BIG Z1776
Baboon with a MAAWS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Designed as a long-ranged heavy-hitting artillery piece integral to all CRAF brigades' artillery battalions. This weapon is typically used in widely-spaced six-gun batteries, and is always accompanied by a large logistics train with heavy sensor support. These battalions have five batteries, meaning each CRAF brigade has thirty of these heavy guns, whether they are stationary defensive mounts or self-propelled guns for field units. This heavy emphasis on IDF firepower is in keeping with the CRAF's emphasis on artillery being the king of the battlefield, and this weapon is the principle go-to artillery piece for the CRAF army. This weapon therefore is present in great numbers amongst the CRAF army. With a range of fifty miles, this weapon can be slated to engage a whole variety of targets including enemy command and control centers, logistics depots, and enemy artillery (Again in keeping with the emphasis on artillery being key to battlefield success).
- Intent: To create a primary Field Gun for the Crossroads Republic Armed Forces
- Image Source: Modeled on the IRL M65 Atomic Cannon
- Canon Link: Branch-Off Descendant of the J-1 Semi-Autonomous Proton Cannon
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: J-1 Semi-Autonomous Proton Cannon, Self-Propelled Medium Artillery
- Manufacturer: Techno Union
- Affiliation: Crossroads Republic Armed Forces
- Model: J-34 Variable-Trajectory Long Range Proton Cannon
- Modularity: Yes
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, Cannon Components
- Classification: Proton Cannon
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy (~34 Tons)
- Ammunition Type: Proton Shells (Single-Feed Magnetically-Loaded) (305mmx1650mm Shells)
- Ammunition Capacity: Very Small
- Effective Range: Battlefield
- Rate of Fire: Very Low (With a new/poorly-trained crew) Low (With a well-trained crew)
- Stopping Power: Very High
- Recoil: Very High
- It has an ammo elevator at the rear and a magnetic ram for pushing shells into the breach.
- There are several fire control computers where the crew can automatically choose where their fire mission has been placed and then the fire control computer will automatically traverse and elevate the gun and select the trajectory for the shell.
- This weapon is easily mountable onto a T80 Chassis, making it very mobile.
- This weapon's fire control computer can be slaved to its battery command center and a Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact fire mission can be conducted using the entire battery.
- Due to its very long barrel it outranges most other artillery of its own role.
- At maximum power it is capable of reaching shells into low orbit, but this weapon lacks the complex anti-air bursting shot mode of its smaller cousins, but a large stationary vessel is fair game for its very powerful shells.
- Possesses an integral emergency shield generator, able to protect the gun and its crew from counter-battery fire and air strikes.
- Possesses a repulsorlift drive that can allow it to be towed by any sort of vehicle.
- This weapon is incredibly powerful, capable of leaving craters the size of an Olympic swimming pool, or it can blast holes into small warships and large civilian ships if they aren't careful about where they are positioned and provide a stationary target.
- Very long range due to the long barrel and fire control computer.
- Able to execute MRSI fire missions as entire batteries.
- Possesses a shield generator for crew and gun protection.
- Very powerful direct-fire capability.
- Can be easily mounted on large vehicle chassis.
- Can displace from its position quickly, requiring only the push of a couple buttons to lock the gun into place and then lift the gun off the ground, the prime mover vehicle can then tow it away.
- Very vulnerable if its shield is breached.
- Cannot move on its own, needs to either be mounted on a vehicle to become a self-propelled artillery piece or towed by a prime mover vehicle.
- Slow rate of fire compared similar weapons.
- Its shells are vulnerable to detonation from prolonged heat exposure, blaster fire, and large shrapnel once their protective casings are removed.
- Heavy weapon, requires a whole emplacement process to be ready to fire.
- Requires a large and well-trained crew (10).
- Uses shells, so ammunition needs to be present.
- Has a blind spot, cannot engage targets within a kilometer.
- It is not a dedicated anti-orbital cannon, therefore it is not meant to be able to engage fast targets, or large targets.
Designed as a long-ranged heavy-hitting artillery piece integral to all CRAF brigades' artillery battalions. This weapon is typically used in widely-spaced six-gun batteries, and is always accompanied by a large logistics train with heavy sensor support. These battalions have five batteries, meaning each CRAF brigade has thirty of these heavy guns, whether they are stationary defensive mounts or self-propelled guns for field units. This heavy emphasis on IDF firepower is in keeping with the CRAF's emphasis on artillery being the king of the battlefield, and this weapon is the principle go-to artillery piece for the CRAF army. This weapon therefore is present in great numbers amongst the CRAF army. With a range of fifty miles, this weapon can be slated to engage a whole variety of targets including enemy command and control centers, logistics depots, and enemy artillery (Again in keeping with the emphasis on artillery being key to battlefield success).
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