"The French copies nobody and nobody copies the French." is what made me think of this. So say you have a small nation with competent industries to execute on original designs as need. Something like a denmark or or an estonia. This nation sometime around what would be the ww1 of a strangereal type not irl 20th centaury is a state that is on the periphery and can operate next to allied in larger conflicts. They are mentally cursed to be infinitely insistent on going for some 'other way' option on most everything when it comes to doctrines and military designs. Armoured trains, airships, Submarines that can also drive over the surface of the ocean floor and other things that just never got picked up.How much value would there be having 'stuff' that the enemy militaries would by necessity have low on their on priority lists for countering in practice?
You can't polish a turd.
>>64768166>How much value would there be having 'stuff' that the enemy militaries would by necessity have low on their on priority lists for countering in practice?If they are using things easily countered (airships especially) it would be trivial for a military to issue incendiary bullets to counter said weapon, and airships as they stand are fucking useless. Many militaries would probably work around the advantages provided by 'unconventional' sources of military strength, especially those which are expensive to counter without already having some hard counter (such as aircraft to destroy armored trains). If the country is small, advantages provided by these potentially money eating ventures would be negligible, and overall probably work against the nation rather than for it.
A large number of small modular multipurpose biplanes such as the the glorious Po-2M concept. Make them so they can be configured as small missile trucks, light cargo carriers, marine patrol, seaplanes, VIP transport, drone hunters, ambulances, ect. The Po-2 had several dozen variants most of which would be still useful to this day and something that could perform all those roles would be quite handy.As part of a larger coalition they would be great not only because everyone would find some use for them but because you could divide them up among all your allies: Everyone would see them being used and thus reminding them that you are doing your part. By making a visible contribution that attracts comment you ensure support, praise and aid not to mention ensuring a positive public image in the general populace. >Oh look, it's one of those biplanes from the Norktardistani weirdos dropping off a few of our wounded guys. I heard they stopped a Durkastani drone the other night, those guys are OK by me!
