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  1. Britain orders the 16 tonner Mk III tank into Serial production - how does this change British AFV development

    In 1934 Britain had built 3 '16 tonner' medium tanks However while the 3 prototypes were largely successful (granted it still had some suspension issues) it was never placed into serial production due to funding not being allocated by the government meaning that in 1937 when Britain was...
  2. Why so few peaked glacis plates on AFVs?

    Why do so few armoured fighting vehicles have peaked glacis plates like Russia’s JSIII heavy tank? Soviet soldiers even JS series tanks may have been rather short-lived. OTOH French armoured cars like the EBR and AML series enjoyed long production runs and long service lives.
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