Titan class Main Battle Tank

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Titan class Main Battle Tank
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Unpublished, non-canon vehicle design.
Tech Level TL–10
Mass 2.4 dton
Cost 1,562,306.823
Mode Ground (Tracked)
Type Armored Fighting Vehicle
Speed 201kph
Cargo none
Crew 3 commander, gunner, gunner/loader and driver
Passengers 0
Armament Pulse Laser, VRF Gauss Gun, (20) TAC Missiles
Manufacturer Various
Also see Mercenary
These are deployed by the forces of the Tyler's Titans.

The Titan class Main Battle Tank is a TL-10 Armored Fighting Vehicle.

Description (Specifications)

The Titan class Main Battle Tank, TL-10: The vehicle has 9.434cm of radically sloped composite laminate frontal armor. Designers wanted to good cross country mobility, but the vehicle's mass quickly exceeded the suspension's ground pressure ratings. The tracked suspension was only rated to 48.3 tons, it requires extra maintenance to avoid throwing a track. As a result the vehicle can get stuck in mud 4+ and soft earth and sand on 6+. The massive fusion power plant require for the laser and the transmission are responsible of the extra mass. The fusion power plant can generate 18 MW of power to produce decent speed. As a result this vehicle is actually faster than some of its contemporaries. The vehicle is NOT sealed against CBR/NBC threats. There is a single lens pulse laser and a VRF Gauss gun in the fully stabilized rotating turret on the chassis deck.

Basic Vehicle Characteristics

Following the Imperial Army and IISS Universal Vehicle Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (of ten craft) carried on the vehicle when applicable. Tonnage on the universal vehicle profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Vehicle Characteristics
#. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage Total mass loaded: 80.74818 metric tons.
  • Vehicle Dimensions: 3m wide, 2m (+1m turret) tall, 7m long, +2 low hits
  • Total usable volume: 32.8m³
2. Crew x4 crew: driver, commander, gunner and gunner/loader
3. Performance Movement:
  • The power to weight ratio is 111.45 and the ground pressure is 11.535 tons/m2. Road speed is 201kph/167cm, Cross-country 100kph/83cm.
4. Electronics Equipment: 1,000 power radio, thermal, and a map box.
5. Hardpoints A fully rotating, turret 1m tall, 2m wide and 3m long with a radical frontal slope is mounted on the chassis deck.
6. Armament Weapons:
  • 9 megawatt input, single lens pulse laser: Has +2 signature, and can engage a single target per fire phase. It has TL–10 direct fire control. The vehicle is fitted with full weapon stabilization for accurate fire on the move. The laser has 9MW second capacity batteries.
Direct Fire Characteristics: Direct Fire Characteristics: 9 megawatt input, single lens pulse laser
Effective Range: 3km(53) Penetration
Long Range: 4km(53) Penetration
Extreme Range: 5.5km(53) Penetration
  • VRF Gauss Gun: Has +4 signature, and can engage 16 targets. It requires no fire control system and has full weapon stabilization. The vehicle comes with 30,000 rounds of ammunition for the weapon, included in the purchase price. This is enough for 23 fire phases.
Direct Fire Characteristics: Direct Fire Characteristics: VRF Gauss Gun
Effective Range: 1.5km (21)+8
Long Range: 3km (19)+6
Extreme Range: 4.5km (17)+3
7. Defenses Defenses:
  • Hull Material: Composite Laminate
  • Armor: Chassis and Turret front 46, Chassis and Turret rear and sides 34, Chassis belly and deck 26.
  • Target Size DMs: +2 low, +1 high hits.
8. Fuel Fuel capacity 158.22 liters, the 18 MW ICE power plant consumes 27 liters/hour, it carries enough for 5.86 hours.
9. Cost Production Cost: Cr. 1,562,306.823
10. Construction Time 2 weeks.
11. Comments It is equipped with a no guidance packages for operator guided missiles.
12. Maintenance
  • Vehicle 8
  • Electronics 13
  • Weapons 8
  • Suspension 7
4cm Auto Cannon Rounds Characteristics: Rounds Available
Type Effect Price
HE 5/-/- Cr8
KEAP 20/18/16 Cr8
KEAPER 18/16/14 Cr8.8
Smoke 1cmx1cm Cr8
Illum 10cm Cr16
Chemical 1cmx1cm, 4 turns, Lethal, NP Cr16

History & Background (Dossier)

The Devout class Tracked AFV was designed and manufactured at TL–5, these vehicles are manufactured for the Tenjada Moralitate in Mavuzog and Theta Borealis Sectors. The TL–5 Lospari Marines had a requirement for a vacuum capable armed ATV. This vehicle is capable of limited protected forces duty but has limitations. The soft steel hull armor falls short of the standards for starship hulls and doesn't provide the shielding versus radiation that is considered necessary for protracted vacuum duty. The electrical motor and battery array was experimented with in conjunction with a closed loop fuel cell. These proved problematic to get the required power output to move the mass. The air breathing, internal combustion engine is reliable but at the rated megawatt output consumes massive amounts of distilled hydrocarbons. This limits the operational duration and range. The Lospari high command wanted an all-in-one weapon system. The auto cannon with KEAP rounds is vicious versus vehicles and personnel. But it has been pressed into service as an indirect fire platform. The range is OK but the accuracy suffers. It will put 160 rounds down range in a hurry but lacks an effective high explosive round to take advantage, and adjusting fire is anyone's guess. Platoons of marines typically have five of these massive tracks. Companies have 240 marines in four platoons and are tactical, it is the battalions that concentrate support units. The gunners like the indirect fire mode, because in a direct fire engagement they have no protection, not even a gun shield. Follow-on versions may get a turret for better protection to martyr fewer gunners for the cause. They arrive fully fueled. At one point in their development it was decided by clergy that they should have their own combat engineering capabilities built in, thus the dozer blade and the crane. This does allow them to build fighting positions and aids in reloading ammo.

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