Thread for DB3000 database problems, updates or issues

[Primarchx]

APKWS in other US fixed wing a/c (only on Harrier at the moment).

"In 2016 APKWS II was fielded on the AV-8B, F-16 and A-10 aircraft."

http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fu ... B87ADAB56F

[Hongjian]

From the recent PLAN Fleet Review:

Type 094A (09IV-A) SSBN - Improved acoustic stealth over the basic Type 094 Jin-class SSBN and added with TASS.





And new loadout option; Z-9D with four YJ-9 lightweight AShM (two per stub-wing)

[mitsuF2]

Facilities Radar: Tin Shield B 5N59S/36D6

These are in stationary/building category:
#1627
#2243
#1634
#1630
While rest are mobile.

Shouldn't all be mobile?

Thank You

[Primarchx]

Would it be possible to have hypothetical RN units such as the Ark Royal (R09) and her air wing (Phantoms, Buccaneers and Gannets) be included in DB3k for what-if Falklands scenarios and the like?

[CrazyIvan101]

Would it be possible to add a hypothetical laser TBMD/BMD satellite constellation based on the Martin Marietta Zenith Star? The original plan called for 20 satellites placed in a 40 degree inclination orbit at 800 KM. Laser power was estimated to be a 5-10 Megawatt deuterium-fluoride chemical laser with a 4000 km effective range and 200-500 shots worth of fuel for the laser. Switching targets would take 0.5-1 seconds with a 10 second shot duration time. Tracking/Detection would use IR sensors and cuing from land/space radars or IR sensors IE SIBIRS.

Sources below

https://web.archive.org/web/20160502091 ... s/sbl.html

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cien ... aser01.htm

[SunlitZelkova]

ORIGINAL: CrazyIvan101

Would it be possible to add a hypothetical laser TBMD/BMD satellite constellation based on the Martin Marietta Zenith Star? The original plan called for 20 satellites placed in a 40 degree inclination orbit at 800 KM. Laser power was estimated to be a 5-10 Megawatt deuterium-fluoride chemical laser with a 4000 km effective range and 200-500 shots worth of fuel for the laser. Switching targets would take 0.5-1 seconds with a 10 second shot duration time. Tracking/Detection would use IR sensors and cuing from land/space radars or IR sensors IE SIBIRS.

Sources below

https://web.archive.org/web/20160502091 ... s/sbl.html

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cien ... aser01.htm

I don't think there are mechanics for armed satellites currently.

[SeaQueen]

During Desert Storm massed AAA was one of the primary defenses the Iraqi forces employed against allied aircraft and cruise missiles. Unfortunately, there are no WRA setting for guns versus guided weapons in the Iraqi AAA of the time. The result is that if you set the SAMs to engage aircraft and not engage cruise missiles (i.e. don't waste expensive and short supply SAMs on inexpensive cruise missiles), the guns let the missiles through.

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

Would it be possible to have hypothetical RN units such as the Ark Royal (R09) and her air wing (Phantoms, Buccaneers and Gannets) be included in DB3k for what-if Falklands scenarios and the like?

I second this request.

[Gunner98]

Minor point:

DB#1507 T.200 400kg GPB

Shows a Weight of 345Kg. Cannot find a source but I suspect the right answer is in the name - 400Kg.

[SunlitZelkova]

Both the DF-21D and DF-26D should have nuclear tipped versions, presumably with a 500kt warhead.

http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2018-04 ... 005761.htm

[Scorpion86]

ORIGINAL: Gunner98
Minor point:

DB#1507 T.200 400kg GPB

Shows a Weight of 345Kg. Cannot find a source but I suspect the right answer is in the name - 400Kg.

Information is scarce, but from the little information I was able to find, the DB info is correct: it does weigh 345Kgs.

https://www.aviationsmilitaires.net/v2/ ... d/834.html
http://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4454

[SunlitZelkova]

The Type 74 SPH unit should be renamed as follows-

Arty Bty (155mm/39 Type 75 Self-Propelled Howitzer x 6) -- Japan (Army), 1976

It should also have a 12.7mm MG, with 20 x 12.7mm MG Burst [10 rnds].



Sources-

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/75%E5%BC% ... E%E7%A0%B2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_75_1 ... d_howitzer

The Type 74 is a 105mm SPH, while the 155mm one is the Type 75.

[Gunner98]

Could we please have the PLARK 667AT Yankee Notch [Grusha} DBID#50 (Soviet Union) and DBID#4 (Russia) capable of firing the conventional version of the SS-N-21 Sampson (SS-N-21b, DBID#3348).

Also DBID#4 the Russian version is currently not capable of firing either version of the Sampson - it should be. (Nuclear version DBID# 1115)

I've seen reference to the linkage of the Yankee Notch and the conventional version of the SS-N-21 in several places but they are all vague and are mostly non-committal. However, it seems a logical pairing had the SS-N-21b finally been produced and if the Yankee Notches had survived through the cuts of the early '90s.

This would obviously be a hypothetical unit and I have plans to use it in the Northern Fury series.

Thank you.

