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File Name: Pledge 3: Gambian Gambit 1981 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 15 Aug 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 b10 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information A Marxist coup has seized power in the Gambia. Soviet and Libyan forces are in the area, offering support. The Forrestal and her battle group must eliminate these threats! (Image shows the Forrestal (CVA-59) with F-4 Phantoms parked on her deck. Image source: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.226.085) Click here to download this file

Kamov Ka-137 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_MBVK-137 http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/ka-137.php "The Kamov Ka-137, previously designated MBVK-137, is an unmanned multipurpose helicopter designed for many roles, including reconnaissance, patrol, police and ecology, emergency, and data transmitting. Three versions of the Ka-137 were made — one ship-based, one automobile-based, and another carried by the Ka-32 helicopter. The aircraft uses a piston engine, driving a coaxial-rotor system and features a tailess, sphere-shaped fuselage with four-leg leaf-spring landing gear. Sensors and other equipment located in a special equipment compartment." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

Guizhou WZ-2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou_WZ-2000 "The WZ-2000, also known as the WuZhen-2000 and previously the WZ-9 is a multi-purpose attack UCAV developed by Guizhou Aviation Industry Group (GAIC) in the People's Republic of China." Terror of the Red Robots! Coming soon to a theater (or military installation) near you! ANW HUD v1.1 b10

Fokker F28 Fellowship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_28 "The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a short range jet airliner designed and built by defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker." --Wikipedia Only a couple of hundred of these were built, but they ended up being used as transports, VIP aircraft, etc. with a bunch of small air forces, so perhaps it is worth including. ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-9 "The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (initially known as the Douglas DC-9) is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982. The DC-9 was followed in subsequent modified forms by the MD-80, MD-90 and Boeing 717. With the final two deliveries of the 717 in 2006, production of the DC-9/MD-80/90/717 aircraft family ceased after 41 years and nearly 2,500 units built." --Wikipedia Again, no rush on this one, but it is such a major class I suppose it should be included someday. ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

Changhe Z-11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changhe_Z-11 "Z-11 is a light utility helicopter developed by Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC). According the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation website, it is claimed to be the first indigenously-designed helicopter in China. Z-11 project started in 1989, first flight was made in Dec 1994. In Oct 2000, test flights of Z-11 were completed." --Wikipedia "CZ11W - The CZ11W is a light attack helicopter variation. It is powered by one WZ8D or ARRIEL 2B1A turbo-shaft engine and equipped with integrated avionics system, anti-tank missiles, rockets and machine guns. The helicopter is fitted with a targeting sensor turret, and can carry 4 Chinese HJ-8 antitank missiles." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

KJ-2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJ-2000 "KJ-2000 (NATO reporting name: Mainring) is a Chinese Airborne Early Warning and Control system comprising domestically designed electronics and radars installed on a modified Ilyushin IL-76 airframe." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

No rush on this, but would it possible to add the platforms (and/or loadouts) for the ships and submarines involved in Operation Trident (1971 Indian-Pakistani War)? It might be interesting to recreate those battles someday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tri...akistani_War%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Python This would include the Vidyut class missile boats (already requested), and the Arnala class (Indian designation for Petya III class vessels--is this different enough from the Project 159 platforms already in the database to need a separate database listing?). On the Pakistani side, ships included the PNS Shah Jahan (a C-class destroyer, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_class_destroyer_%281943%29 for details) and PNS Muhafiz (an Adjutant-class minesweeper) and PNS Khaibar (HMS Cadiz (D79), a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was transferred to the Pakistan Navy in 1956). I checked but I don't think any of these are currently in the HUD-4, although it is possible I missed them. ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

