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Terminal This fanfiction article, M312C1 Elephant Heavy Recovery Vehicle, was written by Ajax 013. Please do not edit this fiction without the writer's permission.
Elephant
Elephant HRV
Production information
Manufacturer

Masver-Tor Engineering

Class

Heavy Recovery Vehicle

Technical specifications
Engine Power
  • Armoured fusion reactor
  • Twin V8 engines
Armour
  • Heavy duty Titanium
  • AEGIS tile inserts
  • Liquid-glass composite laminate
  • Carbon fibre and heat resistant materials
  • Non-Explosive Reactive Armour
Countermeasures
Armament
Crew
  • Driver
  • Commander
  • 3 Gunners
  • Crane operator
Passengers

Twelve engineers

Cargo capacity
  • Four Mongoose ULATVs or
  • Two Warthog Recovery Vehicle or
  • Any mixture of the two
Usage
Role(s)

Repair/Recovery Platform

Era(s)

Necros War

Affiliation

United Nations Space Command

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"Its big, heavy, damn ugly, but I'm damn glad they are on our side! "
―Anonymous Tank Commander

The M312C1 Elephant Heavy Recovery Vehicle is a monumental vehicle, one of the largest land vehicles in the UNSC arsenal. Its primary task was the recovery and repair of damaged vehicles under battlefield conditions. Armed with a powerful crane, capable, on hoist, of lifting 68 tons, capable of lifting up to 109 tons with the use of counter weights and stabilizers on the front, flanks and rear of the vehicle which dig into the ground and allow it to lift greater weights and two high powered winches. The vehicle is made up of four distinct sections, the workshop floor, a space large enough to carry a Scorpion and appropriate repair crew along with needed repair gear. The fore section contains setting and equipment stores for the engineers that operate the vehicle. The vehicle contains a second story which is connected by a internal elevator. In includes the gantry connecting the forward turret, the firing ports and the cabin along with a pair of catwalks over the main repair bay which can be folded up when a damaged vehicle is loaded on or off though the top. The vehicle's canopy is capable of being opened or shut, allowing vehicles to on or off loaded, the front door can be dropped and the rear door can also be dropped, both doubling up as ramps. The cabin is now up armoured and supplemented with armoured shutters. Next to the cabin is a remote operated turret, carrying a M41B Light Anti-Aircraft Gun and twin launcher bins carrying 4 MIM-43 Ramhorn SAMs each.On each rear boogie, with rear/side facing firing arcs are PALADIN Weapon Stations used to engage enemy infantry around the vehicle. The front bay has been substantially lengthened by three meters and now carries two Mongoose ULATVs for forward recon to recce vehicles in need of aid and a single warthog recovery vehicle. Directly behind the vehicle storage bay, and dividing the crew and repair bay is separated by the small command centre that allows the operators to designate targets for repair, preform diagnostics and request materials for repairs.

Elephant 1 - Copy
Elephant 1
Elephant 2
Elephant 3

Variants[]

M313 Behemoth Infantry Carrier Platform[]

The Mammoth ICP dedicates itself to carrying infantry into combat as safely as possible and provide a solid base of support anti infantry fire. On the rear, it features a large two-story cargo bay, capable of carrying an entire platoon of soldiers and their associated equipment. The rear ramp drops down to allow the troops to leave via the bottom floor, while a hatch on the top allows them to leave via the top hatch. At the front, it can carry a pair of Warthog FAVs or a number of drones. Separating the infantry and the vehicle bay is the small command centre, containing the holographic display allowing the platoon commander to form a plan of action and a briefing prior to departing. It has a pair of front and rear stabilizers that can be deployed when it is preparing to disembark, giving it excellent stability as a gun station. It is armed with a pair of rear/side facing PALADIN Weapon Stations, a forward facing M41B LAAG turret and turret taken from a M820B2 Wolf Spider Air Defence System on top of the cabin, to provide close in defence against air threats and infantry.

M314 Mastodon Heavy Artillery Platform[]

The Mastodon HAP is a mobile firebase, carrying the UNSC's largest artillery piece, the 440mm howitzer. The gun is carried on the right side of the Elephant, aligned to the right of the cab. This artillery piece is the single largest gun used by the UNSC, outside of starship mounted MAC cannons. It is used as a bunker buster, a heavy artillery piece, even as a weapon to be used against low flying warships. The cannon is mounted inside a sealed cargo bay that unfolds to allow the main gun to elevate. It can be elevated high enough for a long range strike, or lowered enough to be used as an assault gun. Internally, it only stores six more rounds, but it is crewed by a pair of Wolf Exoskeletons for the purpose of reloading the gun. It is crewed by a M597 Warthog Ammunition Carrier for carrying shells back and forth and a M12R Firehog Counter-Battery RADAR for counter artillery and threat detection. The Only defensive system is a single PALADIN Weapon Station. It has a small command and control area where the gun operator controls the main gun, directing the weapon for fire. It can deploy it's roof canopy and the four stabilizer skids in under 30 seconds.

