This little tank is one of the products of the factory my character in an AToW campaign made almost by chance. Strange are the ways a good role-play can take you. Sorry for any orthographical HORROR, I had to translate it from Spanish. More tanks (and other units) to come.
Extract from Merced Monthly, April 3066Miles Cavalry TankMass: 50 Tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Planta Motriz: FBF 250 Fuel Cell
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Flank Speed: 86 kph
Armor: FBF Lorica Ferrea w/"Kyrie Eleison" CASE (FBF) / StarSlab/6 w/CASE (PPL)
Armament:
1 FBF “Pilum” Mk I (FBF) AC/10 / Pontiac 50 AC/10 (PPL)
1 Harvester 2K SRM-2 Launcher
2 FBF/MA “Special” Autogun Machine Gun (FBF) / SperryBrowning Machine Gun (Pinard)
Manufacturers: Fray Beltran Foundries, Pinard Protectorates Limited
Primary Factories: Benevolentia (BFB), Perdition (PPL)
Communications System: Garret T10-B
Targeting & Tracking System: O/P 911
OverviewIn an already saturated market for more than a century by the Vedette, originally made by NETC, and licensed to a great number of manufacturers, a small factory created in a world recently incorporated to the Marian Hegemony surprised users and manufacturers alike with a non-conventional idea about combat vehicle design. Thanks to a design team, surprisingly formed by alumni of the local university technical college, the idea of using Fuel Cell engines, common to a certain type of civilian vehicles, but extremely rare in combat vehicles, allowed the Miles to disembark by force in the already saturated market.
CapabilitiesWith a performance similar to the Vedette, the Fuel Cell Engine, although expensier than the I.C.E. engines, allowed the fitting of a Class 10 AutoCannon, the FBF "Pilum" Mk I (another local design), together with another machine gun and SRM-2 rack in the turret, almost tripling the firepower while maintaining the same speed, and the armor is increased, and thanks to the inclusion of CASE, improving the survivability of the crews in the case of a critical ammo explosion.
Deployment
Originally made for the front-line and provincial Marian Legions, and for a selected local market, a surprising agreement between Fray Beltran Foundries with Pinard Protectorate Limited allowed the licensing of the vehicle to the latter’s plant in Perdition, that expanded the model`s presence in the Taurian market and among mercenaries that tend to supply in the same market. The presence of Taurian units supporting their Capellan allies both in the St. Ives pacification as in the Chaos March worlds extended the model`s presence even to the Davion market. A recent agency agreement between FBF and Gineah Motors opened the Lyran market to the tank, and both side of the FedCom Civil War have been seen using it to bolster their armored cavalry units.
VariantsAlthough PPL and GM only offer the main model to the foreign markets (eve if there are rumors of the contrary in a near future), it is known that FBF produces some variants for the Hegemony. The Miles Probatus exchange the AC/10 for a Kali-Yama LB-10X imported from the Free Worlds League, which allows to upgrade the SRM-2 to a Shannon-Fore SRM-4 rack. This model represents one-fifth of Benevolentia`s production, and its usually assigned to vehicle maniple commanders. The next variant is the Miles Gregarius, which represent one-tenth of the local production, and is assigned to centuries commanders for obvious reasons. The automatic cannon, machine guns and SRM rack are replaced by a massive gauss rifle, with a vehicle grenade launcher in the front glacis for anti-infantry work. A cosmetic cover around the gauss cannon makes it looks like the conventional automatic cannon, and already more than a pirate band have received an ugly surprise, although the technicians are no so happy with the change, as the cosmetic cover hinder the maintenance and replacement of the cannon`s barrel. In lesser numbers some engineering variants have appeared, that reduce the autocannon caliber for bulldozers and mine clearing equipment, or replace it for a double SRM mount in the turret and two heavy bridge layers.
