Grav Tank

Description (Specifications)

Grav tanks are military vehicles and often fusion-powered behemoths armed with high-energy weapons.

• In the most literal sense, Grav Tanks are Main Battle Tanks (MBT's) although the civilian public often refers to all vehicles in military employ as "Grav Tanks" including all manner of Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV's) and unarmored fighting vehicles (Softskins).
• The term "Grav Tank", in proper military parlance, only refers to MBT's.

Please see Gravcraft and/or Gravity control technology for more information.

Grav tanks can fly nape of earth and achieve orbit if sealed and the crew is provided with life support. The speed of these armored vehicles allows military forces to range over continents.

History & Background (Dossier)

Grav tanks develop at tech level 9 when anti-gravity lift becomes available. They tend to be very expensive and can carry enough armor and point defense fire control to render them nearly immune to tactical missiles and HEAP warheads which are the predominant anti-armor weapons of lower technology levels.

Representative Examples & Classes

Grav Tank Representative Examples

TL	Designation	Name	Tank Class	Mass	Primary User	Main Armament/s	Secondary Armament/s	Mobility Mode	Armor Class	Primary Manufacturer	Date of Introduction
Classified	Classified	Norris grav tank	Heavy Tank	Classified	Third Imperium	Classified	Classified	Classified	Classified	Third Imperium	Classified
Classified	Z-80	Z-80 Grav Tank	Main Battle Tank (MBT)	Classified	Zhodani Consulate	Classified	Classified	Classified	Classified	Zhodani Consulate	Classified
TL-09	Classified	Striker grav tank	Light Tank	523 tons	Mercenaries	50-megawatt Pulse Laser	7mm Gatling Gun & HMG	0480kph Gravitic Flight	Classified	Classified	Classified
TL-11	Classified	Gram grav tank	Main Battle Tank (MBT)	218 tons	Sword Worlds Confederation	Plasma PA-11	30mm Autocannon	0960kph Gravitic Flight	Classified	Sword Worlds Confederation	Classified
TL-12	Classified	Chieftain Grav Combat Vehicle	Main Battle Tank (MBT)	200 tons	Principality of Caledon	FP252 Fusion Cannon	Coaxial VRF Gauss Weapon	0800kph Gravitic Flight	Classified	Principality of Caledon	Classified
TL-13	Classified	Despot heavy grav tank	Heavy Tank	Classified	Beaumonde Defense Force	Classified	Classified	Classified	Classified	Beaumonde Industries	Classified
TL-14	Classified	Invader grav tank	Light Tank	155 tons	Third Imperium	Fusion FY-14 Main Battle Gun	Classified	3,640kph Gravitic Flight	Classified	Ling-Standard Products	Classified
TL-14	Classified	Trepida grav tank	Main Battle Tank (MBT)	125 tons	Third Imperium	Fusion RFX-14 Main Battle Gun	Coaxial Anti-personnel Laser & Laser PDS	1,000kph Gravitic Flight	Classified	Third Imperium	1109

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Classic Traveller Striker I
• TNE Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide
• TNE Regency Combat Vehicle Guide
• TNE Striker II
• Traveller: The New Era Main Rulebook (pg. 364)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science