spotter to use on a pintle. The turret is now operated by an electric motor on the horizontal traverse, and the tank has light spaced armor skirts around the turret, and on the sides down to the treads which help defend against HEAT rounds. A bit prone to running short on ammunition. Costs 6 ore, 3 oil.
-SPAT: [L] A self-propelled gun vehicle consisting of a petrol engine, caterpillar tracks, and a forward-facing Bombardier howitzer with just enough armor plating to hide the crew behind. Rolls on treads with 4 driving wheels. They are prone to coming loose from the wheels from time to time. The armor is light, with a gap in the middle for the gun to rotate, raise and lower. Ammunition sits in racks behind the armor. The vehicle has a top speed of about 8 mph. The gun is just a 90mm Bombardier howitzer, fixed to the SPAT on a frame which pitches and yaws on a pair of hand cranks. The SPAT has a set of jacks to use when firing, which improve accuracy considerably by preventing the vehicle from shaking. Costs 3 ore, 2 oil.

UF Air Force:
-Model 4 Yellowjacket: [L] A fighter aircraft, built fully of aluminium. 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. [2 Ore (2Al), 3 Oil]
-AS-DB-HF-23: [L] An airplane built entirely from aluminium. This lighter, sturdier frame allows the plane be reasonably fast with a 9-cylinder radial engine and make aggressive dives and recoveries for bombing, with half a ton of bombs. The radial engine is designed entirely around an AS-AC18 which fires through the prop shaft, necessitating a relatively heavy and thick prop shaft. It has decent maneuverability, with its metal design allowing for strong forces on the wings and tail, and large control surfaces, but it is best at dogfighting while not carrying a bomb load. [2 Ore (2Al), 2 Oil]
-AS-1931-HAFB: [L] [Expensive] A three-engine bomber with a shoulder wing. It is constructed of a geodetic aluminium frame with resin-treated fabric skin. The pilot sits in a cockpit on the front of the plane with a pyramidal canopy, and between the two wings is an AC18 gunner, on top of the plane, with a 360 degree rotation under a trapezoidal canopy.  Has 3 turbocharged and injected engines, one in the nose and under each wing. Despite its size, this enables it to almost keep pace with AS-HF-24s and gives it a high altitude ceiling. These engines burn a lot of fuel, limiting range. It carries a two-ton payload of bombs, and a bomber with a sight which can be adjusted based on a written table for airspeed and altitude. At full altitude, these bombs are incapable of hitting precise targets, and especially moving targets. The plane also has fixed landing gear. [5 Ore (1 Al), 4 Oil]
-AS-HF-32b "Stinger": [L] [Expensive] An aluminum built fighter with a mid wing, which has been revised with retractable landing gear and an oxygen system. It has a long narrow fuselage with a water cooled, turbo charged and fuel injected V10 motor. It has a square-ish closed canopy. It is armed with 2 AC-18s in the wings and 2 M3 Sorraias in the nose, on an interrupter gear. Not often, but sometimes, the landing gear breaks off in an extreme maneuver, forcing pilots to land the craft on its belly. It also includes two bomb mounts (up to 200 kg of bombs), which can be fitted with extra fuel tanks (+1 oil when in use). Comes with a compressed oxygen system, but it's painfully cold and if the manual valve is opened too quickly, can cause serious injury including instant frostbite of the lungs. [3 Ore (2Al), 3 Oil]
-AS-ARAC-35: [L] [National Effort] The ARAC is a mobile runway, carried by coal train on more than 30 consecutive train cars, which unfold their top armor into a runway long and wide enough for a HAFB to land, be drawn back by a winch and cable (as it cannot taxi), then take off after being refueled and rearmed. The runway panels are supported by jacks on either side and take about a day to setup or pack away. The process of landing and takeoff takes about forty minutes, limiting the amount of traffic that can use the runway. The train also requires a sufficiently flat and straight railway to be useful as a runway. This often constitutes making a special track, but is easier than building a runway. There is a good section of track in the central desert, east desert, and plains. There is currently no system to move aircraft from the runway to the ground and back. The runways can land a few planes and take them off in order, which park on the ends of the runway, but far less than a normal runway could store. Costs 10 ore.
TPD 'DOLPHIN' 38b: This is an aerial torpedo, weighing in a bit more than half a ton. It is powered by a wet heater motor, and stabilized by a gyroscope. The revised 'b' version includes a magnetic detonator to explode beneath ships, and can be dropped from considerable height and speed without failure. [2 Ore, 1 Oil]
UFS-BL-38-A 'Firecracker': This bunch of letters followed by a word denotes a 2.5kg finned bomblet, with a either a HEAT+Fragment warhead, or an incendiary warhead. These come in pods of 100 which fit on standard bomb mounts, and release their bomblets at an experimentally-determined altitude which causes them to cover a 50 meter square with roughly one bomb every 5 meters- enough to hit a group of armor, or more forgiving of error than a single 250kg bomb when trying to hit a single target.
UFAF-MTA-38 'Reckless Effect': [Expensive] The MT stands for Military Transport Aircraft, but nobody is sure what 'Reckless Effect' is supposed to mean other than sounding cool. This is a large cargo aircraft with four V12 engines, normally aspirated with an eye towards fuel efficiency. It has a broad wingspan with a high wing, ample cargo space, and adequate power to take off from a long runway with a four ton load, just don't expect much in the way of evasive maneuvers. Befitting its role as a dedicated cargo craft, the body terminates is a large cargo door/ramp at the rear. The frame is largely aluminium for weight. Even an L-1 Tiger truck or AS-MV-21-AL just barely fit within the size and weight limits! The door can also be opened in flight for paratroopers, or for an emergency cargo jettison. It's remarkably durable, and can keep flying even through two engine failures. [4 Ore (1 Al), 4 Oil]

UF Navy:
-AS-CV22: [L] A steam-powered ship, worthy of sea travel. Uses two AS-51 S steam engines, which each power one screw. The vessel is around 60 meters long, and carries cargo enough to provide +1 Transport Capacity. It mounts an AC-18 on the bow for air defense, and an AS-1910 on top of the con tower. Costs 3 ore.
UFS-DD-38 Pattern E 'Archer': The Archer is Forenia's first combat ship. It is relatively small, and made of steel but unarmored, with two 90mm Bumblebee guns, complete with targeting system, in covered turrets on either side of a center con tower. There are also two more Bumblebees not in covered turrets, as the ones in the turrets were supposed to be larger originally. It is powered by two steam turbines, and it is relatively fast. Auxiliary weapons include an AS-AC18 on each side, and some Sorraia machineguns on railing mounts. There are also four Dolphin torpedo in launchers on deck: These are basically wooden chutes which can be aimed on a swivel, before the torpedo is released by untying a knot. [3 Ore, 2 Oil]
UFS-CV 'Wasp Nest' 38, Pattern A: Forenia's first aircraft carrier, and their biggest ship by far compared to the CV22 cargo ship and Archer. Its hull contains four of the turbines used to power the Archer, and is unarmored except for a torpedo belt. ABout a dozen planes stored belowdecks are lifted by a single hydraulic lift. The command center is below-decks, so that the wooden flight deck almost completely covers the ship, giving it a low, flat appearance. There are two Bumblebee AA guns on each side, one deck below on exposed platforms, plus several AC18's for point defense. The last important feature is a set of arresting cables on deck allowing planes to land safely, these catch hooks on the planes themselves, and are lowered out of the way for takeoff. [4 Ore, 2 Oil]

