Requests/Issues

Draken class submarine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draken_class_submarine "The Draken class (Dragon) was a submarine class built for the Swedish navy 1960-1962. A total of six submarines was delivered and kept in service until the late 1980s when the more modern Näcken class submarine replaced them." --Wikipedia ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Näcken class submarinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4cken_class_submarine "The Näcken class submarines, also known as the A14 type, were built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1970s. The boats were authorised in 1972 and the programme was completed in 1981." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.11

Minor issues...for the P3126 KNS Nyayo class... 1. The text for the Nyayo seems to be incorrect. The wrong weapons are listed. I might just change this to "Missile boats operated by Kenya." 2.A second database listing may be in order. According to Wikipedia, "Built by Vosper Thornycroft, these are similar to the Omani Province class, and were delivered in 1987....From March 2009 to July 2011 these ships underwent an extensive refit at Fincantieri's Muggiano shipyard in northern Italy, during which their surface-to-surface missile (SSM) systems were removed, effectively reducing the vessels to an OPV configuration." In other words,there would be one listing wh…

I'm not sure if I reported this or not--I checked but I can't find the posting, although I may have missed it--but there appears to be some errors with the MCM Avenger. Basically, it is a blank listing...the ship has no speed, displacement, sensors, weapons, etc. I imagine this is simply a case where the data was just not entered somehow, or was entered but did not save for some reason, so it should be pretty easy to fix.

Saab 340 AEW&C (aka S-100) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_340 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_340_AEW%26C "The Saab 340 AEW&C is a Swedish airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft;a variant of the Saab 340 aircraft is designated S 100B Argus by the Swedish Air Force." --Wikipedia Also used by Thailand and U.A.E. (I thought I had requested this earlier but I checked and could not find it.) ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Harbin Z-19 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_Z-19 "The Harbin Z-19 is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force attack helicopter." --Wikipedia This is an updated version of the Z-9. Is it different enough to need its own database entry? ANW HUD-4 v1.11

PAC MFI-17 Mushshak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFI-17_Mushshak "MFI-17 Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق) (English: Proficient) is a licence-built basic trainer aircraft version of the Saab Safari, used by the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force. It is manufactured in Kamra, Pakistan by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC). As of 2006, 80 aircraft have been manufactured. Built to MIL-Spec and fully aerobatic, it is used for training, towing and other ground support roles." --Wikipedia Mostly used as a trainer, but it can carry about 600 lbs. of bombs and rockets. Used in various Middle Eastern and African nations. Just the thing for terrorists, rebels, etc. to steal and t…

Odd error (?) for the text for the LMCS Chickadee...as far as I can tell, it is NOT the Moroccan version of the Sigma-class corvette (which does have its own listing elsewhere in the HUD-4). As near as I can tell, the Chickadee simply a copy of the LCS 2 Independence. (There is also an LCMS 1 Oriole, which appears to be a copy of the LCS 1 Freedom). Was there a reason for adding these quasi-duplicates? Assumed export versions of the LCS? (By the way, the Chickadee is not a bad name for a small warship. These birds are 5" tall and only weigh about as much as a mouse, but put out the birdseed and you will see they are aggressive little guys!) ANW HUD-4 v…

Atlas Oryx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Oryx "An upgraded and remanufactured version of the Aérospatiale Puma, equivalent to the Eurocopter Super Puma," --Wikipedia It looks like it is different enough to need its own listing in the database ANW HUD-4 v1.11

SAS Drakensberg (A301) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_Drakensberg_%28A301%29 "The SAS Drakensberg (A301) is a fleet replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy, with the primary role of assisting and supporting the SAN's combat vessels at sea. Built by the (now defunct) Sandock Austral shipyard in Durban, it is the largest and most sophisticated warship to have been built in South Africa." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.11

USCG seagoing buoy tender (aka Balsam aka Iris) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCG_seagoing_buoy_tender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Bittersweet_%28WLB-389%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Redbud_%28WLB-398%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Sassafras_%28WLB-401%29 "The USCG seagoing buoy tender is a type of US Coast Guard cutter originally designed to service aids to navigation,throughout the waters of the United States, and wherever US shipping interests require. The Coast Guard has maintained a fleet of seagoing buoy tenders dating back to its origins in the US Light House Service. These ships originally were designated with the hull classification…

Camcraft Patrol Boat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_of_El_Salvador http://www.navypedia.org/naval_balance/el_salvador.htm Descriptive text: Patrol boat employed by El Salvador for coastal and fishery defense. ANW HUD-4

Aermacchi S-211 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aermacchi_S-211 "The S-211 is a small tandem two-seat shoulder-wing monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear and powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4C turbofan.[1] Also, the aircraft was designed for a secondary close air support capability with four underwing hardpoints for the carriage of weapons and other external stores." --Wikipedia Used mostly as a trainer, but could be used as a light attack aircraft (and probably was by nations with little else in their airforce); used by both the Philippines and Haiti. ANW HUD 4 v1.11

Listed in the descriptive text as carrying Harpoons and Gabriels, but they actually have Exocets. Possibly the wrong text entry was used? Edit...sorry, I put in the wrong class by accident. The P 20 Al Fateh is the one that has a much more correct description, although the machine guns are different. ANW HUD 4 v1.11

The text for the ACV Bay is very odd...it describes them as missile boats armed with Penguins when the only weapon they carry is a 7.62 mm. machine gun. Suggested text: A patrol boat employed by the Australian Customs Service. A similar class of vessels is used by Yemen.

Alpha Jet MS2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_jet#Variants Described in Wikipedia as "Improved version with new avionics, an uprated engine, Magic Air-to-Air missiles, and a Lancier glass cockpit." I'm not sure if it is different enough from the other variants of the Alpha to need its own listing, but it looks like it might be...about 40 of these were built, for Egypt and for Cameroon. ANW HUD 4 v1.11

The PRC Type O25T Naresuan is described in the database as a conversion of a broad-beamed Leander, but I think this is incorrect. It's a Chinese ship sold to Thailand, isn't it? Anyway, I figured I should report it in case the text was in error. Here's the Wikipedia description (which probably can't be quoted word for word, but can be used a starting point, I suppose)... "HTMS (His Thai Majesty's Ship) Naresuan (FFG 421), (Thai: นเรศวร) hull number 621, commissioned in 1995, is a modified version of the Chinese-made Type 053 frigate, corporate designed between Royal thai navy and China but built by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Her sister sh…

Minor database error...the descriptive text for one of the three listings for the Sprague identifies it as a "Finnish missile boat." At 9,000 tons, that's one heck of a missile boat! I figured I should let you know.

Harpoon 3 ANW 3.10.1 HUD 4.1.1 hi im very new to this so i may have missed something. it seem that the Australian air warfare destroyer has no fuel ! DDGH 39

Are any of the following variants of the CH-47 Chinook different enough (engine, range, sensors, weapons, etc.) from the one already in the HUD-4 that they should have their own listings? MH-47D MH-47E CH-47F MH-47G CH-47J HH-47 HC-1 (UK Variant) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-47_Chinook ANW HUD-4 v1.11