Juggernaut

## Tactical Analysis

* **It's the Juggernaut, kutiyā:** A massive transport designed to ferry massive amounts of soldiers across the battlefield and survive, the GIC Juggernaut is quite simply the largest APC in Paradox. Capable of carrying 50 infantry, 25 field infantry, and is the only land transport that can carry 5 specialist infantry.

* **Look both ways:** Being so massive, the Juggernaut has four cannons attached to the top of the hull, capable of handling the majority of threats it can come across. However, the cannons only have a 45-degree firing arc, making it impossible to train all of them on any one target. And to ensure their passengers emerge safely the Juggernaut can fire a nausea gas shell from its mortar mounted on the roof.

* **Not quite a battle taxi:** The Juggernaut is able to survive on the land or water, but has relatively weak weapons and the only asset is its immense carrying capacity. Aerial assault on a Juggernaut will destroy it.

* **Breaking through:** Experimental cannon are being attached to the Juggernaut systems, enabling the four cannons to fire on a singular enemy at once.

## Background

With the hordes of soldiers India has to throw at the enemy, a major concern was making sure enough got to an active battlezone to do actual damage to the enemy. In situations where naval or air superiority could not be guaranteed, infantry columns could be wiped out by aerial threats, naval assault, or artillery bombardment. There needed to be a method to transport India's forces to the front with success.

Seeing as engineering was still a hit-or-miss affair for the Commonwealth's military-industrial complex, the offered solution was to simply make a giant metal box, stick in an engine, 4 cannons, and a mortar atop the chassis, and send it out into the field. Seeing no real problem with this, the commanders gave the Juggernaut their blessing and sat back to wait. After five months, the finished result looked like a transport suited for the Frontier Corps. A massive steel beast, taller than a man, with a massive yawning mouth capable of opening out onto the battlefield. A small cannon sat atop the four corners of the transport, both capable of handling light threats that could damage the transport or the cargo inside. And a mortar turret on top that launches nausea gas shells. While not quite fast or tough, it appeared that the Juggernaut's amphibious capabilities, 4 cannons, and nausea gas mortar would be able to relatively fend off any threat between pick up and drop-off.

The first combat trial of the Juggernaut came in Oman, where a Commonwealth fort on the border of Yemen was being harassed by a nearby GLA training camp. Deciding that the problem needed to be taken care of, the fort's commander ordered that the training camp be destroyed.

With their mission set the the Juggernaut surprised the the GLA by crossing the unguarded river. It’s heavy armour easily shrugging of the Scorpion as it blasted apart the Cobras. And once the Sepoys were released it fires its mortar, leaving the camp trapped in a choking cloud as the sepoys marches and slaughtered the entire camp. The Juggernaut was considered a success.