Notable CrewsMiles Probatus Johan Booysen
In 3065 a pirate band with Vedette armor support attacked the main factory in Benevolentia, attack that was repelled successfully thanks to the participation of the local detachment of the Order of Paulinus, and in great part to the aggressivity and sacrifice of the Mile`s militia crews. The Miles Probatus Booysen and his crew got four confirmed Vedette kills, and in the pursuit of the retreating pirates, they become local celebrities when the Holovid of their tank repeatedly charging a pirate Po Heavy Tank, and then firing their AC/10 on the holes produced by the charge become public. In recognition for their effort, him and his crew were the first on receiving one of the first Miles Probatus by direct order of FBF owner.
Type: Miles MBT
Technology Base: Inner Sphere
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 50
Battle Value:
Equipment Mass
Internal Structure 5
Engine: 250 15
Type: Fuel Cell
Cruising MP: 5
Flank MP: 8
Heat Sinks: 1 0
Control Equipment: 2.5
Lift Equipment: 0
Power Amplifier: 0
Turret: 1.5
Armor Factor: 128 8
Armor
Value
Front 30
R/L Side 24/24
Read 20
Turret 30
Weapons and Ammo Location Tonnage
AC/10 Turret 12
Ammo (AC) 20 Body 2
Machine Gun Turret .5
Machine Gun Front .5
Ammo (MG) 100 Body .5
SRM-2 Turret 1
Ammo (SRM) 50 Body 1
CASE Body .5
Miles Probatus
IS experimental
50 tons
BV: 689
Cost: 1,754,000 C-bills
Movement: 5/8 (Tracked)
Engine: 250 Fuel Cell
Internal: 25
Armor: 128
Internal Armor
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Front 5 30
Right 5 24
Left 5 24
Rear 5 20
Turret 5 30
Weapon Loc Heat
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Machine Gun FR 0
LB 10-X AC TU 2
Machine Gun TU 0
SRM 4 TU 3
Ammo Loc Shots
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Half Machine Gun Ammo BD 100
LB 10-X AC Ammo BD 10
LB 10-X Cluster Ammo BD 10
SRM 4 Ammo BD 25
Equipment Loc
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CASE BD
Miles Gregarius
IS experimental
50 tons
BV: 928
Cost: 1,395,000 C-bills
Movement: 5/8 (Tracked)
Engine: 250 Fuel Cell
Internal: 25
Armor: 128
Internal Armor
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Front 5 30
Right 5 24
Left 5 24
Rear 5 20
Turret 5 30
Weapon Loc Heat
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Gauss Rifle TU 1
Vehicular Grenade Launcher FR 1
Ammo Loc Shots
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Gauss Ammo BD 8
Gauss Ammo BD 8
VGL Fragmentation Grenade None 1
Equipment Loc
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CASE BD
Miles (Dolabra)
IS experimental
50 tons
BV: 629
Cost: 1,602,500 C-bills
Movement: 5/8 (Tracked)
Engine: 250 Fuel Cell
Internal: 25
Armor: 128
Internal Armor
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Front 5 30
Right 5 24
Left 5 24
Rear 5 20
Turret 5 30
Weapon Loc Heat
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AC/5 TU 1
Machine Gun TU 0
Ammo Loc Shots
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AC/5 Ammo BD 20
Half Machine Gun Ammo BD 100
Equipment Loc
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Bulldozer FR
Mine Sweeper FR
CASE BD
Lift Hoist RR
Miles (Pontus)
IS experimental
50 tons
BV: 581
Cost: 1,722,500 C-bills
Movement: 5/8 (Tracked)
Engine: 250 Fuel Cell
Internal: 25
Armor: 128
Internal Armor
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Front 5 30
Right 5 24
Left 5 24
Rear 5 20
Turret 5 30
Weapon Loc Heat
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SRM 4 TU 3
SRM 4 TU 3
Machine Gun TU 0
Machine Gun FR 0
Ammo Loc Shots
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SRM 4 Ammo BD 25
Half Machine Gun Ammo BD 100
Equipment Loc
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CASE BD
Heavy Bridge Layer LS
Heavy Bridge Layer RS