UF Resources:
Transport Capacity: 1 by land, 1 by sea, 1 by air
(note: consider re-instating trains to arms list if ground transport becomes a concern)
4 Ore, using 1 TC by air
3 Oil, using 1 TC by sea
1 Aluminum
1 Manganese

[Sensei]

The Cannalan army currently has the following equipment:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

CANNALAN WEAPONS:
Nightwind Howitzer: [L] This is a 3" cannon built for brass shells, with a screw breech. It is mounted on a hydraulic recoil piston, which recharges in about three seconds. If mounted on a heavy carriage or other sturdy structure, the cannon can be fired very consistently. A good crew can get off about 12 shots a minute. Can easily be placed on fixed naval mounts, due to its lack of recoil. [3 Ore]
Cutlasses: [L] Small, curved swords.
1911 Mano Derecha: [L] Single action, 5-round, .40 cal revolver. Heavy, with good stopping power. Issued with moon clips for speed loading. Reliable even when dirty or muddy, and available as a carbine variant.
M1913 Standard Service Rifle:[L] Cannala's bolt action rifle, fires five .25 cal bullets from an internal magazine, loaded with a stripper clip. Magazines flex around the top to pinch cartridges in and keep them in place, but old magazines wear out and stop holding rounds reliably. This is a big, high-energy cartridge, and the 8.5 pound gun has a considerable kick. Has adjustable sights, and is accurate with a shooter that can handle it. [1 Ore]
M1915 HMG "Muerte":[L] Cannala's venerable .50 cal machine gun. The basic version sits on a tripod, is water cooled, and fires from a rack of feed strips, but it's often belt fed on vehicles. [2 Ore]
1.25 Inch "Can Opener" Light Gun:[L] This is a lightweight cannon firing 1.25 inch rounds, with a full eight inches of powder behind them. It has a long barrel for its caliber to allow all of the powder to burn. Aside from this it is essentially a scaled-down Nightwind, with a similar breech and recoil piston, and a similar rate of fire. Its rounds travel extremely fast, giving it good direct-fire accuracy. Developed alongside it are hardened steel armor-piercing cannon rounds, available for both Cannalan cannons. It weighs a bit under half a ton and can be mounted the usual ways. [2 Ore]
M1921 Multiple Explosive Deliverance System (MEDS) "Thumper": [L] This is a a system for launching new 1.5 inch grenades. They have a similar area of effect to a Can Opener HE shell. The recoil from this would ordinarily necessitate a mounted weapon, so the entire action (a break action which opens upwards) and barrel are sitting on a heavy recoil spring, separate from a bullpup style trigger and butt assembly. Weighs as much as a rifle. It is effective to medium range. [1 Ore 2 Oil]
Thumper Hand Grenade:[L] An explosive thumper shell for hand throwing. Ignites on a three second fuze when a pin is pulled. Fragments of the ribbed case are lethal in a significant area.
Can Shredder Autocannon:[L] The Can Shredder is a fully automatic variant on the Can Opener. It is arranged in a twin recoil setup, where there are two guns and the firing of one reloads the other. It achieves a 1000 round per minute rate of fire, or 500 from each barrel. It's quite light for a cannon, but gets hot and exhausts massive amounts of ammo. The two sides each load from a 90 round drum. Comes on a carriage aimed by electric motors, deck mount, or packed in vehicles. Also available in .75 cal "Can Perforator" variant. [3 Ore]
Nightstorm Howitzer: [L] A 6" cannon, meant to pack more punch at a longer range than the 3" Nightwind. It packs more punch at a longer range than the Nightwind, and uses a sliding block breech which allows heavy shells to be easily loaded at various gun inclinations. It's available on a large carriage with pneumatic tires and deployable stabilizers, or new Kraken turrets (+1 ore cost over the original Kraken). It has a good inclination and some decline on the carriage, as well as moderate traversal, but it's to the size where it's rather slow to aim on any axis with hand cranks. [3 Ore]
M1933 QFW Mk2 SSRA: [L] This is an updated version of the M1926 QFW, a bullpup assault rifle. It is gas-operated, and its "Short Rifle Cartridge" gives fairly little recoil. Takes 40 round mags, or belts with a special adapter. The belt adapter has a rotating gear operated by an exposed notch in the gas piston to feed new cartridges into the gun, and it is rather heavy and bulky but this is only a minor concern where belts are being used. The 1933 rifle shares the spartan aluminum fixtures, bullpup arrangement, and fire selector of its predecessor, but the stock is much shorter as only a small recoil spring is needed. All but six inches of the gun is barrel length (with the mag over the barrel), so there is a 24 inch Carbine variant which weighs nine pounds and a 36 inch Long variant which weighs twelve pounds, the barrel being thicker to handle more heat. Fairly accurate with good ballistics to medium range. [2 Ore (1 Al)]
QFS: [L]The QFS is a QFW modified to fire shotgun rounds. The only real change is that the barrel is a smooth bore, and wider as the shotgun shells are not necked. The shot shells are designed to be as similar in size to the Short Rifle Cartridge as possible, similar to a standard .410 2.5" cartridge, for reference. During extended fire, it has significant barrel heat issues due to the fact that the barrel walls are comparatively narrow (having been bored out) and the barrel is lighter. Also, the shot shells occasionally jam in the helical portion of the magazine, due to being made of a softer material than the brass cartridges. [2 Ore (1Al)]
Type 19 Kurosaka Mortar (S1917I): [L] This is a man-portable mortar, which consists of a simple 10cm wide steel launch tube with ballast and a bipod, easily carried by one soldier. Mortar shells can fire as far as a rifle shot, but with dubious accuracy. [1 Ore 2 Oil]
Type 50 RPG (S1930I): [L] The type 50 is a tube, 90cm in diameter. It fires a large, finned rocket with a shaped charge. It is ignited with a sparker magneto trigger. Aside from being a tube, it has very little furniture except for ironsights, the trigger and firegrip, and a wooden shoulder rest. The rocket is effective at piercing armor, but accurate only to a fairly short range. If the hit is not square against a tank's armor, it will be relatively ineffective. It is heavy, a soldier can only carry the rocket launcher with a couple rockets and a sidearm. [2 Ore 1 Oil]
Type 51 Rockets (S1930E): [L] New rockets have a round ballistic cap with a flat warhead beneath, which has a normalizing effect on impacts- that is, the rocket flattens itself against surfaces before detonating so that hits don't have to be so square. It also includes more effective fins. The rocket is more accurate overall. Unfortunately, both of these new features are made from cardboard, and can be ruined if crushed or soaked.
'Bouncer' Anti-Personnel Mine (S1935E1): [L] This is a mine which detonates after a victim has stepped on the trigger and stepped off again. When it goes off, an initial charge launches the mine into the air and a second charge detonates the mine in mid-air, spewing fragments of glass, metal, and stones. It is very cheaply constructed, using wood where possible and thin steel sheets. They are cheaply constructed and occasionally misfire or go off at odd heights, but the idea is that uncertainty will only make the mines more terrifying. [1 ore]
'Surprise' Landmine (S1935E2): [L] The Surprise is an antitank mine which shares a trigger mechanism with the Bouncer landmine. However, instead of jumping into the air and spewing shrapnel, it consists of a single large shaped charge. [1 ore, 1 oil]
4" MSLAAC "Daybreaker": The Mechanical Self-Loading Anti Armor Cannon is an application of a complicated mechanical system to quickly load rounds. Most of the system sits in the tank turret. Rounds are stored in a carousel in the body of the tank before being lifted up to the turret. An electric motor drives the system which rotates the carousel, lifts a new shells into the turret while ejecting the old casing out a flap on the top of the tank, then rams the new shell into the gun- even with 30° inclination or 10° declination, as the shell slides along a set of inter-meshing rails. Turrets containing the autoloader are smaller, longer and much flatter than normal ones, though the 4" cannon and autoloading equipment still isn't lightweight. The system fires 10 times per minute, which is slower than a very skilled crew but still impressive. Replacing the 18-round carousel takes almost a minute, and the carousel can be stopped if a special round needs to be used (such as switching from anti-tank to anti-infantry) which takes about twice as long as a normal load. [+1 Ore if retrofitted to vehicles with a smaller gun]

