Description

the Jaguar Arms Corp. S13C SHORAD is the Short Range Air Defence variant of the S13C, itself being an upgraded and updated version of the previous S13B AMV and S13A AMV (previously known under Jaguar Arms designation as J.013B and J.013A respectively). The S13C serves in multiple militaries, primarily that of the Federation of Sosevea and the Republic of Vikendi. In Sosevean Defence Force service, the S13C SHORAD is the newest Short Range Air Defence unit in the arsenal. The S13C sees service in the army, providing air defence for multiple units, and also sees service in the Air Artillery Regiments.

History

In early 2020, the Sosevean Defence Force Board of Equipment saw a decreasing performance in the S13A. Despite its relatively new introduction into Sosevean military service, the S13A and S13B were found to begin to lack potency with the rising potential for a near peer conflict. Though the S13A and S13B served well in Afghanistan and would until the Sosevean withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in mid 2020, the shifting strategic focus of the SDF required that Sosevean Army vehicles be upgraded.

In this shift, the board decided that it was about time that the third variant, the S13C be introduced. Due to the recency of the S13B however, funding was scarce for the project. It would only be in mid 2022 that the first prototype of the S13C was produced and presented, after rising pressure geopolitically gave renewed need to the project. By early 2023, the S13C hit the production line. The new hull, combined with the concurrent advent of a new SHORAD turret system abroad by allied nation Vikendi peaked interest of the board in combining the two. Thus, the S13C SHORAD prototype was made. Compared to putting the turret on old hulls, the S13C hull was able to maintain agreeable mobility with the mounting of said turret. This didn't please the bureaucracy, who sought to not spend more than necessary. Nevertheless, the S13C SHORAD was finally made and released in mid 2024.

Though lacking cannons in addition to the SLM336-4 Quad Launcher Units - the wish of Sosevean defence think tanks,

Sensors

[CLASSIFIED] (Just kidding I don't have the info made up yet)

Armament

8x SM336 Surface to Air Missiles

14x Atherton Dynamics S966 MK.III 40mm Smoke Grenade Launchers

Stats

(All stats are for SHORAD variant)

3 Crewmen (Commander, Driver)

8 Passengers

Top speed of 100 km/h on road

8x8 Wheeled

Price of $10,500,000 USD P/U

Credit to:

Canadian - General turret work, making the missiles. The turret on which the details, optics, hatches sit, that's all him. Please give him an upvote if you're going to upvote this, the man deserves it.

Controls

Pitch: Throttle

Brake: Brake (it's needed)

Roll: Steering

TRIM: Elevate turret gun

VTOL: Traverse turret

AG6: Headlights

AG7: Hazard Lights

AG8: RADAR

About the book bin (feel free to skip, this is lore yap)

I like to use builds not only as a way of getting cool looking builds out, but to tell stories within them also. The story I want to tell with the book bin is that of Sosevea - specifically, Sosevea being a (fictional of course) bilingual nation. The keen-eyed among you who follow me may have already noticed the presence of small elements of French language on my previous build, the ARV.

The history of Sosevea in many ways, parallels that of Canada. In this alternate timeline, it is on the Australian continent that a much more contested colonisation takes place - and earlier too. French settlers were the first to arrive to Australia, naming their territory Lointerre. Before the British arrived in serious numbers nearly two decades later in the east of the country, French settlers lived in a setting of relative peace and prosperity. Good relations with the native indigenous people, though somewhat tenuous the majority of the time, were able to be maintained.

Nowadays, skipping through centuries of conflicts, culture clashing, failed revolts and more, Sosevea hopes to truly unite itself- a hope that was started, and was stoked by the horror of the trenches in WWI. Throughout the 20th Century, efforts to unite the two sides of the country, though long and hard, have proven to be successful. English and French speaking populations are rising in Lointerre (Western half of Australia - Where sussy is based) and in the Midlands & Emerald Coast respectively. Slowly, heading into the 21st Century, Sosevea is turning out to become a rather bilingual nation. Where this is reflected in the military. Though the language barrier does pose a significant obstacle - often a deadly one in military context, the SDF hopes to raise new generations, who have already come from schooling in both languages, to fight side by side. Francophone and Anglophone.

Yeah TLDR I learnt French and I want to use it in my builds. It's not truly about telling a story, it's about doing whatever I want :). The lore is so it makes sense.

Gallery

_PLANNED VARIANTS

ARV
APC (Turretless)
MEDEVAC
C&C
Communications
SHORAD
APC (Armed, base infantry variant)
Repair
Recovery
Engineer Support Vehicle
Surveillance
105mm Cannon
120mm Mortar
155mm Howitzer

I have put a lot of effort into this, so please consider either upvoting, spotlighting or sharing with your friends. Thank you and enjoy.

Give Canadian an upvote, he made the turret with me