Heavy tank (Red Alert 1)


 * For more uses see: heavy tank.

The Heavy Tank is the 's main battle tank in Red Alert 1. While the tank is purely fictional, the tank's chassis visually resembles a T-80.

Background
This tank epitomized the basic approach of the Red Army: overwhelming firepower. As the basic tank of the USSR, it was obviously used in big numbers. They were stronger than the allied tanks but more expensive to produce, and slower. Soviet commanders could even the odds by constructing more than one War Factory in order to produce Heavy tanks faster, thus allowing them to overwhelm allied tanks (this of course required a lot of resources).

The Heavy tank was designed to destroy enemy tanks and structures, so its cannons were weak against infantry except for the fact it could roll over them. Rocket soldiers were deadly against them, though they were slower than Rifle infantry and could be crushed more easily.

The heavy tank was replaced by the Rhino tank by the.

Game Unit
In one of the expansion missions a malfunctioning Chronosphere altered the weapons of units, causing its guns to discharge lightning instead.

Trivia
While it is a double-barreled tank, some cutscenes show it having only a single barrel.