Winston Land Fortress

MK XIII Winston Class Land Fortress tanks are a mainstay of the CMC Infantry and easily one of the deadliest land based vehicles in service during the war.

History
Produced as part of Project Warmind in 3999 and first used in 4003, the Winston Land Fortress was designed as a mobile weapons platform and command vessel for infantry. They have seen action in nearly all planetary conflicts and famed for their weaponry, size and survivability in combat.

Design
The Winston has seen considerable changes and upgrades through its various Marks. However the current version, the MK XIII, is currently the latest iteration and longest serving variant.

Design Specifications for the standard MK XIII are as follows:
 * 20 metres long
 * 12 metres wide
 * 8 metres tall
 * Weighing 300 tonnes
 * Clad mainly in Titanium G7 welded Composite reactive armour.
 * Top speed of 82.5 mph (fully laden flat terrain)

Crew Compliment
A standard Winston contains a crew of 19, including: Engineers are usually trained as reserve loaders and gunners, and all gunners and loaders are trained to switch roles if the need arises.
 * Tank Commander (Traditionally Captain or higher.)
 * Driver
 * Front right side gunner
 * Front left side gunner
 * Front loader
 * Main cannon gunner
 * Main cannon loader
 * Left side cannon gunner (Center)
 * Left side gunner (Front)
 * Left side gunner (Rear)
 * x2 Left side loaders
 * Right side cannon gunner (Center)
 * Right side gunner (Front)
 * Right side gunner (Rear)
 * x2 Right side loaders
 * x2 Engineers

Earlier versions of the Winston relied heavily on Type 1 or 2 Synthetic Souls instead of humans. However this was changed due to cost and flexibility.

Armament
.The standard Winston comes equipped with the following:

Main Armament

 * 250mm Cartherlight Rifled Multi Role MK VI Main Battle Cannon (2500mps muzzle velocity / 40K range)
 * 120mm Cartherlight Rifled Multi Role MK VIII Main Battle Cannon (Left Centre)
 * 120mm Cartherlight Rifled Multi Role MK VIII Main Battle Cannon (Right Centre)
 * 88mm Cartherlight Rifled Thunderboar MK III Assault Cannon (Front right side)

Secondary Armament

 * Paired .70 B&T Heavy Machine Gun (Main Gun Secondary, Front left side, Left side front, left side rear, right side front, right side rear.)


 * Mounted Swivel .70 B&T Heavy Machine Gun (Commander's Hatch) (Optional but regular)

Optional Weaponry
Winston's have been seen with a variety of different weapons, usually different calibre side or main cannons.
 * Dragon's Maw B82-MKXIII Liquid Incendiary Cannon (Tri-Barrel) (Replacing the Main Gun and main gun .70's)
 * 350mm Cartherlight Mortar (Replacing entire main turret configuration)
 * Scalpel AIM MK XII Railgun (Replacing the Main Gun)
 * 300mm Cartherlight Artillery Cannon (Replacing entire main turret configuration)
 * Quad 150mm B&T Anti-Aircraft battery (Replacing entire main turret configuration)
 * .90 G&T Heavy Machine Gun (Replacing any paired .70)