Combat Vehicles of the Telkevan Union

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The following is an exhaustive list of the vehicles currently utilized by the Armed Forces of the Telkevan Union. For the rest of the arsenal, view Telkevan Military Arsenal. For details on how vehicles are employed on the battlefield, see Telkevan Battle Doctrine.

Weapons[edit | edit source]

A vehicle's weapons can be divided into three categories depending on their purpose:

  • Primary Weapon - The primary weapon system is the vehicle's primary means of attack. Most vehicles have one primary system, though larger vehicles can have two or even three.
  • Secondary Weapon - Secondary weapon systems supplement the primary system and allow the vehicle to engage a more diverse range of targets.
  • Tertiary Weapon - Tertiary weapon systems protect the vehicle from explosive projectiles. For superheavy vehicles, anti-air and anti-infantry weapons can be considered tertiary systems.

Defenses[edit | edit source]

Most vehicles are protected by at least one layer of either standard shell energy shielding or directional shielding, with the latter being more common on vehicles which utilize anti-gravity propulsion. Superheavy vehicles feature multiple layers of shielding similarly to starships. Armor is made up of at least two layers, one for mitigating thermal energy and another for dispersing kinetic energy, and is comprised of a mix of alloys and composite materials. Various upgrades can be added to the armor to adapt it to specific scenarios, such as reactive armor, slats, and dynamic plating. Active defensive weapons such as anti-missile lasers are also commonplace.

Tanks[edit | edit source]

Tanks serve as the Army's preeminent offensive vehicle.

Main Battle Tank (MBT)[edit | edit source]

Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) serve as the mainstay tank, balancing speed, armor, and firepower for use in any situation, though specific models can be geared towards a particular role.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
T-77 Ultrek Panther Main battle tank (No longer in production) The T-77 entered service as the AFRE's main battle tank shortly before the Telkevan-Nepharian Cold War. Rugged and dependable, the tank saw service throughout the early and middle years of the Great War. Though Ultrek production ceased in the 10th year of the war and the tank is slowly being phased out by the T-35 Tagara, remaining Ultrek continue to serve on the battlefield as support units.
T-35 Tagara Leopard Anti-grav main battle tank The T-35 Tagara AGMBT was designed for the Diab theatre. It replaces traditional tracks with anti-gravity engines to better navigate the blasted and charred landscape of the Diab foothold and swaps out the standard ballistic cannon for a railcannon for improved armor penetration, though the gun can be swapped out for alternatives as needed. The Tagara also boasts improved shielding and armor.
T-45 Izkazar Bobcat Infantry support The Izkazar is designed to travel with and support infantry troops. To complement this, the Izkazar features a front plow for removing obstacles and providing mobile cover to its allies. Older models were armed with two heavy autocannons and a coaxial railgun, but more recent designs replace the autocannons with a ballistic rotary cannon.

Rapid Assault Tank[edit | edit source]

Rapid assault tanks (RATs) are fast, lightly-armored tanks designed for hit-and-run attacks. Modern RATs predominantly feature anti-gravity engines and are equipped with a diverse array of weapons.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
T-33 Kiryusa Jaguar Rapid assault anti-grav tank The T-33 Kiryusa RAAGT is lightly armored compared to most Telkevan tanks but makes up for it with speed and firepower. Kiryusa are dedicated raiders equipped with a variety of weapons systems for engaging multiple targets.

Tank Destroyer[edit | edit source]

Tank destroyers are designed explicitly for eliminating enemy armor and fortifications. They are typically equipped with a direct-fire artillery gun and engage targets at long range.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
TL-17 Kitrana Tiger Tank destroyer The TL-17 Kitrana Tank Destroyer entered service a few short months before the empire officially entered the war. Possessing heavy armor and a railcannon taken from a grav-artillery piece, the Kitrana can take damage and deal it out in equal measure. It is sometimes utilized as a 'sniper tank', particularly during defensive operations.
TL-5 Izahj Lion Anti-Gravity Tank destroyer The Izahj was conceived as a highly mobile bunker-buster. Designed around its anti-gravity propellers, the Izahj, unlike most modern tanks, foregoes the use of a rotating turret in favor of an armored casemate and relies solely on its propellers for rotation. The casemate can be equipped with a variety of siege guns, with the standard armament consisting of a railcannon.

Line Breaker[edit | edit source]

Linebreakers are a relatively new tank classification developed in response to heavy Peacekeeper vehicles such as the Diab Monolith. Whereas tank destroyers engage targets from afar, linebreakers operate as heavy battle tanks, featuring superior armor and firepower to standard MBTs.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
THL-05 Saertu Sabertooth Anti-Grav Linebreaker The HTL-35 Saertu AGLB's primary armament consists of railcannons, which can be exchanged for particle or plasma bolt cannons. The Saertu also features missile launchers, a coaxial autocannon, and a remote-operated machine gun mounted at its cupola.