B

[hellfish6]

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

APKWS for USMC Hornets are a go this year.

http://www.combataircraft.net/2018/02/27/laser-rockets-deployed-on-marine-hornets/

Follow up with photo.


NAVAIR has released this picture of APKWS (loaded into twin seven-cell Arnold Defense LAU-131 A/A pods) on an F/A-18 aircraft. Source: NAVAIR

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has confirmed the introduction of the BAE Systems WGU-59/B Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) into operational service on F/A-18A-D Hornet strike fighters.

The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) confirmed first operational flights in a news release on 16 April. Jane’s understands that Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 (VMFA-115) received APKWS II in February this year to conduct ground training and in-flight training. Deployment of the weapon in support of Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’ (the US military intervention against Daesh/ISIL) followed in March.

APKWS II is a low-cost precision-guided 2.75-in rocket system that integrates a low-cost Distributed Aperture Semi-Active Laser Seeker (DASALS) guidance section with existing Hydra 70 rocket motors and either the Mk 152 or M282 warheads. Designed as a ‘plug and play’ kit, the DASALS unit is installed between the Hydra 70 warhead and the rocket motor; the seeker aperture is divided into four elements, with each element placed on the four wings of the guidance section to provide an integrated navigation solution for the weapon.

BAE Systems was in October 2017 awarded a USD577,300 sole-source contract to integrate APKWS II onto the F/A-18A-D Hornet. According to NAVAIR, co-ordinated activity by the Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Program Office (PMA-242) and the F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265) have reduced the integration timeline so as to deliver the APKWS capability to the USMC in less than eight months.

Introduction of APKWS II was expedited by a joint PMA-242/PMA-265 integrated product team in conjunction with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft and Weapons Divisions, Air Test and Evaluation Squadrons VX-31 and VX-9, Marine Corps headquarters, and BAE Systems.

http://www.janes.com/article/79453/usmc ... -18-hornet

[Primarchx]

A DB update for Block 3 F/A-18E/F would be a good addition.

[Rory Noonan]

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

A DB update for Block 3 F/A-18E/F would be a good addition.

Can you elaborate on this?

[Rory Noonan]

Added requests up to this point

[Primarchx]

ORIGINAL: apache85

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

A DB update for Block 3 F/A-18E/F would be a good addition.

Can you elaborate on this?

Sure. http://www.janes.com/article/78885/us-navy-set-to-launch-super-hornet-block-3-upgrade-with-service-life-modification-contract

[Rory Noonan]

Thanks, added.

[jgsp84]

Some more about brazilian armed forces

SH-16 Seahawk - Local designated S-70B

Sensors
Telephonics APS-143C(V)3 radar;
Raytheon AN/AAS-44 EOSS imager;
L3 Ocean Systems DS-100 dipping sonar;
Northrop Grumman LR-100 electronic warfare system;
BAE Systems ALE-47 countermeasure dispensers.
LinkBR-1

Weapons
FN Herstal MAG58M 7.62×51mm MG door-mounted
Mk46 Mod 5A Torpedo
Penguin Mk2 Mod7 Missile

www.janes.com/article/78654/brazil-boos ... operations

H225M Caracal

FAB (Brazilian Air Force) H-36 Caracal

8 CSAR version, 8 basic version

Sensors for CSAR version
Generic Navigation Radar
EWS (LWS, RWR, MWS)
Star Safire III [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]
Countermeasure dispensers
PLS (Personnel Locator System) (device that allow locate with precision crew to be rescued)
Search Light
Link BR-1
CSAR Version have capable to be refueled in flight

Weapons
FN Herstal MAG 7.62×51mm MG door-mounted


EB (Brazilian Army) HM-4 Super Cougar

8 SOF version, 8 basic version

Sensors for SOF version
Generic Navigation Radar
EWS (LWS, RWR, MWS)
Star Safire III [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]
Countermeasure dispensers
Link BR-1

Weapons
FN Herstal MAG 7.62×51mm MG door-mounted


MB (Brazilian Navy) UH-15/15A Super Cougar

3 CSAR version (UH-15A), 7 basic version (UH-15)

Sensors for UH-15A
Generic Navigation Radar
EWS (LWS, RWR, MWS)
Star Safire III [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]
Countermeasure dispensers
PLS (Personnel Locator System) (device that allow locate with precision crew to be rescued)
JDD - Jet Dilution Device (device attached to exhaust jet to reduce IR signature)
Search Light
Link BR-1

Weapons
FN Herstal MAG 7.62×51mm MG door-mounted


MB (Brazilian Navy) UH-15B Super Cougar

Sensors for UH-15B (6 units)
Radar APS-143C(V)3
EWS (LWS, RWR, MWS)
Star Safire III [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]
Countermeasure dispensers
Link BR-1

Weapons
2x AM-39 Block 2 Mod 2 Exocet


http://www.defesanet.com.br/ec725/notic ... -da-Selva/
http://www.defesanet.com.br/en/e_helibr ... ear-delay/
http://www.defesanet.com.br/ec725/notic ... ave-C-SAR/
http://www.defesanet.com.br/ec725/notic ... Operativo/
http://www.defesanet.com.br/ec725/notic ... ink-BR-1-/
http://www.janes.com/article/79364/braz ... elicopters