Chapter 650: Chapter 495: Military Research Investment_2

After the establishment of a dedicated tank factory, the speed of tank construction can further increase. After all, the Royal Agricultural Machinery Factory was previously responsible for the manufacturing of both tanks and agricultural machinery, especially tractors.

In addition, due to the necessity of secrecy with tank manufacturing, the speed of production was considerably restricted.

The new tank factory is expected to increase the speed of tank construction, producing about 500 tanks annually within five years, and about 1500 tanks annually within ten years. This would essentially fulfill the needs of the Australasia Army.

Given Australasia's current conditions, the importance of the navy surpasses that of the army, and the scale of the army is significantly limited by population size.

If Arthur's predictions are correct, during the World War II period, many countries produced tanks at incredible speed.