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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 19, 2024 8:52:19 GMT
The above section on Australian electricity is now complete.
British School Dinners
Monday: Savoury Mince Beef, Mashed Potato, Beetroot, Carrots, Peas; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Jam Roly Poly and Custard
Tuesday: Roast Chicken, Stuffing, Roast Potato, Carrots, Peas, Corn; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Rice Pudding and Jam
Wednesday: Meatballs, Macaroni and Cheese, Broccoli, Carrots, Creamed Spinach, Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Jelly and Ice Cream
Thursday: Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes, Gravy, Carrots, Peas, Cauliflower Cheese; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Chocolate Sponge and Chocolate Custard
Friday: Fish Fingers, Chips, Beans, Peas, Corn; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Apple Crumble and Custard
Monday: Steak and Kidney Pudding, Mashed Potato, Carrots, Peas, Corn; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Treacle Tart
Tuesday: Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Roast Potatoes, Beans, Carrots, Broccoli; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Trifle
Wednesday: Bangers and Mash, Bacon, Gravy, Peas, Carrots, Turnips; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Spotted Dick and Custard
Thursday: Roast Pork, Roast Potatoes, Gravy, Apple Sauce, Carrots, Peas, Beans; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Sticky Toffee Pudding
Friday: Fish Pie, New Potatoes, Carrots, Corn, Broccoli; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Vanilla Pudding
Monday: Steak, Chips
Tuesday: Fried Chicken
Wednesday: Beefsteak Pie and Mash
Thursday: Roast Lamb, Mint Sauce, Roast Potatoes, Peas, Carrots, Corn; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Bread and Butter Pudding and Custard
Friday: Cod, Chips
Monday: Gammon Steak, Pineapple, Egg and Chips
Tuesday: Shepherd's Pie
Wednesday: Toad in the Hole
Thursday: Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes, Gravy, Carrots, Peas, Cauliflower Cheese; Salad; Fresh Fruit; Milk; Bread and Butter; Apple Pie and Ice Cream
Friday: Salmon
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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 20, 2024 5:10:45 GMT
The 1st, 1.5 and 2nd generation British and Commonwealth nuclear fission power plants have avowed roles as both generating electricity and producing plutonium for their much larger nuclear weapons programme.
As of 1970, the superpower nuclear mix is 64,256 USA, 28,274 USSR and 12,432 Britain (+ 1254 Canada, 240 Australia, 234 India, 180 Israel, 120 South Africa and 12 NZ for 14,472 total British Empire/Commonwealth).
The Dark Earth history of nuclear arsenals has been
1945: 6 USA
1950: 1148 USA, 125 Britain, 2 USSR
1955: 7862 USA, 983 British Empire (962 Britain, 21 Canada), 564 USSR, 42 France
1960: 25,357 USA, 4949 USSR, 4625 British Empire (4287 Britain, 310 Canada, 28 Australia), 369 France
1965: 40,289 USA, 13623 USSR, 6879 British Empire, 1038 France
1970: 64,256 USA, 28274 USSR, 14,472 British Empire, 3695 France
The historical levels were
1945: 2 US
1950: 299 US, 5 USSR
1955: 2422 US, 200 USSR, 14 Britain
1960: 18638 US, 1605 USSR, 42 Britain
1965: 31149 US, 6129 USSR, 436 Britain
1970: 26008 US, 11643 USSR, 394 Britain
The plutonium for the historic US arsenal was predominantly produced by the 9 reactors at Hanford (B, D, F, H, DR, C, KW, KE and N) and the 5 reactors at Savannah River (R, P, K, L and C)
Historical Weapons Grade Plutonium Production at Hanford Site (kg)
1945-1947: 493
1948: 183
1949: 270
1950: 392
1951: 288
1952: 662
1953: 838
1954: 1113
1955: 1413
1956: 2074
1957: 2662
1958: 3303
1959: 3581
1960: 4266
1961: 4449
1962: 4169
1963: 4187
1964: 4247
1965: 4208
1966: 3130
1967: 2586
1968: 1494
1969: 430
1970: 977
1971: 230
(https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/doe/tab2.html )
Historic Savannah River Plutonium Production
1955: 553
1956: 1151
1957: 1242
1958: 672
1959: 1459
1960: 1734
1961: 1552
1962: 1578
1963: 2042
1964: 2123
1965: 909
1966: 1302
1967: 1107
1968: 1253
1969: 1382
1970: 872
1971: 836
1972: 1028
1973: 1128
1974: 1226
1975: 753
1976: 1400
(https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/doe/tab3.html )
My compulsion to analyse points me towards the correlation between the drop off in fissile material after 1964 and the slow down of growth of the US nuclear weapons arsenal, and then the subsequent relative decline compared to the continually growing Soviet numbers.
