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PostPosted: 01-Jan-2018 17:15    Post subject: Compacto Artillery System Reply to topic Reply with quote

TRO:
Compacto Artillery System (Wheeled)

Weight                              50 t 
Internal Structure                   5 t 
Engine        130   Fusion           7 t 
MP            3/5 
Heat Sinks    10    Standard         0 t 
Control Equipment                  2.5 t 
Turret                                 - 
Armour        40    Standard       2.5 t 

Front         10 
L/R Side    10 / 10 
Rear          10 
Turret        -

Weapons and Equipment    Location Weight 
Long Tom Artillery Piece Front      30 t
Long Tom Ammo (3x5)      Body        3 t

BV2: 634
Cost: 1,266,666
		


Another example of my obsession with fitting something stupid in one small vehicle bay. This time I wanted to see whether it's possible to make a reasonable chassis for a full size Long Tom gun and here is the result. It isn't much faster than the Long Tom train from the old TROs (okay, on the road it's capable of reasonable speed), it's not better protected, has no other weapons, has to use a fusion reactor of not exactly standard rating and can keep firing for only a limited time, but... it's ALIVE! Umm... Fluff... maybe tomorrow.
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PostPosted: 01-Jan-2018 21:20    Post subject: Compacto Artillery System Reply to topic Reply with quote

A 50 Ton Long Tom???

That's would cause a surprise...
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PostPosted: 02-Jan-2018 00:41    Post subject: Compacto Artillery System Reply to topic Reply with quote

Hehe... indeed. I was curious whether small vehicle bay could contain an artillery piece of this size that's able to keep up with the heavies and it seems that it can.
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PostPosted: 02-Jan-2018 14:15    Post subject: Fluff + Bonus Reply to topic Reply with quote

Compacto Artillery System has been originally developed in 2720 by Brooks Inc. to fight against the limited space on the usual combat drop ships. Normally the mighty Long Tom Artillery piece would be limited for major campaigns with multiple ships taking care of logistics of the multi-part Mobile Long Tom, but the Compacto has managed to put the entire gun and loading mechanism on a craddle-like carriage built entirely around the gun the result is a crab-like flat vehicle that can fit within the same space as the Goblin Tank. In the trials the Compacto barely passed the requirements, but the vehicle has been deemed impractical with SLDF preferring the already proven designs in it's service. The last nail to it's coffin were nonstandard parts and engine which made the support for Compacto a nightmare. In the end Brooks Inc. has used many original ideas from the Compacto in their TAV-1 Thumper.

Bonus: How will our merc unit probably solve it's arty problems, if they ever arise. We'll buy a Hetzer, cut a bigger hole in the front plate to allow the gun to elevate to higher angle and replace the AC/20 with Thumper. Cheap and probably doable for a team of veteran techs that's probably the only thing that's keeping us fighting.

TRO:
Hetzer Wheeled Field Gun
Weight                              40 t 
Internal Structure                   4 t 
Engine        140   I.C.E.          10 t 
MP            4/6 
Heat Sinks     0    Standard         0 t 
Control Equipment                    2 t 
Turret                                 - 
Armour        96    Standard         6 t 

Front         30 
L/R Side    22 / 22 
Rear          22 
Turret        -

Weapons and Equipment    Location Weight 
Thumper Artillery Piece  Front      15 t
Thumper Ammo (3x20)      Body        3 t

BV2: 341
Cost: 485,000
		

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