Combat Vehicle Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Boxcar APC
Designer:           Rudel Gurken
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            25
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Star League / 2601
Rules (Current):    Introductory
Rules (Era):        Introductory
Rules (Year):       Introductory
Total Cost:         341,719 C-Bills
Battle Value:       261

Movement Type:        Wheeled
Power Plant:          Magna 105 
Cruising Speed:       54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Armor:                StarSlab/1
Armament:             
    1 Victory 23R Medium Laser
    1 Victory 12 Small Laser
Manufacturer:         Buda Imperial Vehicles
    Primary Factory:  Luthien
Communications:       Sipher CommSys 1
Targeting & Tracking: Matabushi Sentinel

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Overview:
    In 2601 the DCMS called for a modern high capacity armored infantry carrier with low
    maintenance requirements and low need of supplies.
    It should have considerable speed and so a wheeled vehicle was chosen.
    Buda Imperial Vehicles answered with the Boxcar APC.

Capabilities:
    The Boxcar has a very square appearence, hence the name, and can haul up to ten tons may it
    be infantry or cargo.
    Its rugged Magna 105 fusion engine needs almost no maintanence and its weapons are all
    energy based. All that is wrapped in three and a half tons of armor.
    While the turret mounted medium and small laser pack quite a punch the anti-infantry
    capacity is almost not existing.

Deployment:
    The Boxcar was deployed widely across the Draconis Combine. During the Succession Wars some
    ended up in neighboring realms. Later in these wars most were salvaged for their valuable
    fusion engines.

Variants:
    Not long after commissioning the first variant appeared, swapping the small laser for two
    machineguns. This reduced the cargo capacity to nine tons. During the 2700s some replaced
    their small laser with a small pulse model, reducing their cargo to nine and a half tons.
    Late Succession War variants used internal combustion engines and two machineguns as their
    only weaponry. These could haul up to eight and a half tons.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  2.50                     
Engine:                                     105 Fusion                 5.50                     
    Cruising MP:                                5                                               
    Flanking MP:                                8                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     1.50                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                0.50                     
Armor Factor:                                   56                     3.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      12                                              
    R/L Side:                                   12                                              
    Rear:                                       12                                              
    Turret:                                     8                                               

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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Medium Laser                                                 Turret                1.00         
Small Laser                                                  Turret                0.50         
Compartment, Infantry (10 tons)                               Body                 10.00        

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 12
TP: CV,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"w
Damage: (S) 1 / (M) 1 / (L) 0
Armor (A): 2,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: ENE, IT10, SRCH, TUR(1/1/-)