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Hey,

I've noticed something while researching a tank.
I researched the tank. After that I made the tank and expected I could make the tank grenades. This requires explosives however. I understand that.
I just didn't know why researching explosives isn't required to be researched first before researching the tank.
You can see it in the research screen. I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug but I can't find anything on the forum about it so I thought I'd mention it.

Adware

Thanks for the report.
Things like these are intended to give players some choices in research. You can choose to rush for tank and use it with just bullet magazines, or you can research also explosives and craft tank cannon shells.

The tank even without any ammunition is also quite powerful as it can just ram into biter nests to destroy them quite quickly. And its also useful for deforestation or simply exploring faster and safer.