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The Wolf is the new Tank of the imperial armed forces and intended to supplement the tank destroyers of the Bär-type and replace older tanks in service. For a long while, the imperium was happy to be only participate on the world's stage on a low level.
That changed when the current empress climbed the throne after her father abdicated over a scandal.
Almost over night, the imperium opened itself to the world and reforms were enacted to purge the ancient traditions to make way for liberal ways. Slowly, new alliances were forged, trading improved relationships and old enemies slowly became friends. The world, however, was not a nicer place overall. Warlords, smaller and larger conflicts, terrorists and criminal cartels destabilized entire countries.

The imperium's reforms included the military and the huge infantry and artillery-equipped defensive army slowly oriented itself towards a combinded arms, mobile strategy. And while the imperial main combat vehicle, the tank-destroyer Bär was able to be used in mobile situations, it was far from ideal. So...a new main battle tank was needed.

After several designs and prototypes, the Wolf was finally adopted into servive. Though a lot of different more „modern“ designs were offered, including missile-armed tanks, the Wolf is surprisingly conventional in design and layout. A large, heavy tank with an equally large, albeit remotely-controlled, turret.
The turret was chosen to provide more observability for the crew and to make room for the plethora of systems.
A 130mm smoothbore cannon, connected to a 42-round autoloader, is the main gun. Though a 150mm weapon was successfully tested, the 130mm was deemed to be enough. A 30mm autocannon with 320 rounds sits on the main gun's right side, able to be elevated to engage hilltops, buildings and helicopters. On the left, a 7.62mm machinegun is mounted, equipped with 3000 rounds of ammunition.
A remote weapon station is ubquitous to main battle tanks, so it is no surprise to find one with a 12.7mm machinegun mounted. What IS unusual is the addition of capacitors and a high-energy laser cannon to defend the tank from drones and HEAT-style ammunitions.

The Wolf is also equipped with active and passive defense systems, making it among the most survivable vehicles in the world. Crewed by three, the Wolf is quite heavy with 67 tons of weight, despite using advanced technologies, a testimony to the heavy protection.
This weight, however, makes it difficult to transport over long distances, so the army also adpopted the navy's amphibious Otter-class tanks and experiments with a tank-version of the Igel infantry fighting vehicle.

As with many main battle tanks, the Wolf spawned several variants. Chief among these is the Armored Air-Defense Vehicle Kugelblitz. Officially designated a multi-spectrum defense system, this vehicle can engage armor, aircraft, helicopters, drones and even mortar and missile projectiles.
Kugelblitz has the same capabilities as the tank, namely the same armor and protection. The turret is different, however, mounting radar and passive sensors to detect, classify and target any conceivable threat.
Once a threat is identified, the Kugelblitz can engage it with it's arsenal consiting of two 50mm autocannons, supplied with 2x300 rounds of AHEAD ammunition and 2x40 rounds of APFSDS rounds. Two launchers on the turret's sides house three HIMAT anti-armor/anti-helicopter missiles and three Venusfliegenfalle MANPADs, each. The laser cannon and decoy launchers of the MBT are also present.
The Kugelblitz is even more expensive as the tank, so the old Hagelschlag air-defense vehicle will soldier on for some time to come.

Another variant is the Heuschrecke self-propelled artillery, replacing older howitzers. A fully-automated and integrated system, Heuschrecke is manned by three crewpersons, one commander, one driver and one gunner. Loading and firing is completely autonomous, once a target area is selected. Linked to the battery command vehicle, the new howitzers can deliver quick and precise firepower to targets up to 56 kilometers away when using rocket-assisted projectiles.
When pressed, the gun can fire in direct mode, and the vehicle has basic fire-control units aboard, but it is really a shoot-and-scoot indirect fire system.

The Moloch is a capable and powerful recovery vehicle able to operate on the frontlines to assist or tow damaged tanks. While it lacks the laser, it mounts a short-barrelled 50mm gun and two 7.62mm machineguns for self defense and is armored enough to withstand most 30mm cannon rounds.

The Krokodil, finally, is a standard bridge layer, able to span 26meters of water or ravines.
It is armed with the laser and a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, but it can only use these weapons when the bridge is deployed.

Not unmentioned shall be the small, tanklike drone Wölfchen (little wolf), a remote-controlled, semi-autonomous drone to escort the main battle tank. Developed as a scout and wingman vehicle, Wölfchen is fast, small and agile, mounting sensors to supplement these of the tank and weapons to root out targets too dangerous for the tank to engage.
On this behalf, a short 50mm cannon with a coaxial 7.62mm machinegun, two HIMAT missiles and two Venusfliegenfalle SAMs are mounted, though a version mounting a 40mm automatic grenade launcher and a flamethrower is under developemt. Not yet in service, Wölfchen is expected to greatly expand the Wolf's capabilities.

