Cybran T2 Amphibious Tank

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Cybran T2 Amphibious Tank: Wagner
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Submersible, amphibious tank. Armed with a heavy bolter and torpedo launcher.
Build Costs	-1980 -297 1320
Max Health	1450
Speed	3.7 (Amphibious)
Veterancy	7 ( +2/s)
Intel (Radius)	Vision: 15 Water Vision: 20
Weapon: Meson Rocket Direct Fire - Projectile
DPS	50
Projectile  Damage	200
Reload time	4 seconds
Range	22
Weapon: Heavy Electron Bolter Direct Fire - Projectile
DPS	50
Projectile  Damage	50
Salvo Size Reload time	2 Projectiles 2 seconds
Range	22
Weapon: Meson Torpedo Anti Navy - Torpedo
DPS	3
Torpedo  Damage	6
Salvo Size Reload time	2 Torpedos (in 0.7 s) 4 seconds
Range	32

The Cybran T2 Amphibious Tank, nicknamed the Wagner, is a Cybran unit. This is a direct fire unit.

The Wagner is the Cybran amphibious tank, capable of submerging itself underwater and crawling along the ocean floor until it reaches it's intended destination. The Wagner is equipped with a Meson Rocket and a Heavy Electron Bolter for surface use, and a Meson Torpedo for use when underwater.

The Wagner can be occasionally useful on water maps, but overall has a very poor track record. This is mostly attributed to the Wagner's extreme vulnerability to submarines. Even though it boasts a torpedo launcher, the Wagner cannot fire it without assisting sonar, and the torpedo itself does very poor damage, unlikely to destroy even the weakest of naval vessels.

Additionally, the Meson Rocket has low muzzle velocity and the Heavy Electron Bolter has extremely low DPS, making the Wagner poor at operations on the surface as well. Wagners may be able to clear out a small area of enemy occupied territory to allow Transports to land, and their Meson Rockets are quite effective against T1 Point Defenses, but they will not be able hold that ground against any significant retaliation by themselves. They should be used accordingly.

However, the fact that the Wagner moves underwater rather than hovers over it like most amphibious tanks, coupled with the fact it's the cheapest unit that traverses the ocean floor and that fact it has a low profile makes for some interesting stealth strategies. The low profile of the tank allows it to hide in even shallow water, making for some sneaky tactics in areas with no sonar and no omni. A good Cybran commander will use his Wagner's to stage ambushes on maps with only a little bit of water, such as a river, as most people won't bother making naval units in such maps, in fact there may not be any room for such. In maps such as those, the Wagner becomes very useful.

[edit] Trivia

The Wagner is named after Gary Wagner, one of the developers of Supreme Commander.