Danish Military Advances

[Kingdom of Denmark]

K-3 Sidearm

The K-3 heavy sidearm is the product of research into a new standard sidearm to replace older pistols in the Danish army. The K-3 is designed primarily for heavy firepower.

The K-3 is classified as a heavy pistol. It fires 12.7mm, high-explosive ammunition. This heavy ammo is devastating against infantry and can easily tear through armor and battlesuits.

The K-3 is a semiautomatic weapon. It is equipped with a scope capable of 4x magnification, which can be removed to make it easier to holster. The weapon carries of a clip of 6 rounds.

[Kingdom of Denmark]

K-4 Assault Rifle

The K-4 is the other main recipient of current royal funding for infantry weapons.

The K-4 has a clip size of 60 rounds, and fires Russian-type 7.62mm armor-piercing ammunition. It is capable of semi-automatic, full automatic, or 3-round burst fire.

The weapon's scope is capable of 3x magnification. The weapon also has a laser targeting system and collapsible stock. Like the K-3, the K-4's scope is removable, and its collapsible stock makes for easier carrying.

The rifle also has an integrated computer which displays the number of rounds remaining as well as providing warnings when the weapon is about to overheat. There is also a built-in compass to provide navigational aid.

Furthermore, the weapon is equipped with slots allowing for attachment of a flashlight, bayonet, and one of three secondary fire modules, for flares, darts, or grenades.

[Kingdom of Denmark]

KA-2 'Terrier' Light Battle Tank

This is a light tank designed for reconaissance and perhaps less-demanding armored combat.

The KA-2's main armament is a 90mm gas-assisted smoothbore cannon, capable of firing either KE or HEAT ammunition. A total of 36 stowed rounds are carried. The KA-2 also has a coaxially mounted 7.62mm machine gun, as well as several smoke generators.

The vehicle is protected by a titanium-ceramic composite armor. The armor is 4 inches on the front and turret, 2.5 inches on the sides, and 1.5 inches on the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle has NBC protection and is designed for rugged terrain. Up to four soldiers can ride on the side of the tank on its track pods.

The vehicle has a crew of three: pilot, commander, and gunner. The loader position is replaced by an auto-loader device. The gunner controls the main turret, although the pilot can take on this duty if the gunner is killed or disabled.

The KA-2's powerful engine allows it to travel at speeds exceeding 35mph, although about 26mph is the maximum sustainable speed. The vehicle has a range of about 320 miles on a full tank of fuel. The vehicle is amphibious and can be airdropped.

[Kingdom of Denmark]

KA-5 'Demon' MBT

The KA-5 is the new MBT of the Kingdom of Denmark. The tank has been designed to incorporate some of the most advanced and cutting-edge technologies the world has yet seen, and shall dominate armored warfare.

The primary weapon of the KA-5 is a 125mm ETC smoothbore cannon. The gun is also improved by several radical technology. The first is an Electro-Magnetic Acceleration System, or EMAS. The EMAS is a series of magnetic coils. These coils substanially increase the velocity of the projectile. When a round is to be fired, the projectile is loaded into the barrel and the breech is closed, this brings the electrode mere micrometers from the opposite contact/conduit on the round. When the system is fired, a high voltage/low amperage spark jumps the gap and immediately courses through the propellant, igniting it in a massive, controlled burn, far, far more efficient than what you could ever get from a conventional cannon and with relatively little energy drain. This is where the EMAS system takes control. As soon as the round is fired, or after the electrical force is applied to the propellant, capacitors (which had built up energy from the generators, motor, and batteries) discharge electrical energy into a series of circuits which are routed to coils placed along the barrel of the weapon (which is laminated to prevent magnetization of the barrel). The coils generate a magnetic field with the 'south' field attracting the round, as it approaches, the 'north' field takes control, propelling the magnetized round (with north facing out of the barrel, and south facing towards the breech) to the next coil. The process is repeated three more times. This allows for the round to be propelled from the barrel at a much greater velocity than would a standard electro-thermal cannon.

