Lineart: Tempest

Model Number: DB-6
Code Name (TA): Tempest
Unit Type: mass production main humanoid fighter
Manufacturer: Nizhny Novgorod Industries
Head Height: 8 m
Average Weight: 22
Armor Material: steel-ceramic composite
Powerplant: hydrogen engine

Armament
Fixed:
20 mm minigun - four-barreled Gatling gun
8-barrel missile launcher - two SSM/SAM missile launcher, mounted on both shoulders

Optional:
A-41 120 mm assault cannon - Tempest's main weapon, can fire 180 various 80 mm rounds per minute

Production Notes
DB-6, code named "Tempest" by the Third Alliance nations, is considered the first successful humanoid fighter of the Greater Russian Confederacy. Famed for it's ease of production and compact design, this terrorwalk not only served as the backbone of the resurrected Red Army, but also of that of Russia's satellite states and many Third World countries.
The DB-6 features a design similar in many ways to early Heliadonian assault walkers, a reflection of the Confederacy's secret trades with the Martian colonies. It is characterized by a stout torso, a juxtaposed cockpit, and legs modelled after Earth-based terrorwalks. DB-6 is armored with the relatively cheap steel-ceramic composite, and is powered by a hydrogen engine of shorter operational time in comparison to its contemporaries.
Despite the fact that it stands at only a little less than 8 meters, the DB-6 Tempest is equipped with a lethal array of weaponry. Superimposed on the shoulders are two eight-barreled missile launchers, capable of launching SSMs and/or SAMs of the appropriate caliber. It's main gun meanwhile, is the rather outdated A-41 120 mm smoothbore assault cannon — it is indeed powerful with its 120 mm bore, but then suffers from a low rate of fire. Lastly, to combat infantry, the DB-6 is armed with a 20 mm minigun. A standard DB-6 lacks a melee weapon. It has been, however, reported that a large chainsaw has been developed to suit the need of hacking through obstacles.
The DB-6 Tempest may not be the most powerful terrorwalk around, but with its proven reliability, low cost, and capability to be produced in very large numbers, it has proven itself an adversary one should think of twice before engaging.

Side Notes
-The designation DB stands for Dvunogiy Bronya, which means bipedal armor in Russian. I think.
-The Greater Russian Confederacy is basically a fictional country which occupies roughly the area of modern Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It is a Neocommunist state, and is a parallel of the Soviet Union in my universe (not to worry, I'll try my best not to tread the same path as FMP)

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Phew, that wall of text took me quite a while. anyway, here's my latest design, the Tempest. This perhaps is my ugliest since the original Panther G-1. I did this during my free time at school, with the simple concept of what I'd call, the "AK-47 mech". That means a cheap, highly mass-producible mech that's available even to poor countries and paramilitary organizations. Enjoy flaming. ^^



DB-6 Tempest © me
Steal and invoke my wrath, heathen!