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I decided to start up a project based around the sci fi book series Hammer's Slammers, about a mercenary hover tank regiment in the far future. Here's the first of hopefully many drawings of the many vehicles used in this universe.




The M2 Blower is a hover tank designed by Icarus Industries and used heavily by the titular Hammer's Slammers regiment. Originally using a 15cm power gun, the armament was quickly upgraded to the 20cm Solothurn T3 due to the increasingly weaker penetration capabilities of the 15cm. The commander's cupola features a 3cm power gun, linked to an AI network and used mainly as anti air. The Blower has been proven as a robust, reliable, and highly upgradeable vehicle in countless engagements by both the Slammers and various other mercenary groups.
Though there is not really any official artwork of the blower or most Hammerverse vehicles, I used the design from the miniature wargame.

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This is good.

I think in one of the stories also (Rolling Hot?) the tanks have little bombs around them to kill infantry that get too close. IIRC that is also on the skirt, or near it. There's no official art but there is a fair bit of descriptions of the tanks in the stories anyway.

I might be misremembering but I think also in that story it's mentioned that the skirt is covered in metal armor.

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You're probably thinking of the "steel plenum" skirt, which is accurately depicted. Also I remember what you are talking about, iirc they're described as sort of ERA armor to deter infantry using buzz bombs. That might actually be the four vent looking oval things, I’m not sure.

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M2A4AU and M2A2 have been added.

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The M6 Combat Car is an early modular hover design by Icarus Industries. It is a lightweight and compact vehicle, necessary for the weaker propulsion systems available at the time. The open topped base vehicle uses a crew of five: two gunners manning 1cm power guns each, a driver, and three passengers or miscellaneous crewmen. It is able to mount a variety of heavier weapons and served as the mainstay of combat cars for the Slammers until the arrival of the significantly larger M9 Combat Car (to come soon).

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