Siege Tank[edit | edit source]

Siege tanks are superheavy vehicles built to provide long-range fire support and to breach otherwise impenetrable defenses.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
STV-47 Oltavar Lynx Artillery Siege tank The STV-47 Oltavar is a superheavy tank built to eliminate fortifications and large concentrations of enemy forces. Its primary armament consists of a starship railcannon battery, four sponson anti-tank plasma repeaters, two additional railcannons, and four autocannons for aerial and ground targets.
STL-90 Hilfi Serval Assault Siege Tank The STV-90 Hilfi is based on the STV-47 chassis and is designed for front-line combat. The Hilfi's armament consists of a high-powered plasma bolt cannon, four sponson railcannons, two anti-air missile launchers, and four autocannons.

Transports[edit | edit source]

Transports deliver their cargo of infantry, battlesuits, and light vehicles directly into the thick of combat.

Armored Personnel Carrier[edit | edit source]

Armored personnel carriers (APCs) are dedicated transports. Though boasting strong armor, most APCs are lightly-armed to leave space for more troops. As a result, APC have been largely superseded on the battlefield by other transport classes, though they continue to see widespread use in occupation zones, law enforcement, and by special operations forces.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
KS-35 Ivunki Cobra Anti-grav stealth transport The Ivunki is designed for undetected rapid-insertion and is used heavily by special forces squadrons. It is equipped with a modest arsenal comprised of a ballistic cannon, coaxial machine gun, and a machine gun turret.

Infantry Fighting Vehicle[edit | edit source]

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) serve as the preeminent troops transport. Though lacking the capacity of an APC, they boast a stronger and more versatile armament which they use to support infantry attacks.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
K-33 Nezerai Python Infantry Fighting Vehicle The Nezerai IFV comfortably carries up to eight soldiers and provides them with reliable fire support with multiple weapon systems.

Siege Transport[edit | edit source]

Siege transports are large tracked vehicles capable of carrying dozens of troops and battlesuits. They are designed to charge through defenses like a battering ram so that they can deploy their troops in the midst of the enemy.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
KT-14 Uyar Anaconda Siege Transport The Uyar is a heavily-armed transport used when air transit is unavailable. It can carry up to forty troops and is armed with a railcannon turret and numerous missile pods and autocannons.

Self-Propelled Anti-Air Guns (SPAAGs)[edit | edit source]

Anti-air vehicles protect ground troops from aerial attacks and help secure aerospace superiority.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
D-90 Daelof Badger Anti-grav self-propelled anti-air gun The Daelof's standard arsenal is centered on eliminating gunships and consists of four autocannons and two missile pods, though these can be easily switched out for other weapons as needed, resulting in numerous variants. Daelof on the Diab front often feature energy weapons, particularly plasma repeaters, for better performance against Diab gunships.
D-67 Zerxa Wolverine Anti-strikecraft The Zerxa is a predominantly defensive vehicle equipped with either two surface-to-air missile launchers or particle-beam cannons depending on the situation. Though officially tasked with eliminating fighters and bombers, Zerxa can and frequently do engage gunships and transports.
D-92 Olivant Weasel Anti-grav anti-air The Olivant is a highly mobile and versatile anti-air platform equipped a rotary cannon, railgun, and missile pods.
DO-89 Faea Sable Anti-orbital gun The Faea is equipped with a high-powered particle beam cannon for engaging starships in low-orbit, though it is equally adept at punching through fortifications. Recent models have exchanged the particle cannon for a pyre variant.

Self-Propelled Artillery[edit | edit source]

Self-Propelled Artillery provides long-range fire support. SPA is distinct from grav-artillery in that grav-artillery travels with the infantry whereas SPA guns operate in batteries situated in the rear-lines.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
VS-15 Taerzagar Koala Suppressor artillery The Taerzagar has an unmatched rate of fire among mobile artillery platforms. Though neither the most accurate nor powerful gun, Taerzagar batteries can saturate an area in artillery fire, suppressing enemy forces and making quick work of those not protected by durable armoring or shields.
V-11 Hurth Kangaroo Precision artillery The Hurth is the army's standard self-propelled artillery. It is equipped with a railcannon and is often used in conjunction with Taerzagar, with the latter forcing targets to scatter and seek shelter which the Hurth can then target.
V-52 Korzair Wombat Mobile support The Korzair has the shortest range of any self-propelled artillery gun, but its plasma mortar gun more than makes up for it in firepower. Korzair seldom operate in batteries, instead staying near the rear of a formation to provide mobile fire support.
VR-70 Xzar Wallaby Missile artillery The Xzar is equipped with two multiple-launch rocket systems which can be loaded with a wide variety of munitions which can be guided or unguided. While each missile can be launched individually, it is not uncommon for the Xzar to unload missiles in a shotgun-like fashion to saturate a wide area. Xzar can also be used to eliminate aircraft.

