Chapter 3: The Battle

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HV-43 Rhino Heavy Infantry Combat Transport

HV-43 Rhino Heavy Infantry Combat Transport

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The Rhino also has an assortment of utility features.

-Air and water filtration system

-Exterior loudspeakers

-All wheel steering

-Independant suspension control

-Four top mounted deployable reconnaissance quadcopter drones

-Underside deployment bay for ground reconnaissance drone

-Amphibious propulsion system and inflatable flotation devices


Rhinos come in several specialized variants, similar to the old Stryker vehicles from the late 20th century.

The Abrams X tank was designed by the United States in the early 21st century to replace its aging fleet of Abrams M1A2 tanks. Although the Abrams X was designed with forward thinking principles, technology advanced too rapidly after it was put into service. Advances in technology were infeasible to retrofit into existing Abrams X models. Subsequently, the Abrams X was redesignated as the Abrams X1 and the Abrams X2 began development..

The Abrams X2 was designed during the latter half of the African Wars to incorporate new technology into the United States' main battle tank. Heavily based on the Abrams X1, the Abrams X2 mainly features a large number of minor improvements to most systems. It was cheaper to build an entirely new tank from scratch than to replace nearly every component on an Abrams X1. One notable change from the X1 was the upgrade to a 130 mm main gun. Given that the Abrams X1 is only slightly inferior to the Abrams X2, both are currently in service.

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