Currently, I'm working on a wargaming project with some from friends of mine. It involves a fictional navy using mostly imported weapon systems. In this case, marrying the Rheinmetall MLG 27 to the multifunction Rafael Typhoon. I figure that the Typhoon is the dominant system while the MLG 27 is the weapon subordinant to the system. Do I have this right? Thanks.

Yep, that'd be about right, except both the Typhoon and MLG27 are weapons platforms. The Typhoon can use any number of different cannons, while the MLG27 uses the BK27 revolver cannon exclusively.

So, in the sinario, the navy in question would use as a CIWS the Rafael Typhoon GSA with a Mauser (Rheinmetall) BK-27 autocannon, correct?

 

If I got that right then I can move on to my next major question, in order for this fictional nation to amass the naval strength to rival the USN, how often over a period of five year would it have to put ships out on the water? Mind you, some of them will be nuclear driven and quite large (think Nimitz and Kirov). If not feasable, estimate amount of years ontop of the original five it would take.

So, in the sinario, the navy in question would use as a CIWS the Rafael Typhoon GSA with a Mauser (Rheinmetall) BK-27 autocannon, correct? If I got that right then I can move on to my next major question, in order for this fictional nation to amass the naval strength to rival the USN, how often over a period of five year would it have to put ships out on the water? Mind you, some of them will be nuclear driven and quite large (think Nimitz and Kirov). If not feasable, estimate amount of years ontop of the original five it would take.

 

How long is a piece of string? I'm afraid your question is impossible to answer (and any answer would be subject to considerable debate) without more variables. Does the fictional nation have an unlimited defense budget? What is its shipbuilding capacity? What kind of ships does it hope to build? etc etc etc

just to match up if starting from scratch a 5 year build up just looking at major platforms would be something like

1~2 Nuc Carriers per year with their complement of 100 aircraft each

1~2 Helicopter style carriers/amphibian ships with their average compliment of 20 aircraft each

8~10 Surface combatans Tico and arleigh burke style ships

4~6 Attack Subs

4~5 auxiliries

20~30 land based aircraft

 

The united states itself could probably afford this but it would bankrupt or destroy the economy. Also it would probably take at least 2 years of prep just to get its shipyards to be able to put ships out at this rate.

So, in the sinario, the navy in question would use as a CIWS the Rafael Typhoon GSA with a Mauser (Rheinmetall) BK-27 autocannon, correct? If I got that right then I can move on to my next major question, in order for this fictional nation to amass the naval strength to rival the USN, how often over a period of five year would it have to put ships out on the water? Mind you, some of them will be nuclear driven and quite large (think Nimitz and Kirov). If not feasable, estimate amount of years ontop of the original five it would take.

 

How long is a piece of string? I'm afraid your question is impossible to answer (and any answer would be subject to considerable debate) without more variables. Does the fictional nation have an unlimited defense budget? What is its shipbuilding capacity? What kind of ships does it hope to build? etc etc etc

 

Ok.

 

Initial Data

Land Area: 24.3 million square kilometers

Population: 770.3 million at 2.3 percent rate of growth.

Resources-

Oil: ~35 billion barrels

Iron Ore: ~2 billion metric tons

Bauxite: ~25 billion metric tons

An undetermined amount of uranium and other resources.

 

Current industries are advanced and along with the standard of living, comparable to US figures.

 

The initial fleet, prior to the mass build up, consists of essentially green-water forces; small destroyers, diesel subs and cutters with no aircover beyond shore-based planes. The Improvment Projects include CVNs along the lines of the Nimitz, CGNs of both Ticonderoga and Kirov classes (in other words, one is an escort for the CVNs, the other is a Surface-to-Surface combatant) and a sophisticated array of destroyers and nuclear submarines. No plans for troop carrying vessels as of yet.

 

Recent History:

Nation formed as a Pan-African economic bloc which morphed into a sort of Sub-Saharan Empire, which instigated wide-spread reforms and projects to improve the economic conditions. The result, after about eight-ten years of constant toil is a fairly modernized nation with nuclear power production and noticably improved living situations across the continent.

 

I hope this helps. I'm trying very hard to keep the situation as realistic as possible with seeming ridiculous, but I have to admit this looks silly on the surface of it all. Any help would be most appreciated.

 

just to match up if starting from scratch a 5 year build up just looking at major platforms would be something like

1~2 Nuc Carriers per year with their complement of 100 aircraft each

1~2 Helicopter style carriers/amphibian ships with their average compliment of 20 aircraft each

8~10 Surface combatans Tico and arleigh burke style ships

4~6 Attack Subs

4~5 auxiliries

20~30 land based aircraft

 

The united states itself could probably afford this but it would bankrupt or destroy the economy. Also it would probably take at least 2 years of prep just to get its shipyards to be able to put ships out at this rate.

 

Thanks. So, five years to build up the industries, two leads to prep the yards and a five-year mass construction period.