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[10ebbor10]

What is remembered is not always what was best though. Poison gas for example.

[Sheb]

I mean, why not a truck then? That would at least let us get artillery and shells closer to the frontline. Or radio?

The fact that we focused on general tech rather than specific projects with limited use (like the flamethrower) is the reason we're winning against the Moksburg. That and the fact that God was out of balls when he created them of course.

A motorcycle is exactly such a project, especially for the uses proposed here (drive-by shooting? Seriously?). We're wasting a turn on it.

Edit: The idea of poison gas was to force them to waste a turn creating countermeasure, letting us enjoy our current advantage for one extra year.

[10ebbor10]

Afaik, the motorcycle is for mobility and communications.

[Sheb]

Then let's go for radio. Radio deplace motorcycle in reality, why spend time developing the bad alternative?

[Ukrainian Ranger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Machine_Gun_Service

Machineguns and motorbikes mix quite well. Of course it is more stop and shoot than drive-by shooting but still

Motorcycle is actually better than trucks for supplying troops in jungles.  For plains we have rails.

Motorcycle is a nice scouting tool

Motorcycle is a generic tech that will give us basic understanding of petrol engines.

PS. radios of the era are unreliable and rare. It is not WW2

[Funk]

An idea for makeing tanks more defensive. 

Spoiler: AS-T17 (click to show/hide)

Basically a wider and heavier AS-T15 with more guns.

The armour of the AS-T15 was flawed, poisoned with weak inferior Moskurg ore.
This time it will be different.
The AS-T17's armour is both thicker 25 mm and surrounded by a wide 700mm coal bunker.

On the roof is a raised 200mm high water storage tank, fitted to an internal sprinkler system.

A powered fan help to keep both crew and weapons cool.
It also has a rear exit hatch and a tow hitch.   

Weapons
AS-1910 Machine Guns
2 forward
4 side mounted
1 rear off set by the rear exit hatch
 
AS-1912 Artillery
1 forward
2 side mounted

Crew
15

[10ebbor10]

You know, when thinking about the AST-15's flaws, it being too smal would not be the first to come to my mind.

[Sheb]

Yeah, are you like a Moksburg spy or something? Because that idea rank next to the "let's have small flags on our helmets".

[andrea]

Our tank is huge, and quite heavily armored already.

[Aseaheru]

You know, steam engine powered tanks may before useful to us for a while, provided we can advance the tech enough...

[Sensei]

I've lost track: I think the votes are in favor of a motorcycle, with a sidecar machine gun. A lot of people seem to like the idea of improving the tank though.

So, Motorcycle then?

[Hiddenleafguy]

Yes! For our great and glorious nation shall ride faster then any other!!

[10ebbor10]

My vote remains standard motorcycle.

[tryrar]

Yeah, motorcycle. Not enough people actually voted for the tank for me to actually support my proposal

[Aseaheru]

Motorcycle w/ tracks.