Restricted: for Operating Thetan Eyes Only
 
By order of Her Gracious and Serene Majesty Queen Diane Feinstein the VIII
 
The Dianetic People’s Republic of California
 
Anno Domini 2256
 
SUBJ: New tank contract awards
 
OK, praise be to Hubbard the last prophet and Tom Cruise, his true successor and all that shit that the upper party members will want to see in an official document.  You want to know Hubbard's honest truth?  This entire heavy tank development program has been one big conga line of fuckups since day one.  There's a reason that we're still out there tanking with DF-1s, and that reason is the current government of the DPRC.  Their insane commitment to Scientology has made a mockery of every attempt to maintain a stable and sensible war economy.  Until the ruling regime is liquidated and replaced with a government based on the scientific principles of Euphoric Atheism, the disasters will only compound.


The military tribunal for tank procurement has selected Hakika si Kundi la Dudes Nyeupe (HKDN) design bureau's Object 426 "Stumpy" as the basis for the DPRC's next main battle tank.  In order to facilitate crew competence and speed the de-bugging phase on the way to IOC, the first several dozen vehicles will be sent to a special test unit.  This test unit will be kept separated from the rest of the DPRC military's logistical system and chain of command.  In order to prevent sabotage of the program by the circulation of false reports, the entire test unit and its activities will be kept secret, even from the members of the civilian government.  In order to prevent any theft of the technical secrets of the vehicles, the test unit will be given the authority to shut down all communications and transport networks in the DPRC at its sole discretion.
 
Congratulations, @Toxn

ATTENTION DUELISTS:
@Toxn
@LostCosmonaut
@Lord_James
@DIADES
@Datengineerwill
@Whatismoo
@Kal
@Zadlo
@Xoon
detailed below is the expected format of the final submission.
The date is set as Wednesday the 19th of June at 23:59 GMT.
Again, incomplete designs may be submitted as they are and will be judged as seen fit.
 
FINAL SUBMISSION:
Vehicle Designation and name

[insert 3-projection (front, top, side) and isometric render of vehicle here)



Table of basic statistics:

Parameter

Value

Mass, combat


 
Length, combat (transport)


 
Width, combat (transport)


 
Height, combat (transport)


 
Ground Pressure, MMP (nominal)


 
Estimated Speed


 
Estimated range


 
Crew, number (roles)


 
Main armament, caliber (ammo count ready/stowed)


 
Secondary armament, caliber (ammo count ready/stowed)


 

 
Vehicle designer’s notes: explain the thought process behind the design of the vehicle, ideas, and the development process from the designer’s point of view.

Vehicle feature list:
Mobility:

1.     Link to Appendix 1- RFP spreadsheet, colored to reflect achieved performance.

2.     Engine- type, displacement, rated power, cooling, neat features.

3.     Transmission- type, arrangement, neat features.

4.     Fuel- Type, volume available, stowage location, estimated range, neat features.

5.     Other neat features in the engine bay.

6.     Suspension- Type, Travel, ground clearance, neat features.

Survivability:

1.     Link to Appendix 1 - RFP spreadsheet, colored to reflect achieved performance.

2.     Link to Appendix 2- armor array details.

3.     Non-specified survivability features and other neat tricks- low profile, gun depression, instant smoke, cunning internal arrangement, and the like.

Firepower:

A.    Weapons:

1.     Link to Appendix 1- RFP spreadsheet, colored to reflect achieved performance.

2.     Main Weapon-

a.      Type

b.      Caliber

c.      ammunition types and performance (short)

d.     Ammo stowage arrangement- numbers ready and total, features.

e.      FCS- relevant systems, relevant sights for operating the weapon and so on.

f.      Neat features.

3.     Secondary weapon- Similar format to primary. Tertiary and further weapons- likewise.

4.     Link to Appendix 3- Weapon system magic. This is where you explain how all the special tricks related to the armament that aren’t obviously available using Soviet 1961 tech work, and expand to your heart’s content on extimated performance and how these estimates were reached.

B.    Optics:

1.     Primary gunsight- type, associated trickery.

2.     Likewise for any and all other optics systems installed, in no particular order.

C.    FCS:

1.     List of component systems, their purpose and the basic system architecture.

2.     Link to Appendix 3- weapon system magic, if you have long explanations about the workings of the system.

Fightability:

1.     List vehicle features which improve its fightability and useability.

Additonal Features:

Feel free to list more features as you see fit, in more categories.

Free expression zone: Let out your inner Thetan to fully impress the world with the fruit of your labor. Kindly spoiler this section if it’s very long.


 Example for filling in Appendix 1