Mapmakers Reference Database
Technology
Explore the aircraft, vehicles, weapons, spacecraft, robotics, electronics, equipment, and major technical facilities appearing across the Mapmakers novels and Watchtowers.
164 curated entries are available. Repeated technologies are consolidated and remain searchable under every book in which they appear.
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The Strait of Fire · The Suwałki Gap · Paso del NorteC-17 Globemaster III
A strategic and tactical military transport capable of moving personnel, vehicles, helicopters, and outsized cargo.Open full entry →
The Strait of Fire · The Suwałki GapF-22 Raptor
A fifth-generation air-superiority fighter combining stealth, supercruise, agility, and integrated sensors.Open full entry →The Strait of FireKQ-200
A Chinese fixed-wing maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft derived from the Y-8/Y-9 transport family.Open full entry →The Strait of FireStryker
A family of eight-wheeled armored vehicles for infantry mobility and specialized battlefield missions.Open full entry →The Strait of FireUSS North Carolina (SSN-777)
A Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine appearing in The Strait of Fire.Open full entry →The Strait of FireUSS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)
A Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer built for air defense, strike warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and surface combat.Open full entry →The Suwałki Gap · The MineAGS-30
A lightweight 30 mm automatic grenade launcher for sustained direct or indirect fragmentation fire.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapBMP-97
A compact Russian 4×4 armored patrol and border-security vehicle built on KAMAZ components.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapCF-18 Hornet
Canada’s version of the F/A-18 Hornet, used for air defense, air superiority, and ground attack.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapE-4B Nightwatch
A survivable airborne command-and-control center derived from the Boeing 747-200.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapJ-16
A Chinese twin-engine multirole fighter optimized for long-range air combat and precision strike.Open full entry →The Suwałki Gap · WatchtowersJ-20 / J-20A
China’s operational low-observable fighter family for long-range air combat and penetration.Open full entry →The Suwałki Gap · The Divided Peninsula · WatchtowersMi-8
A widely produced medium helicopter used for transport, cargo, command, evacuation, and armed support.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapMP-443 Grach
A Russian 9×19 mm service pistol adopted for military and law-enforcement use.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapSu-57
A Russian low-observable multirole fighter designed for air, ground, and maritime targets.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapTASER 10
A ten-probe conducted-energy weapon with individual probe deployment and longer engagement range than earlier models.Open full entry →The Suwałki GapTu-95
A long-range turboprop strategic bomber family used for strike, maritime patrol, and cruise-missile carriage.Open full entry →Paso del NorteBMW (Model Unspecified)
A black BMW passenger car whose exact model, body style, powertrain, and model year are not identified in the text.Open full entry →Paso del NorteKingston IronKey Keypad 200
A hardware-encrypted USB flash drive with an integrated alphanumeric keypad.Open full entry →Paso del Norte · WatchtowersLRAD
A directional acoustic hailing device used to transmit intelligible voice commands and alert tones over distance.Open full entry →
Paso del NorteM1A2 Abrams
The U.S. Army’s principal Abrams main battle tank, combining heavy protection, mobility, advanced fire control, and a 120 mm gun.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaAARGM
An advanced anti-radiation missile designed to suppress hostile radar and air-defense emitters.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaAGM-88 HARM
A high-speed anti-radiation missile used to suppress hostile radar and air-defense systems.Open full entry →The Divided Peninsula · WatchtowersB-21 Raider
A next-generation penetrating stealth bomber designed for conventional and nuclear long-range strike.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaDelta IV-Class SSBN
A Soviet/Russian ballistic-missile submarine class used as the basis for a fictional transferred boat.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaF-35B Lightning II
The short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing member of the F-35 family.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaF-47
The crewed centerpiece of the U.S. Next Generation Air Dominance family.Open full entry →The Divided Peninsula · The MineGlock Pistol Family
A Glock pistol-family reference where the manuscript does not identify a specific model.Open full entry →FictionalThe Divided PeninsulaHyundai Boulder
A rugged Hyundai concept extrapolated into the used production SUV driven by Park Ji-won.Open full entry →FictionalThe Divided Peninsula · WatchtowersISAA Launch-Control Console
