The Lasher light tank is the Yuri main battle tank in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge.

Background

The Lasher, like most of Yuri's units, was mounted on a narrow chassis. Unlike most of Yuri's vehicles, the Lasher was a conventional tank. Mounted on the top was a light cannon, fairly effective against vehicles and buildings, but ineffective against infantry. The Lasher was equipped with a frontal drum-shaped, spiked cylinder, designed presumably to remove sandbags. However, the Lasher was indeed a light tank, and could not stand much punishment - yet was equal to that of an Allied Grizzly. The Lasher, like most Yuri vehicles, could enter a tank bunker to supplement its weak armor. Due to its fairly low price, it was easy to mass produce and overwhelm the more expensive tanks of the Soviets, an advantage that was negated if their enemy was equipped with an Industrial Plant.

The Lasher was erased after the Soviets meddled with the space time continuum.

Game unit

The Lasher is the same as the Grizzly tank, except the Lasher's gun projectile moves faster.

Like most conventional tanks, the Lasher light tank is vulnerable to all air units, and to uncrushable and anti-tank infantry, such as Tesla troopers, Guardian GIs and rogue Brutes. Lasher tanks could also be mind controlled by rogue Yuri Clones. In addition, it was Yuri's only dedicated anti-armor vehicle. Therefore, for all of its disadvantages, it was essential for Yuri's commanders to keep a division of these tanks not only for protecting their vulnerable mind-control units, but to defend their bases from enemy tanks should the base's mind control defenses fail.

In the game's code, the Lasher replaced the unused light tank from Red Alert 2.

Control

AG-1- Activate engine

AG-2 - Turret control

Yaw - Turn

Pitch - Forward(AG2=Turret elevation)

Roll - Turret Traverse

Armour Details (non-canon)(mm)

-(66)Hull front
-(45)Hull sides
-(45)Hull rear
-(75)Turret front
-(50)Turret side & rear
-(75)Mantlet