Do we have any troops in active combat or are there any wars concerning us??
No your not at war right now but there has been reports of a large increase in Callatalenear annual conscription intake.
It's certainly not the right engine for a "heavy infantry" mech then. Instead let's adapt the aircraft engine, the 180hp one.
+1 for the 8mm, 20mm, and 80mm guns, as well as adapting the 37 for mech use.
I'll just adapt any engines or weapons as and when there need.
Put the 500hp engine in the mech, and make necessary adaptions to new powerplant.
Research armor able to deflect small arms fire for the Mech
Armouring the mechs is a simple task, with most of the mechs machinery being resilient to small arms fire, you can focus on protecting the pilots, engines and hydraulic from attack.
Ammunition: 20x130mm Armour Piercing
Try to get weight below 100kg, range greater than 3km, and rate of fire at least 40rpm.
Work on the Kahnevich autocannon is rapid and as your subordinates make good progress you adopt a hands off approach.
After 2 mouths of work they have there first prototypes built and ready for testing.
The gun is breach heavy with a large drum magazine holding a total of 60 rounds.
Caliber: 20 x 130 mm
Length: 2.62 m
Weight: 41 kg
Rounds per minute: 950
Muzzle velocity: 670 m/s
Feed system: 60-round drum magazine
Ammunition: 8mm Mauser, 100 round linkable belts
Air-cooled
Weight: try to get below 15 kg
Rate of fire: shoot for 800 rpm
I don't know enough to make a length suggestion
Work on the Benevientiy Mikhailovich 8mm Medium machine gun, is slowed by the need convert from heavy water cooling to light weight air cooled design.
But finally it is ready for testing.
Weight: 14kg
Length: 1115
Ammunition: 8mm Mauser
Feed system: 100-round fabric belt
Rounds per minute: 700
The MK1 standardized rifle.
Ammunition: 8mm Mauser, 11 rounds to a magazine
Short Recoil
Weight: <8Kg
Rate of fire: Single shot semi auto
Bullpup design for a total of 0.9m barrel length and 1.2m total length
Small integrated 2.5x sight
With the experience from working of the prior guns your subordinates rapidly hammer out the basics of the MK1 SR
Ammunition: 8mm Mauser
Rate of fire: Single shot semi auto
Feed system: 15
Weight: 8kg
Barrel length 840mm
Total length 980mm
Notes: Bullpup design
Attachments: integrated 2.5x sight
If i missed any ting let me know, but i think it was just unvoted for ideas.
It is now the Spring of 1931, what are your plans for the up comeing year?