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Official Communique:
From: Minister of Defense, General-Marshal Mandal Horde

It is with great honor that I in the name of The National Sozialist Reich of Lyncanthropia and Führer Damyo Kruder announce the creation of the new Centaur Super Heavy Tank, this tank will be used has a "walking fortress" for the defense of our great nation.

At this moment these units will be only for the use Lyncanthropia Imperial Army, and will not be avaible for sale.


CSHT-511 ("CENTAUR" Super Heavy Tank)
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Specifications:

Data
Crew 2+1+1 (Driver + Co-driver, Commander, Gunner) [4 Crew]

Dimensions
Length (With Gun Forward): 15.3m
Height: 3,02 m
Width: 4,12 m
Weight: 94,654 Kg
Armor: 100 mm


Performance
Maximum Speed:
*road 40 km/h
*off-road 20 km/h


Manoeuvrability
Suspension: Hydropneumatic

Armament
Main Armament: Dual 140mm BTT/90 "Dragoon fang MK.II" (42 rounds)
Sub Armament: Dual 120mm BTT/89 "Dragoon fang MK.I", (21 rounds)
Additional: Dual 4.75 inch missile pods [specifically designed to attack infan-
try and aircraft] mounted on turret.

Power
Engine: 90L LYNC32 V10 supercharged multi-fuel twin-turbo diesel 3,000 Hp (2,089 kW)
*liquid-cooled
Transmission: Hydropneumatic automatic transmission (6 forward gears, 2 reverse)

Other Info:

The Centaur Super Heavy Tank was originally developed for long range oper-
ations in harsh environments. Utilizing thick "hexagonal" armor to
meet enemy armor thrreats head-on, the Centaur is capable
of defeating enemy armor in open or urban theatres.
The chassis utilizes four separate threads to move the tank.

[OOC: Somethings can still be changed if i found any errors, feel free to post suggestions and other stuff.]

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OOC: I can already see a number of problems with this design. I suggest going to the NS Draftroom (http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?act=idx), where your designing peers can help fix your design.

We, The Holy Empire of The New True Cross, humbly beseech the to notify us when this tank goes on sale to the public.

In God's Name,
Elect Peter Underhill
Department of Divine Defense of The Holy Empire of The New True Cross

To: The Holy Empire of The New True Cross
From: The National Sozialist Reich of Lyncanthropia

At this time we are only producing this unit for our own government only, has soon has we start selling this unit we'll gladly inform you sir.

Regards,
Minister of Defense, General-Marshal Mandal Horde

OOC: While they make for some great RPs when a nation is on its last legs of fighting, SH Tanks are somewhat irrelevant. Bunker Buster bombs are so effective these days (and even more so in NS) that these things are nothing more than hurses on tracks.... which is why I don't have them.

OOC: Seems small to be a super-heavy tank. But that's subjective I guess. Let me go over some problems though.

Why two sets of identical guns? Both 120mm and 140mm? What use does the 120mm that the 140mm can't already do? And to that, why two guns at all? You only need one gun, having two will only increase weight by quite a bit and slightly increase firing rate, but it won't increase power. You'll only have the hitting power of a 140mm gun, all the time.

In terms of the dimensions, it's really really small. It needs to be bigger because right now it's the same size as most real modern tanks.

If that's RHAe for armour rating, then this isn't very well protected for a super-heavy tank. Designed mostly for infantry support I take it?

Your ammo is absurd. While you're the size of an Abrams, which carries ~42 rounds for it's 120mm gun, you carry 215 rounds for two 120mm guns, plus 110 rounds for the 140mm guns. With these dimensions you'll be lucky to have 32-36 rounds avalible for one 140mm gun tank with no secondary 120mm, but with the armament listed you're looking at maybe 4 140mm rounds and 6-8 120mm rounds. Maybe.

Your engine is undersized. It will make 3000 bhp, then a short while later cease up and die. Needs to be a minimum 75-80L displacement for that engine configuration and some reliability. You can get lower displacement engines with that kind of power, but not with a conventional setup like that.