Chapter 276: Development of Self-Propelled Artillery
It was almost universally considered by the German Reich and the men in charge of it that simply resting on their laurels, and their advanced technology for the remaining duration of the war would be an act of foolish hubris.
Sure, they had an overwhelming advantage in comparison to arsenal when one was to look at what their enemies were fielding. But Bruno's intervention in the timeline had not only helped Germany, but their rivals on the global stage as well.
Necessity was the mother of all innovation, and a desperate nation could easily produce something of value based on what they witnessed their enemies using. The idea of fielding an old clunky machine like the British Mark I that was introduced in 1916 of Bruno's past life was absurd.
Especially when a very clearly effective design was currently being employed by the Germans. Sloped armor, and a single rotating turret that made use of a primary weapon of considerable size, and a coaxially mounted machine gun were far more effective than anything that had come before.
And copying such a design, or at least to the best of their ability became the priority of nations like Britain and France who were capable of doing so. Renault FT, and Mark V tanks seemed like a fool's endeavor to pursue when a German Panzer in this life could obliterate them with a single shot, while shrugging off any hostility rained upon it.
Obviously things like rolled homogenous armor was a concept the British and French didn't quite understand, and would instead opt for things like riveted steel plates as had been used during the Great War and Interwar periods of Bruno's past life, and in doing so making its armor significantly weaker.
The fact remained however, it would not be long before the Allies were capable of fielding some degree of armor that was at least capable of competing with current German advancements in the field.
As a result, the engineers in Bruno's factory had not been idle since the completion of the Panzer 1, and the Spähpanzer Ausf B. Variants, both of which were based on the E-10 Standardpanzer tank paper design from Bruno's past life.
Rather, there were new variations of the same chassis being worked on by Bruno's engineers. All of which were designed to aid in the idea of mechanized warfare. The first of these armored vehicles was a self-propelled artillery piece.
Based upon the E-10 Chassis which had a minimum weight of 10 tons, and a maximum weight of 25 tons, this vehicle mounted a 10 cm K 17 artillery piece on the top of it, in a design that was akin to self-propelled artillery pieces like the US WW2 era m40 self propelled 155mm gun. Or the 170mm M-1978 Koksan North Korean artillery piece.