Total US weapons grade plutonium production in @ was 104 metric tons, or enough for at least 23,000 weapons at the larger end of size of ~10lb of Pu-239
That means that DE Britain needs ~56.39 tons of weapons grade plutonium to build up to the 1970 level outlined, not counting recycling of material from retired bombs and warheads. That works out to an average of 2.24 tons/year for the 25 years, with the important caveat that not all facilities were operating from the get go.
There are a total of 4 production reactors at Windscale, 4 at Chapelcross, 2 at Rhydymwyn/former M.S. Factory, Valley in Wales and 2 in Kilrea, Ireland; and 4 at Chalk River and 4 at Saint Maurice in Canada. Even factoring in down time, problems, low years and other vagaries, that only needs an average of 180kg of w.g. Pu-239 from each; what is more realistic is a steady rise over the 1950s where ~25 tons are produced, and then a doubling to 50 tons in the 1960s.
The USA numbers come from a continued run of w.g. Pu-239 at averages of ~6500kg p.a. from Hanford throughout the 1960s, 4500kg from Savannah River and 2500kg each from further production sites at Green River, Wyoming and Clinton, Arkansas; plus an increased annualised capacity for pit production at Rocky Flats in Colorado and a mirror plant in Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 25, 2024 2:27:40 GMT
Canadian Nuclear Power Plants
Lingan, Nova Scotia: 4 x 250 MW
Trenton, Nova Scotia: 4 x 625 MW
Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia: 4 x 625 MW
Point Lepreau, New Brunswick: 4 x 250 MW
Belladune, New Brunswick: 4 x 625 MW
Millbank, New Brunswick: 4 x 500 MW
Gentilly, Quebec: 4 x 250 MW
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec: 4 x 500 MW
Comeau Bay, Quebec: 4 x 250 MW
Carleton, Quebec: 4 x 625 MW
Yamachiche, Quebec: 4 x 500 MW
Pickering, Ontario: 4 x 250 MW
Darlington, Ontario: 4 x 2500 MW Fusion
Bruce A, Ontario: 4 x 250 MW
Bruce B, Ontario: 4 x 625 MW
Rolphton, Ontario: 4 x 500 MW
Thunder Bay, Ontario: 4 x 625 MW
(Wesleyville: Planned Fusion Power Station)
Silver Bay, Manitoba: 4 x 625 MW
Siglavik, Manitoba: 4 x 250 MW
Nipawin, Saskatchewan: 4 x 500 MW
Queen Elizabeth Power Station, Saskatchewan: 4 x 625 MW
Weyburn, Saskatchewan: 4 x 500 MW
Peace River, Alberta: 4 x 625 MW
Sundance, Alberta: 4 x 500 MW
Genesee, Alberta: 4 x 625 MW
Kamloops, British Columbia: 4 x 625 MW
Silverdale, British Columbia: 4 x 625 MW
Haysport, British Columbia: 4 x 500 MW
Haines, Alaska: 4 x 625 MW
Portage, Alaska: 4 x 625 MW
Hydroelectricity: 30606 MW
British Columbia
Mica Dam: 2800
W.A.C Bennet Dam: 3000
Waneta: 1000
Kemano: 800
Bridge River: 500
Quebec
Beauharnois: 1900
Manicougan 5: 1600
Lagrande 2: 6000
Manicougan 2: 1250
Bersimis 1: 1200
Outardes: 1100
Carillon: 800
Isle Maligne: 425
Peribonka: 385
Ontario
R.H. Saunders Dam: 1800
Sir Adam Beck Station: 1516 + 500
Des Joachims: 500
Abitibi: 350
Smoky Falls: 267
Manitoba
Nelson River Scheme: 2500
Grand Rapids: 500
Brandon: 263
New Brunswick
Mactaquac: 750
Fossil Fuel: 2818 MW
Ontario
Hearn: 1200 MW (1951)
Alberta
Wabamun: 600 MW (1956)
Battle Rivers: 100 MW (1954)
Saskatchewan
