G55 Base Variant



The G55 from Phalanx is an Armored Combat Vehicle commissioned for use by USIC's  Marine Corps in 3567 as a Command tank. The vehicle proved both effective and cost worthy to the point of the G55 replacing the G42 Tank Destroyer as USIC's primary ACV.



General Information
The G55 is used as a Main Battle tank, seconding as a Command Vehicle.



The name Charger was adopted by the developement team after one of the test drivers accidentally drove through a building, but upon inspection the vehicle was seemingly undamaged.





The G55 has a set of 2x 1' 5"  wide tracks on each side of the vehicle, making it able to continue moving if one of the track lengths is disconnected





When the G55 was introduced, USIC Mechanics around the galaxy rejoyced at the fact that Phalanx used relatively lightweight materials for the track segments compared to older vehicles with similar track design (G42, G31 and G14 to name a few)

 Variants The G55 has several variants based off of it, some developed by Phalanx and some developed by others. The G55's Family includes the following members

G55, G55A, G55B, G55B1, G55B2, G55C, G55X, GA55, GAA55 and VR55

Crewmen
 Skeleton: 1 Driver, 1 Co-Driver/Radio Operator, 1 Loader, 1 Gunner, 1 Commander/Navigator



Optimum: 1 Driver, 1 Co-Driver, 1 Gunner, 2 Loaders, 1 Radio Operator, 1 Commander/ Navigator.

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Vehicle Dimensions
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Hull Dimensions: 28' 1" Long, 6' Tall, 13' Wide

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Tower Dimensions: 19' 6" Long' 3' Tall, 11' 2 " Wide

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Armor
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Hull: 18" Front, 14" Sides, 4" Back, 6" Top, 7" Bottom

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Tower: 17" Front, 20" Sides, 18" Rear, 8" Top

Armaments
The G55 has an MC120 120mm Main cannon with an LC15 .50 Coax, LC10 .50 and LC35 .30 mounted topside and an LC30 .30 mounted in the hull

<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Power and Weight The G55's dual 14-cylinder engines can pump out a total of 10,410 horsepower that allow the G55 to travel speeds up to 100 miles per hour, while weighing 105 tons on a combat deployment.

The reason the G55 is mounted with 2 large engines instead of using a singular engine with similar horsepower output, a little less fuel consumption and less space required was because, as the lead of the Power System Design and Implementation Team, Carson Neville said "The Boys and I in charge of this thing's engine all agreed that it sounded more intimidating and powerful like this. Also there's the factor that the heat output is significantly lower than the output of, say, a turbine engine."