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Ideas for keeping drones out of futuristic combat.

Pretty much what the title says.

I’m working on a futuristic war story and I’m having trouble explaining why drones and unmanned vehicles are not the main power of either sides armed forces.

A lot of this comes from my following of the war in Ukraine, and how much drones have changed the battlefield there. Small cheap drones are being strapped with munitions and used to kill anything from naval vessels to individual soldiers. We’ve also seen them rig wheeled/tracked drones with machine guns and grenade launchers to storm fixed positions. Like it or not, they’re changing the landscape of modern warfare and we haven’t even seen what superpowers will do with this technology yet.

My setting is 1200 years in the future and I’m having trouble justifying why a military that has mastered faster than light space travel would still be sending human soldiers into combat in manned drop ships or have manned fighter aircraft for space combat. Why risk the lives when you could send cheaper and more expendable drones to do the job. Obviously this doesn’t make for a great story, but I also don’t want to just disregard a real life trend that looks be shaping the future of warfare.

I’d love to hear some of your ideas or solutions that explain why drones aren’t viable as a doctrine.

Edit: I want to thank everyone for giving me some great ideas and hope no one takes it personally if I question or dismiss your idea. I don’t mean to be rude or condescending, I’m just trying to poke holes to help narrow down the most viable options.

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u/DEverett0913 — 1 day ago

Comparing a few of the Frontline Combat Vehicles of the 20th and 24th centuries

Western tank doctrine of the mid-to-late 20th century was in many ways a reaction to Eastern innovations, which were themselves spurred on by Western developments in weapons and armor technology. This arms race mentality held sway in the mid-24th century, as well, when the Spacer Corps’ M7 Powell was shaped by lessons learned during the Mars-Titan War, when the old doctrine of lighter, faster, and more numerous armored vehicles of the type used during Operation Thunderhead (the invasion of Titan) proved inadequate against modern anti-armor technology. As a result, redundancy and survivability were seen as paramount by the ARMORCOM technicians which developed the M7 and its cohort.

Much of Soviet armored warfare doctrine in the second half of the 20th century was shaped by their experience in World War II, when massive attacks by smaller but well-armed tanks had worked well against the larger, more heavily armored vehicles used by Nazi Germany. This doctrine was mirrored in the mid-24th century armor doctrine of the Alliance Armada, which favored more vehicles moving faster and striking deeper into enemy territory should war come with COMSEC. To that end, vehicles like the CV-48 and its eventual update, the CV-59, were the mainstay of the Armada during the Frontier War, when they dueled with often less numerous but more heavily armed and armored IDC vehicles like the M7 Powell.

u/Zharan_Colonel — 1 day ago

How would a Rank System work in a World where “reincarnation” is possible

Little context: I'm working on a Science Fiction project which I nickname "9999" inspired by Emesis Blue, Ersatz, Mickey 17, etc

In this Universe, Humanity created a species of "Artificial Samsara" in which they revive their soldiers in cloned bodies (something like the Respawn Machine theory from TF2)

One problem with this is that the rank system would be complicated since basically soldiers are immortal and over time practically all of them would be officers

I had thought about some ideas like making the ranks based on Meritocracy or respect, something similar to Fallout's SPECIAL system, or having a group of AIs do that job. But none of these convince me at all

Any ideas or advices?

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u/Valarg — 2 days ago

[Astral Lion] The Old Juggernaut

Personnel Dossier — Sir Jean-Charles Cordonnier

Grand Admiral Sir Jean‑Charles Cordonnier, a Nourenchman from Orphelin in the Redoubt Oversector, is one of the Royal Star Navy’s most influential commanders. Descended from generations of naval officers, he broke tradition by commissioning as an engineering officer, an unconventional path for his family that shaped his legacy.

Already a highly decorated commander before the Velutarian War, Cordonnier entered the conflict as one of its youngest High Admirals. This stature enabled the creation of the Pillars of Mankind, colossal 70‑km warships built as humanity’s failsafe should the Starborne Realm fall. Though he saw limited combat during the conflict, the deployment of the HMS Pillar of Mankind proved decisive in the final Casarian offensives.

His unwavering commitment to these leviathans earned him the moniker Old Juggernaut. Once controversial, his vision was later vindicated as the vessels became mobile forward‑operating fortresses capable of sustaining entire armadas behind enemy lines. Cordonnier further silenced critics during the recent Vengaeran Incursion, personally leading the defence and liberation of Cornucopia, demonstrating to allies and foes that—even in old age—he remains a tactical force worthy of his name.

u/Merrick_Roars — 3 days ago

How has warfare diverged in your setting(s)?

Naturally we take inspiration and knowledge of warfare from real life, to the point that it can often be nearly identical with the names of people and objects changed. Sometimes though, due to the presence of natural forces that don’t exist in our own world, new technologies, and whole different species, warfare might be significantly different than what we know IRL. With that established, how have your settings diverged from our understanding of how war is waged?