Boundary Dam: 700 MW (1958)
New Brunswick
Grand Lake: 57 MW
- Further Ontario coal plants at Lakeview (2400), Lambton (1976), Nanticoke (3964) and Thunder Bay (306) will not be built due to lack of need
- In terms of oil plants, Tracy (660) in Quebec; Lennox (2140) in Ontario; Burnside (132) and Tufts Cove (500 MW) in Nova Scotia; and Dalhousie (315) and Coleson Cove (1050) in New Brunswick won't need to be built
- There is one experimental 100MW natural gas plant in BC and the Charlottetown diesel fired plant in PEI (61 MW)
Nuclear Power by Province
NS: 6000
NB: 5500
QB: 8500
ON: 19000
MN: 3500
SK: 6500
AB: 7000
BC: 7000
AK: 5000
Total: 68000 MW
TWh: 595.68
Total Power Production: 101,421 MW or 888.44796 TWh
This is up on 1990s levels of @ Canadian power generation, but the much larger population and its subsequent effect on electricity demand (and industry, exports and special project use) needs to be factored into calculations.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 25, 2024 14:39:23 GMT
Canadian Nuclear Power Plants (Under Construction) Lingan, Nova Scotia Trenton, Nova Scotia Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia Point Lepreau, New Brunswick Belladune, New Brunswick Millbank, New Brunswick: Gentilly, Quebec Sorel-Tracy, Quebec Comeau Bay, Quebec Carleton, Quebec Yamachiche, Quebec Pickering, Ontario Darlington, Ontario Bruce A, Ontario Bruce B, Ontario Rolphton, Ontario Thunder Bay, Ontario Skead, Ontario York Factory, Manitoba Silver Bay, Manitoba Siglavik, Manitoba Nipawin, Saskatchewan Queen Elizabeth Power Station, Saskatchewan Weyburn, Saskatchewan Riverhurst, Saskatchewan Peace River, Alberta Milo, Alberta Sundance, Alberta Genesee, Alberta Banff, Alberta Kamloops, British Columbia Silverdale, British Columbia Haysport, British Columbia Haines, Alaska Portage, Alaska Fort Resolution, NWT How much power do they give Canada and are coal plans also still in use. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 25, 2024 20:36:42 GMT
If something is labelled ‘Under Construction’, then that detail is being added, bit by bit. The total power is there; I’ll add some notes when it is complete.
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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 27, 2024 3:58:29 GMT
Now the Canadian post above is complete and the above questions can be answered with:
(a) 68000 MW, or 67%; and
(b) 5 coal plants are in use, plus a couple of much smaller localised/industrial facilities
Canada in @ had a very heavy use of hydroelectricity from an early stage, and that was reflected here. There are a further ~24000 MW worth of major hydroelectric projects 'in the pipeline' as of 1973, plus the huge Grand Falls project underway in Labrador, Newfoundland.
However, the major story of 1954-1973 has been the nuclear programme, with its accompanying purpose of generating fissile material for the Commonwealth nuclear programmes. 30 plants have been built over those 19 years, with the 'game-changer' technology of nuclear fusion to replace further projected fission plants and the older generation of reactors in the 1980s and 90s.
