User:SPARTAN 119/M-855 Kodiak Heavy Assault Tank

Operational History
The M-855 Kodiak Heavy Assault Tank is the UNSCs answer to the Covenant Scarab. While the M-850 Grizzly Anti-Scarab Vehicle proved to be devastating when it came to destroying Covenant Scarabs, it was not a true equivalent. In spite of having superior firepower to the Scarab, the Grizzly did not have the armor or the sheer psychological impact of the Scarab. The Kodiak, like the Grizzly, proved itself most effective in combat over open terrain and was used extensively in the campaign to drive the Covenant and their Scarabs from the Great Plains of the U.S and Canada. While not as common a sight as the Grizzly, the Kodiak saw use in several major battles including Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Dallas, Texas, and Fort Sill Army Base in Oklahoma. Like the Grizzly, the Kodiak was never adopted by the UNSC Marine Corps, only the Army, because the fact that it was too heavy to be moved by Pelican or Albatross Dropship.

Description
The Kodiak looks like an absolutely massive tank mounted on an Elephant chassis. The turret is high up on the vehicle body and contains the 155mm main gun and has a Scarab-Slayer Anti-Scarab Missile launch tube on the side of the turret. The turret also has a 25mm Gauss cannon in a co-axial mount, as well as an M-41 LAAG 12.7mm chaingun, and an AA missile pod on top of the turret. A 7.62 mm bow machine gun is located in the front of the vehicle and is operated from the driver's seat.