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u/Randomdude2501 — 3 days ago

A Marine Corps infantry

This one is a future infantry what I imagined and drew up few years ago. I used to play the Call of Duty AW for lot of times. I think this illustration might be one of the most realistic future imagination I've ever dreamed before.

u/Long-Worth4709 — 3 days ago

Air combat of the 20th century

Ever since the transportation of the empire advancements in magic has led to the resurrection of military Zeppelins and blimps across the continent.

u/Unhinged1238 — 4 days ago

Comparing few of the Infantry Fighting Vehicles of the 20th and 24th centuries

IFV doctrine changed relatively little between the heyday of the mid-20th century Cold War on Earth and the mid-24th century hot wars between the Interplanetary Defense Corps and the various actors seeking to destabilize the worlds of the outer solar system. While the Bradley Fighting Vehicle was designed in the 1960s and ‘70s to combat Soviet armor on the plains of Central Europe, the M11 Shahi was dreamt up with a completely different terrain in mind. One much more alien, and infinitely more difficult to traverse: Titan. The various Titan Wars of the 24th century saw thousands of the hovercraft deployed to fight everything from quasi-Maoist revolutionaries to a peer fighting force in the shape of the Armada dos Mundos Livres.

And for the Armada, the VT-70 (Veículo de transporte modelo 2370) was itself more of a rung on the evolutionary ladder which began with vehicles like the Soviet BMP series back in the mid-20th century on Old Earth. These vehicles, commonly referred to as infantry fighting vehicles or “IFVs,” brought together mobility, durability, and lethality into one package, and then put a troop compartment at the rear which could carry anywhere from a fireteam to a full squad of troops. The VT-70 could carry a squad of Armada espaçadores and had a 30 mm cannon and two ATGM missile tubes with which to do battle with the armored vehicles of the ICA, chief among which was the aforementioned M11 Shahi.

u/Zharan_Colonel — 4 days ago
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[Krieger] The basic infantry platform of Terranoia Confederacy Armed Forces

■[Krieger] The basic infantry platfrom of Terranoia Confederacy Armed Forces(TCAF)

-Krieger is the most Basic platform of every average infantries of TCAF. It is composed by NPS-401 Nano-Powered Suit, UAR-019 Universal Assault Rifle, and P-07 automatic pistol. This one has one more title for that, the most advanced infantry eqiepment in the Galaxy. Most of funcions of it are concentrated on maximization of wearer's survivability.

□NPS-401 Nano-powered suit

-NPS-401 is a main powered suit which is every parts are composed by technically super advanced nano materials to enforce and protect infantry's body. It has diverse funcions of that automatic-camoplage by AI, And control the nanobots to recover the woonded boby rapidly and dicrease the pain, keep mental stability of soldiers. And it offers unlimited activity no matter how harsh and extream the outer environment is.

□UAR-019 Universal Assault Rifle

-UAR-019 is a standard service rifle of TCAF's infantries. This gauss rifle has capavilities to fire the 10mm caseless bullets with 900 RPM in mach 5 acceleration under the support of plasma. And underbarrel granade launcher fires 40mm guiding granade and make multiple enemy kill possible. Also, the magazine has small sized internal teleportation device to resupply the ammo automatically everytime one bullet goes out of the barrel.

□P-07 Automatic Pistol

-P-07 is main sub weapon used by everyone in TCAF military personlas. It has a same mechanism with UAR-019, But shorter range and slower speed. But enough capability to make E.K.I.A succesful.

u/Long-Worth4709 — 4 days ago

FQ-006 Spectre Eagle

Model Name : FQ-006 Spectre Eagle

Operating : Terranoia Space Navy, Terranoia Aerospace Force

Type : Unmanned Fighter Bomber

[FQ-006 Spectre Eagle] is the main battle unmanned aircraft of Terranoia Space Navy and Aerospace Force.

This flying iron monster has advanced AI software to maximize the capabilities for succesfull accomplishment of every type of military operation no matter admosphere or space vaccum.

The internal AI software of this aircraft is make it comparable to super ace human pilots. So FQ-006 is well known as one of the most technically advanced combat aircraft in the Galaxy.

*I know space fighter dosen't need the wings. But I thought wings makes aircraft seems more awesome then none. And I'm totally blind of physics so I hope you kindly understand it for me😅

u/Long-Worth4709 — 4 days ago

What would be the pros and cons of an army in which, every time a soldier dies, he "reincarnates" in a cloned body?

Little context: I'm working on a Sci-Fi Project inspired by Earsartz and Mickey 17 which I nicknamed 999/9999

As a summary, Humanity (now unified under the flag of the United Commonwealth of Mankind) lives in constant conflict to such a degree that the UCM created a machine with which they create exact clones of each of their soldiers whenever they die and these "clones" also possess the personality and memories (including their deaths) of their ancestors (see it something like the Theory of the Respawn Machine from TF2)

This led me to ask what would be the Pros and Cons of an army of Soldiers who can reincarnate and I wanted to know the opinion of someone who knew more about the subject

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u/Valarg — 4 days ago

Introduction:Pangea Defense Force

This is the main military force for my fantasy verse, feel free to leave feedback or ask questions as I love responding to both.

The PGDF is located on, you guessed it, the ancient supercontinent Pangea. The force takes recruits and drafts from each of the seven kingdoms, and is divided between five branches.

Domestic Affairs:
Handles law enforcement in each kingdom, as well as organizes hunting parties. Citizens caught hunting without the protection of at least one certified member of the PGDF will be placed on house arrest and have their magic usage restricted until they can be cleared by an appointed doctor of any insanities.

Notable Figures: Plume Harrison (Domestic Peacekeeping Chief of Sloth, under review for promotion to Head Peacekeeping Director), Samuel Atkinson (Head Peacekeeping Director)

Research and Development:
Leads research into all matters Mana-related, including weapons technology, domestic applications of mana research, and answers to the dwindling food supply.

