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Imperator-Zor — An Early Tank
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Published: 2014-12-01 11:36:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 2930; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 13
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An early armored fighting vehicle cobbled together by a country at a 1900s level of development. The project was put forward by an influential army Colonel who had a cousin who owned an automobile country. Pulling some strings they managed to get enough to convince enough of the top brass to divert some funding to the project. The aim being to make a motorized vehicle in rifle proof armor that can carry a 75mm gun. The project had numerous snags and was disliked by a large number of traditionalists. After three years they got their first prototype working and with a bit of bribery five machines were bought.When war came, a few more were ordered. Against a foe which had no comparable vehicles, they did just fine. As time went on a couple of modifications were made, most notably the addition of a few machine guns and an upgraded engine going from 50kw to 80kw. Even so it had a lot of problems. While it did fair better off road than a car, it's low ground clearance meant that it was not so good on rough terrain