CANNALAN NAVY:
Kraken Coastal Defense Ship: [L] [Expensive] Release the Kraken! A heavily armored ironclad, with 4x2 Nightwind turrets, and 4 Can Opener side turrets, plus space on deck. Two steam turbines and other critical components are in a heavily armored citadel, featuring nigh on a foot of nickel steel armor. The rest of the ship is lightly armored. Relatively fast, but slow to turn. Steel frame, wooden decks, furniture, and con tower. [2 Wood, 4 Ore, 2 Oil]
Kalmar: [L] [Expensive] A Kraken with new 6" Nightstorm Howitzers as its main armament. A bit more expensive. [2 Wood, 5 Ore, 2 Oil]
Kraken-C: [L] With the citadel armor mostly removed, and space used for housing soldiers and Nightwind ammunition as well as driving the turrets freed up, the Kraken can hold a significant amount of cargo. The Kraken-C grants 3 Transport Capacity.
Buccaneer Boat: [L] The Buccaneer is a combination transport and gunboat. It has a pointed bow for seaworthiness, but a shallow draft so it can run aground on beaches and is small enough to travel in rivers. It is powered by large V12 diesel motor and consists mainly of a six foot tall front hull wall which provides cover from machine gun fire, and a raised rear cabin with a Can Opener, all in a 50 foot length. It's also armed with a machine gun on each side, next to the short stairs that lead from the protected deck out of the boat. It can carry three dozen soldiers, or a vehicle, though the vehicle has to lifted out. Designed alongside it are davits which allow a Kraken to lift and carry two Buccaneers. The boat is rather fast, easily outpacing and outmaneuvering any large steam ship. [2 Ore, 2 Oil]
Khorne Class Battleship: [L] [Very Expensive] The Khorne is a massive battleship with six gun batteries, each of which is armed with three Nightstorm Howitzers. The armored gun batteries are arranged in a group three on the front and back in stair step formation, so all six batteries can be used in a broadside or three against a target to the bow or stern. The guns are loaded with hydraulic rammers but are otherwise similar to standard Nightstorms in power and barrel length. The ship's bridge is in the center and elevated well above the deck, and the gun batteries can be controlled in unison from a fire control system called the Director, which allows all of the guns to be aimed in unison at a given heading and range (elevation is calculated automatically, and elevation and heading and automatically adjusted based on a manually entered windage) and even allows the guns to be fired from the bridge. Only the rocking of the ship needs to be manually accounted for, but if the Director fails, turrets must be rotated by emergency hand cranks, which requires the work of several swarthy sailors at once. The ship's secondary armaments include six Can Shredders and twelve Can Perforators on deck, and eight Can Openers in armored side turrets. The ship is armored, depending on the exact location, equally or less than the Kraken, and includes a torpedo belt which is both armored and compartmentalized. Unlike the Kraken, magazines and other vitals are distributed through the ship. It is powered by four extra-large steam turbines and can keep pace with a Kraken. [6 Ore, 4 Oil]
Corsair Destroyer: [L] [Expensive] The Corsair is a moderate sized ship with light (for a ship) steel hull armor. It has a light cannon armament of two hydraulic-equipped Nightwind cannons and four Can Shredders. However, its main armament is its Shark Torpedo launchers (it has a couple on each side) and newly-invented Seahorse mines, which use the same warheads as Shark torpedoes but rest on the sea surface, detonating on cpntact with ships. It is powered by steam turbines and easily outpaces battleships like the Kalmar, Kraken and Kurokami. [4 ore 3 Oil]
Walrus Landing Ship: [L] [Expensive] Based on the Kraken-C cargo ship, this huge lander has a shallow-draft bow for landing on beaches, with clamshell doors, which depend on the world's biggest rubber gasket to seal shut, made of quality imported Tropican rubber. The interior can hold a large number of vehicles and soldiers, and it has cranes capable of lifting cargo as well as Bucaneer Boats. It is well equipped with a hospital, galley, mechanic shop and the like. It has reduced armor and a defensive armament of for Can Shredders and some Can Perforators. [2 Wood, 4 Ore, 3 Oil]
M1922 Shark Torpedo:[L] This delivers a warhead to an enemy ship below the waterline. It has a 10 inch diameter with a fairly long warhead, and a (dry) heater engine which burns a mixture of compressed air and kerosene to turn a propeller, giving it decent range and speed. It is stabilized by four fins controlled with a gyroscope, which tends tends to cause it to oscillate around the correct trajectory. [2 Ore, 1 oil]
Type 48 Akasame Torpedoes (S1921E): [L] These are torpedoes, 40cm diameter. They are propeller-driven and powered by small compressed-air motors, reaching speeds fast enough to catch up with any battleship. They are controlled with a mechanical hydrostatic valve-and-pendulum system, which uses two fins to regulate the depth of the torpedo in water while traveling to one meter, give or take 30cm. They have explosive warheads, which can do significant damage to a ship by opening a hole below the waterline. They have only a modest range before their compressed air runs out. They include deck launch tubes, which eject torpedoes by a charge of the same propellant used in the Type 19 mortar. [2 Ore]
Seaweed Anti-Air Cruiser: [L] [Expensive] Formerly named the Kurokami Cruiser, this is a huge ship with eight 5-inch Maretto cannons, in four turrets, three of which are superfiring in the fore. These weapons are fully equipped with power rammers and hydraulically actuated turrets. They are operated from the command bridge instead of inside each turret by a fire director system which rotates, elevates and fires each gun in unison based on control dials and switches. It can even correct for wind of a given speed and heading, but the hydraulics cannot be operated without it, leaving gunners to use very slow hand cranks if the Director fails or the command crew is incapacitated. There are miscellaneous Type 68 guns on deck as well for anti-aircraft fire and boat defense. The important parts of the ship are arranged into a central citadel which is heavily armored with face-hardened steel superior to that used on the Kraken, and it includes a strong torpedo belt. Steam turbines bring the heavy craft to a moderate speed. The control tower, close to the stern due to the turret configuration, is lightly armored and includes vacuum-tube amplified telegraph equipment. [5 Ore, 3 Oil]

