Description / application in missions

Having realized that Mad Bull doesn’t have enough firepower at long ranges, the Empire engineers simply substituted missile launchers for heavy homing missiles. For the purpose of economy they had to reject the close combat weapons and reduce the armor a little. This modified vehicle was called Raving Beast.

Raving Beast is a further development of the assault walking tank Mad Bull. These machines don’t differ from each other very much. Raving Beast is simply a modification of the Empire first assault walking tank. The designers rejected completely the mechanical weapons of close combat and replaced the missile launcher “Double Hammer” for unguided missiles with the launcher “Storm” for heavy self-guided missiles. The armor of Raving Beast was reduced a little in the comparison with its predecessor. But at the same time, it got totally new equipment for its cockpit and monitoring devices. After Raving Beast had been added to the Empire arsenals, the production of the previous model, Mad Bull was held up. The new walking tanks showed better firepower. And the new equipment made the control of the machine much simpler. However the higher cost of the new machine and rather reduced stock of the missiles made some problems. Due to this fact, the production of time-proved Mad Bulls had to be resumed. Currently the shock armored troops of the Empire are replenished with these two models of walking tanks almost equally.

The armament of the assault walking tank Raving Beast:

-- Impulse gun “Power Dart” IMG-1M, developed by the Empire Institute of High-Energy Technology. This gun can be place both among firearms and energy arms. It hits a target with a tiny needle made of radioactive isotope cobalt-99 and enclosed into electromagnetic cocoon. The destructive effect of such a shell is equal to the effect caused by a hit of a light artillery shell. The impulse guns don’t require bulky ammunition as cannons and machine-guns. The impulse gun’s fifty-kilogram needle-cartridge is enough for a long battle.
-- Lightning harpoon “Power Bolt” PB-1M, developed by the Empire Institute of High-Energy Technology. The lightning harpoon is the weapon of close combat and it is much more effective than fists-manipulators, saws of different kinds and claws of the Protectorate walking tanks. This weapon uses super-high-voltage discharge to hit its target at a short distance. The gun inflicts the opponent enormous damage exceeding the effect of any other weapon. The lightning harpoon is useless at longer distances.
-- Twin missile launcher “Storm” for heavy self-guided missiles R-9. These heavy missiles are reliable and powerful weapon at medium and long ranges, they served the reputation of the main impact force on the battlefield and “robot killer”. They are equipped with the standard guidance system. The Empire model of these missiles (the analogue of the Protectorate’s Mk11) and the missile launcher “Storm” were developed by the Empire Directorate of Missile Weaponry.