I'll be posting a few designs for combat vehicles from a non-cannon periphery state here. Some of them are...unique. Certainly, I can't find any other 30 ton hovercraft with 20 LRMs, but that might be for a good reason.
Some of the earlier designs are primitive vehicles, but for now, these are the ones
T-37 Mark II
Mass: 25 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Hovercraft
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-C-C-A
Production Year: 3037
Cost: 498,125 C-Bills
Battle Value: 445
Power Plant: Shika Motors 95 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 97.2 km/h
Flanking Speed: 151.2 km/h
Armor: Greenhaven Plate Standard Armor
Armament:
1 SRM-6
2 Machine Guns
Manufacturer: Shi-Sem Heavy Metal
Primary Factory: Rio-Plato
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
Overview:
A flanker and ankle-biter, the T-37 is designed to move freely around
conventional tanks and Mechs and strike at the rear of a force or it's supply
lines, or to patrol a vast area of veldt. Indeed, it is this secondary role
that is more important and the bristleing sensor antenna and periscopes that
adorn it's turret are almost more important to keeping this little tank alive
than it's armor and weapons are. A petite 25 ton design, the T-37 is adept at
maneuvering over flat terrain or along narrow roads and trails, and is favored
for most patrols thanks to it's high speed and multi-fuel engine that can run
on anything from bunker-oil to ethanol. Refits to Greenhaven Plate have more
than doubled the design's protection over the primitive armor originally used.
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 15 points 2.50
Engine: I.C.E. Engine 95 6.00
Cruise MP: 9
Flank MP: 14
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 0 0.00
Control Equipment: 1.50
Lift Equipment: 2.50
Turret: 0.50
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 88 5.50
Armor
Factor
Front 22
Left/Right 17/17
Turret 18
Rear 14
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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2 Machine Guns FR 0 2 1.00
SRM-6 T 4 1 3.00
@MG (1/2) (100) BD - 0 0.50
@SRM-6 (30) BD - 0 2.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 3 Points: 4
9h 2 1 0 0 1 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: EE, TUR(1/1/0)
T-41
Mass: 30 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Hovercraft
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-C-C-A
Production Year: 3041
Cost: 672,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 541
Power Plant: Yama-Go 80 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 75.6 km/h
Flanking Speed: 118.8 km/h
Armor: Greenhaven Plate Standard Armor
Armament:
2 LRM-10s
Manufacturer: Shi-Sem Heavy Metal
Primary Factory: Yama
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
Overview:
Designed as a highly-mobile LRM carrier, the 20-tube toting T-41 represents
Shi-Sem's first efforts at a proper combat vehicle using newly captured
technology in armor and weapons. Sub components are built on three worlds
before being assembled at the Rio-Plata facility where they have their final
assembly plant. Lightly armored, T-41s are expected to retreat in the face of
any significant firepower, and to mass their entire company's firepower against
anything that dares to not have the range and speed to keep up with them. The
design is very unpopular with troops who refer to them as 'fire-poppers' and
some units pull a ton of armor to slap on more plating. An alternative turret
with dumb-fire artillery missiles is under consideration.
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 15 points 3.00
Engine: I.C.E. Engine 80 5.00
Cruise MP: 7
Flank MP: 11
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 0 0.00
Control Equipment: 1.50
Lift Equipment: 3.00
Turret: 1.00
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 56 3.50
Armor
Factor
Front 15
Left/Right 11/11
Turret 11
Rear 8
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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2 LRM-10s T 8 2 10.00
@LRM-10 (24) BD - 0 2.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 2 Points: 5
7h 1 2 2 0 1 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: EE, TUR(1/2/2, LRM 1/1/1, IF 1/1/1), LRM 1/1/1, IF 1
T-50
Mass: 40 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-E-D-A
Production Year: 3052
Cost: 1,309,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 628
Power Plant: BN Fusion Systems 240 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 64.8 km/h
Flanking Speed: 97.2 km/h
Armor: Guard-Plate 20 Standard Armor
Armament:
1 Series 52 Large Laser
1 SRM-4
1 Series 00 Machine Gun
Manufacturer: Brasilia National Armory
Primary Factory: New Brasilia, Cabanagem
Communications System: Tierra del Sol 35
Targeting and Tracking System: BNA Acu-Trax
Overview:
Constructed by Brasilia National Armory, the T-50 is a light-Medium tank intended to
compete directly with the 50% larger Bulldog. Mounting similar armaments, the
T-50 has a lower profile, uses an easy-to-maintain fusion powerplant with
robust torsion bar suspension, and is more accurate at long range. Armor is
comparable, and while the tank is less durable thanks to smaller size and
carries a smaller weapons load, it has a significantly higher turn of speed.
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 20 points 4.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 240 17.50
Cruise MP: 6
Flank MP: 9
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 2.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 1.00
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 104 6.50
Armor
Factor
Front 26
Left/Right 20/20
Turret 21
Rear 17
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Machine Gun FR 0 1 0.50
Large Laser T 8 1 5.00
SRM-4 T 3 1 2.00
@SRM-4 (25) BD - 0 1.00
@MG (1/2) (100) BD - 0 0.50
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 3 Points: 6
6t 2 2 0 0 2 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: TUR(2/2/0)
