Laser Tank

Laser Tank is a class of tanks, characterized by being armed with a Laser turret. Laser Tanks commonly appear in C&C mods. In Tiberian Sun mods, they are usually given to the Nod faction, being the side that plays with laser weaponry. In Red Alert 2 mods, it is common to have the Prism Tank variety, given to the Allies. In Red Alert 2: New World Order, the Laser Tank is the generic allied unit, while the Asian Alliance gets the Prism Tank instead. This Laser Tank's stats were originally copied directly from the Tesla Tank of Red Alert.

Stats

 * Type: Vehicle, Tank
 * Class: Medium tank
 * Lv:
 * HP: 400

Equipment

 * Laser cannon
 * Mirror plating
 * Energy capacitors

Laser Cannon
The high-powered laser is the tank's main weapon. Lasers inflict equal damage irrespective of the target's armor type and material composition. The laser can fire at variable rate of fire and power and can target both air and ground targets. As such, the Laser Tank is just as much able to lock horns with other AFVs on the battlefield as it is capable of serving in an air defense or CIWS role.

Effect

 * Targeting Laser - While the Laser Tank is firing upon a target, that target is marker-lighted as if hit by a low-energy targeting laser, increasing the accuracy of guided missiles against it, and all units in low-light or darkness conditions. In effect, this means the target's armor is reduced by 0.2, not cumulative.

Deflector Laser Cannon
Elite Laser Tanks gain an upgrade to their laser which causes it to deflect from enemies after inflicting damage.

Prism Tank
This variation is armed with a prism weapon rather than an ordinary laser - Prism weapons are unique to the Red Alert series and we can only take a guess at the scientific background involved. In practice, the main differences between laser and prism weapons seem to be that the beam of the later takes the color of the house firing them - a blue player would fire a blue prism beam, a red player would fire a red prism beam, a green player would fire a green prism beam, etc - and its ability to fracture into smaller beams upon hitting a target, as well as the ability to get reinforced by the support beams of other prism weapons, while a laser beam is always of a fixed color (always red in canonical Tiberian Sun, although the game does allow for any color definable in 16-bit RGB) and does not fracture. Lasers also use the Super warhead, while Prisms cause an explosion.