@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation If we wanted a seaplane attacker, we have the A-1IA Sea Pummeler. Basically, a Greek-contract Pummeler on floats.
A compact version of the M2 Carbine, which is basically an M1 Carbine, but with the fun switch. Kind of like an old-school P90 or MP7. Actually, the original M1 Carbine was the spiritual ancestor to all modern PDWs. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@JakeTheDogg The aircraft, of course, had an Awwami IFF transponder onboard, in order to keep it from getting shot down. This was because Awwami forces had a tendency to shoot down any Pummeler, regardless of operator. Because to the average Awwami soldier, Pummeler = Azrael (angel of death in Islam). As a result, a standing order was given that any captured aircraft be fitted with two transponders at all times in case one malfunctions due to misrepair or damage.
Awwami air defense had difficulty bringing it down due to this; the IFF system tells the anti-aircraft systems not to shoot it down. This of course can be overridden manually, but that takes some time and is not a procedure frequently done. Some units have even disabled this feature in order to prevent accidental blue-on-blue.
Also, then-Lt. Vickers is a very skilled pilot. She knows how to fly in such a way to make it very difficult to shoot down with a fighter.
The air-cooled T2000 has a relatively low engine heat compared to the hot jet exhaust it was designed to track, and flying at treetop level (or in some cases, beneath treetop level) makes it very difficult to track with radar. Flying under the radar is a very common tactic among Pummeler pilots, a technique taught in training.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation That is odd that they would paint Awwami aircraft in Paternian markings. Although we do use captured equipment simply because it's easier to replenish your stock of weapons by taking it from your enemies than by sending it from a base far away, aircraft such as fighters are not used.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation That is probable. However, Col. Vickers remembers escaping from an Awwami POW camp with two others by stealing a guard's uniform and having one of them escort the other two outside for "special treatment".
The ruse nearly worked until an alert was sounded. They made their way to the airfield, where they found to their surprise, an Echo Pummeler in Awwami Air Force markings. They commandeered the aircraft and refuelled it and with her in the cockpit and the other two in the fuselage, they flew away, reaching her unit.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation Now it seems to us that the aircraft they were referring to was a Golf Pummeler, which is a twin-seat version of the Echo.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation Let's call it dated.
The main reason why we are replacing the Pummeler is because it uses the T2000 engine, which no other airplane in our inventory uses, it uses taildragger than tricycle landing gear, and a lot of the fleet is aging.
Not that we haven't tried to remedy the issues. T3000 engines have been tested experimentally and were successful, but it was deemed not worth the cost of converting the rest of the fleet. The Kilo Pummeler uses tricycle landing gear, but the narrow track makes it less suited to rough fields that the taildragger-geared India could easily use. And we've continued to build the Pummeler (and still do), although on a lesser scale. Older aircraft also received numerous refurbishments.
The Paternian Air Force does record several instances where they encountered "rogue" Pummelers with contradictory markings regarding the unit origin or of a particular unit that was not flying in the area that day. It is believed that some Paternian Air Force Pummelers were retained in their original markings and used to infiltrate Paternian Air Force Pummeler formations in order to report their positions and altitudes.
The practice was initially successful, but soon developed and established procedures to warn off, and then shoot down, "strangers" attempting to join the formation. The "wild card" aircraft of the flights were responsible for this task.
It seems the type has also been used in liaison and reconnaissance roles, of course painted in full Awwami Air Force colors. A report from your TF6 noted the following:
"On [Date Redacted], we have mounted a raid on [Redacted] Valley, near the town of [Redacted] in Turkey. The raid was highly successful, and yielded great intelligence. However, our most interesting find was a two-seat Pummeler of the Echo variant. The type was in full Awwami markings, and there was no indication that it was painted on recently. It seems to have been constructed from the parts of two different airframes near Pakistan."
@PyrusEnderhunter Ehhh...
@exosuit @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation Not really...
Stuff like this is the things we crush with Victoria tanks on Armed Forces Day.
@katkrzy99 It's the engine itself. I've modified the throttle control a bit with XML modding.
@MrMecha Cool!
@Alix451 Just buy it from us.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation Indeed.
@PyrusEnderhunter We are. But writing "Paternian-Sentian Armed Forces" is longer than "Paternian Armed Forces".
@QuantumSandwich lol Boeing was actually planning on making something like this.
@PyrusEnderhunter Updated description to refer to your comment.
@Seeras Thanks!
@PyrusEnderhunter I glued two MV-22 Ospreys together.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation If we wanted a seaplane attacker, we have the A-1IA Sea Pummeler. Basically, a Greek-contract Pummeler on floats.
Reminds me of this scene.
Cool plane! But...
I can't fly it on my iPhone.
Sure! @Gmanndo1000
@YuukaNeko @PINK @JakeTheDogg Updated the description.
Cool!
+1@YuukaNeko Yeah. It's more something you'd find from a Mad Max movie than a superpower's arsenal.
