Striker Siege Tank

This is the upgraded version of the Mercurian Tank from the Adept of Mercury.

From the Forges of Mercury: Declassified Plans for the Striker Siege Tank
The earlier field usage of the first Striker Tank unit was met with mixed success. The unit is no doubt powerful but later analysis has revealed that it could be outnumbered by dedicated anti-armor units and cannot survive without either infantry or armor support despite the moderately fast firing rate of its plasma cannons. Not to mention it has a low survival rate in long range operations its Leman Russ counterpart is built for.

To address these concerns the Mercurians researched ways it could improve the unit to increase its survival rate. The Mercurians took long into researching until one random adept decided to incorporate one of its secret experimental concepts. The development was done in the utmost secrecy for fear of sabotage as the lesson was learned from creating the Striker Tank

What was later revealed to weapon observers and Martian Adepts is an entirely new tank.

The tank looked deceptively like an upgrade to the Striker Tank with its reinforced adamantium chassis, improved plasma cannon with lowered cooling rates and longer weapon barrel, increased mobility from its six treads, optional anti-personnel and missile weapon attachments, and overall increase in survival rates in long range operations.

What was different about this tank is when locking clamps appeared from the sides and locked to the ground and the chassis and the weapon barrel changed. The whole tank now became a dedicated siege weapon to the astonishment of the observers. The Martians were seething with rage but could not do anything about it.

The Mercurians have succeeded in creating a fully transformable mobile arsenal.

From the demonstration the new Striker Siege Tank was able to interchange between an assault mode and a siege mode and would serve well with the Imperial Guard. Indeed it proved its mettle when a division along with several regiments was deployed in a battlefield against the Archenemy’s superior numbers when the units transformed into its siege mode and unleashed dedicated computer-guided plasma ordnance fire on the advancing enemy waves before it reached the Guard regiments. It also served in the destruction of a key stronghold held by the enemy with continuous plasma artillery.

Overall the Imperium gained a valuable new arsenal in its fight against its many myriad foes.