A fictional multinational authorization console that adds ISAA custody to the nuclear-release chain.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaK151 Raycolt
A South Korean light tactical vehicle for command, patrol, communications, and protected mobility.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaK1A
A compact 5.56 mm South Korean carbine developed for troops needing a shorter service weapon.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaK2C
A shortened specialist and export derivative of South Korea’s K2 service rifle.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaKAI MUH-1
The amphibious Marine Corps derivative of the KUH-1 Surion, intended for maritime utility and assault support.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaKMTV
A South Korean medium tactical truck family used for logistics, cargo, troop transport, and specialized support.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaLAH-1 Miron
A compact Korean armed helicopter developed to replace aging 500MD and AH-1S aircraft.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaLong March 10
China’s next-generation crewed heavy-launch vehicle, used fictionally in the Mount Paektu orbital-station project.Open full entry →The Divided Peninsula · The MineM2 Machine Gun
A belt-fed .50-caliber heavy machine gun used from vehicle, tripod, naval, and aircraft mounts.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaM27 Infantry Automatic Rifle
A Marine Corps automatic rifle derived from the HK416 and fielded across infantry squads.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaMercedes-Benz G-Class
A body-on-frame four-wheel-drive vehicle family with military, utility, and civilian variants.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaMi-24 Hind
A heavily armed attack helicopter that also carries a small infantry section.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaMiG-29
A twin-engine tactical fighter developed for air superiority and point defense.Open full entry →FictionalThe Divided Peninsula · WatchtowersMissile-Level Permissive Module
A fictional missile-installed authorization module that denies launch without required multinational release codes.Open full entry →FictionalThe Divided PeninsulaMount Paektu Orbital Research Station
A fictional North Korean orbital research station assembled in orbit from two heavy-lift launches.Open full entry →FictionalThe Divided PeninsulaMQ-67A
A fictional production collaborative combat aircraft derived from the General Atomics XQ-67A demonstrator.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaRQ-180
A reported high-altitude, long-endurance, low-observable uncrewed surveillance aircraft.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaS-92
A twin-engine medium-lift helicopter used worldwide for offshore transport, search and rescue, and executive movement.Open full entry →The Divided Peninsula · Watchtowers · The MineStarlink
A low-Earth-orbit satellite broadband network used for resilient connectivity in damaged or isolated environments.Open full entry →The Divided Peninsula · WatchtowersV-22 / MV-22 Osprey
A tiltrotor assault-support aircraft combining vertical lift with fixed-wing speed and range.Open full entry →The Divided PeninsulaVirginia-class Submarine
A family of U.S. nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines appearing in The Divided Peninsula.Open full entry →WatchtowersAC-130J Ghostrider
A heavily modified C-130J gunship used for persistent close air support, interdiction, and precision direct fire.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersAE-8 Interim Watchtower
The first American Watchtower configuration, created from transferred P-8 aircraft before dedicated wide-body aircraft entered service.Open full entry →
FictionalWatchtowers · The MineAE-87 Sheriff
The American Watchtower variant: a persistent airborne policing, surveillance, evidence, and precision-force platform.Open full entry →WatchtowersAGM-114 Hellfire
A precision air-to-surface missile family used against vehicles, structures, small boats, and point targets.Open full entry →WatchtowersAxon Cameras
A family of law-enforcement body-worn cameras used to create an officer-perspective evidentiary record.Open full entry →WatchtowersBoeing 787 Dreamliner
The long-range composite airliner that forms the basis of the fictional -87 Watchtower family.Open full entry →WatchtowersCOMAC C929
COMAC’s developing long-range wide-body twinjet and the airframe basis of the fictional -92 Watchtower family.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersEC-90 Gendarmerie
The Airbus A350-based European Watchtower variant for policing, evidence, communications, and bounded force.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersEC-90B Constable
The Airbus A350-based British Watchtower variant emphasizing restrained lawful authority.Open full entry →WatchtowersF-16 Fighting Falcon
A lightweight multirole fighter evolved for air defense and precision strike.Open full entry →WatchtowersH-6
China’s long-serving strategic bomber family for conventional, maritime-strike, and nuclear missions.Open full entry →WatchtowersHK416
A German 5.56 mm rifle family combining AR-pattern ergonomics with short-stroke piston operation.Open full entry →WatchtowersHK416F
The French service configuration of the HK416, selected to replace the FAMAS.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowers · The MineIC-90 Marshal
The Airbus A350-based Indian Watchtower variant for persistent policing, evidence, and disciplined intervention.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersKC-87 Guardian
The Boeing 787-based Korean Watchtower variant for airborne communications, evidence, surveillance, and coordination.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersKinetic TL-2
A fictional non-explosive TL-2 configuration using a same-mass tungsten penetrator in place of the warhead.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersKV-280 Tiger
A fictional Korean Marine Corps tiltrotor derived under license from the Bell V-280/MV-75 lineage.Open full entry →WatchtowersLS-6 Small-Diameter Family
A Chinese family of compact precision-guided glide weapons.Open full entry →WatchtowersLS-6/500
A 500-kilogram-class Chinese precision-guided glide weapon for fixed-target attack.Open full entry →WatchtowersM16 Rifle Family
A lightweight 5.56 mm service-rifle family derived from the AR-15.Open full entry →WatchtowersM198 Howitzer
A 155 mm towed howitzer designed for air transport and field-artillery support.Open full entry →WatchtowersMahindra Armado
An Indian light armored specialist vehicle designed for protected mobility, patrol, command, ambulance, and weapons-carrier roles.Open full entry →WatchtowersMi-17
A widely used export member of the Mi-8 helicopter family for transport, evacuation, and armed support.Open full entry →WatchtowersMQ-9 Reaper
A long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft for surveillance, strike, and armed overwatch.Open full entry →WatchtowersP-8 Poseidon
A Boeing 737-derived maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft used for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare.Open full entry →WatchtowersPatriot
A mobile, integrated air-and-missile-defense system built around radar, command and control, launchers, and interceptors.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersPC-92 Protector
The COMAC C929-based Chinese Watchtower variant, factory-prepared for mission and combat-system integration.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersPC-92 Shield
The COMAC C929-based Pakistani Watchtower variant emphasizing identification, evidence, custody, and bounded intervention.Open full entry →WatchtowersPL-10
A Chinese short-range air-to-air missile designed for high-agility close combat.Open full entry →WatchtowersQuadrotor with Speaker Pod
A small multirotor aircraft carrying a speaker payload for warnings and communication.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowersRC-90 Medveditsa
The Airbus A350-based Russian Watchtower variant combining observation, evidence, coordination, and controlled force.Open full entry →FictionalWatchtowers · The MineSpiderbots
Compact spider-like assault robots deployed from sealed pods for rapid movement through confined terrain.Open full entry →WatchtowersTL-2
A compact Chinese air-to-ground missile intended for small and medium reconnaissance-strike UAVs.Open full entry →WatchtowersY-7
A Chinese twin-turboprop transport family derived from the Antonov An-24.Open full entry →WatchtowersYangwang U8
A Chinese luxury plug-in-hybrid SUV with four-motor drive and unusual maneuvering capability.Open full entry →WatchtowersYJ-91
A Chinese high-speed missile family used in anti-radiation and anti-ship roles.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandAE-87I Guardtower
Israel’s national Boeing 787-derived persistent-surveillance and precision-intervention aircraft.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandAE-87I Steward
The United States of the Levant’s lawful blue-light conversion of Israel’s former AE-87I Guardtower fleet.Open full entry →
The Holy LandAIM-9 Sidewinder
A compact infrared-guided air-to-air missile family used for close and short-range aerial combat.Open full entry →
The Holy LandAirbus A400M Atlas
A four-engine military transport combining strategic range with tactical airlift and austere-field capability.Open full entry →
The Holy LandAPKWS II
A guidance kit that converts a 70-millimeter Hydra rocket into a precision laser-guided weapon.Open full entry →FictionalThe Holy LandArmored Electric Chevrolet Tahoe
A fictional battery-electric armored Tahoe used for federal protective transport by 2040.Open full entry →
The Holy LandArmored Land Rover
A protection-rated Land Rover used in the Caliphate leadership convoy; the exact model is not identified.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandBMW i5 ISAA Response Vehicle
A fictional emergency-response adaptation of BMW’s battery-electric i5 sedan for ISAA field teams.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandCQG-17A
The unarmed reconnaissance and utility variant of China’s fictional CQG-17 quadruped family.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandCQG-17B
The remotely controlled light-machine-gun variant of China’s fictional CQG-17 quadruped family.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandCQG-17C
