Tank

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Tank

"Leonardo expects me to maneuver this thing, with no instructions of course!"

―Ezio, upon laying eyes on the armored tank.

The armored car (often rendered simply as Tank) was a war machine developed by Leonardo da Vinci, usable by Ezio Auditore in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. A precursor to the modern tank, Leonardo's armored car invention was capable of moving in any direction and was equipped with a large number of weapons. It was designed to intimidate and scatter an opposing army. Da Vinci's vehicle has a number of light cannons arranged on a circular platform with wheels that allow for 360-degree range. The platform is covered by a large protected cover reinforced with metal plates, which are slanted to better deflect enemy fire. There is a sighting turret on top to coordinate the firing of cannons and steering of the vehicle. The machine also requires three people to use it, these include the mercenaries that Ezio rescued.

In 1503, Leonardo was forced to create designs for the armored car by Cesare Borgia and he subsequently tasked Ezio Auditore with finding the plans and destroying them. Ezio then traveled to Monte Circeo, southeast of Rome. Ezio had to follow an engineer without being detected; once the engineer entered the factory where the weapons were being produced, Ezio found a secret entrance to the factory and interrogated the engineer, who told Ezio of the armored car design copies and three captured Mercenaries. Ezio made his way through the factory until he found the plans, burned them, then found the captured Mercenaries. Ezio killed the guards patrolling the area and freed the Mercenaries. They are then ambushed by a larger group of guards, which Ezio and the Mercenaries easily overpower, then afterwords the Mercenaries lead Ezio to a route to the tank by taking a underground tunnel system. Ezio, navigting his way through the underground tunnels, while helping the Mercenaries by opening gates and lowing draw bridges, soon encounted the war machine. Ezio uses the tank to his advantage, by destroying the factory and the weapons being produced, Ezio proceeded the tanks use further by scattering exact copies of the machine itself. After Ezio's victory in Monte Circeo he decided to destroy the deadly war machine, as it was far to dangerous to keep, in case the Templar's happened to find and retake the tank.

Trivia

• Though the tank appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Leonardo was historically never able to build the war machine.
• To get 100% Synchronization for this mission Ezio must first sneak into the factory without alerting the guards then operate the Tank without getting hit.
• When the architect tells Ezio about 3 soldiers that have been captured, only 2 soldiers speak to and join Ezio to locate and operate the tank. The 3rd soldier is seen either sleeping or dead within the prison cell.
• While only three men were required in order for Ezio to operate the tank, historically, four were required for the tank to move.
• If the production of the tanks continued then Cesare would have issued a suprise assault on Sicily.