We use the NDII 'Devastator' Super-Heavy tank in small numbers to engage masses of smaller enemy MBTs
The 'Devastator' is an aptly named, armoured monstrosity designed to challenge any enemy on the battlefield and be the last one standing. Armed with Dual C130G systems, Dual 'Asylum' Ordinance Projectors, a twin-linked 30 mm Autocannon and a roof mounted .50cal 'Knee Capper' machine gunThe Devastator was a huge behemoth dwarfing other MBT systems on the battlefield. It sported two, independently aimed and fired 'Compact 130mm Gun Systems', capable of firing Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS), High-Explosive Anti-Tank Fin-Stabilized (HEAT-FS) or High Explosive FRAGmentation (HE-FRAG) rounds at its Commander's discretion. Thus, the Devastator could be outfitted with a variety of rounds to suit the required mission parameters. A high rate of accurate fire (6 to 8 rounds per minute per gun) was ensured by a reliably functioning autoloader system and convenient arrangement of elevating and traversing 'worm screw' mechanisms to allow for swift and fine tuning of the guns' aim...
It also had two 'Asylum' Ordinance Projectors - missile/rocket pods normally mounted on Heavy Helicopter Gunships - that fired the 'Stabber' Anti-tank/helicopter guided missile. Each missile was based on the highly successful PG29V, an anti-tank rocket intended to defeat most modern tanks fitted with ERA and other active protection systems. The newer, domestically produced 'Stabber' is a 120 mm triple-stack charge, anti-tank guided missile that can be switched to dumb fire in a missile barrage launched from the 'Asylum', or individually launched to engage low flying airborne threats. The 'Asylum' was also capable of housing the smaller 'Spiker' 90 mm unguided rockets in greater amounts than the 'Stabber'. They could be fired in massive volleys to suppress enemy positions and destroy light armour columns.
The Devastator's heavy firepower was only half the reason for its battlefield supremacy however...
...each and every Devastator was equipped with a Three-Tiered Active/Passive Defence, supplemented by many built in survival mechanisms.
Tier One was the 'Deceiver' - an active system designed to disrupt enemy Anti-tank Guided Missiles, be they laser, thermal or even electro-optically guided. The Deceiver contained an aerosol grenade launching system that masked the tank from laser rangefinders and designators as well as the optics of other weapons systems and a modular laser system to 'blind' any missiles that managed to surpass the screen that can also be used to confuse the thermal scanners of other missile systems.
Tier Two was a double layered front-to-back network of housings for advanced ERA tiles. Each tile was a specially placed explosive sandwiched between two ceramic carbide plates - the plates themselves could widthstand standard .50cal and 20 mm autocannon rounds and were highly resistant to 30 mm shots. When hit with a tank gun round however, the explosive would detonate, causing the top plate to slide sideways, forcing the impact of an enemy round to be spread across more armour and in the case of penetrators, may break them in half without damaging the underlying plate, which then serves as an extra layer of armour on top of Tier Three.
Tier Three was the Devastator's own Heavy Duty Hull Armour - consisting of Kevlar lining, ceramic titanium plates sandwiched between top secret armour composition material and a controlled deformation section.
Built in survival mechanisms included NBC protection, automated firefighting systems, hardpoints for frontal dozer blades used for mine clearing and extra armour.The Devastator also contained a complete system redundancy for all vital components and systems...a hit that would otherwise disable the tank would merely slow the lumbering juggernaut down, and give its location to the Devastator's vengeful crew...
This system of heavy weapons and supreme defence allowed the Devastator to take on any number of combatants and still have a high success and kill ratio. It has been documented that one Devastator successfully engaged 3 actively firing M1A1 Abrams heavy tanks used by enemy militants simultaneously, single-handedly and at extremely close quarters - although the crew eventually sacrificed their lives and the tank to critically disable a fourth by ramming it...
GODMODDING IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR EPICICITY!!!!