Shipbucket

ST.62-105 zra. 1962 Vyhovsky



Introduced in 1962, the ST.62 Vyhovsky, named after General Aleksandr Vyhovsky was the front runner of the Khraelyi main battle tank fleet, up until the ST.62 zra. 1996's retirement, as well as the introduction of the ST.84 Skoropadskyi in 1984. Boasting the Alapayiv Arsenal's 1A20 105 mm KB-105, it continues to be a formidable foe despite its age, even as the modern world changes around it.

_________________
realstrange AU

Sometimes, your average man. And sometimes, a complete dumbass.

"Thirty years from now when you're sitting by your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks, 'What did you do in the great World War Two?' You won't have to cough and say, 'Well, your granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.'" - General George S. Patton

Kaposvár Class Frigate

Sūvardland's Ovttastuvvan Skeppsindustri AB, a prominent shipbuilding company, engineered and constructed a series of frigates for export under the internal classification "Prošeakta LEF-67." These vessels were commissioned into service across various countries in the central continent, with the Secrazchak Empire being the first to adopt them in 1967, designating the ships as Kaposvár Class frigates. The Kaposvár Class frigates quickly gained a reputation for their robust capabilities and versatility, seeing extensive action and participation in numerous naval operations. The lead ship of the class, SNS Kaposvár, played a significant role in the inaugural edition of the Joint Naval Exercise Orditou in 1971, showcasing the strategic importance and operational excellence of these frigates.

One of the most intriguing episodes in the history of the Kaposvár Class occurred with the SNS Kaposvár during the geopolitical upheavals of 1989. As the Secrazchak Empire disintegrated, the SNS Kaposvár found itself returning from the 1989 edition of the annual Joint Naval Exercise Orditou. The collapse of the empire left the vessel effectively stateless, adrift in international waters without a recognized flag. For two months, the SNS Kaposvár and her crew were stranded, navigating a period of uncertainty and diplomatic limbo. Eventually, the ship was directed to one of the newly formed nations that emerged from the remnants of the Secrazchak Empire, marking a unique and storied chapter in the annals of naval history.

The Prošeakta LEF-67 frigates broadly underwent two Frigate Life Extension Programs (FLEX Programs), designed to enhance their operational lifespan and capabilities. These upgrades included modernizing their weaponry, improving electronic warfare systems, and enhancing propulsion efficiency. However, some frigates of the class, operated by countries that maintained strained relationships with Sūvardland, were excluded from these programs. Despite their extended service life, the last of the Prošeakta LEF-67 frigates were ultimately retired in 2005.

BT.91-40 Tyhr



Developed in the late eighties, the wheeled BT.91-40 Tyhr is Khraelyia's answer to modern wheeled APCs. With a 40mm cannon as the standard main armament, and the ability to carry 10 soldiers, it is one of the most prime APCs fielded by the OFSN.

Seeing service with Khraelyia, Lingala, and more, it has proven its worth during the Mirasani civil war, specifically the OFSN's intervention from 2012 to 2018.

_________________
realstrange AU

Sometimes, your average man. And sometimes, a complete dumbass.

"Thirty years from now when you're sitting by your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks, 'What did you do in the great World War Two?' You won't have to cough and say, 'Well, your granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.'" - General George S. Patton

PPOP System



The Bondar/Mynuyivka PPOP System (Protytankovyy Protypovitryana Pborona, Anti-Tank Air Defence System) is a dual-purpose short-range surface-to-air and anti-tank missile system based on a number of AFV chassis including the BMP.85 and BT.91. The PPOP Turret is an unmanned turret based around an electro-optical sensor head containing FLIR, TV, laser rangefinder and laser guidance sensors, and on which is mounted a search radar, two four-missile launcher/canisters, and a 30mm Autocannon. The complete assembly can be rotated in azimuth and elevated remotely from within the vehicle it is mounted on. The search radar is free to rotate independently for surveillance purposes and can track up to ten targets simultaneously.

Each missile is approximately 52kg, with a 12kg shaped charge dual-purpose fragmentation warhead that detonates via impact or laser proximity fuse, and is capable of reaching a speed of upwards of Mach 3 in flight with a range of 10km and a ceiling of over 5km. Each missile is capable of engaging either aerial or land-based targets, with penetration values of over 900mm of RHA against armoured targets.

Development of the PPOP System was began by Lingalan firm Bondar Aerospace in the mid 1970s as a result of the Lingalan Forward Air Defence Program initiated after the 1974 Defence Review, seeking to replace older-generation infrared missile systems in the short-ranged air defence role. Khraelyi firm Mynuyivka Design Bureau was quickly brought into the project to provide technical expertise regarding missile guidance and warhead design, with development costs divided between the two firms. Though initial estimations of the project's development costs required 200 sales for profitability, well within the Lingalan tender for 300 air defence platforms, escalating costs and refinements to the Forward Air Defence Program led to seek further sales abroad, with the Khraelyi Army expressing interest, as well as alternate configurations including helicopter mounting to provide additional options.

