Suchus

Appearance
Suchuses are massive crocodilian Grimm that can grow up to 10 meters long and 4 meters tall. They have standard Grimm features aside from their skullplate. Many Suchus specimens have what appear to be segmented skullplates to allow their jaws to expand to sizes large enough to devour a Main Battle Tank.

Abilities
As a crocodilian grimm, Suchuses are amphibious. These creatures can lie in swamps and wait for days, weeks, months even waiting for prey. They are extremely good swimmers. for a hunter caught in the same river or lake as a Suchus, there is little chance of survival. On land, Suchus are much slower, but they compensate with heavy armor that can shrug off most small arms and massive jaws that can open to twice the monster's size.

The Suchus's mouth is its main weapon. It is capable of exapnding to a size large enough to swallow a Main Battle Tank and is strong enough to crush the the tanks armor. During an attack, Suchuses appear to lead the charge, soaking up fire while swallowing barricades whole. The shape of a suchus's head means any tank rounds that do not make a perfect hit to the snout will likely deflect. This may slow down the creature for a second, but it will certainly resume its charge afterwards.

Weaknesses
The same large mouth that makes the suchus so dangerous is also what makes it weak. Once open, the mouth is a large and vulnerable target for a friendly tank further down to land shots into. Even small arms fire can damage and kill a suchus with mouth-shots. When engaging suchuses or Grimm in general, tank crews are advised to load High explosive or chemical rounds to make even glancing blows effective.

On the topic of Explosives and Chemicals, when properly applied they can damage a suchus without needing to wait for the creature to open its mouth; something that older suchuses have learned to do sparingly. High Explosive landmines can eviscerate the creature's soft underbelly and Corrosive attacks can burn through the plating that runs across a Suchus's back. For when targeting weak points is not an option, the back plating has limits. Limits that can be pushed and surpassed with enough shaped charge explosives. "We had the high ground and the bastards sighted in, the division leader gave the order and it was like new year's eve. 120mm HE rounds tore through the things like knives into flesh. I tell you, nothing was more satisfying than watching a suchus skull flying into the distance through your viewfinder."

- Anonymous Federation Tank Crewman