This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.56) of the game.
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Construit sur un châssis Flood inversé, le Mk. IX Stain est une plateforme d'artillerie mobile. Une fois déployée, le Stain permet le tir indirect d'un canon de 150 mm sur de longues distances afin de pilonner les positions ennemies.
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— Description en jeu
The Flood Mk. IX Stain is a late-game WardenChar de Bataille and a type of SPG. It is equipped with a 150mm artillery cannon, which can bombard enemy defensive structures from long distances.
Standard Equipment Loadout
Like with every other armored vehicle, the crew should ALWAYS equip themselves with a Gas Mask and at least one Filter to avoid dying to Gas Grenades. Additionally, they should bring a Hammer and Basic Materials to repair the SPG. These tactics can be buffed by wearing either a Tank Uniform or an Engineer Uniform.
The high rate of fire of SPGs make them a powerful tool for suppressing enemy pushes, and their high resilience to counterbattery makes them especially useful for sieging concrete bunkers with howitzer garrisons.
Due to their outstandingly high price and significance, SPGs are a high-value target on the battlefield. To prevent enemy infantry or tanks from destroying them, more effort should be put into preparing defenses around them than other artillery guns.
Tips
Like all vehicles that use large shells, they can be quickly submitted into them without accessing their inventory
While this can be done for all vehicles, it should only be done if they can carry/use large items
Equip the shell and walk up to the vehicle
Submit the shell into the vehicle - pressV
Trivia
The Flood Mk. IX Stain is the first Warden vehicle that has its engine in the front, which makes it more vulnerable to fuel leaks if it's attacked from the front. This is only seen in one other vehicle, which is the ColonialH-10 “Pelekys”.
Gallery
The Flood Mk. IX Stain from the front
The Flood Mk. IX Stain from the rear
The Flood Mk. IX Stain in its deployed form
The Flood Mk. IX Stain shown in the Update 1.54 Dev Stream