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Operation Titanium Tank was a community Mann vs Machine mission making competition and tour event organized and hosted by Potato's Custom MvM Servers that was announced on November 17, 2017 and concluded on August 22nd, 2018. It was brought back as Operation Titanium Tank: Reforged on July 9, 2020, which is set to conclude September 30, 2020, in support of the IRONAID charity drive for COVID-19 relief efforts.

The 2017 Competition

The first part of the original event was a mission making contest. Every contestant that had a valid popfile (more than one mission per contestant was also allowed) before the 1st of January, 2018, would receive the event's medal while the six overall best missions would be used for a community created tour called "Titanium Tank" which opened up to the public about a month later. The six (with one tie making it the top 7) overall best also got rewarded an extra event medal for their efforts, bringing the total amount of possible medals one can own, including the medal for completing the tour itself, up to three.

The competition concluded with 56 participants who submitted a total of 68 missions. The 6 winning entries are displayed below.

Winners

Placement	Map	Mission	Creator	Score
1st	Dockyard	Spyware Shipping	(ATG) Jakapoa	91
2nd	Waterfront	Watershed Waylay	Swordstone	88
3rd	Downtown	Entertainer’s Entourage	Star Bright	86
4th	Steep	Peak Performance	Dayal	85
5th	Teien	Program Seppuku	Quenquent	84
6th	Powerplant	Power Palliative	Flowaria_	81^†
(6th)	Metro	Evil Eye	Nuke	81^†
Notes	^† The tie was broken by the beta testers voting on their personal preference out of the two missions. Both creators still received an extra medal.

The Campaign

Starting from February 1, 2018, players were able to play the six missions and complete the Titanium Tank tour. The campaign ended on August 22nd, 2018, extended from its original stated deadline. The campaign was rebooted on July 9, 2020, with the same rules, and new rewards. The original text of the rules is documented here for archival purposes.

Tour Rules

The difficulty of the tour is advanced mode, since the contest asked for advanced mode difficulty missions. The missions will be challenging, but should not be too hard. If you are capable of completing Mecha Engine or Two Cities, you shouldn't have problems completing this community tour. We recommend not attempting the tour if you are incapable of handling MvM at an advanced difficulty, unless you have a group of friends to help complete it with.
The tour must be completed on our MvM servers - We do not accept completion records from other community servers. We cannot verify if other servers are running MvM under the same vanilla conditions that we are (just like how mann up is restricted to Valve servers), nor can we be (re)assured that the progress data reported from other server are genuine and honest
The tour deadline for Titanium Tank is May 31st, 2018 @ 11:59 PM ET
The rules of the tour completion are different here than in Mann Up. See the completion rules below.

Completion Rules

Unlike in Mann Up, merely reaching a mission to victory does not count as a mission completion. The server does not record mission completions – it only tracks individual wave completions.
You must complete each wave of each mission in the tour from start to finish without leaving. You must be on the defending team (team RED) before the wave starts, be on the defending team when the wave ends, and not drop out in the middle (even for a reconnect).
If you start a wave but leave in the middle, join in the middle of a wave and finish it, or you fail a wave, you will not receive credit for that wave. You will need to replay it in full to earn credit. We want all tour players to experience the community’s work entirely (to support the creators).
The server will inform you if you have earned a wave credit for the wave you just completed. You can also check which credits you have and need to earn on the tour progress website.
The Titanium Tank Medal will drop in your inventory once you earn your last wave credit and leave the server. If the tour website reports 100% completion, but you do not receive your medal, contact an admin.

The 2020 Charity

The 2020 event is host to a charity drive for IRONAID. Players can donate varying amounts through item or monetary donations to receive donor medals. Donating at least 5 USD will earn the player the Gilded Giver medal, donating at least 10 USD will earn the player the Chromatic Cardioid medal, and donating at least 15 USD will earn the player both medals.

Rewards

Players who participated in the 2017 competition, or fully completed the original tour, were awarded a Titanium Tank Participant Medal. An extra one was also given to the winners of the competition.

Players who fully complete the 2020 Reforged version of the tour will receive a Replica Titanium Tank medal, which is visually identical to the original Titanium Tank Participant Medal.

The Gilded Giver and Chromatic Cardioid donation medals reuse the same models as the Hopeful Heart and Boundless Heart from Operation Madness vs Machines, respectively; however, the Gilded Giver initially drops with a special golden color applied that is not otherwise available in-game.

Each of the donation medals has two styles, named "Normal" and "Gem Only". The "Gem Only" style displays only the gemstones, without the surrounding metal frames.

The particpant medal was contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement, Sntr, sedisocks, Star Bright, and Hydrogen.

The donation medals were contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement, Sntr, Erikku, sigsegv, Jakapoa, Pelipoika, interrobang, Mayor Rev, Z-Ben, kratos, Nuke, Hydrogen, Hyperion, Potato's MvM Server, DaanBox, Swordstone, and Geel.

Genuine Titanium Tank Participant 2017
Level 1 Community Medal
This badge is proof that you have earned your mettle against a raging horde of robots! Good job, sport! Awarded to all participants of Potato's MvM Server's community MvM events!

( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Genuine Replica Titanium Tank 2020
Level 1 Community Medal
We fired up the medal presses and forged some replicas of this timeless classic just for you. The eggheads told us we couldn't afford it, but we'll be damned if we let you go unrewarded. Awarded to players of Potato's MvM Server's charity tour!

( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Genuine Titanium Tank Gilded Giver 2020
Level 1 Community Medal
Paint Color: DAA520
It takes a golden heart to breach quarantine and fight off hordes of killer robots in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic. For your heroic deeds, you’ve earned the right to finally leave your house. Awarded to donors of Potato's MvM Server's charity tour!

( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Genuine Titanium Tank Chromatic Cardioid 2020
Level 1 Community Medal
Thanks to the full spectrum of players like you, we'll conquer this pandemic, just like you conquered endless waves of murderous robots. Awarded to donors of Potato's MvM Server's charity tour!

( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Painted variants

[hide]Operation Titanium Tank

Titanium Tank Participant Medal / Replica Titanium Tank
Gilded Giver (Normal)
Gilded Giver (Gem Only)

Single colors

An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey

A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour

Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants

Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet

A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green

The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors

Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)

Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)

The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)

Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted (RED)	Unpainted (BLU)

Normal
Single colors

An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey

A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour

Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants

Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet

A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green

The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors

Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)

Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)

The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)

Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Gem Only
Single colors

An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey

A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour

Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants

Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet

A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green

The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors

Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)

Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)

The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)

Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted