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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
Standing roughly twenty feet tall, the Mantis is similar in appearance to the larger [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II (D) armor system]], which itself was the evolution of [[HRUNTING Mark III (B) Exoskeleton|another HRUNTING project]]. Its spindly legs and tiny "thorax" give the Mantis a passing resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Mantis|its namesake]], as do its weaponized arms. There are two versions of the Mantis, both of which have an anti-matériel machine gun on the right arm and a missile pod on the left. One variant has a larger-caliber cannon and surface-to-air missiles; the other version has an [[M655 Heavy Machine Gun/Anti-Matériel|M655 20mm heavy machine gun]] and [[M5920 Surface-to-Ground Missile Launcher/Anti-Matériel|M5920 35mm surface-to-surface missiles]].<ref name="THB 10.17.12"/> Though it lacks the sheer firepower and durability of the [[M808 Scorpion]], the Mantis is far more maneuverable, requires | Standing roughly twenty feet tall, the Mantis is similar in appearance to the larger [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II (D) armor system]], which itself was the evolution of [[HRUNTING Mark III (B) Exoskeleton|another HRUNTING project]]. Its spindly legs and tiny "thorax" give the Mantis a passing resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Mantis|its namesake]], as do its weaponized arms. There are two versions of the Mantis, both of which have an anti-matériel machine gun on the right arm and a missile pod on the left. One variant has a larger-caliber cannon and surface-to-air missiles; the other version has an [[M655 Heavy Machine Gun/Anti-Matériel|M655 20mm heavy machine gun]] and [[M5920 Surface-to-Ground Missile Launcher/Anti-Matériel|M5920 35mm surface-to-surface missiles]].<ref name="THB 10.17.12"/> Though it lacks the sheer firepower and durability of the [[M808 Scorpion]], the Mantis is far more maneuverable, requires 1 crew member, and is equipped with [[Energy shielding|regenerating energy shields]].<ref>[[:File:Mantis in action.jpg|Image showing energy shield flaring]]</ref><ref name="THB 10.17.12"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||