Notable Figures: Euca [Last Name Unknown](Sin of Sloth, Current Halfling), Erwin Endias (Lead Researcher and Seven Time Award-Winner)

Wartime Reserves:
A secondary, more equipped army prepared for rebellions or the infinitesimally small chance of foreign invasion. Also combats mid-tier Mana Beasts, though High and Apocalypse-Tiers are usually left to the Sins unless they pose a threat that cannot be ignored. Extremely effective at quenching past rebellions and offers greater benefits than Domestic Affairs due to the riskier threats they face. No longer tasked with facing rebelling Sins due to the events of the War on Gluttony.

Notable Figures: [All Currently Deceased]

Sin Extermination:
Secret branch tasked with assassinating any Sins that go rogue. Formed after War on Gluttony. Equipped with top-of-the-line weaponry and special knowledge of the day-to-day lives of each Sin, save for Sloth due to a previous agreement with the force.

Leadership and Policy:
Responsible for handling inter-kingdom relationships, promotions, declaring new laws, any non-combat or research-based civil affairs. Head of Leadership elected by Heads of other departments and members of Leadership in the event of the previous Head’s death. With the collective votes from each department adding up to five.

Notable Figures: Arthur Herrington (Head of Leadership)

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u/Skiddilybapabadam — 5 days ago

Military structure for ground forces

sorry in case my grammar is terrible. this is a science fiction setting. Does my layout work? I am open for better name suggestions.

every subdivision states how many vehicles are directly under it's control. so a battalion includes all vehicles of a company and the additional vehicles. the numbers of vehicles might not make sense. Most vehicles are either transports, APC's or IFV's.

everyone is trained in building and maintaining so there is no large need for pioneers.

Military structure:

Squad : 5 Troops: they can be infantry, Mortar, machine gun squads etc. very flexible.

Team : 10 Troops+1 sergeant 8 rifleman, 1 heavy, 1 grenadier

Platoon: 4 teams(40 troopers)+1 lieutenant, 1 senior Lieutenant, 1 medic, 1 sniper,

Company : 5 platoons (200 troopers)+ captain, 14-18 vehicles

Battalion : 5 companies(1000 troopers) +40 vehicle units, Commander,

Regiment: 5 battalions(5000 Troops) +160 vehicle units 1 command major,

Legion: 10 battalions (10.000 troops)+extra vehicle units, Legion commander,

Division : 40,000-50.000 Troops+ vehicle units, 1 general,

Grand division : 1 million troops+vehicle units, Marshal commander,

planetary army : 20 Millionen troops+ vehicle units, Lord commander

Marines Equipment everyone has:

- Armor: integrated exo skeleton, space suit, layered armor plates, allows great mobility and protection, pouches and bags and belts as needed,

- Helmet: helmet has hud, threat analysis, range calculator, mini map, night vision and comms

Universal gear:

  • Strategic shields: metal shields, can be mounted on the ground and connected to other shields to create a wall, electrical charge possible, mobile cover

  • Vehicle defense gun: inspired by the barrett m82a2, Las gun, extremely cheap and simple. Can use rifle magazines if needs be

  • Field generator: electric generator, can be carried by 1 man

  • Portable charge shield: can be mounted on weapons, strategic shields and vehicles. It is a metal grid that can be shaped as needed. It has a small battery but can be connected to an engine, generator or suit to create an energy shield. Fairly weak but can be situationally useful.

  • Barbed wire: self explanatory

Drones: A.R.C.D. Area recon & combat drone: Simple flying drone. Can be used for recon and carry bombs

G.R.C.D. ground recon & combat drone: 6 wheels, as large as a german shepherd, has 30 back mounted micro rockets. Turret options: las lmg, las mp gatling gun, vehicle defense gun

Claymore drone: places mines in hostile areas too dangerous for soldiers.

Classes/specialists: Normal/Marine: no extra stuff Gun options: Assault rifles, battle rifles, pistols, dmr, shotguns Grenades: frag, impact, mines, c4, flash, stun, smoke, drill charge grenade. Usually carry 2 or 3 types.

Squad leader: Normal+ las shotgun, ai support system for battlefield analysis on a macro and micro scale

sniper: normal+ enhanced helmet, sensor gear, Gun options: dmr, snipers, submachine guns

medic: normal+ extra back, medical gear, extra arm on back, 2 small arms at chest

gun options: assault rifle, MP's and shotguns

Jaeger/hunter: normal+ can connect with a vehicle and passively use its sensors, they are attached too tanks as squads and serve as ground escorts for them

Gun options: exclusive access too plasma rifles, anti vehicle guns,

heavy: normal+ extra arm that can generate a weak energy shield, they have a backpack for ammo that is directly connected to the gun. Suppressive fire support. Gun options: Lmgs, pistols, mortars

Grenadier: normal+ gauss grenade launcher. Anti structure focus

Construction: normal+ permafoam that quickly hardens, used for creating strong structures. they can call in pre made structures from orbit. These range from Frontline bunkers too small command centers or even small factories that can 3d print war material as needed.