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Post by simon darkshade on Jul 10, 2024 2:42:08 GMT
Notes on Military Rations - Historically, ~1970s era British 24 Hour General Service Ration Packs had a Breakfast, Snack and Main Meal. The reasoning for the extra full meal (with the Snack element provided for in the Accessory Pack) is that the slightly greater gravity and nature of the world has a bearing on the amount of calories needed for an adult male soldier, in addition to it not being unknown practice in other @ rations, such as Canada - There is a lot more variety, even compared to the 2020s era British rations, with 24 main meal variants vs 20 (this is driven by the size of the boxes mentioned in October). This is more in keeping with the 24 US MRE variants - The provision of tinned starters is modelled on the @ French practice, and comes from the DE Royal Army Catering Corps hobbits refusing to let the French one up them  - The dinner pack contains a Side Dish pouch separately, even though each Main Meal has plenty of other elements in them. This is based on @ British 70s GSRPs, although with a tad more variety and quality than ‘Pre Cooked Rice, Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce, Beans in Tomato Sauce or Macedoine' - There is some sanity employed in combinations of Main Meals and Side Dishes, just as there is with balancing the other Meal Packs in the overall ration, so that the combined meals are best suited for actual consumption as well as nutrition. Given that the total number of possible combinations (not counting fruit bars) would come out to 3.5 billion if left to a computer, there is some decent design put into ensuring that there is a balance of the type of meats, provision of fish and poultry and balanced side dishes. Once again, the halflings of the RACC come to the rescue - Consideration was given to including a side dish in the Supper Pack, but weight and space militate against it at this juncture. On the other hand, a powdered soup will be added to Dinner Packs - One cross over with the encouragement/support of the fishing industry can be seen in the 4 breakfasts and 4 main meal variants using fish - There is a definite edge of improvement in the inclusion of duck, venison and pheasant, as well as some of beef dishes, with this flowing from the greater available budget now Vietnam (and very recently Malaya/Borneo) are finished - The majority of the dishes are very British, with only the Indian Butter Chicken curry sticking out as a ‘foreign’ dish. This reflects the tastes and general ethnicity of the Army and soldiers at the time, with Butter Chicken becoming popular from troops rotated through India during the 1960s Far East campaigns - Likewise, the Swedish meatballs are due to the Army spending a lot of years in Scandinavia training and deploying - What is missing? Most other curries and Indian dishes, Italian dishes such as pasta (specifically Spaghetti Bolognese) and the Chinese influences of sweet and sour etc. That may change at a different pace at some point in the future - There is a lot more red meat vs the @ 1990s onwards preference for chicken, reflecting tastes and prices - Separate ration arrangements for the Gurkhas and Sikhs are in place; vegetarian soldiers beyond those groups are very few and far between - Semi-arcane ‘magitech’ and the mad science of the likes of Willy Wonka (and proto halfling Heston Blumenthal types) can be seen in some of the dishes/components, which wouldn’t be possible in @. For example, in DE 1973 food alchemists are on the cusp of perfecting a ration pancake with the fully required shelf life - The waybread isn’t quite lembas, but is very potent - British rations including an alcoholic cordial for good measure. Note also that cigarettes are also still included as a matter of course - Coffee is notable for its absence - The seasoning provided in the Accessory Pack with Salt, Pepper and Sugar is ‘Super MSG’ - Each fruit bar contains the equivalent nutrition of 2 pieces of the fruit they are derived from - What do future modifications hold? Possibly an inclusion of a ‘Breakfast Dessert’ element, like the US packs; actual chips; further meat bars/bite size snacks; fruit and nut sachets; and British equivalents to shelf stable sandwiches |
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Post by stevep on Jul 10, 2024 8:35:14 GMT
Notes on Military Rations - Historically, ~1970s era British 24 Hour General Service Ration Packs had a Breakfast, Snack and Main Meal. The reasoning for the extra full meal (with the Snack element provided for in the Accessory Pack) is that the slightly greater gravity and nature of the world has a bearing on the amount of calories needed for an adult male soldier, in addition to it not being unknown practice in other @ rations, such as Canada - There is a lot more variety, even compared to the 2020s era British rations, with 24 main meal variants vs 20 (this is driven by the size of the boxes mentioned in October). This is more in keeping with the 24 US MRE variants - The provision of tinned starters is modelled on the @ French practice, and comes from the DE Royal Army Catering Corps hobbits refusing to let the French one up them - The dinner pack contains a Side