Tachanka (Siege)

Tachanka
Killing zone deployed.
General information
Real Name	Alexsandr Senaviev
Organization	Rainbow Spetsnaz
Position	Defender
Birthplace	Saint Petersburg, Russia (Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union)
Date of birth	November 3, 1967
Age	56
Height	6'0" (1.83m)
Weight	190lbs (86kg)
Appearances	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Tom Clancy's Elite Squad
Voice Actor	Anatoly Zinoviev
Statistics
Health Rating	●●● Heavy
Speed Rating	●○○ Slow

"They told me I’d died. They were wrong. I was reborn."
— Tachanka

Alexsandr Senaviev (Russian: Александр Сенавьев), codenamed Tachanka (Russian: Тачанка), is a Defending Operator featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.

Tachanka is set to be reworked in the as of yet unnamed Season 3 expansion of Year 5.

Biography

Alexsandr Senaviev was born on November 3, 1967 in Petersburg, Russia to a military family. At the age of eighteen, Senaviev was conscripted into military service just as the Soviet Union was ending its operations in Afghanistan. Upon the dissolution of his draft, Senaviev opted to enlist full time. He was part of the wrestling league, where his formidable frame and match strategy earned him accolades. Along with heavy artillery, Senaviev's training focused on defensive and breaching tactics, and while there he apprenticed as a precision tool and die machinist in the weapons division. Senaviev applied for a transfer to the Russian Navy but for classified reasons remained in the Armed Forces. Senaviev was later transferred into the Spetsnaz shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union. He would go on to marry and have kids, though the relationship later ended in divorce. Senaviev would later go on to join Rainbow sometime in 2015.

On November 13th 2016, Senaviev was declared clinically dead for two minutes following an operation on the field. During his recovery at Hereford Base, his mounted RP-46 Degtyaryov Machine Gun was modified by Mira to include a ballistic shield to prevent future injuries.

Psychological Profile

Calm in crises. Alex harbors a joyous, if acerbic outlook. He has a limited social filter, which has gotten him into trouble in the past.

Psychological Report

Calm in a crisis: Specialist Alexsandr "Tachanka" Senaviev's original file doesn't cover much more than that. So along with our meeting, I wanted to dig deeper into field reports and observe him in training before I could reassess his background.

Senaviev has a boisterous sense of humor with a booming laugh. He can be quite blunt, but without the intent to offend. Personally, I appreciate someone with clarity. […] He's dedicated to his team and is focused and calm during operations. That said, I've also observed some frustration. There's a contingent of specialists who passionately support him, yet Senaviev feels he has potential that he doesn't know how to maximize. It's clear he wants to be a devastating force so I suggested changing his approach. If he studies his team, in particular, he should search for gaps in their strategy. it's there he may just find a place where he fits. […]

Senaviev's younger sister is a doctor and our discussion had barely started when he was showing me pictures of her in her doctor's smock, along with a dozen more photos of his nieces and nephews and his own kids. […] He and his sister grew up in a strict household without many things, which is why he makes a great effort to enjoy life. They both make sure that their kids are loved and raised with laughter. At the same time, he doesn't like to buy or accumulate physical objects and emphasizes this with his children, much to their consternation. I suspect that's also partly to do with his divorce. […]

Though Senaviev is dedicated to his country and appreciates the life his patriotism has brought him, he has adamant that his son and nephew not make a career out of the military. "They can do the obligation," he told me. "Then go be useful in something else." And so what Senaviev wants for his family and friends - for them to find a role where they feel useful - is what he's trying to find for himself. It's up to Rainbow, as a team, to guide him.

- Dr. Harishva "Harry" Pandey, Director of Rainbow

Gameplay Description

A Heavy Armored Operator, Tachanka comes equipped with the deployable mounted RP-46 Degtyaryov machine gun that can be used by both teammates and enemies alike. With a frontal shield to protect incoming fire at the user's head, it can be used to anchor a position and block off corridors or doorways with sustained fire.

• The Mounted LMG gives a potent level of protection. When deployed, it will cover its area of sight with surprising efficiency.