Very Specialized and uncommon:

Shock assault specialist: normal+ modified base armor, jetpack, use a rifle sized gatling gun, 2 extra arms with micro missiles, urban combat and shock assault specialists, they have reflex boosting implants and often even cybernetic limbs, grappling hooks are sometimes used aswell. Usually work on a team scale

Spec ops: insectoid looking armor, all capabilities of normal base line armor, hacking, grappling hook, minor genetic enhancements. Combo rifle: las rifle, it can shot full auto or like a shotgun. Only work in squad sized units.

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u/Skackhunter — 5 days ago

Rate my world building

Warning this is newbie level writing if story confuses you and has some mistakes please know I am newbie and you can give me ideas and correct some things and mistakes, and my English is very bad

So my story called warforged (not to be confused with warforged race from dnd) is military kitchen sink multiverse that focus on endless perpetual wars across cosmos from alternative earths to bizarre insane lore

The story begins when unknown event known as the mutilation begin it event that merges timelines and universes to make a multiverse, it what gives concept of the multiverse because back then the multiverse didn't exist all realities and universes are separated by the metaphysical wall psychic invisible force that made traveling dimensions and realities impossible until mutilation destroyed these infinite barriers and allowed interactions between the peoples of the cosmos

Then came new war that lasts for 4 billion years the bloodstrike massacre it war of confusion and misunderstanding and fear and paranoia for example imagine some alternative humanity got invaded by genocidal aliens and humans found peaceful aliens but they decided to attack peaceful aliens because they think they are from genocidal ones

Despite ridiculously long the casualties rates are relatively low compared to future eras only 960 quintillion deaths due to tech was fairly grounded and it first time they have to deal with every type of threat you can imagine

Next era is tribal wars that lasts roughly 30 billion years due to post war trauma extremist racial ideologies began to fester like cancer the tribal wars were called like that because it due to tribalism superiority and lastly...fear like bloodstrike massacre but more calculated as they gained experience from past wars of past era

It is basically to simplify it nazi vs nazi vs nazi vs million more nazis tearing eachother throats like crazed madmen it battle royale alliances are impossible unless it made to ally with "close kin"

Next era and shortest is age of ignorance that lasts 803 million years it age of great lack of intellect and superstitious driven by literally two eras of daming endless wars has made common peoples of cosmos more...intellectually inferior by it mainly because during tribal wars civilization suppress education to make future countless generations more subservient to the government and now it backfires rarily no scientists emerging or progenies and if they are there is high chance they either dead or too poor to afford school

Some civilizations barely suffered merely having great increase of homelessness and illiterate people and incompetent leaders to average 21st century terran this is worst case scenario but compared to others it like comparing tiny scratch from needle to literal severed arm and leg, because some civilization suffered so much they returned to there times of there ancestors being back to medieval or primitive Peroids imagine type 5 civilization with many Dyson spheres reduced to bunch of stupid cavemen this shows you how devastating aftermath of war is

Next era is scouring which is more worse era and still occuring to multiverse did you know all these three eras started in cycle 0

Bloodstrike massacre started in 213 cycle 0 (although it highly debated by scholars)

Tribal wars began in 34,231,844,696 cycle 0

Age of ignorance began in 35,034,001,999 cycle 0

What is a cycle in warforged universe? A cycle is used for unified dimensional time that dates of beginning of mutilation the cycle is one trillion years and today's date is 476,665,199 cycle 180 literally 180 trillion years but wait what about heat death of universe? It didn't happened thanks to mutilation ironic considering mutilation is source of all conflicts and yet it saved universe (now multiverse) from inevitable end

The main factions are many but i will note only one most powerful hyperpowers because my fingers hurt from typing (lol)

The great horde is most strongest of which it considered great empire of empires due to it decentralized nature it ruled by three powers the trinity of the swarm the administration the Parliament and united churches the administration is bureaucratic mind of the swarm they manage logistics and tech distributions they are ruled by two types of administration the local administration is from native species the horde assimilated and conquered they are local because it easier to let some locals to rule themselves than you flooding yourself with octilion papers and demands from swarmic states, next is pax administration the central hub located in holy lands of earth Primus-44Y especially old malta (which was transformed to extremely big factory known as celestial furnace)

Every important thing they made is written and approved by administration and they must have overwhelming vote of great Parliament

The great Parliament is council of horde vassal civilizations (swarmic states) they can vote what administrative order is right or wrong few civilization get parliamentary rights, and seat to Parliament council is reserved only for founding swarmics or hordeborns or species that served horde for over 4 centuries or nations that earn the sacred parliamentary right for proving themselves useful in battlefields without waiting 400 years, and they follow distict reiligons known as cults

Horde central reiligon is worship of the Sovereign The God of warfare in all of it kinds great khan the emperor of emperors the machine god of everything the warfather the giver of crowns and many many more

And cults are referred to reiligous denominations and off shots different interpretations of sovereign are true and non-heretical aslong as they acknowledge sovereign as supreme god you can follow pantheon of deities and believe sovereign is "father of the gods" you will be spared from inquisition because you acknowledged the superiority of sovereign that is completely non-heretical as heresy is merely not acknowledging Sovereign’s superiority and rest? You can do whatever you want

This is how united churches are made to make cults gather together and are ruled by supreme pope who is "pope of popes" as he is first amongst equals across all high popes of each cult

