Stalin: okay, we need tanks.
Ivan: ok, what do you what on them sir?
Stalin: right, so, we need them fast.
Ivan: as in speed?
Stalin: no, as in we need them to be built SOON, so, here’s how we are going to do so.
1. We need them to be cheap as heck.
2. I don’t care if they suck, just build thousands.
3. make numerous variants, just in case.
4. Make a couple of casemate tank destroyers off of the chassis, again, just in case.
5. And make them be built so quickly, that they have numerous holes.
6. Make the engine unreliable.
7. Make it cramp as heck in the early models.
And 8. Make them rush B.
Ivan: I feel like that 6 and 7 might not be the best ide-
Stalin: gulag for you.