Mark III class Titan

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Mark III Titan Tracked Assault Vehicle TL–5

The vehicle has a crew of 36 (driver, 13 gunners, 21 loaders and commander). It mounts a 30 cm Main Battery in the front of the hull, four 15 cm secondary batteries and eight MMG turrets to provide 360 degree anti-infantry coverage. It has a massive 1,200 cubic meter tracked suspension to distribute its huge mass.
Vehicle Dimensions: Height: 8 m. Width: 16 m. Length: 40 m.
Total usable volume: 3,920 m3
Total mass loaded: 15,784.211 metric tons.
Production Cost: Cr. 8,651,393.7
Movement: Road 20kph/17cm, Cross country 4kph/3cm.
Movement effect on fire: No stabilization gear, if move < 1/2 -4 FFP/no fire, if >1/2 no fire
Armor: Chassis front, rear and sides 50, chassis belly and deck 42.
Target Size DMs: +45 low, no high hits.
Equipment: 5,000 power radio, 8 search lights mounted in the MMG turrets, 5,000 power radio jammer, radio direction finder +1 to hit, TL 5 fire direction center (1 target), 100 smoke dischargers, and a sealed environment with life support for 36.
Power: 112.5 megawatt massive internal combustion diesel engines 500 cubic meters, with a 562.5 cubic meter transmission consumes 101,250 liters of fuel/ hour! Fuel oil capacity is an impressive 1,109,495 liters, enough for 10.9 hours. This provides a lumbering 40 km radius of operation between refueling. With a battalion of fuel tankers trailing behind it and a battalion of combat engineers working ahead to clear a path for advance it had limited strategic deployment options. Ground Pressure 13 tons/m2 (gets stuck in mud on a roll of 3+ and in soft earth and sand on 5+ on a d6) Power to Weight 7.
Weapons: The eight turret mounted, Anti-Personnel medium machine guns are mounted (2) front corners can fire forward and to the sides, (2) on either flank, and (2) on the rear quarters. They have +2 signature and each engage 8 targets. Each has enough ammo for 80 fire phases, or 51,200 rounds total, and they have the following direct fire characteristics:
Effective Range ::Long Range :::Extreme Range
400m (3)+4 ::750m (2)+3 :::1,200m (2)+1

The forward hull mounted Main Battery is a 30cm low velocity howitzer with TL 5 direct and indirect fire control. It has a 21.5km indirect fire range. It has a +5 signature when it fires and a 1/4 ROF. It takes 17.5 turns to set up for indirect fire missions and has a crew of 10 (a gunner and 9 loaders for the 480kg rounds). Its indirect fire accuracy is -2 up to 10.75km range and -4 to hit up to 21.5km. Its direct fire ranges are:

Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
200m 600m 1,500m
400m 800m 2,000m w/KEAP rounds
There is ammunition storage for 80 rounds. The typical load includes:
Amount/Type/Cost per round
(20) HE 32/5/5 Cr. 960
(20) KEAP 41/36/31 Cr. 960
each
(10) KEAPER 39/34/29 Cr. 1,056
(10) Illum 117cm Cr. 1,920
(10) Smoke 2cmx2cm Cr. 960
(10) Chemical lethal/persistent 2cmx2cm burns 6 turns

The are four Secondary Batteries. They are 15cm high velocity guns with TL 5 direct and indirect fire control. They have a 24km indirect fire range. It has a +3 signature when it fires and a ROF 2. It takes 12 turns to set up for indirect fire missions and has a crew of 4 each (a gunner and 3 loaders for the 60kg rounds. Its indirect fire accuracy is -4 up to 12km range and -8 to hit up to 24km. Its direct fire ranges are:

Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
400m 800m 2,000m
600m 1,000m 2,500m w/KEAP rounds
There is ammunition storage for 80 rounds. The typical load includes:
Amount/Type/Cost per round
(20) HE 32/5/5 ::Cr. 960
(20) KEAP 41/36/31 ::Cr. 960
each
(10) KEAPER 39/34/29 ::Cr. 1,056
(10) Illum 117cm ::Cr. 1,920
(10) Smoke 2cmx2cm ::Cr. 960
(10) Chemical lethal/persistent 2cmx2cm burns 6 turns ::Cr. 1,920
Maintenance:
Vehicle: 6
Electronics: 12
Weapons: 3