Vidyut class missile boat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyut_class_missile_boat "The Vidyut class missile boats of the Indian Navy were an Indian variant of the Soviet Osa I class. These vessels formed the illustrious 25th "Killer" Missile Boat Squadron, which sunk 2 destroyers, a minesweeper and various other vessels of the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971." --Wikipedia (I learned something new today. The Indian navy re-uses hull numbers. Do you have any idea how confusing it is when there are two similar classes of ships built pretty much right after one another and they BOTH have a "Veer"--K 40 and K 82, respectively, and the latter is actually the lead boat in the Vidyut class but I guess they did not want to call BOTH classes the Veer class? Wow. I'm sure the Indians had a good reason for doing this, but it seems really confusing to me.) ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

AB-25 class patrol craft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB-25_class "The AB-25 class (Türk type) is a class of large patrol craft that was built for the Turkish Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One craft was transferred to Georgia in 1998, two were transferred to Kazakhstan in 1999 and 2001, one was transferred to Azerbaijan in 2000 and the remainder are in service." --Wikipedia (FYI...I don't know if the Wikipedia text can be included in the HUD-4 without getting permission, etc. I'm just posting it here to try to help Gunny by giving him some basic descriptive text to work with.) ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10 (I keep thinking I posted this one already, but I looked and I could not find it.)

Seeadler class fast attack craft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeadler_clas...st_attack_craft "The Type 141 Seeadler class fast attack craft differs from Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft only in the installation of other, later more powerful diesel engine." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

Jaguar class fast attack craft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_class_fast_attack_craft "The Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats (E boats) of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55. The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in Service from 1959 to 1976. Then the Jaguar class boats were replaced in service with the Bundesmarine by the Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft." --Wikipedia Some of these went to Greece in the late 1970s. ANW HUD-4 v1.1 b10

Sorry about that. I did check. I wonder how I missed it. Maybe I typed mi26 instead of mi-26 or something. Well, again, sorry.

Mil Mi-26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 "The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. In service with civilian and military operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production." --Wikipedia I thought I had posted this one already, but I did a search and nothing came up, so unless I missed it somehow I never got the chance to post it until now. ANW HUD-4 v1.1 b10

Antonov An-24 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-24 "The Antonov An-24 (Russian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau from 1957." --Wikipedia Very similar to the An-26, which is already in the database, but I didn't know if it was different enough to need its own entry. Over 1,000 of these aircraft were built and nearly 1,000 of them are still in service today. ANW HUD-4 v1.1 b10

Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damen_Stan_4207_patrol_vessel This is actually a cluster of closely related classes of patrol vessel, which is being used or will be used by about a dozen different countries. "The Damen Stan Patrol 4100, Damen Stan Patrol 4207 and Damen Stan Patrol 4708 are three related designs from the Damen Group, a Dutch shipbuilding firm. The Stan 4207 design are 42.8 metres (140 ft) patrol vessels....and can travel at 22 knots. They are designed to carry a complement of approximately a dozen. The Stan 4708 are 46.8 metres (154 ft) long, 8.11 metres (26.6 ft) wide, have a maximum speed of 23.8 knots, and carry a crew of 16-24...As of December 2011 thirty five vessels had been built. Many of the agencies that employ these vessels have them delivered without armament, or solely with small arms." --Wikipedia Operators are or will include the US (Sentinel-class coast guard patrol boat), Vietnam, Jamaica, Canada, Bulgaria, and the UK. ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

You can create great scenarios at any scale, but I suspect medium and large ones are easier to make satisfying than small or epic ones. Small ones sometimes end up being a lot of waiting and watching and then BAM! it's over. Epic ones can be unwieldy, and it I suspect it is harder to make the AI a challenging opponent unless it has huge advantages in numbers or really simple instructions. If any hard decisions have to be made mid-way through the scenario, such as a major change in tactics, the AI does not seem designed to handle that very well. In other words, the "sweet spot" is probably something between a small task force of ships and/or subs and/or a squadron of aircraft (or the land-based equivalent) on each side and a full carrier battle group, perhaps with a convoy or two or another task force, and its air wing (or the land-based equivalent) on each side. When you start getting into the range of three or four carrier battle groups and several hundred aircraft (or the land-based equivalent) on each side, I suspect it does not work as well. I don't know, of course, because I haven't written anything for H3/ANW on that scale yet. I did write one Classic scenario some years ago that was "epic" ("War Gods in Hell") and that worked out pretty well, I think, but the Red side had very simple instructions--shoot at the Blue guys until they die or decide to run away. I suppose one way to handle an epic scenario would be to "chunk" it into separate scenarios. Instead of three carrier groups facing three huge air bases, make it three scenarios with each carrier group facing one air base (and a few elements from the others, just to keep people guessing) separately.

