"Tomyris" CD Series (CD1-CD4)
Crew: 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, radio operator)
Weight: 52 tonnes
Length: 6.95m
Width: 3.25m
Height: 3m
Range: 250km
Armour: 120mm hull front, 60mm sides, 40mm rear, 140mm turret front, 75mm sides, 45mm rear.
Armament: 84mm/60 AT, 1 x 13mm ranging co-axial, 1 x 7mm co-axial, 1 x 7mm hull MG
Engine: 1 x HCA-1010A Hoffmeyer V-12 diesel
Maximum speed: 60 kph
Ordered when the Hippolyte proved incapable of taking the 84mm anti-tank gun now becoming standard on Californian tanks, the Tomyris was a modern 'heavy' cruiser tank, designed to match the best that it was believed Germany (or in later years, the Soviet Union) could field in the near-future. Like the Black Princess, it was allowed to grow to meet a proper weight target. The first units saw combat in January of 1944, considered a very remarkable design cycle for a tank originally ordered in the second half of 1941. The tank reached full production at a rate of 250 per month in late 1944. Amenities were on a level of the Melanippe CII4 variant, and the tank also saw much post-war use.