Panzer

The Panzer (the German word for "tank", essentially meaning "armor", but also "shell" in the sense of "Schildkrötenpanzer" = "tortoise shell") was a design used by Imperial Germany during World War 3. It was one of only few heavy AFVs used by the Empire. Panzers are armed only with steel plating, which they don't use to such an excessive extent as the Neo-T, a contemporary design of Communist Russia still in use today (operated by the member nations of the Leninist Dynasty). This keeps the Panzer, which is also much smaller and lighter, faster and more mobile. The Panzer uses a cannon on a 360° turret used predominately to fire AP rounds. Neo-T's, being designed to round-up infantry with their shrapnel cannons, showed, though plated with much more armor and being of enormous size, that they were unable to successfuly combat a force of Panzers even if outnumbering them by 2:3. Yet, the Panzer is no match for a modern weapon system designed to combat armor, like a M1A2 firing APFSDS ammunition. The Panzer, despite being a little outdated, can still be useful in today's warfare, and a few are still in use by the German Rebells in the south of the former Imperial territory in Germany, where they are used to combat dynastian forces. They also took part in Operation Khâzad-Nûm. Originally designed to combat other heavily armored units, it cannot keep up with modern tank designs and should be considered as an effective weapon in combating infantry, mechanized infantry and exoskeleton troopers, helped by its high (even by today's means) mobility. It is not suggested to use it against any type of modern MBT.