(Answered) Primitive Chemical Lasers

[Col Toda]

I know a large primitive Chemical laser does 5 points of damage to standard armor ie 8 -3 . Does it do the full 8 damage to exsposed Internal Structure?  I estimated the BV to be 62 for the weapon and 4 per ton of ammo ( using the light AC /5 as a model ) . Is that correct ? 

Used the price as the 3059 Clan tech Chemical lasers for the rest .  Designed a 3025 Condor fuel cell  hover tank with a Primitive Large Chemical Laser : 2 SRM 4s : a machine gun and recon Camera in the turret as experimental application of existing tech in late Succession Wars .  I would like an answer before play testing .

[cray]

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[cray]

I know a large primitive Chemical laser does 5 points of damage to standard armor ie 8 -3 . Does it do the full 8 damage to exsposed Internal Structure?

Partial answer:

If a primitive chemical laser hits standard armor then the damage stays reduced against the internal structure.

If a primitive chemical laser hits lower-BAR armor then the damage stays unchanged against the internal structure.

I estimated the BV to be 62 for the weapon and 4 per ton of ammo ( using the light AC /5 as a model ) . Is that correct ? 

Still working on BV.

[cray]

Battle value: the formal answer is that there isn't an official battle value for a "primitive chemical laser." The primitive weapon rules in Interstellar Operations only cover specific Age of War weapons, while BattleTech's chemical lasers are Clan weapons introduced in 3145.

Unofficially and informally, a BV of 62 sounds ballpark.