Tanktoons
Chapter 4: Equestrian Tanks
Previous Chapter Next ChapterT-34 saw Hellcat and Chaffee doing target practice with T1 Cunningham, when suddenly a purple beam shot Hellcat's armor and bounced. Everybody turned around to see a tank with a sun insignia on its turret. Hellcat returned fire to its tracks, KV 2 ignited the turret on fire. T-34 had a spare jerry can and threw it at the tank. Chaffee fired at the tank igniting the gasoline. T-34 poured some gas into the view ports and hatches spreading the flames inside and incinerated its crew. The flames soon swallowed up the engine and ammo rack destroying the tank.
"So this is Equestria's own tanks." Hellcat picked up a small box containing blueprints for the new tanks.
"We are in war now." Cromwell smiled.
In the east, Russian, Japanese and Chinese tanks were gathered together for an assault for the third and last act of war by the ponies. In the west, US, UK, German and French tanks continued their attack.
Las Pegasus: Assault
Hellcat wan Chaffee were air dropped on the buildings in the dead of night. M48 Patton and his tanks were waiting for their signal with Pz.38 nA's newly designed Tiger II's. Hellcat equipped a suppressor and headed for the factories by rooftop. They lurked the shadows to avoid guards. Rooftop by rooftop, they made it to the roof of the factory. Chaffee got stuck in between the in the chimney stacks of the factory. Hellcat tried to pull out Chaffee and set him free and placed charges o the chimney stacks. They went to another factory and saw the production line of tanks.
"Wait here," Hellcat commanded before going through a mesh and onto a catwalk.
Hellcat saw the production being quite fast. He fired a shot at the pipes which began hissing from gas escaping it. Hellcat fired and HE round at the pipes igniting it on fire near a large container of ammunition. Hellcat quickly climbed back onto the roof as the building began to catch fire. The two tanks quickly jumped over to the next factory rooftop where Hellcat detonated the charges. The chimney stacks collapsed on each other breaking through the roof and crushed the pursuing guards. The factory exploded sending, debris into the air and other buildings.
Tiger II's were soon on the street firing at Equestria's tanks. The armor wasn't slanted at an angle and the gun was incredibly weak even for a tank. A Tiger II tunneled through a building and crushed an enemy tank hiding behind the other side. The Equestrian tanks didn't know anything about strategy, they simply charged at their enemies guns blazing with their shells ricocheted off the armor of their opponents who outsmarted them. Tiger II fired a shot through two enemy tanks. MS-1 threw AT grenades killing off the Equestrian tanks. Hetzer charged with shellsbouncing off him, DW 2, M3 Lee and Pz. II J hid behind him firing at the enemy. Hellcat and Chaffee gave support to the tanks who needed them. Chaffee would spot targets and Hellcat would immobilize or kill them.
Outside the city, Panzer 38 nA's Panthers along with Ferdinand sat along the hills sniping enemy tanks below. Ratte was behind them giving fire support with his 280mm guns and his 128mm KwK L/55 gun. Then, one of the Panthers exploded followed by a second. A few Panthers scrambled for cover behind the rocks . Ferdinand and Pz. 38 nA were hiding behind one of the destroyed Panthers. Down below, a second Equestrian KV 6 were laying down fire on the German snipers. G.W. Tiger and G.W. Panther fired upon the KV 6. G.W. Tiger's shell went through the 156mm center turret which exploded from the large caliber HE shell. G.W. Panther's shell killed the KV 6 driver and the 76mm turret in the front. The tank was soon swallowed by flames and the remaining crew rushed out of the burning tank. Ferdinand fired at the engine which began smoking. One of the Panthers fired at the engine which blew it up, killing nearby crew members.
Hellcat and Chaffee snuck through the city. Buildings toppled down and the air was filled with B-17 bombers M48 had called for support. The bombers dropped their payloads on the industrial areas to reduce enemy reinforcements. It soon started to rain, Flak clouds filled the air. An Equestrian Tiger rumbled by, Hellcat and Chaffee hid behind a building. The Tiger past them and suddenly -exploded from SU 100.
"You're clear to go," he called out on the radio. "You're welcome."
On the map, Hellcat saw a three Shermans. M4, Easy Eight, Jumbo and Fury were swarming an Equestrian Tiger II. Hellcat rushed to the scene and saw M4 was immobilized. Hellcat fired at the Tiger II's turret ring while Easy Eight destroyed the tracks. Jumbo waited for the crew to come and repair it so he could cut them up using his mounted machine gun. M4 fired at the transmission with APCR shells with his 76mm gun and set the King Tiger on fire. The Tiger exploded into pieces and the Sherman squad advanced, leaving Hellcat alone in the city square. Hellcat couldn't find Chaffee and started to look around the city frantically. He reached a bakery and saw Chaffee and a destroyed Equestrian TOG II. Chaffee was chained to the walls and was about to be executed by the Royal Guards in their King Tiger. Hellcat fired at the turret with his APCR shell boring a large hole in the back of the turret. Hellcat saw the damage inside thew smoking Tiger II. Guts splattered on the view ports and stuck inside the main gun. Shell fragments were embedded in the carcasses. Hellcat unchained Chaffee and continued their support. Hellcat soon came upon rubble of a toppled building and went to the next street. An Equestrian Panther and a Waffentrager auf E100 pinned them down. Hellcat was immobilized and and his armor patch was ripped off by the shell, his transmission was damaged and his drive sprockets were cracked. He was paralyzed and was quickly pulled out by Chaffee. Chaffee took out Hellcat's radio and called for support. T1 Cunningham had a large repair kit with him and quickly replaced Hellcat's damaged parts. T-50-2 rushed behind them and crossed the street without getting hit by the Waffentrager. T-50-2 flanked the Equestrian tanks and marked them for artillery. Ratte opened fire and vaporized the Equestrian tanks.
T-34, T-50 and T-50-2 were close to the capture point on the map. Ahead of them was an Equestrian Centurion and an E100 pinning down an M41 Walker Bulldog and Leopard Prototype A. The Equestrian tanks opened fire and hit T-50's engine. T-34 quickly pulled the damaged tank into cover. T-50-2 took out a radio when a piece of a building fell on top of the Russian tanks.
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