The MBT1 is Swanopolis' current main battle tank. Swanopolis placed a bid for a tank that weighs roughly 10 tons less than USA's M1 Abrams but "smarter", resulting in the MBT1 "Fire Blade". The MBT1 is a hi-tech, modular, well-armed, but not heavily armored tank not intended to absorb heavy hits, but rather move around the battlefield with agility and sustained accuracy, and confuse the enemy using semi-stealth technology including it's low-profile turret and overall size, next-gen digital camo paint, and virtually zero flat surface area from a horizontal projectile strike. Laser- and GPS-guided mini-missile defense systems protect the MBT1 from most rocket and missile attacks. It was decided early on to use twin diesel-electric turbines for redundancy (the tank can fully operate on a sing