CANNALAN LAND VEHICLES:
Privateer 1 1/2 Ton Truck: [L] Cannala's first truck, it's a cabover on an antiquated 3-cylinder, the transmission only has a forward and reverse setting. It's still better than horses, though. Provides 1 TC. [2 Ore, 2 Oil]
Privateer M1A1 Assault Vehicle: [L] A slow halftrack covered in Light steel armor, with a water-cooled Muerte in the passenger position and a Can Opener cannon in a tiny turret. Has janky controls with half a dozen levers, and a drum on the front to help it roll over trenches. [3 Ore, 2 Oil]
M2A1 Armadillo:[L] [Expensive], Daybreaker Variant: [Expensive] A main battle tank. It is armored fully in Medium-thickness RHA. The frontal armor is slanted in a snow plow shape to better deflect incoming shells, and the rest of the armor is near-flat, looks like an overturned boat. The turret has a purpose-built 2.5" Armadillo Gun, based on the Nightstorm. The turret is hand-cranked and slow. The co-driver, commander and gunner all get Muerte MG's. The gunner can fire about nine times per minute. The tank gets up to a running pace with a bit of a head start. There are the comparatively weak armor slats at the rear where the radiator ventilates. The whole thing is mounted on wide treads. [4 Ore 3 Oil] Daybreaker Variant: [5 Ore 3 Oil]
M1A2 SPAA: [L] A halftrack carrying a hydraulically-actuated open-air turret armed with a pair of .75-cal, double barrel Can Perforators. The gunner's seat rotates along with the gun assembly, sitting just to the left of it. The gunner has a new reflector sight, to better track moving targets, but that provides no magnification. Although specialized for AA, it can aim low enough to attack infantry and light vehicles as well. [3 Ore 3 Oil]
M2A2 Mobile Assault Gun: [L] [Expensive] An M2 tank platform with a 6" Nightstorm howitzer. The Nightstorm is mounted forward-facing under shallow sloped armor, and has relatively narrow angles of traverse and elevation. The tank is only medium armored, with light armor to the sides and back. The gun can fire about six times a minute, and will easily destroy other armored vehicles and can potentially kill bunkers. [5 Ore 2 Oil]
Type 36 Tank Destroyer (S1928W): [L ] [Expensive] The Type 36 is a Type 22 (a light, fast Juraki tank) that's traded in its armor for a somewhat shortened 4-inch Raikou cannon. The cannon has a shortened barrel, with modest inclination and a very narrow arc of rotation in front of the vehicle. It is armored with a slanted front piece of Thin RHA armor with a vertical slat for the cannon barrel, the back half of the tank is open to the air. It's about as fast as the normal Type 22 with the same wonky transmission. For protection, it is armed with a forward-facing 13mm machine gun. [4 Ore 3 Oil]
M3T1A1 Raider: [Cheap] Daybreaker Variant: [Expensive] The Raider is a Diesel-Electric tracked APC designed to serve as a base platform for many roles. It has light RHA armor with a sloped front, plus slats. It holds ten passengers and three crew, making it look like a large metal box. It has an interchangeable turret, which is very wide and flat with medium armor. Default armament is a Can shredder, plus 6 external Thumper barrels for smoke grenades and an RPG, these can only be reloaded from the outside. It's also chemical warfare protected, and last but not least, amphibious, with a trim vane and two electric powered propellers. Exits are on large rear hatch and one small top hatch, only latter can be used while afloat. Threatens to capsize if the turret is not removed while swimming. [3 Ore 2 Oil] Daybreaker Variant: [4 Ore 2 Oil]
M3T3A1 SPAAG "Firecracker": [Expensive] The Self-Propelled AA Gun is placed on a Raider chassis, although it was found far easier to operate with the entire roof of the Raider removed and some of the passenger space taken up by the weapon than fitting in the existing turret place. It relies on a specially modified Daybreaker system, the section which lifts rounds out of the carousel is curved to match the gun's movement range. It has a fuze system for air-burst rounds, where the gunner sets the altitude on a dial and the actual fuze time is determined based on that and the angle of the gun. Unfortunately it doesn't work. Soldiers call the SPAAG the Self-Propelled Accidental Ammunition Grinder because it frequently just snaps fuzes off so the air-burst rounds never detonate, or when they do it's often at the wrong altitude. [4 Ore 2 Oil]


