Technologie

[Borys]

Miscellaneous propulsion technology
1900 Underway Recoaling
1906 Oil-firing boilers - invented 2/1908
1906 Electric Propulsion
1912 Geared Drives
1912 Capital Ship Diesel Engines
1915 Underway Oiling



Gun Technology
1905 Advanced(+1)
1907 Cutting Edge(+3) (invented 1/1911)
1911 (invented 1/1914)
1915 - 18" guns - invented 2/1918
1921
1928


Propulsion
1895 Baseline(0): Complex Reciprocating Engines, Engine Year 1900
1902 Advanced (+1): Engine year 1905, Max. non-VTE power 5,000 HP/Shaft,
       Direct-drive Turbines
1905 Cutting Edge (+3) Engine year 1909, Max. non-VTE power 12,000 HP/Shaft
1909: Engine year 1912, Max. non-VTE power 20,000 HP/Shaft - invented 1/1912
1913: Engine year 1916, Max. non-VTE power 35,000 HP/Shaft - digested 2/1917 - from Iberia
1917: Engine year 1920, Max. non-VTE power 40,000 HP/Shaft, Engine year = year laid down.

BB/AC Architecture
1890 Baseline (0): Mixed main armament or AQY with double turrets+casemates
1904 Advanced (+1): All-big-gun ship with wing turrets, improved turret hydraulics,
Torpedo Bulkheads (acquired 2/1906)
1906 Cutting Edge (+3): Superfiring turrets, all centerline, triple turrets - digested 2/1908
1912: Futuristic:  Quadruple turrets - digested 2/1917 - from Iberia
1920:  No restriction (high or low) on caliber of turreted guns

Light Cruiser Architecture
1880 Baseline(0): guns in single mounts or casemates, on side/centerline
1900 Advanced(+1): ammunition hoists, deck torpedo armament, superfiring mounts (acquired 2/1906)
1910 Cutting Edge (+5): twin gun mounts - digested 2/1917 - from Iberia
1920: turrets and barbettes

Aircraft/Seaplane Carriers
1910: experimental aviation ships; automatically granted upon completion of the 1910 Aircraft (1914 models) tech.
1915: floatplanes; flying-off decks for wheeled aircraft
1918: gunpowder catapults for floatplanes; separate landing and taking-off decks for wheeled aircraft
1922: hydraulic catapults; full length decks for wheeled aircraft; arrestor wires
1926: armored box carrier



Destroyer and TB architecture
1880 Baseline (0): single TTs - max 4, displacement 500t
1904 Advanced (+1):double TTs - max 8, displacement 750t
acquired 1/1908
1908 Cutting Edge (+3): triple TTs - max 12, displacement 1000t (digested 2/1913)
1912: max displacement 1500t,  - research began 1/1920
1918: quad TTs, 2000t

Armor technology
1900 Krupp Cemented 0
1915 All Imp. KC types +10% - invented 2/1917

An armor tech not related to the metallurgical aspects of the main tree, and not required as a pre-requisite to later techs on that main tech tree:
1912 Sloped external belts; "All or Nothing" Protective Schemes


Torpedo technology
1905 Advanced (+1): 5000@26, 2200@35, 100kg warhead, imp. wet heater, 1t, 18"
1908 Cutting Edge (+3): 7000@26, 3000@35, 100kg warhead, imp. wet heater, 1t, 21" -
invented 1/1912
1913: (+5) 15000@26, 10000@30,7000@35, 200kg warhead (+1), 2t, 21"- invented 2/1917
1918: (+8) 20000@26, 15000@30, 10000@35, 300kg warhead (+2) 3t weight, 24"

Submarines
......Dated (-1): No submarines
1900 Baseline (0) :up to 300 t surfaced, 8 knots submerged, 1TT, 3 torpedoes (acquried; 2/1908)
1905 - digestion began in 1/1920
1910
1915
1920

Mine Warfare
1900 Baseline (0): primitive paravanes and dragged booms behind small vessels.  Horn mines.
1908: Advanced (+1): advanced paravanes, active charges. Reliable horn mines, early antenna mines. (invented 1/1911)
1918: Reliable antenna mines.
1922: Unreliable magnetic mines & countermessures.

