Not sure how this would be modeled...unlimited range and unlimited "weapons" with a range of only 0.1 miles (to model claws, jaws, tentacles, etc.)? But we should have it. How else can we recreate such classics as...

 

"It Came From Beneath the Sea" (in which we are told that the United States Navy "is not entirely incapable of speed.")

 

"The Giant Behemoth" (which beats the crap out of a couple of freighters before the British Navy tracks the thing down and disposes of it)

 

"The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (which sinks a fishing boat and a lighthouse before meeting its end at Coney Island Amusement Park)

 

Not to mention Godzilla...when he isn't trying to level Tokyo (I like that in "All Out Monster Attack" one of the Japanese naval officers does ask, "Why does he always pick on Japan?") a couple of the movies involve fairly complex battles. "All Out Monster Attack" includes a full assault by several modern Japanese naval vessels, most of which do not fare well since the film assumes that Godzilla's radioactive breath weapon has a range of a couple of MILES. It also does not help that cruise missiles appear to only hurt Godzilla enough to make him really, really irritable. (Godzilla probably needs his own special entry in the database.)

 

ANW

HUD 4 v 1.1 b7

Avenger class mine countermeasures ship

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenger_class...ermeasures_ship

 

ANW

HUD 4 v 1.1 b8

Mil Mi-28

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-28

 

ANW

HUD 4 v1.1 b9

Editor's note: Mil Mi-28 and Mi-28B integrated to HUD4.

EADS Harfang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EADS_Harfang

 

French version of the IAI Heron

 

ANW

HUD 4 v1.1b9

Many classes in the HUD-4 do not have any description listed. The following is an attempt to provide some basic text that can simply be cut and paste into the database by Gunny whenever it is convenient for him to do so. Facts (dates, etc.) were gathered from Wikipedia, but I have tried to make sure I have not used the actual wording or phrasing that occurs in the Wikipedia articles. Obviously, if any of these are wrong, etc., please feel free to post corrections so that Gunny can use that information.

 

Here are the submarine descriptions. They are very basic, but for now I figure they are better than nothing. If anyone has any ideas for fleshing any of them out, please feel free to post them. The idea here is to give Gunny something he can simply check one last time to make sure there are no stupid mistakes that I left in by accident and then paste right into the database.

 

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Sohn Won-il [Type 214]

Nine-boat class of South Korean submarines commissioned between 2010 and 2018

 

736 Ex US Guppy II [Hai Shih]

Former American submarine sold to Taiwan in 1973

 

Goblin (All)

Mystery contact (probably biological) that can be used to increase the complexity of a scenario

 

Mk60 Captor

An American underwater mine that operates by launching an MK46 torpedo when it detects a submarine

 

Project 613 [Whiskey]

Early Cold War Soviet submarine built during the 1950s. More than 200 were built; more than two dozen were exported to other countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, and Poland.

 

Project 640 [Whiskey (CB)]

Radar picket version of the Project 613

 

Project 659 [Echo I]

The first five boats of the Soviet Echo class

 

Project 661 [Papa]

A one-boat class of Soviet submarine commissioned in 1969, fast for its time and featuring a titanium hull.

 

Project 667A [Yankee I]

Ballistic missile version of the Soviet Yankee class

 

Project 677 [Lada]

An improved version of the Soviet Kilo class

 

Project 885 “Graney”

The Russian Yasen-class is a new multi-purpose attack submarine designed to replace Soviet era boats.

 

Project 955

A new class of Russian ballistic missile submarines.

 

Project 955M

A modified version of the Russian Project 955 Borei.

 

Project 971U “Bars”

A modified version of the Soviet Akula.

 

S120 Papanikolis

A Greek version of the Type 214 submarine.

 

S167 Tridente

A Portuguese class of submarine based on the Type 214

 

U-31

German version of the new Type 212A submarine

 

S-21 Santa Fe

Argentine submarine lost during the Falklands War

 

S-30 Tupi

Brazilian version of the Type 209/1400 submarine.

 

S-353 Preveze

Turkish version of the Type 209/1400 submarine.

 

S-357 Gür

An improved version of the Turkish S-353 Preveze class.

 

S522 Salvatore Pelosi

Italian diesel submarine class built in the late 1980s

 

S524 Primo Longobardo

Italian diesel submarine class built in the 1990s

 

S526 Salvatore Todaro

Italian version of the Type 212 submarine

 

S 616 Triomphant

French ballistic missile submarine class first appearing in the 1990s.

