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LOG OF GAME M1A1 MODELING CHANGES

BONUSES:

Turret. Fire Control and Armament:
The gun. its sighting and control equipment modified.
Hydraulic gun control equipment which is easy to start. quick and very responsive, as well as being fast.
Stabilized sight.
Visibility through the gunner’s graticule is clear, good with simple muzzle reference, and simple and easy-to-use sight. with easy-to-operate fire control
Good Firepower - 120-mm smooth-bore; 2x7.62mm, 1x.50 cal.
Fixed ammunition; rapid loading drills.
Ammunition stowage in the turret with built-in “blow-out” panels to vent any explosion out of the tank rather than into the crew compartment.


Power Plant and Suspension
Remarkably quiet engine, with rapid acceleration, and is easy to operate.
Hydraulic hand brake is quick and easy.
Very responsive steering.
Multi-fuel capability.
Easy maintenance. Rapid engine repair and change. Batteries stored, all together,
under armor, adjacent to the engine, therefore easy to change and service.
Clear plastic oil reservoirs for easy level checks, etc., even on the road wheel hubs.
Hydraulic track adjusters.

Communications and Crew Arrangements:
Secure communications to Well-laid-out crew stations, especially the drivers. Platoon/troop level.
The internal lights are blue, thus there is no loss of night vision.
Excellent crew seats.
Excellent crewmen’s helmets,
The very effective heater is very comfortable.

General
Smooth. wide, warm back decks Small. low profile. and good to sleep on!

PENALTIES:

Turret, Fire Control, and Armament:
The commander (apparently) cannot lay gunner sight onto the target.
No wiper on the gunner’s sight.
Thermal imaging equipment is poor in comparison to TOGS.
(TOGS is the British thermal sighting system.)
It takes three hours to remove the Thermal Imaging Unit.
High profile, exposed gunner’s sight with large, vulnerable glass area.
The commander has only limited control and checks over the gun and turret. Prone to electrical unreliability, especially in the turret.
Very limited gun control backup system, should the main system
fail, but very good emergency firing gear.
The stub cases left once a round has been fired tend to jam in the breech.
The gun safety shield is not permanently fitted but must be assembled before firing. Short barrel life.

Power Plant and Suspension:
The hand throttle is in the driver’s compartment. inferior to foot-operated controls.
Over-sensitive computer to control the engine. Brakes are, if anything, TOO responsive!
Poor suspension when compared to the excellent system on Challenger.
Very, very thirsty. The ready reckoner used was 2-1/2 gallons to one mile.
No generator engine, short track life.
The rear skirting plate allows mud to build up around the sprocket, thus encouraging a thrown track.

Communications and Crew Arrangements:
Antiquated radio equipment, with old audio gear and only one radio per tank, as a standard kit.
Limited storage space, all exposed to the elements.
No provision to enable the crew to live on the vehicle.
No internal water tank for the crew or boiling vessel.
The heater is located next to the driver - it burns his left arm!

General
Bad thermal signature.
Chobham is strong Armor.

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The 2A46 (also called D-81TM) is a 125 mm/L48 smoothbore cannon of Soviet origin used in several main battle tanks. It was designed by OKB-9 (Artillery Plant No. 9) in Yekaterinburg.

It was developed by the Spetstekhnika Design Bureau in Ekaterinburg in the 1960s originally for the T-64 tank. They were subsequently manufactured at Artillery Plant No. 9 in Ekaterinburg and Motovilikha in Perm. Other variations include 2A46M, 2A46M-1, 2A46M-2, 2A46M-4, 2A46M-5, and Ukrainian KBA-3 and Chinese ZPT-98.

The 2A46 can fire armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), and high-explosive fragmentation (HEF) projectiles. The ammunition for the 2A46 gun is in two pieces: the projectile is loaded first, followed by a separate propellant charge.

The early versions of the 2A46 suffered from a short barrel life, but this was rectified on the 2A46M-1 version. Depending on the version it offers 510.0 MPa (73,970 psi) or from the 2A46M-1 650.0 MPa (94,270 psi) Pmax chamber pressure.[1]

The Ukrainian KBA-3 guns are based on the 2A46 gun. In addition, the Chinese ZPT-98 is based on 2A46M imported from Russia's T-72 or T-80.[2]

Soviet Union and Russia
2A46-1 / DT-81TM (1970): Used on T-64A and T-72A.
2A46-2 / DT-81K (1976): Used on T-64B and T-80B.
2A46M (1981): Used on T-72AV, and T-72B.
2A46M-1 (1981): Used on T-64BV, T-72B, T-80BV and T-80U.
2A46M-2 (1992): Used on T-72S, T-90, T-90A, and T-90S tanks.
2A46M-4: Used on Object 640 (aka, Black Eagle) [citation needed]
2A46M-5: Used on T-90M, T-80BVM, and T72B3 Obr2017.
2A82-1M: Used on T-14 Armata.[17]

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The Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment at Fort Halstead designed a new 120 mm rifled tank gun in 1957. The new gun was deemed to be necessary because the British Army specified engagement ranges greater than those of other armies, for example, 2,000 m (2,200 yd), as specified by the US Army, despite studies at the time that suggested engagement ranges were below those of the US Army requirements in the great majority of cases.[2] The L11 was specifically designed to fit into the turret mountings of the Chieftain tank (FV4201). After firing trials in 1961, the L11 was accepted for service on the Chieftain in 1965 and entered service with the British Army in 1966.

