Clans do not use superheavy and LAM at all, and are prohibited as well.
After saw the Amaris' Folly, they(or at least their forefathers) already knew that superheavy is no more than a fancy idea. And it was true unless there are some other solutions to actually make it.
LAMs are at least playable in Clans unlike superheavy mechs, however, for some clans are actually made their own experiment LAMs.
I don't think that Clans have the concept for Tripods. It was abandoned for centuries, and both Clans and Inner Sphere are not need for it. But at least they didn't ban it, so someone can think about this.
Superheavies are now proven to work. They're just so new that they're still limited to one faction. That said, once salvage starts getting spread around and reversed engineered things'll change. How or if the Clans will use them I'm not sure.
I just read in IO about the Clans abandoning LAMs and Tripods in the Clan Sub-Eras (2800-3049) section. Apparently they were too limited and difficult to assimilate into the new order. Which makes sense. I'm going to guess Tripods went first as they used crewed cockpits. That'd be really difficult for the Clans to get around. LAMs though were single seats and still had military uses so I think they lingered on until after the Dragoons left and then disappeared.
I guess the Falcons were intrigued by the LAM's use on Tukayyid and started experimenting with them. That they used crewed cockpits ended up dooming the project. At least for them. I can see the Horses using them since they use QuadVees. I could see the Horses also using Tripods but who knows?
Also read about the Clans abandoning robotic and drone technologies. So no Drone and Remote piloted Mechs. So I missed them. Silly me. :P
Airships are not eligible for the military vessel(apart for unmanned and remote-controlled watcher).
What? ??? I've never seen that anywhere. They are prohibited from Armored Chassis Mod and thus most heavier armors but I've never seen anything about them not being eligible for being a military vessel. I can see how they'd be used but they'd be vulnerable with their BAR armor especially against Clan weapons.
Supports... well, military support vehicles may exist. They will need some ammo-carriers or something similar.
Rails are unlikely to be an worthwhile military asset(other than local transport or occasionally naval coast defense gun carrier), so pass.
Superheavy combat vehicles... well, Wolf in exile have Gulltoppr.
Transport is a given but supports made for combat?
Cool! Thanks. :) So the Clans would use superheavies for defense. Or at least some Clans would later on. I'm not sure about before the Invasion.
There are no Clan WiGE combat vehicles in the canon to date, AFAIK.
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I don't know of any either. That doesn't mean they're not used though. There's lots about the Clans that's still blank. There's a lot more unit types now than we had before and unfortunately we haven't had the new blanks filled in. :(
Ultra light mechs: 10 & 15 tons
should have said ultralight battlemechs, with standard internal structure (not the 2x industrial version).
15 ton ultralights easily match 20t mechs, if using clan tech weapons.
10 ton are more of an infantry and BA support ... very fragile, but may make decent police/garrison units.
you can have standard pilots versus protomech pilots too.
Good catch and good points. :thumbsup:
I'm pretty sure the Clans don't bother making use of fixed-wing aircraft.
Well, they did use Torrent Heavy Bombers when retaking the Pentagon Worlds. The SLDF also saw Mosquito Radar Planes flying over Strana Mechty and Huntress. So I wouldn't say the Clans don't use fixed-wing aircraft. I do feel like they're more limited to civilian duties or a narrow range of military ones.
Conventional Fighters. (Missed this one too.)
I think they'd be used less than other fixed winged aircraft. Pilots who wash out either don't fly or get a job flying civilian aircraft.