Theimer tank

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Medium Tank, M4
British Sherman tank Italy Dec 1943 IWM NA 9992.jpg
Gallian Theimer Tanks, Yuell, 1935
TypeMedium Tank
Place of origin Gallia-Bruhl
Service history
In service1935 - 1954
Used by Gallia-Bruhl
and others (see Users)
WarsSecond Europan War
War of Lorican Aggression
Production history
DesignerGallian Army Ordinance
Designed1933
ManufacturerMerscher Tank Arsenal
Produced1934
No. built22,000+
Specifications
Weight30.3 tons
Length19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
Width8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Height9 ft (2.74 m)
Crew5 (Commander, Gunner, Loader, Radio operator, Driver)

Armor3 inches
Main
armament
75mm M3 L/40
Secondary
armament
2x Theimer .30 Caliber Machine gun
Theimer .50 Caliber Machine gun
EngineContinental R-975C4
Power/weight15.7 hp/tonne
TransmissionTheimer manual synchromesh
SuspensionVertical volute spring suspension
Operational
range
365 km
Speed38 km/h

The M4 Theimer, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most numerous battle tank used by Gallia-Bruhl after its independence from the Commonwealth and some other Western Allies in the Second Europan War. It proved to be reliable and mobile. In spite of being outclassed by Imperial medium and heavy tanks late in the war, the M4 Theimer was cheaper to produce and available in greater numbers. Thousands were distributed through the Lend-Lease program to the Free Bethausian Forces and Joyonghea under supervision from the Lucis Commonwealth. The M4 was developed from the M3 Medium Tank which was outclassed but at the start of the war, Only the Quenminese Empire were using the M3. The tank was named after the Gallian engineer, Theimer who was the brainchild of the Cruiser tanks used by Gallia and the Lucis Commonwealth.

Along with the Covenanters, Crusaders and Cromwells, The Theimer tank was supplied to other Allied nations by the Lucis Commonwealth. The examples is when the Lucians passed some excess Theimer tanks to the Free Bethausians and in 1940 when the Zanarkians arrived on Joyonghea to back up the faltering Joyongheans and rearm them with Commonwealth armaments. Some Theimer tanks were outfitted with the 17pdr gun and the result was the Theimer Firefly.

Users

Alteria
Altissia
Basel-Ebel
Bethausia
Concordia and the Soryu
Erebonian Empire
Gallia-Bruhl
Joyonghea
Jutland-Gimli
Lestallum
New Akiba
Nibelheim-Saxe-Hanover
Nihhon-koku
Rubrum
Tenebrae and Solheim
United Kingdom
Zanarkand