The adoption of a rifled tank gun on the Challenger led to some controversy, and some experts later urged the British Army to retrofit the turret to fit the smoothbore Rheinmetall Rh-120 adopted by the German Leopard 2 and American M1A1 Abrams. This would allow the British to fire 120 mm APFSDS rounds, which were then in use by the Germans and Americans. The British Army argued that modifying the turret would be impractical and that a smoothbore gun could not fire HESH rounds. Polish British tank historian Richard Ogorkiewicz argued that the latter concern was unwarranted. In the mid-1980s, the British Army adopted an "operational emergency" APFSDS round.[3]

During Operation Granby an L11 on a British Army Challenger 1 scored the longest tank-to-tank "kill" in military history when it destroyed an Iraqi T-55 at a range of 4.7 km (2.9 miles) with an L23 "Fin" round.[4][5]

Since its introduction, the L11 has evolved into eight production versions. In June 1976, the development of new ammunition for the L11A5 was begun.

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Currently testing the Implementation of a new tactical game play concept which affects deployment of units and how units can be used.
Units are being split into a maneuver element, and a fire team element. So one squad now will consist of two elements:

EXAMPLE OF NEW SQUAD ELEMENTS FOR MOTOSTRELKI RIFLE SQUAD:

3 man maneuver element [AKS-74, RPG-22, SMOKE] arrives in UAZ-469
4 man fire team element [AKS-74, RPK-74, RPG-7, SMOKE] arrives in BTR-60, BMP-1, or BMP-2

The UAZ-469 can be sold and both elements can be carried in the IFV or APC vehicle

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FIXED: MTLB 9M114 Shturm increased frontal armor to 2
9M114M HEAT warhead. changed AP value to 19

9M114 Shturm / AT-6A Spiral SACLOS

Length: 1,625 mm (5.3 ft)
Wingspan: 360 mm (14 in)
Diameter: 130 mm (5.1 in)
Launch weight: 31.4 kg (69 lb)
Speed: 345 m/s (1,240 km/h; 770 mph; Mach 1.0)
Range: 400–5,000 m (0.25–3.11 mi)
Guidance: Radio command link Semi-automatic command to line of sight
Warhead: 5.3 kg (12 lb) HEAT, penetration 560–600 mm vs RHA

FIXED: EF-111 RAVEN vision changes
visual identification of helicopters at 3092m
visual detection of units at 31802m
visual identification of ground units at 2915m
visual identification of aircraft at 6184m
visual identification of radar systems at, 5830m
Increased aircraft loitering time to 304sec.

FIXED: SU-24MP FENCER vision changes
visual identification of helicopters at 3092m
visual detection of units at 31802m
visual identification of ground units at 2915m
visual identification of aircraft at 6184m
visual identification of radar systems at 5830m
Increased aircraft loitering time to 289sec.

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Weapon gunnery ranges have been adjusted to permit AP/HE projectiles to have two distinct weapon ranges. One for the AP projectiles which represents the shorter AP projectile range, and a longer HE projectile range.

M2A1 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
M242 Bushmaster 25mm AP: 2250m HE: 3000m

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All Anti-Aircraft Artillery including Surface to Air missiles have good ECM values, that make it difficult to kill them at long range.
All Anti-Aircraft Artillery including Surface to Air missiles have poor identification values, that make it difficult to identify detected unit types at long range.
All Anti-Aircraft Artillery including Surface to Air missiles and weapons have long ranges.
All Anti-Aircraft Artillery including Surface to Air missiles have high accuracy.
Aircraft Interceptor have better agility than other aircraft types.
Aircraft size matters because it confers an additional penalty to hit which further reduces accuracy at long ranges.

Game Version = 141935
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Adds color blind support by changing the colors of the NATO allies to light blue and PACT allies to orange for greater visibility.

Changed the values for Colors ndf file for the Otan and Pact colors around line 409 through 433. The values in [ ] brackets are Red, Green, Blue, Alpha values in that order.

- Anything 'OTAN' is the player colors when playing as a NATO nation, and 'OTAN_VERT' relates to the allies colors when playing NATO.
- Anything PACT is when the player plays as a PACT nation, and PACT_ORANGE is the colors for the friendly allied PACT players.

