List of Grail Military Vehicles

## Note

As with the List of Grail weapons the number of entries is too numerous for me to make individual entries. If I am able to make 3d models for any of these vehicles they will receive their own page.

## Background

The as the threats facing Grail-El no longer exist in the wastes
the military doctrine must change with the threats. Sandships, designed
to move across the scorched earth and towering dunes of the wastes have
trouble with soft ground that makes up much of Falcon's Reach and Rojya.
 Soil jams tracks, slowing the already slow vessels to a crawl. In
addition to the reduction in speed the risk of a ship being captured or
destroyed is a possibility, and while slight, it is a risk the military
refuses to take and sandships are only to be used for major battles and
sieges.

These considerations were responsible
for the "Extra-waste operations research division" which oversaw the
development of vehicles and tactics that would allow the Grail military
to push into enemy territory in a conflict instead of being restricted
to fighting with in the wastes.

## Light vehicles

### UT-2

The
 most common military vehicle in use is the UT-2, a basic three axle
truck primarily used to transport motorized infantry and supplies. It is
 rated for loads up to 8,000 pounds on roads and half of that off road,
though they are known to carry more.

Under normal
circumstances it can carry up to twenty fully equipped motorized or
mechanized infantry soldiers, or ten heavy assault troopers.

Several variants exist, including a version equipped with a sextuple HMW-14 mount, and another mounting a RAW-125 launch pack.

They are not exported, or accessible to Grail citizens due to the high expense of production caused by the use of rubber tires.

RIC-1 ===
Designed
 for harassing attacks and light transport the RIC-1 (rapid intervention car) is a light 4x4 combat vehicle armed with a single ring mounted
HWM-14. Six infantry soldiers can be carried, as well as a small amount
of equipment.

These are issued to motorized infantry units for light fire support and as a counter to hostile cavalry.

A airdrop capable version is undergoing testing for use by assault jumper units.

It is almost completely unarmored and relies on its speed to survive, though some units have field modified their vehicles with light armor plate around the engine and drivers seat

## Medium vehicles

### CT-2 "Blind side"

The
 versatile and dangerous CT-2 (combat transport) better know as the
"Blindside" is designed to transport and provide frontline support for
mechanized infantry. The front armor is steeply sloped, and is able to
withstand impacts from armor piercing rounds up to 40mm. The sides and
rear are armored against small arms fire, up to but not including 14mm
AP. The turret is rated against 75mm AP, and is made from rolled red
steel alloy.

An eight wheel drives allows for
excellent cross country ability, and reasonable speed. The tires are
filled with foam to reduce the effects of a puncture.

The
 turret houses twin AC-25 auto cannons and a coaxle HISW-8.5 medium
machine gun. Attached to the outside of the turret are smoke grenade
projectors, though the smoke grenades can be replaced with military gas
canisters or white phosphorus grenades to protect against close range
infantry attack.

Eight infantrymen can be carried inside and exit through clamshell doors in the rear.

A multitude of variants of exist based on the chassis, these include:

RCT-1
 for scout vanguard units. It is designed for long range patrols within
enemy territory. The turret houses a single AC-25 and a long range
spotting scope. The infantry carrying ability is reduced to four, as
space is taken up by longer range radios, additional supplies, and
expanded fuel tanks.

LAP-3
(local air protection) which has a larger turret equipped with a quad
AC-25 mount and has increased rotational speed and better elevation. It
saw heavy use during the purge of the wastes as it is very effective
against Rocs, Krux, raven people and other flying threats. It is unable
to carry infantry.

ASM-1 (Air
support manager) is designed to designate targets for airships. For this
 it equipped with several types off flare projectors and radios. Very
few have been built as their role similar to that of assault jumper
Pathfinder teams.

### Vapsva

Designed to engage enemy
heavy vehicles and fortifications the Vapsva (Wasp) is equipped with a
SC-100 gun, the same kind mounted on many sandship. The chassis is a heavily modified CT-2 with a more powerful engine and suspension. The turret is moved to
the rear of the vehicle to accommodate the length of the gun, and is
limited to the front 150 degrees. It can fire high explosive,
conventional armor piercing, HEAT, and an Ember cored discarding sabot
round. The sabot is rated to penetrate 10 inches of hardened steel from a
 distance of 1500 yards.

