Photino Heavy Assault Vehicle

A large and very powerful tank-like mech of the Hyperion Federation.
The Photino serves a similar role as a tank, however it is notably much larger. Furthermore, rather than having tracks or hover engines it has 6 large legs, capable of taking multiple kilotons each. The vehicle itself is about 10m tall and 25m long, which gives it a massive profile. However, its very powerful shield generator, extremely thick TGX Composite armour and highly powerful armament gives it a terrifying prescence. Its main cannon is an extremely powerful railgun, coupled with the power of a Graviton Cannon, which is powerful enough to put up a fight against an ATV up to the medium weight class. Multiple Photinos can eliminate a heavy ATV in most situations. They also have a relatively low crew requirement, but at minimum crew it cannot operate its secondary weapons easily. This makes it surprisingly not too expeisnve for the HF to field.
They are most often used as an assault vehicle. Its secondary armament can destroy enemy infantry and regular tanks, and it also has multiple CIWS turrets on it to shoot down any missiles used against it. Few weapons outside of something similar sized as the Photino's primary weapon can damage it. They are often used to destroy large enemy vehicles and defensive structures (e.g. bunkers) from very long range. While they are capable of climbing on walls (using large claw-like machines that dig into the object they climb on), they are very slow. Furthermore, they can only climb walls that can support the immense weight of the vehicle. They are always escorted by a significant force. Supported by infantry, tanks and air support, the Photino becomes much more difficult to destroy if it wasnt for the very slow speed.

Owning Organization

Hyperion Federation