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My lord or lords, at this point I am unsure if my investigations will still be under the aegis of the same member of the Imperial Inquisition or has been forgotten, but I am as always the humble servant of His Inquisitional investigation of far and long lost Human cultures. I return as of all things a registered and accepted foreign Documentarian! Yes, a concept so simple yet genius it had escaped me so many months earlier and would have saved me the problem of being hounded in my other guises as a security risk by their Internal Security divisions of the Khadrovian Konfederacy. As a Documentary maker, I have my staff all as sound and camera people for interviewing and making of a vid that will of course be shown in Khadrovian theaters and homes and they are well aware that it will be seen by the Imperium as well! This is in part due to their work and some of our own people to mend a bridge between the Khadrovians and the Imperium. This may in turn make for some very interesting relations but I will get to that later on.

Now I have investigated that initially Khadrovian and Imperial forces had clashed in the Pearl Strand sector when an operation mounted by an Inquisitor met headlong against a wide range of vested parties on a world once known as "New Oregon" the end result of that campaign was the ownership of the remaining world to a Space Marine chapter whose name has not been mentioned, and is a still somewhat contentious world as they pacify it to make it a resupply base for that chapter. It was here that the Khadrovians fought all comers and for the most part proved that they were able to handle many different enemies, and it was here that they finally denounced and renounced any dealings with the Tau Empire! Primary vehicle for combat were their variants of the venerable Leman Russ Battle tanks. They seem so much like any Leman Russ Variants, but they have a way of telling the types apart based on the placement of vents, grills and exhaust systems

A models are the oldest pattern, these have the standard large grilled hatch over the top of the engine, and in some models are more heavily armored than others the Turbo-charger intakes are usually mounted on the side of the engine compartments Left side on the A and B hulls, the A employs their exhausts as a tightly set pair to the left rear of the tank. B models still have the Turbo-charger intake on the left side of the engine compartment, but has separated exhausts with tool boxes and or jettisonable fuel drums on the back. the C class hulls are where the Turbo Charger grill is mounted to the rear of the tank, and the exhaust as the B hull. So, I will start with what I have pre ambled to show the basic workhorse tank of the Khadrovian Armed forces as they were seen in action on New Oregon and pother theaters of conflict employed by the Khadrovians' various Shock Guards Armies, in this case the 1024th Iron Guards Shock army.

I present the more updated report starting with the T-100c1A armed in the basic Lascannon bow weapon, Turret mounted Battle cannon with sponson mounted Heavy Bolters and Pintle Heavy Stubber, the addition of a barrel mounted HK missile on a rail is seen as evident on many Khadrovian tanks of the T-100 versions.
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Here is where the features of the "C" hull pattern layout is seen my Lord(s) this tank, of the 4th Tank company, 7th platoon, and 3rd tank is mounting the spare fuel drum between the exhausts and under the turbo-charger intake.
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This tank along with it's crew were telling my crew for the film that they had fought the Xenos Eldar, Necrons, Tau and Orks where they were stationed as well as some un wanted clashes with the Inquisitors' and Marine forces these tanks were the mainstay tanks while they fought on many worlds not just New Oregon, but many other planets alongside Vanquisher armed variants and their support Demolishers.

Another tank that saw plenty of action dealing with Orks, Tau and Eldar hiding in dense cover was the T-100c4A Eradicator, armed with a Nova Cannon for rooting such foes out and even able to make the Eladr hard pressed to save their troops through their sorcery when this weapon is deployed!
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you can see the difference in the design of Battle cannon and Nova cannons

Another popular amongst many regiments is the "Exterminator" armed with autocannons for taking out light armor and slaughtering enemy soldiers, the Khadrovians have their own odd variant of the venerable concept of the "Exterminator" class tank, they have the T-100c2D as it uses an odd turret, and one that was modified to make it a more workable configuration.
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And as can be seen it has the "C" hull layout but with the large tool box not the jettisonable fuel drum, the crew of this tank explained that the lighter cannons and ammunition were less fuel needy for the tank thus making it more fuel efficient for the army
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So far, the information gleaned and the video footage some obtained by the Khadrovians own campaign archives, show that the Khadrovians have used the tanks as a way to purge Xenos, and also cultist as well as power mad renegade governors troops our of places or off the battlefields, the basic T-100c1A is also able to deal major blows to heavy armor, but the next two machines will show the power of the anti-armor via two variations of "Vanquisher" cannons