Dish pouch separately, even though each Main Meal has plenty of other elements in them. This is based on @ British 70s GSRPs, although with a tad more variety and quality than ‘Pre Cooked Rice, Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce, Beans in Tomato Sauce or Macedoine' - There is some sanity employed in combinations of Main Meals and Side Dishes, just as there is with balancing the other Meal Packs in the overall ration, so that the combined meals are best suited for actual consumption as well as nutrition. Given that the total number of possible combinations (not counting fruit bars) would come out to 3.5 billion if left to a computer, there is some decent design put into ensuring that there is a balance of the type of meats, provision of fish and poultry and balanced side dishes. Once again, the halflings of the RACC come to the rescue - Consideration was given to including a side dish in the Supper Pack, but weight and space militate against it at this juncture. On the other hand, a powdered soup will be added to Dinner Packs - One cross over with the encouragement/support of the fishing industry can be seen in the 4 breakfasts and 4 main meal variants using fish - There is a definite edge of improvement in the inclusion of duck, venison and pheasant, as well as some of beef dishes, with this flowing from the greater available budget now Vietnam (and very recently Malaya/Borneo) are finished - The majority of the dishes are very British, with only the Indian Butter Chicken curry sticking out as a ‘foreign’ dish. This reflects the tastes and general ethnicity of the Army and soldiers at the time, with Butter Chicken becoming popular from troops rotated through India during the 1960s Far East campaigns - Likewise, the Swedish meatballs are due to the Army spending a lot of years in Scandinavia training and deploying - What is missing? Most other curries and Indian dishes, Italian dishes such as pasta (specifically Spaghetti Bolognese) and the Chinese influences of sweet and sour etc. That may change at a different pace at some point in the future - There is a lot more red meat vs the @ 1990s onwards preference for chicken, reflecting tastes and prices - Separate ration arrangements for the Gurkhas and Sikhs are in place; vegetarian soldiers beyond those groups are very few and far between - Semi-arcane ‘magitech’ and the mad science of the likes of Willy Wonka (and proto halfling Heston Blumenthal types) can be seen in some of the dishes/components, which wouldn’t be possible in @. For example, in DE 1973 food alchemists are on the cusp of perfecting a ration pancake with the fully required shelf life - The waybread isn’t quite lembas, but is very potent - British rations including an alcoholic cordial for good measure. Note also that cigarettes are also still included as a matter of course- Coffee is notable for its absence - The seasoning provided in the Accessory Pack with Salt, Pepper and Sugar is ‘Super MSG’ - Each fruit bar contains the equivalent nutrition of 2 pieces of the fruit they are derived from - What do future modifications hold? Possibly an inclusion of a ‘Breakfast Dessert’ element, like the US packs; actual chips; further meat bars/bite size snacks; fruit and nut sachets; and British equivalents to shelf stable sandwiches
So DE is no better off than OTL, possibly worse, in understanding the health threat from smoking? Otherwise very interesting and a good touch in that the additional gravity means additional nutrition, hence the what we would consider oversized meals.
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Post by simon darkshade on Jul 10, 2024 9:21:04 GMT
They are ahead of understanding it. This is a world where cancer is curable, though; the other major health effects of smoking are upon heart disease and strokes, which are still serious. Smoking rates in DE have been declining and will probably bottom out in another decade or so at 10-15%. Historically, the US military kept cigarettes in rations until 1975 (some other sources say 1972): famri.org/history-of-tobacco-military-rations/ |
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Post by Max Sinister on Jul 10, 2024 14:51:36 GMT
Will TTL feature an earlier breakdown of the SU, because they can't afford to build so many nukes and other arms forever? PS: You even think about alternate military rations ITTL?  |
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Post by simon darkshade on Jul 10, 2024 15:12:27 GMT
The Soviets have a better economy at the moment, and aren’t experiencing Brezhnevian stagnation; General Secretary Sergeyev has a Khrushevian approach to economics which, in concert with better harvests, is keeping the Soviets economically viable for more than the next ~ 15 years. There is a considerable defence burden which amounts to 16-17% of GDP, but it is from a larger overall base. So there isn’t any macro OOC plan for a Soviet collapse at this point.
Alternate military rations, defence production, energy, employment by different sectors, GDP rankings, yearly statistics, film listings and much more. I like to think that very few other works drill down into the same depth of detail as Dark Earth, which reflects a part of my own interest in deep and broad detail.
