Setting 15: African Warrior—Lion

(Accidentally set as a paid chapter, cannot be modified)

"With the scimitar in hand, we can defend the territory."

—Excerpts from the lyrics of the Egyptian Defense Forces song of the African Brotherhood.

"Lion" is a humanoid weapon manufactured by the African Brotherhood. It is characterized by easy production and strong resistance to extreme terrain and weather. The lions of various countries have different colors and even weapons.

【modeling】

The notable feature of the Lion is that each piece of armor has a large area and a dust cover is installed on the torso.

The head is like two bowls put together up and down, with a 360°C field of view.

【Armed】

(standard type)

Dustproof machine gun x1

Thermal scimitar x1

Various grenades (such as ********* attack type)

Back mounted howitzer x2

Portable cannon x1

Several mounted missiles.

(local terrain)

Shoulder smoothbore cannon x1

Portable Heavy Gatling x1

Some grenades.

【development process】

The African Brotherhood lags behind in the development of humanoid weapons. The first reason is that it was originally a commercial consortium with a weak military industry foundation. After it began to unify the military, some of the participating countries were reluctant; the second reason is that the joining countries are relatively independent and difficult to enforce. With the comprehensive development of humanoid weapons, some conservative countries still used tanks from the old era when they were invaded.

However, the advantage of slow development is that it is easier to learn from experience. After referring to the humanoid weapons of various major forces, scientists from the African Brotherhood found that their mechanical structures were more complex in design, which increased the difficulty and time of manufacturing. For example, the Covenant "lifeguard" style, which is already considered cheap, has a waist and abdomen design made of multiple pieces of armor spliced ​​together in order to improve waist mobility.

So African Brotherhood scientists decided to reduce the number of parts needed to assemble their own humanoid weapons. The designed lion has only two pieces of armor on its waist and abdomen, and only two pieces on its chest. The reduction in parts has greatly improved production efficiency.

Then what they need to consider is practicality. The African Brotherhood attaches great importance to local operations. Africa has a complex natural environment, with many deserts and wetlands. If it is designed like other forces, it will be very troublesome to maintain in the future.

So they invented a special material that is quite dustproof, waterproof and durable. The dust cover made of this material wraps the important joints of each machine body, which greatly increases the service life of the machine body and the risk of accidents. After HER invaded Africa, similar dust covers were installed on their bodies, but the effect was much worse.

In terms of the body's field of view, most of the bodies of other forces use the main camera in the front, and the back view is obtained through small cameras elsewhere on the body. In order to save costs and manufacturing difficulties, Lion designed the "eyes" of the body to rotate 360°C, and then only installed a small camera on the top of the body. The advantage is that it saves cost and manufacturing difficulty. The disadvantage is that when the driver needs a certain angle of vision, the acquisition speed is about 1 second slower than that of other forces.

The frugal, efficient and simple Lion quickly won the favor of most of the African Brotherhood countries. Even the countries that were stubborn about the past built their own production lines immediately after the HER invasion.

The lions designed by different countries are completely different. For example, the Egyptian lion has a body style that references ancient Egyptian soldiers and is equipped with a thermal Egyptian scimitar and a large shield. In countries with more deserts, the dust-proof effect of the aircraft is better, and the color of the aircraft is mostly earthy yellow. In countries with many wetlands, they are more waterproof and the colors are mostly blue or green.

The Lion also has a variety of modifications, which is also due to its simple structure and easy modification. Common forms include bombardment type and local terrain. The smaller number of forms include water combat type, air combat specialized type, reconnaissance specialized type, ground high speed type, etc.

【Special machine】

chakazulu

The aircraft is named after the famous African king Chaka Zulu, and the pilot is Colonel Django. Its body is characterized by a huge horn decoration on its head, several high-speed shooting spears installed on its shield, and its main weapon is a thermal spear in addition to a machine gun.

Colonel Django will only fly this machine in very important battles.