iirc the UK design is not canon so it would not have the same quirks as the canon designs. That would also be why the armor is allocated in a more sane manor than the canon version.
So where did the UK versions come from?
Why are they known enough to be included in megamek but still not canon?
The newer model is a beast that will eat other heavies for breakfast and is one of the Lyrans' best C3 'Mechs (which in fairness is a pretty short list).
The problem is there doesn't seem to be a good range to put the new model.
What tactics work well for it?
Does it often suffer from not being able to twist?
On the original design, the twin OS SSRMs are pointless: each one takes an extra half-ton, so it could have simply used regular SSRMs with a ton of ammo.
One of them could have been a neat oddity, but doing two of them is just a kick in the teeth.
I can't be the only person who immediately sent it to the techs and said rip that out and put a real weapon in there.
But other than two SSRM2s or a SSRM4 and a tonne of ammo what else can you put in there to be effective.
You can also rip out a tonne of the AMS ammo to get enough room to also add case which it really needs.
The fact that they never gave a canon field mod to make the OSes not be a total waste pisses me off.