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Description
28-Apr-2021 Edit: Revised drawing with new United Provinces Flag, revamped ammunition art, registry numbers on hull front and aft, and altered division insignia, with upper right corner regiment affiliation and lower right squadron affiliation and placement.

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The last in the Conqueror Mark I series, the Mark IC was developed to incorporate lessons learned during the First and Second Oil Wars.

The combat system and sensor suite was thoroughly overhauled. A Commander's Multichannel Independent Viewer-Weapon System (CMIV-WS), which replaced the remote weapon station and the earlier CITVs, shipped a dual-band multi-channel FLIR to give the commander excellent detection capabilities. The gunner's sight was improved as well with its own dual-band FLIR. The sensor mast was also enhanced with an improved camera and a Ku-band array intended as a small UAV and missile detection system. Instead of two rotating cameras for close-in situational awareness, provision for a series of distributed turret corner camera systems were installed to provide more persistent awareness as needed. An improved battle management system and crew station layout was fitted to help the crew process the increased information made available by the new sensors.

Survivability was also addressed. Mark ICs incorporated Scutumis Beta special armour. It is rumored that its main improvement is in the application of new lightweight high-strength steel elements in its layers, mainly as weight saving measures while keeping protection at the same level as the Mk I/Mk IB. The Mk IC relies more heavily on active defences compared to previous versions. Soft-kill systems comprised the Mk IE Modular Passive Defence System (MPDS), which used six compact sensor units for 360-degree coverage to cue a pair of IR jammers on the turret bustle as well as fire a large complement of VIRSS grenades, given wider 360-degree coverage than in Mk I/IB. Hard-kill systems included the excellent and proven Modular Active Defence System (MADS), and was further reinforced with the Protector Full-Spectrum Active Defence System, which fires interceptor projectiles from a pair of VLS canisters to stop top-attack weapons at a farther distance, reducing the burden on the MADS and the Scutumis Beta special armour.

Armament remained largely the same, although the 150mm smoothbore gun was now fitted with a closed-breech scavenging system (CBSS) instead of a bore evacuator. While it has access to a now-standard array of jacketed and non-jacketed DU APFSDS, HE-MP, and guided KE and CE rounds as well as BLOS CSTAM and nuclear specialist munitions, the Mark IC has also provisions for accepting extending-rod penetrators and other new projectiles, if and when those prove viable.

Full rate production began in 2015. The Conqueror Mark IC currently forms the backbone of the Connori Army's armoured brigades, with approximately 7,858 in service (a mix of new-build and rebuilt Mk IBs) as of 2020. Production is set to continue at least until 2028.

Specifications:
Complement: 3 (Tank Commander, Gunner, Driver)
Dimensions:
      Length - 7.838m (25.715ft)/11.757m (38.573ft) w/main gun forward
      Width - 3.783m (12.411ft) hull; variable width depending on type of ballistic skirt
    Height - 2.513m (8.224ft) to turret roof on default suspension setting
Mass: 65.9 tonnes (64.86 long tons/145,284lbs) with default ballistic skirts, 72 tonnes (70.86 long tons/158,733lbs) if fitted with full urban combat package.
Powerplant: Furlow Motors TM895 liquid-cooled V12 multi-fuel Diesel + United Electric Ltd. TEM3 Electric Motor; 1,342.8kW (1,800hp)
Suspension: in-arm active hydropneumatic, with six roadwheel units
Transmission: Lerdaim GA-4020-4B Hydrostatic Power-Split automatic drive
Speed: 88km/h (54.68mi/h) on-road maximum ungoverned; 80km/h (49.70mi/h) governed; 60km/h (37mi/h) off-road
Range on Road: 701km (435mi) internal fuel + 119km (74mi) external tanks; 22.44km (14mi) on electric power only

Armament:
    1 x 150mm/46.7 TSG-4 smoothbore tank gun on T701 combination mount (34 rounds ready on bustle autoloader)
1 x 15.2mm/100 MG150 Heavy Machine Gun coaxial to 150mm (2,000 rounds)
    1 x 15.2mm/100 MG150 Heavy Machine Gun on CMIV-WS (150 rounds)

Sensors & Fire-control:
      CM-08 CMIV-WS
      GM-07 Gunner's Sight System
    SM-18C Optronic/Ku-band Sensor Mast
    12 x VQ-08G fixed perhiperal camera on turret corners (optional)
    Upper glacis optronic camera
    NV-capable optics for Commander's cupola, Driver's sight and Gunner's roof scope

Armour & Protective Measures:
      Generation 4+ Scutumis Beta special armour array on turret front, hull front, turret sides and front skirts
    Mk IE MPDS soft-kill Active Protection System
    Mk IC MADS + Protector hard-kill Active Protection System (12 rounds)
      32 x 40mm smoke grenade launch tubes
      Ammunition blowout panels for turret bustle storage
    Regenerative NBC system with anti-neutron protection

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Artist's Notes:
The camouflage on this tank is based off the "Berlin Brigade" urban pattern used by the British Army of the Rhine in the latter years of the Cold War.

31-Oct-2020 edit: Did some modest changes on the overhead view relating to the turret, as well as added a crew stowage basket in the back of the turret.

