HMT-25
a light tank i invented, armed with a 45mm canon and a small machine gun this tank is also quite fast, activate group 1 for the main canon and group 2 for the machine gun !
Backstory :
The first plans for this vehicule were made in late 1933 by "HMT inc©" it was originally supposed to be a tankette built to replace the c-22, but the project was abandonned and the Z army asked for the construction of a new fast tank able to deal with other light tanks and infantry.
The first prototype passed the test with very good results in 1934, and the Z army ordered 850 HMT-25's . During the war, this tank was often accompanied by the MT-19 which also had very good capacities.
The main problems of this tank was its poor armor (20mm-40mm) , there was also the numerous malfunctions of the engine and finally the small periscope for the driver which restrained its view
armement :
x1 47mm ERD canon
x2 7,7mm VELSKI machine guns
armor :
front : 40mm
turret : 20mm-40mm
sides : 20mm
back : 20mm
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s)
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 12.6ft (3.8m)
- Length 29.6ft (9.0m)
- Height 11.6ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 12,639lbs (5,733kg)
- Loaded Weight 21,186lbs (9,610kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 382.9lbs/ft2 (1,869.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 55.3ft2 (5.1m2)
- Drag Points 8594
Parts
- Number of Parts 218
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 902