Almodaria: Difference between revisions

==== Almodarian Tank Development (1918-1923) ====

Worldwide, vehicles with heavy steel armor and large cannons had just entered existence. The Tuvarians, who were the most powerful state out of the other 4, had already developed an Armored Car, but a tank would require some new engineering. Just like last time, the Brzina Motor Vehicle Co., were called in by the government to begin designing an armored vehicle with a cannon and as strong as a fortress on wheels. The brothers had no previous experience with treaded vehicles and so had many roadblocks starting in 1916. In 1918, Victor Brzina was conducting a tour of the Brzina Automotive factories in Tuvaria. When he noticed the design of their conveyor belts. The belt used multiple small wheels and two large ones at each end to keep the belt rotating continuously. He took the design plans for the belt and brought it with him to copy down the design with Morgan and the team they were assigned with. The design was tinkered with until 1919, when they added two conveyors with added grips and rigidity onto the frame of the BAV the two made in years previous. The design was able to propel the car relatively well with a hefty speed of 5 miles per hour. The BAV used was melted down and rebuilt with tons of 15-inch steel beams and plates made with ship grade rivets like the ones used on RAR Oceanic and Nautilus. A 10 Millimeter cannon was mounted at the front with four MG-10 Machine Guns on either side. A massive 150 hp engine powered the beast and it entered trials in 1920. The beast as it was named could clear trenches using a curved piece of metal on the rear, fire a 10 mm round through 6 inches of concrete, and could level entire fortifications. The best the Skavarians had was hardly able to do half of these things. The tank was officially named the Mark-I Armored Tank (MAT) and entered service in 1923. This new level of technology cemented Brzina as the number 1 military contractor.

 

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