Manticore Heavy Tank (Flamer)Mass: 60 tonsTech Base: Inner SphereMotive Type: TrackedRules Level: IntroductoryEra: Age of War/Star LeagueTech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-E-D-DProduction Year: 2868Dry Cost: 2,528,000 C-BillsTotal Cost: 2,586,000 C-BillsBattle Value: 1,056Power Plant: Pitban 240 Fusion EngineCruise Speed: 43.2 km/hFlanking Speed: 64.8 km/hArmor: ArcShield Maxi II Standard ArmorArmament: 1 Parti-Kill Heavy Cannon PPC 1 FarFire LRM-10 1 SureShot Mk VI SRM-6 1 Zippo Vehicular Vehicle FlamerManufacturer: Defiance Industries, Jalastar Aerospace Primary Factory: Hesperus II (Defiance), Panpour (Jalastar)Communications System: O/P R JanxiirTargeting and Tracking System: TargiTrack 717Variants: At the start of the 3rd Succession War, 2 centuries after the Manticore debuted on the battlefields of the Inner Sphere the Lyran firms of Defiance Industries & NETC collaborated to create the first variant of the Manticore tank. The hull mounted Medium Laser & supporting heat sinks were removed & replaced by a Zippo brand conventional flamer allowing the tank to suppress enemy infantry formations attempting to swarm the vehicle. Armor was increased by 35% boosting survivability on the battlefield as technology declined & every piece of military equipment became more precious.================================================================================Equipment Type Rating Mass --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Internal Structure: Standard 30 points 6.00Engine: Fusion Engine 240 17.50 Cruise MP: 4 Flank MP: 6Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00Control Equipment: 3.00Lift Equipment: 0.00Turret: 1.50Armor: Standard Armor AV - 216 13.50 Armor Factor Front 50 Left/Right 45/45 Turret 46 Rear 30 ================================================================================Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Vehicle Flamer FR 3 1 0.50PPC T 10 1 7.00LRM-10 T 4 1 5.00SRM-6 T 4 1 3.00@LRM-10 (12) BD - 0 1.00@SRM-6 (15) BD - 0 1.00@Vehicle Flamer (20) BD - 0 1.00BattleForce StatisticsMV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 7 Points: 114t 3 3 2 0 3 0 Structure: 3Special Abilities: TUR(2/3/2), IF 1