Simple concept. I was fooling around with off tonnage designs, and liked how a 70 ton 5/8 with standard engine was workable with all the new tonnage saving equipment like heavy ferro and XL gyro. Paired ER large lasers with full heat dissipation give a good heavy skirmisher profile with the max armor. And the real kicker, with every weight saving trick and pretty much all critical slots used you still fit 8 m-pods. The 1-2 punch of skirmishing large lasers combined with a one time cavalry charge of 120 damage in -1 to-hit 1 point clusters when you win initiative make for one of the most munchkin mechs I can think of that still looks like it could exist, especially considering the standard engine.
Claymore
Mass: 70 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel Biped
Power Plant: 350 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 86.4 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
8 M-Pod
2 ER Large Laser
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3145
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-X-D
Cost: 7,898,767 C-bills
Type: Claymore
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Tonnage: 70
Battle Value: 1,544
Equipment Mass
Internal Structure Endo Steel 3.5
Engine 350 Fusion 29.5
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 0
Double Heat Sink 13 [26] 3
XL Gyro 2
Cockpit 3
Armor Factor (Heavy Ferro) 217 11
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head 3 9
Center Torso 22 33
Center Torso (rear) 11
R/L Torso 15 23
R/L Torso (rear) 7
R/L Arm 11 22
R/L Leg 15 30
Right Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm
Left Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm
Weapons
and Ammo Location Critical Heat Tonnage
4 M-Pod RT 4 0 4.0
ER Large Laser LA 2 12 5.0
4 M-Pod LT 4 0 4.0
ER Large Laser RA 2 12 5.0