Scarborough Limited had a series of successful hover tanks on their hands in the mid-30th century, and saw no reason to stop development after the Saladin's 2942 introduction. For their next entry into the market, the design engineers went back to the Saracen, and set about making room for infantry. Dropping two of the SRM launchers and swapping the LRM-10 for a pair of LRM-5s not only made room for a full platoon, but the lower weight of the turret also provided for Paramedic equipment and a bit more armor protection. To maximize flexibility, the ammunition bins were divided in half, ensuring commanders could load smoke, inferno, fragmentation, or other rounds without losing the option for conventional HE. With the same speed as Scarborough's other hover tanks, it was a perfect complement, but the Hisan Shahin faced stiff competition from the heavier (and twice as expensive) Maxim. Scarborough eventually solved that problem by licensing the Maxim design itself. With both designs in production, Scarborough could service the full spectrum of potential customers, though the Maxim continued to prove an easier sell to over eager procurement officials. The Hisan's Shahin's parts commonality with the Saracen, Scimitar and Saladin made it more popular with exhausted logistics personnel sphere-wide, but their lesser influence in procurement decisions rarely prevailed.
Shahin
Mass: 35 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Hovercraft
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-C-C-C
Production Year: 2947
Dry Cost: 592,875 C-Bills
Total Cost: 649,875 C-Bills
Battle Value: 630
Construction Options: Fractional Accounting
Power Plant: 105 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 86.4 km/h
Flanking Speed: 129.6 km/h
Armor: Standard Armor
Armament:
2 LRM-5s
1 SRM-2
1 Infantry Compartment (3.0 tons)
1 Paramedic
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 20 points 3.500
Engine: I.C.E. Engine 105 7.000
Cruise MP: 8
Flank MP: 12
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 0 0.000
Control Equipment: 2.000
Lift Equipment: 3.500
Turret: 0.500
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 132 8.250
Armor
Factor
Front 32
Left/Right 23/23
Turret 32
Rear 22
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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2 LRM-5s T 4 2 4.000
SRM-2 T 2 1 1.000
Infantry Compartment (3.0 tons) BD 0 1 3.000
Paramedic BD 0 1 0.250
@LRM-5 (12) BD - 1 0.500
@LRM-5 (12) BD - 1 0.500
@SRM-2 (25) BD - 1 0.500
@SRM-2 (25) BD - 1 0.500
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 4 Points: 6
8h 1 1 1 0 1 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: EE, TUR(1/1/1), IF 1