Ultimately both the Khraelyi Army and Lingalan Armed Forces would make purchases, with around 140 systems purchased by Lingala and 300 by Khraelyia, with the first deliveries arriving in 1986, and a further 50 would be acquired by Mestra with the first units delivered in 1990. Bondar Aerospace would ultimately be acquired by Central Dynamics in 1993 and rebranded as Central Dynamics Lingala, where it would inherit the maintenance contract for the systems in Lingalan service.

Aourora Class

SKN Aourora (K50) in 1937

Aourora sported the standard light gray and nationality stripes scheme for her first year of service

Class overview (as completed)

• Lenght (over all) - 219 m
• Beam & draft - 22 m & 5,70 m
• Standard displacement - 12.500 tons
• Installed power - 12 × Silvarehim boilers, 150 shp
• Propulsion - 4 × steam turbines, 4 × screw propellers
• Speed - 35 knots
• Range - 5.000 nautical miles @18 knots
• Main armament - 9 × 200mm Mk VII L/64 in 3 × triple Mk IV turrets
• Secondary armament / Heavy anti-aircraft armament - 14 × 130mm Mk VIb L/50 in 7 × twin Mk III turrets
• Medium anti-aircraft armament - 18 × 30mm/72 Mk III in 7 × triple mounts
• Light anti-aircraft armament - 12 × 20mm/70 Mk II in 4 × twin mounts & 4 × twin mounts
• Torpedoes - 8x Mk XIII 540mm torpedoes in 2 × quadruple launchers
• Belt & citadel bulkheads armor thikness - n/a & 120 mm
• Main & weather deck armor thikness - 70 mm & 25 mm
• Conning tower & barbette armor thikness - n/a
• Main caliber turrets face armor thickness - 150 mm

.

SKN Ouranía (K57) in 1941

Ouranía received her up-armouring in May 1941; during the same refit the light and medium anti-aircraft armament was augmented by newer 20mm mounts and 40mm guns, air search and IFF equipment were installed and the ship was painted in a "Symvatikós II" (Conventional II) distorting scheme (carried with minor modifications until 1943)

Ouranía 1941 overview

• Lenght (over all) - 219 m
• Beam & draft - 22 m & 6,65 m
• Standard displacement - 15.000 tons
• Installed power - 12 × Silvarehim boilers, 150 shp
• Propulsion - 4 × steam turbines, 4 × screw propellers
• Speed - 34 knots
• Range - 5.000 nautical miles @18 knots
• Main armament - 9 × 200mm Mk VII L/64 in 3 × triple Mk IV turrets
• Secondary armament / Heavy anti-aircraft armament - 14 × 130mm Mk VIb L/50 in 7 × twin Mk III turrets
• Medium anti-aircraft armament - 24 × 40mm/56 in 4 × quadruple mounts & 4 × twin mounts
• Light anti-aircraft armament - 54 × 20mm/70 Mk II in 8 × quadruple mounts, 10 × twin powered mounts & 1 × twin mount
• Air & surface search radars - S. Damazo Mk I & V. B. Louvin Mk I (only IFF transponder)
• Range finding & director radars - L. Sivara Mk I
• Torpedoes - 8x Mk XIII 540mm torpedoes in 2 × quadruple launchers
• Belt & citadel bulkheads armor thikness - 150 mm & 120 mm
• Main & weather deck armor thikness - 70 mm & 25 mm
• Conning tower & barbette armor thikness - 150 mm & 150 mm
• Main caliber turrets face armor thickness - 150 mm

.

SKN Pallás (K52) in 1948

The last major refit for Pallás occured in 1947; twin and sextuple powered mounts replaced the older 40mm installations, while new 30mm in single mounts and quadruple turrets replaced the 20mm battery. The electronics and sensors were also upgraded, with new navigation and communication equipment, improved AA guns directors, new air and surface search and IFF sets, fire control radar was added to the 130mm battery rangefinders. in 1948 Pallás adopted the new Fultian Fleet two-tone scheme; which she carried until her decommisioning

Pallás 1948 overview

• Lenght (over all) - 219 m
• Beam & draft - 22 m & 6,65 m
• Standard displacement - 15.000 tons
• Installed power - 12 × Silvarehim boilers, 150 shp
• Propulsion - 4 × steam turbines, 4 × screw propellers
• Speed - 34 knots
• Range - 5.000 nautical miles @18 knots
• Main armament - 9 × 200mm Mk VII L/64 in 3 × triple Mk IV turrets
• Secondary armament / Heavy anti-aircraft armament - 14 × 130mm Mk VIb L/50 in 7 × twin Mk III turrets
• Medium anti-aircraft armament - 24 × 40mm/56 in 4 × quadruple mounts & 4 × twin mounts
• Light anti-aircraft armament - 32 × 30mm/68 Mk IV in 4 × quadruple turrets & 16 × single mounts
• Air & surface search radars - Iz 54.1 & V. B. Louvin Mk II
• Height finders - Iz53.1
• Range finding & director radars - L. Sivara Mk I, Iz51.1 & Iz50.1 (on the Mk VI Directors)
• Torpedoes - 8x Mk XIII 540mm torpedoes in 2 × quadruple launchers
• Belt & citadel bulkheads armor thikness - 150 mm & 120 mm
• Main & weather deck armor thikness - 70 mm & 25 mm
• Conning tower & barbette armor thikness - 150 mm & 150 mm
• Main caliber turrets face armor thickness - 150 mm

.

