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Besides doctrinal developments, new equipment would come into common use throughout the armed forces. Despite a push for the adoption of a {{wp|self-loading rifle}}, the dependable [[SR-9]] was modified for modern warfare by shortening it significantly; the resulting SR-9C carbine entered standard use in the Army by 1929. The [[SAV-5]], the first ever Urcean domestically manufactured tank, would enter service beginning in [[1930]] following doctrine-based procurement competitions held in [[1929]]. Although in some ways outdated by the time the [[Second Great War]] began, the SAV-5 would perform dependably throughout the early conflict. | Besides doctrinal developments, new equipment would come into common use throughout the armed forces. Despite a push for the adoption of a {{wp|self-loading rifle}}, the dependable [[SR-9]] was modified for modern warfare by shortening it significantly; the resulting SR-9C carbine entered standard use in the Army by 1929. The [[SAV-5]], the first ever Urcean domestically manufactured tank, would enter service beginning in [[1930]] following doctrine-based procurement competitions held in [[1929]]. Although in some ways outdated by the time the [[Second Great War]] began, the SAV-5 would perform dependably throughout the early conflict. | ||
===Motorization=== | |||
While major doctrinal and theoretical changes were revolutionizing the Royal and Imperial Army in the late 1920s, the [[Concilium Daoni]] passed the State Motorization Act in [[1925]], an act which appropriated significant amount of funds to provide for automobiles and trucks for government functions, including but not exclusive to the military. While the Army had been procuring trucks to replace horse-based logistics for several years, the Act provided the monetary resources to begin the transition in earnest. | |||
==Imperial reign of the de Welutas== | ==Imperial reign of the de Welutas== | ||