So, I say we use our design credit for a standard 1200kg truck for hauling everything we need to haul. Iyt should have an armored cab able to stop up to a .30mg bullet as well as shrapnel, a MG mounted on the top of the cab(accessable from the load area and a small hatch on the passenger side) and include in that an optional bed-mounted pedestal mount for an AC18-20 so that some trucks can provide fire overwatch for the convoy. Call it the AS-CT19
We need something to defend our holdings in the jungle. If we don't, we could easily get overrun once they make a cheap SMG. They could even expel us from the forest altogether, after which it'll be a nightmare to get them out.
As for our other design, we definitely need another tank. We have all the tech needed for it, and it's just a matter of pulling it all together. I resubmit my Badger, officially the T-19 Light Tank "Badger"
The Badger is a 8.5 ton tank with a 80hp engine linked to a common transmission, which drives the two treads. It has 3 crew, is armored around 30mm frontally, 15-20mm on the sides and rear, 10mm top and bottom, and around 25mm on the turret. The turret is eletrically powered and carries one AC18-20 autocannon its ammo, as well as more reloads. The tank should try to reach speeds of 25km/h(faster on a road).
20mm is obscenely heavy for a WWI tank or even a WWII tank. 30mm is insane. Having less millimetres but using metal that doesn't such is the way to go. Also, I'm not sure we need a new tank. If we get a new engine, we can increase the T15's speed and with the Ore we'd get, we'd automatically make it Expensive. A new engine also lets our train ships food, supplies, and soldiers to the front lines quicker.
Design a new, more efficient steam engine capable of getting us 2 more resources instead of 1.Design the AS-MG18.The AS-MG18 is a machine gun that uses the standard 7.76mm bullets. It's magazine-fed and can be carried and operated by one person. Reliability in the Jungle and portability are the top two priorities.
Glory to Arstotzka.
We have carabines, we have shotguns.
Yawns. Small-arms obsession is still here... We can revise motorbike to be more reliable, more all-terrain and carry 20mm gaining nice edge in jungle.
The GM literally said our
Expensive SMG was revolutionary. I honestly have no idea why you think SMGs are so useless. All evidence in the battle reports says that they're supremely useful. Heck, we were on the cusp of beating them in the Jungle and only turned us back once they stole our own SMG design.