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Hauptkampfmotorgeschütz II Monarch

This is my third realistic tank, it is 4:1 scale this time for proper levels of detail, with a COMPLETELY modelled interior. Designed based upon the Challenger 1 and Leopard 2, lore wise she was designed to replace her predecessor, the Hauptkampfmotorgeschütz I, which was simply the latest version of the 1940s Motorgeschütz III, being design to serve as a hull-down main battle tank from the ground up. This would not go to plan, as Austro-Daimler failed to provide the desired V12 engine (instead supplying a V10 based on an industrial engine of theirs), and the release of a heavy Soviet tank mid-way through development which necessitated the up-gunning from a 105mm to a 120mm gun, resulting in a cramped turret. As you can gather from the name, it was designed to be the main battle tank of the Austro-Hungarian army, which as a concept developed on from their medium tank concept in the form of the Motorgeschütz II onwards.

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The Hauptkampfmotorgeschütz II "Monarch" was an Austro-Hungarian Main Battle Tank of the modern era. It was the product of a major development project undertaken by the numerous primary military industrial corporations within the Empire, such as Skoda Gun Works, Austro-Daimer, and many others.

By the early 1980s, the Austro-Hungarian Empire finds itself in the unenviable position of being surrounded by a myriad of strong potential rivals, and dealing with Southern unrest. While the Empire had spread its sphere of influence across the Balkans, and had even secured Constantinople for the Greeks, it found itself threatened on the North by a strong Russian Empire, on the West by a resurgent Germany, on the South by the ever belligerent Italy, and on the East by insurrections funded by Anatolia. Hence, it was decided it was time to develop a truly new vehicle, as opposed to the continual rehashes of the Motorgeschutz III dating back to the 1940s, to fit the needs of the present. This came in the form of a heavily armoured main battle tank designed around hull-down combat, to play to the advantages of the naturally defensive land borders of the Empire (featuring dense forests, steep mountain ranges, and various other such features convenient to the defensive army), and to keep to the doctrine of the Empire’s forces, that being of staunch defence as opposed to mobile offence.

However, the intent for a perfectly designed replacement for her predecessor’s hodgepodge of modernisations was not to be achieved. Early in the development of the Monarch, the decision was made to swap the planned 105mm gun (as was used in its predecessor) for a newly developed Skoda 120mm gun, in order to better meet the threat of recent Russian tank development. This resulted in a very cramped turret. Not only this, but Austro-Daimler failed to develop the intended V12 engine in time, and as a result instead developed a derivative of its already existing industrial V10, resulting in an underpowered vehicle. However, even cramped and underpowered as it was, it was leagues better than the Hauptkampfmotorgeschutz I, and would serve as a solid basis of later upgrade packages to extend its service life.

Type:
Main Battle tank

Place of origin:
Austria-Hungary

Used by:
Austria-Hungary
Romania
Greece
Bulgaria
Albania

Production history:
Designer:
Austro-Hungarian Tank Design Group
Designed:
1980-1986
Manufacturer:
Austro-Daimler

Specifications:

Mass:
54 tonnes (53 long tons; 60 short tons)

Length:
8.5 m (27.9 ft )

Width:
4.25 m (13.9 ft)


Height:
2.75 m (9.0 ft)

Crew:
4: (commander, gunner, driver, loader)

Armour:
Steel and composite

Main
armament:
1 × Skoda 120mm HAKAN (Hauptkanonen) Smoothbore gun

Secondary
armament:
2 x 0.8cm Schweres Maschinengewehr 70

Engine:
Austro-Daimler Turbocharged V10 Diesel engine 25.6 Litre
(1320 hp, 970.9 kW)

Power/weight:
24.4 hp (18.0 kW) / tonne

Suspension:
Torsion Bar Suspension

Operational:
range
600 km (370 mi)

Speed:
65 km/h (40 mph)

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