Now for juicy part the Horde’s military for that is subreddit is made for

The horde backbone armies primary use national levies or swarmic levies they are local military units of each civilization that was integrated to the Horde they are majority however they mostly loyal to there local rulers and gaining reiligous legitimacy of local cults some swarmic states rarily join secular conquest but if it was holy crusade or jihad they would gladly join in because they will gain "great rewards and blessings" from there cult's archbishop

Basically horde military mirrors medieval feudal European kingdom instead of lands they get planets or star systems or technologies or something better a weapon from celestial furnace

But administration needs loyal army that are loyal to them not locals so they made administrative armies led by bureaucratic generals who are trained in both paper and battlefields they are many recruitment hubs for administrative regiments and act as enforcers or anti rebel groups

And united churches and there cults use holy militia and crusader armies they are most fanatically devoted to there faiths and answer orders not from there local native rulers but there Bishops and cardinals and popes

So I hope you enjoyed this story I know my English sucks buns but I will fix it and tell me any questions about anything and correct some things and you are free to critize my story telling because criticism make me make story more better

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u/Jealous_Speed713 — 6 days ago

1960s North Japanese Army Uniforms

A part of my Fractured Sun scenario.

When Japan was divided after world war 2, the Soviet Union would establish the Japanese Democratic Republic. Prior to 1948, the main military force of North Japan was the Red Guards, which were the paramilitary wing of the Japanese communist party, but in 1948, the Japanese People's Army was established as North Japan's official ground force with it receiving military support from the Soviet Union throughout the cold war.

The JPA's most major military action was the July incident of 1950 when rogue elements of the JPA launched a border incursion into the South that was eventually repulsed, along with other minor border skirmishes with the South throughout the cold war and up to the modern day,

Generally, the uniforms of the JPA are purposely designed to resemble the uniforms of the Imperial Japanese Army during world war 2 in order to avoid looking like a Soviet puppet army, and early on the JPA did make use of recycled IJA uniforms.

The weapons and armaments of the JPA are mainly composed of Soviet supplied weapons as well as licensed copies produced in North Japan, but many leftover WW2 Japanese weapons rechambered in Soviet ammo were in service with the JPA throughout the 50s and 60s.

u/Usual_Pen_7058 — 7 days ago

The T-25 Semi-Automatic Rifle

“Chaos and shockwaves spread from Polkag all across the world…”

“Alliances are put to the test, threats exchanged, and armies are put on hold…”

“In the north, the Grand Duke of Chifk is trying to calm the situation with his equal. The Monarch of Arin…”

“But it is all in vain. The situation is out of control.”

“War is unavoidable…”

The T-25 rifle was Chifk’s next step in standard infantry arms development. Designed in 1920, the T-25 was designed to give soldiers more firepower than a bolt-action could ever give, while also attempting to create a “machine rifle”. As many of its designers quoted.

The T-25 was not requested by the Fascist Party of Chifk. Matter of fact, the Lowern Company had made it in an attempt to sell it to a foreign nation. A cheap, bulky, semi-automatic rifle. Most nations at the time were still using bolt-actions, and were desperately trying to modernize. Chifk, could not allow their enemies, and even allies, to progress. It was inconceivable that anyone could be better than Chifk, and so, Chifk adopted the rifle.

During its short, limited testing, it was found that the rifle did poorly in muddy conditions, its heavy trigger pull was not received well, its wood would warp after repeated fire, its bulkiness made it awkward to operate in tight positions, and the 7.92mm Muller round was said to cause the rifle to kick harder than its original prototypes suggested. But, its sights were well received. 1/5 score. Almost immediately, the Lowern Company had to outsource its production of T-25 rifles to other companies. Inland or abroad.

This caused a huge varying amounts of quality. With the rifles produced by the Lowern Company being some of the highest in quality, to those made by the lowest companies typically being some of the worst weapons the military would ever have in its arsenal. Some ranged from the original 5.5 pound trigger, to a 35 pound trigger. The springs made by cheaper companies were inconsistent. To the heavy sturdy springs, to the light and snappy springs that would break after a single shot. Different companies would rifle the barrel improperly. By either using the incorrect tools, or just free-handing it. The production of the T-25 was a mess.

In 1927, the Great War began. The president of Grimla was shot and killed by assailants in Polkag, aiming to keep the Third alliance from ever uniting with the Second alliance. Chifk, in an attempt to prevent war, contacted the leader of the Great Powers alliance. Arin. Chifk and Arin in the past were once united, under the banner of an Empire. However, when the monarchy fell this allowed the two nations to break from the rule. The Nation that had harbored the monarchy, Chifk. And the nation that had gained freedom. Arin. Chifk was a mashup of different cultures and traditions. However they mostly spoke Arinish (Spanish). Arin, had no cultures, stripped from them by colonial rule. They, only spoke Arinish. Their native tongue destroyed. The two began to bargain with eachother during the meeting, everything seemed to be going good. The Grand Duke of Chifk and the Monarch of Arin seemed to be… getting along…

However, near the end of the meeting, Arin had asked that Kislan not be touched by Chifk. Around the same time, Kislanian legionaries crossed into Chifk. The Grand Duke shot out an expletive at the Monarch of Arin, letting him know that if Kislanian soldiers continued their advance into Chifk, it would mean war. The Monarch stood firm, looking down at the Grand Duke as he backed away from the meeting table, his advisers handing the Grand Duke a declaration of war against Chifk.