Here with a track history of many kills is a T-100a3B with a fairly normal Vanquisher cannon, and still usable in urban environments, even though it is a better open country fighter where the turbo charger grill is seen clearly on the side, and the dual exhausts as a cluster arrangement.
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Here, the exhaust are to the left of the engine, but not totally, a small tool box is left of the cluster exhaust
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The other "Vanquisher" seems to be a very open terrain model with it's longer barreled, High Velocity version of the cannon, the T-100a3C, the barrel is longer than the hull of the tank itself! This one, along with the other, has seen it's share of combat and had some impressive kills on xenos, traitor and other vehicles presented against it and it's comrades.
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This one, has open armor on the rear to the left of the clustered exhaust.
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So, two versions of the Vanquisher tank My Lord(s), the Khadrovian Tank forces have made quite a use of the basic and varied Leman Russ designs even though they use some odd version of a familiar machine against many foes in the areas that they tend to have control over. I have more to share with the new way I have been able to go about more freely and gather more information than I had ever hoped to do! I am closing with the end of Part A of my report and will add Part B in the next part of section 1 of this report which is about the battle tanks, I have covered in the past Heavies, superheavies and these will have their portions, as well as the mobile artillery and other weapons

I will also end that I have seen much of the exact nature of their vehicles tracked, wheeled and walking, I will send all as I am now a much freer agent to make these reports as the documentary maker and not a spy. I even have a tale of a Inquisitorial party that got to borrow a personnel carrier, but that is another tale entirely!

Until my next part, fare thee well.

