Marcen Tank

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The Marcen Tank is a tank used by all the Rawta nations.

Design

The tank is mounted on two enormous tire tracks, with five wheels inside each one. Each wheel is about 1.5 metres high. When stabilization is required, metal bars can extend diagonally out and downwards from each wheel, keeping it upright. If necessary, they can be embedded into the ground, as the ends are pointed.

The tank is made of titanium, making it durable but not too heavy. The main body unit is fixed in position, and is about three metres wide and about eight metres long. The front is armed with mounted machine-guns, which are like normal machine-guns, but on a slightly larger scale and therefore firing slightly slower. The sides and rear are also armed, albeit more sparsely, with mounted machine-guns.

However, the top unit of the tank is where the controls are kept. It is positioned in the middle of the tank, and is about 1.5 metres wide and five metres long. It is mounted with a single, enormous cannon, which is about half a metre wide. As well as this, to either side of the cannon are a few mounted machine-guns. Unlike the main body unit, the top unit of the tank can swivel 360 degrees.

Instead of windows, the driver can view outside using one of two periscopes. One looks straight ahead, and another is angled ever-so-slightly downwards. These are much smaller targets than a window would be, and even if they are smashed, it cannot damage or expose soldiers inside.

History

It was originally designed by Marcen, a Rawta from Utarova. It was further improved by the Military Transport Organisation, which he worked for; it was handed up to higher powers by his boss, and the design was immediately liked. The main changes were adding a choice of periscopes instead of one, and arming the sides and back of the main unit with mounted machine-guns as well as the front. This was done 'in case the tank came under fire from more than one side'.

At this point in Rawta history, tensions between nations were low, and the tank design was passed round to other nations, who also liked the design and built their own. Old tank designs quickly went out of use.