Mesquite

Mesquite is the callsign for the Mojave Rose Tankery Team's Jagdpanzer IV/70. It is commanded by Natalie Welti, one the initial members of the team known as the Inagurals. Being a tank destroyer, it is often deployed defenisvely and in a sniping role, at times in conjuction with Ocotillo.

Former Affiliation
Vehicles that participate in tankery are either manufactured during wartime that soon found their way into tankery teams modified to have protective carbon linings or accurately reproduced by engineering firms for the purpose of being sold to teams.

For Mojave Rose's Jagdpanzer IV, it was manufactured sometime between 1943 and 1945 in a factory in Plauen, Germany. Afterwards, it was shipped to the 9th SS Panzer Division where it saw combat from the both fronts in Europe, from the Battle of Tranopol to the Battle of the Bulge. Following the Division's surrender to the United State's Army on the 8th of May, 1945, their material would be confiscated by the Americans for research and to salvage any intelligence. The Division's vehicles would remain in an military junkyard before the ones in best shape were collected and shipped back the United States, the Jagdpanzer IV among them. The tank destroyer would be retrofitted for tankery and go through various owners before finally being purchased by Mojave Rose in 2012.

Under Mojave Rose's ownership
The Jagdpanzer IV was part of a bulk purchase from a junkyard on the outskirts of Barstow. It, along with seven other vehicles, formed the initial roster of the Mojave Rose Tankery team. It's callsign is painted in white paint on the left side of its hull. Though mesquite is the name for several species of plants, the word is best known for a style of barbqeue. As such, the Jagdpanzer IV crew painted a piece of meat being roasted over a fire to best represent their callsign.

Mesquite is operated by a crew of four.


 * Natalie Welti ( Commander )
 * Jane ( Driver )
 * Barbara ( Gunner )
 * Miranda ( Loader )