We did knock out several of these tanks in Operation Jade, our liberation of British Columbia. They were ambushed by M8 light tanks, and later encountered Victoria MBTs, and learned why the Paternian Army of North Africa referred to them as "Zulfaqir" and your troops call them "the Devil of Mosul."
We don't like multi-turreted tanks. It was found that even two-turrets cause significant issues.
The highly successful Vicker Mk E originally came in two models: a twin-turreted model, armed with machine guns, and a single-turreted model, armed with a proper tank cannon and coaxial machine gun.
There was also the SMK and the KV tank. Mechanically, both were the same. However, the KV only had one turret, while the SMK had two; one fitted with a 76.2mm gun, and the other, smaller, frontal turret, fitted with a 45mm antitank gun. We know which one got accepted into Russian Army service and was developed into the IS-2 and IS-3.
As it turned out, everyone by World War 2 concluded that having more than one turret was unnecessary. While some nations employed cupolas with machine guns (notably the Americans in their M48 Patton, and M60 Patton series), these cupolas were not popular and in later production and in Israeli modifications, were often removed.
The American M1 Abrams has finally discarded the machine gun cupola turret, although remote weapons stations could be considered extra turrets. However, I won't consider them as proper turrets as if that was the case, I could say the Hetzer had a turret (which it apparently doesn't) because some Hetzers were fitted with remote weapons stations (which were popular).
@PINK 1) Big Windows don't go with well-armored vehicles. They're liabilities. We discovered that an M27 sticky grenade to the window can cause the interior to spall.
2) We're looking for a 6x6.
Unfortunately, we figured out how to jam tricycle landing gear onto a Pummeler, which made the whole point about our procurement of the Anvil (tricycle landing gear) a moot point.
If you have fine tuner mod, see if you can get the wing guns at a convergence point.
Remember, a leader doesn't necessarily have to be liked by their subordinates. Heck, they could even hate the leader. But a leader still has to be respected by their peers.
Take parenting for example. The child needs not to like them very much, but that is irrelevant if the child still has respect for the parent.
Remember, treat your men as children, and they will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Treat them as sons, and they will stand by you until death. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
I cannot be friends with that kind of person. It was certainly wrong of me to plot rebellion, but most of Awwam, even your closest supporters, could see how I was justified in my actions because of my motives. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
I decided to do so because I saw how badly you treated him. Me and him put forth many proposals to find a compromise, a common ground. You declined every one of them which involved the addition of English Common Law, which is the one condition RMark1 wanted.
You have arbitrarily threatened many other users with military action, notably Japan, when they claimed (rightfully) that their navy was most powerful. Or Sals, for whatever reason you made up. I could tolerate that. Words are just words.
RMark1 was the last straw. You refused to grant his only request; to govern as he saw fit. How could a subordinate operate when a superior is telling him, rather arrogantly, how exactly to do it, even if the subordinate doesn't think it is right. And it was at that point I decided that Awwam must at least be confined to Anatolia, Arabia, the Levant, Central Asia, and Indonesia. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Nope. We're the arms supplier of the world. As long as you have the money and aren't planning to shoot us or our close allies with it, then we will sell you as many as you'd like. @PINK
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation THIS is the first step to getting Platinum.
Well, conceptually. It's making something so impressive and unique that you get senpai (the community) to notice you.
Now, it's waaayy easier to get noticed thanks to the Spotlight system, since if you impress someone with as many followers as that Kardashian family, you will get a metric ton of upvotes. But you still need something vaguely impressive to do so still.
@PINK You can also rip off one of my tank guns from a new-post Ardent or Victoria and stick in on here. It works pretty well, and better simulates recoil.
I suggest fitting a Victoria A6 turret to disguise its real purpose. And either lengthen the hull or move the turret back in order to eliminate shot trap.
@Spikerya Almost all of our tracked vehicles use what is called a Universal Composite Link, or UCL.
Suitable for machines up to 50 tons, it is basically like traditional steel track links, but made of a special polymer fabric wrapped around a steel reinforcing plate which is coated in vulcanized synthetic rubber. The only metal components are the track pins themselves, as the whole design of UCL was to provide a substitute for Universal Steel Link, and the two are fully interchangeable.