• The LMG has a rate of fire of 550 RPM, fully-automatic.
• The LMG holds 60+1 rounds and has 179 rounds in reserve. It deals a maximum of 66 damage per body shot.
• The LMG has above average environmental destruction capabilities, being able to penetrate through two surfaces with one shot and destroy portions of walls more than other guns.
• Once deployed, the LMG can be used by anyone.
• When unmanned, the LMG can be destroyed by gunfire.
• On the LMG is a frontal shield that protects the user of the Mounted LMG from gunfire that is aimed at their shoulders or above. The shield can take 500 damage before being destroyed.
• The mount has a turning limitation of a 60 degrees cone in all directions.
• Aiming down sights on the LMG shows a tighter firing reticle. The user's view is not occluded, but turning of the gun is slowed.

Following Tachanka's rework, his RP-46 will become a portable, replacing his current primary weapons. Additionally, his new unique gadget will consist of an incendiary grenade launcher.

Strategies

• Using a Deployable Shield will help users of the turret to be protected from body/leg shots from a given direction.
• Strategically, the immobile nature of the LMG means good positioning is required for both cover and effectiveness. Its relatively low recoil and clear line-of-sight even when aiming down sights provides excellent coverage on choke points.

Synergies

• Tachanka and Mira work well together. Using Mira's Black Mirror on a Reinforced Wall and breaking down the one-way window can allow Tachanka to make use of the opening with great efficiency.

Counters

• It is possible for Attackers to hijack the LMG and use it against Defenders.
• Montagne is impervious to bullets coming from the front, and this includes Tachanka's Mounted LMG.
• Ash is capable of shooting her Breaching Rounds to destroy any Deployable Shield protecting the legs of the mounted Defender, or create an explosion in their vicinity.
• Fuze can surprise whoever is mounted on the LMG, as dismounting will take enough time out of their capability to escape Fuze's Cluster Charge.
• Capitão's Asphyxiating Bolts are very effective to the stationary Defender on the Mounted LMG, burning them if they don't escape in time.

Loadout

Loadout
Primary	SASG-12 Shotgun 9×19VSN Submachine Gun
Secondary	GSh-18 Handgun PMM Handgun
Gadget	Barbed Wire x 2 Deployable Shield x 1
	Mounted LMG RP-46 Degtyaryov Machine Gun

"Deploys a Mounted LMG with a ballistic shield protecting the head from frontal shots."
— RP-46 Degtyarov Machine Gun Description

A collector of antique weapons, Senaviev prefers to use original parts rather than modern variants from Somalia, Libya, and Syria, to maintain his RP-46. He utilizes the international collector's market for replacements or will mill his own components when parts cannot be located or are not cost-effective to acquire.

Following an incident that left Senaviev clinically dead for two minutes, his mounted RP-46 Degtyaryov Machine Gun was inspected. Having been decommissioned in the 1960s, the RP-46 Degtyaryov was one of the last machine guns manufactured by the Soviet Union. Aware of the Operator’s preference for such antique pieces, Six asked for the weapon to be upgraded to meet safety measures. The team of engineers led by Elena “Mira” Alvarez added a ballistic shield that protects the head from frontal shots. This shield can be destroyed separately from the rest of the turret. Mira was also tasked with adding a light customization on the Mounted LMG as a personal touch for Tachanka.

Device Evaluation

Device: Mounted LMG - RP-46 Degtyaryov Machine Gun
Operator: Specialist Alexsandr "Tachanka" Senaviev
Evaluation Lead: Dr. Elena "Mira" Alvarez, Director of R&D

Yesterday my day started with being handed a flight case that looked like it has been dropped ten thousand feet from a plane, and then dragged behind the delivery van before it reached us. Inside, the LMG has as many battle scars as the outside case. Even before checking with Tachanka - Specialist Alexsandr Senaviev - I knew that's how it looked when it was put inside.

Tachanka doesn't want anyone to "touch his toys" but he understands these evaluations are crucial for team operations. The LMG has had so many modifications to it already - mostly by Senaviev - that it's in a category of its own.

We are in the process of testing a number of prototype options. In the meantime, I've attached a list of possible adjustments we can make to this LMG, if I can get Tachanka to let us make changes.

