Mark 2 Main Battle Tank

== Overview ==
The Mark 2 Main Battle Tank was the second tank to come out of the Mark tank family. The Mark 2 was the most actively used MBT by the ULSCI once it was delivered by Leningrad, the exporter of most early ULSCI tanks at the time. To this day the Mark 2 remains in very limited service as of 2022, never exceeding recreational use.
=== Origins ===
After the completion of the Mark 1 MBT during the C.G.I. wars and the ULSCI's first steps in to ACF. Another, more stronger tank was requested to be built by Leningrad. The ULSCI wanted to use the Mark 2 as a weapon to scare C.G.I. into surrender during initial planning for future combat, knowing that C.G.I. had little ACF progress at the time. And so, the Mark 2 was born.
=== Service Life ===
==== Coalition Civil War ====
The Mark 2 never saw combat in the C.G.I. wars, but when the Coalition Civil War broke out, the Mark 2 was used extensively. During this war it gained the reputation of being a very accurate sniping tank, knocking out 3 FOX tanks from almost across gm_redrock in separate engagements. When FOXCBM came out with the K2 Black Panther provided by Bragda, the Mark 2 found its match. The results mostly sided in favor of the Mark 2, knocking out most K2s sent at it, with some losses of its own. However the Mark 2 proved victorious in the Battle of Carcon. There is one account of a Mark 2 knocking out a K2 using only its secondaries which consisted of 4 14.5mm Machine guns and a 20mm rotary autocannon, initially designed for anti-air/anti-infantry purposes.
====EI-GMAP War====
When the EI - GMAP War broke out, the ULSCI was still behind in weapons development, and so they had to use their trusty Mark 2. In the first battles against PKR forces, the Mark 2 had mixed results, knocking out a marginal amount of PKR tanks while also being knocked out multiple times as well. These battles encouraged Phil, the leader of the ULSCI to speed up tank development in order to produce better weapons to defeat any future enemies. After the end of the war, the Mark 2 would never see any major combat again.
=== Variants ===
There were multiple variants of the Mark 2 MBT, made either as upgrades or as an attempt to extend service life. Only designs meant for use in actual wars are listed.
==== Mark 2 140mm Upgrade ====
Leningrad provided the ULSCI with a variant of the Mark 2 that featured a hydro-pneumatic suspension system and a 140mm cannon designed for long range engagements. The 4 coaxial heavy machine guns were removed but the 20mm rotary autocannon was retained. It never saw active combat.
==== Mark 2 MBT Refit "Mark 3" ====
A Mark 2 that replaced its coaxial machine guns with a 30mm autocannon and featured strong upgrades to its frontal armor. It never saw active combat due to teething issues such as cramped ammo storage and trouble balancing the health of the armor.
==== Mark 2 "Super" Modernization ====
Designed around 2019 prior to the ISAF War, The Mark 2 Super was a standard version of the Mark 2 that featured spaced armor on the turret and hull as well as general armor improvements. The project was canceled after Phil deemed the Mark 2 far too obsolete for any modernization attempt. 
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