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Post by simon darkshade on Jul 10, 2024 15:38:42 GMT
And in the spirit of more detail:
British Armaments Production
Artillery Shells
Shell Manufacturing Plants
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich: 200,000/month
Imperial Arsenal, Notts: 200,000/month
HM Factory Gretna: 150,000/month
National Factory Barnbow (Leeds): 150,000/month
National Factory Stirling: 100,000/month
National Factory Elenydd, Wales: 100,000/month
National Factory Mullingar, Ireland: 100,000/month
ROF Nottingham: 150,000/month
ROF Accrington, Lancashire: 75,000/month
ROF Birtley, Northumberland: 75,000/month
ROF Carlisle, Cumberland: 75,000/month
ROF Darlington, Durham: 75,000/month
ROF Beech Hill: 75,000/month
Vickers: 200,000/month
Armstrong-Whitworth: 200,000/month
Beardmores/Rolls Royce: 100,000/month
Hawker-Siddeley/Cammell Laird: 100,000/month ( Coventry Ordnance Works)
Filling Factories
ROF Aycliffe
ROF Brackla
ROF Bridgend
ROF Chilwell
ROF Chorley
ROF Ruddington
ROF Rotherwas
ROF Thorp Arch
ROF White Lund
ROF Burry
Explosives Factories
RN Propellant Factory Caerwent
RNCF Holton Heath
ROF Bishopton
ROF Bridgewater
Royal Gunpowder Mills
ROF Pembrey
ROF Drigg
ROF Irvine
ROF Ranskill
Small Arms
Small Arms Production
Royal Small Arms Factory: 48,279 L1A2 battle rifles, 5239 L4 LMG, 2465 L6 GPMGs, 16239 L10A1 SMGs
Royal Armoury: 38,433 L1A2 battle rifles, 5078 L4 LMG, 2327 L6 GPMGs, 11672 L10A1 SMGs
ROF Fazarkerley: 25,548 L2A4 assault rifles, 3689 L4 LMGs
ROF Maltby: 20,822 L1A2 battle rifles, 15,410 L2A4 assault rifles, 2330 L4 LMGs
ROF Athlone: 15,279 L1A2 battle rifles, 14,987 L2A4 assault rifles
ROF Hirwaun: 14,254 L1A2 battle rifles, 15,324 L2A4 assault rifles
Armstrong-Whitworth: 13403 L2A4 assault rifles, 3624 L6 GPMGs
Vickers: 12,681 L1A2 battle rifles, 4168 L6 GPMGs, 2254 L12 HMG
BMARC: 2000 Maxim Guns, 4000 L12 HMGs
BSA: 24698 L1A2 battle rifles, 32346 L2A4 assault rifles, 5275 L4 LMGs, 18,358 L10 pistols
LSA: 19872 L1A2 battle rifles, 29964 L2A4 assault rifles, 4018 L4 LMGs 16,453 L10 pistols
Sterling Armaments Company: 62,376 L10A1 submachine guns
Webley & Scott: 29,751 L10 pistols
London Armoury Company: 12456 L1A2 battle rifles
(Martini-Henry)
(Parker-Hale)
(Westley-Richards)
(Farquhar–Hill)
Small Arms Ammunition
ROF Radway Green: 1 million rounds/day
ROF Dumfries: 1 million rounds/day
NSAAF Coundon: 1 million rounds/day
ROF Ingleton: 500,000 rounds/day
ROF Newton: 500,000 rounds/day
ROF Blackpole: 500,000 rounds/day
ROF Farnham: 500,000 rounds/day
ROF Spennymoor: 500,000 rounds/day
ROF Steeton Dump: 500,000 rounds/day
ICI Standish: 500,000 rounds/day
IMI Witton: 500,000 rounds/day
BSA: 500,000 rounds/day
BMARC: 500,000 rounds/day
Anglo Saxon Munitions Co: 500,000 rounds/day
Yorkshire Munitions Co: 500,000 rounds/day
Tanks and Armoured Vehicles
Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing Plants
Royal Arsenal: 20 FV525 Warrior/wk
Imperial Arsenal: 20 FV525 Warrior/wk
Royal Ordnance Works, Wrexham: 20 FV525 Warrior/wk
Royal Tank Factory Leeds: 16 Crusader/wk
Royal Tank Factory Newcastle: 16 Crusader/wk
Royal Tank Factory Sheffield: 16 Crusader/wk
Royal Tank Factory Manchester: 16 Crusader/wk
(Royal Tank Factory, Coventry)
(Royal Tank Factory, Glasgow)
Leyland Tank Works: 12 Crusader/wk, 4 Royalist/wk
Vickers, Sheffield: 32 Saladin AMC/wk, 8 Valiant MBT/wk, 2 Whirlwind/wk
Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick: Armstrong-Whitworth, Elswick: 12 CVR(T)/wk, 8 Challenger MAV/wk 8 FV525 Warrior/wk, 4 Ardent MBT/wk
BMC’s Royal Mechanizations and Aero, Birmingham: 12 Chieftain MBT/wk
ROF Salem, Carmathenshire: 12 FV180, 4 FV4203 Chieftain AVRE, 4 Chieftain FV4204 ARV, 4 Chieftain AVLB
ROF Ledbury: Marksman and Sharpshooter
ROF Portadown, Ulster: 10 FV217 Badget Tank Destroyer/wk
