Caldos Desert Scouts

Native to Caldos (world) this unit of desert scouts is commanded by Major Marie Jones. They have a company of (11) scout cars. A tank company of (11) tracked MBTs. They have (22) scout cycles in a recon platoon. The headquarters platoon consists of five 6x6 desert trucks (one workshop/maintenance, one water tanker, one fuel carrier, and one cargo/ammo and a field kitchen carrier).

Caldos Recon Motorcycle (TECH LEVEL 6)

The vehicle has a crew of 1 (driver) and is not armed nor armored.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 1m. Width: 0.5 m. Length: 1.25 m.

Total usable volume: 0.625 m3

Total mass loaded: 0.908125 metric tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 737.04

Movement: Road, 130kph/100 cm; Cross Country, 26kph/22 cm.

Movement effect on fire: -4 FFP, no EFP if move less than 1/2 speed, move more than half, no fire.

Armor: Chassis front, rear, sides, belly, and deck, 1.

Target Size DMs: +0 low and no high hits.

Equipment: Headlights.

Power: 0.05 megawatt improved ICE power plant consumes 25 liters of fuel/ hour; fuel capacity 290.625 liters, enough for 11.6 hours. Power to Weight 55, Ground Pressure 14.53 tons/m2.

Weapons: None

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 5

Electronics: 0

Weapons: 0

Caldos Ultra Heavy Tracked Tank (TECH LEVEL 6)

The vehicle has a crew of 4 (driver, gunner, loader, commander). It mounts 17cm hyper velocity CPR gun with direct fire control, a HMG in the commander's cupolas on the turret deck and a co-axial HMG in the stabilized turret.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2.55m + 2m turret. Width: 5.6 m. Length: 14.1 m.

Total usable volume: 140 m3

Total mass loaded: 312.82199 metric tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 624,692.19

Movement: Road, 80kph/67 cm; Cross Country, 48kph/40 cm.

Movement effect on fire: -4 EFP move less than 1/2 speed, move more than half, -4 FFP and no EFP

Armor: Chassis front 42, Chassis rear, sides, 30, belly, deck 18, Turret front 45, and sides and rear 31.

Target Size DMs: +5 low and +3 high.

Equipment: Headlights, 200 Power Radio, Weapon Stabilization for all weapons,(20) smoke dischargers on the turret, sealed environment with life support for 4 crew, magnetic mine detector, one line charge, active IR scope for the gunner, (2) passive IR vision blocks for the driver and commander.

Power: 8.25 megawatt improved ICE power plant consumes 4,125 liters of fuel/ hour; fuel capacity 10,393.72 liters, enough for 2.5 hours. Power to Weight 26, Ground Pressure 6.89 tons/m2.

Weapons: The 17cm hyper velocity cannon in the turret is stabilized and has direct fire control. It has +5 signature. :Direct fire characteristics are:

Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range

1,000m 2,000m 3,500m

Rounds mass 80kg each and there is storage for 20 rounds in the turret. Ammo available includes:

Type: Penetration: Cost/round:

HEAP 44 600Cr.

KEAP 38/34/30 600Cr.

KEAPER 36/32/28 660Cr.

HE 23/2/4 400Cr.

(20) HEAP rounds are included in the price.

The heavy machine guns on and in the turret can each engage 4 targets in direct fire. Direct fire characteristics are:

Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range

500 m (6)+3 1,000 m (5)+2 1,500 m (3)+1

Carries 800 Rounds of ammo for each included in price, enough for 20 fire phases, +2 signature.

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 8

Electronics: 4

Weapons: 2

Caldos Scout Car (TECH LEVEL 6)

The 4x4 wheeled vehicle has a crew of 1, a driver and can carry 5 passengers.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 1.5m. Width: 2m. Length: 4.5m.

Total usable volume: 13.5 m3

Total mass loaded: 6.34625 metric tons, w/o cargo 3.34625 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 2,234.0625

Movement: Road Loaded 75kph/62.5cm, Cross-country 11.25kph/9.375cm, Empty 105kph/87.5cm, Cross-country 15.75kph/13.125cm.

Movement effect on fire: no effect

Armor: Chassis front, rear, sides and belly and deck 1.

Target Size DMs: +1 low and +0 high.

Equipment: 3m3 3tons of cargo capacity, headlights

Power: 0.1 megawatt improved internal combustion power plant consumes 50 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 436.25 liters, enough for 8.725 hours. Ground Pressure 14.1 tons/m2, Power to Weight 15.76 loaded, 29.9 empty.

Weapons: None

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 5

Suspension: 9

Caldos 6x6 Wheeled Truck (Water Carrier/Fuel Tanker/Cargo Hauler Versions) (TECH LEVEL 6)

The vehicle has a crew of 1 driver.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2m. Width: 3m. Length: 7m.

Total usable volume: 42 m3

Total mass loaded: 42.12 metric tons (fully loaded).

Production Cost: Cr. 32,876.25

Movement: Road, 85kph/70.8 cm; Cross Country, 25.5kph/21.25cm

Movement effect on fire: None

Armor: Chassis all sides 1.

Target Size DMs: +2 low and no high hits.

Equipment: headlights, 30 power radio, 16m3 16 metric ton cargo capacity for fuel, water or supplies.

Power: 1 megawatt improved internal combustion power plant consumes 500 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 5,265 liters, enough for 10.53 hours. Power to weight 24, ground pressure 6 tons/m2. 268.5km range cross country.

Weapons: None

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 5

Electronics: 1

Weapons: 0

Caldos 6x6 Wheeled Truck (Field Kitchen) (TECH LEVEL 6)

The vehicle has a crew of 3 a chef and 2 cooks, one who drives.

Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 2m. Width: 3m. Length: 7m.

Total usable volume: 42 m3

Total mass loaded: 29.52 metric tons (fully loaded).

Production Cost: Cr. 29,976.25

Movement: Road, 94kph/78 cm; Cross Country, 28.2kph/23.5cm

Movement effect on fire: None

Armor: Chassis all sides 1.

Target Size DMs: +2 low and no high hits.

Equipment: headlights, 30 power radio, 10m3 modular field kitchen which can operate while loaded on the vehicle (1 kitchen is required/100 men and 1 cook/50 men), there is 2m3 and 2 metric ton of cargo capacity for rations and cooking supplies.

Power: 1 megawatt improved internal combustion power plant consumes 500 liters of fuel per hour, fuel capacity 5,265 liters, enough for 10.53 hours. Power to weight 34, ground pressure 4.2 tons/m2. 296.946 km range cross country.

Weapons: None

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 5

Electronics: 1

Weapons: 0

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