Millions of Chifkan men and Women signed up in droves, looking to defend their nation against the traitorous Kislanian and Arinish armies who would seek to destroy their homeland, and to enjoy the adventure that would occur, as this was the first war to happen in over 100 years. However, supplying the T-25 to these new soldiers was difficult. Despite the fact that factories all across Chifk were working around the clock to get the T-25 rifles into the hands of soldiers, they were only able to produce so many. Although a majority of Chifkan forces had been trained and deployed with the T-25, Chifk was now having to rely on older equipment to substitute for the new rifle. Older T-79 needle rifles and the T-87 Rolling Block rifle.

While the Kislanian legions were being held back, Chifk had to engage a brutal naval war against Arin. With soldiers fighting over small islands in the middle of the ocean. One such battle was the battle for ‘Kahi hanau o Kristo’. A vital island with an airfield that would decide the future of the Naval War between Chifk and Arin. The island itself wasn’t that big, however its airfield allowed 1st generation and 1/2 generation bombers to take off and strike anything in a decent radius. Aswell as fighters and cargo/paratrooper planes. It was vital that Chifk take the island before Arin, Holin, and Polskg aircraft could reach the island via transport ships. It was defended by a force of 10,500 soldiers, 9000 Arin, 500 Holin, and 1000 Polskg soldiers. The island was littered with forts, machine gun outposts, and artillery batteries repurposed for anti ship use. 11,534 Chifkan soldiers were to participate in the landings. The battle plan was simple, Chifkan soldiers were to quickly move into the island and take the airfield, next, they would fortify positions and wait until reinforcements arrived with tanks, and then the advancement would continue with naval support. It was foolproof, and the soldiers to be sent in were all equipped with the T-25.

On 9/30/36, the landings began. The landing craft sped towards the beach, some of them converted merchant ships to actual landing craft. This mix in quality caused a lot of the landing crafts to be sunk by heavy machine gun fire from the beach defenses. Those who survived and managed to land on the beach itself found it to be a relative cakewalk. The heavy MG’s were unable to aim as far down as they needed to, and with the rest of the beach defenders rushing back to base to get more support and reinforcements, the lone MG crews with little in terms of arms, were forced to defend as best as they could. Some ripped their MG’s off the tripods and had it positioned to where it could be aimed at the invading Chifkan forces, while others ditched their MG’s for their lackluster equipment. Despite the fact that the standard issue rifle of the Arin, Holin, and Polskg army was the T-9, the Island had recently lost a majority of those rifles in a storm, and were forced to rely on older, much more outdated rifles. Such as T-7 Gate Rifles, and even older Hentony Muskets that were left over on the island by its previous inhabitants of pirates during the late era of the 1600’s.

The beach defenders fought desperately, however, their firepower was unmatched compared to the T-25. The sheer volume of fire that the T-25 could dish out compared to the outdated arms of the defenders was staggering, and the cartridge it used made short work of most people on the other end. It was reported that during the initial push onto the beach, that a lone Chifkan soldier took aim with his Lowern T-25 rifle and let off a singular round, managing to hit the mortar-man who was aiming the mortar, causing his body to jerk pulling the mortar with him as he fell, just as a round was lobbed into the tube. The round shot straight up, and destroyed the mortar position, causing a chain reaction of shells going off, destroying the road next to them. With this short victory, the Chifkan invaders hoisted up their flag to signal to the ships that the initial landings were a success and that more reinforcements could come. However, just as the flag was raised, the reinforcements from the defenders base had arrived. Armored cars sped down the road as fast as they could, with transport trucks well behind them. The Chifkan soldiers prepared themselves as the convoy sped towards them, its Armored cars turrets aiming towards them. And then, it happened. As the transport trucks stopped, the Armored Cars opened fire to give cover to their advancing men. The Chifkan soldiers fought desperately to hold the position, if they could hold out long enough for the reinforcements to land, they would be able to force the defenders to retreat for the night. Although the defenders had more men, the Chifkan soldiers were able to dish out more firepower, even with the armored cars providing fire support. At 7:54 PM, the Chifkan reinforcements arrived and forced a retreat, even managing to destroy the armored cars via makeshift fire bombs. allowing the Chifkans to meet up, re-organize and entrench in their positions. However, it also gave the defenders time to do the same.

10/2/36, two days after the initial landings, Chifk had made barely any progress. Failing to take the Airfield, even with superior numbers. The intelligence they had received was wrong, the airfield was not where it was supposed to be, matter of fact, it was on the other side of the island. Chifk could not afford another landing, especially with the war with the Kislan back home. Orders were given out via Morse code.[ - .- -.- . / - .... . / .- .. .-. ..-. .. . .-.. -.. / .- -. -.-- / -- . .- -. ... / -. . -.-. . ... ... .- .-. -.-- / .-. . - .-. . .- - / .. ... / -. --- - / .- -. / --- .--. - .. --- -. / --. .-.. --- .-. -.-- / - --- / -.-. .... .. ..-. -.-] ^TAKE THE AIRFIELD-ANY MEANS NECESSARY-RETREAT IS NOT AN OPTION-GLORY TO CHIFK^

It was a dire situation. Especially with the fact that the ANV-5 ‘INVICTUS’ had been sighted in the area, which caused all transport ships to cease resource shipments to the Chifkan forces on the island. However, orders were orders. Using what they had in limited resources and vehicles, the Chifkan forces were able to make one armored car, and one armored truck, being able to accomplish this by scrapping the destroyed armored cars and other broken pieces of metal laying around, aswell as using captured heavy machine guns for the armored car. 10/5/36, the Chifkan invaders began their second push into the island, using the armored car and truck to make staggering progress. Even managing to capture two Arinian light artillery pieces. Which gave the Chifkans an idea.