The cannon also utilizes a gas-assistance feature similar to that of the lighter KA-2. The gas assistance system is a seperate tank of inert, inflammable gas. At the end of the tank is a large piston combined with a recoil absorbing system to take the recoil generated by the gun and use it to drive the piston, which compresses the gas. When the cannon fires, the gas will be compressed and then it will absorb heat from the firing of the main gun, creating an intense pressure. A valve opens and the heated, compressed gas travels through a series of venturii, creating a low-pressure, very high-velocity gas flow which then enters the barrel directly behind the round, increasing its speed, improving its stability, and increasing over-all range. It also doubles as a recoil reduction system [as it transfers recoil momentum to drive the piston] and a heat absorption system, absorbing the heat and dissipating it along with the firing of the round.

The firing mechanism and barrel of the gun are enclosed a heat-absorbing and dissipating shroud. The cannon is stabilized on a double axis and can fire on the move in a full 360-degree spectrum and at elevations of up to seventy degrees and down to negative twelve degrees. The cannon is also equipped with an automatic loading system.

The coaxial weapon of the KA-5 is a 20mm autocannon. The autocannon can fire either in conjunction with the main gun or independently. It can also be configured to fire a burst just before the main gun is fired, igniting ERA and disabling threat interception systems.

The primary auxiliary armament of the KA-5 is the triple-barreled rotating CFA-760D III 30mm automatic cannon, which is very similar to the main gun of the KA-5's primary armament as it incorporates a similar version of the EMAS system, along with a dynamic gas assist system, making this already deadly cannon into a truly lethal machine. The cannon is tied into the tank's 'Integral Fire Control Suite', which ties in all offensive/defensive systems into a centrally operated threat detection/targeting system. This allows the cannon to target anything the tank's main gun is tracking or targeting or anything that shows up on detection systems, meaning this cannon can target and annihilate anything seen on the thermal imagers, millimetric radar, LIDAR, LADAR, electro-optical, or low-light optical sensors. The mini-turret is also connected to the active missile defense systems and can be used to target missiles, aircraft, or other enemy units (such as ATGM crews).

Aside from the 30mm automatic cannon and 20mm coaxial autocannon, the KA-5 also has an independently turreted five-barreled 12.7mm machine gun and 40mm automatic grenade launcher, mounted side-by-side. Along with the two weapons are a laser designator and their own thermal/infrared targeting system. The system can be used as a sort of CIWS for eliminating incoming missiles. There are two seperate ammo linkages, one for each weapon, so that even if one is disabled the other can continue to fire.

Additionally, the KA-5 also is equipped with a rear-mounted computer-controlled box launcher that can be equipped with two SAM's or ATGM's. This unit is mechanically reloadable, meaning, when the missiles are exhausted, and need to be reloaded, the gunner (or commander) has to pull a hydraulic lever (or initiate it through the computer), which rights the box and drops it into a cradle. The computer then unlatches a small armoured partition which slides to reveal two stored missiles. A hydraulic ram presses these up and into the launch box where small arms latch them into place. With the process completed, the partition slides back into place and the hydraulic system returns the launcher to its previous position. A total of six missiles can be carried: two in the box launcher and four within the tank.

Additionally, each side of the tank contains a series of slides and pivot joints that allow for the additon of multiple weapons. These can be adapted to individual missions and can include machine guns, AA guns, ATGM missile pods, LOSAT missile pods, unguided rocket pods, SAM pods, or sensor and communications equipment.

The tank is equipped with an extensive threat detection/fire control system. A wide variety of sensors include a thermal imaging system, a comprehensive LIDAR/LADAR suite, a pulsed laser focal plane array [PLFPA], which provides a wider field of view, 3D composite imagery with very high frame rates, and can provide up to seven centimeters of depth perception, primarily because it does not measure intensity like conventional LIDAR/LADAR but rather measures the time of flight of the photons and thereby the range to target. Because the information is encoded in each pixel, the system can produce a three-dimensional, or "angle-angle-range," image. Since it does not measure intensity, and rather the time of flight, it can effectively see through objects, primarily camouflage netting, foliage, tapering smoke screens, etc. There is also a highly advanced millimetric wave radar. These various sensor systems are networked together to create an integrated fire control system along with advanced threat identification and fire control computers. The system also utilizes data from satellite imagery, as well as GPS locating systems. The system is capable of tracking up to one hundred-twenty targets at once and ranking them based on range, heading, and threat level. The tank can attack up to seven targets at once using its various weapons. The tank can engage multiple moving targets even when it itself is on the move.

