CarcerKango
02/20/15 09:09 AM
64.251.51.246
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REMLAB 2.9.13 BETA
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Created on Feb 20, 2015
BATTLETECH
Medium Ground Vehicle Technical Readout
Type: Ranger Type I Medium Battle Tank
Technology Base: Inner Sphere / 2570
Ruleset: Standard (5th edition)
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 45
Cost: 1,588,475 C-bills
Battle Value: 378
Equipment Mass
Internal Structure: 9.0
Engine: 180 14.0
Type: ICE
Cruise MP: 4
Flank MP: 6
Heat Sinks: 0 0.0
Control Equipment: 2.5
Lift Equipment: 0.0
Power Amplifier: 0.0
Turret: 0.0
Armor Factor: 100 6.5
Armor
Value
Front 24
L/R Side 20/20
Rear 16
Turret
Weapons and Ammo Location Tons
AC/10 Turret 12.0
Flamer (Vehicle) Turret 0.5
Flamer (Vehicle) Front 0.5
Flamer (Vehicle) Front 0.5
Ammo (AC/10) 10 Body 1.0
Ammo (AC/10) 10 Body 1.0
Ammo (Flamer) 20 Body 1.0
Crew: 3
Cargo: tons
BattleForce 2
MP Damage PB/M/L Overheat Class
4t 2/1/- - M
Armor/Structure Point Value Specials
-/4 4 -
Ranger Type I Medium Battle Tank
Mass: 45 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: GM 180 ICE
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Flank Speed: 65 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
AC/10
Flamer (Vehicle)
Flamer (Vehicle)
Flamer (Vehicle)
Manufacturer: Inner Sphere
Communications System: Standard
Targeting & Tracking System: Standard
Overview
The Ranger was one of Platypus 'Mech Works' first designs, produced just before the rise of the Star League, back when PMW was still, in fact, Platypus Vehicle Foundry.
Capabilities
A cheap 180 ICE engine meant that the Ranger Type I had above-average speed for a mainline tank, while remaining cheap and easy to repair. Six and a half tons of armor provided decent protection from enemy fire, and a turret was mounted for a 360-degree arc of fire. An AC/10 was mounted as the main gun in the turret with two tons of ammo, along with one Vehicle Flamer to ward off infantry attacks, and two more Vehicle Flamers were mounted on the front of the hull. The flamethrowers all were fed from a one-ton ammo bin.
Deployment
The Ranger was usually used as a front-line battle tank, where, while it carried less armor and about the same weaponry as heavier tanks, it was significantly faster than competitors, using its (relative) speed to hit-and-run with ease, frying infantry and blasting open armor with impunity. It was also often pressed into a forward-recon role, using its flamethrowers to blaze a path for slower tanks through woods and rough terrain.
During peacetime, its flamer ammo bays were sometimes converted to carry water or fire-retardant foam, so a garrison or militia Ranger could find itself pressed into service as a firefighting vehicle while stationed in urban areas.
Variants
Ranger Type II Medium Battle Tank (Upgraded): Upgrades engine to a Fusion version for the same movement profile, and adds an SRM-4 and additional Vehicle Flamer to the turret. One ton of SRM ammo is provided. Unfortunately, by the Succession Wars, most of these were downgraded back to the Type I so that their Fusion Engine could be used elsewhere, especially in 'Mechs.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
02/20/15 11:20 AM
172.56.8.194
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In the type two I would have replaced the AC-10 with either a Large Laser or a PPC.
With the removal of the flamers ammo since the tank now has a fusion engine and the AC-10 and its ammo that would have added 8 tons to play with on top of a PPC.
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.
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CarcerKango
02/20/15 11:47 AM
64.251.51.246
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Yeah, I would've too but REMLAB adds negative heat sinks for some reason if you mount energies on a fusion...>(
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