M808B2 Sun Devil

"Who knew blasting VTOLs out of the sky and reducing Covvies to organic mush could be so fun?"

- Sergeant Eardwulf

The M808B2 Air Defence System, colloquially known as the Sun Devil, is a modification of the changed in order to act as a self-propelled air defense system. Conforming to the request that all Scorpion variants consist of turret-swaps, the Sun Devil distinguished by its fast-tracking 40mm autocannons replacing the default. Excelling at destroying both light and heavy aircraft at short range, the vehicle's heavy armour and even greater effectiveness against massed infantry assaults saw them still being trusted in open-field combat over younger, more specialised competitors.

Introduced prior to the, the Sun Devil rose to become the second-most common configuration of the venerable M808B Main Battle Tank during the , behind only the standard model itself. Competing with the smaller, more manoeuvrable M9 Wolverine MAAT, the tank found itself in a niche in which it could effortlessly fend off large rebel attacks without support. Continuously improved to enhance its lethality against infantry, the M808B2 later became a test-bed for additions that would later be integrated into the later. Like every other model of the M808 line, the Sun Devil was steadily phased out after the war in favour of the.