Type-89 Main Battle Tank

The Type 89 Poltergeist Main Battle Tank is a the main battle tank of the of tht United Sangheilli Republic.

Operational History
During the Human-Covenant War, The Covenant lacked a true main battle tank, the Wraith being more of an uparmored self-propelled gun. The Wraith carried a plasma Mortar, a weapon poorly suited for the job of engaging heavy armor at the short ranges of most tank battles, and the Wraith lacked a revolving turret. Thus Wraiths often lost battles to smaller groups of Scorpion Tanks. After the Human-Covenant War, the United Sangheili Republic, formerly the Covenant Seperatists, designed a vehicle loosely based off of the their UNSC allies Scorpion. The vehicle, known as the Type 89 MBT, or Poltergeist, carries a particle-beam cannon in a turret, with a co-axial light plasma autocannon, and has proved itself superior to Covenant Remnant Wraiths.