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Future of SW Contest(Main): T5-B Heavy Ion Tank (Motorized)

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The T5-B Heavy Ion Tank is used by the New Republic to neutralize heavily armored or shielded targets.

After the disaster at Hoth, the Alliance realized they lacked effective ways to combat heavily armored vehicles such as AT-AT. A proposal was made to manufacture a mobile tank with an ion cannon in order to destroy the circuits of enemy units. The result was the T5-B Heavy Ion Tank, which was a much more agile, but still well armored successor of the T4-B. The new tank had great handling on most types of terrain, but just like any treaded tank, the T5-B had a critical weakness to landmines. For maximum potency, the Heavy Ion Tank was usually supported by infantry or other light vehicles. One blast from its fully charged ion cannon was known to completely depower an AT-AT.

WHY THIS MODEL: I am very big fan of tanks in the Star Wars universe(my previous entry was the Clone Turbo Tank), including the Rebel T-series tanks. Unfortunately, none of them were seen in the movies, but I really hope to see a new T-series tank in the new movies. And I think this is how it should look like :D

FACT SHEET

Manufacturer: Yutrane-Trackata

Model: T5-B Heavy Ion Tank

Class: Tank

Armament: Heavy ion cannon, twin rapid firing blasters, 8 retractable concussive missiles

Crew: Pilot, Gunner

Role: Infantry support

Affiliation: The New Republic

POWER FUNCTIONS:

2 medium motors for transmission geared 20:12

1 medium motor for cannon rotation

1 medium motor for cannon elevation

2 IR receivers

8878 rechargeable battery box

Here's some pictures:

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T5-B Heavy Ion Tank by sunnyxi, on Flickr

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T5-B Heavy Ion Tank by sunnyxi, on Flickr

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T5-B Heavy Ion Tank by sunnyxi, on Flickr

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T5-B Heavy Ion Tank by sunnyxi, on Flickr

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T5-B Heavy Ion Tank by sunnyxi, on Flickr

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T5-B Heavy Ion Tank by sunnyxi, on Flickr

Edited by sunnyx

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Wow, great looking tank sunnyx! It’s very streamlined and clean looking and I like the color combo, looks like it should be scouting on Hoth. My favorite entry so far! I Can’t wait for the video!

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Really nice entry. I like the coloscheme and the flatness :sweet:

And it's motorized!!! That's really cool. Great job!

Good luck for the contest

Edited by Bob De Quatre

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Great work :thumbup: :thumbup: I really like the style of his tank :wink:

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That tank is sick, very well built, now to get it all together with some context can make this a really good entry

Agreed. Great tank and the motorizing is impressive. Just needs a backstory and a scene to complete the package.

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This tank is killer! I like the streamlined design of it and the flush inclusion of that cannon is great! I didn't even notice it in the first photos.

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Thanks for the support everyone! I've just updated the background story. If you haven't checked out the video, you should do it!

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