M850 Grizzly

The Grizzly is a United Nations Space Command heavy armored tank used during the Human-Covenant War.

Overview

The Grizzly is an upgrade to the M808B 'Scorpion' Main Battle Tank. It is outfitted with twin cannons, a heavy machine gun, and fires canister rounds as its heavy artillery. It appears in Halo Wars. It is available after completely upgrading the Scorpion, and usable only by the UNSC. It is obtainable only by choosing Sergeant John Forge as the UNSC player's hero unit. Once it has been researched, it can be purchased at the Vehicle Depot.

In Combat

The Grizzly is an extremely capable unit, suitable for defeating large amounts of enemy armor and infantry. Since it possesses a secondary canister shell attack, it can decimate ground infantry squads with ease due to its large area damage. The armor plating has also been improved, able to survive multiple shots from a Hunter's Assault Cannon, and can survive a sustained hit from a Scarab's main gun twice as long compared to the Scorpion. The co-axial machine gun has a faster firing rate and inflicts more damage per hit than the Scorpion's, at the cost of a longer reload time. Its main disadvantages are the cost it requires to be researched and its minor ineffectiveness against airborne units. Like the Scorpion, it is hard-countered by Cobras, especially while they are in Lockdown.

• Resources: 1800 (upgrade for Scorpion) 500 (for individual unit).

• Minimum Tech Level: 4 (upgrade for Scorpion) 2 (for individual unit once researched).

• Population Count: 3

Trivia

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The concept art of the Grizzly.

• Originally, the Grizzly was supposed to be equipped with a flamethrower, but with the release of the game this has been proven to be removed from the final game. Although the canister shell ability seems to be flame based as opposed to shrapnel based.
• Serina refers to the Grizzly as Forge's "pet project". Forge remarked that he personally supervised the upgrading of the Scorpion to the Grizzly units; even stating that he made his "Own special upgrades..."
• The Grizzly is noticeably similar in appearance to the Mammoth Tanks of the Command & Conquer franchise. Both the Grizzly and the Mammoth rest on four independently-suspended tracks, possess dual cannons, and are the heaviest armor available to their respective factions.
• Grizzly is also the name of an Allied tank in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
• If you look closely at the back, you will notice a hidden "fifth" tread under the turret. This is likely intended to support the extra rear end weight of the modified dual-mounted turrets.