Siege tank (StarCraft II)

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Siege Tank
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Heavy Siege Unit
Properties
Hit points	150[1][2][3]
Type	Mechanical[3]
Armor type	Armored[1][3]
Transport slots	4[4][5]
Production
Minerals	200[1]
Gas	150[1]
Supply	3[1]
Build time	50[1]
Produced at	Factory[1]
Requires	Tech Lab[6]
Hot key	T[1]
Combat
Ground attack	90 mm cannons: 15 + 10 vs armored[1] Shock cannon: 60[7][8]
Armor	1[1]
Attack range	7[1]/13 in Siege Mode[9][1]

The siege tank provides the terrans with mobile, long range firepower.

The siege tank continues to function as it did in previous games with the dual tank and artillery modes, except it doesn't require as much support as is needed in the original StarCraft. The tank cannot fire when moving, leaving the tank vulnerable to attacks by melee units.^[10] It serves particuarly well against the zerg when it comes to gaining ground.^[11]

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Upgrades 3 Strategies 3.1 Images 4 References

[edit] Abilities

Siege Mode
Acquisition Minerals 100[12][13] Gas 100[12][13] Research time 80[12][13][14] Researched at Tech lab[12]	Usage Cooldown Transformation takes four seconds[15] Hotkey O[15]
Notes
The siege tank transforms, becoming stationary but increasing its range to 13[9] and damage increases.[1] It deals splash damage.[9]
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[edit] Upgrades

Terran Vehicle Weapons
Researched at	Armory[16]
Properties
Minerals 100[17] 175[17] 250[17] Gas 100[17] 175[17] 250[17] Research time 170[17] 200[17] 230[17]
Notes
Increases the attack damage of terran vehicles.
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Terran Vehicle Armor
Researched at	Armory[16]
Properties
Minerals 150[17] 225[17] 300[17] Gas 150[17] 225[17] 300[17] Research time 170[17] 200[17] 230[17]
Notes
Decreases the damage done to terran vehicles
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[edit] Strategies

Building an army of both siege tanks and Thors is possible, but expensive. The combination is difficult to stop.^[18]

[edit] Images

Siege tank portrait

Old siege tank model

[edit] References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	SCV · Marine · Reaper · Marauder · Ghost
Land Vehicles	MULE · Hellion · Siege tank · Thor
Air Units	Viking · Medivac dropship · Banshee · Raven · Battlecruiser
Basic Buildings	Command center · Refinery · Supply depot · Barracks · Engineering bay
Automated Defenses and Explosives	Auto-turret · Defensive drone · D-8 charges · Missile turret
Support Buildings	Orbital command · Planetary fortress · Sensor tower · Bunker
Add-ons	Tech lab · Nuclear reactor
Advanced Buildings	Merc compound · Ghost academy · Factory · Armory · Starport · Fusion core
Other	Drop pod · Nuclear missile
Campaign-Exclusive Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Infantry	Firebat · Medic · Rebel · Spectre
	Mercenaries	(Kel-Morian Mercenaries — Elite marines) · (Devil Dogs — Elite firebats) · (Hammer Securities — Elite marauders)
	Land Vehicles	Cobra · Diamondback tank · Goliath · Transport truck · Vulture
	Air Units	Hercules dropship · Wraith
	Automated defenses	Perdition turret · Shrike turret
Scrapped	Removed Units	Mine drone · Predator · Spider mines · Targeting drone
	Removed Buildings	Munitions depot · Radar tower · Shadow ops · Star base