Named for the two time Victorian Cross awardee, Charles Upham, from the pre-space era. One of only three persons to do so, and the only frontline infantry soldier of those three (historical note: The other two dual-awardees were medical personnel).
Co-designed between Clans Sea Fox and Hell's Horses, the latter primarily working on designing the chassis, lift fans, and armor layout, with the semi-aquatic hull adaptation a polite nod by Hell's Horses scientists towards the normally 'penny-pinching' Sea Foxes. Whom instead were quite willing to spring for expensive systems on a non-'Mech project. While the Horses were never actually told, they immediately guessed what was going to happen, that the Foxes were going to sell it to various Inner Sphere powers for a substantial mark-up in price, and thus reap the profit margins. When the Horses surprised everyone by selling half their initial production run to various systems in the Hinterlands, local Sea Fox merchants merely chuckled at their Clan's leaders being outplayed.
Upham BAFV
Mass: 35 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Hovercraft
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: All Eras (non-canon)
Tech Rating/Era Availability: F/X-X-F-D
Production Year: 0
Dry Cost: 15,956,979 C-Bills
Total Cost: 15,968,979 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,408
Power Plant: 245 Fusion XL Engine
Cruise Speed: 129.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 194.4 km/h (259.2 km/h)
Armor: Standard Armor
Armament:
1 Medium Pulse Laser
8 AP Gauss Rifles
1 Supercharger
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 20 points 3.50
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 245 9.00
Cruise MP: 12.0
Flank MP: 18.0 (24.0)
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 2.00
Lift Equipment: 3.50
Turret: 0.50
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 88 5.50
Armor
Factor
Front 21
Left/Right 17/17
Turret 18
Rear 15
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Medium Pulse Laser FR 4 1 2.00
8 AP Gauss Rifles T 8 8 4.00
Supercharger BD 0 1 1.00
@AP Gauss Rifle (160) BD - 0 4.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 3 Points: 14
12h 4 4 0 0 1 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: CASE, TUR(3/3/0)
Hull Mods:
Flotation Hull
Design Quirk(s):
Fast Reload
