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Anti-missile system

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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 = 2835[1]
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 2835.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

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 ??? [citation needed]
Deprus Swarmshot MacLeod's Land Pinard Protectorates Limited ??? [citation needed]
LFN Linblad Shotgun Grand Base
Tematagi
Wallis
Earthwerks Incorporated
Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited
Ronin Incorporated
??? [citation needed]
MainFire Point Defense Belladonna Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion ??? [citation needed]
McArthur New Earth
Terra
Yankee Weapons Systems
Blankenburg Technologies
??? [citation needed]
McArthur II Terra Blankenburg Technologies ??? [citation needed]
SureFire 444 Coventry Coventry Metal Works ??? [citation needed]
Voelkers Parasol Stewart Corean Enterprises ??? [citation needed]
Yori Flyswatter Al Na'ir Yori 'Mech Works ??? [citation needed]

References

  1. Second Succession War, p. 102, "Weapons and Equipment Extinction Table"

Bibliography