Originally posted by -lynx-:
Jig - I miss the point you're trying to make - they never called it anything else, it was Christie suspension all along. BT5s and 7s AFAIK had a provision for driving without tracks, it was dropped on later heavier tanks. But the suspension design obviously worked well enough to be used? Credit was given to the designer - what else did you expect?
Continued production after the license expired. That generally conveys stealing when the creater does not sell the design, or continue licensing. Bt-5s were an exact copy exluding the gun mount.