Engineering Vehicles[edit | edit source]

Engineering vehicles are used almost exclusively by combat engineers and perform a variety of tasks such as construction and vehicle recovery. While some are purpose-built, most engineering vehicles are repurposed tanks and transports. Engineering vehicles are lightly-armed as they are not expected to engage an enemy.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
T-11 Ultrek-E Ladybug Engineering Ultrek-E, as their name implies, are Ultrek tanks modified for use by combat engineers. They feature a crane in place of a turret, dozer blades, and increased space for personnel and equipment.
T-12 Ultrek-CH Scarab Bridgelayer Ultrek-CH are equipped solely with a deployable bridge.
K-14 Nezerai-E Beetle Earth mover Nezerai-E are equipped for earth moving operations, though they retain some weaponry in the form of machine guns.
E-10 Kuckek Weevil Bulldozer Kuckek are armored bulldozers equipped with a single machine gun turret.

Mobile Support Vehicles[edit | edit source]

Mobile Support Vehicles (MSVs) assist troops on the front line. They are not usually expected to fight, but are nevertheless equipped to defend themselves.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
H-19 Lluawit Armadillo Mobile shield generator The Lluawit produces a large bubble shield which protects an advancing ground force while allowing them to retaliate. Lluawit are also equipped with autocannons, a missile pod, and smoke grenades.
H-81 Vyras Sloth Jammer The highly specialized Vyras is equipped with a long-range jamming suite to frustrate hostile wireless communications and aiming software.

Subterranean Vehicles[edit | edit source]

Subterranean vehicles, also known as breachers, are designed to operate underground. They universally tracked, feature thick frontal armoring, and are equipped with large drills capable of piercing metal plating.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
NT-54 Nilzeli Mole Breacher Tank The Nilzeli spearheads subterranean assaults. Its chassis is based off of the Nezerai and features a low profile to navigate tunnels with ease. Its armament consists of smoke launchers, four sponson machine guns, and a railcannon turret.
NU-67 Helgate Desman Breacher Transport The Helgate can carry up to fifteen soldiers and is armed with two heavy machine guns and a flamethrower to provide covering fire as its cargo disembarks. Attempts to replace the flamethrower with a more powerful plasmathrower have proven unsuccessful due to the weapon's tendency to damage the Helgate's drilling equipment.
NA-31 Golgolag Sapper Shrew Sapper The Golgolag is equipped only with a bomb delivery system which it uses to plant explosives directly beneath fortified positions. Anything that survives the detonation is generally buried beneath several tons of dirt and debris. The addition of Marganite bombs have allowed Golgolags to deny large swaths of ground to enemy forces.

Amphibious Vehicles[edit | edit source]

Amphibious vehicles are vehicles equipped with anti-gravity propulsion capable of operating and fighting underwater. Though remarkably versatile, their complexity and costs compared to their strictly-terrestrial counterparts limits their numbers.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
W-51 Wurlr Capybara Amphibious infantry transport The Wurlur is a submersible transport frequently used in amphibious operations. It features an arsenal and storage capacity similar to that of the Nezerai.
W-11 Elofira Beaver Amphibious vehicle transport The Elofira can transport several small and medium-sized vehicles, but unlike the smaller Wurlr, cannot provide any substantial fire support.
WT-19 Rud Rat Amphibious tank The Rud is a submersible tank similar in many ways to the T-35 Tagara.

Mobile Facilities[edit | edit source]

Mobile facilities are fully-functioning buildings, such as a factory, barracks, and/or command & control center, mounted on a tracked chassis. Mobile facilities are not designed for the battlefield and instead provide support from an army's staging area or rear line.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
VD-33 Vaildag Arcadia Mobile Command Center The VD-33 Vaildag MCC is a mobile forward operating base containing a command & control station, sensor relay, infirmary, barracks, and an engineering bay. It is armed with two rapid-fire artillery cannons, a superheavy railcannon, and numerous point-defense guns.

Walkers[edit | edit source]

Main Battle Walkers[edit | edit source]

Name PK Call sign Role Description
J-33 Dreavarok Cassowary Urban combat The Dreavarok is the AFRE's de-facto main battle walker. A standard arsenal consisting of a railcannon, autocannon, electrified bayonet, and shoulder-mounted missile pods allow it to engage a variety of targets.
JT-17 Korvack Ostrich Fire support The Korvack is a walker comprised of an enlarged and heavily modified T-77 turret attached to a bipedal chassis. It is most frequently fielded as a support unit in urban and forested environments. Standard models are equipped with a railgun, coaxial machine gun, two rocket pods, an autocannon, and smoke grenades.

