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[andrea]

this wait is killing me. and plenty of our soldiers, I bet.
edit: did they make the SMG cheap? that might be nasty.
or a better tank?

or revised the plane to drop bombs?

[Sheb]

We should see to it that our aircraft's primary tasks is strafing their trains in the mountains. If they loose that ore again, we'll be in a much better position.

[tryrar]

We should see to it that our aircraft's primary tasks is strafing their trains in the mountains. If they loose that ore again, we'll be in a much better position.

The stability problems really preclude it from dogfighting at the moment, so yeah, strafing trains and tanks with those 20mms seems to be the best useage of them(though if they do get the chance, shooting down observer aircraft wouldn't be too bad.)

[Ukrainian Ranger]

It is funny how main issue for pilots of our aircraft is how to not stall and crash into the ground
I really doubt that observers will do many kills with its single Brumby.

I hope that after a year of experience revising of triplane will be relatively easy.

My idea for the next design phase:

Biplane, armed with a 7.62 machinegun on the nose and 20mm gun mounted in fuselage . Should be fast and nimble being anti-aircraft aircraft. Uses many advanced parts including light alloys, intended to be rare and issued only to the best pilots.

How does it sound? Of course it is combined with revision of the current plane to make it easier to handle and possibly cheaper. This way we will have fighter-ground attack aircraft for normal pilots and dedicated fighter for our aces.

[10ebbor10]

It might be feasible, if nothing goes wrong and the enemy does nothing special.

However, designing something with the intent of being very rare might fail terribly if the enemy reduces our resource income.

[tryrar]

Yeah, next year is definitely the time for a 2-3 man tank or armored car for fighting in the jungle, holding the plains, and possibly even getting into the mountains.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Next year we have many, many ways to develop. Light tank with focus on all-terrain movement is a nice option but there are many more good options.

Light tank may be the best way to try to hold jungles with new mobile 7.62 machinegun being another good option.

[Hiddenleafguy]

Question: are the trees important in the jungle?

[VoidSlayer]

Maybe we should create dedicated construction vehicles to help with resource extraction and building defenses?

A fast armored car that can hold a full squad of soldiers and an anti tank gun would be good but we have poor oil.

Radios?  We can add it on while we revise the crashing issue.

Giant Fan
A belted digging machine mounted on the back of the existing light truck with an enormous high speed fan.  The fan blows sand or crushed snow out towards the enemy or around encampments, creating an artificial dust/snow storm to slow advances and hide from aircraft.

[andrea]

the giant fan seems useless.

the light tank seems more interesting, although first I am curious to see how the situation developes this turn.

I am can't wait to see the motorcycle repaired and upgraded, but we are falling behind on so many fronts... not sure if we will ever find the time. I suppose it depends on the effectveness of our and their planes. among other things.

by the way, no propaganda bulletin this year. Starting from tomorrow however I should have much more free time.

[10ebbor10]

Yes, rather than a fam smoke rounds for artillery should be employed.

[Andres]

by the way, no propaganda bulletin this year. Starting from tomorrow however I should have much more free time.

Might not be good to do a propaganda bulletin this year or next year. They haven't been very good for Arstotzka, mostly thanks to those two spies.

Upgrading our bike would let it operate better in both the Jungles and the desert. It might even see use in the Mountains, in which case we'd be the only one with mechanised assets over there.

Glory to Arstotzka.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

One more light tank idea.

Spoiler: AS-LT-20 (click to show/hide)

Design goals:
Light tank. Low silhouette. 5-8tons. Armor that can withstand shrapnel, and 0.3 inch AP bullets from all sides. Front armor should be able to resist AP 0.6 inch bullets. 2 man crew (driver and gunner). 20mm auto cannon in a turret. High power\weight ratio. Low-medium speed, optimized for moving through rough terrain, not max speed. Should have necessary towing equipment to act as a light artillery tractor when needed.  Finally its shape should allow 1-2 soldiers two travel on it armor.

Upgrading our bike would let it operate better in both the Jungles and the desert. It might even see use in the Mountains, in which case we'd be the only one with mechanised assets over there.

Yes, but revising handling of our aircraft may be more important.

[tryrar]

One more light tank idea.

Spoiler: AS-LT-20 (click to show/hide)

Design goals:
Light tank. Low silhouette. 5-8tons. Armor that can withstand shrapnel, and 0.3 inch AP bullets from all sides. Front armor should be able to resist AP 0.6 inch bullets. 2 man crew (driver and gunner). 20mm auto cannon in a turret. High power\weight ratio. Low-medium speed, optimized for moving through rough terrain, not max speed. Should have necessary towing equipment to act as a light artillery tractor when needed.  Finally its shape should allow 1-2 soldiers two travel on it armor.

Upgrading our bike would let it operate better in both the Jungles and the desert. It might even see use in the Mountains, in which case we'd be the only one with mechanised assets over there.

Yes, but revising handling of our aircraft may be more important.

I still say a 3 man crew would work out better. Even if it's in the 7-8 ton range, if we can get at least a 75hp engine it'll provide it with enough speed to be useful, as well as enough protection from all but the strongest MGs

[Andres]

I really doubt that observers will do many kills with its single Brumby.

Wait what? They're using a Brumby? A Stallion would've made more sense due to having a higher caliber and thus longer range. This is good. Compared to our planes, their own will have less range, less rate of fire, and will do less damage. Moreover, the description of our train armour very explicitly stated that it can withstand .30 cal bullets with absolutely no issue, though HK rounds hadn't been tested. Since Brumbies use .30 cal, we have no need to worry about our supply lines being damaged.

Upgrading our bike would let it operate better in both the Jungles and the desert. It might even see use in the Mountains, in which case we'd be the only one with mechanised assets over there.

Yes, but revising handling of our aircraft may be more important.

Absolutely. I am 100% in agreement with you on this subject. The real question is whether good bikes are more important than radios. If so, then we should save the Design phase for a new plane instead of a radio and we'll use the Revision phase to upgrade our bikes.