Right now the line up of tanks and vehicles for the alpha version of the game is being worked on. This version won't have the custom vehicle builder, but will be a chance to get people to play test the basic combat engine and get feedback on tactics and game play improvements that need to be made.
The first line up is for Vinland:
It's 1936 and military designs are not well advanced. The Vinland line up includes a couple of big tanks, these are not well armored and while robust and fairly reliable for the time, they have under powered guns and engines.
Some light tanks are a little better. Their smaller size allows for a little more armor and their small caliber guns have good penetration and rate of fire.
For artillery guns, they have a useful 60mm general purpose gun which makes a good antitank gun for the period. Just one of these will make quick work of any enemy tank, but they are heavy and not easily relocated. There is a short barreled 75mm support gun, not real artillery, but still powerful.
They have an experimental rocket system, less accurate and powerful than later systems, but still useful against massed enemy attacks.
For anti-air support there's a single 20mm AA cannon mounted on a truck, and for scouting and urban combat there are some armored cars (not shown here).
Next up is some of the incomplete Republican lineup:
When the Europeans and Vinlanders were planning the war it was expected that the Republican troops would have to make an amphibious landing. Preparations were made to spread the initial landings all along the coast line. Every truck, armored car and tank would be designed with amphibious capability in mind.
Later a treaty signed with the Amorican Celts meant that the attackers could be put ashore in the South and attack by land. Too late to redesign the thousands of vehicles assembled for the invasion, they were sent as they were.
The Republic is a vast country, stretching from Eastern France to Western Russia. They are ahead on technology and manufacturing, but they are also a country of contrasts. Some areas are quite urban and developed. Others are hopelessly backwards.
The country is not easily able to adjust to changing situations. When a plan is made, there's not much room for change. They will produce 1000 tanks of a design which is already obsolete before it hits the battlefield, and orders will be to attack with what they have, without waiting for better equipment.
But they do still have many skilled engineers and scientists, and unless Vinland is able to make some quick victories, they Republican equipment will inevitably advance more quickly, leaving the Vinlanders outnumbered and outgunned.
On the ground, technical knowledge is in short supply, as there aren't many literate Republicans. Breakdowns are common and many vehicles are abandoned simply because they can't be repaired. Still there are a seemingly endless supply of men and equipment flooding across the Atlantic and success in their Crusade seems assured.
The tanks above are based on the first tanks fielded in the War for Jerusalem. Called Pristis, or Whale, these big lumbering machines are already outdated. They will be supplemented in later missions by more advanced medium tanks and small tankettes.
The color scheme is Frankish Blue, and represents the fact that most of the vehicles are under control of the Franks.
The first line up is for Vinland:
Some light tanks are a little better. Their smaller size allows for a little more armor and their small caliber guns have good penetration and rate of fire.
For artillery guns, they have a useful 60mm general purpose gun which makes a good antitank gun for the period. Just one of these will make quick work of any enemy tank, but they are heavy and not easily relocated. There is a short barreled 75mm support gun, not real artillery, but still powerful.
They have an experimental rocket system, less accurate and powerful than later systems, but still useful against massed enemy attacks.
For anti-air support there's a single 20mm AA cannon mounted on a truck, and for scouting and urban combat there are some armored cars (not shown here).
Next up is some of the incomplete Republican lineup:
Later a treaty signed with the Amorican Celts meant that the attackers could be put ashore in the South and attack by land. Too late to redesign the thousands of vehicles assembled for the invasion, they were sent as they were.
The Republic is a vast country, stretching from Eastern France to Western Russia. They are ahead on technology and manufacturing, but they are also a country of contrasts. Some areas are quite urban and developed. Others are hopelessly backwards.
The country is not easily able to adjust to changing situations. When a plan is made, there's not much room for change. They will produce 1000 tanks of a design which is already obsolete before it hits the battlefield, and orders will be to attack with what they have, without waiting for better equipment.
But they do still have many skilled engineers and scientists, and unless Vinland is able to make some quick victories, they Republican equipment will inevitably advance more quickly, leaving the Vinlanders outnumbered and outgunned.
On the ground, technical knowledge is in short supply, as there aren't many literate Republicans. Breakdowns are common and many vehicles are abandoned simply because they can't be repaired. Still there are a seemingly endless supply of men and equipment flooding across the Atlantic and success in their Crusade seems assured.
The tanks above are based on the first tanks fielded in the War for Jerusalem. Called Pristis, or Whale, these big lumbering machines are already outdated. They will be supplemented in later missions by more advanced medium tanks and small tankettes.
The color scheme is Frankish Blue, and represents the fact that most of the vehicles are under control of the Franks.
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