| Terranovan manufacturing capabilities suffered greatly during the first strikes of the War of the Alliance. More than half of the Southern heavy machinery production facilities were destroyed, many other crippled, while Northern facilities were only marginally luckier. New combat units being so hard to come by, many non-combat vehicles were thus field-modified with heavier armament and sent to the front lines. Light combat vehicles such as scout units were also fitted with heavier weaponry and pressed into assault and anti-armor roles. The Iguana, with its relatively heavy armor and high speed, made an ideal choice for just such a conversion. The Blitz Iguana conversion involved upgrading the weapons load while stripping out the advanced electronics package of the base model. A PR-25 autocannon and a Vogel-8 rocket pod replaced the normal MGPU-22 pack gun and Vogel-6 pod, giving the Blitz a slightly better chance against the hovertanks it would be facing in combat. Territorial Arms provided a simpler electronics package to replace the Obelisk MERIT system, stripping the Blitz of any electronic warfare capabilities. Some Blitzes found themselves equipped with poorly fitted Black Mamba engines because of the shortages of the WV-720TC/B engines, but these models were soon refitted after the war. Some pilots were also known to supplement or replace the PR-25 with a Riotmaster shotgun-style fragmentation cannon, but this feature was never standardized.
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