'Mech of the Week: LHU-* Lao Hu

[Looter]

I am not really going to respond to this but hey your campaign games sound like so much fun.

[Colt Ward]

The Lao Hu is one of those designs that cause some 'ugh' . . . I think they have some great designs (Men Shen, Trinity BA, Regulator) but I am not a Capellan fan.  Problem is usually neatly solved by the 1FSACR . . . which is where my single Lao Hu mini resides.  I really do wonder how many of the Lao Hu captured over the years get reassigned to that regiment with their pure cavalry nature- of course I also wonder if they were given a lot of Clan salvage like Timberwolves, Mad Dogs, Storm Crows, or Kit Foxes.

Like the previous mention, if I was using it in the campaign the question is where you get the space or crits to put in CASE.  If you need a mech with its capabilities, you want to recover it if it drops.

[Minemech]

 The original Lao Hu struck me as what you get when you cross a Thunder with a 4th Succession War Battlepack Cataphract and a 3050 Orion.

[Demon55]

A terrifying design with a fatal flaw (lack of case and 3 tons of ammo in one side and 2 in the other). 

One of those things that scares you until you see how it can fall.

[THUD]

My standard go to lance for the Cappies was  a Lau Hu 3C, a Thunder 2L, a Ti Ts'ang 9J and either a Vindicator 5L or a Snake. Sometimes I  would swap the Ang for a Jinggau, but if I did that I would have to swap the Vin or Snake for a Sha Yu to keep it all legal.  Even when running a standard Lau Hu I never felt out classed by anyone.  And I fought ALOT of Falconers and Penetrators.