History of Walkers

The Start
The History of Walkers isn't exactly a long story, but it is very in-depth. It all started in 1918, with the Treaty of Versailles, which stated that Germany was restricted from producing any tanks, and tractors capable of being made into tank platforms, due to this, the agricultural sectors of society suffered, so an engineer had a brilliant idea. Make a walking tractor. The first form of this was the Landwirtschaftlichfläufer I, or the LwsF-1, which means Agricultural Walker (or tractor). The LwsF 1 sold amazingly well, and during the 1929 Civil War, a few of the warring nations, especially Teutonia, used these walking platforms in combat, due to a lack of tanks. This is best seen in the early GK (Gepanzerter Kampfläufer) built by Teutonia. The GK-1 ausf. L was literally the LwsF-1 with a 27mm Hotchkiss gun and a few machine guns added, along with some light armour plates. However, it was with this the idea for the Gepanzerter Kampfläufer was born, and it was after the 1936 Berlin Olympics, during which Germany presented a fast running mech, along with some military variations, that many other nations began to switch to these systems

But why not just use normal tanks?
Well, normal tanks still exist. The only reason that walkers ever became popular was due to the fear factor, the propaganda value. Teutonia couldn't make a tank, so they made something taller, and sometimes even faster. It is more likely to see a GK with Panzerkampfwagens with it, than it is to just see a group of GKs.