Mozzarella's Project 65 "Progetto"

Overview

Mozzarella designed this tank off of the successes and fall backs of her previous work, the P.44 pantera and the Standard. This is the pinnacle of Mozzarella's designs, even rivaling the legendary T-14S in some aspects.

Story

Mozzarella wanted a vehicle she could rely on for if something were to go wrong. One day, while on her normal thinking spot at Koromoromine, Mozzarella spotted Phoenix's T-14S in a way she hadn't seen it. Mozzarella has always seen it, and everytime she marveled at it. This time, however, Mozzarella looked at it from an engineering view point. Mozzarella noticed things that she hadn't before, the noise of the engine, the heat the railgun produces, the charge time needed before firing, even the way the engine struggled in tough terrain.

Mozzarella decided to create a tank so powerful, it might have a chance against the T-14S. This tank started as the Project mk.1.

Mozzarella tried forever to get the vehicle perfect, at times even missing out on practice. She thought that she was close with the Project mk. 46, but the tank was shown to have too weak of firepower and was prone to fire.

Mozzarella decided to go nuclear, with the USSR supplying huge amounts of Uranium, Mozzarella decided that a nuclear reactor was the choice to use in her vehicle. The reactor is very easy to disable and is well protected, Mozzarella even tested it herself by hiding the reactor in one of the targets that Phoenix used. Upon impact by the railgun's shot, the nuclear reactor shut itself down and switched to decay mode.

Decay mode is the "inactive" mode of the reactor, nuclear decay is what is used by NASA's rovers on Mars and several deep-space probes. Nuclear decay generators last for decades, even hundreds of years are possible.

With a viable power source, Mozzarella switched her attention on the firepower. She decided that the cons of a railgun outweighed the pros for her use of it. Mozzarella settled on a high-velocity gun that used a chemical that can only be described as "extremely volatile and highly reactive, even equaling small atom bombs". However explosive the chemical was, it was easy to store, as it only reacts strongly to certain conditions. So Mozzarella was at no risk of exploding from her generator or her ammunition.

Mozzarella was able to further upgrade her gun design. Without the limits of a turret not designed for the loader, Mozzarella was able to make a loader before the turret. The gun is even outfitted with a more powerful grappling hook.

The drive system is extremely powerful, able to sustain a high speed for long times without need for maintenance or refueling. The maneuverability is the only ability on the Progetto better than the T-14S. The sloped plates allow for the highest speed achieved by a tank, 175kmh (108mph) these breakneck speeds are what put the progetto as a feasible threat to the T-14S.

Although the Progetto may be one of the most powerful tanks in the world, it still pales in combat effectiveness to the T-14S. Mozzarella isn't normally the one to allow herself second place only, but when it is second compared to something like the T-14S, Mozzarella it content with her placing.

Specifications

Gun: 105mm auto-reloading high-velocity "triple threat" gun

Speed: 175kmh (108mph) with fission, 56kmh (35mph) relying only on decay.

Range: theoretically infinite

Secondary gun: independently-controlled machine gun

Specials

Grapple: uses advanced grapple to grab and pull

Nuclear pasta maker: like a microwave, just faster

Ballistics computer: Mozzarella decreases her chance of missing with a special computer designed by herself.

Pathfinder: Progetto can be set to auto-pilot and will automatically find the best route.

Extra information:

As soon as Pepperoni saw Mozzarella's "plan face" she was already getting her painting supplies ready. Pepperoni painted the vehicle in a way that looked like spaghetti in pasta sauce.

Although fast, when at top speed the reactor as to activate into "fission mode" which generates heat and requires cooldown after 30 minutes of being at top speed.

Because of the chemical Mozzarella uses in the gun, the ammunition takes up less space. The ammunition is smaller because the chemical is so powerful.

Mozzarella calls the chemical "gunpowder II".

The chemical has a purple color that smells slightly sweet, especially after reaction. But don't eat the powder, because it will explode when reacting to stomach acid. The fumes are safe to inhale. The fumes also quickly diffuse and react with carbon dioxide to form oxygen.

The advanced grappling hook is strong enough to lift the entire tank straight off the ground. (So Spider-Tank)

The Progetto is capable of rivaling the T-14S in maneuverability, but everywhere else it falls behind because of Mozzarella preference towards faster vehicles. So even if the Progetto can run circles around the T-14S, the only chance it has against it is getting close without being spotted to be within its effective range. The T-14S will win in a 1v1 if it spots the Progetto before it can get within engagement range.