Here are the values changed in 'GameData\UserInterface\Style\Common\Colors.ndf' :

Otan is [30,54,104,255]
Otan_vert is [36,108,208,255]


Otan_fond is [30,54,104,153]
Otan_fond_vert is [30,108,208,200]

Otan_fond70 is [30,54,104,80]
Otan_fond70_vert is [30,108,208,130]

Otan_fond_plus30 is [60,84,134,153]
Otan_fond_plus30_vert is [60,168,255,200]

Pact is [159,40,40,255]
Pact_fond is [159,40,40,153]
Pact_fond70 is [159,40,40,80]
Pact_fond_plus30 is [189,70,70,153]

Pact_blanc is [140,111,111,255]
Pact_blanc_fond is [220,220,220,153]

Pact_orange is [225,105,60,255]
Pact_fond_orange is [225,105,60,200]
Pact_fond70_orange is [225,105,60,130]
Pact_fond_plus30_orange is [225,105,60,200]

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7e Division Blindée Order of Battle Used as the basis for reorganization of the French Armored Division Deck as Follows:

3e Régiment de Cuiriassiers (3e RC) Armoured Regiment
1er Régiment de Dragons (1er RD) Armoured Regiment
5e Régiment de Dragons (5e RD) Armoured Regiment
35e Régiment d'Infanterie (35e RI) Infantry Regiment
170e Régiment d'Infanterie (170e RI) Infantry Regiment
(to 1990) 30e Groupe de Chasseurs (30e GC) Infantry Regiment
1er Régiment d'Artillerie (1er RA) Artillery Regiment
(to 1993) 60e Régiment d'Artillerie (40e RA) Artillery Regiment
(from 1993) 32e Régiment d'Artillerie (32e RA) Artillery Regiment
19e Régiment du Génie (19e RG) Engineer Regiment
7e Régiment de commandement et de Soutien (7e RCS) Command and Signals Regiment

Some design research of the division organization is included for further review as follows:

(a) Prior to 1977, the French Army had consisted only of Brigades, with no Divisional layer of command between Brigades and Corps. This policy was then reversed, with Brigades were redesignated as Divisions. However, as can be seen here, despite repeated tinkering with organizations, there was no corresponding increase in strength to accompany the change in title and these ‘divisions’ were consequently VERY weak, weaker in fact than most NATO Brigades. This situation was partially rectified in the 1984 reorganization, though French ‘divisions’ never amounted to
much more than a Brigade in real terms. Indeed, they reverted to the ‘Brigade’ designation in the 1990s.

(b) There was a shortage of AMX-10P MICVs in the early 1980s. In 1982 it was reported that there were only sufficient vehicles to equip four of the eight Armored Divisions. The remainder would therefore still be using AMX-VCI APCs.

(c) Most divisions had upgraded their SP artillery component to 155mm caliber by the 1980s, though there were some divisions still using SP 105mm pieces.

(d) The AA Platoon formed part of the divisional Artillery Regiment. It is not clear if these guns were simply intended to defend the artillery gun positions, or if they were intended to provide more general AA support to the division.

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Logistics Overhaul: unit ammo load-out adjusted to match historical research data values. ~235 rounds of ammunition = ~4.8 kg. of supply = 4.8 supply point cost for a M16A2 ammunition loadout of a 7-man mechanized infantry squad. M60, 1400 rounds of ammunition for a 7-man squad each carrying 200 rounds in an ammunition canister that weighs ~3.3852 kg. = 3.4 supply points cost.

WARSAW PACT Reconnaissance Units:
• Motorized Razvedka reconnaissance infantry changed from 8 to 7 men, armed with RPG-7VL and RPK-74 as
support weapons.
• Razvedka reconnaissance infantry changed from 4 to 7 men, armed with RPG-7VL (replace the RPG-22) and
RPK-74 as support weapons.
• BRM-1 increased sight range, allowing limited visibility through Smoke/Woods/buildings from TALL-MIKE
Surveillance RADAR detection and tracking of targets.
• BRM-1 target detection range increases when not moving.
• BRM-1 troop carry capacity 8 soldiers.
• Spetznas squad size changed from 6 to 4 men.
• BTR Motor Rifle Squad reduced from 8 to 7 men.

US ARMY DECK

- Changed US logistics vehicles to increase the supply provided to 1 Supply Point = 1kg.
- Changed US HQ units to include light support weapons and light AT.
- M60 increased range, RoF, suppression value, and HE effect.
- Reorganized Squads based on unit ORBAT and TO&E.
- US HMG represented as M60 until I can make an M240 MMG model.
- Changed US unit LMG and SAW allocation in Squads.
- Supply Cost changed to match new unit ammunition loadout for squads based on research values.