Thought for the day: An open mind allows unclean thoughts in

My Lords, Having shown individual tanks in the last message sent, my newly acquired documentarian credentials allowed me to also take images of and speak to a squadron, the squadron is the 1st co. 4th platoon and is a heavy supported platoon at that! The tank with the most colorful history of this unit is the tank numbered 143, an modified demolisher tank with the "b" chassis, the modification being the wider treads that you will see here, it is this tank, having fought many sieges and city based battles that was to become the famous "City Bell" as it rang with every shot that bounced off of it or suppressed a weapon, it continued to use it's Heavy Bolter and Plasma Cannons when it's main cannon was damaged in the battle, and the enemy shouts of frustration could be heard between fire of battle cannons and even vanquisher shells failed to harm it further According to the crew, especially capt Dimitry Zarnov "they shouted more so when veteran squad "Vasily's Violators" popped out of a sewer tunnel and used their triple melta guns to cook off two tanks before the end of the fight and the enemy then beat a hasty retreat! Once the Tech priest fixed the engine and weapon the crew gave a cheer as we moved to our next fight!" Pictured is the "City Bell" T-100bM5a none the worse for wear from her ordeal.
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Another tank of that squadron that was engaged in fighting and has seen many repairs is tank 142, a standard T-100b1a battle rank armed in the sponsons with heavy bolters and a lascannon in the bow mount, they also had been fighting hard and had been immobilized for the fighting and have been repaired just as many times. One note is that the back baskets are not attached to the rear of the turret, just backpacks and tool box and comms systems. Driver sgt Fyodor Tzchenko remarked "This tank has been put back together with recovered parts of so many other tanks we nicknamed it "The Cannibal" I mean we fixed it with parts made in the Konfederacy, or enemy tanks similar to it to keep her alive and moving and she runs as well now as fresh off the factory lines!" (Note: At this point he affectionately pats the side fo the hull.
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Now we come to the command tank, 141 a T-100c1F which has the after turret baskets and due to its use of heavy flamers instead of Heavy-Bolters, has extra fuel drums connected to the read under the turbo-charger vent. Tank commander Yvgeny Rossilov commented "Well, when faced with heretics, and other vermin, sometimes you need to be able to just burn them out of their filthy holes!" he added, But that is not all the battle cannon has put many enemy vehicles or troops to the route or their ends as well as that bow cannon." He proudly revealed that while it looks like a standard Las-Cannon, it is in fact a Konfederacy made weapon known as a "Coil gun" which is equal to the lascannon in it's destructive power, but is instead a magnetic coil launcher of solid shot, similar to the Tau Railgun technology, but Human made
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Another tank shown is the T-101b1A aka "Grizzly" and is different in the turret using twinlinked coil guns not the battlecannon. The battlecannon is mounted in the lower mount of the bow, and is unique switch to the standard layout, but as the Loader and driver gripoed, "The placing of the heavy gun breach inside the tank makes it hotter and more cramped than normal in such machines" they also mentioned hoe this also made for tough times for the left sponson gunner when the battle cannon is swivel to the right. (If fought against, it will be notable that the tank would be approachable by sappers when such an event occurs my lords)
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Another part of the Leman Russ/ T-100 inventory is the Plasma armed heavy infantry and light to medium armor stopping power of the T-100c7 "Exterminator" class tank, and as you can see, this one has a lower slung turret and back slung generator for the main cannon that fires three shots of high yield Plasma and the sponsons are also armed with Plasma cannons of the smaller variety, maaking for five shots of plasma, along with the coil gun in the bow and the heavy stubber for salting the wounds. Main Gunner Ribart Moscova com,mented "We have spotted enemy giants of the worst nightmares of anyone and hit their spikey armor to the effect that they melted like wax undert the sun!"
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The next tank has seen action against the Orks of late, affectionately called the "Ork Eater" this tank design is the T-100c6A using all heavy bolters in all three sponson positions, aand with the Heavy Stubber, can deliver a withering 32 shots to any infantry heavy foe! Asking the crew how they felt about the lack of tank killing power and the replied "Bah! so many others are focussed on tank killing, we like that we can mow down an entire whorde of Orks known as Mobs in one maybe two goes!, I have seen battle cannons miss entirely, or hit and hardly slow the brutes down, but when they see us coming the head straight for a stone wall or other hard cover as they know what getting caught in the open has in store when we are in full range! hehehe!"
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And finally, a more common model of Demolisher, a T-100c5C with Multi-meltas in the sponsonms, and normal width treads.
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So it seems my section of the Leman Russ pattern T-100 is finished my lords, I have updates for the other main or combat type tanks in the Khadrovian arsenal that has been used on separtists governors and the planetary forces that they have crushed in restoring order as they do feel a strong bond to the Emperor, and governors who se themselves as above or no longer needing the Emperor are bad sorts who need to be crushed as far as these men and women are concerned, those who go further must be shown no mercy at all. My next installment shall discuss and cover tanks the Khadrovians have access to that are as poten, and fatser than many other designs I have seen, making for the fast hammer strike once committed to action by these people.

Until them my lords.

Thought for the day: Burn the Xenos!

My Lords, I return with the part of the odd new tanks the Khadrovians have fielded and will field in the future. event though many worlds use the Leman Russ pattern, the Khadrovians are certain that these tanks that you will see here will actually supplement and even supplant the Leman Russ pattern they dub the T-100 series tanks in their arsenal. For now as this has yet to be seen, the tanks each need to be seen, thought about, and pondered over the repercussions of the concepts shown and what they do represent on the field of battle. I, your humble servant will go through each of the machines for edification.

