Ladies, Gentlemen and my esteemed colleagues, I believe I have hit upon the exact thing to support our infantry in the field. Since we've decided not to go with the Gravite plate refinement for our infantry on the whole I have devised a personnel carrier to carry them to the field, with design consideration to take into account our strategic situation and not without use in combat as well.
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Crash Cart as my assistants are calling it, is designed with an armoured prow meant for ramming through buildings, with the engines in back. That's right, engines. It is a dual engine machine running off both an oil and a Gavrilium engine with shared cooling to cover eachother's weaknesses. Each engine able to be down geared to keep the entire vehicle in motion in case one gets hit. Now, I know what you're all thinking, 'wouldn't the difference in engine sizes make the vehicle unbalanced?'. Well, it would, if we didn't also slap enough armour plating on the Gav-engine side to stop our own rifle rounds, complete with an armoured skirt to cover the wheels in combat. Entry would be from the less armoured side. This gives us an armoured mobile pillbox that can hold a gatling gun or some infantry and can make doors in city fighting where most men see only walls. Unlike a normal pillbox we could keep mobile to keep enemy artillery guessing. The entire point of this design is excessive redundancy, so we're also planning a secondary rear facing driver's seat, in case something happens to the front. I understand this design may be a tad expensive, but it will utilize the underutilized oil deposits we've found, as well as further covering our bases in both the open field and closer knit city fighting.
Tactical doctrine, would, doubtless consider armoured convoys of two Carts driving side by side, each a mirror, covering the weaker section of the other.
As for further infantry assistance. I know not everyone is a fan of a full BDU redesign, so I suggest a compromise. In taking the plateaus we had to send but a select few men up to the top to clear the enemy. Whilst it was a success, I feel we could've weighted things further in our favour. I propose we make a few Gravite harnesses to be used as needed and spread them out amongst the men.
Gravite Harness: Designed to assist in climbing and take full advantage of vertical terrain, the Gravite harness is a simple infantry harness with gravite plates designed to allow an infantryman mobility upon the field of battle and easy access to rooftops or to assist in scaling cliff-sides or other walls. It should allow a fully grown man in full combat kit to cavort about like a trained acrobat.
Gentlemen, I fully believe we will meet Abbera at Harren, and when we do, I want them to see only walls and choke-points whilst we see only possibilities.
Resource Credit:
Myomer (8): Rockeater, Chiefwaffles, Jilladilla, Taricus, Maximum Spin, FallacyofUrist, Twinwolf, Baffler
Natural Gasses (1): Yami
Infantry Support Vehicle
MArSA (1): Parsely
Crash Cart (1): Yami
Non-Combat Support
SVR-1 (1): Parsely
Gravite Harness (1): Yami