Shovel

The  is a Tier 5 tank that upgrades from Akafuji at level 60. It's hard to kill with this tank, but also hard to kill it.

Design
When closed, the looks identical to Akafuji, but when opened it reveals 2 sets of -like pushers on each blade. Each of these pushers has a Slasher-type shield mounted to their tip. Its lances do not open to the same degree as Akafuji's, instead only opening about 45 degrees each.

Technical
Due to its combination of shields and pushers and the funnel-like arrangement of its lances when open, the can push basically any object with ease.

As the

 * Use the pushers and shields to bully smashers. These can also block bullets, but it's occasionally unreliable.
 * This tank is highly effective in maze, because you can bully tanks into corners, and kill them with your lance or body damage.
 * A ram build is very good, because you can block most bullets, and then kill most tanks with your body.
 * Just troll with this tank it's literally insane at that. It's the best trolling tank in the game.

Against the

 * Just don't use smasher or a ram build because you will be blocked. Other than that it's still hard to kill but you can try to get close with tanks that have long guns.
 * However, any branch smashers can slowly chip away at the Shovel's health if trapped, because of their bullet physics bieng similar to the Shrapnel branch (an explosion). This allows the bullet to pass through the Shovel's shield and damage them, making them an good choice to surprise inexperienced Shovel players.

Trivia

 * This tank was an idea by Droid from the discord.