Chinese Gatling Tank image - Rise of the Reds Mod for C&C Generals: Zero Hour

In SWR mods, the gattling weaponry upgraded with Chainguns even has 6 barrels. They removed 1 barrel but due to the higher firing speed, the damage output will probably be the same, so yes, well recognized.

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Might it have something to do with the fact that having one cannon instead of two necessitates a different positioning of the optronic targeting package, do you think?

1. Yes
2. Slight mistake most likely.

Overdoese said it is a unit bringing hell to all enemies and thus resembles an evil pentagram^^ Anyway, why is there no golden circle around the star on the unit?

Overdose's explanation strikes me as a post-event retcon. I imagine it was a texture error that has now been explained as the above as it makes no sense for this and only this unit to have an inverted star where no other units possess it.
Also I'm not sure what you mean about the golden circle - it's never been there before, and isn't on any of China's other units with a star (such as the Overlord or Battlemaster) either. It's not supposed to be the faction logo, just a designator for armoured units. You'll notice that all factions should have specific versions of their logo for armoured units and air units.

Overdose's explanation was a joke^^
"Also I'm not sure what you mean about the golden circle - it's never been there before, and isn't on any of China's other units with a star (such as the Overlord or Battlemaster) either."
Nope, did you never watch it closely?
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I see it..... look like a wheat shaped in circle, but missing Iron Cog, just like China's Coat of Arms.

Yes, I believed it to be a joke as well. The fact that you posted it in reply to my comment with nothing indicate levity was however not so obvious as to its reasons, so I felt it necessary to forestall any false conclusions by a third party.
As for the star, in that case, because it appears on no units Rise of the Reds has retouched or remade, I will assume it has been removed as a design decision, almost certainly because it was too close to the Russian star.

Not your mistake ;) I did not make it clear enough in my first reply that it was a joke after all. But when I post a '^^', you can be 99% sure it is meant as a joke after all. Also, I think The_Hunter indeed stated he added the golden ring around the red star because it was indeed too much a recemblance to the russian one (also, now it looks much more closely to the Chinese faction logo). You can correct me if neccesary of course.
Btw, the Gatlink Tank always had its star upside-down ;)

Ah, I see. I didn't realise the '^^' was a smilie of sorts; I thought it was an indication you were referring to the above post. This is probably what confused me.
This whole logo business is thoroughly strange. The golden ring you refer to appears in the screenshots of the internal beta version but not in the renders above (either of the Battlemaster or Gatling Tank). It's more than possible this image was made before the skin had been finalised, though, so that's the explanation I think I'll stick with for the mean time!

i love its barrel!!

Well that's not gonna happen; the gat tank's stats have generally remained the same. Gat tank is also fairly early-game unit in RotR.