Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Grizzly Tank

"Grizzly Tank deployed!"

-Grizzly Tank leaving the War Factory

The M90 Grizzly Tank is the main medium tank used by Aselia, Orlais, Gallia, Ironforge and Vinland members of the Alliance of Hawke. Planned to be voiced by Ashleigh Ball, speaking with a southern drawl/Appalachian accent.

History
Design as a replacement for the various aging medium tank types used by the members of the Alliance after the Voshkod-Aquilan Conflict.

During the Voshkod-Aquilan War, many nations had employed heavily armored, overgunned battle tanks, massive in weight and generally unimpressive in terms of speed. With the end of the war, however, the trend was rapidly shifting towards lighter vehicles; most tank designers had conceded that any tank with the armor to resist modern anti-tank weapons would be so heavy that mobility would suffer severely. Newer vehicles, as such, should instead rely on speed and a low profile to provide survivability. The M90 Grizzly tank is possibly the vehicle that best illustrates this school of thought.

The Grizzly would enter service with the Alliance of Hawke in 1990 V.C., replacing the aging Leopard 1s, AMX-30s, Panzer 68s, Chieftain and Mastiff medium tanks. Its original iteration was armed with a 105mm main gun and an 800 hp engine; though the design was far less well armored compared to some other tanks, it made up for it with speed; the Grizzly was fast enough that it could literally run circles around Voshkod tank columns, or alternatively bypass them altogether, instead moving in to strike at more vulnerable rear elements. This followed the philosophy so successfully put to use by the Bulldog.

Several iterations were subsequently introduced to keep the Grizzly competitive; the iteration that narrowly lost to the Liberty, the M90A1, sported several improvements over the original, including a 90mm main gun, smoke grenade launchers, and a 900 hp engine; the latest iteration of the Grizzly is the M90A2, which boasts a remote controlled machine gun turret (replacing the manned machine gun on older models), and improvements to the Grizzly's armor, an EMP rocket which can be launched temporarily disable vehicles, among other things. All models of the Grizzly, however, sport the distinctive chassis design consisting of two drive trains extending beyond the main hull, a configuration that gives the Grizzly its impressive speed.

Though some nations like Athel Loren and Ferelden refused to use the Grizzlies and instead created their own Medium tank designs, the Cavalier and Liberty tanks respectively.

(Lore incomplete)

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Crusader (Aquila)
 * Coyote
 * Grizzly Tank (Alliance)
 * Cavalier Tank
 * Liberty Tank
 * M1 Abrams (ADI)
 * Type 74 MBT (Protectorate)
 * Tsunami Tank
 * Guardian Tank (Andora)
 * Leopard
 * Battlemaster Tank (Empire)
 * Bushmaster Tank (Community)
 * Cadillac Stingray

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * Kodiak Tank (Voshkod)
 * Tick Tank (Brotherhood)
 * Type 59 (Horde)
 * ... (MLA)
 * Lasher Tank (Collective)
 * T-55 (Encantadia)
 * AMX-13
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Predator Annihilator (Coalition)
 * ... (Heralds)
 * Cleric Track (Order)
 * M48 Patton "Mastiff" (Survivors)
 * Talos AFV (Syndicate)
 * ... (Conglomerate)
 * Lemia Russ Tank (Legion)

DLC

 * ... (Federation)
 * ... (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * ... (Skynet)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * ... (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * ... (League)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * ... (Pirates)
 * ... (Elona)
 * ... (Ascalia)
 * ... (Confederation)
 * ... (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * ... (Security)
 * ... (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * ... (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * ... (Theocracy)
 * ... (ASA)
 * ... (Insurgents)
 * ... (Bastion)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * ... (Concordat)
 * ... (Contingent)
 * ... (Rangers)
 * ... (Eden)
 * ... (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * ... (Commune)