SAV-6

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The SAV-6, officially designated the Standard Armored Vehicle, Mk. 6, was a Urcean medium tank in use during the Great War. Urcea's first medium tank, it was designed to fight other armored fighting vehicles in support of infantry units. The SAV-6 was designed with observations of Imperial Legion armor in mind, and the SAV-6 was effective in its earliest years of deployment of countering and destroying Caphirian light tanks used in support of infantry. Beginning in 1940, the SAV-6 eventually saw use as a breakthrough cruiser tank effectively during LOTA counter-attacks in Veltorina. The SAV-6's competitive edge had been lost by late 1941, and the SAV-9 was designed to replace all Urcean tanks and become the standard armored unit. The SAV-6 remained in service in all theaters until May of 1945, after which time it was relegated to the Audonian theater for infantry support. Considered a pioneering and reliable design, the SAV-6 is consistently rated by historians as one of the best tanks of the Great War.

Standard Armored Vehicle, Mk. 6
SAV-6 on display in a war museum in Halfway
Type Medium tank
Place of origin Urcea
Service history
In service 1937-1946
Used by Urcea
Wars Great War
Production history
Designed 1935-1936
Manufacturer Aullen Field Works
Produced 1937–1942
Specifications
Weight 23.0 tonnes (25.4 short tons)
Length 5.56 m (18 ft 3 in)
Width 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Height 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Crew 5 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, radio operator/bow machine-gunner)

Armor 30 mm all around
Main

armament

1 × 55mm gun
Secondary

armament

2–3 × .324 Royal SMGM-3 machine guns
Engine 12-cylinder

300 PS (296 hp, 220 kW)

Power/weight 12 hp (9.6 kW) / tonne
Suspension Torsion-bar suspension
Fuel capacity 300-320 liter
Operational

range

165 km (103 mi)
Speed Road: 40 km/h (25 mph)

Off-road: 20 km/h (12 mph)

History

Design