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Fighting compartment is cramped
That would only be an issue when stuffing them tall Europeans and big Americans in there as a crew. :)
Reaction in Belgrade - "Drat, I thought we could convince Damascus to buy our stuff..."
The Gongji would probably not be as cramped as some historical tanks (nor most Wesworld Asian tanks that precede it), but neither does it make the sort of accommodations to crew comfort that we'd see in a modern MBT. Historically, Asian soldiers were expected to deal with more spartan comforts, and the Gongji is designed in this tradition.
Reaction in Belgrade - "Drat, I thought we could convince Damascus to buy our stuff..."
Would've been a possibility if they'd had any medium tanks on offer when Damascus started looking. Unfortunately, the one Yugoslavia is designing is not yet ready.
Not entirely sure what the Turks would have (speaking of which I should look into that!) but most likely they would be looking at the Russian T-44M's, Atlantean AT-39's or German Panthers. The French Char-8 "Montbrun" and the American M25 "Longstreet" would also likely be looked at even though they are not the usual suppliers.
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Short-stature Oriental is a stereotype
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In college, we had a graduate assistant from Tokyo. Miura-san was of the generation born after the Second World War with access to a better diet, and he would have not been out of place on the university's basket-ball team.
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Cramped is cramped for the average height of any given population.
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Recall that the OTL AMX-13 had a height limitation of 5 feet 8 inches for all crew, otherwise they could not fit in the vehicle.
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Historically, Asian soldiers were expected to deal with more spartan comforts, and the Gongji is designed in this tradition.
Again all credits and thanks to Brockpaine !!!
The fact China can mass produce these easily should see their tank forces modernised pretty rapidly.
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Datapoint #1: Proposed Production Schedule
1946: 259 work days @ 3 units/day = 777 units
1947: 261 work days @ 4 units/day = 1,044 units
1948: 262 work days @ 3 units/day = 786 units
1949: 260 work days @ 2 units/day = 520 units
1950: 260 work days @ 2 units/day = 520 units
Total 3,647 units
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Well, here's a production schedule that I proposed to Parador, based on a well-equipped factory engaged in volume serial production
I think that in 1.5-2 years it should not be too hard getting something of decent size up and running, especially if a lot of effort is put into restoring/rebuilding such facilities. I would think that in 1946, the beginning of the year may be a bit lower than the given 3, but the latter part of the year could easily be higher than 3 units a day.
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