Tank Robot
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| Basic Information | |
| Health: | Varies Lowest: 10000 |
| Speed: | 25% |
| “ | We don't know what this thing is, but it's big as hell, looks unstoppable, and it probably runs on human blood. We're just guessing that last part, because it's usually covered in it.
— Day 1 of the Mann vs. Machine update
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Tank Robots (referred just as Tank) are large bomb-carrying machines that arrive with the robots in Mann vs. Machine modes. They carry no offensive weapons and thus have no direct way of harming the player. They can take an extreme amount of damage before they are destroyed, far more so than any other robot. The Administrator announces the entrance, progress, and destruction of each tank.
After entering the map, tanks slowly travel along a set path to the bomb hatch before deploying their bomb and ending the round. This path is unique to each map and may differ from the path of other robots in the wave, if any. They have their own bomb, independent of the one carried by the other robots, and in waves with tank(s) and bomb-carrying robots, both the tank and the robots must be destroyed to complete the wave.
Tanks are immune to all effects outside of damage and critical hits; they can only be stopped via destruction. They cannot have their movement interrupted or slowed; standing in front of one will simply push the player away for no damage, while players that cannot be pushed away due to walls or props are crushed to death, and buildings in the way are destroyed. They cannot be burned or soaked by Jarate or Mad Milk, they do not give metal to Widowmakers, they cannot be sapped or marked for death, they do not give health to players buffed by the Concheror, and they have no heads to shoot or backs to stab. Finally, they resist 75% of Minigun damage, severely reducing a Heavy's damage output against it.
Tanks have a health meter below the "robots remaining" display on the HUD, and as they are damaged, they will acquire bullet holes and cracks and lose parts, like the covering on their treads. The final tank of a mission has distinctive white stripes; this does not correlate to any of its properties.
Contents
Health
| Health | Mission | Wave |
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| Mannhunt | 6C (x5) | |
| Mannslaughter | 3B | |
| Cave-in | 4 (x3) | |
| Mean Machines | 5A-1 (x2) | |
| Disintegration | 5 | |
| Quarry | 6 | |
| Cave-in | 2B | |
| Disintegration | 2D | |
| Machine Massacre | 4, 7A | |
| Mech Mutilation | 1C | |
| Doe's Drill | 3, 8B | |
| Mann-euvers | 2 | |
| Benign Infiltration | 4 (x2) | |
| Doe's Doom | 7 (x2) | |
| Mannhunt | 3 | |
| Village Vanguard | 4 (x2), 7 (x4) | |
| Disintegration | 4A, 5B | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Destruction | 7B | |
| CPU Slaughter | 6C, 6E | |
| Machine Massacre | 7D | |
| Mech Mutilation | 3D | |
| Cataclysm | 4A, 7A | |
| Mannslaughter | 5C, 5E | |
| Quarry | 1 | |
| Desperation | 4 | |
| Mann-euvers | 7 (x2) | |
| Doe's Doom | 2A-1 | |
| Day of Wreckening | 2, 6B | |
| Cave-in | 6B-1, 6B-2 | |
| Mannhunt | 5B | |
| Village Vanguard | 2B | |
| Disk Deletion | 6, 8A-1, 8A-2 | |
| Data Demolition | 3D, 4A | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Destruction | 5 | |
| Hamlet Hostility | 7A (x2) | |
| Mean Machines | 3A-1 | |
| Crash Course | 3 | |
| Crash Course | 5 | |
| Benign Infiltration | 6B | |
| Data Demolition | 6B, 6D | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Destruction | 2A | |
| CPU Slaughter | 6A | |
| Broken Parts | 3D | |
| Hamlet Hostility | 7A | |
| Bavarian Botbash | 6C, 7A | |
| Data Demolition | 6A | |
| Crash Course | 6B | |
| Quarry | 5 | |
| Caliginous Caper | 4 | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Destruction | 7D | |
| CPU Slaughter | 4 | |
| Broken Parts | 6B | |
| Bone Shaker | 2 | |
| Hamlet Hostility | 3D, 5A | |
| Bavarian Botbash | 2B, 4C | |
| Desperation | 7A | |
| Cataclysm | 3A | |
| Caliginous Caper | 5 | |
| Broken Parts | 2A | |
| Bone Shaker | 4A, 7 | |
| Caliginous Caper | 7 | |
| Broken Parts | 2A | |
| Desperation | 7C-2 | |
| Cataclysm | 7F | |
| Bone Shaker | 7F | |
| Caliginous Caper | 8G | |
| Broken Parts | 6D |
Elimination
When a tank is the only robot in the wave (excluding support-class robots like Snipers), it should be focused on by all players until it is destroyed. Kritzkrieg Medics and Canteens are extremely effective when paired with sustained high-damage classes like Pyros and Soldiers, or when used with Demomen using his Grenade Launchers and Stickybomb Launchers. Wrangled Sentry Guns also deal massive damage to tanks, but may have to be relocated once the tank passes out of their range or if they're in the tank's path. As well, the hitbox of the tank is very large, making weapons with "bullet spread", such as the Frontier Justice, effective even at medium-long range.
If a tank arrives with other robots, especially giant robots, consider killing the robots first, as tanks do not deal damage and can usually be dealt with after the regular robots if they have not traveled more than halfway. On many missions, it is very beneficial to designate one or two players as "tank-killers," usually Pyros, Demomen, or Soldiers, to follow the tank while the rest of the team contains the bomb. The tank's resistance to Minigun damage encourages team balance by severely punishing teams that rely on an excessive number of Heavies.
After arriving at the bomb hatch, the tank will take a while to deploy its bomb, so the team still has time to destroy it.
Related achievements
Mann vs. Machievements
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Update history
- The Tank was added to the game.
- Fixed a crash related to server plug-ins spawning a Tank before the game is ready.
- Fixed the looping tank sound not playing if it was spawned far from the player.
- Fixed tank destruction effects playing at the map origin.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- [Undocumented] Rage from Buff Banner, Concheror, upgraded Minigun, and Mmmph from Phlogistinator can now be generated from Tanks.
November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)
- Fixed the Romevision tank not animating.
- Fixed a server crash related to damaging the tank with the Medic shield.
Trivia
- When spawned on a Payload map using a plugin, the tank will follow the cart's track backwards, exploding upon hitting the cart.
Bugs
- Tanks that spawn after another tank in the same wave may be announced by the Administrator as being halfway through the map. This usually happens when the third Tank in a wave spawns, provided both preceding Tanks have been destroyed already.
Gallery
Lightly damaged Tank.
Moderately damaged Tank.
Heavily damaged Tank.
The Final Wave version of the Tank.
Lightly damaged Final Wave Tank.
Moderately damaged Final Wave Tank.
Heavily damaged Final Wave Tank.
The Romevision version of the Tank.
Lightly damaged Romevision Tank.
Moderately damaged Romevision Tank.
Heavily damaged Romevision Tank.
The Romevision Final Wave version of the Tank.
Lightly damaged Romevision Final Wave Tank.
Moderately damaged Romevision Final Wave Tank.
Heavily damaged Romevision Final Wave Tank.
External links
- "Machines" official announcement, with the hint of the Tank Robot.
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