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[tryrar]

Yeah you'd need a trained aircraft engineer for any success at that

Which brings up a point: For engineer training, you either build facilities to recruit and train engineers, or they gain enough practical hands-on experience working on projects. For example, say there is a project to build the first aircraft, a small biplane. It's successful, and an engineer gains enough experience to become an aircraft engineer. Any future projects involving flight and things of that nature get  a better chance to succeed, and you can design more complicated projects like bombers, high altitude fighters, and things like that.

[Funk]

As we have no trucks lets leave armored cars for a while, later we can build them properly, but for now truck first.

3) General use engine
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Engine 4200cc, two-stroke
Layout straight-6
Cooling, Water
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4) Light Truck

Engine: General use engine
4-speed manual gearbox
Wheelbase:  2.7 meters
Width :1.6 meters
Payload: 1000- 1600kg
Curb weight: 100kg

[Parsely]

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

1) Light Infantry Machine Gun
2) 8x70mm Round
3) General-Use Engine
4) Light Truck
A: 200m Concrete Airstrip w/Small Support Hangar

I say we do the first three and save the truck for next turn.

[tryrar]

Funk, I'm pretty sure a 4200cc engine can put out around 130hp. I've never heard of a 1920's engine with that kind of power

[Parsely]

We're going to build one. :v

[Funk]

Yes, a racing Bentley in the late 20's could get 130 hp out of 4400 cc but this is a truck, so low end power and reliability are the name of game.

I was thinking that it's put out about 55-60 hp, it's not going to be a high compression engine or get to high rpm or have four valves per cylinder and dual ignition.
More a long the lines of a Austin Twenty with some more displacement

[Aseaheru]

I dont think we should make new rounds, ideally we should have everything useing the same ammo as the existing rifles...

Thus:

Spoiler: Proposal 1.1 (click to show/hide)

1.1:Unnamed Light machine gun:
A simple Gas-Operated machine gun with a top mounted Pan magazine holding 60 rounds of rifle ammo, using same munitions as preexisting rifle

Number of engineers: 10

Spoiler: Counterproposial 2.1 (click to show/hide)

2.1:develop a hollow-point variant of preexisting rifle cartridge currently in use, with the main focus being on allowing it to be used in existing rifles.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

1) Light Infantry Machine Gun 1
1.1) Machine Gun with rifle ammo 1
2) 8x70mm Round 1
2.1) hollowpoint rifle round 2
3) General-Use Engine 2
4) Light Truck
A: 200m Concrete Airstrip w/Small Support Hangar 2

Lets reduce the strain on industry.

[Funk]

Hollow point rounds are probably banned.

My idea was to get some practice in on the machine gun then build a new gas-operated rifle by just cutting down the specs of the machine gun.

[tryrar]

Yes, a racing Bentley in the late 20's could get 130 hp out of 4400 cc but this is a truck, so low end power and reliability are the name of game.

I was thinking that it's put out about 55-60 hp, it's not going to be a high compression engine or get to high rpm or have four valves per cylinder and dual ignition.
More a long the lines of a Austin Twenty with some more displacement

Ah, thanks for the clarification. I'm used to today's high compression engines so...

[Aseaheru]

Hollow point rounds are probably banned.

in 1920? In a backwater country? Hell, they arent even banned these days in half the first world nations.

My idea was to get some practice in on the machine gun then build a new gas-operated rifle by just cutting down the specs of the machine gun.

That is a good idea, and I support that idea, I just dont think we should have it in a totally new cartridge.

[tryrar]

Just so we are clear, the current bolt-action rifle uses 7.62x54mm cartridges, same as a Mosin-Nagant

[Aseaheru]

Good to know then.

[tryrar]

Just imagine it to be a Mosin-Nagant in all but name, if it helps

[Aseaheru]

Allrighty.

So. We all ready to vote?