To the north, Queen Chrysalis' empire grows strong with conquest, industry, and fearsome new weapons.
To the south, Equestria sleeps.
But not Miss Harshwhinny. She is not a soldier, owns no factories, did not even know what a tank was before seeing a picture. She can learn, though, and she can see what is coming. And as the day of invasion draws near, she races against time to build for Equestria a weapon with a fighting chance.
(An Equestria at War fic.)
Now with a dramatic reading by Skijaramaz!
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That was beautiful, and I'm adding it to my favourites.
this has got to be one of my favorite eaw fics. i've been a fun of EaW for a while now, and its always amazing to find a fic that leans into the aspects of a war-pony setting that I love. in this instance, something that is seemingly mundane yet integral to the war machine- especially as one put up against an enemy as armored-focused as the changelings
i loved harshwhinny's voice throughout the story, and i loved that the scope of the story stayed firmly around her. it really gave the feeling of her laser focused approach to all things tanks, and gave the oncoming attack on canterlot the appropriate level of tension. to see that for all of her efforts, it still wasnt quite there yet... at least until the mark 2's came out. also, some quick praise to fizzle and bon bon's characters- in the short time that they appear, they have very fun characterization
anyway. i loved this story. 10/10 dashies
Actually, Equestrians would know about tanks from the Stalliongrad Revolution—A wonderful, streamlined little character piece gesturing towards a larger world.
The best word to describe this story is, of course, "splendid".
Or, in a nod to Col. Harshwhinny, "professional".
Came for the Cromwell tanks in the photo, stayed for such a wonderful story!
I see panzer in the title, but instead of seeing some panzers see some British tanks. Am sad now. Oh wait, it's an EaW story. Am happy now.
cough cough T34- cough
It's a really good story, and even if I'm not a big connoisseur of Equestria At War, everything is shown quite realistically! It's nice to see when ponies from different spheres work together and do what makes it possible to perform a miracle.
And so the APC was born.
She is basicaly the player desing the perfect tank to counter the changellings one
And i utterly love it
Great story. Now Harshwinney needs to look at the concept of 'Tank Destroyers'. A turret is a nice thing, but no turret means you get a bigger gun. You just have to turn the vehicle to fire.
I hope you do a sequel. This was damn good.
very nice little piece you wrote here.
Good Job :)
Have not read the story, just wanna say:
Title: Panzers of miss harshwhinny
Cover art: British Cromwell
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Armored Pony Carrier.
Great story!
In all my years on this site, I have never read an EaW tale, for I've always overlooked them. I'm happy to say that has changed as of now, with the discovery of this GEM.
Liked, Faved, and Followed!
This was really good, one of the best short EAW stories I’ve read on here.
Legitimately a fantastic story of war intrigue, theory facing practice, internal politics…and all of this done from an in-character interpretation of Harshwinny. You really outdid yourself here, especially since you never played EaW. I was hooked from the first few paragraphs onward!
One, congrats on being featured! Two, I love this! Three, go play Equestria at War you silly goose its a great mod
Well done. I hope you give the mod a try,
Love from one of the devs.
Solid stuff. Wish there was more
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I'm too proud to ask favors, but if you add Miss Harshwhinny as a tank designer or industrialist or such I would definitely play it!
Regardless, thank you for your work on EaW. Even for an outsider, the passion and intelligence behind the project shines through.
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Well, Equestria has a rework in the.. well, works. So who knows?
“LISTEN EVERYONE, A NEW LAW HAS PASSED.”
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Harshwhinny about to give Equestria a nine-year ahead of time research bonus.
Harshwhinny goes away for her first vacation and some General and Politician decide to make the equivalent of the Bradley debacle!
Well, that would make things easier.
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.
Also: 100th upvote!
This is a golden story. Very well made! You have my congratulations.
Good story. For someone who only used the wiki, did a great job capturing the feel. Though, ironically, Equestria's tanks draw from the British (i.e. the super heavy tank is the Tortoise, the heavy tank is the Churchill, etc.), who didn't quite cotton onto sloped armor until after WWII.
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IDK how it works with the latest DLC, but until then you had "Design Companies" for various categories, like plane, ship, and armor. In base HoI4 they're typically companies, though on occasion some other entity (e.g. one of the U.S.'s tank designers is "Detroit Arsenal," which was probably the single most productive tank factory of WWII, producing a quarter of all of the U.S.'s tanks. Unsurprisingly, in addition to a typical armor research speed, it reduces the IC of light and medium tanks by 10%). I support the idea to add Harshwhinny as one for armor, but I must confess that half the reason for this is simply because I find the implication that she can match an entire company to be both hilarious and pretty accurate.
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I'd humbly suggest that Harshwhinny be available from the get-go, but that an improved one be unlocked as part of the wartime Equestria focuses (maybe "Comptroller of Tank Design and Production"?) that reflects the greater influence she has after a promotion. Maybe better research, IC cost, reliability, hell, maybe military factory output (that line about steel mills and rubber and such) or supply consumption. IDK, just a suggestion.
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Eh, if you're using tanks to counter tanks you're probably doing it wrong. I haven't played Equestria in a while, but bog standard infantry divisions dug in on modest forts (AI won't attack higher than level 4 fort, IIRC) with even just support AT was usually enough.
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Well that's just because the canon game doesn't have Miss Harshwhinny, now isn't it?
While I'm sure the mod team can't rebalance the game around a single fanfic for a very minor character, I would ADORE that.
I discovered this through the Audio Reading.
It was a GREAT listen, Honestly I love how you expanded Harshwinny's character and even Tempest's as well. Felt like I was watching in my head a 1930s period drama movie.
Great work!
Thank you, this scratches my war-economy story itch.
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Ah, but you see, that’s where you’re wrong. She’s an advisor you can get for the ELF. It’s not a glamorous position, but she’s there.
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If you can, I'd love a screenshot.