RL-military

[Ivan2006]

It appears our main focus of discussion is kinda militaristic, so I thought, why not talk about RL-military equipment/armies?
It could even output some inspirations for the RP or the mod itself.

I start with... the Bundesheer (AKA Austrian army)
website, altough everything is german, so many people won´t understand it.
Wikipedia page for non-english speakers.

They do a pretty good job presenting themselves as professionals, but the truth is there´s not much they could do if Austria was actually attacked.

Some stats:

Spoiler:

Verteidigungsminister (Secretary of Defense): Gerald Klug
Chief of General Staff: General Edmund Entacher
Active soliders: ~30,000+ 30,000 in reserve
Weapons:

• Infantry Weapons
  • P 80 (Glock 17)-sidearm
    StG 58 (FN FAL)-ceremonial rifle
    StG 77 (Steyr AUG)-assault rifle
    SSG 69-sniper rifle
    MG 74 (MG3)-light machine gun
    FN MAG-machine gun turret
    usMG M2 (Browning M2)-heavy machine gun
    PAL 2000 BILL (BILL 1)-anti-tank guided weapon
    PAR 66/79 (Carl Gustav recoilless rifle)-anti-tank pipe
    mGrW 82 (L16 81mm)-motar
    GrW 86 (Hirtenberger M12-1111 120mm)-heavy motar
  WMD-protection equipment-WIP
  Artillery-WIP
  Airspace control-WIP
  Helicopters-WIP
  Aircraft-WIP
  Vehicles-WIP
  Pioneer units-WIP
  Telecommunications equipment-WIP

Ranks:

• Rekrut (Private)
  Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
  Korporal (Corporal)
  Zugsführer (Master Corporal)
  Wachtmeister (Seargeant)
  Oberwachtmeister (Master Seargeant)
  Stabswachtmister (Staff Seargeant)
  Oberstabswachtmeister (Warrant Officer III)
  Offizierstellvertreter (Warrant Officer II)
  Vizeleutnant (Warrant Officer I)
  Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
  Leutnant (Second Lieutenant)
  Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant)
  Haupmann (Captain)
  Major (Major)
  Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Clolonel)
  Oberst (Colonel)
  Brigadier (Brigadier General)
  Generalmajor (Major General)
  Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General)
  General (General)

rest-WIP

Stats will be completed one I have more time.

[Prototype]

well the russians have this:

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[Tau]

well the russians have this:

Spoiler:

Don't forget this:

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[Ivan2006]

Nah. How bout chinese aircraft comparable to the F-22?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-31

[Luna]

Nah. How bout chinese aircraft comparable to the F-22?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-31

Do you have a foreign aircraft comparable to the f-35

[Prototype]

Nah. How bout chinese aircraft comparable to the F-22?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-31

Do you have a foreign aircraft comparable to the f-35

Yes, the AV-88 harrier if you mean comparable as in it has VTOL, unfortunately it was retired right before Libya kicked off.

[Ivan2006]

Nah. How bout chinese aircraft comparable to the F-22?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-31

Do you have a foreign aircraft comparable to the f-35

Comparable in the dependencies of what?
Army, Air Force or Navy?
Because if it´s Army or Air Force, the J-31 has already won.
In terms of navy, well, counting that VTOL is actually a rather small bonus IRL,
propably this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale

[Prototype]

Nah. How bout chinese aircraft comparable to the F-22?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-31

Do you have a foreign aircraft comparable to the f-35

This one maybe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon
I've actually met one of the engineers who designed part of the cockpit for this.

[Ivan2006]

The Eurofighter?
...yeah, they´re agile, have very efficient controls and can also do ground attacks, but there is no naval version, and CvN propably meant the naval version (as it´s the only version that is more "awesome" than the F-22)

[Keon]

Any one of those really cool looking ramjet fighters.

[Prototype]

Any one of those really cool looking ramjet fighters.

Ramjets? Only aircraft I know that uses those (well not quite but something similar, a little more complicated) is the SR-71 Blackbird, it isn't quite a ramjet, but it is similar.

Spoiler:

Although I believe the Germans were trying to use these in the later stages of WWII, but I don't think any got anywhere.

[Keon]

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/f_scramjets.html

Scramjet, sorry.

One of my favorite "Get to space quick" ideas is to have a scramjet engine as a bullet and fire it down a tube of jet fuel.

[Prototype]

Scramjet is something similar, it's just a jet engine, but without the compressor bit, cause you go so fast you the air is already compressed when it goes in right?

A scramjet will get you up to space, but once you run our of atmosphere, you are screwed, unless you have something like what the guys making skylon are doing, IDK how that works.

[Chairman_Tiel]

well the russians have this:

Spoiler:

Don't forget this:

Spoiler:

And this:

[hyperlite]