Post by Artsy Astra on Jan 22, 2023 22:41:45 GMT -5
<<15th of Decallien, 1932, Plainery Region, Aberdeen Testing Fields>>
As time passed the projects continued. The Cougar project progressed well moving past the wooden mockup stage the first prototype hulls rolled out of the aptly named 'Proving Ground' Production facility. Testing began first on its cross country capabilities. The engineers took the Cougar through the wide plains and a myriad of other environments for testing including Roskanan Arema, with permission, for cold weather tests. Data was collected and improvements/changes were made such as improvements to the transmission and turret basket ergonomics but the project requires more work before a production model can be finalized. Further cold weather testing is required, as the oil pan allowed itself to become frozen solid.
Back home, another project had begun. With further data from the Xagreu war to fuel ideas and development, the (Tracked Machine Jungle) 'Slug' TMJ-1932.
The slug is specially designed to operate in Jungles, assist in beach landings where heavier direct fire support cannot be provided. The idea was quickly snapped up by the Navy and Army considering the stellar reports of tankette use on the front especially with backing from General Richard Grendel who saw their use by the Ashinarans first hand. To reduce costs and development time, a shrunk down version of the TM-32 'Cougar' was chosen as a turret. It initially caused some concern and issues when gun testing began, some thinking of the original recoil issues from the TM-18 but thankfully the optimizations made during its design process net 0 issues when mounted on the new vehicle. Some improvements were made to the design as well, implementing a shield to the external mount to protect the recoil mechanism. Environment testing will begin after initial quality tests.
Testing had finally completed with the BAL-2, and Project Valkyrie was well on its way to completion with only a handful of final checks to ensure all test beds could be considered 'field prepped' and ready for service. Once these had been completed, an order for:
12 Armored Box Cars
9 Support Cars
6 Artillery Cars
3 Armored Box Cars
Which would result in 2 of the 'Valkyrie' trains.
As time passed the projects continued. The Cougar project progressed well moving past the wooden mockup stage the first prototype hulls rolled out of the aptly named 'Proving Ground' Production facility. Testing began first on its cross country capabilities. The engineers took the Cougar through the wide plains and a myriad of other environments for testing including Roskanan Arema, with permission, for cold weather tests. Data was collected and improvements/changes were made such as improvements to the transmission and turret basket ergonomics but the project requires more work before a production model can be finalized. Further cold weather testing is required, as the oil pan allowed itself to become frozen solid.
Back home, another project had begun. With further data from the Xagreu war to fuel ideas and development, the (Tracked Machine Jungle) 'Slug' TMJ-1932.
The slug is specially designed to operate in Jungles, assist in beach landings where heavier direct fire support cannot be provided. The idea was quickly snapped up by the Navy and Army considering the stellar reports of tankette use on the front especially with backing from General Richard Grendel who saw their use by the Ashinarans first hand. To reduce costs and development time, a shrunk down version of the TM-32 'Cougar' was chosen as a turret. It initially caused some concern and issues when gun testing began, some thinking of the original recoil issues from the TM-18 but thankfully the optimizations made during its design process net 0 issues when mounted on the new vehicle. Some improvements were made to the design as well, implementing a shield to the external mount to protect the recoil mechanism. Environment testing will begin after initial quality tests.
Testing had finally completed with the BAL-2, and Project Valkyrie was well on its way to completion with only a handful of final checks to ensure all test beds could be considered 'field prepped' and ready for service. Once these had been completed, an order for:
12 Armored Box Cars
9 Support Cars
6 Artillery Cars
3 Armored Box Cars
Which would result in 2 of the 'Valkyrie' trains.