- Dr. Elena "Mira" Alvarez, Director of R&D

Quotes

Tachanka's Quotes

"They told me I'd died. They were wrong. I was reborn." Ash's Briefing "From under a lot of dead bodies. They all looked surprised." Outbreak: Sierra Paradise "Come on. This is a terrible perimeter." "Target located. Explosives ready." "Come on, how did not Jäger see his attacker approaching?" "Come on. Jäger couldn't have crash just a little closer?" "He will be fine. And if he's not? I will never let him hear the end of it." "Personalno, I prefer when the enemies come to us." (Russian: персонально) "Relax, malysh, when it's over, I'll buy you some vodka." (Russian: малыш) Outbreak: Sierra Veterans Wing "This doctor. Why should we trust her?" "Save the doctor, save the world. I like it when things are simple." "They shouldn't have known we would be here. Something is wrong." "We found the doctor. Let's move." "Don't worry. Tachanka is here." "We're almost there. Not long now." Outbreak: The Nest (Cutscene) "Coincidence?" "Soviet. Very old. Wait..." "I'm Russian. So I'm supposed to know something about it?" "What's the plan?" Outbreak: The Nest (Gameplay) "Do we even know what we'll be up against?" "Do not ask, what you don't want to know." "Thermite sighted." "Thermite acquired." "Guys, you are all lucky I was here." "I like the way you think." "Fence offline." "We'll be out of here soon enough." "It takes all kinds to make the world turn." "Generator online." "Ohhhh! So it is one of ours." Outbreak: Jäger "Defend Jäger!" "Jäger's down!" "Jäger's under attack!" "Protect Jäger!" Outbreak: Doctor Mackintosh "The doctor's under attack!" "We need to protect the doctor!" Outbreak: Explosives Defense "Charge replaced." "Enemies on the explosives!" "Explosive under attack!" "Thermite placed. Now we see the battle of American explosives and American steel." Outbreak: Resupplying "All better." "Ammo's full." "Ammo refilled." "Come to Tachanka, baby." "Do you need anything?" "First aid applied." "First aid here!" "Get your ammo!" "Grab some ammo." "Have you tried this?" "Let's keep going." "I am ready." "I feel whole again." "Medkit here." "Mm-hmmm." "Refill complete." "Refill here." "Refill over here." "Refilling ammo!" "Resupply!" "Take what you need, I'll cover you." Spawning "Call me in for support if you need it." "Check the perimeter." "Check your toys." "Do not worry." "Go ahead, impress me." "I've seen it all." "Just don't play hero. It never works." "Let me know if you need heavy resistance." "Rely on your senses, not your tech." "Stay alert and silent." "Stay calm." "Try not to get killed, yes?" "We are not out of the woods bratan." (Russian: братан.) "Whatever you say." "Vesomyy argument gotov." (Russian: Весомый аргумент готов.) "Yes, yes, I know." Deploying Mounted LMG "D-28, loaded and ready!" "DP-28, mounted and loaded!" "DP-28, mounted and ready!" "DP-28 Up! Lock and loaded!" "Gun mounted! Good to go!" "Let them come!" "LMG, mounted and loaded!" "LMG, mounted and ready!" "Lock and loaded!" "Killing zone deployed!" "Time to get serious!" Picking Up Mounted LMG "Going mobile!" "Going mobile again!" "LMG no longer mounted!" "My work is done!" "Packing up!" "Picking up LMG!" "Time to move!" "Time to pack it up!" "Time to push forward!" Setting Barbed Wire "Razor wire up." Setting Deployable Shield "Ballistic Shield deployed!" "Mobile cover deployed!" "Shield is up!" Scanning Enemies "Enemy located!" "Enemy position detected!" "Hostile is detected." "Hostiles!" "Hostiles in sight." Reinforcing "Floor is reinforced!" "Floor reinforcement complete!" "I've reinforced the wall!" "Wall can withstand assault!" "Wall fortification complete!" "Wall reinforced!" "Wall reinforcement in place!" Barricading "Barricade deployed!" "Barrier up!" "Door barricaded!" Reloading "Cover me, reloading!" "Emptied mag, swapping!" "Loading magazine." "Reloading!" "Swapping mag!" "Swapping mags!" No More Ammunition "Ammo out." "I'm out!" "Out of ammo!" "Out of ammunition!" Reviving "Here, take this." "I won't let you die." "On your feet!" "Stay with me, bratukha." (Russian: братуха) "You'll be okay!" "You will live." Friendly Fire "Friendly! Cease fire!" "Friendly Fire!" "Watch your fire! Friendlies in range!" White Masks Reloading "Hostiles are reloading!" "Hostiles swapping mags!"

