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[BBBence1111]

Komrade! The Czar wants work done yes? Vodka is on the table, we only drank half. Have luck Komrade!

[BBBence1111]

As a first matter, we will have to determine what you have to work with. Find or design an example for each of the following. You can steal from any previous AR for this. Cutoff date is 1925.

Main infantry weapon
Sidearm
Machine gun
Grenade
Melee weapon

Light artillery

Infantry transport truck
Light tank

Fighter-Bomber plane

Small ship

edit: typo

[Blood_Librarian]

posting for posterity.

[BBBence1111]

Note:

This AR aims to be realistic. Please no magic wands or egyiptian flying temples.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Time to get cracking.

Plan: Shit, but not too shit

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

RIFLE
Dutsoevsky Model 02: A rolling block rifle firing in 30-06 springfield. Similar in design to the Remington. Only one shot per reload. Self Produced.

SIDEARM
AS-1909: A pistol licensed long ago from Arstotzka. Uses 9mm in a 10-round magazine. A bit prone to jams.Here

MACHINE GUN
Chauchat: We purchased a surplus of LMGs from the French after the Great War. They looked at us a bit strangely when we asked for the 30-06 conversion, but it simplifies the supply chains for the rifles. Here

GRENADE
Sticky Bomb: A high-explosive grenade licensed from the British after the Great War. Upon priming, the case falls off, the clock starts ticking, and a layer of sticky glue is revealed. This helps it attach to tanks and other strategic hardpoints for destruction. Here

MELEE
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S BLADE, DESIGN OF 1816: The Czar's officer corps loves their sabres. As such, we have lovingly held on to the design plans for this short-bladed Napoleonic classic. Of course, only officers are allowed to wield them. The thought of an unwashed peasant with a sword? Absurd! Self produced.

ARTILLERY
Hale Rockets: The Czar has a delight for fireworks. As such, the past team sourced some artillery rockets from the British. The exploding solid-fuel rockets are majestic to see when fired in bombardments. Fins help with the accuracy. Here

INFANTRY TRANSPORT TRUCK
Privateer 1 1/2 Ton Truck: Never one to pass up an opportunity to make money off of war, the Czar ordered the purchase of several Cannalan trucks. True to their name, they are capable of outwalking a team of six horses. Its mighty three cylinder engine pushes on the Privateer's back two narrow wheels to victory (The front ones steer)! It can also carry up to TWO TONS, so long as the ground isn't steep and the soldiers are fine with sitting in the truck bed. Here

LIGHT TANK
British Mk. IV: It has sponsons, it has machine gun hardpoints, it's the //RHOMBOID// tank that everyone loves! A glorious 12mm of armor shields it from the scary outside world. Have I mentioned it can cross trenches? Here

PLANE
Potez XV: Another licensed craft from our good old friends, the Entente. This one is a double seater French biplane. Practically minded, of course, we picked a plane to act as a fighter and a recon plane at the same time! We've modified it to mount the Chauchat. Here

SHIP
Anchusa-Class Submarine Sweeper: The British stepped up to lend us a fleet of ships to protect our shipping from the U-Boat scourge! By then, however, there weren't exactly many submarines left to hunt, but... hey. It protects our merchants from harm with its depth charges, and some tank guns we got from the Mk. IV design plans. Here

[Jerick]

That seem sufficiently terrible.

[Madman198237]

That seem sufficiently terrible.

+1

I could make a votebox, buuuuuuut…..

[BBBence1111]

You are linking to all of those, if it's the decided plan.

[Man of Paper]

What if we only do one thing really good? I mean obviously we're definitely doing our best for everything, but I feel like doing something well will give us more flexibility when if we wind up messing something up. Like give them the Wickerman or something fairly useful. Except not that one.

[Blood_Librarian]

Could we replace the Rifle with a hunting shotgun?

[QuakeIV]

I would suggest a belt-fed .22LR machine gun as our standard issue rifle.

[VoidSlayer]

For the truck I suggest an armored truck.  Maybe give it two engines, one for each set of wheels so it can get up to speed.  Nice and safe (slow) so it will totally be helpful (useless) for logistics and guzzle gas unnecessarily, plus break down twice as often.

Or that can be a design goal eventually I guess.

[ConscriptFive]

That seem sufficiently terrible.

+1

I could make a votebox, buuuuuuut…..

+1

The  30-06 rifle to justify the deliberately faulty Chauchat is genius.

[Blood_Librarian]

actually, looking at the box of garbage we got now, I am happy with it.

That seem sufficiently terrible.

+1

[BBBence1111]

The voting is now locked.