The KA-5 also has a wealth of auxiliary systems and electronics. First off is a mini-turreted microwave emitter which serves as an active missile-defense system. The emitter uses microwaves to fry the electronics of incoming missiles, likely detonating the missile prematurely or potentially igniting its fuel or damaging its avionics. The KA-5 also carries a radar jammer and an anti-laser rangefinder system which uses a beam of ultraviolet rays to disrupt the frequency of an incoming laser beam, confusing its electronics into determining the point the UV rays intercepted the laser beam to be the actual location of the KA-5. The tank has full integrated NBC protection, and oxygen filters and rebreathers provide a constant supply of oxygen to the crew. The tank is EMP-hardened as well.

The KA-5's armor and defense systems are nearly invulnerable. The first line of defense is a layer of Non-Explosive Reactive Armor tiles. (NxRA). Although not as effective as conventional ERA, NxRA poses no danger to nearby infantry.

The second layer of the armor is a spaced gap system designed to neutralize HEAT rounds that penetrate the reactive armor. The third armor layer is composed of ballistic ceramics infused with Kevlar strands, which spreads and absorbs the kinetic energy of KE rounds. This is further enhanced by the fourth layer, which is a slanted layer of titanium honeycomb. These two layers give the KA-5 incredible resistance to kinetic energy rounds. Beyond this is a layer of amorphous steel which surrounds a bond of coarse ceramics, Kevlar, and boronated plastics. The final layer is a thick layer of boronated plastics and carbon which helps protect the crew from radiation.

The tertiary layer of the armor is a tank of plasma-hardened aluminum about an inch and a half thick filled with electrolytic fluid. When a round is detected coming towards the vehicle, an electric firing system fires an electrical pulse towards the electrodes protruding into the fluid across each individual tank (there are a series of these tanks, each covering different portions). This means, that when a round impacts and penetrates the primary layer, it will hit the gel-like liquid and then it will harden (well, thicken) and spread the energy across the tank, reducing its effectiveness. To prevent spillage, each tank is cordoned off with metal strips to prevent one hit from draining an entire tank.

The final layer is a tank-wide anti-spalling layer composed of light weight fibers and metal to prevent damage from fragments to the crew and internal components.

To further enhance its defenses, the KA-5 incorporates an extensive close-in-defense and active countermeasures suite. The first system is the Advanced Airborne Threat Defense System (AATDS) which is a series of three weapons mounts, one to the rear of the turret and the other two mounted in recessed portions of the forward area of the turret. Each AATDS turret is composed of a bank of three 'armored centrifuges' (the armor is light and basically only protects against shrapnel or ricocheting rounds). These three centrifuges are located on 360 degree traversing turntable with three hydraulic actuators which allow the three 'centrifuges' to move up or down a number of degrees. The first centrifuge covers an area from -15 degrees to +30; the second centrifuge covers from +20 to +80; the third covers from +60 to +120 degrees. This allows for each system to engage ground level targets, line of sight missiles, and top-attack missiles. Each turret is faced to allow for full overlapping and defensive abilities. Each AATDS 'centrifuge gun' is a centrifuge, although it fires conventional rounds in an arc pattern (since it spins it releases the rounds to cover an arc of space) at incredibly high rates of fire (up to 120,000 rpm). The projectiles used are the 6.5mm ball ammunition used by conventional infantry forces. No propellant is needed but the ammunition fired is capable of velocities as high as 8000 feet per second, and are fired so close together that they are only 1/32nd of an inch apart, meaning complete and utter target saturation. Employed as a close in defense system, this system is incredibly effective. The AATDS can also be used against infantry and is tied into the 'Active Engagement Suite', which is a series of systems designed to actively engage opposing forces that have fired on the tank. Each AATDS turret has its own thermal imager, however all weapons systems are tied into the 'Integral Fire Control Suite' which is a series of threat detection systems and fire control systems such as thermal imagers, electro-optical, millimetric radar receivers and emitters, light detection and randing (LIDAR), laser detection and ranging (LADAR), and low-light optics.

