Diplomat Heavy Tank Prototype

The Diplomat Heavy Tank Prototype is the upgraded version of the Allied Nations' Diplomat Heavy Tank in the Mercenaries 2: World in Flames "Blow It Up Again" Downloadable Content.

Overview
The Diplomat Heavy Tank Prototype is basically a more powerful variant of the Allies' main battle tank, and it's meant to be a "joke vehicle". It sports a railgun cannon, covered 7.62mm Minigun and twin TOW launchers. Another feature is a mounted "plowing" barrier. It is upgraded with more speed, but just like all tanks, the weak point is the rear.

It can only be found in the Blow It Up Again DLC pack, in the 'Mercs Blitz' mission, and cannot be used outside of the DLC.

In-game it has the same name as the Diplomat Heavy Tank. The name comes from Fiona, who simply refers to them as "Prototype tanks".

Hijacking
Hijacking the Diplomat Heavy Tank Prototype involves a sequence of 4 buttons which is more than any other tank. However, it is a very similar process to hijacking a Mantis light tank. The hijacking sequence is as follows:


 * Left
 * Use
 * Melee (mash)
 * Jump

Tactics
Compared to the base game one, the Diplomat Heavy Tank Prototype is ridiculously powerful. It is faster and stronger, with a larger array of weapons. The main gun, like the vanilla variant, can one-shot any other tank in the game.

Alternatively, if the player wishes to not use the railgun's shells to destroy enemy tanks, he can still use the supplied 12 anti-tank missiles.

The Prototype has heavy type 3 armor which is completely impervious to small arms, grenades and has exceptionally high survivability in the face of regular RPGs and regular tank shells. Though, like all land vehicles, this tank will be destroyed if caught in a thermobaric explosion such as that caused by Fuel Air RPGs. Do not expose the rear of the tank to increase survivability as it will take significantly more damage if hit in the rear.

Real life
Like the Diplomat Heavy Tank, its Prototype is based on the M1A2 Abrams, although with heavy modifications.

Related pages

 * AN ground vehicles in World in Flames
 * Diplomat Heavy Tank
 * M1 Tank - Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction equivalent