Alva Calvarona
Character
Image Source: By Shimmering Sword on dA
Intent: To create a simple standard battle tank for the Crinan Armed Forces and give access to the Imperial Remnant.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: CRI
Model: Kath Hound Battle Tank
Affiliation: Crina's Royal Army, Imperial Remnant
Modularity: No
Production: Mass
Material: Alusteel Plating
Role: Assault Tank, Recon, Light Transport
Height: 3.2 meters
Length: 8 meters
Width: 4 meters
Weight: 24 tons
Minimum Crew: 2
Optimal Crew: 4
Propulsion: Repulsorlift
Top Speed: 148 KH/M
Armaments:
- Heavy Laser Cannon x 1
Passenger Capacity: 6
Cargo Capacity: 100 kg
Misc. Equipment:
- Standard Targeting Systems
- Standard Sensors Systems
- Chaff Launchers x 2 (2 uses per)
- Heavy Main Cannon
- Thick Armor can withstand decent punishment
- Can deter missile strikes temporarily
- Can only fire forward in a small field of fire
- Relies purely on armor plating and no shields
- Slow compared to other tanks due to thick armor
- No Anti-Personal Weapons
Description: The main battle tank of the Crinan Royal Army, the Kath Hound Battle Tank is a heavy assault tank meant for both frontline activity and recon operations. Swift and agile the tank relies mostly on thicker armor plating to make up for a distinct lack of any shield unit, which does make it a tad slower than some of its modern counterparts. At the same time the Kath Hound class battle tank is undergunned by some standards as well, only having one main cannon though it does sport a heavy laser cannon.
It makes up for its lack of anti-personal blaster cannons by once more relying on its armor to ward off the threat of small arms fire and hoping its main gun is enough to cripple enemy armored units before they can return the favor. Still, the threat of missile attacks from demolition teams, artillery, and strafing fighters exists and hangs over the Kath Hound. Thus it sports a chaff launcher on either side of the main cannon to deploy a protective screen against a few missile attacks before being depleted and leaving the Kath Hound at risk.
The last major design point of the Kath Hound is its ability to carry a few soldiers around the battlefield as well to deploy them. Up to six other soldiers outside the crew can travel within the tank safe behind its armor plating for a time before being released out the rear hatch. Compared to many Imperial designs the Kath Hound is rather lacking, but its been the favored armored unit of Crina's Armed Forces throughout the last forty years of civil war.