In addition to this, it also has the Launch Point Suppression System [LPSS], which makes use of all auxiliary weaponry systems (commander's weapon, gunner's weapon, any other weapons, unless in use by crew) to rapidly engage ATGM crews. It uses the same systems used by the AATDS to detect the missile, but instead of firing at the missile, it calculates the point of origin of the launch, and quickly lays down suppressive fire on that area. This is especially effective against wire guided weapons or remotely guided weapons [which require the crew to keep the missile on target], and lessens the chance of another weapon being fired. The system can be disabled.

The tank also incorporates an active anti-sensor system. When an enemy vehicle is detected, the crew can choose to engage this system. This system incorporates an 81mm mortar tube. The tube quickly fires two rocket-enhanced shots. The first shell is a proximity concussion grenade, with a sensor which detects either its altitude or its position to the tank and can maneuver itself to a small extent with small deployable fins to be in a prime position. Then a detonation occurs creating an intense concussion blast, capable of shattering the camera lenses, sensor systems, infrared detection screens, and even the internal workings of radar (or at least dislodging them). The blast, depending on weather conditions and its distance from the tank can also disable and shatter computer screens and systems within the tank.

The second round is a shrapnel round, blanketing the tank with metal shards, capable of prematurely detonating ERA panels, tearing apart sensory equipment, taking out manual periscopes, damaging the main cannon, damaging NBC protection equipment, damaging the driver's window and periscope systems, damaging auxiliary weaponry, and even killing crew (if exposed). The system can also be utilized to engage enemy infantry, anti-tank teams, or any other vehicles.

The tank also has several armored partitions which can be lifted into place to help protect exposed crew or riding infantry from shrapnel and small-arms fire. The commander's hatch is capable of being lifted like a manhole cover, and when it is lifted, a 'curtain' of a semi-transparent mesh material provides infrared protection, laser protection, and even shrapnel protection, meaning the tank can be completely quiet and cool (no thermal signature) and the commander can enjoy a wide view of the terrain without using electronics or exposing himself to infrared systems. The tank is capable of 'silent running,' and includes several passive defense measures. The tank's infrared signature is reduced by highly efficient coolant systems, heat sinks, and heat-absorbing materials. The tank is also covered in a radar-absorbing material. The KA-5 also has excellent passive LIDAR/LADAR from the carbon fiber composites in the tank's armor.

The KA-5 utilizes a comprehensive multi-state broadcasting communication suite which shares target information with other friendly units on the battlefield. The tank is also equipped with a direct neural interface, which stores information and memories of previous tank crews and gives it to the current crew of the tank. This allows the knowledge and experience of veteran crews to be imparted to newer crews.

The KA-5 is equipped with an internal frame enhanced by strengthened braces, and has low visual, radar, and heat signatures. Ergonomical features include a fully liquid and central air cooled crew compartments as well as engine-based liquid heaters to provide heating in the crew compartments while simultaneously reducing engine heat, heated seats, camera defoggers, a dehumidifier and humidifier, low-noise fans, and well-placed fluorescent lighting. Special storage compartments allow each of the three crew members (driver, gunner, and commander) to store a personal defense weapon and ammunition.

The tank is 8.5 feet tall, 12 feet wide, and 27 feet in length. It weighs approximately 72 tons. It is capable of transversing obstacles up to 4 feet high. Thanks to its snorkel, it can ford water up to 12 feet deep. A 1600-horsepower twin turbocharged diesel engine with a hybrid fuel cell/battery power plant allows the vehicle to reach a maximum off-road speed of 32 mph, and an on-road speed of 45 mph, although this is only under ideal conditions. The tank has a maximum range of 400 miles.

[Sovereignty of South Africa]

Goddamn that's a badass tank. I'm going to have to get some.

[United Balkan Republic]

The UBR government would also be interested in purchasing this armor.

[Kingdom of Denmark]

The export cost of the KA-5 Demon is $42 million (production cost is $34 million), and production rights are not available. Additionally, the vehicle will not enter full production for at least 2 RL days.