Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/17 Pound Gun

"17 Pounder here!"

-17 Pound Gun

The 17 Pound Gun is a weapon crew infantry unit used by the Wakfu-Tilean Concordat, replacing the Iop Armor Hunter for the Dogs of War. Planned to be voiced by.

Tactical analysis

 * Gun on a Carriage: The 17 pound gun is a old but powerful Fereldan anti-tank weapon, dating back to before GVAW. Unlike more modern anti-tank weapons, the 17 pound gun is nothing fancy, being little more than a gun mount on a carriage with a gun crew.
 * Set Up: The gun crew is also equipped with entrenching tools and sandbags to dig in and steady the 17 pounder, increasing its range and rate of fire as the crew focuses on targeting.
 * With Heavy Tank Stopping Power...: In spite of its age, the 17 pound gun is still a formidable anti-tank weapon. It is more than capable against the armor of Great Horde tanks and can acquire and engage targets in quick succession.
 * ...Comes a (Ridiculously) Heavy Weight: Although it is a formidable anti-tank weapon, the 17 pound is extremely heavy. And without a specialized vehicle to tow the guns, the crew must tow the gun manually, with a severe lack of mobility.

Overview
The 17 pound gun is a old but powerful Fereldan anti-tank weapon, dating back to before GVAW. Unlike more modern anti tank weapons, the 17 pound gun is nothing fancy, being little more than a gun mount on a carriage with a gun crew.

History
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Near the beginning of the Concordat-Horde War, the forces of Tiliea and Wakfu were being swamped by the seemingly endless waves of Horde vehicles. The Tileans did not have enough resources to produce their own tanks to counter them and so turned to Fereldan. After promising to help destroy the Greenskin Horde, Fereldan began shipping over obsolete wheeled anti-tank gun emplacements. These so-called "17 Pound Guns" were very cheap to make and could destroy a Horde vehicle with a single hit.

When most of the world had settled back and forth in Elysea's Conflict, the 17-pound gun had become outdated. Due to its cheapness and reliability, it was given a refit with new armor-piercing sabot rounds. The old anti-tank guns soon proved their worth, smashing wave after wave of Horde AFVs. The 17-pounders proved more than able to penetrate the armor of anything the Orc threw at them. A few anti-tank guns, towed into a good ambush position by tractors, can decimate a battalion of armor.

In one famous occasion, a small group of anti-tank guns stalled a Horde armor advance for over an hour before they ran out of ammunition, and reportedly managed to destroy one of the dreaded Looted Lemia Russ tanks. The crews of these defensive guns were known for their in the Dogs of War, where they would stay behind to man the guns even as they were swamped by Greenskin Tide.