However, as the advanced continued forward, the many problems of the T-25 began to show. The heat and humidity of the island caused the wood to warp, and even crack. The heavy mud and sand would cause the weapon to jam catastrophically, either causing the bolt to snap, or getting stuck in the inaccessible areas of the weapon, where even disassembling it couldn’t reach. Even with these issues, Chifkan forces advanced further and further, until hitting a wall. The defenders had brought out tanks, specifically 1st generation. And even managed to get air support with bi-planes. Even if they were outdated at the time, they still were vital to the war. Especially when the opponent had no aircraft at all. This forced the advance to halt, allowing the battered defenders to re-group. Again.

Over four grueling months, the battle for the island raged on, both sides knew eventually one would have to give in. Neither wanted to do so. Both sides received word from their commanders to fight on till the last bullet, as re-supply was never going to happen. 2/15/38, both sides prepared their forces for the battle, that would bring their end. Over the four months, the Chifkan invaders had been given enough time to up-armor the armored car, giving it thicker armor, and replacing its machine guns with light artillery, to create a makeshift tank to deal with the defenders tanks, and converting the machine guns to anti-air use. However, on the other side of the island, the defending forces had been turning their artillery pieces into anti-tank pieces, to deal with the Chifkan Armored cars. A Chifkan soldier on the island by the name of Uria Martinez was objecting to the upcoming attack, instead wanting to have her fellow soldiers wait in their fox holes and defensives for the defenders to attack, so that way they take less losses. Her request was ignored by 2nd Chifkan Foreign army officer Naoya Ayanami, stating that her opinion was inferior to his based off of her gender, rank, and appearance. Instead, he had his forces fix bayonets, as their ammo was low due to zero resupply, and prepare for the final assault. On the defender’s side, their forces began to kit up. Fixing bayonets, reinforcing their helmets with scrap metal, strapping grenades to their chests as a final send off. Specifically, only the Polskgan forces did that last part. They viewed death in battle as the proper way of dying in a war. Surrender was unacceptable. However, they too were also low on ammunition.

The attack began on the same day around 6:00 PM. Just as the sun began to set. 1,300 Chifkans rushed out of their trenches to attack the defenders. The remains of the Arinian coalition of 1,287 charged out of their trenches to attack the invading forces. They met eachother on the middle of what was once a lush jungle, turned into a grey wasteland. The tanks rushed towards eachother, firing off shot after shot at eachother. The makeshift tank destroying the Holinian 1st generation tank, however shortly after being blown up by the makeshift anti-tank cannons. The Polskgan warriors were next, rushing into the lines of Chifkan infantry men and taking out as many as they could before being mowed down, their final acts of defiance was activating their chest explosives. The air assets were slowly shot down by the Anti-air machine guns, their pilots jumping out on fire, or when they were parachuting down, being shot by Chifkan marksman. However, the AA guns were destroyed by The Anti-Tank guns. A misfire occurred during the firing of an Anti-Tank gun, causing both cannons to explode. The rest of the Infantry engaged in brutal melee combat, and when their bayonets broke, they used their makeshift knives. And when their blades dulled, they used their hands. Those who still had ammunition were surrounded. Mauled.

At 6:21 PM, the battle was near its end. Out of the 2,587 participants in the battle. Only three ended up at the end of it. 1 Arinian. And 2 Chifkan. Maria Olivera, the Arinian. Uria and Naoya. The Chifkans. They stood on the beach where the initial landings had taken place. Maria and Uria stood there, watching eachother. Both of their Knives had broken, and both had a broken arm. Maria herself had been burnt by a Polskgan exploding next to her too early. Naoya came down to the beach and aimed his officers pistol at Maria, pulling the trigger but nothing came out. He too had run out of ammo. He tried to pull out his officers sword, but had forgotten that it had broken in the battle. He demanded that Uria help him kill the last Arinian, to fulfill her duty to take the island from the Arinian menace. To follow the orders handed to them. Maria begged the two to let her go, that the war for the island was over. There was nothing left to fight for. Naoya yelled at her to shut up, that she was worthless compared to him. Uria grew tired of his antics. He had gotten her comrades killed, he had ruthlessly ruined the mental state of the fellow women who had served her. He had caused all of this. And so, with whatever strength that she had, she gripped the foregrip of her rifle in her one unbroken hand, and began to beat on Naoya with it. And when the rifle broke, she grabbed a piece of steel stuck in her chest and began to stab into Naoya, her final act in her war. She stood up from the bloody mess on the sand and looked over to Maria, and walked over to her. Looking out into the sea, they saw a transport ship in the distance. A Chifkan transport ship. However, before long, a deafening roar came from the sea. The ANV-5 ‘INVICTUS’. It had let off its horn as it got close to the transport ship, it opened fire. Witnessing the scene, the two held hands and collapsed on the beach from their injuries. Uria herself had died from her wounds, the cut caused by the steel in her chest was unable to be stitched. Maria, lived. Adopting the Name of Ayanami, who she thought was Uria’s name after Arinian medics mixed up the identity cards between Naoya and Uria.