 

S806 Zwaardvis

Dutch submarine class built in the 1970s.

 

S808 Dolfijn

Dutch submarine class built in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

S81 Scorpene

A Franco-Spanish design, purchased by Chile, Brazil, India, and Malaysia.

 

Sensor – SOSUS

Unmanned American underwater listening post.

 

SSGN 1 Surcouf

Fictional platform. A prospective design for a next generation French attack submarine.

 

SSN 594 Permit

American attack submarine in service from the 1960s until the 1990s.

 

SSN 640 Benjamin Franklin

Fictional platform. Conversion of American ballistic missile submarine class to a cruise missile platform.

 

SSN 774 Virginia

New class of American attack submarines; first boat launched in 2003; a total of 30 boats are planned.

 

Type 93 Shang

Advanced Chinese nuclear attack submarine.

Many classes in the HUD-4 do not have any description listed. The following is an attempt to provide some basic text that can simply be cut and paste into the database by Gunny whenever it is convenient for him to do so. Facts (dates, etc.) were gathered from Wikipedia, but I have tried to make sure I have not used the actual wording or phrasing that occurs in the Wikipedia articles. Obviously, if any of these are wrong, etc., please feel free to post corrections so that Gunny can use that information.

 

Here are the first set of ship descriptions. They are very basic, but for now I figure they are better than nothing. If anyone has any ideas for fleshing any of them out, please feel free to post them. The idea here is to give Gunny something he can simply check one last time to make sure there are no stupid mistakes that I left in by accident and then paste right into the database.

 

For a few classes, I was stumped. I could not find or figure out a good description. Please add your own suggestions!

 

I am also including a few corrections to existing entries that appear to be in error.

 

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01 Pohjanmaa

(Correction)

Minelayer and flagship of the Finnish Navy.

 

03 Turunmaa

Finnish class of corvette.

 

240 Kaszub

One-ship class of Polish corvette, active since 1987.

 

241 Gawran

Planned but canceled class of Polish corvettes.

 

 

30 Lekiu

Malaysian frigate class; both ships commissioned in the 1990s.

 

365 KRI Diponegoro

Modern Sigma-class corvettes operated by Indonesia

 

550 conte di Cavour

Italian aircraft carrier and flagship of the Italian fleet. She normally carries 8 V/STOL aircraft and 12 helicopters.

 

60 Helsinki

(Corrected)

Finnish missile boats; two boats were sold to Croatia in 2008

 

 

61 Badr

British Battle-class destroyer sold to Pakistan in the 1950s.

 

61 Badr (Sumner)

Former American Sumner-class destroyer transferred to Iran in 1971.

 

613 Almoravid

Moroccan version of the Sigma-class corvette.

 

68 Formidable

Multi-role frigate operated by Singapore; the first ship in the class was commissioned in 2007.

 

70 Rauma

(Corrected)

Finnish missile boat class that entered service in the 1990s.

 

701 Mohammed VI

FREMM multi-purpose frigate operated by the Moroccan navy.

 

711 Pulau Rengat

Tripartite-class minehunter operated by Indonesia.

 

756 Pohang

South Korean corvette class that entered service in the 1980s.

 

761 Gimch’on

Modified version of the South Korean Pohang-class corvette.

 

80 Hamina

(Corrected)

Finnish class of missile boats that entered service in the late 1990s

 

81 Tapper

(Corrected)

Swedish class of patrol boats

 

811 Super Dvora Mk I

Israeli-built patrol boat in service with several nations

 

820 Super Dvora Mk II

Israeli-built patrol boat in service with several nations

 

850 Dabur

Israeli-built patrol boat in service with several nations

 

911 Chakri Naruebet

Thai aircraft carrier, similar in design to Spain’s Principe de Asturias. Normally carries 6 V/STOL aircraft and 6-12 helicopters.

 

917 Daegu

Former American destroyer acquired by South Korea

 

A 1411 Berlin

New class of German replenishment ships

 

A 171 Endurance

British icebreaker that saw service during the Falklands War

 

A 5326 Etna

Italian auxiliary ship commissioned in the late 1990s.

 

A 5327 Stromboli

Italian auxiliary ship commissioned in the late 1990s.

