Pakistan & Bangladesh Tech Tree

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 2:50am

images of dispatched t-55Hs

the initial order of 282? may have been adjusted to just 100

Miraz05 · August 24, 2024, 5:57am

Are you sure? I heard these were bought for counter insurgency operations

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 6:02am

Yes they were, and Al-zarrar is primarily used for COIN as well.
They are mainly stationed on the wetern border against afghanistan and in KPK and balochistan.
The Al khalids are stationed at thr east border against india.

archived
All of our AIM-9M were upgraded to AIM-9M-8/9

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 9:32am

F-16 Independence 2017 day camo

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 9:53am

what weapon is this?
concrete peircing bomb?

specs sheet: block 1

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 10:00am

Miraz05 · August 24, 2024, 12:48pm

Matra Durandal/ Type-200A anti runway (retarded) bomb

Miraz05 · August 24, 2024, 12:57pm

Is there any clearer picture of the specs sheet?

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 4:16pm

Armen_Lozone · August 24, 2024, 4:43pm

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Pakistan Air Forces Tech Tree

Prelude

Hello to the new suggestion for the PAF (Pakistan Air Force) Tech Tree. This is a legitimisation of my previous post which was a combined Tech tree for air, ground and helicopters:

Pakistan & Bangladesh Tech Tree

Now this iteration of the TT will focus more on details and as such there may be changes to it even after the suggestion is accepted.

Introduction

Similar in many aspects to the PLAAF (Chinese Air Force) Tech Tree, which comprises of imported vehicles as well as vehicles from ROCAF AKA Republic of China Air Force (Taiwanese Air Force), the PAF Tech Tree will comprise of a BAF Sub Tree due to the shared, albeit rocky history of the two nations.

History

As the legendary ace Chuck Yeager puts it: [1]

Q: Of all the pilots you’ve flown with, which do you respect the most and why?

A: In 1971-73, I flew with the Pakistan Air Force in the war with India. They were the best in the world because they had the most experience - over 75 hours/month.

USA - Aviation week - December 1968 issue

"For the PAF, the 1965 war was as climatic as the Israeli victory over the Arabs in 1967. A further similarity was that Indian air power had an approximately 5:1 numerical superiority at the start of the conflict. Unlike the Middle East conflict, the Pakistani air victory was achieved to a large degree by air-to-air combat rather than on ground. But it was as absolute as that attained by Israel.

Tech Tree:

Aircraft Lists:

Pakistan Line

Rank I

T-6G

Info

History
The Pakistan Air Force used T-6Gs in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 as a night ground-support aircraft, hitting soft transport vehicles of the Indian army. In the early hours of 5 December, during a convoy interdiction mission in the same area, Squadron Leader Israr Quresh’s T-6G Harvard was hit by Indian antiaircraft ground fire and a shell fractured the pilot’s right arm. Profusely bleeding, the pilot flew the aircraft back with his left hand and landed safely. The World War II-vintage propellered trainers were pressed into service and performed satisfactorily in the assigned role of convoy escorts at night.

Primary armament
up to 3 x 7.62 machine gun

Secondary armament loadouts

Loadout 1

4 x HVAR rockets,
4 x 100lb bombs
2 x 7.62 machine gun pods
210 litre drop tank

Loadout 2

2 x 7.62 machine gun pods
12 57mm SCA rockets OR 6 x 100lb bombs

Performance and specifications:

Crew: 2
Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)
Max speed: 335km/h
Service ceiling: 7,400m
Rate of climb: 6.1m/s

Westland Wapiti

Info

History
Among the more well known and well trained air forces of the world, the PAF has a comparatively brief history, having been established in 1947.

The RIAF was founded in 1933 and initially flew Westland Wapiti biplanes. Being the first aircraft of the RIAF, the Westland Wapiti was one of the aircraft flown by pilots who would go on to fly for Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent.

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Wingspan: 46 ft 5 in (14.15 m)
Height: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Wing area: 488 sq ft (45.3 m2)
Empty weight: 3,810 lb (1,728 kg)
Gross weight: 5,410 lb (2,454 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Jupiter VI 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 420 hp (310 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 129 mph (208 km/h, 112 kn)
Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
Range: 360 mi (580 km, 310 nmi)
Service ceiling: 18,800 ft (5,700 m)
Rate of climb: 1,140 ft/min (5.8 m/s)
Time to altitude: 8 minutes to 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
Wing loading: 11.1 lb/sq ft (54 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.0776 hp/lb (0.1276 kW/kg)

Armament

Guns: One 0.303 inch (7.7 mm) forward firing Vickers gun and one Lewis gun on Scarff ring on rear cockpit,
Bombs: Up to 580 lb (260 kg) of bombs

Ground Strike Line

Rank III

Halifax B VI

Info

History
The Royal Pakistan Air Force continued operating these up till 1961, thus Pakistan became the last military user of the Halifax. In 1947, the RPAF inherited two Halifax bombers from the RAF which were later heavily used during the 1st Kashmir War in 1948. RPAF Halifaxes flew several sorties in support of Pakistani and Kashmiri forces (notably in the Battle of Skardu) during which they conducted night-time Airdrop missions. After the war, six ex-RAF Halifax-BVIs were purchased in 1949. Due to their high operational costs, the RPAF Commanders decided not to enlarge the Halifax fleet too much. These airplanes were later transferred to the newly raised No. 12 Squadron PAF where they were only used in emergency situations. Gradually, they were transferred to long term storage and were later scrapped.

Primary armament

1 x 7.7mm machine gun
2 x 4, 7.7mm machine guns in two turrets

Secondary armament loadouts

13,000lbs of bombs

Performance and specifications:

Crew: 7
Engine: 4 x Bristol Hercules XVI radial engines 1,615 hp (1,204 kW)
Max speed: 454km/h
Service ceiling: 7,300m
Rate of climb: 3.8m/s
Note: Equipped with H2S radar. Square empennage, round wing tips.

Western Line

Bangladesh Line

I feel that the possibility of the Pakistani TT as a combined tree of Pakistan and Bangladesh is a real possibility and actually implementable in game.
Being brother nations as well as brother air forces, they should do well to complement one another in real life as well as in game.

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