Lighter, and less damaging to roads, it was our track link of choice.
The only machines which continues to use USL is the Paternian Army is the M5 Victoria series of main battle tanks. Due to the sheer weight (70 tons), it would wear out UCL very quickly.
Not according to the Lanzarrians, who were so impressed by it that they decided that they HAD to try make something like it. This resulted in the Bulwark and Bulwark II.
And Awwam knew that based on what the Pummeler did to them (absolutely slaughter them) that they had to get their hands on them, but didn't want Pummelers because that would look bad on their part, so they purchased Bulwarks.
@ElGatoVolador Yep. It's all over FriendPages and MyVid.
Basically, this RP's version of Facebook and YouTube.
I don't think @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation gets that most people in said territories will find Islam to be any good for them. I mean, sure, Awwam is popular in Arabia, Anatolia, the Levant, Central Asia, Indonesia, and parts of India, but I doubt that even decades of occupation will result in the majority of the people becoming Muslims in Australia, New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Canada. Especially with his intolerance of other cultures and overbearing implementation of Sharia.
They hated the Jizya because it meant that the Muslim minority had an artificial economic advantage, and this system was abused to make other religious groups weak so that they would coerce them to convert through economic means. In addition, his stance on Buddhists and Hindus is of scarce tolerance due to necessity.
The only reason why there is some accuracy that the majority of his citizens are Muslim is because either the non-Muslims were persecuted to conversion, they were persecuted to death, or were persecuted to leave.
And many of those people have terrible memories of such. So when a Muslim woman named Renee Ajlani spoke out for them, the Awwami Secret Police had her shot. And were so anxious to have her shot that over 100 women who were named Renee Ajlani (or any variant thereof) were killed. It is uncertain as to whether she was killed or not.
In the process, the ARI was formed. We never thought of the ARI as a movement, a brief glitch, but a symptom of an underlying issue.
In the meantime, his claim of True Paternia being anti-Paternian doesn't make sense. The only way a former Awwami soldier could have gained such prominence was if they were a "libere", French for "liberated"; an Awwami defector. We believe that there were at least 25,000 libere who served in the Paternian Army.
This would have indicated a hatred to Awwam, as many describe their Awwami comrades as "brainwashed fools".
With this in mind, why would they start a war when they can use the political system to achieve their goals, like every other political party? And even if he doesn't like the current state of Paternia, he would hate Awwam more, and would know that a war with Paternia would weaken the Paternian fight against Awwam, and would feel that Awwam is a greater threat.
@A3 lol
@MadBomber It's worth it. I've had it before the patch. It's a godsend.
@PINK We'll design something specifically to our needs.
We did knock out several of these tanks in Operation Jade, our liberation of British Columbia. They were ambushed by M8 light tanks, and later encountered Victoria MBTs, and learned why the Paternian Army of North Africa referred to them as "Zulfaqir" and your troops call them "the Devil of Mosul."
You're welcome.
We don't like multi-turreted tanks. It was found that even two-turrets cause significant issues.
The highly successful Vicker Mk E originally came in two models: a twin-turreted model, armed with machine guns, and a single-turreted model, armed with a proper tank cannon and coaxial machine gun.
There was also the SMK and the KV tank. Mechanically, both were the same. However, the KV only had one turret, while the SMK had two; one fitted with a 76.2mm gun, and the other, smaller, frontal turret, fitted with a 45mm antitank gun. We know which one got accepted into Russian Army service and was developed into the IS-2 and IS-3.
As it turned out, everyone by World War 2 concluded that having more than one turret was unnecessary. While some nations employed cupolas with machine guns (notably the Americans in their M48 Patton, and M60 Patton series), these cupolas were not popular and in later production and in Israeli modifications, were often removed.
The American M1 Abrams has finally discarded the machine gun cupola turret, although remote weapons stations could be considered extra turrets. However, I won't consider them as proper turrets as if that was the case, I could say the Hetzer had a turret (which it apparently doesn't) because some Hetzers were fitted with remote weapons stations (which were popular).
