Military Strengths

[Archaic]

Part of it is how much economic freedoms your economy has, and the other half is how strong the economy is.

[Drogue]

It is economic freedom, as Archaic stated. It does bear semblance, indeed has a lot to do with GDP, but is not the be all and end all.

Elijah: I think for that, if it says your income tax is 28%, then it is 28%, however you have other taxes, so overall tax could be different, such as Alecrast's 0 income tax but with sales taxes, for example. Thus you can RP different taxes, but income tax remains as it states. The main thing is not to define it, except in terms of plausibility, IMHO.

[Whaleboy]

Ok, sounds fair enough, but you get my idea. Certainly the more abstract qualitative definitions given to us by NS are up for interpretation.

[Drogue]

Yes, although quantatitive definitions should be accepted IMHO. Directly stated quantatitive ones that is.

[Whaleboy]

Agreed, this means it might be an idea to resurrect the individual nation threads idea, so we can provide more accurate RP'd and NS-provided information, to present a more consistent picture of our nations, so others dont take advantage of the ambiguities on NS, and use the info provided by the player instead.

Any thoughts?

[Archaic]

Individual Nation threads certainly wouldn't be that bad an idea. With a relativly low number of regular players ATM, it wouldn't get too cluttered, and it'd save us establishing new threads for each and every internal event or incident.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Drogue
It is economic freedom, as Archaic stated.

Not really, because private enterprises are also outlawed in the comparison example I give.

[GeneralTacticus]

Doesn't matter. Economic freedom, for some odd reason, appears not to affect whether private enterprise is outlawed or not; for example, Akiria has frequently had high levels of economic freedom, while at the same time it has had no private enterprise.

[Archaic]

Economic Freedoms in so far as the freedoms of the consumer and not of the businessman perhaps?

[GeneralTacticus]

Not necessarily. They could also include how much latitude state enterprises have to operate; e.g., in Vietnam (IIRC), private enterprise is still technically illegal, but the directors of state enterprises can do what they like.

[Jack_www]

Jackson has finished its newest tank in devolopement and have been replacing our current tanks these for the past year. Just now the millitary has released the information on the new tank called the M2 Abarms tank.
About 2,000 of M1A2 tanks are being keeped in service as reserves and will still make a major part of our armor divisions.
(hope no one minds me coping this from )

Weight: 60 metric tons
Crew: 4

Engine:1900 hp gas-turbine
Max Road Speed: 42 mph
Max X-country Speed: 30 mph
Power/Weight: 31.6 hp/tn
Ground Pressure: 1.05 kg/sq.cm

Weapons
Main Weapon: 140 mm smoothbore (range 3500 meters)
Ammunition: 40 rounds for main gun, 4000 rounds for both machine guns
Ammunition Types: APFSDS, HEAT, HEF,
Auxiliary armament: twin coaxial 14 mm machine guns
Smoke Screens: Smoke Grenades, Smoke Discharger

Equipment
Rangefinder: Laser
Night Vision: Computer Enhanced Thermal Imager
Fire Control: Optical, can fire at full speed with 95% accuracy.
Jammers: Clasified
Onboard Computer: Clasified


Armor:
The Armor is based upon that used in the M1A2 tank. This armor is stronger and can take a direct hit from a DU round at 700 meters. It also this armor also reduces the termal signiture of the tank and its paint reduces the chance of night vision gogals from seeing it.

[Whaleboy]

The Libertarian Federation would like to import 200 of these tanks, as our armoured divisions on land are subject to an overhaul at the moment, we need examples of good technology to examine, and in the interim while we develop a model of our own, impliment.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Jack_www
(hope no one minds me coping this from )

[OOC]

You mean this?

Weight: 50 (?) metric tons
Crew: 3

Engine:1500 hp diesel or 1750 hp gas-turbine
Max Road Speed: >90 km/h
Max X-country Speed: >55 km/h
Power/Weight: at least 30.0 hp/tn
Ground Pressure: 1.00 (?) kg/sq.cm

Weapons
Main Weapon: 152mm smoothbore (?!)
Ammunition: 40 (?) rounds for main gun, 8 rounds for SAM
Ammunition Types: APFSDS, HEAT, HEF, ?
ATGM through 135mm: most likely 817AM derivative
Auxiliary armament: 30mm chain gun, twin coaxial 12.5mm machine guns, SAM launcher
Smoke Screens: Smoke Grenades, Smoke Discharger

Equipment
Rangefinder: Laser
Night Vision: Computer Enhanced Thermal Imager
Fire Control: Optical; GLATIIS 2-T with intergrated Missile Guidance Capability
Jammers: IR & SACLOS Jammer, Radar Jammer
Onboard Computer: GLATIIS 2-T (?)

Active Protection System: "Nomad"

Front Armor (Turret): composite, very rounded
Front Armor (Hull): composite; 4th generation ERA
Side Armor (Turret): composite, very rounded
Side Armor (Hull): composite; 4th generation ERA
Rear Armor (Turret): composite, very rounded
Rear Armor (Hull): ?
Top Armor (Turret): ?

[/OOC]

[Whaleboy]

Gotta say I like Jackson's better... besides... I can mod it!

[Jack_www]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


[OOC]

You mean this?




[/OOC]

Well people have copied the way I set up my millitary stats, so people did it too me too.