85V-g “Talos”

Versioning

This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.56) of the game.

85V-g “Talos”
Information
Vehicle Type	Assault Tank
Health	4000
Disabled Under	30% health
Resistance(damage reduction)	Heavy Armor -99%  -99%  -00%  -00%  -15%  -70%  -00%  -70%  -99%  -70%
Tank Armor	13550, 33-67%
Subsystems disable chance	25% 25% 25%
Repair Cost	170
Crew	4
Inventory Slots	1
Armament	75mm Cannon
Ammo	75mm
Production Site	Weapons Platform
Cost	5  10  15 chassis: 85K-b “Falchion”
Packaged Size	Large
Fuel Capacity	225L /

“	The “Talos” is a Velian modification to the 85-series, fitted with an oversized 75mm cannon. Knowing that such a heavy cannon would likely not be suitable, the engineers built it to disperse weight in such a manner that the 85-series chassis could bear it.	„
	— In-game description

The 85V-g “Talos” (simply known as a Talos) is a late-game Colonial Assault Tank defined by its large turret, which is noticeably larger compared to other tanks. It is equipped with a 75mm main cannon.

General Info

Crew

The 85V-g “Talos” houses a crew of four soldiers:

• Driver (Seat 1)
  • Controls the movement of the vehicle, and can see the remaining fuel in the vehicle
• Cannoneer (Gunner) (Seat 2)
  • Controls the movement and firing of the 75mm main cannon. Cannot reload the cannon from this seat
• Commander (Seat 3)
  • Capable of directing the crew, as well as giving them a better overview of the battlefield
  • Can open up the hatch by pressing E, which allows the player to use their secondary, such as binoculars
• Engineer (Seat 4)
  • Reloads the main cannon by pressing R
  • Can repair the vehicle from the inside using E, each repair action takes 3 seconds and consumes 1 Basic Materials from the player's inventory
  • Capable of seeing the health of the Tank, as well as how many shells remaining inside the inventory

Armament

The 85V-g “Talos” is equipped with one main armament:

• 75mm Cannon
  • Mounted on a turret (can rotate 360 degrees, turns 10° per second)
  • Ammo Used: 75mm
  • Range: 35 meters
  • Reload Duration: 6 seconds
  • Fire Rate: 10 rounds per minute

Inventory

It has one inventory slot, and a dedicated ammo slot that can hold 12 75mm shells.

Engine & Mobility

• Fuel Tank: 225 L of Diesel or Petrol
  
• Fuel Consumption Rate: 15L / min (Autonomy: 15:00 min)
  
• Speed: 3.94 m/s on road, 2.76 m/s off-road
  
• Can ram and destroy Sandbag Covers, Tier 1 Walls, Barbed Wire Fences, and deployed Tripods
• Damages Field Bridges a lot. Crossing is very risky or impossible
• Can cross Trenches
• Triggers Anti-Tank Mines

Health & Armor

The 85V-g “Talos” has 4000 HP and is disabled under 30% health. It has "Heavy Armor" resistance: it can soak small arms fire, shrapnel, and 12.7mm machine guns, and it is immune to Flamethrowers. But heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry are a real threat to it.
It has subsystems that have a chance to be disabled by heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry if hit specifically: Tracks: 25% (Anti-Tank Mines always disable them), Fuel Tank: 25%, Turret/Cannon: 25%.
It has Tank Armor. With it, in best case scenario, penetrating projectiles only have a 33% chance of penetrating and doing damage. That chance goes up quickly if the armor is worn or if it is shot from up close, or on the side or rear from a direct angle, or with ammo that has penetration bonuses.
It takes 170 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer. Its health, subsystems, and Tank Armor can be instantly repaired at a Garage for 100 Basic Materials.

Production

Structure	Input(s)	Output	Time
Small Assembly Station (Weapons Platform)	5 x Steel Construction Materials 10 x  Assembly Materials I 15 x  Assembly Materials IV 2 MW of power 1 x   85K-b “Falchion”	85V-g “Talos”	00:10:00

Tier 3 Facilities must be fully researched in the Weapons and Structure Tech Tree in order to be produced.

Storage & Transport

The 85V-g “Talos” can be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.

It can be packaged into a large Shippable and transported only by certain Shipping Vehicles (Barge, Freighter, Storage Ship, Flatbed Car, or Large Crane).

Tactics

Due to its slow speed, relative short range, and relatively weak armor (in comparison to other tanks capable of being fielded during late-game), the 85V-g "Talos" is best used as a PvE Support Tank, destroying enemy defensive structures that can hinder friendly armored vehicles and infantry. While it's capable of tackling enemy armor, it should not be its primary role, due to multiple weaknesses making it incapable of prolonged combat.

Despite being capable of being repaired from the inside by the Engineer, it is more efficient material-wise to repair from the outside, however, the Engineer should only use the repair option in emergency situations.

Although it is possible to use the tank without a Commander, it's not recommended as it will limit your awareness on the battlefield.

Standard Equipment Loadout
Like with every other armored vehicle, the crew should ALWAYS equip themselves with a Gas Mask and multiple Filters to avoid dying to Gas Grenades. Additionally, they should bring a Hammer and Basic Materials to repair the tank. These tactics can be buffed by wearing either a Tank Uniform or an Engineer Uniform.

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

1. Equip the shell and walk up to the vehicle
2. Submit the shell into the vehicle - press V

Trivia

• In Greek mythology, Talos was a giant bronze golem created by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus to protect his one of his many lovers, Europa.
  • A stencil of this figure can be seen drawn on the rear of the tank.
• Lore-wise, the 85V-g “Talos” is separate from the 85K-a "Spatha" and 85K-b "Falchion" for being a Velian modification of the original Kraunian chassis.
  • Due to the tank being created by a different country, it has a different designation (the letter 'V' denoting that it's of Velian design).
• The 85V-g “Talos” was the first Medium Tank armed with a large shell main cannon. These shells require an Engineer to reload the main cannon, which was first seen in Battle Tanks.
• In one of the early concept arts for the 85K-a “Spatha”, we can see a variant of the vehicle that looks eerily similar to the 85V-g “Talos”, (that variant sports a 75mm main cannon).

Historical Reference

• The design of the 85V-g “Talos” bears similarities to the Soviet KV-2 and Finnish BT-42 assault guns.

Gallery

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  The 85V-g “Talos” from the front

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  The 85V-g “Talos” from the rear

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  The 85V-g "Talos" being showcased in the Inferno Dev Stream, with a soldier popping out of the tank's hatch

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  The 85V-g "Talos" introduced in the 1.50 Inferno Dev Stream