CANNALAN AIR FORCE:
1923 'Tombstone' 200 Pound Bomb: [L] This is a 200 pound, three foot long box of boom. Aerodynamic, with fins. (Note: To be merged into Barnacle description).
A-2 "Spark" Interceptor: [L] Twin engine Seadog straight-10s, in twin booms, with the fuselage in the middle. It has a 65 foot wingspan across a mono wing, and the the tail is almost half as wide with a single elevator. The elevator and rudders provide the majority of the craft's control. It is armed in the nose with a Can Shredder autocannon and two Muerte MG's. Optionally, it can carry two torpedoes or four bombs, reducing maneuverability considerably. It is crewed only by the pilot in an open cockpit. The Spark is fast and has good climbing power, but lacks maneuverability. Requires a long runway if carrying a bomb load. [ 3, Ore 3 Oil]
Dragonfly Floatplane Fighter: [L] [Expensive] The Dragonfly is a fighter plane, optimized for interception. Aluminum low-wing monoplane, lands on floats. Powered by an 11-cylinder radial engine up front. It is armed with two Can Perforators, one in each wing. The plane is light, maneuverable and has decent climbing power. The use of pontoons slows it down, though. It can carry half a ton of bombs/torpedoes on two mounts, but flies like an over-ambitious chicken when doing so. [4 Ore (1 Al) 3 Oil]
B-1M2 Man'O War Class Heavy Bomber: [L] [Very Expensive] The Manowar is a large, steel-and-aluminum bomber. It has four V10 "Sparrowhawk" engines, which are turbocharged, on the wings. It is defended with four Can Perforator turrets, on the front, bottom, top and rear. It has fixed landing gear, and a small amount of armor around the cockpit, engines and fuel. Carries 3 tons of bombs, and the bomber has an adjustable iron bombsight for rough aiming. Regardless of bomb load, it is ungainly in flight despite its powerful engines, and difficult to land. It rattles violently in flight and is reinforced with heavy metal plates.. Long runway required. [5 Ore (1Al), 4 Oil]
Falcon Multi Role Fighter: [L] [Expensive] Like the Dragonfly, this is an aluminum low-wing aircraft, armed with two Can Perforators. It has an extremely powerful engine- the new V12 Blackhawk. his uses an aluminum block, saving weight, as well as being turbo charged and oil cooled. It drives a pair of three-blade, contra-rotating propellers. It reaches altitudes which necessitate an oxygen mask, and a pressurized oxygen mask system is included for the pilot (the cabin is not pressurized). Optional radio fits in the cabin along with reflex sights, and the canopy is mostly rounded glass with minimal metal frame, for visibility. It also includes retractable landing gear and five bomb hardpoints, two on each wing and one in the center. If there's more than a couple bombs, it needs a long runway. [3 ore (2Al), 4 Oil]
M1939 A-4B Falcon: The A-4B variant of the Falcon replaces some body and frame parts over important areas as well as control surfaces with Titanium, one of the first military uses of this exotic metal, which is as strong as steel but considerably lighter. The engine's oil cooling system has been reworked and the engine has been tuned for efficiency. It becomes clear that adding actual cabin armor would increase the ore cost of the plane, which already has a large powerful engine and autocannons. [3 Ore (2Al, 1 Ti), 3 Oil]
B2M1 'Warhog' Heavy Bomber: [L] [Very Expensive] Large bomber. It is made of steel and aluminum and powered by four V12 Blackhawk Turbo engines. There is a pair of engines on each wing. It is defended with a dorsal and ventral ball turret, each of which is armed with two formidable Can Perforators. It can manage a load of four tons of bombs, aimed with a fairly accurate telescopic bomb sight. For an aircraft of its size, it handles well. The Warhog can reach an altitude where oxygen masks are necessary, and the flight cabin is pressurized (but the turrets and bomb bay are not). The bomb bay holds modular bomb racks, which can be removed to make room for cargo or paratroopers. Unfortunately, the plane isn't good for dropping paratroopers. Paratroopers stepping out of plane are liable to hit the tail, the effects of wind on a soldier stepping out of a moving plane were grossly underestimated. The Warhog, like any proper bomber, requires a long runway. It has retractable wheeled landing gear as well as retractable pontoons on the wings. It provides 1 Transport Capacity. [6 Ore (1 Al), 5 Oil]
'Anchor' 2000 Pound Penetrating Bomb: [L] 2000lb bomb. It has a nose of a couple inches of hardened steel, and a time delay fuze to explode after penetrating bunkers. This easily penetrates four to six feet of concrete. [2 Ore 2 Oil]
M1935-SIHE 'Rum Barrel' 5lb Bomb:[L] The Rum Barrel is a light incendiary bomb intended to be dropped in great numbers. They have a magnesium body with an iron nose, and ignite with incendiary pellets on impact, which are intended to spread around after the bomb hits.
Type 33B 500lb Multipurpose Incendiary Explosive Bomb (S1927E): [L] This is a bomb with a timed fuze, meant to penetrate ship decks or roofs and detonate inside. It has a load of ordinary high explosives but magnesium bearings, which burn after the bomb goes off. [2 Ore]
M1938 A-3 'Parrot': The Parrot is a low-cost air superiority fighter, designed to counter the Yellowjacket. It looks very similar to the Falcon, but without the complicated prop system and reduced to a 10-cyclinder, normally aspirated power plant. It too is fully aluminum, and contains most of the little features like retractable gear, an oxygen system, and a reflex sight. It is actually quite heavily armed with two Muerte heavy machine guns and two Can Perforators, though the perforators don't have a lot of ammo. [3 Ore (2Al), 2 Oil]

CANNALAN COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER:
General Cortez: General Cortez is a storied pirate sailor, and under him the Cannalan Navy has an inherent advantage in battle.
Wire telegraphs- [L] Messages can move instantly from El Presidente to forward camps.
Semaphore- [L]Communication between ships, or where there are no telegraphs, is performed with signaling flags.
Service Rifle Scope:[L] [Expensive] This is a refraction telescope, meant to be mounted on top of a rifle by screwing into the wooden stock. The objective lens is 1" in diameter, focusing light onto a smaller eyepiece for a 3.5x magnification. The eyepiece can be adjusted on the vertical and horizontal axes with a knob, to correct for range, windage, and imperfections in the scope mount. It has a short eye relief, meaning shooters must press their eye close to the scope, and keep a solid grip on their (very powerful) rifle to avoid getting a black eye from the scope. The lenses are complex to manufacture.
Steel AP Rounds: [L]Hardened steel cannon shells improve the armor-piercing capability of a weapon. A weapon loaded with these costs 1 more ore than usual.
HE Shells: Explosive fragmenting shells, for cannons.
Tracer-Incendiary Rounds: [L]Bullets that emit a bright light, and might set things on fire. The capacity to cause fires diminishes at long range, and also depends on the size of the round. Available in rifle caliber and up.
Beuraucrat's Lover Radio Set:[L] [Expensive] A copy of the Juraki one, shamefully. [Complex]
The M1926 Short Rifle Cartridge is a brass cased, center fire rifle round using smokeless power measuring one-half inch by one-and-a-quarter inch, firing a quarter inch by three-quarter inch pointed, copper jacketed, boat tail projectile weighing five grams. The case is bottlenecked to fit the smaller projectile, and has a recessed rim for extraction.
Beuraucrat's Mistress Radio Set: [L] [Expensive] The second awkwardly named Cannalan communications device is a vacuum tube voice transceiver radio. It can transmit and receive AM radio through a telephone handset on a narrow range of frequencies. The device weighs about 45 pounds, with batteries and a 15 foot deployable antenna that grounds to the earth. It's use requires one trained operator who can use the handset or operate the radio for another person (a ground crew can configure the radio for an aircraft pilot to use on one frequency). It's battery lasts several minutes at a time and can be recharged by hand or from vehicle/building power. In its portable form it has a range of about three miles, but with an antenna tower (or trees) and a non-battery power source it can transmit far further. It can also repeat signals, creating a radio network. Some frequencies are used for repeating all the way back to the Capitol and some are used for local comms. Great for ships too! [Complex]
M1930 Uniforms: [L]The new, more modern uniforms are comfortable fitting with a wide variety of camoflauge. Officers have done away with exaggerated feathered hats in favor of standard helmets, and rank is indentified by comparatively subtle shoulder patches. Flak vests are available where appropriate. Parachutes and life jackets are available. Binoculars are issued where they are a priority, but remain expensive.
Slat Armor: Slats of cheap, extra armor damage HEAT rounds to prevent them from penetrating.
M1937 Gas Protection System:[L] Based loosely on oxygen masks used by pilots, this is mask which fully covers and seals around the face when properly tightened, and has built-in glass goggles. Instead of breathing from an oxygen take, users breathe outside air through a replaceable filter. The filter consists of a physical particulate filter and an activated charcoal layer. The masks contain asbestos, which top Cannalan doctors assure us is perfectly safe. There wasn't time to distribute special belts, coats and gloves with drawstrings to help seal out chemicals, so soldiers are simply instructed to tuck all their clothes into eachother and hold everything tight with belts, in order to protect their skin.
APHE Shells (S1918E): [L] These are annealed steel armor-piercing shells, with a rear cavity containing explosives and a fuze. Upon impact, the fuze ignites the explosive, hopefully shattering the shell after it has penetrated the armor of the target. It's not quite as explodey as a plain HE shell, or armor-piercey as the pure steel AP shells.
Air-burst rounds (S1929E): [L] HE shells which burst in air, to attack aircraft. Their timing is set by a device on the gun which fires them.
M1938 HEAT: These shells contain a shaped charge, like with the antitank RPG warheads. At 100mm, they are effective against heavy armor. These are still fairly basic, like Forenian rounds.
M1938 APDS: A long and narrow kinetic penetrator fired from cannons in a sabot. Unlike HEAT, they're good against spaced armor but poor against sloped armor. Currently accuracy is poorer than conventional rounds. Made from hardened steel, they're cheaper than existing full sized hardened steel rounds.
Drunken Pirate Encryption: The Cannalans have adopted a slightly modified One-Time-Pad encryption system. Paper sheets with a unique encryption key are distributed by courier before important orders are read aloud but in code over radio. There are a couple other simple steps to obscure the message, and decoy couriers are also sent with fake pads, but it still has the inherent drawbacks of OTP. There is a delay in sending pads and confirming they have arrived safely, and then since the pads are only used once, encryption is reserved for important and long-term orders.
Eagle Eye RADAR: [Expensive] The Eagle Eye is a relatively advanced radar system which can identify an aircraft at significant range, showing the range, direction, and approximate altitude. This is accomplished with an array of antennae in a metal frame, which rotates on a turntable. It has a CRT display with a rotating refresh line which the operator can read. It can be mounted on ships, where it takes up about a turret's worth of space including the magazine below deck, or in a temporary installation of four trucks, which takes a few hours to set up. [Complex]