Description

The Wolf is the new Tank of the imperial armed forces and intended to supplement the tank destroyers of the Bär-type and replace older tanks in service. For a long while, the imperium was happy to be only participate on the world's stage on a low level.
That changed when the current empress climbed the throne after her father abdicated over a scandal.
Almost over night, the imperium opened itself to the world and reforms were enacted to purge the ancient traditions to make way for liberal ways. Slowly, new alliances were forged, trading improved relationships and old enemies slowly became friends. The world, however, was not a nicer place overall. Warlords, smaller and larger conflicts, terrorists and criminal cartels destabilized entire countries.

The imperium's reforms included the military and the huge infantry and artillery-equipped defensive army slowly oriented itself towards a combinded arms, mobile strategy. And while the imperial main combat vehicle, the tank-destroyer Bär was able to be used in mobile situations, it was far from ideal. So...a new main battle tank was needed.

After several designs and prototypes, the Wolf was finally adopted into servive. Though a lot of different more „modern“ designs were offered, including missile-armed tanks, the Wolf is surprisingly conventional in design and layout. A large, heavy tank with an equally large, albeit remotely-controlled, turret.
The turret was chosen to provide more observability for the crew and to make room for the plethora of systems.
A 130mm smoothbore cannon, connected to a 42-round autoloader, is the main gun. Though a 150mm weapon was successfully tested, the 130mm was deemed to be enough. A 30mm autocannon with 320 rounds sits on the main gun's right side, able to be elevated to engage hilltops, buildings and helicopters. On the left, a 7.62mm machinegun is mounted, equipped with 3000 rounds of ammunition.
A remote weapon station is ubquitous to main battle tanks, so it is no surprise to find one with a 12.7mm machinegun mounted. What IS unusual is the addition of capacitors and a high-energy laser cannon to defend the tank from drones and HEAT-style ammunitions.

The Wolf is also equipped with active and passive defense systems, making it among the most survivable vehicles in the world. Crewed by three, the Wolf is quite heavy with 67 tons of weight, despite using advanced technologies, a testimony to the heavy protection.
This weight, however, makes it difficult to transport over long distances, so the army also adpopted the navy's amphibious Otter-class tanks and experiments with a tank-version of the Igel infantry fighting vehicle.

As with many main battle tanks, the Wolf spawned several variants. Chief among these is the Armored Air-Defense Vehicle Kugelblitz. Officially designated a multi-spectrum defense system, this vehicle can engage armor, aircraft, helicopters, drones and even mortar and missile projectiles.
Kugelblitz has the same capabilities as the tank, namely the same armor and protection. The turret is different, however, mounting radar and passive sensors to detect, classify and target any conceivable threat.
Once a threat is identified, the Kugelblitz can engage it with it's arsenal consiting of two 50mm autocannons, supplied with 2x300 rounds of AHEAD ammunition and 2x40 rounds of APFSDS rounds. Two launchers on the turret's sides house three HIMAT anti-armor/anti-helicopter missiles and three Venusfliegenfalle MANPADs, each. The laser cannon and decoy launchers of the MBT are also present.
The Kugelblitz is even more expensive as the tank, so the old Hagelschlag air-defense vehicle will soldier on for some time to come.

Another variant is the Heuschrecke self-propelled artillery, replacing older howitzers. A fully-automated and integrated system, Heuschrecke is manned by three crewpersons, one commander, one driver and one gunner. Loading and firing is completely autonomous, once a target area is selected. Linked to the battery command vehicle, the new howitzers can deliver quick and precise firepower to targets up to 56 kilometers away when using rocket-assisted projectiles.
When pressed, the gun can fire in direct mode, and the vehicle has basic fire-control units aboard, but it is really a shoot-and-scoot indirect fire system.

The Moloch is a capable and powerful recovery vehicle able to operate on the frontlines to assist or tow damaged tanks. While it lacks the laser, it mounts a short-barrelled 50mm gun and two 7.62mm machineguns for self defense and is armored enough to withstand most 30mm cannon rounds.

The Krokodil, finally, is a standard bridge layer, able to span 26meters of water or ravines.
It is armed with the laser and a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, but it can only use these weapons when the bridge is deployed.

Not unmentioned shall be the small, tanklike drone Wölfchen (little wolf), a remote-controlled, semi-autonomous drone to escort the main battle tank. Developed as a scout and wingman vehicle, Wölfchen is fast, small and agile, mounting sensors to supplement these of the tank and weapons to root out targets too dangerous for the tank to engage.
On this behalf, a short 50mm cannon with a coaxial 7.62mm machinegun, two HIMAT missiles and two Venusfliegenfalle SAMs are mounted, though a version mounting a 40mm automatic grenade launcher and a flamethrower is under developemt. Not yet in service, Wölfchen is expected to greatly expand the Wolf's capabilities.