[X] Plan Improvement
-[X] Advise AV-4 and GK-1 developers to improve ventilation to the crew compartments, if possible.
-[X]Request samples of armored plate from all designers/producers
--[X]Conduct controlled weapons test and post-shoot analysis on plate at various angles, utilizing bacon as potential stand-ins.
-[X] Ask for W1 design improvements.
--[X]Add geared teeth on the drive sprocket and some rollers to improve track retention during maneuvers, as well as additional center guide; potentially widen tracks, as well.
--[X]Add armor to cover the forward axel or shift the armored plating forward to cover it and prevent damage from shells, etc.
-[X]If improvements are made (W1, AV-4, GK-1), conduct revised mobility testing to see if crew and vehicle endurance is improved over the first round.
-[X]Conduct weapons testing on remaining models.
--[X]Evaluate degrees of arc and elevation of weapons, as well as visibility from gunner position
--[X]Evaluate ease of reloading while moving.
--[X]Determine if fumes from either sustained machine-gun or light artillery fire are enough to be detrimental to the crew.
--[X]Determine accuracy, both on the move over flat ground and at the halt, on flat ground and on various slopes (ties back into degrees of arc and elevation).
--[X] Determine weapon effectiveness against most likely targets, i.e. bunkers, trenches, and sandbagged positions.
--[X]If time and budget allows, conduct weapons testing against armored plate; this should be considered a low priority since we don't plan on fighting enemy armor. These are infantry support weapons.
-[X]Consult with Schwarzenegger on crew armor possibilities.
[X]Plan We're Not Monty Python, Let's Not Just Get On With It Because People Die When You Do That
-[X] Advise AV-4 and GK-1 developers to improve ventilation to the crew compartments.
-[X] Advise AV-4 and W-1 developers to improve track -[X] Suggest that the developers try to come up with an applique solution that can help remedy the "people getting killed by their own armor" problem, so we don't have to hose people out of tanks as often. This might be adopted even if your tank design doesn't.
-[X] Note that contestants may request a retrial of endurance testing if they can prove to have improved their vehicle's performance. They are not required to do so, however.
-[X] Weapons testing - This is to be split into two trials, one with the armor test vehicles after being repaired as much as possible, and one with new and undamaged ones. With engine in idle, fire weapons. Record the arcs of fire of the weapons while stationary and with one minute of time to turn the vehicle, accuracy from within the vehicle, and any failures they experience. If weapons are undamaged, have them fire upon a set of steel plates of equivalent thicknesses to those of the most heavily armored tank presently available - that is, a seven millimeter sheet, a 14 millimeter sheet, and a 20 millimeter sheet.
[X]Plan We're Not Monty Python, Let's Not Just Get On With It Because People Die When You Do That(with an addition)
-[X] Advise AV-4 and GK-1 developers to improve ventilation to the crew compartments.
-[X] Advise AV-4 and W-1 developers to improve track -[X] Suggest that the developers try to come up with an applique solution that can help remedy the "people getting killed by their own armor" problem, so we don't have to hose people out of tanks as often. This might be adopted even if your tank design doesn't.
-[X] Note that contestants may request a retrial of endurance testing if they can prove to have improved their vehicle's performance. They are not required to do so, however.
-[X] Weapons testing - This is to be split into two trials, one with the armor test vehicles after being repaired as much as possible, and one with new and undamaged ones. With engine in idle, fire weapons. Record the arcs of fire of the weapons while stationary and with one minute of time to turn the vehicle, accuracy from within the vehicle, and any failures they experience. If weapons are undamaged, have them fire upon a set of steel plates of equivalent thicknesses to those of the most heavily armored tank presently available - that is, a seven millimeter sheet, a 14 millimeter sheet, and a 20 millimeter sheet. -[X] Armour testing - Because of the limited number of tanks available, test plates with different steel thicknesses and compositions against machine-guns and shrapnel(with pigs behind to test spalling). Recommend that manufacturers adopt whichever plate types gets the best protection to weight ratios. Use this as an opportunity to test anti-spalling designs.