The two were picked up by an Arinian task force meant to investigate the silence on the island. They found Maria and Uria holding onto eachother on the beach. After they brought the two onto the ship and began to treat their wounds in any way they could, the task force buried the dead. Giving both Chifkan, and Coalition forces full military honors. Hoisting their flags on their respective grave yards.

After the war, Maria ‘Ayanami’ left her home country of Arin before its borders were permanently closed to a foreign country. Where she would spend the rest of her days in peace. However, only something that could be described as a miracle occurred. A Virgin birth. And thus, given her new home, and what she thought was Uria’s home. She gave her daughter a name from that land. Rei Ayanami. Who herself, would join the Armed forces. Specifically, the 5th Chifkan Foreign Legion.

(Hey guys, beanlord back again with another late post. New norm, no more churning out posts like a factory. Ignore the end of ya like. I don’t really care for it but, I felt like including it. Why? Callback to some of my older posts. I’ve done this before. Anyways, I did include a decent amount about the gun so. Hope you like it. Anyways, Peace giggity gang! Expect a new post sometime between here, and there!)

(P.s. also, I’d appreciate any feedback on the design. I plan on some more ‘Great War’ stuff. I’ve been meaning to do it. So now I’m doing it.)

[MADE WITH ibisPaint X]

u/TheNEWBeanlord115 — 8 days ago

ZT-77 'Manticore' UGV hovercraft tank [from THE SPACERS SAGA]

Statistics

  • Primary manufacturers: ZMA Arms Plants Number One, Three, and Six
  • Crew: none (piloted by three zharan minds hardlinked into the mainframe)
  • Dimensions: 10.5 (hull length) x 3.5 (turret height) x 4.6 (width) meters
  • Mass (fully loaded): approximately 33,800 kilograms/33.3 tonnes
  • Power plant: 6x Z3-L29 hydrogen-electric repulsor turbines (47 kN each)
  • Maximum speed: approximately 110 km/h on maximum hover speed
  • Range: up to 1,100 kilometers with full charge and supply of A-39 fuel
  • Armaments: 1x ZTC-74 90 mm linear accelerator cannon (45 rounds stored); 1x ZTC-76 40 mm autocannon (540 rounds stored); 2x ZMG-78H 9.6 mm heavy machine guns (5,400 rounds stored) - 1 mounted coaxially, 1 in roof remote weapons system; 2x ZLG-78H anti-munition laser turrets; 18x IR smoke grenade launchers

Historical Notes

As one of the first combat vehicle development projects greenlit by the Zharan Ministry of Armaments after the Frontier War erupted in 2371, the ZT-77 Manticore’s development was infused with all of the Collective’s anxiety about being caught up in human intrigue. As a result, the work done by ZMA Plant Number One to perfect the form factor of the hover tank was fraught with intrigue of its own as various competing interests struggled to dominate the exact specifications of the final product.

Still, in a typical example of zharan ingenuity rising to the top, the brilliance of ZMA engineers and technicians managed to win out over the squabbling of the bureaucrats seeking to control the direction of the new tank’s development. This was thanks in no small part to the intervention of Chief Minister of Armaments Z’Mardo Kafaran, who took an interest in the Manticore’s development in January 2375 after being shown a holo-film of its early field trials. Project Manticore ultimately outlived Kafaran’s tenure in the role of Chief Minister, but his Midas touch did ensure that the ZT-77 survived its growing pains.

The final product, adopted in August 2377, was put into mass production early the next year as the ZLA ramped up its preparations for their entrance into the Frontier War. After the Collective made its partnership with the Alliance of Free Worlds known, ZT-77s became the terror of battlefields across Titan and elsewhere as its pairing of a 102 millimeter linear accelerator cannon and a 38 millimeter autocannon, each capable of firing highly advanced APFSDS rounds proved deadly effective at killing COMSEC vehicles.

u/Zharan_Colonel — 8 days ago

CNS Valiant

Class: Valiant-class
Launched: 1946
Role: Battleship

Displacement: 54 000 t
Length: 248 m
Beam: 30 m
Height: 49 m

Armament: 12x 356mm main guns, 2x 152mm secondary guns, 20x 127mm dual-purpose guns, 24x small-caliber AA guns, 16x 533mm torpedo tubes

The Valiant-class was commissioned to win the war at sea, but launched too late to participate. It did gain some success in exercises and smaller conflicts, but was ultimately deemed too slow and antiquated and was scrapped in 1962. Only one was ever built.

u/FirefighterLevel8450 — 6 days ago

Basic UF Soldiers equipment

A basic soldier Still needs his gear. For example his beloved, Light weight Battle rifle chambered in 8.7mmK. and his Russian camouflage pattern uniform, along with the Green shrapnel vest and rucksack. Helmets are often included, but the soldiers prefer Durags. They always wear those, I think for comfort or something. Onto the weapons again: there's the Ancient Russian Makarov copy made from the cheapest metal on the market that looks red? Looks like the most Soviet pistol ever. There's the small knife, 1 Grenade, some first aid, 7 Rifle and 2 pistol magazines, a walkie-talkie, and the Hands of An extremely pissed off 20 year old man. On their backs they carry batteries for the Walkie-talkie, a phone, Food, free space, and if you're lucky a guitar so they can play kino and sing in a circle.

u/Enraged-ezequel — 8 days ago