M4A4 Tank

The M4A4 Tank is a miniboss in Super Contra. It is a tank with a large cannon and a soldier peeking out from its cockpit manning a minigun.

Description[]

The M4A4 Tank is the first miniboss in the game and is exclusive to the arcade version of Super Contra (and direct ports of it). It appears midway through Area 1, Ruins of the Federal Military Base, right after the section with the rising wall with cannons. It is deployed into the battlefield via a rising platform and counts with a heavy artillery cannon on the front, along with a mounted minigun on top operated by a soldier.

The mounted gun can shoot at an angle at normal speed, while the cannon can fire fast-traveling projectiles, although only straightforward. The tank combines both guns' firepower to attack, oftentimes firing the cannon and killing the player in midair if they jump while attempting to take out the gunner.

Once the gunner has been killed and the tank has sustained enough damage, it will start charging forward. Being an armored vehicle, it is considerably resilient, and without proper firepower to fight back, it may corner and run over the player.

Notes[]

This enemy does not appear in Super C, the NES conversion of Super Contra.

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Tanks

Super Contra/Super C
Organizations	Contra	Bill Rizer • Lance Bean • RD008 • RC011
	Red Falcon	Bosses	Arcade	Entrance Security • Magnus • Dethgerbis • Metal Alien • Emperor Demon Gava
		Bosses	NES	Great Heli • Magnus • Sensor • Laser Chandelier • Giralal • Emperor Demon Gava • Dethgerbis • Kimkoh
		Minibosses	Arcade	M4A4 Tank • Great Heli • Giralal • Suspicious Face
		Minibosses	NES	Tucker • Spidal • Suspicious Face
Stages	Arcade	Ruins of the Federal Military Base • Inside the Federal Military Base • Deep Jungle • Alien 1 • Alien 2
Stages	NES	Base Area 1 • Base Area 2 • Jungle • Base Area 3 • Base Area 4 • Alien Area 1 • Alien Area 2 • Alien Area 3
Soundtrack	Music from Super Contra & A-Jax