Trivia

• Tachanka's in-game bio notes that many members of his family served in the Red Army.
• Tachanka has participated in at least four wars: Soviet-Afghan War, First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, and Russo-Georgian War.
• A Tachanka is a horse-drawn platform with a heavy machine gun in the back. It was used with great success by Russian forces in the Eastern Front in WWI and later by the various factions in the Russian Civil War.
• The RP-46 in real life is a metallic belt-fed variant of the Degtyaryov machine gun, while its in-game form is modified to resemble the original Degtyaryov machine gun, using a pan-shaped magazine, the original curved stock without a pistol grip, and no spring tube protruding from the rear of the receiver.

• Tachanka  still refers to the weapon as "DP-28" or strangely, sometimes "D-28" when deploying it.
• The DP-27/28 in reality fires in an open bolt configuration, meaning that one in the chamber would be impossible, unlike the in-game counterpart, which holds one in the chamber. This error is shared with other guns with an open-bolt configuration.
  • Due to the way the bolt reciprocates in a closed-bolt fashion, it could be implied that Tachanka may have modified the gun to fire in a closed-bolt operation.
• The real DP-28's pan magazine only holds 47 rounds and not 60.

• Tachanka wears a Maska-1SCh helmet, which was in use by the Russian MVD until being largely replaced by the aluminum ZSh-1-2, and then the ZSh-1-2m and ZSh-1-2mr, which features integrated comms. The K6-3, a Russian FSB titanium helmet, is available as an alternate headgear and has a Gear Craft SS-Leto patterned helmet cover.
• Tachanka wears a Gorka 4 in KZS pattern and Fort Defender 2 with an SSO/SPOSN Avizent Smersh over it and two DP-28 mag pouches.
• Tachanka's ballistic shield has "Lord" (Russian: Лорд) on its side panels, a reference to the community meme "Lord Tachanka".
• According to the Red Crow Patch Notes, Tachanka was the Operator who proposed to ban the ACOG Scope from use with the SMG-11 during the International Advanced Firearm Conference.
• Tachanka is known to drink and flirt with fellow Spetsnaz Operator and CBRN specialist Lera "Finka" Melnikova.
• As of Year 5, Tachanka is the only Operator to recieve a massive rework of his gadget. This is because Ubisoft thought his mounted LMG didn't correlate with the basics of Siege, as it was a stationary gadget and left the user of the mounted LMG too vulnerable.

Gallery

Concept Art

Tachanka's trailer concept art

Tachanka's trailer concept art

Tachanka's trailer concept art

Tachanka's trailer concept art

Tachanka's concept art

Models

Tachanka (Sculpt colored)

Tachanka (Sculpt base)

Tachanka (In-game)

Tachanka's model (Pre-Dust Line)

Tachanka's model (Pre-Dust Line)

Tachanka armed with an SASG-12 (Pre-Blood Orchid)

Tachanka armed with a 9×19VSN (Pre-Blood Orchid)

Tachanka armed with an SASG-12 (Post-Blood Orchid)

Tachanka armed with a 9×19VSN (Post-Blood Orchid)

Tachanka armed with an SASG-12

Tachanka armed with a 9×19VSN

Stills

Tachanka (In-game artwork)

A very buff Tachanka posing

Tachanka with his improved Mounted LMG and Mira.

Tachanka in the Y1S4 Pro League Set

Tachanka in the Bushido Bundle

Tachanka in the Ballistic Bundle

Kapkan, Glaz, Tachanka and Fuze in the Comrade Bundle

Tachanka riding a Bumper Car

Tachanka with an Ice Cream

Tachanka lying down with a glass of wine

Tachanka playing an Arcade game

Tachanka with a stuffed elephant

Icons

Tachanka's Icon

Video

Rainbow Six Siege - Operator Profile TACHANKA-0

Tachanka's RP-46 Damage Test - Rainbow Six - Siege

Patch Changes

Update 3.2.0; June 7, 2018 Patch: Movement speed slightly increased. Update 3.1.0; March 6, 2018 Patch: Renown price removed. Update 2.3.0; September 5, 2017 Patch: Model optimized. Face rigging updated. Update 2.2.1; June 7, 2017 Patch: Hitbox reworked. Update 5.2; December 15, 2016 Patch: Mounted LMG overhauled. Update 3.0; May 10, 2016 Patch: Mounted LMG retweaked.