Cavalery Tank Amsel Mk I

Hettic Republican Army

Darsanese Army

Almost all the members of the Sovereigns League

The Amsel Mk I was the most widespread armored vehicle in the Chergarian Army and the Sovereigns League.

## Conception and History

The Amsel is a direct descendent of a short-lived series of light tanks developed near the end of the Third Spat, and was tailored to the new armored doctrine that had taken root at the time.  High mobility, immunity to light arms, and potentially large numbers were believed to make it an unparalleled exploitative weapon, but its lack of anti-tank armament was found to render it obsolete. The Hetts saw its potential as a fast-response vehicle, enabling light mechanized forces to shore up breaches in their lines at a moment's notice.

The new technologies developed during the Third Spat lead the Chergarian officers to switch their old methodical warfare tactics for a more modern combined arms strategy. A new kind of armored vehicle, faster and lighter than its predecessors, was also created to adapt to this doctrine: the cavalry tank.

One of them was the Amsel Mk I, designed in the late 5th century to replace the old Renhadnt tank. It quickly spread throughout the Sovereigns League, becoming the backbone of the armored divisions for most of the eastern countries.

The Amsel Mk I saw the battlefield under the Chergarian flag during the invasion of Syrvania in 524. A lot of them were destroyed during the conflict (they were one of the only armored vehicles vulnerable against the Syrvanian CzL.1 tank). The remaining units were sold to the Hettic Home Army after the war.

These units were massively deployed during the Second Leersog War, but the twin machine-guns proved to be useless against the Syrvanian armored vehicles. After the end of the conflict, the remaining Amsel and their tank destroyer variants were implemented in the Hettic Republican Army.

The Amsel Mk I also saw the action in all the Westenlands Wars, even if it was obsolete against most of the armored vehicles used by the Lusivakian Commonwealth. They will show more efficient during the Colonial Wars, where it was deployed by the Darsanese Army and others members of the Sovereigns League on the small islands of the Kartasian sea.

Manufacturer: Chergaria; Aansen and Co. Motor Works

Weight: 6 tons

Armament: 2x 8mm Lewin Guns

Max Armor: 12mm

Crew: 2 (Driver, Gunner/Commander)

Engine: 6.2l Inline 6

## Tank Destroyer variant

Tank Destroyer, Tába

Weight: 6 tons

Armament: 1x RF 37-I

Max Armor: 12mm

Crew: 3 (Driver, Commander/Gunner, Loader)

While tanks were made available to the Hettic home army, many of them were heavier vehicles designed for infantry support, and were unable to react quickly enough to Syrvanian maneuvers. The Amsel Mk I had mobility to spare, but was not effective against armor. A tank destroyer variant was devised by the Home Army in early autumn of 525, which were built in the Tába Agricultural Works in the town of the same name, featuring a crude armored housing for an RF 37-I anti-tank gun. These vehicles served in fairly significant numbers, particularly near the end of the war, but were built to wildly varying specifications, making them sometimes difficult to rely on in the field.

To fill the lack of anti-tank support during the Syrvanian invasion of 526, it was decided to adapt an RF 37-I anti-tank gun on the Amsel' chassis, which were available in great number, in the Tába Agricultural Factories. This improvised tank destroyer needed three crewmen instead of two and was named "Tába", in reference of its origin city. It served during all the second part of the war.