Infantry Fighting Walkers[edit | edit source]

Name PK Call sign Role Description
JI-2 Ralek Rhea Infantry fire support Inspired by the Korvack, the bipedal Ralek was built to provide platoons with a small, versatile, and mobile weapons platform for use in all environments. Standard Raleks are equipped with two autocannons and two heat-seeking missile launchers.

Mobile Gun Platform[edit | edit source]

Name PK Call sign Role Description
JNF-11 Visar Moa Multi-role gun platform The hexapodal Visar is a heavily-armored multi-purpose weapons platform designed primarily to provide fire support to armored columns and companies. The visar's default arsenal consists of a turret-mounted railcannon, front-facing missile pods, and two autocannons for use against infantry. Thanks to its modular construction, several variants of the visar have been produced since its inception.

Artillery Walkers[edit | edit source]

Name PK Call sign Role Description
JV-33 Yukar Emu Fire support The Yukar is a bipedal walker equipped with a plasma mortar akin to the Korzair as well as two railcannons and an autocannon. A variant equipped with missile launchers in place of railcannons is often used as an anti-air platform.

Siege Walkers[edit | edit source]

Name PK Call sign Role Description
ODV-3 Vasekar MKI Everest Mobile Assault Platform Unveiled during the First Battle of Baltreos, the MKI Vasekar is a skyscraper-sized siege walker equipped with a hull-mounted plasma bolt cannon, an missile pod which can contain hundreds of warheads, and a dual-railcannon turret mounted at the bottom. The vehicle was deployed as a battering ram to shatter and demoralize deeply-entrenched enemy forces.
ODV-5 Vasekar MKII Olympus Mobile Assault Platform Though the MKI proved successful, it had several notable weaknesses that prompted developers to completely overhaul the design, leading to the creation of the even larger MKII. Its arsenal consists of a plasma beam turret mounted on the right side of the hull, a missile turret on the left side, two hull-mounted railcannons and a plasma bolt cannon, autocannons mounted on each leg, four anti-air missile turrets mounted on top of the hull, and the MKI's dual-railcannon turret. The MKII saw immediate success and swiftly replaced the MKI, though remaining MKIs continue to serve a support role.

Oceanic Vessels[edit | edit source]

Though naval warfare has become substantially less prominent since the introduction or starships, the Army still maintains a modest ocean fleet.

Riverboats[edit | edit source]

Riverboats are fully-enclosed boats built to traverse lakes and rivers. They can perform a variety of functions depending on their armament ranging from hit-and-run attacks to providing artillery and anti-air support.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
U-17 Raulin Seal Patrol The Raulin is considered the 'battle tank' of the AFRE's river boats and is accordingly equipped with a railcannon, coaxial machine gun, several turrets, and a missile pod.
U-11 Walrak Walrus Artillery/anti-air Walrak are often seen providing artillery support to amphibious operations. They are equipped with two or more missile pods as well as plasma repeaters for close-range engagements.

Submarines[edit | edit source]

Submarines serve as the army's preeminent offensive oceanic vessel. They eliminate enemy vessels, raid their ports, and can provide missile artillery fire.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
US-250 Navaz Man o' war Hunter-killer/artillery Deployed via carrier transports, Navaz are equipped with torpedo launchers, railcannons, and ballistic missile launchers and perform the duties of traditional submarines.

Frigates[edit | edit source]

Oceanic frigates serve to transport troops, eliminate aircraft & submarines, and to patrol the open seas.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
UF-14 Wazari Orca Artillery/anti-air Wazari are equipped with several multiple-launch rocket systems and a jammer suite.
UF-46 Hilde Shark Anti-ship Hilde operate in packs and are equipped to larger vessels and aircraft with autocannons, missiles, railcannons, and two torpedo tubes.

Destroyers[edit | edit source]

Destroyers are equipped for shore bombardment and for fighting other warships.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
UD-34 Techarg Squid General-purpose The Techarg is an all-rounder equipped to take on a wide variety of threats and features a landing pad for VTOL aircraft.

Aircraft Carriers[edit | edit source]

Modern aircraft carriers combine elements of a traditional carrier with that of a battleship. The ship's aircraft are stored within and launched from the ship's interior, allowing the vessel to be equipped with a number of gun batteries, missile pods, and point-defense guns. Aircraft carriers are a rare sight during offensive operations as they are troublesome to transport, and instead serve a defensive role within the mainland.

Name PK Call sign Role Description
UAC-13 Zukaliin Whale Battle carrier The Zukaliin combines elements of carriers with that of a battleship, being equipped with an internal hangar bay as well as four gun batteries and several turrets.