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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
Yes. (Well, other than perhaps the bow gunner, he said there was no room for one, which seems questionable if there's room for an offset driver.)

Well unless the danish bow gunner doesn't mind sitting ON the engine!!

Not providing stats was sort of the point as it's just a sketch. Subsequent designs will be heaviily modified until the final product appears. The Fiat design turns into this. The reason it looks so blocky at the moment is because its a mock up made from wood. New technology in the other tank is pretty much limited to torsion bar suspension and the welded turret. The torsion bar suspension was trialled in 1936 and then produced in the L.6/40 so its not much of a problem. Welding shouldn't pose a great problem for Terni steelworks. The engine unit is more or less the same as that mounted on the AB.35, a liquid cooled unit with fan assist for operations in the Sahara. Overheating shouldn't be a problem. Transmission at the rear saves a reasonable amount of space and already exists on the Semovente 100/35. Theres no bow gunner as it would be too hard to fit a mg onto the bow plate of armour. Keeping it nice and uniform makes it somewhat easier to produce. The commander operates the radio as per Italian practice. The armament in both cases is the 47mm, either the standard 47/32 or the longer 47/40 with a higher mv. Both are interchangeable with the 75/18 howitzer.

The Fiat unit is a development of this line whilst the OTO design take elements from this prototype. The latter was produced in few numbers in 1934 and didn't really work very well, but Argentina bought 50 of them...

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Originally posted by Red Admiral
Maybe advanced compared to OTL but not here.

For tanks, we're generally at the same level as OTL, so if advanced for OTL, then it's advanced for here.
Now obviously, somebody has to introduce improvements..

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Originally posted by Red Admiral
Not providing stats was sort of the point as it's just a sketch.

Yes but theres always OOC follow up comments, might go a long way to help eliviate the critisisms.