 

 

A 625 Brave <-- okay, I’m stumped; I can’t find this one and I do not know what it is

 

A 769 Dupuy de Lôme

French spy ship designed to gather signals intelligence

 

A 836 Amsterdam

Dutch replenishment ship commissioned in the 1990s.

 

ADS 1 Cape Cod <-- Fictional platform, but what the hell is this thing? It can carry 12 V/STOL aircraft or 8 large helicopters, but it does not have any ammunition stores. Is it a carrier? A cargo vessel? What?

 

AKE 1 Lewis and Clark

New class of American dry cargo replenishment ships.

 

AOE 425 Mashu <-- okay, I’m stumped; I can’t find this one and I don’t know what it is

 

AOE 57 Cheonji

South Korean auxiliary vessel.

 

AS 39 Emory S. Land

American class of submarine tenders.

 

B1 Al Bushra

French-built patrol boats in service with Oman.

 

B 18 Punta Medanos

Argentine fleet tanker.

 

B 432 Merchant

A generic class of merchant vessel.

 

C 4 General Belgrano

Former Brooklyn-class cruiser acquired by Argentina in 1951. Sunk during the Falklands War.

 

C 553 Andrea Doria

Italian helicopter cruiser in service from the 1960s to the early 1990s.

 

C 612 Montcalm

Fictional platform. Next generation French missile cruiser.

 

CG 01 Warsaw

Fictional platform. Joint European missile cruiser class featuring French air defense system and Russian cruise missiles.

 

CG 74 Las Vegas

Fictional platform. Next generation American missile cruiser.

 

CGN 114 Long Beach

Fictional platform. Next generation American nuclear missile cruiser.

 

CIV Boston Whaler

20-foot American motor boat.

 

CIV Generic Barge

A generic class of barge.

 

CIV La Ponant

Three-masted luxury yacht notable for having been seized by pirates in 2008.

 

CIV Luxury Yacht

A generic large luxury yacht.

 

CIV Skiff (ALL versions)

A generic small boat, possibly manned by irritable crazies with machine guns.

 

CMN 15-60 class

Patrol boat in service with Yemen.

 

CRIM Narco Sub (BOTH) <-- okay, I’m stumped; I don’t know what it is...is it a boat, a sub, or what?

 

CSG 1 Oakland

Fictional platform. Next generation American helicopter cruiser.

 

CSGN 01 San Diego

Fictional platform. Next generation American nuclear helicopter cruiser.

 

CV 34 Oriskany

Fictional platform. Modernized American Essex-class carrier.

 

CVA 21 Crown Point

Fictional platform.

 

CVA 9 Essex (SCB-125)

Upgraded version of the American World War II vintage Essex-class carrier.

 

CVL 22 HMCS Bonaventure

Canadian aircraft carrier active in the 1960s.

 

CVL Cabot

Fictional platform. Hypothetical light V/STOL carrier.

 

CVLN 100 Liscomb Bay <-- okay, I’m stumped; I don’t know what it is…is this another fictional platform? A nuclear version of the Cabot?

 

CVV Hornet

Fictional platform. Proposed American medium aircraft carrier.

 

CVV America <-- okay, I’m stumped; I don’t know what it is..is this another fictional platform? Another version of the Essex? What?

A 625 Brave

 

BRAVE stands for "Bâtiment RAVitaitailleur d'Escadre" (Fleet Replenishment vessel). It's the current name of the future French replenishment ships that will replace ageing "Durance"/"Somme" classes. Planned for 2016+.

 

FG

Just a quick word (a tweet? as a reference to another topic) to inform that I've started to integrate Mark's (to whom I send my thanks) text edits in HUD4 1.11 (expect this one AFTER 3.11 is released: reason many scens need to be adapted to HUD4, so I don't wish rebuilders being overwhelmed with new version every 2 weeks, but don't worry, 1.11 is being started).

 

FG

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

Noted and corrected in HUD4 v1.11. Thanks for reporting issue.

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

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.)

 

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HUD 4 v1.1 b10

Editor's note: Platform rejected, since it's exactly similar to the original Osa I design already present in the DB. Indian entry of the countries annex modified in HUD4 v1.11 as this class was missing.

 

FG

Editor's note: Platform rejected since it is exactly similar to already existing platform in DB. HUD4 v1.11 entry modified from An-26 to An-24/26.

 

FG