Research and production.

[lonewolf]

First project (retroactive from Jan '40, Expending 10K RP *unless more is needed, most of the parts are already available by this time*)

Heavy Tank Destroyer "Belching Buddha" (unofficial designation)
"Serpent" Tank Destroyer (official designation)

Modular turret rack (capable of handling several weapons systems types) But this initial production run sports 6 75mm Anti armor Recoilless rifles on a raised electric Turret, and two flexible Machine guns (one for each pilot's position) mounted on front hatch sponsons. hardpoints exist for the adding of a small gun or extra MG's but are unadded in the Mark I. Mounted first on the Chassis of a German type 234 armored car, which our engineers have copied and dubbed the rolling slab. This thing is designed to be fast, and be able to track and trash anything it shoots at. It has relatively decent armor protection, especially up front. The turret is rather exposed, well the belt feeders for the 75mm shells are... All in all it is slated to be a second line unit, as it lacks the armor to take main tank gun hits but has the firepower to take down heavy tanks. It was designed to fire over and through advancing ranks of MBT's as they roll onward.

[lonewolf]

Next Project- 25K RP spending retroactive from Jun 1940, after completion of the 'belching buddha' tank destroyer.

Heavy Tank MHB-1 "Hydra"... I'll get together stats later, just wanted to announce the spending on the project.

[lonewolf]

Announcement- "Wyvern" Heavy AA self propelled vehicle, 10K RP retroactive from Jan '40.

A basic heavy low slung tracked base, most likely reverse engineered from a german self-propelled gun or tank base, upon which is mounted an open topped octagonal turret, to which is mounted a total of 8 37mm AA guns, which can depress downward far enough to engage infantry or light vehicles, and due to the open top, can level upward enough to engage even high flying aircraft with flak or solid shells. The cannon are arranged in a stacked pattern, three on either side of the main firing platform, with two in the center. The two center guns can only face in the same direction as the firing platform, while the side mounts can angle out an extra 30 degrees laterally for suppressive fire and multiple target engagement. They can be fire-linked or independently fired. the body section has thick forward and sideward armor plating, and the turret section has skirted armor on the lateral surfaces, but is open topped for AA actions.

Top speed- 30mph over even terrain

Range- 115 miles

ammo carried- 37mm shells- 160 shells, or 20 shots per cannon.

[lonewolf]

Announcement- CAS Plane "Red Dragon" (another retroactive design and also taking a full 10k RP)

Modelled on a reverse engineered airframe that took elements from both the German Ju series dive bombers and the American P-40 warhawk, and mounting the German Junkers Jumo 213 radial liquid cooled engine. The reinforced wings and armored cockpit ensure survivability for this plane's role as Close Air Support, and mounted on the plane is the loadout of 2 20mm cannon, 2 12.7mm MG's and two wing pylons which could be interchanged between cannon pods, rocket pods, or bombs/bomblets, depending on mission profile. It has a slightly enlongated fuselage to balance the weight of the heavy weapons, and that allowed the installation of a larger self-sealing fuel tank nearer to the tail section, independent of the cockpit assembly. It's speed is roughly equivalent to the german JU-88 and other planes that mounted the same engine, though due to the enlarged fuel tank, it's range was improved.

[lonewolf]

Production charts-

Since the popular revolution in January, our technicians have been working overtime to bolster the ranks of our armies from the near 20 mixed and mechanized divisions formed mostly of older german, russian, and US technology, to a more streamlined and much larger Mechanized army mounting several homegrown designs in addition to reverse engineered versions of all the foreign designs already in chinese hands for mass production.

Designs like the Stuart, the Lee, the Warhawk, the T-19, the T-28, the older model Panzers and Stug tanks, the I-16 fighter, and anything else they had sitting around are now being pumped out as quickly as they can be built, to go with the newest breed of chinese fighting vehicles- the Serpent, Wyvern, and Red dragon, with the Hydra nearing completion. I'll transfer the lists I am building shortly and that will precede the revelation of my OOB in full.