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/-)
Distribution
Name/Model: Boxcar APC
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 25
Configuration: Wheeled Combat Vehicle
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Front
1. Empty
Left SideBodyRight SideTurret
1. Empty 1. Compartment, Infantry (10 ton) 1. Empty 1. Medium Laser
2. Empty 2. Small Laser
3. Empty
Rear
1. Empty
Battle Value Breakdown
Name/Model: Boxcar APC
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 25
Configuration: Wheeled Combat Vehicle
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Defensive Battle Rating
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Armor (Standard): 56 x 2.5 x 1 140.000
Internal Structure (Standard): 15 x 1.5 x 1 (+) 22.500 = 162.500
Unit Type Modifier: Wheeled (*) 0.80 = 130.000
Defensive Movement Factor: +3 (*) 1.30 = 169.000
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Final Defensive Battle Rating: 169.000
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Offensive Battle Rating
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Offensive Equipment:
Medium Laser 46.000
Small Laser (+) 9.000 = 55.000
Total Vehicle Tonnage: 25 / 2 (+) 12.500 = 67.500
Speed Factor: 8 (Flank) (*) 1.370 = 92.475
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Final Offensive Battle Rating: 92.475
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Combat Vehicle Battle Value
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Defensive Battle Rating: 169.000
Offensive Battle Rating: (+) 92.475 = 261.475
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Final BattleMech Battle Value: 261
Alpha Strike Conversion
Name/Model: Boxcar APC
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 25
Configuration: Wheeled Combat Vehicle
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Determine Unit Type
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Ground Units: Combat Vehicle = CV
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Final Unit Type: CV
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Determine Weight/Size Class
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Tonnage: 25 (less than 40) = 1
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Final Weight/Size Class: 1
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Convert Movement and Movement Modes
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Ground Movement: 5 (Cruise) = 10"
Wheeled Motive Type = 10"w
Ground Target Movement Modifier at 10" is 2
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Final Movement and Movement Modes: 10"w
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Determine Short Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
Small Laser (TU) (+) 0.300 = 0.300
Medium Laser (TU) (+) 0.500 = 0.800
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 0.8
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Final Short Range Damage Value: 1
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Determine Medium Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
Medium Laser (TU) (+) 0.500 = 0.500
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 0.5
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Final Medium Range Damage Value: 1
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Determine Long Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
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Final Long Range Damage Value: 0
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Convert Armor
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Standard: 56 armor points x 1 56.000 = 56.000
Armor Factor Conversion (/) 30 = 1.867
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Final Armor Value: 2
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Convert Structure
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Standard: 15 structure points 15.000 = 15.000
Structure Conversion (/) 10 = 1.500
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Final Structure Value: 2
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Determine Special Abilities
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Unit contains no explosive components = ENE
Unit is equipped with 10 tons of tons of space allocated for infantry transport = IT10
Unit is a Combat Vehicle = SRCH
Unit is equipped with turret mounted weapons = TUR(1/1/-)
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Determine Point Value
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Unit's Offensive Value:
Attack Damage Factor 1 (Short) + 1 (Medium) + 1 (Medium) + 0 (Long) = 3.000
Blanket Offensive Modifier 1 (Base) (*) 1.000 = 3.000
Defensive Interaction Rating:
Armor Factor 2 (Armor) x 1.7 (Wheeled) = 3.400
Structure Factor 2 (Structure) x 1.0 (Other Unit) (+) 2.000 = 5.400
Defense Factor 1 + {[2 (10" Move)] x 0.1} (*) 1.200 = 6.480
Final DIR Round to nearest half point = 6.500
Unit's Defensive Value:
Movement Factor 1.25 (0.25 per 2") = 1.250
Final DIR Defensive Interaction Rating (+) 6.500 = 7.750
Unit's Final Point Value:
Offensive Value = 3.000
Defensive Value (+) 7.750 = 10.750
Agile [2 (TMM) - 1] x 1 (Medium) (+) 1.000 = 11.750
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Final Point Value: 12
Cost Breakdown
Name/Model: Boxcar APC
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 25
Configuration: Wheeled Combat Vehicle
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Structural Cost
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Armor (Standard) (56 pts) 3.5 x 10,000 35,000.00
Internal Structure (Standard) 2.5 x 10,000 (+) 25,000.00 = 60,000.00
Control Components 1.5 x 10,000 (+) 15,000.00 = 75,000.00
Engine (Fusion) (5,000 x 105 x 25) / 75 (+) 175,000.00 = 250,000.00
Turret 0.5 x 5,000 (+) 2,500.00 = 252,500.00
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Total Structural Cost 252,500.00
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Weapons and Equipment Cost
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Compartment, Infantry (10 ton) 20 x 0 0.00
Medium Laser 40,000 (+) 40,000.00 = 40,000.00
Small Laser 11,250 (+) 11,250.00 = 51,250.00
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Total Weapons and Equipment Cost 51,250.00
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Combat Vehicle Cost
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Structural Cost 252,500.00
Weapons and Equipment Cost (+) 51,250.00 = 303,750.00
Combat Vehicle Cost Multiplier 1 + (25 / 200) (*) 1.125 = 341,718.75
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Final Combat Vehicle Cost 341,719.00
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