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Foster's Battletank - British Shellproof Tank

Small note: the tank drawing showed a seperate carriage that the tank would have carried (it was suggested this carriage was used to aid steering). I have not modelled this in the mod, just so the tank doesn't get too long.

This super heavy tank was invented during the later years of the First World War. The William Foster & Co company based in Britain proposed a few ideas for a heavily armoured vehicle that could survive being attacked by artillery, heavy explosives and quick-firing weapons.

This design, the Foster's Battletank, was the second proposal in the project (following the Suggested Flotilla Leader, a mock-up drawing which started off the project). From even a quick glance it is very different to the two Flying Elephant designs that succeeded it, one notable difference being that the armour was not angled. The vehicle was heavily armed, having two 6-pounder (57mm) cannons on either side of the tank while five Vickers (supposedly, may have been Lewis guns instead) were concentrated at the front. This setup gave the tank little protection from flanking threats.

Like the other designs in the project, the tank was estimated to weigh 100 tonnes and have a speed of 2mph (this is increased slightly in-game as the AI will abandon vehicles that are too slow and/or become stuck). The tank was driven by dual 105-horsepower Daimler engines. This gave the tank a power-to-weight ratio of roughly 0.001 hp/lb.

• Two six-pounder (57mm) guns on the left/right flanks.
  
• Five forward-facing Vickers .303 machine guns.
  
• The tank explodes instantly upon death, rather than having a burn timer.
  
• Some custom sounds (none made by me - credit goes to their respective authors).
  
• Two variants, one where the middle machine gun is operated by a seperate gunner, rather than the driver; another where the driver instead is able to shoot and see from the middle machine gun.

• Like Design A and B, AI drivers may drive backwards depending on how the map's pathfinding is set up.
  
• AIs may sometimes leave the tank as soon as they enter, or just ignore it entirely at times.
  
• The tank may spawn flipped on some maps.
  
• AIs are not very aggressive in the side cannons.

Tags (ignore)
Battletank, Foster, World War, WWI, WW1, Tank, Super Heavy