CANNALAN TECHNOLOGY:
English System of Measurement- Pounds, feet, gallons!
Lenses- Used in various optical devices, including telescopic sights and rangefinders. Large lenses require very precise engineering. [Complex]
Vacuum Tubes- Diodes and more necessary for complex electrical machines. Much better than relays at serving the purpose of being the basic building block for computers, but not as good as semiconductors.
Select-fire- Firearms with a selector that can make the weapon either fire a single shot per trigger pull, or multiple.
Bullpup trigger- A trigger in front of the action makes the gun shorter, but arguably more difficult to load, and the trigger pull is often unresponsive or "mushy".
Reflector sight- a sight which paints an image in line with the gun even when viewed from an angle, making large weapons easy to aim correctly. Requires a light source.

CANNALAN RESOURCES:
Transport Capacity: 1 by land, 3 by sea, 1 by air.
2 Wood
3 Ore
3 Oil, using 1 TC by sea
2 Aluminum, Using 1 TC by sea
1 Magnesium

[Sensei]

The War This Turn:
Cannala has chosen to attack in the North and South, and they have chosen to spend their expense credit on the Seaweed Anti-Air Cruiser, maximizing the effectiveness of their new radar. Forenia has chosen to attack the north where they stand to gain resources and the middle to push the Cannalans back.

Espionage!
Almost nobody is spying.

The Battle at Sea
This year, both nations have developed navally-mobile radar stations. These radars are only capable of detecting flying objects. Cannala has also revised their Falcon into something which is slightly better but, more importantly, cheaper.

On the whole, both of these favor Cannala. The ability to detect aircraft is more valuable for Cannala, as Forenia relies on aircraft for offense and Cannala does not. The increase in available aircraft is undeniably a boon, and the Falcon A4-B is the most advanced fighter in the Cannala-Forenia war (or the Forenia-Cannala war, depending who you ask), plus being able to carry a few bombs, but Forenian piloting skills make up for their Stinger's comparative lack of features. Notably, both sides lack a more expensive fighter to take full advantage of their resources. There's also the fact that Forenia scouts and attacks with aircraft, but now doing so makes them visible on radar, giving Cannala hints (or, occasionally, dead giveaways) as to where their carriers lie, before the fighting starts.

On the Cannalan side, usually a Kalmar in a naval group is designated intelligence ship, and one of its turrets is removed for the radio apparatus. The Forenians have a modified CV-22 for their intelligence ship, which has very meager defenses of its own.

There are some caveats though. First off, the Cannalans' radios are still expensive. Unlike Forenian airborne squads, which are in constant communication, a squad of Cannalan aircraft has to rely on their squad leader for all radio communication, and the rest of the squad communicates with their squad lead by hand signals. This somewhat limits the ability of Cannalan air groups to receive intelligence from radar stations (or radar ships in this case. Second, long-range aircraft communication (such as that of a ship directing aircraft which have left from on-shore that they need to change direction) by the Cannalans is un-encrypted, and the Forenians listen in. Forenians can send encrypted messages to bombers, airfields on land, and of course between intelligence ships and carriers, which can (compared to the Cannalans) rapidly deploy fighters.

The Seaweed anti-aircraft cruiser is cheap this turn thanks to Cannala's expense credit from the Grand Prix race, and it too benefits from radar- the AA guns are only effective within visual range, but having an early warning of air attacks lets them position themselves more effectively, to guarantee they get shots in even on fighter groups before they come too close for the large flak guns to be very effective.

There are some other things worth mentioning which don't drastically affect the outcome of this battle. Both sides have discovered the technique of literally "flying under the radar" and made some use of it to disguise the approach of aircraft until they enter visual range, but its utility is limited to aircraft joining a battle which has already started as the same visual range limits their own ability to find ships. The easiest means of finding enemy ships for both sides is scout aircraft. A scout aircraft flying at high altitude on a clear day can visually identify ships (and be visually identified) at the edge of radar range, but will be detected by ships before seeing ships themselves in less than perfect weather. A Wasp Nest carrier has just enough time to scramble all fighters before an enemy aircraft detected by radar gets close. Cannon ranges on both sides are relatively small as ship guns go, which somewhat exacerbates the ability of aircraft carriers to launch an attack from relative safety.

Cannala has a Major Naval Advantage this season. Forenia is once again on their back heel navy-wise.

The Battle for the Jungle:
Attacking: Both
It is still the dry season.

Forenia still has the infantry advantage. To expand upon the topic of radios discussed in the sea battle section, Forenia makes only slightly better use of their radios than the Cannalans. The Forenian Model 3 Radio is less expensive than the Bureaucrat's Lover Radio Set used by Cannala, but both are barely portable, requiring soldiers to stop and set up their radio before making any communication. In the jungle, officers aren't using their only other Expensive equipment option, a rifle scope, very often. After years of use, radio operators of either nation have come to bemoan their equipment- which they typically refer to as something along the lines of "heavy pieces of shit".

Actual tank-on-tank armored combat marginally favors the Forenian AS-T33, but the mobility of the (armed or unarmed) Raider is still a far greater asset. However, you wouldn't know it from hearing how Cannalan commanders complain on the rare occasion they swamp a Marauder. Forenian airborne infantry fill a similar role, but they're less equipped than infantry who ride around in Raiders, who can stash a couple RPGs for when the need arises.

Radar use is very limited in the jungle, effective only elevated clearings above the canopy. These are few and far between, and quickly become desirable locations. An interesting phenomenon is observed, in that if two radar stations point at each other, they are 'visible' to more than twice their effective range for detecting aircraft. It seems that the Deadlier Ray and Eagle Eye both use similar frequencies. This only occurred once this season- both sides successfully mounted strikes against the other's radar position, but the Cannalans were able to quickly replace their trucks while the Forenians' radar building was out of commission for most of the season.

