Type 41 ACV APC
Serving with the mighty Gisadia Ziru Sirka, this design was slightly obsolete at the beginning of the conflict with the Terrans. Not wanting to waste such a reliable and well tested design, they were moved to the frontiers for lower priority garrison units. The armor was proof against most man portable weapons of the time and smaller artillery rounds. Heavy weapons were required to stop them. They were so large and had such a carrying capacity they were endlessly modified into more specialized variants. Hover craft of this type were so common that, an 8 displacement ton GEV is imperial standard to this day. Two of these beasts were equivalent a large Terran 62 man platoon and six made a nice sized infantry company with the troop strength (186) to take and hold territory. They were gradually phased out in favor of more advanced TL–11 designs.
Type 41 ACV APC (TECH LEVEL A)
- The vehicle has a crew of three (driver, gunner and commander) and carries 28 passengers. It mounts a 4.5cm hyper velocity mass driver with a coaxial VRF Gauss gun with point defense and indirect fire control. It has two 50kg TAC missile launch rails on the outside of the fully stabilized turret on the chassis desk.
- Vehicle Dimensions: height: 2.2m (+1.1 m turret) :width: 4.4 m length: 11 m.
- Total usable volume: 109.6744 m3
- Total mass loaded: 136.56451 metric tons
- Production Cost: Cr. 2,283,554.9
- Movement: Maximum, Weapons Off 191.8058kph/159.8cm; Weapons On 169.8382kph/141.5 cm.
- Movement effect on fire: None
- Armor: Turret front 41, Chassis front, 40; Turret sides, 37; Chassis sides 36, and Turret rear, Chassis belly, deck and rear, 32.
- Target Size DMs: +4 low, +1 high
- Equipment: 100 bottles prismatic aerosol, laser sensor (6+), 1,000km MASER, 5,000 power radio, 20 power target acquisition LADAR, basic ECM, map box, thermal image, image enhancement, sealed environment with extended life support for 31 for CBR/NBC threats, 1 cubic meter of cargo space for 1 metric ton of supplies, extra ammo, weapons and spares.
- Power: 18 megawatt fusion power plant consumes 27 liters of fuel/ hour; fuel capacity 2,525.281 liters, enough for 93.5 hours. Power to weight: weapons ON 109.8382, weapons OFF 131.8058.
- Weapons: The stabilized 3 megawatt input, 4.5 cm hyper velocity mass driver, with tech A point defense fire control, and indirect fire control. It may engage 2 targets in direct fire and has +0 signature. Its direct fire characteristics:
- Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
- 300+2 400+1 550+0
- Its indirect fire accuracy is +1 up to 7km and -3 up to 14km. It requires 4.5 turns to set up for indirect fire missions and must be in communication with a fire direction center. The rate of fire/phase is 20 rounds. Rounds mass 1.5kg and there is storage for 800 rounds, enough for 40 fire phases. A load of 740 KEAP, with 20 illumination, 20 chaff and 20 lethal NP chemical are included in the price.
- Ammo available: Cost/round:
- KEAP 29/27/25 Cr. 9
- KEAPER 27/25/23 Cr. 9.9
- HE 10/1/2 Cr. 4.5
- HEAP 24 Cr. 6.75
- Flechette +4 20cm 3 Cr. 22.5
- Illumination 40cm Cr. 9
- Chaff 40cm Cr. 9
- Chemical 1cmx1cm 4 turns Cr. 9
- Smoke 1cmx1cm Cr. 4.5
- The co-axial VRF Gauss gun has tech A point defense fire control (6 dice vs. incoming fire)
- Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
- 150(21) +8 400(19) +5 550(17) +3
- It may engage 16 targets, has +4 signature, and there is storage for 60,000 rounds, enough for 46 fire phases included in the price.
- There are two 50kg capacity launch rails on the right side of the turret for TAC missiles.
- 50 kg Homing 10cm HEAP 42 warhead 144km +10 DM Cr. 356.5
- 50 kg IR Follow-up +8 Penetration 144km +10 DM Cr. 456.5
- 50 kg Target Designated 10cm HEAP 42 warhead 144km +10 DM Cr. 656.5
There is storage in the vehicle for 20 missiles which must be reloaded by hand, 10 homing and 10 IR follow-up are included in the price.
- Maintenance:
- Vehicle: 6
- Electronics: 41
- Weapons: 21
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy