Retry
09/01/14 01:40 AM
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T-34 -85 1944
IS advanced
55 tons
BV: 1,078
Cost: 1,191,563 C-bills
Movement: 3/5 (Tracked)
Engine: 165 ICE
Internal: 30
Armor: 232
Internal Armor
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Front 6 70
Right 6 35
Left 6 35
Rear 6 32
Turret 6 60
Weapon Loc Heat
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Gauss Rifle TU 1
Vehicular Grenade Launcher FR 1
Ammo Loc Shots
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Gauss Ammo BD 8
Equipment Loc
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CASE BD
Optional quirks:
Poor Worksmanship(Roughly 30% of models due to spotty quality control)
Easy to Maintain
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Karagin
09/01/14 03:45 PM
70.118.139.48
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I say lower the armor by ton and get a second ton of Gauss ammo
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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Cray
09/01/14 10:51 PM
67.8.171.23
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I'd go further and say, "delete 2 tons of armor for an extra ton of ammo, an MG, and a half-ton of MG ammo."
But good core design.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
09/12/14 01:45 PM
172.56.10.153
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I would say,
Drop the weight to 50 tons. (Need to drop 4 tons else where)
Drop engine to 150 (.5 ton savings)
Ditch the turret and fix the GR to the front ark. (1.5 tons savings)
Drop the armor that was on the turret and 4 points from the front. (4 tons savings)
Ditch the Vehicular Grenade Launcher. (1 ton savings)
Add 3 tons GR ammo.
This creates a good fire support tank that stays back from the front lines.
Why argue if the glass is half full or half empty, when you know someone is going to knock it over and spill it anyways.
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But I got a promotion.
I am now a General *pain*
Yay for promotions!!!
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Karagin
09/12/14 03:25 PM
70.118.139.48
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So you are suggesting he build an ISU or a SU 152?
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
09/15/14 06:36 AM
172.56.7.3
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It took a wile for goggle to tell me what you where talking about, but yes. Its no good at being down and dirty on the front line since it neither has a turret nor speed to maneuver. But with the range of the gauss rifle you don't need to as long as you stay back from the fight.
The original design is just a death box. It does not have the ammo to stay in the fight and it dose not have the speed to disengage when its critically short supply of ammo runs out.
Why argue if the glass is half full or half empty, when you know someone is going to knock it over and spill it anyways.
I was a Major *pain* before
But I got a promotion.
I am now a General *pain*
Yay for promotions!!!
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Retry
09/16/14 06:23 PM
76.7.225.145
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But it's a cheap deathbox which has a big gun.
Welcome to WWII russian medium tank design mentality.
Although it looks like I actually forgot to allocate 1.5 entire tons worth of equipment to this tank... Ah well, just stick a machinegun on it somewhere.
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Cray
09/16/14 10:07 PM
67.8.171.23
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Quote:
Retry writes:
Ah well, just stick a machinegun on it somewhere.
That gets my vote. Tanks do most of their work with machine guns.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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ghostrider
09/17/14 06:27 AM
67.49.101.109
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What? is it a relative of the hertzer?
And honestly, russia needed to use the quantity over quality during the opening phase of WWII. German tanks were good to begin with, and got better. Couldn't match them one for one, so horde tactics ruled.
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Retry
09/17/14 07:25 PM
76.7.225.145
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Actually, the T-34 and Pz.IIIs and IVs(Backbone of Germany's armored corps during the opening phase of WWII) were roughly similar in capabilities, if not a slight edge to the T-34s, in no small part due to it's armor sloping. The single biggest advantage German tank crews had over the russians were the tank crews themselves.
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