FAV Mark V Dragon

"Fortresses can't move, until now."

- Anonymous tank driver

The FAV Mark V Land Fortress, also known by Falkirian personnel as the Tiger and by the as the Falkirian Grizzly, was a super-heavy tank/land battleship that was utilised by the Free Commonwealth of Falkirk during the Falkirian War for Independence. Developed as an upscale to the infamous, the Grizzly was designed as a multi-role tool to counter the numerical superiority the insurgents would face from the. It was intended to defeat any four UNSC tanks, as well as their support elements from infantry and light vehicles, when deployed in pairs. To accomplish this, the Tiger features a triple-barrelled turret that fires both 120mm rounds and specialised subcalibre shells at shockingly long-range. Should the engagement get up close, the Tiger has a very thick hull and a close-range countermeasures to remain a punishing threat even when deployed up-close.

The Tiger was first encountered in reports as early as, when it was confused with the Grizzly tanks in first, but would not be formally identified until the UNSC's invasion of Ffyniannus in. It would wreck devastating casualties on the UNSC's armies, not through direct confrontation but by launching deadly surprise attacks thanks to it's incorporation of Carbon Nanotube paint. Becoming the primary weapon against and fighting alongside the characteristic FAV Mark I Wildcat, the Tiger would nevertheless prove extremely-vulnerable to air attacks from GA-TL1 Longswords and orbiting warships and took losses once aerial superiority was lost.

Once Falkirk surrendered to the UNSC, a formal order was sent dictating the maximum size of the Falkirian military, and a ban was placed on production of the Mark V Tiger. Nevertheless, Tigers would be slowly refined and produced in secret. With the fall of the mid-rim fortress-worlds around, among the first reforms to strengthen Falkirian bargaining position was made when they reduced the leash on Falkirk's military and on Tiger production. They would see some scattered deployments, but their shining moment came during the Siege of Falkirk. Abandoned by the UNSC, they would directly engage their opponents in open-field battle, shrugging off the barrages from  and obliterating  before they could deploy their troops. Ultimately, even these powerful vehicles weren't enough to stop the Covenant, and despite continued rumours on the Falkirian migrant fleet, no more examples would ever be seen again.

Remarks
"So you know how they made the Grizzly by asking, 'how can we take a Scorpion and make it BIGGER'? Well, guess how they made this..."