{
  "id": "margin-aces-unit-scrolling-tank",
  "name": "Tracked tank",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictional",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "A ground target whose cannon commits to one visible line.",
  "traits": [
    "The tank scrolls with the land and makes the lower page feel occupied. Its short tread animation identifies its ground role. Both guns and bombs can damage it in this arcade; its outline is deliberately generic and is not identified as a particular national model.",
    "Fictional arcade role · generic illustration, not a documented unit or person."
  ],
  "style": [],
  "collections": [
    "margin-aces"
  ],
  "cardArt": {
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    "id": "catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-scrolling-tank-v1",
    "url": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-scrolling-tank-v1.png",
    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-scrolling-tank-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Tracked tank in the original game artwork.",
    "caption": "Authored game sprite, frame frame-0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Margin Aces authored unit sprite",
    "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/assets/2d/tank-cycle.png",
    "sha256": "ce41ade5df57466c8980ab41ca163c1018eb983b894bcb7b86b78be630fb84a6",
    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-scrolling-tank-v1-1200.webp",
    "selectedSha256": "428332d7905895906f70996c1d18e7cf2cae550242be24b2113f09f1a025e866"
  },
  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Margin Aces encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/",
      "collectionId": "margin-aces"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tracked tank animation lab",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/character-labs/tank.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "margin-aces-encyclopedia",
      "title": "Margin Aces encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "text": "Added from the named source to the Field Guide."
    }
  ],
  "spoilers": [],
  "questions": [
    "Why is armor alone not enough to cross a defended battlefield? Obstacles and defended approaches can stop or channel a tank. Other troops and preparation were needed to create routes and support the advance."
  ],
  "references": [],
  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}