AH2 Reprise - SPG-H with MRSI
Type - Super-heavy Self Propelled Gun-Howitzer
Place of origin - unclear
Faction - Foedus Libertatis
Designed - 2086
No. built - 3,500
Variants - Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.III
Crewed: yes (commander, driver/gunner, engineer, machine gunner)
Mass - 730 t
Top speed - 27 km/h
Main armament - 250mm naval cannon
Secondary armament - .50 cal machine gun
Armor - 250-500 mm
Engine - 5,060 hp V32 diesel engine
On the battlefields of the Last World War, AH2 Reprise seemed like a bizarre anachronism. Slow, enormous, technologically primitive and powered by an antiquated diesel engine, it looked like something straight out of the 2020's. Surprisingly, this apparent obsolescence is what made it the deadliest piece of tracked artillery of the North African Theatre. The thick armor was all but impenetrable to drone swarms, and analog, human-operated systems were immune to electronic warfare.
Reprise's most striking feature was certainly its 250mm naval cannon capable of both direct and indirect fire. It was fitted with a reliable Fire Control System that took care of all ballistics calculations and allowed the gunner to track each shell's flight in real time. The cannon was capable of MRSI (Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact), allowing for two separate shells to impact the target at one time. This certainly added to the surprise factor.
Beyond traditional artillery support, AH2 Reprise was often used for bunker busting. Its large caliber also made it a capable landship hunter.
250-500 mm layered depleted uranium armor was designed to not only stop enemy projectiles, but to shield the crew from radiation if the worst were to happen. Sadly, on the Last Day of the war, even that wasn't enough.
