Val Marin Grav Tank

Val Marin Grav Tank (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 8 MW input plasma gun, with a point defense auto-cannon and a 150.8kg capacity, magazine fed TAC missile tube launcher in a fully stabilized turret on the chassis desk.

Vehicle Dimensions: height: 2 m (+1 m turret) :width: 3.5 m length: 6 m.

Total usable volume: 42 m3

Total mass loaded: 159.27708 metric tons

Production Cost: Cr. 3,904,554.2

Movement: Weapons ON: Maximum, 602.4kph/502cm; Cruise, 451.8kph/376.5 cm; weapons OFF: Maximum, 1,680kph/1,400cm; Cruise, 1,260kph/1,050cm; NOE, 150kph/125cm.

Movement effect on fire: None

Armor: Chassis front, 50; chassis and turret all other faces 42.

Target Size DMs: +1 low, +1 high

Equipment: Tech B avionics; 5,000 power radio; 10 power all-weather target acquisition LADAR; extensive ECM; map box; TL B direct fire control; 100 bottles of prismatic aerosol; laser sensor 5+; 1,000 km laser communicator; battle computer; thermal; TAC missile guidance packages for teleguided, operator guided radio and laser command links; image enhancement; sealed environment with extended life support for 3 for CBR/NBC threats

Power: 40 megawatt fusion power plant consumes 60 liters of fuel/ hour; fuel capacity 138.4 liters, enough for 2.3 hours. Grav generators produce 1.52 G's weapons ON and 2.51 weapons OFF

Weapons: The 15.7 megawatt input plasma gun is mounted in a stabilized turret on the chassis deck with with tech B direct fire control may engage 1 target and is an auto spot. Its direct fire characteristics:

Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range

194(54)/3(38) 388(42)2(26) 776(15)/1(1)

There is a stabilized 2cm hypervelocity electric action autocannon, in the nose. It is equipped with TL A point defense fire control with 6 dice versus fire. There is storage for 1,600 0.4kg rounds, enough for 20 fire phases. It can engage eight targets and each gun has a +1 signature. Its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective Long Extreme

300(24)+4 400(22)+3 550(20)+1

Ammo Available:

• HE 5/1/1 Cr. 2
• HEAP 9 Cr. 3
• KEAP 24/22/20 Cr. 2
• KEAPER 22/20/18 Cr. 2.2
• Flechette 3 +2 20cm Cr. 10

There is a 150.8kg capacity magazine fed, tube missile launcher with storage for 33 missiles. They all carry a HEAP 59 warhead. The launcher has a fire selector switch so the desired round can be launched. Pairs of vehicles will tag team a hard target, one fires a missile and the other adds the IR follow-up to increase penetration.

Missiles included in price are:

(6) +3 to hit DM operator guided laser, high performance +10 DM, 12km range Cr. 418.8

(6) +3 to hit DM operator guided radio 22km range Cr. 468.8

(6) teleguided 19km range Cr. 1,967.8

(6) homing, high performance +10 DM, 14km range Cr. 569.8

(6) target designated 24km range Cr. 669.8

(3) IR follow-up +8 Pen 24km range Cr. 669.8

Maintenance:

Vehicle 8

Electronics 30

Weapons 26

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