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Description
The M850 Grizzly, formally the M850 Main Battle Tank, is an armored mobile weapons platform in service with the United Nations Space Command. It was developed by Chalybs Defense Solutions, the manufacturer of the older and more common M808 Scorpion

Specifications

Design details
The M850 Grizzly is the heaviest armored vehicle in service with the UNSC Armed Forces, and is usually deployed in situations that require devastating firepower and a resilient design in a single, mobile package.[2] The M850 Grizzly shares a similar design to the M808 Scorpion, also developed by Chalybs Defense Solutions. For ease of mobility across varied terrain, the Grizzly is fitted with a four-bogey tread configuration, similar to the Scorpion's. The Grizzly, however, has a fifth stationary tread in the back of the chassis, presumably for extra stabilization. Compared to the M808, the M850 MBT is more heavily armored due to its large profile. As with the Scorpion, the driver's access hatch is located in the center of the chassis in front of the turret.[1]

The M850 Grizzly is protected by exceptionally thick armor plating that allows the tank to sustain large amounts of damage.[5] The tank's resilient armor is capable of tolerating multiple blasts from heavy plasma cannons. At 12.3 meters (40 ft) in length and a mass of over 71 tons, the Grizzly is larger than the Scorpion, although the latter reaches significantly higher speeds than the Grizzly's maximum speed at 69 kilometres per hour (43 mph).[2]

Armaments
The turret is larger than that of the Scorpion and features a separate access hatch, as it is designed to support two M310 120mm smooth-bore high-velocity cannons, as opposed to the M808's single M512 90mm cannon.[1] The cannons can be outfitted with S1 canister shells, which produce a high explosive blast radius, increasing the weapons' lethality against all targets.[1] The Grizzly's powerful cannons are capable of breaking through an opponent's shields and hull in a single strike.[2]

Like the Scorpion, the M850 Grizzly features a single coaxial M247T machine gun mounted on the turret to the right of the cannons;[1] post-war models also include a pintle-mounted M247T near the turret access hatch.[6] Smoke grenade launchers are affixed to the forward edges of the turret.[1] Some Grizzly tanks also feature missile launchers.

Trivia
The Grizzly is uncannily similar in appearance and role to the iconic Mammoth tank from the Command & Conquer franchise. Both the Grizzly and the Mammoth rest on four independently suspended tracks, possess dual cannons and secondary weapons (particularly missile launchers, as equipped by the Halo Wars 2 version), and are the heaviest tank available to their respective factions.
Like most UNSC vehicles, the Grizzly vaguely resembles its animal namesake. Both the tank and the grizzly bear are extremely large and resistant to harm, and both possess powerful attacks; the bear is capable of decapitating a human with a single swipe of its paw, while the M850 MBT can destroy all but the most powerful ground targets with relative impunity.

Description
The M850 Grizzly, formally the M850 Main Battle Tank, is an armored mobile weapons platform in service with the United Nations Space Command. It was developed by Chalybs Defense Solutions, the manufacturer of the older and more common M808 Scorpion

Specifications

Design details
The M850 Grizzly is the heaviest armored vehicle in service with the UNSC Armed Forces, and is usually deployed in situations that require devastating firepower and a resilient design in a single, mobile package.[2] The M850 Grizzly shares a similar design to the M808 Scorpion, also developed by Chalybs Defense Solutions. For ease of mobility across varied terrain, the Grizzly is fitted with a four-bogey tread configuration, similar to the Scorpion's. The Grizzly, however, has a fifth stationary tread in the back of the chassis, presumably for extra stabilization. Compared to the M808, the M850 MBT is more heavily armored due to its large profile. As with the Scorpion, the driver's access hatch is located in the center of the chassis in front of the turret.[1]

The M850 Grizzly is protected by exceptionally thick armor plating that allows the tank to sustain large amounts of damage.[5] The tank's resilient armor is capable of tolerating multiple blasts from heavy plasma cannons. At 12.3 meters (40 ft) in length and a mass of over 71 tons, the Grizzly is larger than the Scorpion, although the latter reaches significantly higher speeds than the Grizzly's maximum speed at 69 kilometres per hour (43 mph).[2]

Armaments
The turret is larger than that of the Scorpion and features a separate access hatch, as it is designed to support two M310 120mm smooth-bore high-velocity cannons, as opposed to the M808's single M512 90mm cannon.[1] The cannons can be outfitted with S1 canister shells, which produce a high explosive blast radius, increasing the weapons' lethality against all targets.[1] The Grizzly's powerful cannons are capable of breaking through an opponent's shields and hull in a single strike.[2]

Like the Scorpion, the M850 Grizzly features a single coaxial M247T machine gun mounted on the turret to the right of the cannons;[1] post-war models also include a pintle-mounted M247T near the turret access hatch.[6] Smoke grenade launchers are affixed to the forward edges of the turret.[1] Some Grizzly tanks also feature missile launchers.

Trivia
The Grizzly is uncannily similar in appearance and role to the iconic Mammoth tank from the Command & Conquer franchise. Both the Grizzly and the Mammoth rest on four independently suspended tracks, possess dual cannons and secondary weapons (particularly missile launchers, as equipped by the Halo Wars 2 version), and are the heaviest tank available to their respective factions.
Like most UNSC vehicles, the Grizzly vaguely resembles its animal namesake. Both the tank and the grizzly bear are extremely large and resistant to harm, and both possess powerful attacks; the bear is capable of decapitating a human with a single swipe of its paw, while the M850 MBT can destroy all but the most powerful ground targets with relative impunity.