The HJ-12-carrying anti-armor variant of China’s fictional CQG-17 quadruped family.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandCQG-17D
The manipulator and engineering variant of China’s fictional CQG-17 quadruped family.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandCTM-134
A remote-operation support adaptation of the FAW MV3 4×4 tactical truck.Open full entry →The Holy LandD-30 122 mm Howitzer
A Soviet-designed 122-millimeter towed howitzer distinguished by its three-leg firing platform.Open full entry →
FictionalThe Holy LandEB-21 Darktower
A fictional B-21-derived covert Watchtower aircraft with its multinational mission floor operating remotely.Open full entry →
The Holy Land · The MineF-15 Eagle
A twin-engine air-superiority and multirole fighter family operated by Israel and other allied air forces.Open full entry →The Holy LandF-35I Adir
Israel’s F-35 variant, adapted for Israeli Air Force integration and operated from Nevatim Airbase.Open full entry →The Holy LandFord Mustang Mach-E Police Vehicle
A battery-electric Mustang Mach-E adapted for police and security service.Open full entry →The Holy LandGBU-32 JDAM
The 1,000-pound-class JDAM configuration built around the Mk 83 bomb body.Open full entry →
The Holy LandGBU-39B Small Diameter Bomb
A compact GPS-aided inertial-guided glide weapon designed to increase aircraft carriage.Open full entry →FictionalThe Holy LandGBU-39BL
A fictional reduced-explosive Small Diameter Bomb variant optimized for vehicle interdiction.Open full entry →The Holy LandHaider Main Battle Tank
Pakistan’s Haider main battle tank, a domestically produced development of the Chinese VT-4 design.Open full entry →
The Holy LandHJ-12
China’s man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile, adapted for a quadruped launch platform.Open full entry →
The Holy LandHMG PK-16
Pakistan Ordnance Factories’ 12.7×108 mm belt-fed heavy machine gun.Open full entry →The Holy LandJericho 3
Israel’s opaque long-range solid-fueled ballistic missile, widely assessed as a strategic delivery system.Open full entry →
The Holy LandJoint Direct Attack Munition
A GPS-aided inertial guidance kit that converts compatible gravity bombs into precision-guided weapons.Open full entry →
The Holy LandKC-46 Pegasus
Boeing’s 767-derived aerial-refueling and airlift aircraft, used by Saudi Arabia in the epilogue.Open full entry →
The Holy LandM1E3
The U.S. Army’s next major Abrams modernization, operationally mature in the novel by 2035.Open full entry →
The Holy LandM250
The U.S. Army’s 6.8×51 mm belt-fed Next Generation Squad Weapon automatic rifle.Open full entry →The Holy LandMaxxPro MRAP
The International MaxxPro mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle used for protected infantry transport.Open full entry →
The Holy LandMercedes-Benz Performance Sedan
A high-performance Mercedes-Benz sedan used by Faris al-Mansur; the exact model is intentionally unspecified.Open full entry →The Holy LandS-500 Prometheus
Russia’s mobile long-range air and missile defense system, designed for aircraft and ballistic-missile interception.Open full entry →
The Holy LandT-72
The Soviet-designed T-72 main battle tank family, one of the world’s most widely produced armored vehicles.Open full entry →The Holy LandToyota Land Cruiser (Model Unspecified)
A durable Toyota four-wheel-drive vehicle used as a Jerusalem Fire Rescue command platform.Open full entry →The Holy LandTyvek Protective Clothing
Lightweight disposable protective garments made from flashspun high-density polyethylene.Open full entry →FictionalThe Holy LandUNSC Emergency Combatant Channel
A fictional authenticated emergency service for protected surrender and lawful re-tasking review.Open full entry →
FictionalThe MineISS2
Earth-orbit interchange connecting reusable launch systems with mature deep-space transportation.Open full entry →The MineRadical Defense 50 FVS
Large-bore suppressor architecture developed for the M2 family of .50-caliber machine guns.Open full entry →The MineMKU Kavro Ballistic Protection
Modular ballistic helmets, body armor, and soldier-protection equipment from MKU.Open full entry →The MineTonbo BNVD-P
Panoramic four-tube night-vision system designed to preserve peripheral awareness.Open full entry →The MineMOHOC 2
Low-profile tactical helmet camera supporting local recording and live networked video.Open full entry →The MineIWI X95 Flattop 330
Compact bullpup member of the Tavor X95 rifle family.Open full entry →The MineMepro MOR PRO
Integrated reflex sight with visible and infrared laser aiming functions.Open full entry →The MineLANIUS-X X20
Compact indoor member of Elbit Systems’ LANIUS-X tactical drone family.Open full entry →The MineHeckler & Koch G36
5.56 mm gas-operated service-rifle family from Heckler & Koch.Open full entry →The MineSpringfield Armory XD-M Elite 4.5
Full-size member of Springfield Armory’s striker-fired XD-M Elite pistol family.Open full entry →The MineBEL UHF Software-Defined Radio
Bharat Electronics secure UHF software-defined tactical-radio family.Open full entry →The MineSpaceX Starship
