Val Marin SPG

Val Marin SPG (TECH LEVEL A)

This High Senate vehicle is built under license on Val Marin (world), has a crew of three (driver, gunner and commander) and mounts a 30 cm hyper velocity CPR gun with direct and indirect fire control in an unstabilized turret mount on the chassis deck. This vehicle is not design to fire on the move. Unlike the much smaller MBT, it has uniform armor on all faces, is VERY slow compared with the sportier grav tank, and is sealed with life support for its crew. It moves slowly at NOE without the benefit of avionics.

Vehicle Dimensions: height: 2 m (+1 m turret) :width: 4 m length: 10 m.

Total usable volume: 96 m3

Total mass loaded: 160.54308 metric tons

Production Cost: Cr. 3,028,902.6

Movement: Maximum, 120kph/100cm; Cruise, 90kph/75 cm; NOE, 30kph/25cm.

Movement effect on fire: Can not conduct indirect fire on the move. Direct fire is wildly inaccurate on the move, -4 FFP, no fire EFF; if move more than1/2 then no fire.

Armor: Chassis and turret all faces 30.

Target Size DMs: +3 low, +1 high

Equipment: 5,000 power radio; map box, thermal, sealed environment with life support for three crew, TL A indirect fire control, TL A direct fire control, and TL 5 fire direction center.

Power: 18 megawatt fusion power plant consumes 27 liters of fuel/ hour; fuel capacity 2,018.4 liters, enough for 74.75 hours. Grav generators produce 1.12 G's.

Weapons: The 30cm hyper velocity CPR gun, has an indirect ROF of 1/2 and requires 17.5 turns to set up. It has a +5 signature. Rounds mass 480kg and there is storage for 40 rounds with an autoloader. The accuracy is +1 up to 47.5km and -3 up to 95km. A full load of HE and smoke are included in the price. Its direct fire characteristics:

Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range

300 400 550

Rounds Available Include: Cost:

HE 36/6/5 Cr. 2,400

HEAP 58 Cr. 3,600

KEAP 55/50/45 Cr. 4,800

KEAPER 53/48/43 Cr. 5,280

Flechette 3 +6b20cm Cr. 12,000

Smoke 2cm x 2cm Cr. 2,400

Chemical 2cm x 2cm 6 turns Cr. 4,800

Illum 127 cm Cr. 4,800

Chaff 127 cm Cr. 4,800

CBM 21/9 +12 Cr. 7,200

to add variable balistics +60 Credits/round

+600 Credits for laser designated rounds

Maintenance:

Vehicle 5

Electronics 23

Weapons 2

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy