85K-b “Falchion”

**Versioning**

This article *could* contain outdated information that is inaccurate for the current version (1.52) of the game. It was last updated for 1.50.

## Information

### Variants

85K-a “Spatha”,
 85V-g “Talos”

## Cost

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135

## Armament

* 40mm Tank Cannon
* Commander

## Crate Cost

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405

## View Vehicle Strength Table

The **85K-b “Falchion”** is a Colonial Assault Tank armed with a 40mm turret and designed to be mass-produced. When made in a Mass Production Factory, its vehicle crates contain 5 tanks instead of of the standard 3 tanks. However, Prototype kits only produce 1 vehicle.

The Falchion is a base vehicle chassis, and as such, can be constructed in a Garage or a Mass Production Factory. It can be used to create its variants, which includes the **85K-a "Spatha"** and the 85V-g “Talos”.

Due to the similar designs with the 85K-a “Spatha”, the easiest way to distinguish between the two vehicles is with the turret. The Falchion has a small square turret, while the Spatha has a larger, more octagonal shaped turret.

## Description

### Crew

The Falchion houses a crew of 3: driver, gunner, and commander.

* The driver drives the tank and is the only one who can see the amount of fuel remaining.
* The gunner aims, shoots, and reload the cannon. The only crew member who can see the ammo type fired.
* The commander can use Binoculars to scan the battlefield and use a secondary weapon. They can pop in and out of the tank hatch by pressing `E`. While inside the tank, the commander cannot be killed by small arms fire or explosives.

Although it is possible to use a tank without a commander, it's not recommended as it will limit your awareness on the battlefield.

### Inventory

The tank has 3 slots, one must be reserved for the 40mm shells (stacks up to 100 per slot).

### Armament

The Falchion is armed with a 40mm turret that can rotate 360 degrees. It has a 8s reload and a maximum range of 40m, the shell will instantly explode past that. The turret can be disabled if hit by explosives, making the tank defenseless till it's repaired.

When the hatch is open, the commander can use their secondary weapon to defend the vehicle if necessary.

### Health & Armor

As an Assault Tank the Falchion has a lot of health (more than Light Tanks or Cruiser Tanks) but its armor isn't particularly impressive. It can soak up small arms fire, shrapnel, and 12.7mm caliber. Anything else should be considered a threat. Its armor is thick enough to have a decent chance to deflect shells that are not Armour Piercing, especially from the front and at long ranges as long as the armor is in good shape. AP shells have a much higher chance to penetrate, which becomes a near certainty at any range or angle when the armor is in bad shape.

Its tracks can be disabled by explosives and Anti-Tank Mines, making the vehicle slow and thus vulnerable.

### Engine & Size

The Falchion has good speed both on and off road but has a pretty high fuel consumption rate. With a 225L fuel tank, its fuel economy is very mediocre. The Fuel Tank is placed at the rear and can be disabled with explosives, making it leak fuel very rapidly.

It can be packaged, forming a large Shippable that can be lifted by a Crane but only transported by a Freighter, Barge or Train.

It is heavy enough to trigger anti-tank mines and too heavy to safely cross Field Bridges. It is large and powerful enough to cross trenches with ease, run over sandbags, tier 1 walls, and Barbed Wire Fences.

## Tactics

The Falchion can be seen as a Light Tank with more health and armor but slightly slower. Its sole strength is in its relative cheapness with its benefit of having 5 tanks per crate when MPFed. Due to the shipping crate size, it's also easier to transport tons of tanks to a frontline Seaport or Storage Depot. In order to capitalize on this numerical advantage, the tank should be used en masse. Foregoing a commander on some Falchions can let you crew more tanks with a smaller number of players and thus have more firepower per player overall.

## Trivia

* The Falchion hull heavily resembles the prototype Tiger (P) tank, and incorporates design elements of the UK Cromwell tank.

* A "Falchion" is a type of one handed, single edged sword typically featuring a slightly curved blade and a crossguard. They were typically seen as a peasants' weapon, owing to low quality of construction. A stencil of one such weapon can be seen on the sides of the tank.

* The Falchion is the only tank in the game to have a MPF bonus, with no similar bonus on the Warden arsenal. As such, it can be seen as a strategic advantage from a Warden perspective, though this opinion is filled with controversy with many opinions for and against this argument.