ROF Dalmuir, Scotland: 12 FV525/wk
ROF Telford: 10 IkV 105 Assault Guns
ROF Blackburn: 12 Challenger MAV/wk
GKN, Telford: 110 acre Hadley Castle Works: 18 FV432
AEC, Southall: 18 AEC Sentinel LAV/wk
Alvis, Coventry: 24 CVR(T)/wk, 16 Alvis Centaur/wk
Humber, Huddersfield: 24 Humber Pigs/wk
Rootes, Leicester: 12 AEC Sentinel LAV/wk
Saxon: 16 Alvis Centaur/wk
(Vauxhall, Middleton)
(Ford, Winsford)
Richard Hornsby & Sons, Grantham: 24 FV625/wk
Massey-Ferguson Banner Lane, Coventry: 24 FV625/wk
(Vauxhall Tank Works: Shadow Factory)
(Austin Tank Works: Shadow Factory)
(Rootes Tank Works: Shadow Factory)
(Saxon Tank Works: Shadow Factory)
[Rolls Royce Derby Plant]
[BMC Cowley Plant]
[Austin Longbridge Plant]
[Rover Castle Bromwich Plant]
[Saxon Trafford Park Plant]
[Rootes Ryton Plant]
Artillery
Artillery Manufacturing Plants
Royal Arsenal: 3 x L24 125mm, 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 1 x 203mm Lionheart 1 x 240mm Excalibur, 1 Sharpshooter
Imperial Arsenal: 3 x L24 125mm, 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 1 x 203mm Lionheart, 1 x 240mm Excalibur, 1 Sharpshooter
Vickers, Sheffield and Barrow: 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 1 x 203mm Lionheart, 2 Whirlwinds, 8 Sharpshooters, 1 Catapult/wk
Armstrong-Whitworth, Elswick: 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 1 x 203mm Lionheart, 4 Marksman, 1 Catapult/wk
Beardmores, Glasgow: 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 1 203mm Lionheart, 2 GP 25pdr, 1 Catapult/wk
Coventry Ordnance Works: 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 1 x 203mm Lionheart, 2 GP 25pdr, 1 Catapult/wk
BMARC: 2 x 152mm Archbishop, 2 36pdr ATG
ROF Cardiff: 6 L121
ROF Nottingham: 12 125mm
ROF Poole: 2 x FV254 Lionheart 203mm
ROF Theale, Reading: 4 x 25pdr GP
ROF Glascoed, Monmouthshire: 4 x 25pdr GP
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Artillery Total: 4527
12 x 375mm
960 x L24 125mm
320 x L121 152mm
125 x 36pdr SVAT
800 x 25pdr GP
750 x FV236 152mm Archbishop SPGH
420 x FV254 203mm Lionheart SPGH
120 x FV287 240mm Excalibur SPGH
420 x Sharpshooter SPAAG
240 x Marksman SPAAG
120 x Vickers Whirlwind SPAAG
240 x Catapult MLRS
Unarmoured Vehicles
Bedford Dunstable Plant: 7500 Bedford MKs
Leyland Plant: 2500 Leyland Rangers
Rover Solihull Plant: 20,000 Land Rovers
Humber Huddersfield Plant: 5000 Humber FV1601s
Alvis Coventry Plant: 2500 Alvis Stalwarts
Austin Longbridge Plant: 10000 Austin Champions
BMC Cowley Plant: 4000 Morris Marathons
Missiles
ROF Patricroft
ROF Newport
ROF Elstow
ROF Blackburn: Missile Fuzes
ROF Hathern
Hawker-Siddeley
Hawker-Siddeley: 4800 Skyblade MRAAM, 1200 Purple Rose/Javelin SSM, 560 Green Hill (Martel) ASM, 480 Paladin ASM/AShM, 240 Sea Eagle AShM
Avro: 120 Blue Steel ASM, 200 Grand Slam ASM, 320 Blue Sky ABM
Vickers: 1800 White Light/Skyflash MANPADS, 5000 Red Planet/Super Vigilant ATGM, 540 Red Dean AGM
Supermarine: 160 Black Beauty ABM, 320 Red Dawn SSM, 600 Blue Rose AGM, 640 Lancelot SLCM
de Havilland: 9600 Firebolt SRAAM, 240 Violet Silk SSM/AGM, 320 EG.324 Sabre SR SAM, 120 Blue Moon SLBM
Shorts: 3600 Green Apple ATGM, 400 Pink Lady (ALARM) ARM
Armstrong-Whitworth: 960 Galahad LRAAM, 520 Brown Sugar (AS.38) GP AGM, 20 Nereus
Saunders-Roe: 40 Violet Friend ABM, 240 Yellow Sand SSM,
Fairey: 1200 Orange William/Swingfire, 800 Hawkswing, 240 Red King AShM/SSM
Bristol: 480 Blue Envoy SAM, 1280 Broadsword, 240 Black Cat MRASM, 400 Green Oak ARM
English Electric: 320 Red Devil/PT.428 Rapier SAM, 480 Blue Shield/Thunderbird II SAM, 360 Black Stallion AShM
38,840 guided missiles
- The Imperial Arsenal is a duplicate facility of Woolwich built in the 1900s in the aftermath of the War of the Worlds and the rising international tensions that lead to WW1. It lies to the north of the city
