BA Tube Artillery Truck (Ghosts of Obeedah)

[Daryk]

Reviewing the rules in Ghosts of Obeedah, BA Tube Artillery is noticeably absent from the list of prohibited weapons (despite Mortars being on that list).  While certainly not cheap, having a 9/14 AOE weapon with R1 and a 2 map board range is nothing to sneeze at.  Since the BA Tube is so expensive (200,000 C-Bills), I figured a Fusion engine's relatively negligible cost was worth it to cram another 33 rounds in (which were also more expensive than the upgrade to Fusion).  The third most expensive part of the truck is actually the armor!  And yeah, the tube will fit on a Ferret too (even with a Mast Mounted Recon Camera, if you're willing to shave armor)!

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BA Tube Artillery Truck

Mass: 5 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Wheeled
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-E-D-D
Production Year: 0
Total Cost:  277,297 C-Bills
Battle Value: 124

Construction Options: Fractional Accounting

Power Plant:  25 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 97.2 km/h
Flanking Speed: 151.2 km/h
Armor:  Standard Armor
Armament:
    None
Manufacturer:
    Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:

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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                       4 points                0.500
Engine:             Fusion Engine                 25                       0.750
    Cruise MP:  9
    Flank MP:   14
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             10                        0.000
Control Equipment:                                                         0.250
Lift Equipment:                                                            0.000
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV -  40                  2.500

                                                      Armor     
                                                      Factor     
                                               Front     10       
                                          Left/Right   10/10       
                                                Rear     10       

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat     Spaces     Mass 
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BA Tube Artillery                            BD        0         1         0.500
Ammo (66)                                    BD        0         1         0.500

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      1    Points: 1
9w         0       0       0       0      1     0   Structure:  0
Special Abilities:

[Gorgon]

Super cool, that'll add some nice range and punch to a light force.

[Daryk]

Thanks!  That's exactly what I was aiming for...

[Gorgon]

And it would make a nice universal chassis, too. Make a squad carrier out of it. Equip your PBIs with laser rifles to properly harness all that free power of the fusion engine. Or cram two rocket launchers in there for a (relatively) hefty punch...

EDIT
and of course a light bridgelayer, to help with mobility...

[Daryk]

Oh yeah... I've been using that chassis for years as a squad carrier... Fractional Accounting FTW!

[RifleMech]

I like it. It reminds me of a variant of the T5E1 4.2-inch mortar carrier variant of the M3 Scout Car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T5E1-motar-carrier-4.2inch-haugh.jpg

The BA Tube Artillery would also work for the M4/M4A1 81mm MMC Half-Track.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_half-track_car
It'd do for any vehicle mounted mortar really. The Mech Mortar is too heavy for what little it does.

[Daryk]

The disconnect between Mortars and BA Tube Artillery really needs to be fixed, but not in this thread.

[RifleMech]

Nope.   I am glad TPTB finally allowed BA weapons to be mounted on other units though. We need more vehicles like this. :evil:

[Red Pins]

Ohh, love this concept.  Going to borrow it for my project

[Daryk]

Please do!