HV-1A “Arbiter”

"Arbiter isn't only our weapon, but it is our shield too"

-General A.Peterson, when inspecting first mass produced Arbiter

Description
Built on Arbiter Universal Chassis, HV-1A was the first Generation 4 MBT built by Irilon Empire to strenghten their military unit. As the tension betwen Obelia Empire and CNS Alliance increase, Irilon must prepare as well since they were Obelia’s closest ally. Several version were built, including the HV-1A, a version used to be exported to other nations.

First Hull Prototype

History
Arbiter’s development begun right after the development of Vindicator Universal Weapon Platform by Obelia Empire, however, the development stopped due to several reasons. The project continued 3 year later, and first prototype of the hull presented and tested. The results satisfied the officials, the immidietly accept it for further development. The hull finally reach it’s final version a year later and planned to be the main chassis for various military vehicle. The military officials suggest the industry to proceed the development of MBT turret since their current MBT is outdated and need to be replaced. A small unmanned turret completed after 2 years of development and immidietly placed on the hull for testing. The results dissapointed the officials. It’s considered weak and lack of firepower. Several plans were preseneted, but the officials agreed on one plan, the plan was to increase the firepower but keep the light armor to keep the tank agile and lightweight. Several prototype presented and a year later they finally finally made the perfect turret. The turret has 140mm Smoothbore Cannon as its main weapon and coaxially placed 14.7mm Gun as a secondary weapon. The light armor that keeps the tank lightweight is reinforced with various modular APSs and iron bars. Weighted only 57 tons, the tank can reach about 80 kmph. The automatic loading gun can fire in high speed. Advanced gunnery systems help the gunner to fire accurately. But there’s several drawbacks on the tank , few modules are low armored, for example the turret ring. A single 20mm shell can cause damage on this module if it hits the soft spot.

Characteristic
Weight: 57 tons
Height: 3.3m
Lenght: 10.9m w/ gun, 10.3m wo/gun
Widht: 4.1m
Average Speed: 84 kmph
Horsepower: 1800 HP
Number of operator: 3 Crews(Commander, Driver, Gunner)

Equipments And Armanents
Main Weapon: 140mm Smoothbore Cannon
Secondary Weapon: 14.7mm Heavy Machine Gun
Panoramic Camera: Eagle Type-87 Panoramic Camera
Gunner Camera: Eagle Type-65 Gunnery System
Defense System :Hardcase M56 Explosive Reactive Armor, Arrowhead Model A1 Softkill APS, Y12 Sunflare Infrared Jamming System, Gunrammer 15 Hardkill APS
Engine: Hurricane V98 1800 HP Diesel Engine

Feature
Interior



Custom gun reticle

Stabilizer
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Automatic aiming Panoramic Sight
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Shell Ejection

Control
Pitch to move forward
Roll To turn
Yaw to rotate Turret
VTOL to control gun elevation
Trim to control Hydropneumatic Suspension

Activation Group
AG1-Main Gun control
AG2-Coaxial MG
AG3-None
AG4-Countermeasures
AG5-Open Hatches
AG6-Light
AG7-Lock Turret
AG8-Track, gyroscope and stabilizer

Some Notes
Remember to eject your shell, gun won't reload before shell ejected
HEAT round have explosion, dont use it on close combat, use APCR or machine gun instead
I tried to make realistic looking unmodded version, but it's getting really laggy so I use mod to reduce part count, I will make a simple unmodded version later

Gallery

Close combat between single HV-1A againts Rebel infantry armored convoy

HV-1A got hit by an airstrike

A HV-1A waiting to ambush rebel convoy