Anti-missile system

Anti-Missile System
Production information
Type	Equipment (Point-Blank Weapon)
Tech Base	Clan/ IS
Year Availability	Clan = 2831 IS = 3040
Year Introduced	Clan = 2831 CBS IS = 2617 TH
Year Extinction	IS = 2796
Year Reintroduced	IS = 3040 FC
Technology Rating	E
Availability Ratings	E/F/D
Technical specifications
Heat	1
Damage	Special Weapon Rules (Consult Total Warfare p. 129)
Short Range	Special Weapon Rules (Consult Total Warfare p. 129)
Tons	0,5
Critical Slots	1
Ammo Per Ton	Clan = 24 IS = 12
Cost (unloaded)	100,000
BV (1.0)	Clan = 63 IS = 32
Ammo BV (1.0)	Clan = 21 IS = 11
BV (2.0)	Clan = 32 IS = 32
Ammo BV (2.0)	Clan = 22 IS = 11

Description

Introduced in 2617 by the Terran Hegemony, the anti-missile system is used to destroy missiles before they strike their target. This is accomplished by using a short ranged rapid firing weapon which shoots at the missiles. Because missiles in BattleTech are usually fired in salvos of up to forty at a time, anti-missile systems are rarely capable of destroying them all. Due to the loss of knowledge caused by the Succession Wars, anti-missile systems ceased to be produced by 2796. Only in 3040 did the Federated Commonwealth rediscover the means to produce this equipment. For the Clans, however, AMS never became LosTech, and by the time of the invasion, the Clans had improved on the Star League version by replacing the solid slugs with flechettes, allowing for more ammunition per ton.

Laser versions of the anti-missile system exist, and benefit from having no ammunition requirement unlike regular systems. However they produce heat as a side effect of their use.

Models

The Anti-Missile System is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand	Planet	Company	Used by	References
Burow	Kalidasa	Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated	???
Deprus Swarmshot	MacLeod's Land	Pinard Protectorates Limited	???
LFN Linblad Shotgun	Grand Base Tematagi Wallis	Earthwerks Incorporated Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited Ronin Incorporated	???
MainFire Point Defense	Belladonna	Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion	???
McArthur	New Earth Terra	Yankee Weapons Systems Blankenburg Technologies	???
McArthur II	Terra	Blankenburg Technologies	???
SureFire 444	Coventry	Coventry Metal Works	???
Voelkers Parasol	Stewart	Corean Enterprises	???
Yori Flyswatter	Al Na'ir	Yori 'Mech Works	???

Bibliography

• BattleTech Compendium: Rules of Warfare, p. 115
• BattleTech Master Rules, pp. 122-123, 148
• Combat Operations, p. 47
• Maximum Tech, p. 79
• Maximum Tech (Revised), p. 72
• Tactical Operations, pp. 99-100 (Advanced Game Rules)
• Total Warfare, pp. 116, 129-130 (Game Rules)
• TechManual
• Technical Readout: 3050