The CPIC-X - High Speed Low Drag

RaptorBeast7 · December 30, 2024, 7:40pm

1. Should the CPIC-X be Added

Yes
No

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2. At what BR

2.7
3.0
3.3
3.7
4.0
I answered no
other

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3. As a premium or as a tech tree vehicle or event vehicle?

Premium
Tech Tree
Event
I answered no

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4. Which configuration?

Original 1974 - Only one Emerlec-30
1976+ ROK trials and onwards - One Emerlec-30 + Two twin M60s and Two Mark 19s
1975 purposed full combat load - Two Emerlec-30s + Two twin M60s and Two Mark 19s
I answered no

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CPIC-X

Introduction
The CPIC (Coastal Patrol and Interdiction Craft) was a development put forward United States Navy and later South Korea to produce a high speed, heavily armed PTF style vessel for use in shallow water regions and along coastlines. The CPIC can be seen at the apex of USN high speed patrol boat design boasting a impressive top speed of 40+ knots, while also being armed with a variety of high performance automatic gun systems, namely the unique Emerlec-30, twin 30mm gun system. A total of 6 vessels were produced in total, the prototype, 4 vessels for the ROK Navy and 1 for the Taiwanese Navy. the prototype served primarily as a technology demonstrator for the Emerlec-30 gun system and it’s hull form.

Service History
The CPIC-X program would begin in 1970 as a means to develop new hull forms which could produce high speeds while maintaining effective ocean borne performance. the prototype was produced as a pre-production prototype in early 1973 without any weapon systems to test it’s newly designed triple gas turbine drive system and unique hull form. Later in 1974 the vessel was armed with the Emerlec-30 gun systems which it would carry for the remainder of it’s career, along with being designated PSMM 5, and was comissioned in 1975. These weapon systems would manifest due to ROK requirements and the Arab-Israeli conflict where the Komar class patrol boats of the Egyptian Armed Forces were finding success. The vessel in this configuration would go on to be shipped to South Korea to be trialed there. Both South Korea and Taiwan would receive their craft in 1976. PSMM 5 would remain in the ROK until 1980. While the USN program would not yield fruit, the 5 vessels in foreign service would continue operation into the 1990s, with the ROK vessels going through substantial refits and becoming their own unique class of vessel. The original prototype’s fate is however unknown.

The Emerlec-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiUlaOb6bwc
Aside from it’s powerful complement of turbines, the crowing component of the CPIC can be seen as the Emerlec-30 automatic gun mounts placed on the vessel. This mounting happens to be one of the earliest uses of the newly developed gun system and provides the CPIC with a large amount of firepower for it’s size.

Specifications
The CPIC’s armament varied along it’s career, ranging from having no armament initially during hull form trials, with up to two Emerlec-30 mounts, 2 twin M60 mounts and 2 Mark 19s present on the vessel.

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