Air combat is largely defined by Stingers and Falcons (the A4-B variant) fighting in equal number. The Falcon is better, but the Forenians have skilled piloting and better communications. It works out to Forenia having an advantage, but not one so great that every bomber gets through, or the Forenian AA guns sit idle. The Forenians' bomber is cheaper, which gives them an important advantage, and one they need since they're begun to see significant bomber losses. The Forenian paratroopers are sometimes shot down or forced to jump early as well. Cannala's SPAAGs are reasonably mobile and effective, and both sides use flak and autocannons. Aside from the bombers which carry large amounts of incendiary bombs and are obviously vulnerable to flak, lot of the air-to-ground fire comes from cheap fighter-bombers right now, and while they carry small payloads, a lot of them simply get through despite fairly modern ground to air defenses.

Cannala's somewhat better radar and cheaper, better planes don't give them an air advantage, but they mitigate Forenia's advantage enough that their more of their Raiders can go do what they need to do.

Cannala gains ground. [Forenia 2/4, Cannala 2/4]

The Battle for the Plains:
Attacking: Forenia

Cannala has established a beachhead, and now Forenia is trying to force them off. The presence of RDN-2 radar sites enables Forenia to keep the Cannalan air force on lock down easily, since Cannalan aircraft are flying all the way from the Archipelago. It makes up for the increased number of A-4B Falcons, but it does little to actually force the Cannalans back. Forenia might be better at battling here, but Cannala still has their naval support.

Forenia does not gain ground. [Cannala 1/3, Forenia 2/3]

The Battle for the Mountains:
Attacking: Cannala

"Commander Sokolov! Listen!" "What is it, Omar?" "It went beep! This thing here-" BEEP "Get ready, they're coming! Start the fighters! How far away is that beep?" "Uh... about 120 clicks, sir." BEEP "Is that another noise it makes?"

Very similar to the fighting on the plains island, the Forenian radar is enough to make the most of their defensive position and overcome the increased number of Cannalan aircraft, while Cannalan intelligence ships don't provide much new intelligence- there's an airstrip on the Forenian island, and Forenian aircraft are going to come from there. Without any drastic changes in the airborne theater, it's a repeat of last season. The Cannalans do not manage to gain ground here. [Forenia 2/2]

Events outside the War:

The Outside World:
The Spanish Civil War has come to an end, with the last of the Republicans surrendering. Italy invades Albania. Hungary wins its war with Slovakia, annexing some territory, and then withdraws itself from the League of Nations. Hitler renounces the Anglo-German naval agreement, (which limited the Kriegsmarine to 35% the total tonnage of the British Royal Navy) and the German-Polish non-aggression pact. Germany and Italy sign the 'Pact of Steel' which includes an open declaration of allegiance and secret, specific military and economic plans. Spain leaves the league of nations. The ship St. Louis is turned away from ports in Cuba and Florida, carrying over 900 Jewish refugees from Germany. They ultimately disembark at Antwerp, Belgium, and many of them end up in countries which may soon be invaded by Germany. The Japanese blockade a British concession in Tianjin, China, nearly starting a war between Britain and Japan.

In America, Marian Anderson, an African-American singer, performs at the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from singing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are in charge of organizing events there. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigns from the DAR in protest. Batman makes his first appearance in comics. At the 1939 Worlds Fair, a robot called "Elektro the Moto-Man" is displayed, with the ability to speak 700 pre-recorded words, limited articulation, response to voice commands and a few other "tricks". Pan-American Airlines begins regular air-mail service across the Atlantic ocean.

Alliances:
The Forenians have signed the Anti-Comintern pact, joining the Axis. They have demonstrated and given plans to Germany for the RPG-28A, and Hitler is impressed. While Germany has only just begun experimenting with shaped explosives, here is one on the end of a rocket! Germany will not directly intervene in the ongoing war with Cannala, but may lend material support in the near future. Forenia has gained a Research Credit.

The Cannalans have signed a treaty with America and Britain, agreeing to share support in the event that a war should break out with the Axis. Cannala has demonstrated and shared the Daybreaker Autoloader, which impressed the Allies as a promising technology but was met with some debate over its immediate utility compared to human loaders. While they won't intervene with the ongoing war, they will be more interested in supporting Cannala in defeating Forenia if a war with the Axis breaks out, as Forenia is an Axis supporter. Cannala has gained an Expense Credit.

Local Events:
In Forenia, the parliament is in chaos (more than usual) over the decision of which alliance to join. Even having decided upon the Axis, the nation is still very divided as to what this means. The Nazi Party has (unsurprisingly) gained several seats, but direct opposition has as well. There was a fire in the parliament building, and a new resolution granting the government emergency powers to seek out the saboteur responsible was almost passed before a PAROI (Put A Rocket On It) party member admitted that he caused the fire accidentally. Ultimately an informal resolution is passed declaring that the alliance with the Axis is merely one of mutual benefit and Forenia will not adopt any of the political tenets of fascism, but the National Forenian People's Party insisted on adding an "unless we do" clause. Rioters are at each others' throats more than ever. There has also been some influx of German culture and tourism, and Moskurgs and Arstotzkans alike have come to see German as a common (if foreign) language.

In Cannala, America has pressured El Presidente to hold an election in spite of the current state of war. El Presidente has declined. Unauthorized Spanish translations of Batman became extremely popular for a short time in Cannala, before it was revealed that the treaty which El Presidente signed required Cannala to respect American trademark law. Several lawsuits later, Fruit-Eating Flying Mammal Man is Cannala's favorite superhero.

Turn 7, Commence!
You may now begin voting for your design phase!

[Light forger]

UFAF-F39-W 'Haast'
The hopefully not misnamed haast is the next generation of Forenia aircraft. It's powered by a brand new supercharged fuel-injected V-12 and makes use of the aerodynamic breakthroughs our car made. Servo and trim tabs on its control surfaces, from our aerodynamics research, allow it to out-manoeuvre enemy fighters even at these high speeds. It's armed with two nose mounted machine guns, four wing mounted 20mm auto cannons and, a carry weight of one metric ton of bombs or torpedoes(the mounts are also used for drop tanks; also while we hope for the carry weight no part of the fighter is to be comprised to meet it.), although the plane is optimized for air-to-air combat. The plane is designed with the pilot's safety in mind and makes use of the a manganese alloy 'bathtub' to prevent pilots from being killed in action. This armored section of the pilots cabin wraps behind, below, and in front of the pilot and is able to withstand hits from 20mm cannons. It also makes use of self-sealing fuel tanks; essentially a rubber shell around the fuel tanks that expands when the internals are exposed to gasoline. Keeping with its "next generation" status the fighter has retractable landing gear, pressurized cabin, full radio system, and oxygen masks with an improved oxygen regulator.  It also features folding wings, which allow for more of them to be stored aboard carriers.

UFAF-1938-W 'Haast'(Using a research credit.): Lightforger

The sky belongs to us, pirates!

[helmacon]

Wow... Well, ok then.

I say we use the design for an amphibious armored transport, and the revision to up gun the archer.

