Mono Tank
With the Mechanization of the British Army in the early 1900s, a fast scout vehicle was needed to take the place of the more traditional horse scouts. At first the bizarre design of the Mono Tank caused some concern within the British high command, but after a trial triathlon against several other competitors, ranging from an electric truck to a multi tracked carrier, the Mono tank was declared the winner and quickly entered mass production.
The unorthodox tricycle shape gives the Mono Tank incredible speed using its main drive wheel and some semblance of stability is provided by the rear two. These outrigger wheels can also be used to right the vehicle when it inevitably turns over or even flips.
The tank is Crewed by two men, one driver and gunner to operate the twin clip fed two pounders.
In All Quiet on the Martian Front[edit | edit source]
The Mono tank zips into the fight in squadrons of 3 for 160 points.
The speed of 8 inches sound great for something with 4 shots at +2 power and only a 15 inch range allowing you to dash about in a suitably undignified manner, but the Mono Tank has an interesting rule that makes this a lot less of a good idea. Basically whenever you move more than 6 inches, roll a die. If the result is 6 or more than your demented tricycles have managed to flip themselves in their haste. A Flipped Mono Tank can't move and can only fire with one of its twin guns. You must spend one movement step to right yourself, which might be a big problem if you managed to flip yourself in front of a Heat ray.
The relatively good defense of 6 should help mitigate the relativity bad armor 6.
| British Forces in All Quiet on the Martian Front | |
|---|---|
| Armored Fighting Vehicles: | Imperial Tank - Kitchener Tank - Wicket Tank - Specter Armoured Car - Defiant Armoured Car - Mono Tank |
| Transports: | Cardigan Infantry Carrier - Lloyd Command Carrier |
| Infantry: | British Command Squad - Vickers Machine-gun Squad - British Assault Squad - Cavalry Squad |
| Artillery: | 2-pound Heavy Coil Gun |