Rhaecus

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Rhaecus
Rhaecus.jpg
TypeHeavy tank
Place of originRepublic of Syara
Service history
Used byInner Sphere
WarsSiduri War
Production history
Produced1934-1938
No. built24
Specifications
Weight69 metric tons
Length10.27 m (33 ft 8 in)
Width3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Height4.09 m (13 ft 5 in)
Crew12

Armor45 mm
Main
armament
75 mm gun
Secondary
armament
4 x 8mm machine guns
Engine2 engines
2 x 250 hp
Suspensionunsprung
Operational
range
150 km
Speed15 km/h (9.3 mph)

The Rhaecus was a super heavy tank fielded by the Republic of Syara during the Siduri War.

The Rhaecus was the physically largest tank ever built by Syara. Originally envisioned as essentially a mobile fortification, the Rhaecus was intended to serve as the backbone of the Army of the Syaran Republics armored divisions, but early testing and field work quickly revealed that the design was far short of what was hoped for it. Mechanically the Rhaecus was unreliable and tactically it was a dead end, leading the Syarans to mostly employ it as a propaganda tool. The actual combat record of the Rhaecus was almost nonexistent, with only a few instances of its use in battle.

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