Reusable heavy-launch architecture built around Starship and Super Heavy.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineDragon-Derived Passenger and Escape Capsule
2044 passenger architecture directly descended from Crew Dragon and its launch-escape system.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineSinterBeam
Five-megawatt lunar construction laser descended from high-energy air-defense lasers and regolith-processing research.Open full entry →The MineAN/SPY-6(V)1
U.S. Navy scalable AESA air-and-missile-defense radar used on Flight III destroyers.Open full entry →The MineAegis Combat System
Integrated naval sensor, computing, fire-control, and weapons architecture.Open full entry →The MineType 096 Ballistic-Missile Submarine
China’s next-generation ballistic-missile-submarine program carried forward into 2044 service.Open full entry →The MineJL-3
Chinese submarine-launched ballistic missile whose propulsion and guidance architecture is adapted in Book Six.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineHyundai HLV-4
Korean ocean-launched extraordinary-heavy-lift vehicle built with shipyard-scale industrial methods.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineHyundai OFM-1 Orbital Fabricator
Industrial-scale orbital nickel-alloy manufacturing system.Open full entry →The MineCOMAC C949
Long-range low-boom supersonic passenger-aircraft project carried forward into operational 2044 service.Open full entry →The MineTrident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2)
Planned next-generation development of the U.S. Trident II D5 strategic missile family.Open full entry →The MineRSM-56 Bulava
Russian solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile.Open full entry →The MineM777A2
Lightweight 155 mm towed howitzer with digital fire-control architecture.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineMultinational Planetary-Defense Carrier
Emergency interplanetary defense carrier integrating established tracking, launch, radar, and guidance technologies.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineShackleton Station
2044 lunar south-polar port, fuel depot, shipyard, and industrial complex.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineThe Mine
Metal-rich asteroid mining, refining, habitation, and industrial station.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineDomus Astrorum
Rotating deep-space yacht using tethered artificial gravity and water radiation shielding.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineUNS Justice
NASA-origin nuclear-thermal mixed cargo-and-passenger deep-space ship.Open full entry →The MineUSS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129)
Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineUNS Refuge
ESA-origin nuclear-thermal passenger and rescue ship.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineUNS Judgement
CNSA-origin nuclear-thermal open-bay cargo ship.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineUNS Juan Sebastián de Elcano II
UN Navy nuclear-thermal passenger and training ship originally commissioned as Unity.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineCSRC Guided Cargo-Return Vehicle
Vacuum-only low-thrust orbital freighter for transporting dense asteroid-derived metallic feedstock to Earth orbit.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineAegis-Derived Planetary-Defense Fire-Control System
Deep-space fire-control architecture combining Aegis command logic with a complete AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar face and continuous interceptor guidance.Open full entry →The MineK-555 Knyaz Pozharsky (Project 955A Borei-A)
Real Russian Navy Project 955A Borei-A nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine commissioned in 2025.Open full entry →FictionalThe MineShackleton Ship-Transfer Rover
Pressurized lunar-port transfer vehicle with a scissor-lift passenger/cargo compartment that hard-docks directly to elevated spacecraft airlocks.Open full entry →FictionalMapmakers: LivesSurface to Surface Small Missile System (S2S-SMS)
Mk 41-launched airborne precision-fire system that suspends a legacy M261 Hydra pod beneath a parachute for downward-firing inert APKWS engagement.Open full entry →
FictionalMapmakers: LivesUSCGC Gridley
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer converted into a U.S. Coast Guard Heavy Enforcement Cutter while retaining its high-end sensors, aviation facilities, Mk 45 gun, and Mk 41 launch infrastructure.Open full entry →
FictionalMapmakers: LivesRC-17
Department of Resilience heavy utility transport derived from the C-17, retaining global heavy airlift for disaster logistics, evacuation, medical movement, and recovery support.Open full entry →
FictionalMapmakers: LivesRF-52
Strategic firefighting conversion of the B-52 using high-altitude broad-area water-and-gel dispersal to create precipitation-like coverage over threatened terrain.Open full entry →
FictionalEstablished canon · Not yet featuredAmerica-class LHA: Amphibious Response Ship
Post-demilitarization America-class LHA converted into a Department of Resilience offshore aviation, medical, logistics, communications, evacuation, and coastal recovery base.Open full entry →No entries match the selected filters.