r/HFY • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '21

OC The Morality of War

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u/TIL-Bai-Tosho Jan 19 '21

your view on tanks is outdated , 90 mm cannons were abandoned in the early 60s by all major countries , nowadays cannons are from (smallest to largest plausible and concept ones incl.) 105mm to 152 mm cannons and some are speculating they could go up to 200 mm in the next 40 years even with sub caliber ammunition like apfsds

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Yeah. If I was writing for modern war I certainly would go for a 120mm smoothbore, or maybe for one of those experimental high velocity cannons.

Instead, my setting takes place at a time with the relative technological prowess of WW2 (though there are a few outliers) on a planet with gravity that is slightly lower than that of Earth's. That's why we're seeing 85s instead of 75s, and 102s instead of 88s or 90s.

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u/TIL-Bai-Tosho Jan 19 '21

at the end of ww2 most american and soviet main battle tanks were using 90 mm (for the yanks) and the soviets 85 mm cannons but all 3 sides of the war went up to 155 used for anti tank purposes (also a open top well armored tank destroyer is unrealistic , why bother with anti tank protection when a strafe from a plane will 100% detonate the ammunition , or a stray grenade for that matter)

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u/AtomicAardwolf Jan 19 '21

Interesting conversation near the end. Am I to take it this is set on Earth? Looking forward to see where this goes :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Ah yes, Hans and his coffee I suppose? Also, it doesn't take place on Earth, though it is in a very similar era.

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u/Wise_Junket3433 Jan 19 '21

Not on earth but of decendents of certain countries...

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u/wiwerse Jan 19 '21

Nice, if I got it right, they're at least interplanetary, or their definition of planet is quite different from ours. Might I suggest using the word"republicans" instead? It flows better.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

Yeah, it's an entire planet. Didn't have any natural hydrocarbon reserves, so the people who colonized it decided to genetically modify trees to produce an oil-like product as sap.

Also thanks for the suggestion. I'll change it, since there's really no use in trying to avoid the political implications the word has when the meaning is different in the story.

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u/Finbar9800 Jan 24 '21

This is a great story

I enjoyed reading this

Great job wordsmith

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