Naval Artillery Shells
1908 Cutting Edge (+3): Capped shells
1916: Improved capped shells

Rangefinding, Fire Control and Gunnery
1908: centralized FC, early directors - 12kyd
1912: primitive FC computers -18kyd - invented 2/1916
1918: Central director stations, long base-length RF - 24kyd - research began 1/1918
1928: Search radars, spotting planes, electromechanical FC computers - 30kyd

ASW
1910: ASW tactics, primitive depth charges - digested 1/1916
1916: hydrophones, improved depth charges - research began 2/1919
1926: further improvements

Night fighting
1908: basic tactics, searchlight, night scopes - invented 2/1915
1912: starshell + improved tactics - invented 2/1915
1918: Illuminating shells with parachute, improved night scopes

Infantry technology
1895 Baseline 4/2
1905 Advanced 5/3 (invented 2/1906)
1915 Cutting Edge(+3) 6/4  - research began 1/1920

Cavalry/Special Techs - same as INF, but with half the Artillery rating
1895 Baseline 4/1
1905 Advanced (+1) 5/1.5 (invented 2/1910)
1915 Cutting Edge (+1) 6/2 - research began 1/1920

Army Mobilization and Reserves:
1900 Baseline: Can maintain one reserve unit per one active strength unit
1905 Advanced (+1): Can maintain two reserve units per one active strength unit
1910 Cutting Edge (+3): Can maintain three reserve units per one active strength unit OR at General Mobilization can begin moving units from depots on day 5

CBR warfare (countermeasures only):
Baseline(0) Blankets with smallpox, trebuchets with dead animals.
1905 Advanced (+1): Tear-producing substances, chlorine,plague fleas and rats etc. - invented 2/1908
1910 Cutting Edge (+3): Phosgene - invented 1/1916
1915: Futuristic (+5) mustard gas, anthrax spores - research began 1/1919 - countermeasures only
1920: Terrifying (+7) Early nerve gases,


Heavier-than-air crafts
Baseline: None, perhaps a few private experimenters with gliders
1902 Advanced: Primitive flying machines: Wright Flyer, Langly Aerodrome etc. 1906 historical year
1906 Cutting Edge: Historical 1910 aircraft level
1910: hostirical 1914 aircrafts
1913: historical 1916 aircrafts
1915: historical 1918 aircrafts
1920: historical 1922 aircrafts
1928: historical 1930 aircrafts

Dirigible airships
Dated: None
1898 Baseline: Type 0: Volume 10 000m³ nonrigid airships, 30kts (digested 2/1913)
1905 Advanced (+1): Type 1 Volume: 20 000m³ and 4 tons military payload over 700 nm speed 40 kts
1910 Cutting Edge (+3) : Type 2 Volume: 40 000m³ and 9 tons military payload over 1200 nm speed 50 kts
1915: Type 3 Volume: 70 000m³ and 16 tons military payload over 2200 nm speed 60 kts
1920: 4 Volume: 130 000m³ and 31 tons military payload over 3900 nm speed 65 kts
1925: Volume: 210 000m² and 60 tons military payload over 5200 nm speed 70 kts

Anti-aircraft gun and altitudes
Baseline (0): High angle anti-ballon guns or machine guns (up to 1 pounders) = 1,000 feet
1908 Advanced (+1): High angle anti-air guns (20-40mm) = 5,000 feet - digested 1/1916
1914 Cutting Edge (+3): High angle artillery (40-80mm) = 15,000 feet
1925 Futuristic (+5): High altitude artillery (80mm+) = 30,000 feet

MTB technology
1905 level

Amphibious Technology
1905  Advanced (+1) shallow draft barges and shallow draft support ships
1910 Cutting edge (+3)  LST ships
1920 Futuristic (+5) Landing support ships and LST carriers
1928 Ultimate (+7): Mulberry harbors and amphibious vehicles.

Railway guns
1900: Baseline (0): Railway guns of up to 150mm, armored trains ??
1905: Advanced (+1): Railway guns of up to 254mm
1910: Cutting Edge (+3): Railway guns of up to 356mm
1915: Futuristic (+5): Unrestricted calibre railway guns

Motorization
1900 Baseline - 0; Experimental:  A few cars and trucks have been bought by your army to see what they can do; everything else follows from this.
1910:  Motorized HQ, Artillery units; improved tactical mobility
invented 2/1912
1920:  All supporting elements motorized; improved strategic mobility
1930:  Troops mounted; improved tactical firepower/mobility, strategic mobility.

Light Armor (allows a lower level attachment (regiment or brigade or whatever your armies equivalent is) or independent formation that costs $2 per level plus a flat 1 BP)

1905:  Historical 1907 civilian vehicles (unreliable) with improvised armor and machine gun mount.  Prerequisite:   1900 Motorization.
1910:  Historical 1912 armored cars
1915:  Historical 1917 tankettes (unreliable) and armored cars
1920:  Historical 1922 tankettes and armored cars

Heavy Armour (allows a lower level attachment (regiment or brigade or whatever your armies equivalent is) or independent formation that costs $4 per level plus a flat 4 BP)
1910:  Historical 1916 tanks (very unreliable).  - invented 2/1916
1915:  Historical 1917 tanks (unreliable)- invented 2/1918
1920:  historical 1922 tanks


1915 Siege Artillery - converted in 1/1918 from "Mobile Siege Artillery" - invented 1/1913

[Borys]

The Monarchy will receive samples of 1500 and 2000 destroyers in 2/1920