| “ | Give me that. - Hammer Tank, gunning the leech beam on its target |
” |
The TS1 Tsarsky Leech Beam is a support device carried by Soviet Hammer tanks. It was an offshoot of the Magnetic Beam used on the Apocalypse tank.
The beam removed material from a target vehicle which could be used to repair the tank's armor. The tank might also gain weapon systems from the target. The leech beam and the tank's weapons could not be used simultaneously. Also, the beam could not be targeted at aircraft.
Game effect
The beam may only "steal" weapons which may attack ground or air targets. For example, the beam may target a Naginata Cruiser, but it may not take the cruisers torpedoes since these may only target naval units.
It is possible for the Hammer to gain anti-aircraft weapons, or more powerful anti-vehicle or anti-infantry weapons. Only one weapon may be stolen per tank, and once stolen may not be replaced.
| Allied vehicle | Weapon gained |
|---|---|
| Riptide ACV | AP machine gun |
| Multigunner IFV | AA rocket pods |
| Guardian tank | 90mm Smoothbore cannon |
| Athena Cannon | Laser designator |
| Hydrofoil | AA CIWS cannon |
| Mirage Tank | Spectrum cannon |
| Assault destroyer | Gauss cannon |
| Aircraft Carrier | Sky Knight Scout drone |
| Pacifier FAV | None |
| Future Tank | Neutron Cannon |
| Imperial vehicle | Weapon gained |
| Tsunami Tank | Plasma AT-cannon |
| Mecha Tengu | Kinetic-burst AP autocannon |
| Striker-VX | AA rocket pod |
| Wave-Force artillery | Wave-Force cannon |
| Imperial Ore Collector | AP Machinegun |
| King Oni | King Oni Head, Radiant Plasma-Cannons |
| Shogun Battleship | Shirada 400mm cannon |
| Steel Ronin | Naginata Cannon (Not torpedoes) |
| Giga Fortress | Anti-Air and Anti-Tank rockets |
| Soviet vehicle | Weapon gained |
| Hammer Tank | 85mm cannon |
| Apocalypse Tank | Drakon cannon |
| Sickle | AP machine gun |
| Bullfrog | AA flak cannon |
| Stingray | Tesla cannon |
| Tesla tank | Tesla cannon |
| V4 Rocket Laucher | Long range rocket launcher |
| Dreadnought | Long range rocket launcher |
| Reaper | AP machine gun |
| Grinder | None |
| Mortar Cycle | None |