Not much of a chance until Russia gets sufficiently cowed.
Nah. We can most likely get surplus stuff from Europe. After all, we've got diplomatic recognition (plus embassies to various Russia aligned nations) from Russia thanks to the deal. Russia can't really object to a transaction without looking like its trying to back track.
Pretty much.
Fairly straightforward, actually.
Black market arms dealers have always been willing to sell at an appropriate markup.
On that topic, we know that California has the most intact remnants of the former US military industrial complex. If we can't salvage enough from the remnants present in our region, does anyone think that a successful Cali post-insurrection would be able to help the commonwealth resupply their stocks of OWE? While they would need to deal with the Imperial Japanese territories in Cascadia, the drawdown of Japanese troops there in favour of the East Asian theatres closer to China would suggest that any conflict would be primarily one fought in the air and sea, so dealing with the primary Russian proxy on the continent via energizing a different might be an attractive prospect.
Potentially. But California will have to secure their north first before doing anything else though.
Sure, but like I said said war would more likely be fought primarily at sea, given Japan has resorted to drones to maintain their tenuous grip over Cascadia with rising tensions with China. Remember, along with the occupation forces needed in their Asian colonies they share a land border with China via occupied South Korea, an occupation subject to a vicious insurgency that would probably have a lot of commonalities with the CGP-Direct Action Committee terrorism campaign but much closer to home, coupled with the possibility of remnant military forces of the South Korean government akin the the Cascadian Blue Army hiding out in the mountains or near the border and receiving Chinese aid.
Nope.
I'm frankly hoping for Leopard 3s.
Actually, if a First World nation had the money to spare, and the inclination to fuck with everyone in the Russosphere?
Nitpick: He didn't so much assault across the river as he drove over a bridge, both ends of which had been comfortably secured by the Commonwealth. The actual assault was at Essex, miles inland.
Historically, the list of nations that have been able to find a way to do this is:
Bear in mind you're still working with a lot of engineering, design, and error-finding. I mean, they built the Sherman in a few years, but the original Shermans had weak armor and severe vulnerabilities on top of being a basic WW2 medium tank. A modern day MBT would require much longer in terms of design, planning, and testing, including much of the lessons learned and technology developed. It'll take longer to design a tank that'll face whatever Blackwell throws at us - and he'll most likely ditch the T-34 and get something nasty, like a T-64 or even a T-80 (T-90s were turbine-powered, IIRC, so that makes them problematic for a low-logistics army like Victoria).
and now we know were Rumford got his T-34s in his book from
Most of those tanks were designed during the Cold War, and were ordered by generals who were seriously concerned that they might have to use the things at some point in the next decade or two.
I mean yeah, but our standard of "mostly works" might be something like, oh...
So basically fine for fighting Victoria then?
Well, I imagine their sandwich, once they get around eating it, will have a heaping dosage of Russian mayonez. Counting on your enemies staying dumb is rarely a winning tactic.So basically fine for fighting Victoria then?
Counterpoint:
If the GM chooses to play the quest not simulation card, or advancements in industrial development option, cool.
we should have a decade after the civil war since the Vicks like the ideological dumbasses they are will probably decide to waste AP on setting up domestic production also from discord
Two points worth making here:Good news
PoptartProdigy14.10.2020
And one thing you're pretty sure of is that Victoria will want their primary MBT to be something they can domestically manufacture. Self-reliance is worn so deep into their idealized culture that even Alexander's Inquisitor loyalists hold it in esteem. Assuming Alexander's continued and eager support, they can get whatever, but they're unlikely to take something they couldn't manage themselves. Thus, you would expect their first impulse to be some model of T-72. It's reasonable that they'd purchase something up to T-90s or even Armatas, but their primary tank by numbers is likely to be something they could lunge their way to production capability for within a decade.
speaking of foreign exchange inflow a reminder from discord of just how much Victoria is Alex's bitch
Note: Poptart didn't say they will insist on making it themselves.Good news
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PoptartProdigy14.10.2020
And one thing you're pretty sure of is that Victoria will want their primary MBT to be something they can domestically manufacture. Self-reliance is worn so deep into their idealized culture that even Alexander's Inquisitor loyalists hold it in esteem. Assuming Alexander's continued and eager support, they can get whatever, but they're unlikely to take something they couldn't manage themselves. Thus, you would expect their first impulse to be some model of T-72. It's reasonable that they'd purchase something up to T-90s or even Armatas, but their primary tank by numbers is likely to be something they could lunge their way to production capability for within a decade.
That's called "buy some, buy a license to make more." Although self-sufficient domestic manufacturing may be counterproductive as a goal. For example, the Commonwealth almost certainly won't be operating its own semiconductor fabricator for making whatever passes for modern computer chips in 2080! Richer, more populous countries will have most of that. But without our own ability to make our own microchips, we can hardly be self-sufficient in producing military hardware, now can we?
This. We're literally at the point where autocannon ammunition is programmable.
