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-Flying Squirrel reporting from hill 105. Enemy column in fighting distance. Target in line of fire. Positions not compromised but increasingly precarious. What is your command?

-High command here. Proceed as planned.
-Roger that.
Driver! Pre-engage reverse, be ready to drive away.
Gunner! Target at 9 o’clock, 600 meters, gun truck.

-Target locked!
-Fire at will.

BANG! ...Miss! Too high and on the right!

BANG! ...Miss! Still on the right!

BANG! ...Hit! One more...Shit! They are aiming at us! Retreat! RETREAT!

The vehicle

LLAU IV was a cruiser tank developed by the salaian army before the Great Southern War.

It had a good speed and manoeuvrability, but a rather thin armour.

Its armament consisted of a 40mm high velocity autocannon and a coaxial and a rear machine gun.

It had a crew of three: a commander, a gunner and a driver.

It was excellent for scouting and fast operations, and well liked by their crews, who praised its mobility and accuracy.

During the conflict, its chassis was also used as a platform for tank destroyers, self propelled guns and auxiliary vehicles.
Still though, it proved unsuited to desert climate, and specially vulnerable do dust. In the advanced stages of the conflict, the desperate situation the salaian army endured meant that they had to be used in roles unsuited for them, or that they couldn’t be used at all, due to poor maintenance and fuel shortages.

The context

The Great War devastated the Southern Continent. The Salaian Expeditionary force was sent in order to assist their allies in this conflict.

Salai had fallen into a military dictatorship during the Salaian-Mitzish War, and was in a deep social and economic crisis ever since. Their participation in the conflict was seen as an opportunity to reassert its international position and inspire national feelings on their population, thus solving the grave problems that undermined the regime.

Time showed that what was thought to be their salvation would prove to be their demise.

Technical

Drawn with a 0.5mm mechanical pencil in a Din A3 and painted with Photoshop.

Description

-Flying Squirrel reporting from hill 105. Enemy column in fighting distance. Target in line of fire. Positions not compromised but increasingly precarious. What is your command?

-High command here. Proceed as planned.
-Roger that.
Driver! Pre-engage reverse, be ready to drive away.
Gunner! Target at 9 o’clock, 600 meters, gun truck.

-Target locked!
-Fire at will.

BANG! ...Miss! Too high and on the right!

BANG! ...Miss! Still on the right!

BANG! ...Hit! One more...Shit! They are aiming at us! Retreat! RETREAT!

The vehicle

LLAU IV was a cruiser tank developed by the salaian army before the Great Southern War.

It had a good speed and manoeuvrability, but a rather thin armour.

Its armament consisted of a 40mm high velocity autocannon and a coaxial and a rear machine gun.

It had a crew of three: a commander, a gunner and a driver.

It was excellent for scouting and fast operations, and well liked by their crews, who praised its mobility and accuracy.

During the conflict, its chassis was also used as a platform for tank destroyers, self propelled guns and auxiliary vehicles.
Still though, it proved unsuited to desert climate, and specially vulnerable do dust. In the advanced stages of the conflict, the desperate situation the salaian army endured meant that they had to be used in roles unsuited for them, or that they couldn’t be used at all, due to poor maintenance and fuel shortages.

The context

The Great War devastated the Southern Continent. The Salaian Expeditionary force was sent in order to assist their allies in this conflict.

Salai had fallen into a military dictatorship during the Salaian-Mitzish War, and was in a deep social and economic crisis ever since. Their participation in the conflict was seen as an opportunity to reassert its international position and inspire national feelings on their population, thus solving the grave problems that undermined the regime.

Time showed that what was thought to be their salvation would prove to be their demise.

Technical

Drawn with a 0.5mm mechanical pencil in a Din A3 and painted with Photoshop.