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Vandervecken

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Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« on: 20 June 2020, 19:21:29 »
Can anyone recommend me the best/most common/most effective VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor? Anything from the Clan Invasion era through the Jihad era.
Looking for picks for all factions please.
I've already found the Anhur (which seems like the exemplar of this class of unit). Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #1 on: 20 June 2020, 19:32:17 »
I have in the past had good use of Karnov and well Planetlifters to move and deploy large # of BA on selected battlefield.  Though they are not what you want when you are going to have extract under heavy hostile fire, but then again most VTOL don't like being sitting ducks for extractions.

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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #2 on: 20 June 2020, 19:32:42 »
Karnov's got configs that will take a lot of suits, look into it as well.
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #3 on: 20 June 2020, 19:34:06 »
The Karnov is perfect for my purposes, but more examples would always be good, thank you! What do folks think of the Cavalry Infantry-transport version? A 4-ton cargo bay could carry a lance of IS BA.
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #4 on: 20 June 2020, 19:38:31 »
Here’s a pretty exhaustive list of Spheroid air assault VTOLs:

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=40169.msg927628#msg927628

These days, I think most folks would recommend the Lamprey first, followed by the Cavalry (Infantry).

Be sure to take advantage of the TacOps rules regarding zip line deployment.  Allows you to deploy BA without landing or being restricted to jump-capable BA.
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #5 on: 20 June 2020, 19:45:21 »
That's a great thread for the Inner Sphere - got anything apart from the Anhur for the Clans?
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #6 on: 20 June 2020, 19:51:05 »
Quote from: Vandervecken on 20 June 2020, 19:45:21
That's a great thread for the Inner Sphere - got anything apart from the Anhur for the Clans?

Cardinal?
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #7 on: 20 June 2020, 20:03:15 »
Quote from: ActionButler on 20 June 2020, 19:51:05
Cardinal?
Outside my era. Clan Invasion -> Jihad.
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #8 on: 20 June 2020, 20:16:46 »
your choices are the two anhur variants

there are only 15 canon clan vtols so you're lucky there's even one
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Re: Looking for capable VTOLs for carrying Battle Armor
« Reply #9 on: 20 June 2020, 20:21:02 »
Quote from: Vandervecken on 20 June 2020, 19:45:21
That's a great thread for the Inner Sphere - got anything apart from the Anhur for the Clans?

I think the Anhur, Cardinal, and old Cobras, Karnovs, Kestrels, and Vectors are it for the Clanners.  A modern air assault VTOL has long been a hole in the Clan toumans.

Another list:

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Category:VTOLs
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