Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/SU-101

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The SU-101 is Encantadia's own tank destroyer that was originally a successor to the SU-100 tank destroyer used by Voshkod, but never entered in Voshkod service and the blueprints and manufacturing tools are sold to Encantadia. This is planned to be voiced by

History
"I once destroyed an Abrams!"

-A Sapirian gunner's crowning achievement in the First Encantadian War.

When one is fighting a war against an army that follows Elsword tactics and doctrine, be prepared to face a lot of armor. The Elsword pride themselves on their tank divisions, and it is not much of a surprise that the Canthans followed this philosophy too.

As such, the SU-101, an updated version of the venerable SU-100, proved to be the perfect addition to the Encantadian forces after the Voshkods sold the Blueprints and manufacturing tools for that Tank Destroyer that are originally to be a replacement for the SU-100 in Voshkod service, but never came prior to the war's end and Cherdenko's coup and rose to prominence. Sporting a larger, more powerful 105mm cannon, the SU-101 had no problem penetrating the front armor of the Canthan Cadillac or older tanks. By the end of the First Encantadian War, the SU-101 could claim one of the highest average kill ratios on the continent and, some would boast, the planet.

For most of their war, their tactics and roles were as simple as the cannon they sported - find the tanks of the enemy, and destroy them before they knew what hit them. But as the number of Canthan tanks and soldiers continued to grow, bolstered eventually by more advanced, homegrown, devices, the SU-101 became outnumbered.

And as the Canthans and Aquilans continued to push, and push, SU-101 became more used for ambushing purposes as much as frontal combat machines, in an ironic echo to their brethren in other parts of the world. Encantadian armies would allow their hated enemies to take ground in cities they fought over, taking just enough ground to be surrounded by buildings - and then SU-101, hidden by nothing more than dirt and camouflage, would destroy the very foundations of the buildings around them, causing part of the city itself to come crashing down on their enemies.

It was a horrible, scorched earth tactic, but it worked. And after a while, it became the most infamous tactic SU-101 were used for - killing their own nation's belongings in order to ensure the enemy lost just as much or more.