Post by New Dornalia on Jan 2, 2015 20:06:16 GMT -5
A Stinger missile, held by a JASDF officer.
9K333 Verba missile, its erstwhile Russian opponent.
OOC: Suggestions made by Allanea and Mythrandir contributed to this project.
IC:
A lethal companion to the Mars Special Kalashnikov Conversion Kit, the Long Lance MANPADS Upgrade Kit is a weapon designed by the External Research and Intelligence Section for deployment in situations where rebel forces to be supplied are working with MT/PMT weaponry, and need to be supplied with superior weaponry that will give them the edge against numerically larger opponents using air support. In particular, the Long Lance system was developed for use in the alternate Not-Dornie-Earth setting of Ravenstenskia, where the ERIS support of two Ukrainian factions fighting the USSR required such a system (especially due to a close encounter with some Hinds).
The Long Lance system is a conversion kit available in two flavors. One is custom made for US-made Stinger missiles, and the other is custom made for 9K333 Verba missiles made in Russia. Either kit works basically the same way.
Namely, the kits feature improved versions of the original rockets within the launch systems. These rockets feature an improved solid-fuel rocket motor made with a proprietary propellant designed to ensure greater speeds to enable the rocket to close with enemy targets quickly and at higher altitudes. Further, the improved missiles themselves feature miniature repulsors at various points on each missile, along with modified fins and canards to ensure better maneuverability and aerodynamic performance. Additionally, the warheads themselves are modified with the usually destructive Meltabomb-based explosives (which can be swapped out with miniaturized Ion Charges to disable enemy electronics), which can be command detonated, proximity detonated, or impact detonated.
The original tracking and scanning systems onboard the missile and the launcher, meanwhile, are replaced with a new "fire and forget" laser tracking system based on the old Amethyst Cloaking Detection System. Namely, the user only has to "paint" the offending aircraft with a brief laser scan, and then a system combining the use of automatic tracking lasers projected from the launcher and information fed to the missile itself using a multifrequency communications system (lasers, and radio and etc.) to guide the missile towards the target. In case this all fails though, however, the missile itself has a backup IR/UV sensor on the front to enable tracking.
Sounds complicated, but the system is designed to be as simple to use and lightweight as possible, with the components designed to be quickly installed on existing MANPADs and a command interface with consists of a ruggedized screen accompanied by a few vital switches, for example. Further, the system's improved motors are designed to give as little backblast as possible.