1965 Tank Biathlon

[Markus Wilding]

"Self-repairing tanks, hell, that'll be the day. Listen, don't let none of my shadows hear it," he said, keeping his voice low and conspiratorial, "but Hellhound's got herself a robo-loader. Can't talk much about it, state secret and all that, but between you and me? I hate the damn thing. Two men can't maintain a tank, especially if I'm dealing with chickenshit from other officers."

[Cataphrak]

"Roboloader?" Yuan shook his head in disbelief. "I guess some of your engineers have been watching the same cartoons as ours. Next thing you know, they'll have robodrivers too."

"What about Robocommanders, Senior Sergeant?" Leung asked as he wiped down his hands with a rag.

Yuan shook his head. "Not anytime soon," he replied, as he took up a mock-heroic stance. "The noble tank commander must weather the antics of his subordinates, as well as the hare-brained schemes of his superiors. No machine is capable of withstanding such abuse - not yet, anyhow."

[Markus Wilding]

OOC: Lap 2 results.

The Republic of China's Type 54 misses the 1,000 meter target and does a penalty lap of 500 meters.

Korea's 2M65 hits all targets and sets the pace.

The SRA's M65 misses the 1,000 and 700 meter targets and does a 1km penalty lap.

The Romanian T-7 misses all targets, somehow.

The Soviet T-62 hits all targets and beats Korea's time.

Germany's VT-1 hits all targets and sets a modest pace.

Mexico's IS-3 hits all targets and sets a modest pace.

The PRC's Type 59 hits all targets and sets a modest pace.

Ukraine's T-65 misses the 500 meter target, and somehow nails the 700 and 1,000 meter targets, but with the penalty lap it sets an abysmal pace only outmatched by the SRA's.

[Markus Wilding]

OOC: Final lap results.

The Republic of China's Type 54 sets the pace.

Korea's 2M65 takes a penalty lap due to improperly traversing the fallen bridge obstacle.

The SRA's M65 is only a mere 30 seconds behind China's time.

The Romanian T-7 sets a modest pace.

The Soviet T-62 runs a time slightly better than the Romanians.

Germany's VT-1 almost beats China's time.

Mexico's IS-3 somehow manages to run a near-perfect lap.

The PRC's Type 59 beats the RoC's time by a minute.

Ukraine's T-65 runs only a few seconds behind the SRA.

Out of all participant nations, the Empire of Mexico performed the best and will host the next Tank Biathlon in 1968.