Description
28-Apr-2021 Edit: Revised drawing with new United Provinces Flag, revamped ammunition art, registry numbers on hull front and aft, and altered division insignia, with upper right corner regiment affiliation and lower right squadron affiliation and placement.

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The last in the Conqueror Mark I series, the Mark IC was developed to incorporate lessons learned during the First and Second Oil Wars.

The combat system and sensor suite was thoroughly overhauled. A Commander's Multichannel Independent Viewer-Weapon System (CMIV-WS), which replaced the remote weapon station and the earlier CITVs, shipped a dual-band multi-channel FLIR to give the commander excellent detection capabilities. The gunner's sight was improved as well with its own dual-band FLIR. The sensor mast was also enhanced with an improved camera and a Ku-band array intended as a small UAV and missile detection system. Instead of two rotating cameras for close-in situational awareness, provision for a series of distributed turret corner camera systems were installed to provide more persistent awareness as needed. An improved battle management system and crew station layout was fitted to help the crew process the increased information made available by the new sensors.

Survivability was also addressed. Mark ICs incorporated Scutumis Beta special armour. It is rumored that its main improvement is in the application of new lightweight high-strength steel elements in its layers, mainly as weight saving measures while keeping protection at the same level as the Mk I/Mk IB. The Mk IC relies more heavily on active defences compared to previous versions. Soft-kill systems comprised the Mk IE Modular Passive Defence System (MPDS), which used six compact sensor units for 360-degree coverage to cue a pair of IR jammers on the turret bustle as well as fire a large complement of VIRSS grenades, given wider 360-degree coverage than in Mk I/IB. Hard-kill systems included the excellent and proven Modular Active Defence System (MADS), and was further reinforced with the Protector Full-Spectrum Active Defence System, which fires interceptor projectiles from a pair of VLS canisters to stop top-attack weapons at a farther distance, reducing the burden on the MADS and the Scutumis Beta special armour.

Armament remained largely the same, although the 150mm smoothbore gun was now fitted with a closed-breech scavenging system (CBSS) instead of a bore evacuator. While it has access to a now-standard array of jacketed and non-jacketed DU APFSDS, HE-MP, and guided KE and CE rounds as well as BLOS CSTAM and nuclear specialist munitions, the Mark IC has also provisions for accepting extending-rod penetrators and other new projectiles, if and when those prove viable.

Full rate production began in 2015. The Conqueror Mark IC currently forms the backbone of the Connori Army's armoured brigades, with approximately 7,858 in service (a mix of new-build and rebuilt Mk IBs) as of 2020. Production is set to continue at least until 2028.

Specifications:
Complement: 3 (Tank Commander, Gunner, Driver)
Dimensions:
      Length - 7.838m (25.715ft)/11.757m (38.573ft) w/main gun forward
      Width - 3.783m (12.411ft) hull; variable width depending on type of ballistic skirt
    Height - 2.513m (8.224ft) to turret roof on default suspension setting
Mass: 65.9 tonnes (64.86 long tons/145,284lbs) with default ballistic skirts, 72 tonnes (70.86 long tons/158,733lbs) if fitted with full urban combat package.
Powerplant: Furlow Motors TM895 liquid-cooled V12 multi-fuel Diesel + United Electric Ltd. TEM3 Electric Motor; 1,342.8kW (1,800hp)
Suspension: in-arm active hydropneumatic, with six roadwheel units
Transmission: Lerdaim GA-4020-4B Hydrostatic Power-Split automatic drive
Speed: 88km/h (54.68mi/h) on-road maximum ungoverned; 80km/h (49.70mi/h) governed; 60km/h (37mi/h) off-road
Range on Road: 701km (435mi) internal fuel + 119km (74mi) external tanks; 22.44km (14mi) on electric power only

Armament:
    1 x 150mm/46.7 TSG-4 smoothbore tank gun on T701 combination mount (34 rounds ready on bustle autoloader)
1 x 15.2mm/100 MG150 Heavy Machine Gun coaxial to 150mm (2,000 rounds)
    1 x 15.2mm/100 MG150 Heavy Machine Gun on CMIV-WS (150 rounds)

Sensors & Fire-control:
      CM-08 CMIV-WS
      GM-07 Gunner's Sight System
    SM-18C Optronic/Ku-band Sensor Mast
    12 x VQ-08G fixed perhiperal camera on turret corners (optional)
    Upper glacis optronic camera
    NV-capable optics for Commander's cupola, Driver's sight and Gunner's roof scope

Armour & Protective Measures:
      Generation 4+ Scutumis Beta special armour array on turret front, hull front, turret sides and front skirts
    Mk IE MPDS soft-kill Active Protection System
    Mk IC MADS + Protector hard-kill Active Protection System (12 rounds)
      32 x 40mm smoke grenade launch tubes
      Ammunition blowout panels for turret bustle storage
    Regenerative NBC system with anti-neutron protection

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Artist's Notes:
The camouflage on this tank is based off the "Berlin Brigade" urban pattern used by the British Army of the Rhine in the latter years of the Cold War.

31-Oct-2020 edit: Did some modest changes on the overhead view relating to the turret, as well as added a crew stowage basket in the back of the turret.