DataPacRat wrote:
On 11/09/2007, Troy Guffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not sure how that transforms into a 'kill radius'.
Neither am I, yet; that's the fun part. :)
The gun, concealed behind armor, is 12.5 cf, 250 lbs, $17,000, 7 kW.
10,000 rounds of ammo is 4,000 lbs, $60,000. Full stabilization, 25
lbs, $2500. Universal Mount (to raise to 90 degrees and keep Pigeons
from simply dropping down from above) 125 lbs, $250. We can probably
throw in an anti-blast magazine for those rounds: 1,000 lbs, $10000.
We'll also need a battery (say, $250), PESA (5 of them (for
360-plus-above coverage, with 2-mile range they add up to 40 lb,
Make it a 5 mile range, so that the guns can see them before they get into
Max range. And probably at least 1 AESA, or LIDAR.
$160,000), Gunner Program (Complexity 4, skill 12), and a robot brain
(Complexity 4, dedicated, hardened, is 300 lb, $40,000).
Which puts us at $290,000, plus whatever chassis, propulsion, and
armor we put on it.
A Pigeon will take 58.77seconds to cover the guns range, during
which time the gun can punch out 7052 rounds. For a 1000 member
flock, this gun could award each Pigeon as many as 7 rounds.
(Assuming zero time to aim, and ending up at the mouth of the
barrel.)
It's been quite a while since I used any of the autofire rules; is
that how such things are targeted?
That's how *I* would design the firing protocol. Thread 1: Evaluate all
seen targets, chose 'path' for firing solution of X duration. Thread 2:
Find target, aim for target (with appropriate leading), fire X rounds, go on
to next target in list. X is a number of rounds to insure 95% chance of
kill, or less to ensure engagement of maximum targets. (For instance, to
engage a 7000 Pigeon swarm) X would probably be 3 in most cases.
Thread 1 re-orders target list as targets are destroyed, and new targets
enter engagement area.
(Notes to self: When using pigeons against Big Guns, use /lots/ of
cover, and try not to enter its firing arcs until as close as
possible. Avoid bunching up the flock to keep individual shells from
being able to destroy more than a single Pigeon each. Possibility: Use
/big/ flocks to saturate defense capability, eg 10,000 at a time.)
Note to self: Deploy multiple units with overlapping fields of fire, and
implement data-net to divide up targets between multiple AA units. Also
deploy even smaller 'close-in' units or 'big boom' SAMs for Final Protective
Fire,
Troy Guffey
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