The first is the one I have witnessed the most numbers of, long, low slung, and as wide as the T-100 series is the T-104a which has a lot of unique features, notice the built in side skirt armor over the treads while having some open areas for the ease of mud flow, the bow has a Heavy bolter, but the turret is where the bulk of the weapons are as the hull does not lend itself to sponsons although it could be argued the turret is big enough to be where the "sponsons" were put on the tank. Also, please note the more centered placement of the turret? the left side of the turret is set with the searchlight+Targeters+laser spotters, etc. on the right is the multi-role Missile Launcher system that can fire both Frag and Krak rounds, It was found the tank is designed for speed, so is not as able to fire more than one one weapon on the go as the T-100 can do two weapons when it moves at low speeds, this tank was designed to rush, and seize territory and make a spear head and allow the other tanks to work out the mopping up in their wake. Another feature not seen is the servo loader arm system, this allows the crew to be just Driver/Bow Gunner/Radio operator/Gunner/Commander. Sadly, the estimates for production were still classified at the time of the filming and I was not allowed as much interviewing, but the tank has been battle tested and found quite up to the task when it was used to fight an Eldar incursion.
The cannon is a dual role Battle/Vanquisher so it can chose to fire anti-personnel rounds if there are no tanks left to fight, or, load tank killing rounds for enemy armor, Making the T-104 a very adaptable and versatile machine. It weighs in at 55tons somewhat lighter than the the older T-100 at 65tons.
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Mixed in with the T-104 is a odd design known as the MBT-90 "Dervish" which employs a low silhouette plus camo netting to hide in ambush and snipe with Vanquisher shells it also has many features similar to the T-104, Targetters, laser finders, spotting lamps, smoke dischargers, it does carry missiles as a back up turret weapon, these are in pods that fold out from turret bonnet, and close when not in use or reloading, the bow Heavy Bolter is operated by the driver. The driver sits behind the driver at a unique siring station in the hull of the machine while the commander is in the turret. One may note that the cannon is mounted left of center on this tank, making it very interesting indeed, and is also loaded by a servo arm. The tank is another speed tank and adapted for not just ambush sniping, but can rush about to bring it's gun to bear on the less armored rear of an enemy tank or grab territory like the T-104, this tank is lighter still at 40 tons weight, is lower slung than the T-104, which in turn is lower than the T-100. I have also heard reports that these have caught many enemy commanders off guard when they were not spotted due tot he nets, and fired full on to the sides of their tanks, leaving the columns in disarray for the T-104's and T-100's to pick off in turn.
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Designed for recon and drop troop support is the 15ton T-103 using a smaller looking battle cannon. (Game note: uses small blast template). This tank is set to be used for rapid deployment forces and act as armor for the support of the Spetznats drop attacks, and also other elite units of the Khadrovian forces when such power is needed. The one turret slot is a mixed unit pod, Missile Launcher/spotlight/targeters and laser range finders. the bow has a Heavy Bolter model Mk-VIII pattern and is operated by the driver as is the case on the MBT-90. The crew I found is as follows, Commander/Gunner/Driver, loading the main cannon is also as in the other tanks, servo arm based. As in the other two designs, I could not get a clearance for production values or current numbers serving presently, but these I feel will be showing up more frequently in Khadrovian campaigns as well.

Ready for deployment, 2 fresh T-103 light tanks
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Going back to larger designs, the Khadrovians have also made the T-340, a large low slung machine that is lower than a Leman Russ , longer, as wide if not a little wider, and may actually be a heavy class tank that they hope to use as much as the other tanks. This 70 ton beast is simpler in design principles and follows the line of fast and rugged. It can forego firing for a burst of greater speed than a tank it's size would belie, and is the one armed with a coaxial heavy stubber, bow mounted weapons suite of heavy bolter or flame thrower, and the cannon is the flexible Battle/Vanquisher, the crew is slated to be Commander, Gunner, Loader, driver and radioman/bow gunner. Based on the successful trials, I am concerned at how many they will make of this one machine design and how many variants it will spawn? The T-340 is an impressive machine nonetheless, and it would be better to have them working alongside us than against us. Shown is one outfitted and ready for deployment T-340
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This my lords is the depth of the Khadrovian tank forces for the main tanks for combat, it is my estimate that the Khadrovians have these in numbers sufficient to help them crush governors and forces of said governors who resist their attempts at making them join the Konfederation, and thus stay the worshippers of The Emperor as they are, or the governors of the sector they call the "Pearl Strand" where many seem to be going their own way and declaring for their own agendas or have fallen under the spell of xenos deals, and worse, succumbed to the charms of the Great Enemy!

