When Earthwerks gets a 'good' idea...

[RevenVrake]

Hmm, the Clans are kicking the living hell out of the Inner Sphere, what can we do in 3051 to sell stuff to the Lyrans who might get overrun?
 
Hey, they like big tanks and mechs right? Didn't Earthwerks at one point sell a 175 ton tank?

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Soarece Superheavy MBT Long Tom Refit

Mass: 175 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: 350 Fuel Cell
Cruising Speed: 21.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 32.4 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
     1 Long Tom
     6 Machine Guns
     1 TAG
     1 SRM 6
     2 Anti-Missile Systems
Manufacturer: Earthwerks Incorporated
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3051
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-F-E
Cost: 13,550,167 C-bills

Type: Soarece Superheavy MBT
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 175
Battle Value: 2,501

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure                                   35
Engine                        350 Fuel Cell        35.5
Cruising MP: 2
Flank MP: 3
Heat Sinks:                   1                       0
Control Equipment:                                  9.0
Power Amplifier:                                    0.0
Turret:                                             3.5
Armor Factor                  648                  40.5

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   18       110   
     Front R/L Side        18/18     92/92   
     Rear R/L Side         18/18     92/92   
     Rear                    18        75   
     Turret                  18        95   


Weapons
and Ammo                        Location    Tonnage   
Trailer Hitch                     Rear        0.0     
Machine Gun                       Rear        0.5     
Machine Gun                      Front        0.5     
SRM 6                            Front        3.0     
Machine Gun                    Front Right    0.5     
Machine Gun                    Front Left     0.5     
Anti-Missile System Ammo (24)     Body        2.0     
C3 Computer                       Body        1.0     
Half Machine Gun Ammo (100)       Body        0.5     
CASE                              Body        0.5     
Long Tom Ammo (20)                Body        4.0     
SRM 6 Ammo (15)                   Body        1.0     
Machine Gun                    Rear Left      0.5     
2 Anti-Missile Systems           Turret       1.0     
Long Tom                         Turret       30.0   
TAG                              Turret       1.0     
ECM Suite                        Turret       1.5     
Machine Gun                    Rear Right     0.5     
Infantry                          Body        3.0     


So, Earthwerks Incorp, wanting to make a buck, has this idea to blow the dust off their old Soarece Superheavy MBT. It has forty tons of armor! Sure its slow, but man it can withstand a beating.

So they rip out the old trio of Autocannons and go right for the big boi of the shell firing guns, Long Tom! Four tons of ammo feed the artillery piece, which honestly no Clanner would want to get into range of.

Its weaponry is however a little light...it has six machineguns to cover all sectors and a SRM-6 rack on the front. TAG in the Turret helps it call down fire. Two anti-missile systems, each with its own ton of ammo, help protect the tank against those lighter LRMs the Clans are so fond of. It is fitted with a C3 Slave unit and ECM to help it hide. But its rather hard to hide the approach of a 175 ton tank. Finally, it has a 3 ton infantry bay to help it transport some close range protection from Clanner Battlearmor.

[Cavgunner]

*gets, no apostrophe

And perhaps this vehicle would be better served with a Long Tom Cannon, rather than the artillery piece?

[Retry]

*gets, no apostrophe

And perhaps this vehicle would be better served with a Long Tom Cannon, rather than the artillery piece?

Not at a 2/3 movement profile it won't.

At least the 175 ton Lyran wet dream can do something with a Long Tom...

[Cavgunner]

I'm a little out-of-date on the rules for on-map artillery.  How would it accomplish this?

[RevenVrake]

The Long Tom Artillery Piece can pull double duty as both indirect fire artillery and indirect shooting at anything within 21 hexes. That's the reason this 2/3 super heavy tank has the full sized artillery piece. You can play long range support with it or direct fire nightmare against anything trying to close with it. The user just has to choose if they're gonna be artillery this round or 'direct' fire (Not really direct, you use the indirect LRM rules without needing a spotter).

Usually ends up being a +7 to hit a single hex within 21 hexes with 25 points of kaboom. Light mechs, hovers, anything small and fast (especially infantry or battle armor) just don't like coming within range of that big gun.