Description
The U4-14 Victoria is designed for one thing: killing tanks. The entire vehicle is crafted around its main cannon, a heavily modified HAF144-G1A howitzer, aka the "murder gun." It obtained this moniker after demonstrating its ability to destroy all but the most heavily armored vehicles in a single direct hit. Most tank battles during the Corinthian war were fairly evenly balanced between the Kamorrans' hard-hitting and fast hover tanks versus the Corinthians' heavily armored but relatively slow MBTs. The Victoria was a big upset, blasting Kamorran tanks to bits and turning the tide easily wherever it appeared. The Kamorrans dreaded it, ordering their ground units to attempt to avoid it until air support was available. High mobility was useless against the Victoria's oversized turret, with its powerful motors and advanced targeting algorithms allowing it to not only rotate at a rate of 60 degrees per second but to also track targets accurately even if they are moving at high speed. The Victoria may appear swollen, but this is because of the sheer amount of machinery crammed into the turret that is responsible for its incredible performance. The murder gun's 132mm rounds have a muzzle velocity of around 2,400 meters per second, almost three times the speed of a normal infantry rifle. The shell's exact composition is top secret, but it is apparently a spent uranium-tipped derivative of a normal high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) round. All of this of course makes the Victoria a high-priority target, so it was given an engine large enough to propel it up to speeds of 41 mph. You wouldn't want to see the fuel budget. Its armor varies in thickness, maximized at the rounded front of the turret and minimized near the base of the treads. Though this is the most effective possible configuration given the opponents it is likely to face, it still means that the Victoria can be easily immobilized by a skilled gunner, and a stationary tank is generally a short-lived tank.

Tags
armor, kaleon, mbt, new corinth, tank, victoria