Kurita likes dumping jump jets for armor.
Is that really a thing?
1 Mech w/ Fluff noting that the JJ's have been temperamental isn't really a faction wide "hat".
I mean, there aren't stripping Panther/Jenner Jumpjets.
Actually, I guess their Pixie is a 2nd example & doesn't have the fluff excuse to back it up.
But even then, the JJ's went to HS, the MGs is where the Armor came from.
Ok, I'm trying to think of the original K models & come up with a "pattern".
Wasp-1K (SRM for MG/Ammo/Armor)
Spider-5K (ML/JJ's for MG's IIRC)
Trebuchet-K (LRM/ML for PPC/AC5/SRM/HS)
Shadowhawk-2K (AC/ML/SRM for PPC/HS)
Grand Dragon-1G (AC for PPC/ML/HS)
Crusader-K (LRM/MG for HS)
Catapult-K (LRM/ML/JJ for PPC/MG)
Archer-2K (LRM/ML/Armor for LL/HS)
Warhammer-6K (MG for HS)
The only pattern I can really make out is they don't seem to like LRMs & MLs but they do love some PPCs.
Its hard to figure out the MG's, some remove, some add.
We have 4 examples of removing JJ's & gaining Armor in 2/3 of those, so I guess that could be a thing after all.
I guess I just never use those variants for anything since I'm a FC player most the time.