Re: What is the best combat support vehicle?

[Coldstone]

Mobile Command Center?
Allthough I too go with Mash and J27.

And of course my favorite: The Stew Cannon. A Modified Mash Truck replacing the weapons and OP Theatres for triple Field Kitchen.
As Napoleon said: An army marches on the stomach.

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Stew Cannon

Mass: 20 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Wheeled
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-E-D-D
Production Year: 2671
Dry Cost: 276.833 C-Bills
Total Cost: 276.833 C-Bills
Battle Value: 193

Power Plant: VOX 80 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 54,0 km/h
Flanking Speed: 86,4 km/h
Armor: StarSlab/Sheet Standard Armor
Armament:
    None
Manufacturer: Various
    Primary Factory: Various
Communications System: Achernar Electronics HICK-4
Targeting and Tracking System: Mercy Industries of Talon

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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                       8 points                2,00
Engine:             Fusion Engine                 80                       4,00
    Cruise MP:  5
    Flank MP:   8
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             10                        0,00
Control Equipment:                                                         1,00
Lift Equipment:                                                            0,00
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV -  64                  4,00

                                                      Armor     
                                                      Factor     
                                               Front     18       
                                          Left/Right   16/16       
                                                Rear     14       

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat     Spaces     Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Field Kitchens                             BD        0         3         9,00

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      2    Points: 2
5w         0       0       0       0      1     0   Structure:  1
Special Abilities: ENE



[DOC_Agren]

nice food truck

[wolfgar]

here is what the Silver Gryphons Mercenary company fields

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Sleipnir APC Tank Merc feild kitchen

Mass: 50 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: Merlin 250
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 86.4 kph
Armor: Starshield Standard
Armament:
     1 Machine Gun
Manufacturer: Enkra Mechanix
     Primary Factory: Enkra, Aurigan Reach
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3050
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-C-C
Cost: 598,475 C-bills

Overview
Another of the Silver Gryphon's homebuilt units, this is the units feild kitchen, only armed with a single Machine Gun, the unit's intended use is to provide hot meals to a tank/APC unit and their infantry in the field when they stop for lagering.

Capabilities
Like the units integral wash down units this is a support unit built to be able to travel with the fighting units, only dropping back when combat is initiated.
The unit is equiped with a field kitchen and four tons of storage, (2tons refrigerated, 1ton insulated and 1ton general) as well as space for a team of five cooks to feed the hungry infantry and armor crews. A single machine gun with half a ton of ammo and 8 tons of standard armor provide protection and security.

History
Built as a frankenstien unit initially from a military boneyard on Enkra the treaded chassis and Merlin 250 ICE came from a Vedette medium tank whle the body came from a standard Sleipnir APC. With its lasers, power amplifiers and heat sinks removed, the APC was able to mount more armor and a wholly more appropriate load out

Type: Sleipnir APC Tank
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 50
Battle Value: 460

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure                                    5
Engine                        250 ICE                25
Cruising MP: 5
Flank MP: 8
Heat Sinks:                   0                       0
Control Equipment:                                  2.5
Power Amplifier:                                    0.0
Turret:                                             0.5
Armor Factor                  128                     8

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   5         33   
     R/L Side               5/5      25/25   
     Rear                    5         20   
     Turret                  5         25   


Weapons
and Ammo                      Location    Tonnage   
Trailer Hitch                   Rear        0.0     
Machine Gun                    Turret       0.5     
Field Kitchen                   Body        3.0     
Cargo (1 ton)                   Body        1.0     
Half Machine Gun Ammo (100)     Body        0.5     
Cargo (Refrigerated)            Body    1.9999999999999998
Cargo (Insulated)               Body    0.9999999999999999
Infantry                        Body        1.0