Introduction:

• Good day to all, today I made the Crusader Tank in C&C Generals but it's more of a mixture of 3 different tanks aka Leopard 2, M1A1 Abarams, and the Crusader Tank itself. Considering that from the sources, it is said that it should have the name Leopard first before changing to Crusader and even having similarities to an Abrams in-game in terms of looks. So that's why I came up with this design, the turret of the Leopard 2 and the rest is more similar to the M1A1 Abrams. I finally improved the suspension and make it near similar to the Torsion Bar Suspension in real life and now it can easily move through rough terrains, slightly inclined paths with little difficulty, and smooth driving. I also added a prototype stabilizer for the first time but this one is just a vertical stabilizer, gotta thank Walvis for that one in this video tutorial and I'm still trying to learn how the horizontal works but I hope you all won't mind. That's pretty much for my ranting and I hope you all enjoy it 😉

Tank Info:

• The Crusader Tank is the Main Battle Tank of the USA Faction in C&C Generals and it is one of the best tanks in-game having a 120mm Smoothbore Cannon capable of dealing decent damage against any tanks and having a decent amount of armor(HP). It has a wide variety of upgrades that helps it adapt to different situations like Composite Armor, Advance Training for crews, and being able to have 1 of the 3 drones that any US Vehicles can have.

Weaponry and Specifications:

• 120mm Smoothbore Cannon
  4.1s Reload
  60 Ammo Count
  APFSDS (1570m/s)
  Vertical Stabilizer

• x2 .50cal Machineguns

• x1 .30cal Coaxial Machinegun

• x5 Smoke Grenades

• Hellfire Drone
  x2 Mini Hellfire Missiles
  0.3miles Lock on Range

Early Prototype:

Builder Notes:

• I was originally gonna let it have a 20mm autocannon as it's main secondary weaponry since in-game it's originally named Leopard and it looks like an Abrams, so after reading other sources I found out about the collaboration between US and Germany during the Cold War about creating a new Main Battle Tank which in turn they manage to create 2 prototype tanks aka the XM-803 and the KPZ - 70 with the KPZ having the 20mm autocannon but due to overspending both stopped the collaboration but still use the ideas they got from the prototypes which both countries manage to make their own tanks aka Leopard 2 made by Germany and M1 Abrams made by America. In the end I just went with 2 .50cals to be more realistic since the 20mm autocannon is mostly seen on experimental tanks. That's all!

Controls:

• Yaw and Trim
  Gun Control

• AG1 (Engine Control/Activation)
  Pitch/Roll

• AG2 (Machinegunner 1)
  VTOL/Trim
  Landing Gear(Hatch)

• AG3 (Machinegunner 2)
  VTOL/Trim
  Landing Gear(Hatch)

• AG4 Headlights

• AG6 Drone Switch

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