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The T-22 family is based on the OTL M-18 family, including the experimental 105mm armed and M36 tractor versions and the amphibious version too (at work so don't have the M and E numbers to hand).
When I say based on the Cromwell I meant the mechanicals more than the hull, and when I say mechanicals I mean engine and transmission, the Christie suspension being replaced by a torsion bar set-up with smaller road wheels and return rollers.
I've taken the stats as the M-18 but added some weight for the bigger gun and engine (but perhaps not enough).
I forgot about the CATI, didn't realise the MECAR was this early in the post-war era. I know Belgium did develop some recoilless rifles but again I need to check details.
So as a concept it might be better (Belgium's tank destroyers have all been pretty lightweight and thinly armoured anyway). I'll get some thoughts together at the weekend.
Kicking around ideas for a potential lightweight, inexpensive (for the export market - of course), and useful vehicle I came across the historical Swedish IKV-103
It looks as if it would be a good defensive vehicle well able to fight from hull-down positions. Might be worth considering.
I'd specifically avoided mentioning the Ikv-72 earlier in this thread since I've given some very serious consideration about cloning it. But since Bruce brought it up... yeah, the Ikv-72 was actually the vehicle I was thinking of when I first brought up the idea of the "hyper-light ambush sniper" earlier in this thread.
ENERGA 75mm Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade
Designed in 1949 by Edgar Brandt at Anstalt für die ENtwicklung von ERfindungen und Gewerblichen Anwendungen, based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein...
Everything looks good to me, although we probably should discuss the ENERGA rifle grenade...
At the present time Edgar Brandt is still in France at the helm of Etablissements Brandt; didn't see anything in the news that indicated otherwise.
No problem, didn't know his background and didn't associate him with the Brandt company. No problems, we can probably work out a licence-deal whereby Mecar licence-builds the type from Brandt and we both get the new type. If not, I'll just settle for the RL series.
I guess if anything the experiences in Ubangi-Shari would be close engagements, probably a bit like the Bocage fighting of June 1944. So close-in tank hunting might be the main threat and would influence the Belgians given the Ardennes terrain.
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