a missile tank/artillery design i plan to include in my RTS game project. the general concept for the tank was to bring back an updated Dune type missile tank. but that looked a bit boring so i dug around and found this in my DA gallery (http://apotheosi.deviantart.com/art/contemplating-tanks-112638460?q=in%3Ascraps%20sort%3Atime%20gallery%3Aapotheosi&qo=14) and combined it with the C&C2 tick tank idea. conceptually, the tank grew into a support tank that gave long-ranged anti-tank capabilities but was not a real artillery piece because it would not damage buildings or infantry as well as it should, though it will kill tanks and aircraft easily. in its turret mode, infantry and other softer vehicles can cover behind it and in a line formation, a row of these tanks would be a veritable barrier to any enemy tank formation. the tank's design is more or less final now.

the protectorate missile tank did not always belong to the protectorate. corporate spies ensured that the design reached the protectorate rather than the confederate army, denying the confederate forces a powerful anti-tank weapon.

the 'spider' missile tank derives its namesake from the mode it can assume, standing up on its 4 independent track pods and allowing the front hull shield to absorb damage better in an immobile turret mode. this mode allows it to engage aircraft and vehicles with ease due to more power being diverted from track pods to the missile autoloader which feeds the 2 missile launchers on either side faster. the only drawbacks in this mode are its slightly shorter than normal targeting range and that while its frontal and overall armor is increased, its back armor remains as a weak point, the missile storage magazine being located there as well.

while not in its turret mode, the tank has a decent power to weight ratio and can keep up or even outpace the tanks its supposed to support. in this mode, its army is still mushy in the rear but that weakness is offset by its ability to fire extremely long-range missiles though one at time now as the engine plant now powers the track pods and powerful tracking sensors. the Hornet Burst missile uses a penetrating interior bursting charge which first penetrates armor with hard tungsten nose, then a secondary charge in the middle of the missile detonates, forcing the penetrating nose cap further into the armor. the nose cap detonates inside the tank in a hail of fragments and fire.

art and concept by  sakroe11