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"Sultan" Family of Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) Oskenain Army 1986 - Present For years, the Oskenian Armed Forces were on the hunt for a viable LAV for service across the various branches of the country. In 1985 the Army settled on the LAV-20 "Sultan," produced by the Tundra military arms company. The LAV-20 was Oskenia's all-purpose light armored vehicle for all theaters of war. It was equipped with a 20mm chain-fed autocannon and a coaxially-mounted MG, with room for an additional .50 on the turret roof. Equipped on either side of the ERA turret were quadruple smoke-launchers, capable of providing cover for infantry, other armor, or the Sultan itself. Being designed in the mid-1980s, it still retained the airborne identification stripes of red on black to identify the vehicle as friendly to airborne units. This was phased out in 1995. The LAV-20 Block I was capable of reaching a top speed of 60mph on-road and 54mph off-road. It was capable of carrying an infantry squad of 6 soldiers in the rear compartment and was modular enough to make multiple variants depending on the mission at hand. After ten years of service, the Oskenian Ministry of Defense realized they needed an upgrade over the Sultan, which had proved difficult to manage in the middle eastern conflicts of the time. The low ground clearance, underpowered main gun, unreliable engine, and inadequate armor forced the military to focus on advancing the Sultan into the LAV-30, which was introduced in 1997. The new vehicle featured a pneumatic suspension to control the ground clearance of the vehicle, as well as a larger, more advanced main gun with enhanced range and penetration capability. It also introduced Explosive Reactive Armour and HE grills, which increased the survivability of the crew. The driver was given better visibility with the re-location of the side-view mirrors. Even after the Block II vehicle was introduced into the Oskenain Armed Forces, the Military needed a way to repurpose the older hulls and therefore the aging LAV-20 was repurposed as the "Scythe" Mine-clearing vehicle. The Scythe was a modern alternative to the flair-tanks used by Oskenia until the early 21st century to clear landmines and IEDs in combat zones. It was built on the chassis of the LAV-20 but has a removed turret and reinforced armor plating, not to mention high explosive protective grates. This weight brought the vehicle down to a top speed of only 35mph. When the military introduced this vehicle in 1998, they did not expect a service life of over twenty years. Many Scythes are still in service today, providing accurate, efficient ordnance disposal in the Middle East and beyond. The Scythe uses metal roller-balls to dig up and detonate ordinance ahead of advancing troops. The driver is protected by an extra-thick compartment and he sees out of an armored vision system mounted on the roof. It has a crew of only two, the aforementioned driver and a commander. During a NATO military "wargame" operation in 2003, a mock Oskenian mortar unit was outmaneuvered by Finnish forces when the stationary radar-sighting units were destroyed by infantry platoons. Humiliated by this defeat and realizing the importance of mobile radar units to replace the aging towed stations, Oskenia developed the Optical Radar Ordinance Sighting Vehicle, or [OROSV]. Designed to be a self-propelled mortar/artillery sighting vehicle, it found additional work in surface-to-air radar operations and sweeping battlefields for enemy units. With a radar range of 30 miles, the OROSV is parked in a support role and then using IR sights and radar, spots falling ordinance, and reports correction data back to the crew operating the emplacement for follow-up rounds. The OROSV pictured below is painted in the (then) new Alpine Disruptive Camoflague Pattern or ADCP, which was then widely accepted as the universal paint job for all future LAVs. It is also fitted with an extensive anti-high explosive armor grate and side/rear ERA. After extensive conflicts in the Middle East in the 2010s that pushed Oskenian crews to their limits and resulted in the losses of many LAV-30s, Oskenia found insurgent-operated Main Battle Tanks to be formidable adversaries and realized that the Oskenain "Coyote" Main Battle Tank, although more advanced, suffered from a large profile and limited maneuverability. The "Poseidon" was designed to solve this problem. Built as a maneuverable, adaptive gun platform for anti-tank operations, the Poseidon did more than just replace the Coyote. It also replaced older scout tanks. In addition to anti-armor missions, the Poseidon found a niche in an infantry-support role and was used extensively to provide advancing units with cover. The 105mm smoothbore gun is remotely controlled by the commander/gunner, who sits in the hull behind the driver. It is designed to penetrate enemy armor and concrete emplacements. Equipped with advanced explosive reactive armor and a hull that is more resilient to IEDs, the Poseidon is best used as a mid-range support vehicle. The Poseidon has a top speed of 58mph on-road and 54mph offroad. While the Poseidon faired well in operations against light to medium enemy armor, the 105mm gun was still inadequate to deal with Main Battle Tanks at range, and therefore was eventually moved away from AT roles. To solve this problem, the Oskenian military borrowed from the United States and developed a 100mm TOW-like anti-tank rocket mount. The "Reaper" Light Anti-Tank Vehicle-100 (LATV-100) is the fastest variant of the Sultan to date. It can travel at 65mph on-road. Eight 100mm wire-guided projectiles are housed in a rotating, elevating turret above the hull. It has an effective range of 3,500m. Being based on the hull of the Sultan Block II, the LATV-100 has the ability to use pneumatic suspension to both raise and lower the hull per mission requirements. When firing, the hull is lowered as far as possible to increase stability. The suspension allows the Reaper to rise over obstacles and attack targets in an ambush-style when they least expect a strike.

I have a whole history written up. I'm planning on posting some of it in the future along with future builds. In the meantime, check out my Flickr for more builds and Oskenian equipment, including armor.

No worries, and thanks! :)

I have the build here: OSS Scimitar

Looks like a massive caliber-gun for a light tank. Is it a 105mil?

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Thanks much! Took quite the struggle to build this ship. :)

@LM71Blackbird @Shiva It's up

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Thanks! I already have a Media build. Is there any size limit?

@TheBeeze Can I start building side missions then? (I've read the rules)

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