Hoplite, LHT-74

Cadillac Gage LHT-74 Hoplite Light Hover Tank



With The success of the LHT-73 Spartan Hover Tank, Krauss Maffei licensed Cadillac Gage to design and build two more variants. The first variant was the LHT-74 Hoplite that was purchased by the Tactical Division and Civil Defense Division Unit in moderate numbers arming their fast reaction forces for quicker response time and to increase the survivability of those troops after the continuous massacres that occurred during the 2nd Pan-Galactic War.

The LHT-74 Hoplite is 10% smaller than the LHT-73 Spartan, this was done by removing the heavy laser cannon and it's generators, in it's place another triple-barrel particle cannon was installed with an up gunned version of the earlier version.

The bugs for the armored hood were finally worked out for this model and was issued to both the LHT-73 and LHT-74. The CDD and TD use the Hoplite for scouting, urban combat and with it now having two Pulse cannons can be used for anti-aircraft duties in a pinch. The LHT-74 also retains the main laser cannon.