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Experimental Armored Force and Beyond – Or what would the British Army have looked like in 1938 had they persisted with the evolution of Combined arms formations from 1928?

That in a nutshell is the ‘thrust’ of this thread

Had the experiments and evolution of the British Army’s experimental Mechanized and Armored Brigade continued after the Brigade was disbanded historically (1928)- Maybe Col Fuller agrees to command the force (Historically he turned the appointment down) and the funds to expand and supply it had been forth coming from the treasury - what would the British Army have looked like by 1938 after 10 years of constant evolution?

Would the Army prior to its pre-WW2 Expansion have consisted of a small number of such combined arms armored forces and retained the Infantry Division as the main building block or would it have been purely comprised of combined arms Brigades/Divisions?

Would 10 years of operational experience have led to a universal tank and a universal chassis for APC/Artillery Tractor?

Would the Cavalry and Infantry tank concepts have been dismissed already by 1938?
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