Main Battle Tank

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

Main Battle Tank
Tank Unit
Base cost	80 Metal 60 Oil
Ramping cost	1 Metal 1 Oil
Build time	16 seconds (245 frames)
Hit points	245
Line of sight	15 tiles
Movement speed	40 (3.1 tiles/second)
Attack strength	22
Attack range	0-14 tiles
Attack speed	40 frames
Armor	7
Population points
Built at	Auto Plant
Prerequisites	Information Age
Hotkey (Auto Plant)	H
Upgrades from	Tank

The Main Battle Tank standard tank unit of the Information Age, available to upgrade from the Tank and are built at the Auto Plant.

Overview

When Tanks become Main Battle Tanks, they gain +35 hit points, +2 attack strength, +1 attack range, +1 armor, +2 movement speed, and +1 line of sight.

Main Battle Tanks have the second highest armor rating of all units in the game, surpassed only by Elephants (actually predecessors to Tanks), which have an even higher armor rating of 8.

Unique units

• The Germans build Leopard Tank instead of Main Battle Tank.
• The Russians build T-80 Tank instead of Main Battle Tank.

Trivia

• The Main Battle Tank has three different models:
  • The M1 Abrams – used by most nations.
  • The T-80 (although it only has cosmetic differences with the Russians' unique tank) – used by Chinese, Mongols, and Nubians.
  • The Challenger 1 – used by Bantu, Dutch, Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, Iroquois, Lakota, Nubians, Persians, and Romans in Thrones and Patriots.