pacifichistorian
Banned
IMO, there's 2 possible ways to advance tank development. Both depend on some bright spark somewhere doing a bit more than OTL, & preferably having the influence to get things done. I'd pick Churchilll, with his fertile imagination... First, he could examine the ACW & see the combination of firepower & entrenchment threatens to make traditional European tactics futile, & wonders if motorized armored vehicles with something like footed wheels might not be useful. Or, he could be covering the Russo-Japanese War, see the trench warfare there, & imagine the same solution. Of course, the footed wheel isn't a perfect solution, so...