Blitzpanzer

The Blitzpanzer is a design by Germanistan and serves as the nation's main armored fighting "vehicle". It is actually a heavily armored superstructure incorporating a 125mm anti-tank gun mounted on a domesticated Daliwalker. The design is far superior in speed and size to any contemporary tank design used by other nations on Eden-IV, but it also has its weak spots: The gun is not mounted on a turret, so in order to cover the full radius around the Blitzpanzer, the whole Daliwalker has to be ordered to turn. Also, it cannot be aimed up and down on it's own and needs the animal itself to face upwards or downwards, causing complete chaos in the crew compartment when it is shifted from horizontal to vertical position, making it hard to fire.

The Blitzpanzer is one of several Germanistan weapon designs incorporating animals as basis, due to the fact that Eden-IV's evolution has brought forth many creatures with excellent capablities to serve as such. Other such designs were the Cormerra Nori, a bomber based around a Nori airborne reptiloid and a design for an armed Khyrrick, which never suceeded, since this species can not be trained to accept commands from human commanders, not even by the best telepaths.

Artillery Variant

An artillery variant of the Blitzpanzer was also developed, following the development of a suitable artillery shell during Project HAMMER: The superstructure had a 8 Inch Naval Gun sticking out at an angle of 45°, instead of the usual vertical 125mm gun. The recoil of the weapon put great stress on the brittle bone structure of the Daliwalkers, so even the robustest animals were trained to lay down before firing. This, of course, slowed down the firing sequence and made the unit unsuitable for quick assaults. At the time the type was developed, Germanistan still held the oil reserves of Romera, so the army used Carronades re-equipped with engines more extensively than the Artillery Variant for long range fire.