The Aourora Class was the third class of heavy cruisers laid down in the inter war period by the Sofíae Commonwealth. In 1933, with details on the two Veszenian Myrsky Class cruisers being laid down that year becoming clearer, the planners at Superklasse quickly realized that the current Sofíae heavy cruisers of the Lígeia and Ekáti classes would be either too slow or insufficiently protected to stand up against this new ships. the optimal ship to counter the large Veszenian cruisers was quickly determined to be a small capital ship of around 28 thousand tons, however having signed the Østerhus Naval Treaty only a year before the Navy was unwilling to jeopardize its capital ship displacement allowance for this kind of ships. After a series of design studies however, the GSK determined that an heavy cruiser could posses a sufficient speed to out-run the prospected Myrskys on 14.5 thousand tons, while possessing and enough armor to offer a degree of protection against other 8 inch guns; this ship was however still five thousand tons over the treaty limit for cruisers, but it was calculated that by omitting most of the vertical protection it could be brought down to 12.5 thousand tons. Construction of a new class of heavy cruisers was eventually authorized in 1935, with every official document citing the weight at exactly 10 thousand tons, and the first ship was laid down later that same year. The final design of the ship also included a lengthened 200mm in completely redesigned turrets, an heavy secondary battery marking the debut of the twin Mk III 130mm turret, along with the peculiar armor scheme which only included the turret's barbettes as vertical protection. Auorora was commissioned in 1937, with 20mm auto-cannons having substituted the planned machine-guns during construction; Pallás and Galáteia followed the year later, and Ouranía in 1939. The hull of the first three ships, more than two thousand tons under its designed weight, proved to be a very unstable platform, especially in the heavy seas which the Sofiaés Strátioklasse usually operates in. With the Great War already raging, Galéne and Îris were completed in 1940 with the complete armor layout already installed among other smaller improvements, that same the first two ships completed were also taken in to receive the originally intended armoring, with Galáteia and Ouranía following in 1941.


Ships in class

• SKN Aourora (K50), 1937 - Sunk, november 1941
• SKN Pallás (K52), 1938 - Scrapped, 1959
• SKN Galáteia (K55), 1938 - Scrapped, 1964
• SKN Ouranía (K57), 1939 - Scrapped, 1961
• SKN Galéne (K59), 1940 - Sunk, september 1944
• SKN Îris (K60), 1940 - Scrapped, 1967

BMP.97-40 Kolisnytsya (Chariot)



Developed in the mid to late 90s, the BMP.97-40 was an early successor to the BMP.85-40. Boasting a brand new 40 mm cannon, as well as enhanced composite armor and a carrying capacity of eight soldiers, the BMP.97-40 is Khraelyia's answer to the modern AFV.

_________________
realstrange AU

Sometimes, your average man. And sometimes, a complete dumbass.

"Thirty years from now when you're sitting by your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks, 'What did you do in the great World War Two?' You won't have to cough and say, 'Well, your granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.'" - General George S. Patton

BA.36-40



Introduced in 1936, the BA.36-40 was the first modern armored car produced in Khraelyia, prior to the Great War. Boasting a slow firing, yet punchy 40 millimeter cannon, the BA.36-40 was nicknamed the "Little Drummer Boy" by frontline forces in the early stages of the invasion of Khraelyia

_________________
realstrange AU

Sometimes, your average man. And sometimes, a complete dumbass.

"Thirty years from now when you're sitting by your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks, 'What did you do in the great World War Two?' You won't have to cough and say, 'Well, your granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.'" - General George S. Patton

M6 Opsiános & M7 Soúper Opsiános

M6 Opsiános and M7 Soúper Opsiános (M6/M7 Οψιδιανός/Σούπερ Οψιδιανός) are a series of Sofíae Commonwealth MBTs introduced shortly after the Great War. The M6/M7 series went on to become the most produced tank in history, spawing many derivatives and upgrades from over 30 countries around the world.
While the original design is now over 70 years old and greatly outclassed by modern MBTs, the Opsiános is still kept in service in many countries around the world, and several thousands are kept in deep storage at many Sofíae Army veichle depots.
Wiki page for more details.

M6 Opsiános


Sofíae Opsiános modernizations (selection)


M7 Soúper Opsiános & Sofíae Soúper Opsiános modernizations (selection)

excellent drawings, I love the camo of #2

_________________
Worklist:
- Solkriet - My Personal AU: http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 14&t=10834
- America the Divided - Joint-Project between Minepagen and I http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... =14&t=9855
- Occasionally the Random pop-ups of my Abyssinia or Hong Kong AUs

"The word Br*t?sh is a horrible term I never want to hear from you again, We do not tolerate that dehumanization".

beutifuel, I am not going to check for shading quality and minor mistakes, it's just to beutifuel to even bother