The MZ-10 was very large for an attack tank, dwarfing predecessors such as the MZ-8 and the Canderous tank. In fact, it was capable of running over smaller vehicles, and crushing them. Although its size presented a blatant target for enemy fire, it compensated for this with heavy armour, shielding, and sensor jamming. It weighed over a hundred tons, thus meaning that repulsorlifts were not an option for propulsion, and hence the designers had to stick with old-fashioned treads.