Gattling tank (Generals 1)

Gattling tanks are light tanks deployed by China, armed with a single large Gatling cannon.
==Background==
A large Gatling gun mounted on a tracked chassis, this vehicle can fire at ground and air targets. Gatling tanks are very effective versus infantry and decent against light vehicles and aircraft. They are also among China's faster vehicles, and are cheap and easy to produce on the battlefield. This makes the Gatling tank a good scout early on in a battle until MiGs can be produced.
==Game unit==
Gatling tanks are great when deployed as anti-infantry and anti-aircraft protection for squads of heavier tanks, such as Battlemasters and Overlord variants, since Battlemasters have next to no way of dealing with lighter targets and Overlords' gatling guns can be inconsistent. They aren't foolproof, but will reliably take down enemy aircraft worth far more than themselves in sufficient quantities. This is especially noticeable against Malcolm Granger, whose laser countermeasures are ineffective against ballistic weapons. Even one can shred fast infantry units like Terrorists, and in small groups they will quickly tear through lightly armored vehicles while their high speed keeps them safe. 
Gattling Tanks' greatest weakness, as with all its derivatives and equivalents in the Chinese arsenal, is their mandatory spin-up time. Whereas GLA's quad cannon and USA's Avenger can fire right away, Gattling Tanks tend to waste those precious seconds, only to be destroyed before they can fire or inadvertently allow their targets to escape, specifically against Aurora variants' guaranteed alpha strikes. Furthermore, unlike its equivalents, the Gattling Tank lacks integrated stealth detection, weakening its matchups against such threats.
===Upgrades===
	Chain Guns	Improves the speed of the Gatling Tank's gun, and by extension damage done in a given amount of time.	Purchasable at any China War Factory for a cost of $1500.
==Changelog==
* Generals sneak peek patch 1.02: can no longer kill the soldiers inside Stinger sites
* Generals patch 1.06: 
** now correctly moves slower when damaged
** now requires line of sight to fire.
* Generals patch 1.07: can no longer force-fire through buildings
* Zero Hour patch 1.01: can no longer force-fire through buildings
* Zero Hour patch 1.03: 
** experience required to level up is more spread out (gets to level 2 sooner and to level 3 later)
** evened out the experience points needed to level up (0/80/200/300) (Tao only)
==Selected Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Like the unit of the same name from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge, the Gattling Tank's name is erroneously spelled with two "t"s. The same also applies to the Gattling cannon.
==See also==
*Humvee, American anti-infantry counterpart
*Avenger, American anti-aircraft counterpart
*Quad cannon, GLA counterpart
Category:Generals 1 vehicles
ru:Пулемётный танк