Further reports will be on Armored personnel carriers, armored cars, mobile artillery, Heavy and super heavy tanks, and walkers, for they have more than the standard sentinel up their sleeves.

Well, I am back from the schedule my lords, the Khadrovians seem pleased upon the completion of the footage on the Tanks and tankers episode of the series I have done thinking it was strictly for them with my present documentary guise. Be that as it may, I have been allowed to discuss Armored Personnel Carriers as they are important for bringing soldiers alongside the tanks as they make their spearhead and soldiers hold ground, not tanks as our esteemed colleagues of the Imperial Guard can tell you. As with the battle tanks, the Khadrovians appear to also make use of a wide assortment of the machines, of course they have Chimeras, and even a designation for the things! Here in their sector they like naming the Chimera the BMD-80, the weapon layouts seem to add letters to the designation as all the BMD's use the same chassis, only turrets and weapon in the turret seem to matter. As the BMD-80 is a Chimera, it carries the same 12 men, has the same 3 man crew, and is as ever amphibious and that has impacted all further APC designs that will be shown here.

This example is a BMD-80a, bow mounted Heavy Bolter, and turret mounted Multi-laser(one of the few las weapons made and used by the Khadrovians). This one appears to have parts of the track guards still in use, and has been a veteran of many fights against all foes. The crew told me; "This is the only machine we would ride, the tanks are all well and good, but slower than us, and they have to set up for crossing rivers without a bridge, we can just zip right in!"
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They do designate the version armed with a single Heavy Bolter the BMD-80b and this version is also in wide use amongst the Khadrovians, but the example here is a BMD-80b2 armed with twinlinked heavy bolters in the turret and one in the bow as seen here. The commander explained; "Sometimes, against the hordes of xenos who have massive numbers, just one heavy bolter isn't enough, 2 is too few, so we went 3-bolters!" It seems that this is a design that is assigned to the Ork and Tyranid warzones and is used heavily in such areas.
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While we did not get to see one, they also have at their disposal the Heavy flamer turret BMD-80c a designation the crews affectionately will tell you says stands for "Cooker" as they prefer close fights where they can use fire to eliminate the enemy, and do so when and if there are no Hellhounds available.