Ilyushin Il-62 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-62 This aircraft and the Il-18 were widely used by various military forces as a transport, VIP transport, etc. (I noticed it when I was looking up information on Gambia.) "The Ilyushin Il-62 (NATO reporting name Classic) is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with an inaugural passenger flight from Moscow to Montreal....Over 30 nations operated the Il-62 with more than 80 being exported and others leased by Russian-sphere and Western airlines. Special VIP (salon) and other conversions were also developed." --Wikipedia ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

Ilyushin Il-18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-18 "The Ilyushin Il-18 (NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era as well as one of the most popular and durable, having first flown in 1957 and still being in civilian use 55 years later. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades and was widely exported. Due to the aircraft's airframe durability, many achieved over 45,000 flight hours. The Il-18's successor was the long range Il-62 jet airliner." --Wikipedia One variant was the Il-20M Coot-A, "ELINT electronic, radar reconnaissance version. Also known as the Il-18D-36 Bizon" (Wikipedia) ANW HUD-4 v1.1 b10

Thanks, Gunny. What you're doing makes perfect sense. It does not take long to rebuild just one scenario with the auto-rebuilt set-up in the scenario editor, but having to do it for a lot of scenarios every couple of weeks would be a hassle. I'm writing my scenarios with the beta 10 version of v1.1 because troops are enabled, but it's stable enough I don't think it will create problems for people who want to try it out before the 3.11 release. Just an idea...I know this helps me sometimes with large projects...would it make sense to set up a regular schedule for the HUD-4 (e.g., there will be a new beta/version release four times a year, once every three months) so people know when the next one is expected, etc.? In any event, thanks again and enjoy your vacation. (I understand people in France normally have about six weeks off every summer...very civilized idea, I think...) Mark

In 1972, a short naval battle was fought between American and North Vietnamese forces. To recreate this battle in the HUD, we should add the following platforms (with 1972 loadouts...would they be similar to 1980 loadouts?), if they are not already available... USS Newport News (CA-148) <-- I don't think we have this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newport_News_%28CA-148%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines_class_heavy_cruiser USS Providence (CL-82) <-- I don't think we have this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Providence_%28CLG-6%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_class_cruiser USS Rowan (DD-782) <-- Is this in the database? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rowan_%28DD-782%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gearing_class_destroyer USS Robison (DDG-12) <-- the Adams is already in the HUD, but is the 1980 loadout similar enough to the 1972 loadout? Can it be modeled simply by swapping out default weapons for other magazine/mounted weapon possibilities in the existing database platform using the logistics control in Harpoon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_%28CV-43%29 <-- Midway class is already in the HUD...are any changes from that version necessary for a 1972 version of the Coral Sea? As far as I know, the Russian craft were Osa Is or Osa IIs, so that will not tbe hard to model; I know they are in the database. ANW HUD 4 v1.1 b10

File Name: Pledge 2: Belitung Blitz 2015 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 7 Aug 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 b10 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information Multinational force headed up by South Korea and the United States takes on pirates in the Java Sea. (Image United States Navy ID 100727-N-2013O-128, by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles Oki/Released.) Click here to download this file

The :RPG-7/14 (second-to-last item in the weapons part of the database) lists the warhead as doing 0 damage points. I am assuming this is an error. Mark