M315 Alpha Command and Control Platform[]

The Alpha C2P is the command variant of the Elephant, made for command on a brigade level of armoured regiments. The internal space has been changed into a large Tactial Operations centre. The vehicle has been upgraded with a larger, more powerful though expensive plasma core, numerous more point defence lasers, thicker armour and a wide range of communication and detection gear including artillery tracking gear, AESA RADAR, jam detection and counter measures, LIDAR, a small slipspace transmitter, long range radio transmitter and a erectable radio antennae, allowing even longer range communication along with localised sat uplink and a deployable slingshot launcher for UAVs. The front bay has two Mongoose ULATVs for carrying short range radio equipment communication lines or even messages or data in person.

M316 Omega Mobile Missile Platform[]

The Omega MMP chnages the Alpha's internal TOC for a launch control centre, while the second floor becomes a magazine and crane loader for a ballistic missile platform that fires a CORROSION missile. This missile is designed for firing from capital ships to other capital ships though in this case it doubles up as a ground launched anti capital ship missile and a bunker bursting bomb. It also carries a pair of Mongoose ULATVs in the front bay for carrying targetting sensors and deploy or aim them in the field for targetting data for the Omega MMP.

M317 Hippo Mobile Field Hospital[]

The Hippo MFH is a modified version of the Elephant with a seal compartment complete with NBC systems and bedecked as a two story medical facility. While the forward turret and side turrets remain, those are the only armaments left. The interior sports 8 medical beds, two emergency rooms a quarentine room and a medical store. It is outfitted with all the modern equipment of a hospital and staffed by doctors and medics. The bay in the front is for a pair of Warthog ambulances, for shuttling casualties to and through. It features a back up fusion core and generator in case of failure in the primary fusion core.

M318 Bison Supply Carrier[]

The Bison Supply Carrier is a heavy supply vehicle, intended for taking extremely large hauls off-road, where normal supply trucks cannot follow. It carries a single large sealed cargo bay, with an internal winch and conveyor belt. It is normally crewed by four crew and/or two Wolf class exoskeletons and two M597 Warthog Ammunition Carriers for the transportation of supplies.

Ground Vehicles of the UNSC

Scorpion & Variants
Heavy Tanks
Warthog Knight FAV family

Warthog FAV | Warthog Knight LRV | Gauss Hog LAAV | Rocket Hog LAAV | Guard Hog Crusader | Warthog Assassin RAV | Razorback LTV

Warthog Troop Transport | Tread Hog DTV | Warthog Medical Vehicle | Warthog Ammunition Carrier | Spark Hog MEWS | Fire Hog CB-RADAR| Warthog Recovery Vehicle | Warthog Flatbed Truck | Comm Hog | FIST Hog | FAC Hog | Storm Hog | Heat Hog

Unified Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle
Rapid Armoured Carrier

Sidewinder RGC | Adder RRV | Viper RPC | Rattlesnake RAD | Python RATV | Boa RMV | Anaconda MCV | Asp RAV

Personnel Carriers

Pangolin JPV | Echidna JSV | Hedgehog JMV | Saiga FOV | Armadillo PTT | Porcupine MRTT

Mastodon APC | Mastiff ISV

Bison APC | Bison Ambulance | Bison Command Vehicle | Bison Repair Vehicle

Crocodile IFV | Crocodile Command Vehicle | Crocodile Recovery Vehicle

Springbok APC | Oryx MICV | M480 Oryx Battle Command Vehicle | M482 Oryx Engineering Support Vehicle | M483 Oryx Fire Support Vehicle | Aardwolf ADS | Hyena CSV | Wildcat FCV

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Cougar AFV | Tigrillo AMC | Cheetah LAAD | Margay MAV

Lynx F-AFV

Utility Vehicles

Mongoose ATV | Momgoose HATV | Gungoose ATV | Meerkat LATV | Jackrabbit LSV | Fennec LSV | Fox SRTV

Tapir LSV | Antelope MSV | Buffalo ETT | Impala HTT | Yak HTU | Ox HVT | M808 Mule Unified Payload Transporter | Wildebeast SHSV

Tenrec ASV | Muskrat HASV

Otter ATAV | Beaver HATAV

Sika HSV | Sambar RSV | Muskox AAC

Bobcat Command Vehicle | Tanuki DCV | Skunk CBFOS | Badger ASRS

Gopher ACT | Serow HBV | Platypus PS

M63 Okapi LTC | M77 Giraffe HDCU

Ibex MPTV | Snow Cat AT | Snow Leopard HAT | M903 Goanna Heavy Duty Rig | | Rover EEV | Ranger LEEV

T-31 Aircraft Tug | R-12 Motorised Cart | S-2 Traxus Cargo Transporter | VC-81 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicle

Exoskeletons

Moa LRW | Gyges ATLL | Wolf ATAAS | Mule Cargo Loader | Cyclops HAS | Mantis ADS | Colossus ADS | Talos ABS

Artillery and Anti-Air

Wolverine SPAAA | Genet MRAAD | Aardvark HAAD | Pallas ASIV | Sun Bear C-RAM

Axis HELL | Diamondback MADS |

Addax AMC | Bombardier SPMA | Kodiak Heavy Artillery

Firefly MLRS | Racoon HIMARS | Fossa BMS | Dhole SSMS | Mammoth MAAWPS/UH

Elephant and variants
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