Re: [GZG] [FT] question on Missiles/subpacks

[Zoe Brain <aebrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Bell wrote:
> On 7/24/07, *DOCAgren@xxxxxxx <mailto:DOCAgren@xxxxxxx>* 
> <DOCAgren@xxxxxxx <mailto:DOCAgren@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     *It is an odd one..  and I know this might require more of a fluff
>     answer the a book 1.
>
>     But can for example a FSE built missile launcher be reloaded with
>     NI or OUDF or other nations missiles?  Same question on the Subpacks.*
>
>
> While you are hoping for either a yes, or  no, the correct answer is 
> 'it depends'.  If the FSE missile launcher is mounted on an FSE 
> warship. the odds of it being able to use NI or OUDF missiles is 
> likely to be low; unless, the FSE has a reason to conduct joint 
> operations, or the FSE supplies the missiles launchers used on NI and 
> OUDF warships.  If the FSE missile launcher is mounted on an NI 
> vessel, of course the NI will be able to reload it NI missiles (which 
> would be licensed copies, or variants, of FSE missiles).
>
> It took a lot of work for NATO to standardise on a set of shared 
> weapon systems, so they could use any NATO supply depot.  The early 
> AIM-9's and soviet AA-2's were functionally identical and of a 
> comparable size, but they were not interchangeable.
The OUDF SMLs - what few there are - are "Knock Off" copies of FSE 
designs, or actual FSE equipment acquired through various means, some of 
them almost legal. FSE missiles can be used in them. The launchers have 
been modified to use some OUDF missile designs which use fewer strategic 
materials that are rare in OUDF space, but are otherwise functionally 
identical.

Basically it all depends on the background. You can make everybody's 
missiles interchangeable, or make the minor differences such that the 
equipment, unless specifically designed to be flexible when it comes to 
ammunition,  can only use that nation's  stocks.  In actuality,  some 
82mm mortars can use some 81mm ammunition, but the reverse is not true, 
and can lead to Nasty Accidents. This was a deliberate design decision 
on the part of the 82mm mortar designers.
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