God Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 48

"My lord!"

Loken seemed to have made some determination and lifted the head abruptly.

"There is one more thing I hope you can take a look at."

"en?"

Soshian looked at him suspiciously, but ultimately nodded.

Then Loken led him to the door of Warehouse No. 1, and after taking a deep breath, the technical priest opened the door.

"This is..."

As the heavy metal gate slowly opened, a row of illuminated balls arranged on the ceiling of the warehouse lit up in turn, making twelve roaring The steel giant beast emerged from the darkness, and Soshian seemed to have broken into the nest of a group of beasts and surprised them.

Each of these metal monsters has the size of a super long Leman Ruth heavy tank.

Soshian walked into the warehouse and observed them carefully. These huge cyan-gray color bodies, 8 meters high and 5 meters wide, are covered with rivets and fixing bolts. The track alone is as wide as a person. On the prismatic turret there is a cannon the size of Space Marine's torso, which emits a dark oil glow under the light, like the fangs of a beast.

"...I haven't seen this kind of tank."

"They are Makado heavy tanks, an ancient model that is almost forgotten, currently only Ma'Kande Number Two is still in production, and they are also the pride of my mentor."

Loken stepped forward and stroked the steel giant beast, softly as if he was petting his lover.

The Makado heavy tank is an extremely old design model. Many people think it is even the senior of Leman Russ, but it is no longer uncommon in the Imperial army since the Great Rebellion, even very Few people know that there is such a tank.

In many areas of Imperium, the Makado heavy tank has been fully decommissioned since the end of the rebellion, which gives rise to the prejudice that it is a heretical, indigenous armored vehicle in some areas.

But in the era of the Great Expedition, it used to be one of the common equipment of the mortal auxiliary army.

With the passage of time, a small part of the Makado heavy tanks still playing in the Imperium were either withdrawn to the strategic reserve area or to the planetary interior and various other "preparatory fronts" , And some are only equipped as a tradition by certain Imperium defense forces.

Even most Forge World no longer produces new Makado car bodies or improved models. As for the exact origin and provenance of Makado heavy tanks, it is difficult to find out even for mechanical education.

Most people think that this type of tank is named after the magic pattern Makado-but he himself, as a personal adviser to the early emperor of Imperium, is an extremely secretive figure.

This reason, used by some theorists as the basis for accusing the tank design model, is most likely from the years that followed immediately after the outbreak of the Horus Rebellion.

Due to the urgent need for all kinds of combat materials during that time-after all, too many things were lost in the war, including knowledge and production capacity, and even the ancient Rand attackers became the Astartes Dedicated.

So, even something like Macado is very likely to be turned out for mass production for emergency use.

However, like the things that overwhelming majority come to age automatically, they have become all kinds of mysteries.

Although it is intended to act as a main battle tank, the primordial Makado is larger and heavier than the well-known Leman Rus.

The tank itself is extremely durable due to its huge shape and heavy armor. It is equipped with a powerful main battle gun on a turret with limited shooting angles, and two secondary weapon points can be equipped with heavy logging machine guns. Heavy bomb, laser cannon or small automatic cannon.

But also due to its premature age, the design of the tank has certain limitations, especially when compared with the smaller Leman Ruth.

The first point is the firing angle of the weapon. Due to the huge body of the tank, heavy armor and additional weapons limit the firing angle of all weapons, the main and auxiliary turrets that cannot rotate at the same time are infiltrated on the front line. The chaos of the time is extremely weak when confronting the enemy, and the enemy infantry can also take advantage of these disadvantages.

In spite of this, experienced commanders will also combine infantry with it.

However, the second flaw of the tank-the weakness of the engine is not so easy to overcome.

The main engine of the Makado heavy tank is an ancient combustion power engine and a modification used in many industrial and agricultural heavy machinery. Unfortunately, the Maka The size and weight of the tank overloaded it.

This makes it perform very poorly in terms of logistics, and its fuel efficiency is extremely poor.

If you want to further increase the power of the engine, it is inevitable to increase the tonnage of the tank again-because the only way to increase the power is to increase the number of engines.

To put it simply, the design of the Makado heavy tank has fallen into the dilemma of adding more water to the surface and adding more water to the surface.

This may be the real reason why it was abandoned.

"...The instructor has been improving the Makado heavy tank. He canceled the secondary turret, gave the main battery enough shooting range, and replaced it with his improved composite power engine, enough to make the Maka Many heavy tanks run as fast as Leman Ruth."

At the same time as Loken introduced, Soshian himself was also observing this type of tank.

As the other party said, the Makado heavy tank in front of you really only has one main turret, which is different from the armor of the Imperium overwhelming majority, and the front of the car body has been cut into a 50° bevel. Let the originally very thick armor defensive power bring it up a level.

As for the secondary weapon, it is a heavy explosive gun on the front of the car body, and an external automatic gun on each side of the car body. This design reduces the number of crew members by two. Only 4-5 people are required to fight.

Soshian admits that the improved Makado heavy tank is a reliable weapon and will even perform better than Leman Ruth in breakthrough battles and tug-of-wars.

After all, it has more advantages than Leman Ruth in tonnage and defense, and the potential for improvement is also huge.

The key to the question is, what does Loken want to do?

"Loken priest."

Soshian withdrew his gaze from the Makado heavy tank and turned to the chattering mechanical teaching priest.

"What do you mean by taking me to see this?"

Loken's naked eye was visibly frozen, and he slowly turned around.

There was a stiff smile on his face, and he said:

"My lord, my lord, after listening to your chapter's major event, I...I I also want to contribute to Imperium."

"This is not our property, nor yours."

Soshian stared at Loken, his voice gradually sinking.

Under Space Marine's gaze, Loken's psychological defense finally collapsed. He lowered his head like a kid who did something wrong, and yelled:

"I... …That…your boat…is there still…one less technical priest…"