Proposal about Militaries

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Proposal about Militaries; An idea I had
Topic Started: Apr 23 2013, 11:49 PM (155 Views)
Dahkeid	Apr 23 2013, 11:49 PM Post #1
Private Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #765 Joined: April 12, 2013	OCC: Hello fellow Middle Easterners I just wanted to talk a bit about the Military sizes I've been seeing. While I feel the 5 supplies for the 1 soldier makes sense I also feel like military sizes should be within their nation's budget; namely by using the economy calculator to see how much their nation spends on defense. To determine how much certain things costs we could make a rough chart. Example based off of the way I made up Dahkeid's military: Pricing varies based off of unit; research was done in making up this chart: GROUND 1 Soldier (U.S. G.I. example used) = $60,000 - This includes rations, survival gear, uniforms, weapons, bullet-proof vest etc.. 1 Pilot (Estimated; not factual) = $50,000 - This includes uniforms, sidearm, survival gear, parachute etc.. 1 Tank (T-90 example used) = $4,200,000 1 APC (BTR-90 example used) = $3,900,000 1 IFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle example used) = $3,100,000 1 Hummer (Humvee example used = $70,000 standard, $140,000 armored excluding armaments in both examples 1 Artillery Piece (M198 Howitzer example used) = $2,000,000 1 Armored Truck (MRAP Cougar example used) = $614,000 - price includes onboard UAV interface 1 Mobile SAM (MIM-72 Chaparral example used) = $1,500,000 AIR 1 ATA Fighter (F-35A Lightning II example used) = $107,000,000 double price for carrier variant 1 ATG Fighter (A-10 Thunderbolt example used) = $18,500,000 1 Vertical Take-off/Landing Craft (Harrier example used) = $44,500,000 1 UAV (Reaper Surveillance Hunter Killer example used) = $16,900,000 1 Bomber (TU-160 example used) = $250,000,000 1 Stealth Bomber (B-2 example used) = $1,100,000,000 1 Military Cargo Transport/Refueler [HEAVY] (C-130 Hercules example used) = $104,000,000 1 Military Cargo Transport/Refueler/Paradropper [MEDIUM] (C-2 Greyhound example used) = $42,200,000 1 Airborne Early Warning Craft (E-2 Hawkeye example used) = $176,000,000 1 Helicopter Gunship (AH-1 SuperCobra example used) = $12,000,000 1 Helicopter Cargo/Passenger (CH-46 Sea Knight example used) = $12,300,000 1 Helicopter Airborne Mine Countermeasure (CH-53E Super Stallion example used) = $40,400,000 1 Helicopter Utility/Rescue/Troop Lander (UH-1N Twin Huey example used) = $4,700,000 NAVY 1 Destroyer = (Arleigh Burke-Class example used) = $1,900,000,000 1 Submarine = (Seawolf-Class example used) = $2,900,000,000 1 Submarine Ballistic (Vanguard-Class example used) = $2,000,000,000 1 Guided Missile Cruiser (Ticonderoga-Class example used) = $2,400,000,000 <--could not find definite cost, estimated 1 Amphibious Landing Ship (San Antonio-Class example used) = $1,700,000,000 1 Amphibious Assault Ship (Wasp-Class example used) = $800,000,000 1 Aircraft Carrier (Nimitz-Class example used) = $5,700,000,000 <----average based off of ships built in same class with different costs Hopefully this sheds some light on how expensive things really are. I'll admit I did this more for my own enjoyment than anything lol.



Quaon	Apr 24 2013, 12:09 AM Post #2
A Prince Amoung Men-Shoot First and Ask Questions Later Posts: 8,837 Group: Forum Mods Member #209 Joined: January 11, 2006	http://s3.zetaboards.com/nationstates/topic/225909/1/#new Please see here.



Dahkeid	Apr 24 2013, 04:10 PM Post #3
Private Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #765 Joined: April 12, 2013	OCC: I apologize. Should this perhaps be merged with the other one? I did see that other thread but thought it didn't really talk about the budget aspect to much because if you have 1 billion people and ur military spending in the calculator is non-existent or only 1% of your budget then you won't have 200 vehicles per billion. In any case I leave it up to the mods. ::feels overzealous and embarrassed::



Abnar	Apr 24 2013, 11:45 PM Post #4
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the lurkiest of them all? Posts: 1,369 Group: Veterans Member #303 Joined: December 4, 2006	No big. Our military system is far from an exact science, largely because war is (usually) not a competitive thing here. It's more common for players to agree on the end result before a thread is even started, heh. The system is basically just there for people to gauge how a war would likely play out in terms of relative strength, feel free to compose your force however you like up to the limits it sets. Edited by Abnar, Apr 24 2013, 11:49 PM.



Dahkeid	Apr 27 2013, 09:19 PM Post #5
Private Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #765 Joined: April 12, 2013	OCC: I'd like to request that this not be deleted, if it should be moved I wouldn't cry. I find myself using it a bit more than I had expected :lol: Edited by Dahkeid, Apr 27 2013, 09:20 PM.


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