As soon as the armour division had crossed over them, they sprang up again from their spider holes, finishing the job with almost-merciful quickness.Ĭulturally, tankbusters are poorly understood, even among the mysteries of the Empire of the Rising Sun. But the tankbusters simply sank into the ground before even a single man was overrun. The purpose of this burrow became extremely apparent the first time a tankbuster division was caught on surveillance: When one unlucky armour column unexpectedly ran into a tankbuster ambush, the vehicles moved to crush these men in desperation, even as the tankbusters began tearing them apart. This sunburst headgear also serves as sort of a manhole cover until the tankbuster chooses to exit the burrow. What's more, these extremely dangerous weapons are only half the package, as tankbusters also are fitted with special protective headgear with a unique purpose: plasma beams from the brim of these wide-brimmed hats may shoot straight down to cut a man-sized hole in any surface, effectively letting tankbusters burrow underground on a whim and with a twist of their torsos. They appear to be trained in the use of a variety of unique, heavy-duty equipment, especially their state-of-the-art MX-19 "Muramasa" personal plasma-cutter cannons-which can melt foot-thick steel in seconds. Tankbuster divisions seem to be composed of men selected for their stocky stature, strength, bravery, and astute perception. Word has it that Imperial tankbusters bear such an important burden within Japanese society that they are never ridiculed to their faces. Unorthodox yet undeniably effective, tankbusters represent one of the worst threats the modern main battle tank has ever encountered. One such example is the Imperial Tankbuster division, the Empire of the Rising Sun's anti-armour foot soldiers.
What is painfully obvious, however, is that the Empire commands vast military forces designed to overcompensate for virtually everything the Soviets and Allies have in their modern arsenals. There is but one question on the lips of military strategists worldwide: how could the Empire of the Rising Sun have gathered such an army in secrecy? There is no way the Empire could have access to the same resources in raw materials or warm bodies as the Soviet and Allied nations, now reeling from the Empire's ambitious plot.