Super Scorpion Medium Tank

[Psyckosama]

The Scorpion's bigger, meaner brother.

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          BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
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Type/Model:    Super Scorpion Medium Tank
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3025
Config:        Tracked Vehicle
Rules:         Level 1, Standard design

Mass:          50 tons
Power Plant:   200 SitiCide I.C.E.
Cruise Speed:  43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Armor Type:    ProTech Medium Standard
Armament:     
  1 SarLon MaxiCannon Autocannon/10
  1 20mm Gatling Gun Machine Gun
Manufacturer:  Quickcell Company
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  Basix 200
Targeting & Tracking System:  OptiSight-15

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Type/Model:    Super Scorpion Medium Tank
Mass:          50 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  25 pts Standard               0      5.00
Engine:        200 I.C.E.                    0     17.00
    Cruise MP:   4
     Flank MP:   6
Heat Sinks:      0 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      2.50
Crew: 4 Members                              0       .00
Turret Equipment:                            0      1.50
Armor Factor:  160 pts Standard              0     10.00

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     5         45
   Left / Right Sides:        5      35/35
   Rear:                      5         20
   Turret:                    5         25

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
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1 Autocannon/10          Turret   0   10     2     13.00
1 Machine Gun            Turret   0  100     2      1.00
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TOTALS:                           0          4     50.00
Items & Tons Left:                          11       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        841,000 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    661 (old BV = 326)
Cost per BV:       1,272.31
Weapon Value:      255 / 255 (Ratio = .39 / .39)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 9;  MRDmg = 5;  LRDmg = 1
BattleForce2:      MP: 4T,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 6
                   Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/-,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GM;  Point Value: 7

[doulos05]

I like it. You should take a look at the MI-90 I posted just a bit ago. Seems the only difference between the two is 10 tons of armor and 1 ton of ammo vs. 9 tons of armor and 2 tons of ammo. And honestly I'm leaning towards changing to 10 and 1...

[tomaddamz]

Actually 20 and 2 is better as you can load specialist rounds ( frag, precision, flak)...to me 15 rounds per tube is a design goal for minimum ammo load.  It is my experience that most surviving units in combat will expend about 15 rounds total.  Since I cannot predict which units will survive, all of them on average will carry 15 rounds ( or as close as i can get it)*

* the notable exception is the AC/20, which rarely gets off 5 rounds but I design usually to 10 rounds

[Sartris]

Actually 20 and 2 is better as you can load specialist rounds ( frag, precision, flak)...to me 15 rounds per tube is a design goal for minimum ammo load.  It is my experience that most surviving units in combat will expend about 15 rounds total.  Since I cannot predict which units will survive, all of them on average will carry 15 rounds ( or as close as i can get it)*

* the notable exception is the AC/20, which rarely gets off 5 rounds but I design usually to 10 rounds

Yup.  A second ton gives you a bin of flak ammo.  It's a nasty surprise for raiding fighters to get blasted out of the sky when they aren't expecting any real resistance.