Bulldog Enterprises, manufacturers of this medium tank, is a successful manufacturer of non-military vehicles. In producing the Bulldog, the firm was attempting to expand into new markets.
         The Bulldog did not cause much of a stir when it first became available, as there were already so many medium class vehicles on the market. Although the tank mounts formidable weaponry, it does not necessarily out perform any other tank, and so has been only a marginal success commercially.

         The Bulldog is considered a standard tank design. Mounting only one heavy weapon and a few secondary weapons, it is a jack-of-all-trades rather than a specialist at certain types of missions.
         Bulldog Enterprises developed this tank's large laser to lower their production costs by not having to purchase equipment from other companies. The laser is a fairly typical design, using a powerful energy capacitor to release the energy held in a krypton gas container. Other systems were tested, but the gas laser was the most effective.
         Bulldog did not have the time or money to also design the short-range missile racks, and so they made a deal with Hover Tech, who provided Bulldog with the plans to produce the missile system. The HoverTech Quad SRM system is also used on many other vehicles, as well as on a few 'Mechs.
         The Bulldog Minigun is a small machine-gun mounted on the bow of the tank. Like most miniguns, it sacrifices a heavy-caliber round for a high rate of fire. The driver controls the minigun.

         On a battle for the planet Rio, House Davion sent a battalion of Bulldogs to stop an invading Liao force. The commanders knew little about the Liao force except for its position.
         When the Bulldog unit arrived, they met with a nasty surprise. The unit had stumbled into an assembly area containing over three battalions of vehicles and infantry. After the Bulldog commander relayed this information to his superiors, he received a hastily devised plan to delay the Liao army until reinforcements could arrive.
         The Bulldog commander immediately put the plan into action. Ordering his unit into a line behind cover, he targeted what appeared to be the command center of the invading horde. All 36 large lasers fired at once, almost vaporizing the command post. The Davion commanders knew that this would not stop the Liao forces, but only delay them.
         After a few moments of stunned silence, the Liao long-range missile units began to fire blindly at the Davion battle line, while small, fast vehicles made their way out of the camp to search for the unseen attackers. The Bulldog unit immediately pulled out and headed toward a nearby mountain range.
         There were several small engagements on the way to the range whenever small Liao scout vehicles or medium hovertanks discovered and overtook the Davion unit. These light units were no match for either the tank's large laser or its two medium missile racks. The Liao vehicles all managed to send radio messages to their fellow vehicles before being destroyed, which resulted in the Liao forces eventually cornering the Davion tank unit in a rocky box canyon.
         Although the whole Liao force had not followed the Davion unit, there were enough medium and heavy vehicles to ensure that the Bulldogs would not leave the box canyon alive. The Bulldog unit pulled back into as many defensive positions as the rocks would allow, and fired at anything that entered the canyon. Many vehicles were destroyed in Davion laser and missile crossfires, but ammunition shortage and attrition eventually caught up with the Davion unit. All 36 tanks and crew were destroyed.
         Davion reinforcements eventually arrived to drive off the Liao forces, but not soon enough to save the brave Bulldog crewmen. A marker was erected at the site where the last Bulldog was destroyed, and each each crewman was posthumously promoted two ranks.

         Many Bulldog units need to have different types of firepower available to them, especially long-range. In such cases, two AC/2 and 135 rounds of ammunition or an LRM 20 with 18 rounds of ammunition are the usual replacements for the large laser, power amplifier, and heat sinks.

Spot
         "Spot" is the name of the Bulldog owned by Kurita General Franz Hamlin. The tank is a veteran of over 200 engagements, and has yet to be seriously damaged in a battle.

Major Cameron Burke
         Major Burke is the commander of the Davion Bulldog unit that performed so admirably against the Liao army on Rio. Major Burke's family is distantly related to Davion royalty.