Bienor
| Bienor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Medium tank |
| Place of origin | Republic of Syara |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Inner Sphere |
| Wars | Siduri War |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 1937-1938 |
| No. built | 272 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 40.7 tons |
| Length | 7.661 m (25 ft 1.6 in) |
| Width | 3.07 m (10 ft 1 in) |
| Height | 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Crew | 5 |
| Armor | 152mm |
Main armament | 75 mm |
Secondary armament | 2x 7.5mm machine guns |
| Engine | Bedford 12-cylinder, 4 stroke, water-cooled, horizontally opposed, L-head petrol engine
350 hp (261 kW) at 2,200 rpm 9.1 hp/ton |
| Suspension | Coiled spring |
Operational range | 100 km |
| Speed | 24 km/h (15 mph) |
The Bienor was a medium tank fielded by the Republic of Syara during the Siduri War.
Following the painful experiences of the Quenminese Front, the Army of the Syaran Republic requested a more heavily armored infantry support tank to replace its underperforming fleet. The tank needed to be heavily armored to survive anti-tank weaponry while being able to hold its own against enemy armor, all while keeping pace with Syaran infantry. Despite a rushed production the Bienor met most of the requirements put forth, though efforts to equip it with the same 76.2mm gun as the Cyllarus fell through. Introduced in 1937, the tank arrived just in time to fight in the Liberation of Ruvelka. Though it performed well, by that point the war was over and the Syaran concepts of infantry support tanks fell through.