Beagle Light Tank

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## Tactical Analysis

* **Don't Misunderestimate Me**: An ageing WWII light tank, the Beagle lacks the ability to take heavier tanks head on. However, its superior speed and amphibious ability allow it to run circles around the enemy, making it an excellent flanker.

* **Bring 'Em On**: The Beagle is armed with a 30mm cannon. Despite its considerable age compared to its counterparts, the cannon is extremely accurate and can be very effective when fired into the weak points in enemy armor. With good aim, the cannon can also be fired into the tracks or wheels of an enemy vehicle, which usually has the effect of forcing said vehicle to a halt.

* **You Go to War with the Tank you Got**: However, the Beagle is not without its weakness. Its primary weakness is its lack of armour. In a straight up fight, the Beagle will be decimated by any and every MBT out there.

* **The Decider**: Beagle crews who have seen enough battles have been known to fashion rocket launchers out of scrap metal and bolt them onto the Beagle. These rockets, though inaccurate, are able to provide much needed firepower against slower vehicles (like tanks) and structures. However, faster vehicles will just avoid them.

## Background

*"For the Constitution... and... stuff!"*

- Beagle Tank Commander
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The classic **"Beagle" M4 Light Tank**, though it was originally meant to be a medium tank until the Allies forced the company to strip down its armour and weapons so that it would be easier to make by the other Allied nations (and they already had the Mastiff which they also had forcefully stripped down to a medium tank), formed the basis of the Allied army during the Second World War, where, alongside the larger, heavier Mastiff Medium Tank, it attempted to stem the tide of Soviet aggression. Despite being outgunned and outclassed by the superior Anvil Heavy Tanks of the Soviet Union, the Beagle proved its worth on Europe's battlefields, using its considerable speed advantage to flank enemy tanks and destroy them with its 30mm cannon.

After the war, the remnants of over seventy five thousand Beagle tanks were mothballed in great complexes in the Arizona desert, awaiting a call to action that never came; the famous Beagle and its counterparts were replaced by the Guardian tank when the Soviets launched their next offensive. However, these poorly guarded vehicles were in ample supply when the Continental Revolution rose, and they were swiftly converted into modern fighting vehicles by the clever rebel engineers. Soon, thousands of the vehicles spearheaded the rebel assault across the mid-west, their supercharged engines whining and repeater cannons pounding holes in enemy armor once again.

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## Global Upgrade

**Health**: Sandbags and barbed wires are attached.

**Power**: Cannon gains a muzzle brake.

**Speed**: The engine sticks out the back and gains exhaust pipes at the back, pipes belch fire when it moves.

**Rate of Fire**: Gains a second barrel, heroic upgrade switches rockets to an MRL.

**Armour**: Gain armoured side skirts are added and the hull is polished.

**Vision**: A periscope, with Syndicate rangefinder, is added.

## Behind the Scenes

* The Beagle is obviously the RA1 Light Tank, though its appearance is based on the RL Sherman, rather than the Bradley IFV the Light Tank was represented as in game. It should be noted that the Sherman was a MEDIUM tank in the original timeline.

* The voice is a parody of former U.S President George W. Bush, who would have been 22 years old as of July 4th, 1969. As each unit's voice represents the prototypical version of that unit, it can probably be concluded that in Paradox's universe, Bush served in the Continentals as a Beagle tank commander.

## External Links

Beagle Light Tank voice being tested in Warcraft III

## Just the Stats

 **Armour Type** | Heavy Armour

 **Kill Reward** | 5600

 **DPS** | 60