War Rocket Ajax - Stick Launchers
Ajax type war Rockets come in sub-models of light, medium, and heavy, but in all cases consist of a sheet iron case containing a rocket fueled by a specialized recipe akin to the new fad of smokeless powder and a high explosive, explosive incendiary, or canister type warhead. These rockets can be fired by infantry through the use of special launching sticks that are portable and usable by infantry without needing any more specialized or heavy equipment. While not expected to completely replace more normal types of artillery, it is considered highly likely to be useful to have a barrage fire weapon that can be used in almost all terrain types by lone infantry units without the need to deploy heavy and hard to transport war machines up mountains and suchforth.
War Rocket Ajax - Wagon Launcher
Ajax type war Rockets come in sub-models of light, medium, and heavy, but in all cases consist of a sheet iron case containing a rocket fueled by a specialized recipe akin to the new fad of smokeless powder and a high explosive, explosive incendiary, or canister type warhead. These rockets can be fired through the use of wooden wagons which hold racks loaded with rockets, allowing for controllable barrage fire. Two kinds of wagons are delivered with the rockets, a small sized one that holds four racks each of which hold four rockets, allowing for barrages of up to sixteen rockets at once, and a larger wagon that holds six racks each of which holds six rockets, allowing for thirty six rocket barrages to be launched on demand. These larger wagons are somewhat harder to maneuver and transport however, and their heavier racks make them harder to reload.
Of course, each rack can also be triggered individually if needed to allow for a more controllable firing rate.
Rocket Wagon
The most commonly seen type of Rocket Wagon consists of a wooden wagon with slide-mounts for four wooden racks, each holding four 'Ajax' type war rockets. Each rack can be loaded and unloaded simply by sliding it into the respective mount for the rack on the wagon, and each rack can be fired separately or all together, allowing barrages of up to sixteen rockets at once to be fired at foes if desired. Larger and smaller variants are also known, the largest produced version holding eight racks of eight rockets for a total barrage size of 64, but such wagons are far to heavy to be easily maneuvered and their racks are too heavy to be easily reloaded, and so the medium sized wagon remains the most common.
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Topic: Great War Arms Race: Grand Duchy of the Vornfolk. 1900 Revision Phase. (Read 5585 times)