A interesting version of the Chimera we saw was the BMD-80d, it is armed with a turret mounted auto-cannon for a measure of light tank killing power. The one seen here has a point for the Hunter Killer on the cannon itself. This is the one version, and is the exact one that saw action in a far off world assisting an Imperial Inquisition team along with others under the Khadrovians in an exchange and friendship program it seems between the Imperium and the Konfederation as part of a reconciliation project as Humanity faces it's darkest hours. In the fight, this machine killed at least three enemy vehicles, an daemon engine, and spectacularly detonated another chimera under the enemy in a fireball that wiped out nearly one hundred cultists. "Them folk of the Inquisitor were quite wild, they borrowed 312, tore up them warp lovers something fierce and then we had to salvage the carrier and patch her up, but she did damn fine in their hands" As can be seen, repairs apparently worked perfectly well.
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Another entry is the very odd, very strange and low troop capacity APC/Tractor as these also can be used as artillery tractors when not made as a troop carrier. The BTL-40 was originally sold to the Khadrovians as a tractor, but the potential was there as it is slightly smaller than a BMP-80 so making it a good airdrop machine for Spetznats or other paradrop troopers Here the machine has a small turret for a 360 degree sweep and a bow mount for forward assault with the mulitlasers, it can hold 5 troopers, and is able to make it to many areas, this is the least load carry capacity of any troop carrier in service. One crewman of the two man crew said; "Oh we are all comfy up front, it's the lads in back gotta squeeze in as the servo turret mechanism takes so much space back there! we can hear 'em cursing every big bump we hit as we race to their destination, at least they ain't running out there in the "rain"! " It appears "Rain" is a euphemism for gunfire
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Another fairly large off road capable and patrol minded machine is the BTR-80a, seen with the servo turret which has the Heavy bolter(Right), and Multirlaser(left) for doing 360 degree sweeps, amphibious, and carrying a rifle team of no more than 10 men, it is a standard use machine used by the Khadrovians where a thinner width is needed. It is meant strictly for the carrying of man sized soldiers and is a tightly quartered machine. I have seen no further models than this one so I am unsure if variants exist or not.
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A unique, and smaller 8 man carrying machine is the BA-70 Half track machine, it is called so as it is a track system in the rear area, and truck tires in the front for steering the machine. It is used for reconnaisence, troop support, is used by the Spetznats and elite troopers mainly armed with a auto-cannon and multi role pod ith the spotlight/targeters/laser finders and missile launcher. The machine has hatches up top for firing from, but Spetznats troops have been known to disembark from these.
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Now while a fast machine, one would assume it not to be based on it's width and length. The servo turret on the "a" model is the most wide used variant of the newer 12man carry BMP-80a allowing it to sweep an area before disembarking the soldiers. They are considered to be worthy machines due to their speed, amphibiousness, ruggedness, firepower and adaptability. The machine has the hatches up top for firing out from, and hydraulic ram aft ramps for the men to get out of. The aspect that helps most with the ruggedness of the machine according to the crew is "That front plate, is so steeply angled it makes shots bounce like crazy, as long as we keep our nose at the buggers!" There is a BMP-80b, armed with a multi-pod and Autocannon in a large manned turret, upping the crew to 3 from 2. The Multi-pod is on an independent ring that allows a 360 traverse separate from the larger turret so it can track and lock on targets if seen.
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Another 10man only carrier the Khadrovians are working on is based off the chassis of the T-103 and is called AFV-103 to differentiate it from the tank. armed with a servo weapon turret carrying a long barreled heavy bolter and bow mounted same weapon, the present inventory has these as the AFV-103a, amphibious and fast and also light at 10tons weight. As to any anecdotes, that has yet to be seen as these are yet to see action as to the present knowledge I have yet to see it.
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There are other troop carriers, but these are in the Super heavy range, the BMD-200 "Seadragon" and the MTLRB-40 which is more a mix of tank and heavy carrier. I will attach both with the update on such massive machines, until the next report piece.

Thought for the day: A mind without purpose will wander in dark places

Greetings yet again my Lords, Ismain Allred returns to discuss the findings of the Khadrovian vehicles and equipment that being a maker of documentary films has allowed me to do. This particular installment is actually covering the Khadrovian use of mobile artillery which fits into a few catergories or rather sub categories. We all know that Infantry can lug a simple mortar tube and their shells around in weapons teams, but these are relatively light and of low damage for harming infantry alone. Rare are the few vehicles that the standard infantry mortar can harm. Normally the way to transport heavy mortars and similat artillery around is the Centaur Tractor, but as the Khadrovians do not have the design to make that interesting machine they have made their own equivalent machines to move their Heavy mortars and the favored Thudd Gun around. This combination of vehicle and weapon allows the Khadrovians to rain shells down on the enemy, be it infantry or light armored vehicles, some times never having to see the target! This allows the Khadrovians to pummel a target or targets when they desire, to soften them up or weaken their resolve when the tanks and infantry arrive. To tow these a vehicle company named ZiS (Zavod imeni Sakharova) makes the ZiS-44a and the ZiS44b which share the same hull, but different track systems, the a model rides higher than the b model due to the difference, but the a is still in use