Next turn we design a new fighter, and use a revision to finish the reactive armor.

[evictedSaint]

UFAF-1938-W 'Haast': (2) Lightforger, evictedSaint

A lander doesn't help us when we're trying to secure the plains and the jungle.  The Tundra can wait a couple of turns.  The Haast could potentially secure our airpower for the rest of the war, if it rolls well enough.  We should burn the research credit on this, it's ambitious enough to warrant it.

Oh, consider a mangalloy bathtub for the pilot?  Akin to the warthog?  Compressed aluminum for the windshield, even? Nm, that wont be invented for forty more years.

[Powder Miner]

Whoa whoa whoa, no, our air superiority is in danger and that's the biggest linchpin of our entire strategy, waiting a turn to secure it is a very poor idea.

Also, I think that the name I proposed in Discord, Birdeater (it's a bug like our planes and the Cannalan fighters are named after birds) is way better than Haast

UFAF-1938-W 'Haast'(w/ research credit) (3): Lightforger, evictedSaint, Powder Miner

[piratejoe]

I have a very, very drunk stupid suicidal GOYRLIUS design. It is this

The UFAF-SHB-39 Ice Giant
The UFAF-SHB-39 Ice Giant is a massive long range bomber designed to be able to bomb Turbados with a similarly massive payload and return to Forenia with some fuel to spare. The huge aircraft is designed to be as strong as possible to be able to fully take the brunt of even the drunkest of Cannalan pilots attacks. The large aircraft also has six V 18 super turbocharged engines that are water cooled and have self sealing tanks as to make sure that fuel loss isn't an issue if the armor on the engines is penetrated. Its similarly large bomb bay has a bombing sight for the bombardier. Of course, the large craft isn't completely defenseless, it is armed with 12 20mm autocannons, all in 6 ball turrets on the nose, the tail, the top, the bottom, the left, and the right of the aircraft. For obvious reasons, the cabin is compressed so the aircraft can actually fly very high as intended and just as obviously has oxygen masks, retractable landing gear and a radio. The designer of the aircraft was definitely not drunk when making this monstrosity.

UFAF-1938-W 'Haast'(Using a research credit.): Lightforger, evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Poiratejoe

[evictedSaint]

After some thought, please remove the bombing from the Haast.  Folding wings is ambitious enough; we want a pure air superiority fighter.  Dedicated roles exists for a reason.

[Mulisa]

Well, it is time to teach the cannalans that the skies belong to forenia; And nothing their pathetic attempts may achieve can change that. We have a research credit; Let's change the air game.

UF-F-39 "Yastreb"

Yastreb is a dedicated fighter built for one thing and one thing only; To ensure that the skies belong to Forenia and Forenia alone. Equipped with a pressurized cabin for high altitude operations as well as self sealing fuel tanks. The craft is armed with three 20 mm autocannons; Two near the root of the wings, one firing through the engine hub, the centralized placement of the weapons allowing for much greater accuracy than wing mounted weapons. The craft is powered by a powerful supercharged fuel-injected V12 engine, that not only drives the propeller but also a system the Arstozkan engineers call "Motorized Air-Breathing Rocket" A concept originally born off of a race car proposal. This system is essentially a compressor run by the plane's engine that pumps pressurized air into a combustion chamber at the back of the plane where it is mixed with fuel and ignited, giving the plane much greater high-speed performance than purely propeller driven aircraft could hope to achieve.

[RAM]

UF-MA-Ta
UF-MA-Fa
"Cacophonous Pseudonym"
This large, twin-tailed, modular aeroplane can be retrofitted quickly between models and easily incorporates new techologies. The torpedo variant carries three Dolphins and a rear and forward-top turrets using its four heavy engines and expanded wings.
 The fighter variant in unspecialised, just utilising more agile wings and adding more guns while losing the top turret and losing cockpit armour.

The modularisation uses four Engine-slots on the wings, with a standardised throttle+equipment+cutoff+restart input using mechanical lines. Hoped to be able to someday mount a 50 litre 18 cylinder radial engine.
There are two cannon-slots in each of the wings and four in the nose, theorised to accept up to a 40mm cannon, but with no ammunition, but designed to operate with a currently-nonexisistent ammunition module. The input consists of firing, unjamming, and a utility toggle for possible options such as changing the firing angle.
Four option slots in each wing with an activate and utility toggle.
Rear and top slots in the wings for wing-deformation modules along with removeable control surfaces.
A top and rear turret slot.
A medium ordnance slot in the underside.
Three heavily reinforced gear-slots in the underside.
Various armour slots, primarily to adjust weight.
Ta-variant:
 4 ASW-variant engines, with extra coverings, reinforced propellors, and an extra dosage of heavy grease reserves.
 2 AC-18 modules in the nose.
 4 wing-mounted heavy+long blade-floats for extreme-conditions.
 Enlarged wings for reduced take-off and stall speeds.
 2 AC-18 turrets top and back.
 a 1500 kilogram module for deploying torpedoes in sequence.
 Additional underside-mounted blade-floats.
 Armour to taste.
Fa-variant
 As above+ 2 additional AC-18s in the wings. One less turrent on the top, no torpedoes, and the wings may be reduced in calm seas.

Also note that there is a top-mounted resupply-hatch for easy refuelling while next to a carrier.

These are designed to take-off from the open sea, in order to support the limited deployment ability of our carriers. They can resupply by landing and swimming next to a carrier and can have no trouble taking-off on calm sease and can generally manage the rougher stuff if they can find a nice wave to fly off of...

4 UFAF-1938-W 'Haast'(Using a research credit.): Lightforger, evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Poiratejoe
0 The UF-SHB-39 Ice Giant:
0 UF-F-39 "Yastreb":
0 UF-MA-Ta/Fa "Cacophonous Pseudonym":

[Baffler]

Whoa whoa whoa, no, our air superiority is in danger and that's the biggest linchpin of our entire strategy, waiting a turn to secure it is a very poor idea.

I think if we should take anything away from the last few turns, it's that planes will only get us so far while the Cannalans are well on their way to passing us in ground tech, and have long since passed us in naval tech. We need to branch out and keep up in other fields if we're going to stop them from advancing past the jungle and cutting off our fuel supplies. Here's something ambitious, to make the most of the research credit.

UFM-ICC-39A "Heron"
Short for Infantry Combat Carrier, the Heron is a lightly armored, fully tracked vehicle intended to both transport and provide fire support to infantry. It has a flat top and 35mm thick outward-sloping armor and a cabin for a driver and gunner at the front, and a carrying compartment for a squad of infantry plus a small amount of cargo at the back. Rectangular firing ports allow mounted infantry to cover the sides and rear of the vehicle. The gunner has control of an electrically-powered enclosed turret mounting twin-mounted AS-AC18 autocannons as well as a 40mm grenade launcher. It is capable of travelling through calmer waters through use of external hydrodynamically shaped fairings covering the treads, allowing them to produce a jet of water through their normal operation.

[piratejoe]

The issue, you see, is that we cannot afford to lose our air power, as if we do, we basically are at a massive disadvantage. Air power is our greatest strength it is true, but at the same time it is our greatest weakness.