- The Royal Armoury is a similar duplicate facility of the RSAF Enfield built in Winchester
- HM Factory Gretna was repurposed from a Great War cordite plant into one for shell manufacture during the 1926 Soviet War Scare
- Barnbow is never repurposed from a shell plant; the tank plant in Leeds is a new build in the 1930s
- The WW1 shell plant in Nottingham is also never repurposed post WW1
- The three geographically distributed plants in Scotland, Ireland and Wales are 1930s era construction, coming in the time when there was a desire to move facilities away from the vulnerable South East
- Production levels come from 3 shifts a day + modern machinery and processes + robotics. It translates to ~139 shells/hour for the smallest facilities rising to 278/hour for the largest ones
- Yorkshire Munitions is a conglomerate based around Greenwood & Batley and other local ammunition firms
- Ford of Britain have a 5 million square foot factory in York used in WW2 for heavy bomber construction (now used for cars, drive trains and assorted engineering)
1200 towed and 600 self propelled guns and 600 SPAAGs over the next five years.
2205 towed, 1290 SPG, 780 SPAAG
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 14, 2024 13:53:20 GMT
I’ve been very, very busy over the last two months with work, responsibilities and placement, but I have been working on some DE stuff behind the curtain, including an update to the British orbat, then other orbats.
As part of that, we have
RAF Germany: Warhammer + 10
1st RAF Tactical Air Force
192 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes
120 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
120 Supermarine Spitfires
120 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers
120 de Havilland Tornadoes
120 Gloster Lions
120 English Electric Lightnings
2nd RAF Tactical Air Force
192 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes
120 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
120 Supermarine Spitfires
120 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers
120 de Havilland Tornadoes
120 Gloster Lions
120 English Electric Lightnings
- British based units are scheduled to reinforce RAFG in the event of full mobilisation.
- The above strength represents what would be the partly mobilised deployed capacity as of 1974
(More to come tomorrow evening)
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Post by lordroel on Oct 14, 2024 14:10:23 GMT
I’ve been very, very busy over the last two months with work, responsibilities and placement, but I have been working on some DE stuff behind the curtain, including an update to the British orbat, then other orbats. As part of that, we have RAF Germany: Warhammer + 10 1st RAF Tactical Air Force 192 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes 120 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms 120 Supermarine Spitfires 120 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers 120 de Havilland Tornadoes 120 Gloster Lions 120 English Electric Lightnings 2nd RAF Tactical Air Force 192 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes 120 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms 120 Supermarine Spitfires 120 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers 120 de Havilland Tornadoes 120 Gloster Lions 120 English Electric Lightnings - British based units are scheduled to reinforce RAFG in the event of full mobilisation. - The above strength represents what would be the partly mobilised deployed capacity as of 1974 (More to come tomorrow evening) Nice, does the Warhammer + 10 have any meaning. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Oct 14, 2024 14:18:14 GMT
Yes, it does.
Exercise Warhammer was in 1963. 10 years on from that gets us to 1973, which has just ended.
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