Acacia

Acacia is the callsign given to the Mojave Rose Tankery Team's A.C.IV. It is commanded by Robin one of the Inaugural commanders. The A.C.IV was a tank designed in Australia during ww2, the tank was classified as a cruiser tank under the British tank system. It is one of 2 cruiser tanks on the Mojave Rose team, accompanied by the Cromwell IV Cruiser tanks like the A.C.IV are used in a fast moving deep penetrating role, they were expected to exploit weaknesses that infantry and slower moving tanks created, essentially the tank equivalent of a cavalry charge. Most commonly Mojave Rose uses the tank in a similar role to its medium tanks.

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.

The A.C.IV was an australian designed tank intended to be produced as the successor to the A.C.III Thunderbolt. The tank was in the final stages of design, having already been thoroughly tested when the program was terminated in July 1943.

Due to the canceling of the program, it is likely that Mojave Rose's tank was either a test vehicle or was purpose built for tankery after ww2 concluded.

Under Mojave Rose's Ownership
The A.C.IV was part of a bulk purchase from a junkyard outside of Barstow, along with the 7 other vehicles that composed the initial roster for Mojave Rose. The Tank has remained largely unchanged throughout both Nationals and Internationals. During the early matches of the international tournament, Acacia acquired sabot rounds for their tank, vastly improving the tanks penetrating capabilities.

Acaia is operated by a crew of four.


 * Robin Doughtery ( Commander )
 * Lucy ( Driver )
 * Alexa ( Gunner )
 * Autumn ( Loader )