Landships

Landships are the premier armoured fighting vehicle in Airfotress. They are fast, heavy hitting units designed to punch holes into enemy lines while also being fast enough to exploit the damage they cause.

History
Landships were first used by the Kingdom of Syerdawn-Rostef during the Karelian Civil War. These early landships were little more than armoured boxes armed with machine guns. However, against men often armed with little more than muskets and sabres, they proved incredibly deadly.

The Sudfellian War (1731-1734) would see further Landship development, eventually culminating in turreted landships with cannons and dedicated rounds for fighting other landships. The Battle of Redfield (1734) would see the first engagement between landships, with the turreted models proving decisively better. Developments from the Sudfellian War would continue into the Arcean Civil War(1770-1779), with better engines, armament and armour making landships progressively more important.

Landships would take centre stage during the Great War. After over a century of development, new, more powerful designs were vital in moving front lines forward. New and specialised landships began to appear, ranging from landship destroyers to support landships acting as armoured artillery pieces.

After the Great War, Landships would also be designed to be transported by airships. Many designs capable of air mobility compromise either armour or firepower to achieve this. New weapons systems have also since been developed, including gun missiles and autocannons.

With ever improving landship killing weapons being fielded by both the common soldier and ever more deadly and accurate air turrets, the prominence of the landship, some believe, could decline in the future, but they none the less remain an important feature of a fighting force.

List of known Landships:

 * Bellkeeper: North Ghurkkan MBL
 * Cassidy: Arcean Medium Tank
 * DT90 Metaru S Landship Destroyer: Shirudan MBL
 * Halai: Imanian Medium Tank
 * Helena: Arcean MBL
 * Hoffnung Zuustwher: Hoffnung MBL
 * Iridae:
 * Mahi: Mabutinger Light Tank
 * Mastodon: North Ghurkkan MBL
 * MBP-X:
 * Mida II: North Ghurkkan Light Tank
 * Mida II T: North Ghurkkan SPG
 * Natah: North Ghurkkan Medium Tank
 * Oba: North Ghurkkan Light Tank
 * OEDO-G24: Shirudan MBL
 * Ondsindet: Karelian Medium Tank
 * Preste Raud: Hessian Heavy Tank
 * Tændstik: Karelian Medium Tank
 * Aurata: MBL of the ENPF