Tanks are acquired by the Tom Tom Gang partway through the Big Crystal incident, starting with the Tom Tom Protagonist's capture of one at the Pirates' Graveyard. They were then used in combat throughout the rest of the incident, including Squealer's fight with the Tundragon in the same world he found his tank as well as other encounters throughout other worlds.

The tanks travel on treads, are heavily armoured, and have a cannon as a primary weapon. The parts of a tank include the engine, chassis, ram (optional), cowl (covering the tread), turret (to which the cannon and subweapon are attached), cannon (which fires shells or diffusion missiles), subweapon (described in greater detail in the following section), firearms control system (FCS, the “brain” of the tank allowing the user to lock on to targets with both the cannon and subweapon), and antenna (optional and merely visual, attached to turret or chassis). All of these individual parts can be replaced and upgraded with parts sold at the Tom Tom shop, where Carlos also trains gang members to operate tanks.

The appearance of the tank can vary with greatly different shapes in the turret, chassis, and cowl, as well as different subweapons entirely. Most tanks are a brown colour, though they can vary in hue and an antenna may be attached. A flag may wave from this antenna, as well.

Tanks can be used by Tom Tom teams prior to starting a VS. match. Once they are destroyed in-match, they cannot be used for the rest of the rounds.

Subweapons

Missile Pod

​The missile pod is the default subweapon, firing a homing missile at whatever the tank's FCS has locked on to. Though its destructive potential is limited, the weapon's accuracy results in high reliability.

Vertical Missile

The vertical missile launches non-homing missiles straight into the air that then rain down on targets. Although the trajectory is very distinct from the missile pod's projectiles, it functions similarly compared to the other, more unique subweapons available.

Giant Decoy

​As its name suggests, the giant decoy launches a massive wind-up Tom Tom decoy (as seen in the TG-Decoy) that walks forward a short distance and produced an enormous and powerful explosion on contact with a solid object. If the decoy doesn't reach any such object within a designated period of time, the fuse atop its head will run out and result in a self-detonation. In either situation, the decoy stops walking for a brief moment before exploding. The explosion will incapacitate most, if not all, affected individuals. When first launched, the decoy is actually at the same size as a normal TG-Decoy wind-up, but it then grows nearly instantaneously to its full-size moments later. Despite being referred to as a decoy, the wind-up will not take on the appearance of its user as the TG-Decoy does.

Thunder

Despite its resemblance to the G300 RAY (which was not designed by the Tom Tom Gang in any case), the thunder subweapon fires not a laser but an electric projectile that homes onto its target in a manner similar to the missile pod, provided that the FCS has locked on to this target beforehand. However, upon coming into contact with the target, the projectile will continue travelling and home into the nearest second target, repeating until all targets within range have been struck. This results in a weapon capable of gravely injuring entire clusters of opponents at once.

Rugby Bombs

Rugby bomb, as their name suggests, are standard pig-faced bombs with a modified shape to resemble rugby balls. This shape results in an unpredictable bouncing behaviour that targets may find difficult to reliably evade. Unlike other subweapons, the rugby bombs cannot be aimed in any meaningful fashion due to their awkward bouncing, and they will not home towards targets designated by the FCS in any way. The probability of landing a hit with this weapon is improved by a large cluster of multiple bombs being fired simultaneously, which quickly spreads out over a wide area, though its coverage of this area is very sparse. The bombs are immediately lit, resulting in them exploding after a short period of time.

Unlocking Parts

New parts are unlocked every 10 or 20 matches played in VS. mode. You can view the number of matches completed in VS. mode (choosing teams) and in the Hall of Fame (as wins and losses). All parts are unlocked after 100 VS. matches.

Carlos' Descriptions

  • ​Chassis: This is the chassis. It’s the base of the tank.
  • Cowl: This is the cowl. It covers the tread.
  • Ram: This is the ram. It’s useful for slamming into others.
  • Machine gun: This is the machine gun. It can be pretty useful.
  • Engine: This is the engine. It’s the heart of the tank.
  • Tread: You need to select the tread carefully. It holds the total weight of the tank.
  • Tire: That’s the tread. It has great mobile power!
  • Cannon: This is the main weapon of the tank!
  • Sub-cannon / Barrel: This is the sub-cannon. It’s not as powerful as the main cannon, but it’s handy to have.
  • Antenna: This is the antenna. It’s attached to the chassis.
  • Subweapon:
    • ​Missile Pod: This launched a homing missile that will seek out your enemy.
    • Vertical Missile: This launches vertical missiles which come straight down on their targets.
    • Giant Decoy: This launches giant decoys which have a massive explosion when hit.
    • Thunder: This launches Thunder. Once it hits an enemy, it switches orbit to another target.
    • Rugby Bombs: This launches “rugby bombs.” which scatter ahead and bounce in random directions before exploding.

Tank Series

  • PIG - The first tank unlocked in R4 consists of this set. Modelled off the Renault FT, all parts are size S.
  • WAO!
  • ATN
  • SW
  • WM
  • IV
  • TAF - The last set of tank parts unlocked at 100 matches. The one size L chassis is unlocked which allows are previously unlocked siz L parts to be used.

Tank Parts List

List of all unlockable tank parts

Trivia

If you run over your team members in Vs. Mode, they will shoot and damage your tank in retaliation.

Last updated on 05 Feb 2023