Cyllarus
| Cyllarus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 | 356 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 33.5 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 | 102mm |
Main armament | 76.2 mm gun |
Secondary armament | 7.5mm machine guns |
| Engine | V-8 petrol engine 190hp 9.7 hp/ton |
| Suspension | coiled spring |
Operational range | 198 km |
| Speed | 51 km/h (32 mph) |
The Cyllarus was a medium tank fielded by the Republic of Syara during the Siduri War.
By early 1936 the shortcomings of Syaran tank designs had become clear, leading the Army of the Syaran Republic to request a new tank design that was better armored and armed than its current stock of medium tanks. The Cyllarus would serve as a cavalry tank, fighting in mechanized formations against other armored units. Despite its rushed production the Cyllarus ultimately met most of the requirements put forth by the Syaran Army, namely its new 76.2mm high velocity cannon that could perform better than the standard Syaran 75mm main guns. Introduced at a point where Syaran industrial production was already on the decline after nearly four years of war, only 356 were built in time to see service during the Liberation of Ruvelka. Though it performed well, by that point the war was already over. The Cyllarus remained the test bed for Syaran post-war tank designs during the Broken Years, but was ultimately scarpped in favor of the Manticore design.