@PINK 1) Big Windows don't go with well-armored vehicles. They're liabilities. We discovered that an M27 sticky grenade to the window can cause the interior to spall.
2) We're looking for a 6x6.
@Supermini555 Mah boomstick.
Well, we prefer to produce our own machines. @PINK
Sure? They're double-stacked though. @Supermini555
Yeah. Getting features is the jackpot. @YuukaNeko
Looks good!
Unfortunately, we figured out how to jam tricycle landing gear onto a Pummeler, which made the whole point about our procurement of the Anvil (tricycle landing gear) a moot point.
If you have fine tuner mod, see if you can get the wing guns at a convergence point.
Remember, a leader doesn't necessarily have to be liked by their subordinates. Heck, they could even hate the leader. But a leader still has to be respected by their peers.
Take parenting for example. The child needs not to like them very much, but that is irrelevant if the child still has respect for the parent.
Remember, treat your men as children, and they will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Treat them as sons, and they will stand by you until death. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
You were already losing it. I simply quickened the inevitable by alienating you. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
I cannot be friends with that kind of person. It was certainly wrong of me to plot rebellion, but most of Awwam, even your closest supporters, could see how I was justified in my actions because of my motives. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
No.
I decided to do so because I saw how badly you treated him. Me and him put forth many proposals to find a compromise, a common ground. You declined every one of them which involved the addition of English Common Law, which is the one condition RMark1 wanted.
You have arbitrarily threatened many other users with military action, notably Japan, when they claimed (rightfully) that their navy was most powerful. Or Sals, for whatever reason you made up. I could tolerate that. Words are just words.
RMark1 was the last straw. You refused to grant his only request; to govern as he saw fit. How could a subordinate operate when a superior is telling him, rather arrogantly, how exactly to do it, even if the subordinate doesn't think it is right. And it was at that point I decided that Awwam must at least be confined to Anatolia, Arabia, the Levant, Central Asia, and Indonesia. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
I see.
So secret police is also police.
I shudder to think what it is like for non-Muslims to live in Awwam. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Yeah. You use secret police to suppress political dissidence, such as the ARI. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
It's simply mockery. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
It works. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
He's an Islamic Caliphate, and I'm about to make the conquest of Canada official.
You can have it. We just want to share a land border with friendly people. Like you. @ErvenDynamics
This is completely normal for someone like @MemeKingIndustiesAndMegaCorporation (seriously, what's with you and long names?). @ErvenDynamics
Sure... All dictatorial regimes have one. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
We know potential when we see it.
And GALM Industries is making a profit from licensing fees. @GALM1
It is the staple of the Paternian Air Force.
We absolutely loved the jet. @GALM1
What a bold statement to someone who you know is going through depression. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Well, they performed well enough in Mexico and Canada. Though we are seeking to replace them. @PINK
I suppose. Although sales would compete with our Stallions.
Yeah. We've never really replaced the Stallions because they still work for us. @PINK
LOL
@GoldenEagle
And welcome to SimplePlanes. @Mothership
Indeed. @Mothership
Flak trucks OP pls nerf.
Or add aircraft armor. @NathanMikeska
Nope. We're the arms supplier of the world. As long as you have the money and aren't planning to shoot us or our close allies with it, then we will sell you as many as you'd like. @PINK
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation THIS is the first step to getting Platinum.
Well, conceptually. It's making something so impressive and unique that you get senpai (the community) to notice you.
Now, it's waaayy easier to get noticed thanks to the Spotlight system, since if you impress someone with as many followers as that Kardashian family, you will get a metric ton of upvotes. But you still need something vaguely impressive to do so still.
So you can incorporate a recoiling gun on a tank.
And as it is still a prototype, you could argue that you had a Paternian M5 or M8 cannon for testing. @PINK
@Flash0of0green Me too.
@PINK You can also rip off one of my tank guns from a new-post Ardent or Victoria and stick in on here. It works pretty well, and better simulates recoil.
