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Originally Posted by blazejos
Just do like to mention about subject of horse carts with Machine-gun called Taczanka. ...
...Around 1928 standardisations happens and first model Taczanka wz.1928 was created with german maxim 1908 HMG was build icon for such type is 3491 they was equipped in three horses and can keep the speed of cavalry units but wasn't prepared for AA shooting.
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Indeed, if there's an icon, it's worth to add earlier model of taczanka, with wz.08 MG, available in 1/30-9/39, with radio 01. But, probably, its wz.08 MG should be AAMG as well. It isn't written directly, but according to a new booklet on Polish Maxims, a cavalry mount for wz.08 HMG, taken from the Schwarzlose, "enabled quick conversion for AA fire", comparing with MG-08 sledge mount. Probably there was an additional mast mounted (it could be mounted on some Polish trucks, carts and even horse wagons). I'll attach a photo of early taczanka.
Then, unit 548 Taczanka, apart from icon 3492, should be available from 1/36.
There could be "wz.28" or "wz.36" added to names, but it's not necessary IMO.
649-654 Austin AC's - in fact, in cars, that survived until the end of 20s, most probably armament was changed to standard-caliber 7.92mm MGs, first of all wz.05S (German MG-05/S). Weapon #200 could be renamed so, #202 is redundant.
(more on Austins
http://derela.republika.pl/austin2.htm)
655, 656 Ford Tf-c - one of them is perfectly redundant - they differ only in a machinegun's name, with the same performance.
BTW: weapon 207 7.92wz.08/15TMG has class 3 instead of 5, and range 30, while weapons 200 and 202 have range 20 (they were all the same Maxims - it should be at least 24 - or 30 since they were water-cooled?)
668 Wz.29 [armoured truck] - it should be renamed Ursus and represent a different Police lightly armoured Ursus truck (it had no specific name, but I'd call it: "Ursus (panc.)" - short for "armoured"). I'll attach a proper photo - a current one shows unarmed loudspeaker car of unclear purpose (it isn't known, if it belonged to the army or police).
It actually could have an armament of rifles in loop-holes, maybe even wz.25 TMG (it had even a turret with some weapon mounting, but the photos doesn't show weapons).
Carry capacity was probably more - some 10.
693 Fiat 3000 L5/30 - Poland bought one Fiat 3000 in 7/31 (now: 1/30), most probably with MG armament (twin MGs, #224 fom Italian OOB) (if it was armed at all...).
"L5/30" Italian designation should be deleted.
699 TK-3 [prototype tank] - I'd call it "TK-3 nkm".
700 TKS-B [prototype tank] - not much improvement over TKS, but if we want to be precise, it was broken down in 1938 (rebuilt to TKS-D SP gun -
http://derela.republika.pl/tkw.htm)
702-703 TKD [prototype tank] - it had no any special AP (sabot) ammo (it should increase HE by 5).
If we want to keep within facts, they weren't built of armour plates - maybe apart from a gun shield -
http://derela.republika.pl/tkw.htm
Two units in the same class are redundant (I guess it was supposed to represent newer camo, which is a vague difference). Since a whole platoon of these vehicles was actually used for experiments and training (and even a reclaiming of Zaolzie province), I suggest to change class of unit 703 to 39 SP-gun, make it available in 5/32-3/39 (before the war only) and create a formation of two vehicles like "Prot. SPG Plt" or "Exp. SPG Plt" (until 9/39).
Unit 702 should be available then in 5/32 to 9/39.
704 TKD - there was no vehicle with 47mm Vickers gun, BUT it should be changed to actually used in combat TKS-D prototype, with #13 37mm wz.36 L45 gun, ammo: 68 rounds in total, crew 4, available 4/37-9/39, class 39 SP-gun, photo 29799.
715 220mm Battery - radio should be definitely 91, not 92 - it was a siege artillery of very dubious usefulness, rarely met in field.
725, 726 3in Mortar - photo should be 601 instead of a generic Soviet one.