## Heavy vehicles and assault boats

The
 assault boat concept is almost as old as the sandship, though only
recently implemented. They are extremely similar to the Rojyan tank, to
the point that some Grail soldiers simply refer to assault boats as
tanks.

### CAS-2

Designed for close range infantry
support and reconnaissance the CAS-2 is equipped with a AC-25 and two
HMW-14s mounted in the turret. It has a crew of four and is lightly
armored. In many ways a proof of concept design it has been widely
distributed and some have been sold to Falcon's Reach. An airdrop
capable version has been built, but it requires a large amount of
expensive aluminum and very few are being built.
A combat engineer version exists and trades the cannon and one of the machine guns for a heavy flane thrower.

### MAS-2

The
 backbone of most armored units is the MAS-3, which mounts a HAC-75,
which while lacking the penetrating ability of other cannons has a very
high rate of fire, enabling it to overwhelm it's targets with a hail of
shells. The frontal armour is designed to deflect shells up to 80mm,
though the side armor is much weaker. It is very popular with its crew
due to its excellent suspension and gyroscopic stabilization for the
main gun, which produces a high level of accuracy even when moving at
high speeds over roigh ground.

Much like the Blindside the MAS-3 chassis has been used for several specialist variants.

Designed to crush fortifications the Lokys (Bear) is a mobile artillery weapon based around a monstrous 15 inch mortar.

The
 gun isn't mounted on the vehicle, as firing the weapon would cause the
sides of the tank to crumple. The mount is attached to the vehicle
chassis and before firing is hinged down so the baseplate of the gun is
resting of the ground. Setting up to fire normally takes 10 minutes
while breaking down typically takes 5.

It requires a crane to load, and can only carry 12 rounds. The rate of fire is approximately 1 round every five minutes

The
 Lokiukas (bear cub) is designed to support Lokys operations by carrying
 additional ammunition. It can carry up to 30 additional shells. Mounted
 on the front of the Lokiukas is a bulldozer blade to prepare the ground
 for the gun to be positioned.

During the purge the were used to demolish low value targets that did not warrant a sandship bombardment or heavy bombing run.

The AP-1 is designed to provide greater security from flying targets. In the open top turret it mounts a HAC-75 and quad HMW-14s, and has proven
effective against renegade airships even at high altitude, though it
does not replace interceptors, and is generally considered inferior to
the LAP-3, as it is less effective against fast moving targets, and can
not be used as a direct fire weapon against infantry.

A
 slightly more conventional mobile artillery system the Angis (Serpent)
mounts a pair of HAC-75s in a turret limited to the front 90 degrees.
Unlike the MAS-3 the cannons on the Angis are given full range of
elevation, allowing for long range indirect fire.

The rear of
 the tank has a door that allows a support vehicle to be parked directly
 behind it and additional shells to be passed through to the gun crew,
as the combined rate of fire of two HAC-75s will quickly empty the 100
round magazine.

Designed for combat engineers the MAS-3CEV mounts a 130mm short barreled howitzer instead of its 75mm gun, a large dozer blade on the front, and a heavy duty winch system on the rear.

### HAS-5

Designed
 to overcome any ground threat that either Rojya or Falcon's Reach could
 field the HAS-5 is a sight to behold. It mounts a specially designed
115mm high velocity gun, firing a variety of shells, including the "fuel
 slug" a heavy lead shell with an alranium core. On firing the slug
begins heating up, and by 1000 yards the lead is nearly molten. On
impact the alranium core punches through the target, followed by a spray
 of molten lead into the interior. More commonly it fires
armor piercing rounds which can penetrate 4 inches of hardened steel at
1500 yards, or Ember sabots with similar preformamce as the Vapsva's.

In addition to its main gun there is a co-axle AC-25, and a pintle mounted HMW-14.

The
 armor is conventional rolled steel, with the frontal plates being 4
inches thick and the side armor 2.5 inches in most areas. 1/2 inch red
steel alloy spaced armor covering the front and most of the turret, and
1/4 inch red steel alloy side skirts. Provide additional protection.

Because of its size and great weight it has a road speed of only 10 miles an hour, and requires massive amounts of fuel.

Due to its expense only fourty have been built, and all but one of the factories converted to building other vehicles.