I suggest fitting a Victoria A6 turret to disguise its real purpose. And either lengthen the hull or move the turret back in order to eliminate shot trap.
@PINK I see.
My newer tanks have a newer, lower-profile turret ring if you want.
Ehhh... I mean, I can see the amazing armor angles this thing has.
But just what kind of gun does it have?
It was first introduced on the M4 Scorpion light tank, as a means to make it light enough to be parachuted from an airplane. @Spikerya
All other A-series aircraft (other than the A-6) have their radar in the nose. @PINK
@Spikerya Almost all of our tracked vehicles use what is called a Universal Composite Link, or UCL.
Suitable for machines up to 50 tons, it is basically like traditional steel track links, but made of a special polymer fabric wrapped around a steel reinforcing plate which is coated in vulcanized synthetic rubber. The only metal components are the track pins themselves, as the whole design of UCL was to provide a substitute for Universal Steel Link, and the two are fully interchangeable.
Lighter, and less damaging to roads, it was our track link of choice.
The only machines which continues to use USL is the Paternian Army is the M5 Victoria series of main battle tanks. Due to the sheer weight (70 tons), it would wear out UCL very quickly.
@Spikerya Still helps to cut down ground pressure though. Prevents damage to roads, especially with rubber pads.
@PINK Although the Pummeler's radar is in the tail, since the Pummeler has a T2000 engine there.
@GoldenEagle Can do the first four. Based off our successful conquest of Canada and successful Paternian operations.
The first one will be the invasion and conquest of Awwami British Columbia.
The second will be the Escape of the 48th Armored
The third will be the Battle of Alberta Shale Fields
The fourth will be Paternian Humanitarian Relief Operations in France
@Spikerya Tracks are a bit narrow, but an interesting design nonetheless.
@DankDorito Logic.
@PINK I suppose.
@Mudkip The Pummeler is no junker.
Not according to the Lanzarrians, who were so impressed by it that they decided that they HAD to try make something like it. This resulted in the Bulwark and Bulwark II.
And Awwam knew that based on what the Pummeler did to them (absolutely slaughter them) that they had to get their hands on them, but didn't want Pummelers because that would look bad on their part, so they purchased Bulwarks.
@ElGatoVolador Yep. It's all over FriendPages and MyVid.
Basically, this RP's version of Facebook and YouTube.
I don't think @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation gets that most people in said territories will find Islam to be any good for them. I mean, sure, Awwam is popular in Arabia, Anatolia, the Levant, Central Asia, Indonesia, and parts of India, but I doubt that even decades of occupation will result in the majority of the people becoming Muslims in Australia, New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Canada. Especially with his intolerance of other cultures and overbearing implementation of Sharia.
They hated the Jizya because it meant that the Muslim minority had an artificial economic advantage, and this system was abused to make other religious groups weak so that they would coerce them to convert through economic means. In addition, his stance on Buddhists and Hindus is of scarce tolerance due to necessity.
The only reason why there is some accuracy that the majority of his citizens are Muslim is because either the non-Muslims were persecuted to conversion, they were persecuted to death, or were persecuted to leave.
And many of those people have terrible memories of such. So when a Muslim woman named Renee Ajlani spoke out for them, the Awwami Secret Police had her shot. And were so anxious to have her shot that over 100 women who were named Renee Ajlani (or any variant thereof) were killed. It is uncertain as to whether she was killed or not.
In the process, the ARI was formed. We never thought of the ARI as a movement, a brief glitch, but a symptom of an underlying issue.
In the meantime, his claim of True Paternia being anti-Paternian doesn't make sense. The only way a former Awwami soldier could have gained such prominence was if they were a "libere", French for "liberated"; an Awwami defector. We believe that there were at least 25,000 libere who served in the Paternian Army.
This would have indicated a hatred to Awwam, as many describe their Awwami comrades as "brainwashed fools".
With this in mind, why would they start a war when they can use the political system to achieve their goals, like every other political party? And even if he doesn't like the current state of Paternia, he would hate Awwam more, and would know that a war with Paternia would weaken the Paternian fight against Awwam, and would feel that Awwam is a greater threat.