Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/M26 Pershing "Bernard"

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The M26 Pershing "Bernard" is the Minutemen's superheavy "MBT" used by the Voshkod Exiles. This unit is planned to be voiced by

History
"You've got to be kidding me..."

-Aquilan Ranger, upon seeing a Pershing in Minutemen colors

The Voskod JS-1 Elephant was an excellent proof of concept in WWII, but was highly limited in combat. Without a turret, it was vulnerable to being outflanked and disabled by lighter vehicles, so the Aquilans began researching into superheavy tanks. This resulted in the M26 Pershing, the first superheavy tank affiliated with the Guardians. With a large turret containing two 152mm guns and two flexible rocket pods capable of engaging air and ground targets, the 250-ton tank was much more manageable and capable than its predecessor, and (insert) ordered it into mass production. The tank also benefitted from a smaller crew due to the inclusion of autoloaders; a mere 8 men.

Documents from the late 1940s indicated he intended the Pershing to become the primary battle tank of the Aquilans, but thankfully for the Voshkods, this never became the case; the massive vehicle was very difficult and expensive to produce, not to mention the nightmare of transporting one over the sea, eventually leading to resources spent on making a Pershing be shifted to making more Shermans, which were easier to mass produce and transport. Despite this, over five thousand of them were produced but only twenty were used by the Aquilans. The remainder mothballed until the New California Commonwealth requested heavier armor.

When the New California launched the Tet Offensive, they did so with the backing of the Aquilans, which provided them with many surplus vehicles, including fifty Pershing tanks. The 250-ton superheavy tanks were, for practical purposes, unstoppable by the NCC. And was the lynchpin in pushing back the Red Line Union and Minutemen until the former were given more equipment and the latter began using counter tactics that they were able to beat these machines. With the Pershing being an unstoppable juggernaut, only limited by its difficulty in transporting over water, until the bombs fell. Where many Aquilans andVoshkod though they were destroyed as almost all of them were in the frontlines, which were ground zero.

That was until a massive fire broke out at the warehouse containing the Aquilans mothballed Pershings. Destroying every blueprint and the disappearance of every Pershing that wasn't destroyed. Which was chalked up to an accident.

However, rumors have spread throughout Voshkod and Aquilan posts that the Pershing is in fact still in operation and realized the truth. The Minutemen had stolen their Pershing and blueprints with the fire as a cover-up, and now drive it through their massive tunnel network to battlefields across Embry. The Minutemen had modified it further with a nuclear engine and tunneling equipment, which would later be used to make the Sidewinder, and the new M26 Pershing "Bernard", to strike anywhere before retreating. Though once the Minutemen had made the Sidewinder they abandoned their Bernards, since they consider it too cumbersome for their tactics, with only the Voshkod Exiles still preferring them, due to their preference for heavy armor like the Voshkods.

Guardians of the Tacitus

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 * Sentinel (Zenit Division)
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 * Hekaton Land Fortress (Primaris Votann Guards)
 * Norsca War Mammoth (Heralds)
 * Cataphract Land Ironclad (Order)
 * Sidewinder Burrow Tank (Survivors)
 * M26 Pershing "Bernard" (Voshkod Exiles)
 * Stormsurge (Syndicate)
 * Mastodon Walker (Conglomerate)
 * Baneblade (Legion)

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