Here's another vehicle designed using FF&S, this time a military vehicle.
F-6 Wyvern Gunship
Tech Level: 12
Price: Cr171,126,100
Size: 1400 kiloliters displacement = 100 tons (S)
Weight: 4209.532 tonnes empty, 4447.027 tonnes loaded
Power: 286.1 MW fusion reactor
Propulsion: thruster plates producing 2500 tons of thrust
Maint: 51
Controls: 2 Model 12Fb computers, dynamic linked controls, TL10
flight avionics, TL12 terrain-following avionics
Commo: 3000-km radio, 3000-km maser communicator
Sensors: 3000-km Active EMS with jammer, 3000-km Ladar, 3000-km Passive EMS
Life Support: Extended life support, 3 bunks, airlock, G compensators
Additional equipment: Electromagnetic masking, 100-km area jammer, 1200
sensor decoys (400 each type)
Load: 18.764 m3
Crew: 3
Fire Control: DM +4
Armament: Remote turret (bottom) with 30mm tri-barrel mass driver,
200-tonne missile bay
Ammo: 25,000 rounds 30mm
Travel Move: 13800/960
Combat Move: 639/22
Fuel Capacity: 42.915 LHyd
Fuel Consumption: 42.915 kl/year
Combat Statistics
Config: small turret TF: 560 HF: 560
Susp: Grav TS: 420 HS: 420
TR:280 HR: 280
Deck: 350 Belly: 420
Weapon Values
Type ROF Range Dam Pen
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30mm APFSDSSD 5 900 20 437-380-323-209
30mm HE 5 675 C:2,B:10 Nil
Comments: The F-6 Wyvern is the standard gunship of the Neubayern Army. It
entered service in 5618, and has been used in several recent conflicts.
The Wyvern's mission is primarily to engage ground targets and provide
close air support for friendly troops. It is also good at air superiority
missions, although this role is usually left to aerospace fighters.
Wyvern pilots have a huge missile load at their disposal, and are taught
to use it extravagantly. When engaging enemy aircraft, Wyverns generally
fire a dozen or more air-to-air missiles to keep the enemy busy while the
Wyvern maneuvers in for the kill. If the enemy aircraft tries to return
the favor, the Wyvern's 30mm cannon is equipped for point-defense fire.
Design Notes: Designing a useful turret gun for this gunship turned out
to be a major headache. None of the design sequences in FF&S produced a
totally satisfactory gun--the high energy weapon sequence was especially
bad. To get the 30mm gun here, I designed a mass driver 'by the book' and
multiplied its range by 10 and its damage by 3.
Does anyone have any idea why the book design sequence gives a 30mm
cannon with a muzzle velocity of 6000m/s good penetration, but less
damage and range than a .50 M2HB machinegun?
Kenneth G. Hagler
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