Zis-44a towing it's assigned Thudd-Gun
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Here is the lower slung Zis-44b with Thudd-gun
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But the Khadrovians did not stop there at the simple yet effective ZiS-44, as is normal procedure in the Khadrovian area of their Konfederation, they have more than one maker compete for designs, most times, only a few make it and get the chance to make the designs In this case the other company that made a slightly larger machine which could also be used as a tractor, or up gunned and have uses as a recon machine is the ZiS-50 yes, ZiS won all bids and became the maker of another design having shown it could mass produce all of the tractor models, the ZiS-50 was originally made by a manufacturer who did not have the facilities needed to spread past the one plant to assign to make it, nor had they the tech priest trained personnel, so as ZiS had the resources of many manufacturies, and tech adepts working with them, they won the bid after paying a state negotiated royalty fee to the manufacture Motat who mainly makes civil work machines. but as you can see the Zis-50 bears not one shred of familial design relative to the ZiS-44's

ZiS-50 with assigned Thudd-Gun all three are part of one battery for area suppression/control
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Of course such batteries of guns are all exposed and open to the air and bullets, so they find places to secret themselves to fire from. Other artillery prefers to be ready to fire and maybe move with more protection! Recently the main artillery of the self propelled variety was named the SPU-132 and had a simplified and rough looking box armor housing to protect the gun crews, See image
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But the makers wanted to fix this with a higher quality armor and box design, thus rendering the SPU-132b, which stayed on the Chimera or BMD chassis, and wound up not just with better armored box, but ventilation systems and stability devices, thus imporving crew performance and accuracy overall for the SPU-132 design, and was a major improvement over the old "a" design which seemed a very raw idea, one can compare the designs
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Of course, I have found that they are never truly satisfied with one design but like to have other designs that will enhance or work well in tandem or alone so that is when the SPU-152 came about, which had all new and improved systems on a BMD chassis for it's mobility, but is still ahead of the times with regards to the SPU-132. The crews find it a fairly comfortable design as the ventilation system is set on the higher box allowing the heat of the firing to allow the men to remain fairly cool as they load and fire the 152mm main cannon at the enemy.
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Rocket or missile artillery is also used by the Khadrovians, and they make use of their own version of the Manticore Misile Launcher system or the Khadrovian designation Buk-20 M2 surface to surface artillery Missile delivery system, also mounted on the ubiquitous BMD-80 chassis as the other large artillery pieces shown thus far. it holds and mounts 4 multiple warhead missile which will delivery 1-3 warheads if they decide to wake up and do the job of destroying anything from tanks to bunkers to men.
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I was not allowed to approach the largest mobile weapon of the Khadrovian version of the "Deathstrike" battlefield tactical missile.



Now here I will include the following parts of the lighter weight odd or specialized mobile artillery into the report, here we have the well know version of the Hellhound flame attack vehicle. It is classed as a form of artillery as so much of it is devoted to a weapon that delivers so much destruction upon it's targets! The original design is based similar to our own basic an dearly Hellhound design and is designated the OT-80 as it is on the BMD-80 chassis.
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The Khadrovians also captured the blueprints for a design that was deemed safe for use as it was purely human in design origins and is also used as a Hellhound, this one dubbed the OT-90 is different and has it yellow and black artillery stripes on the turret where the Heavy Stubber is mounted It is unique in that the Inferno cannon is mounted on the front right and a normal heavy flamer is mounted on the left side. This one is designed stricly as a forward assault machine with the limited arc of front to right of the inferno on the fender mounting
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Now related to the Chimera or BMD chassis is the chemically armed Banewolf or their machine, the OT-86 which is well equipped to throw heated and lethal chemical sprays with it's 360 degree rotated turret. it too sports the yellow/black artillery stripe
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Not using the normal artillery stripe, but the red/black of the armored heavy support markings is the anti-air tank the ZsU-55/4 mounting the pair of twin-linked cannons and capable of the same job as the Imperial Hydra.
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So this is just a small portion of the support fire of the Khadrovian Military, and makes me think still that since they have so many men and machines at their disposal along with the manufacturing ability of all the worlds they claim that we should stick with a reconciliation and reintegration policy rather than a costly crusade as attempting to merely smash them would take time and resources and then rebuilding the worlds would also take time when they can help us out voluntarily with sending needed men and weapons to the effort to contain the horrendous and malevolent forces at the Eye.

More sections to come my lords! Until next time
Better crippled in body than corrupt in mind.