I sat down with FFS over the weekend to produce a list of standard
armaments for vehicles so I wouldnt have to do it every time I design a
vehicle. I will break this submission up into thematic parts. The first
is a study of MBT CPR main guns up to TL 10
MBT Armament
Main Gun-CPR TL 5-10
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TL 5 8cm 60cal CPR TeleSight 500 Cr DFR limited to 400/330 by sight
Me=3.6 Mj Mech Loader Gun Mass=0.66 Mt Pr = 12,600 Cr
HVAP 44-38-32-20 HEAP 25C Reload:3
TL 5 10cm 60cal CPR TeleSight 500 Cr DFR limited to 400/330 by sight
Me=6 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=1.32 Mt Pr=25,200 Cr
HVAP 63-55-47-30 HEAP 33C Reload:4
TL 5 12cm 60cal CPR Telesight 500 Cr DFR limited to 400/330
Me=9.3 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=2.31 Mt Pr=44,100 Cr
HVAP 70-60-50-33 HEAP 41C
TL 7 10cm 60cal CPR Optic, Laser RF 6000 Cr DFR 450/340
Me=7.2 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=1.32 Mt Pr=25,200 Cr
APFSDS 110-100-90-70 HEAP 80C
TL 7 12cm 51cal CPR Smoothbore Optic,Laser RF 6000 Cr DFR 470/350
Me=9.15 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=2.08 Mt Pr=39,700 Cr
APFSDS 120-110-100-80 HEAP 90C
TL 7 13cm 60cal CPR Smoothbore Optic,Laser RF 6000 Cr DFR 535/400
Me=14 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=3.0 Mt Pr=56,700 Cr
APFSDS 140-130-120-100 HEAP 100C
TL 8 8cm 75cal CPR Smoothbore Optic,Laser RF,Img Rdr 16000 Cr DFR 670/500
Me=5.8 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=.77 Mt Pr=14,500 Cr
APFSDS 110-100-90-70 HEAP 73C
TL 8 13cm 50cal CPR Smoothbore Optic,Laser RF,Img Rdr 16000 Cr DFR 540/400
Me=13.1 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=2.7 Mt Pr=53,460 Cr
APFSDSDU 170-160-150-130 HEAP 130C
TL 9 8cm 60cal ETC Smoothbore Optic,Laser RF,Img Rdr 16000Cr DFR 640/480
Me=9 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=.66 Mt Pr=13,200 Cr
APFSDS 120-110-100-80 HEAP 90C
TL 9 10cm 50cal ETC Smooth Optic, Laser RF,Img Rdr 16000 Cr DFR 580/450
Me=12 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=1.32 Mt Pr=26,400 Cr
APFSDSDU 155-145-135-115 HEAP 113C
TL 9 14cm 40cal ETC Smoothbore Optic,Laser RF,Img Rdr 16000Cr DFR 540/400
Me=22.5 Mj Mech Ldr Gun Mass=2.9 Mt Pr 58,080 Cr
APFSDSDU 280-270-260-240 HEAP 160C
TL 10 10cm 50cal ETC
APFSDSCI 226-216-206-186
TL 10 14cm 40cal ETC
APFSDSCI 415-405-395-375
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The ETC guns continue to dominate up to about TL 12, even then they rival
Mass Drivers due to the latters high power requirements. However MDs at
TL 12 can fire small bore penetrators at energies rivaling ETC guns of
much larger bore. This enables the vehicle to carry large numbers of
these rounds (in some cases, four times the number of CPR rounds of the
same energy) making ammo last considerably longer. In the next
supplement, I will detail Mass Drivers intended as primary armament on
haevy AFV's starting at developmental TL 11 on up to TL 15.
In fact here is a quick index
I) MBT main guns CPR
II) MBT main guns MD
III) MBT main guns Directed Energy
IV) Secondary Weapons
A)Secondary Guns (< 3MJ)
B)Missile Systems
C)Point Defenses
This of course may change quite a bit, oh well
Adios
Tariq