And thanks!
@Alix451 Sure!
@Alix451 Sure!
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation It's meant to fit in a tank.
@cobalT ik.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation And you have decided that story is not relevant.
Which leaves me free to write whatever I please.
As Colonel Said stated, its "brittle plastic". @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Nice! However, it's probably better as a fighter.
Performance or looks? @YuukaNeko
This is what we use to gun down your soldiers. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
A compact version of the M2 Carbine, which is basically an M1 Carbine, but with the fun switch. Kind of like an old-school P90 or MP7. Actually, the original M1 Carbine was the spiritual ancestor to all modern PDWs. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Thanks! @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@GoldenEagle
@UnknownNate Oh lol.
Depends. @Cjredwards
Actually, nevermind.
May I build a variant of this?
@livetoplay11 Thanks!
Mini-14 with a folding stock.
+1@GoldenEagle I'm sure you're familiar with this baby.
@Dllama4 Yes, that Awwam.
He boasts about his technology and superiority on the battlefield.
Yet things like this and M16 rifles cut them down like swine.
@Dllama4 @YuukaNeko @PINK For those who can't aim. Because all the aiming you need is pointing the weapon in the general direction of the enemy.
@Sniper16
@Dllama4 Love the looks!
@GoldenEagle If you absolutely, positively, need to stop a squad of charging Awwami soldiers with swords and bayonets fixed, look no further.
Permission to upload a variant?
@WEAPONSMITH Thanks?
Hull is a bit small, but the turret is perfect.
@JakeTheDogg The aircraft, of course, had an Awwami IFF transponder onboard, in order to keep it from getting shot down. This was because Awwami forces had a tendency to shoot down any Pummeler, regardless of operator. Because to the average Awwami soldier, Pummeler = Azrael (angel of death in Islam). As a result, a standing order was given that any captured aircraft be fitted with two transponders at all times in case one malfunctions due to misrepair or damage.
Awwami air defense had difficulty bringing it down due to this; the IFF system tells the anti-aircraft systems not to shoot it down. This of course can be overridden manually, but that takes some time and is not a procedure frequently done. Some units have even disabled this feature in order to prevent accidental blue-on-blue.
Also, then-Lt. Vickers is a very skilled pilot. She knows how to fly in such a way to make it very difficult to shoot down with a fighter.
The air-cooled T2000 has a relatively low engine heat compared to the hot jet exhaust it was designed to track, and flying at treetop level (or in some cases, beneath treetop level) makes it very difficult to track with radar. Flying under the radar is a very common tactic among Pummeler pilots, a technique taught in training.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation That is odd that they would paint Awwami aircraft in Paternian markings. Although we do use captured equipment simply because it's easier to replenish your stock of weapons by taking it from your enemies than by sending it from a base far away, aircraft such as fighters are not used.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation That is probable. However, Col. Vickers remembers escaping from an Awwami POW camp with two others by stealing a guard's uniform and having one of them escort the other two outside for "special treatment".
The ruse nearly worked until an alert was sounded. They made their way to the airfield, where they found to their surprise, an Echo Pummeler in Awwami Air Force markings. They commandeered the aircraft and refuelled it and with her in the cockpit and the other two in the fuselage, they flew away, reaching her unit.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation Now it seems to us that the aircraft they were referring to was a Golf Pummeler, which is a twin-seat version of the Echo.
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation Let's call it dated.
The main reason why we are replacing the Pummeler is because it uses the T2000 engine, which no other airplane in our inventory uses, it uses taildragger than tricycle landing gear, and a lot of the fleet is aging.
Not that we haven't tried to remedy the issues. T3000 engines have been tested experimentally and were successful, but it was deemed not worth the cost of converting the rest of the fleet. The Kilo Pummeler uses tricycle landing gear, but the narrow track makes it less suited to rough fields that the taildragger-geared India could easily use. And we've continued to build the Pummeler (and still do), although on a lesser scale. Older aircraft also received numerous refurbishments.
The Paternian Air Force does record several instances where they encountered "rogue" Pummelers with contradictory markings regarding the unit origin or of a particular unit that was not flying in the area that day. It is believed that some Paternian Air Force Pummelers were retained in their original markings and used to infiltrate Paternian Air Force Pummeler formations in order to report their positions and altitudes.
The practice was initially successful, but soon developed and established procedures to warn off, and then shoot down, "strangers" attempting to join the formation. The "wild card" aircraft of the flights were responsible for this task.
It seems the type has also been used in liaison and reconnaissance roles, of course painted in full Awwami Air Force colors. A report from your TF6 noted the following:
"On [Date Redacted], we have mounted a raid on [Redacted] Valley, near the town of [Redacted] in Turkey. The raid was highly successful, and yielded great intelligence. However, our most interesting find was a two-seat Pummeler of the Echo variant. The type was in full Awwami markings, and there was no indication that it was painted on recently. It seems to have been constructed from the parts of two different airframes near Pakistan."