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Revision as of 16:43, 27 May 2022

BattleMech armor

Description

Modern BattleMech and vehicle armor plating was originally introduced in 2470 by the Terran Hegemony[1]. In the BattleTech universe, armor is ablative in nature. This means that it is generally destroyed or blown off when hit, but in the process of doing so, it absorbs enormous energies, protecting the unit it is mounted on. While powerful blows will still rock a vehicle, there will be little, if any, internal damage as long as armor plating still remains. Armor-piercing rounds do exist for certain weapons, but they require a higher technology level and cost more. As a result, destroying a 'Mech requires either immense firepower, concentrated fire on a vulnerable location, or a lucky hit.

Standard BattleMech armor is composed of several layers providing various degrees of protection and support. The first layer is extremely strong titanium alloyed with steel, the result of crystal alignment and radiation treatment, which is also very brittle. The second layer is a ceramic, cubic boron nitride, which combined with a web of artificial diamond fibers acts as a backstop to the steel layer. These two layers rest atop a titanium alloy honeycomb structure which provides support, and a layer of self-sealing polymer sealant which allows for space and underwater operations.[2]

Noting the ablative nature of the armor, most vehicle designers have designed the armor for quick repairs on most units. In game terms, armor is repaired at the rate of 15 minutes per point of armor[3]. Players familiar with BattleTech video games —like MechWarrior 3 and 4— might be used to even faster repairs by mobile field bases (where a damaged 'Mech is apparently repaired in moments), but the computer games represent repairs differently than the tabletop game.

Manufacturing

Armor for BattleMechs & vehicles is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand Planet Company Used by References
Alpha Compound Plate Barcella Barcella Alpha Nova Cat [4]
Arcadia Compound Delta VII Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T15 Highlander IIC, Mongrel (Grendel) [5][6][7]
ArcShield Light Skye Cyclops Incorporated Hover APC [8]
ArcShield Heavy Skye Cyclops Incorporated Drillson
Glaive 		[8]
[9]
ArcShield Heavy Ferro-Fibrous Skye Cyclops Incorporated Maxim Mk II [10]
ArcShield Heavy Type K Loxley Norse-Storm Technologies Incorporated Thunder Hawk 7X [11]
ArcShield Maxi I Betelgeuse Aldis Industries Behemoth Zhukov [12][13]
ArcShield Maxi II Betelgeuse
Panpour
New Earth
Terra 		Aldis Industries
Jalastar Aerospace
New Earth Trading Company
Aldis Industries 		Unknown
Manticore,Myrmidon (Anti-Infantry)
Manticore, Myrmidon
Behemoth, Trajan 		[12]
[14][15]
[16][17]
[18][19]
ArcShield Max III Advanced Ferro-Fibrous Betelgeuse Aldis Industries Behemoth II [20]
ArcShield Maxi Special Panpour Jalastar Aerospace Jabberwocky [21]
ArcShield Maxi IV Ferro Fibrous Panpour Jalastar Aerospace Typhoon [22]
ArcShield Nimbus I Hardened Betelgeuse Aldis Industries Scorpion [23]
ArcShield V Skye
Terra 		Cyclops Incorporated
Aldis Industries 		Maxim [8]
ArcShield VII Mk 5 Betelgeuse
Terra 		Aldis Industries
Aldis Industries 		Schreck, Demolisher
Schreck 		[24][12][25]
[26]
Bulldog (Armor) Proserpina Bulldog Enterprises Bulldog, Manticore [27][28][29]
Bulldog Lite Plate Proserpina Bulldog Enterprises Garrot [30]
Ceres Heavy Stealth Betelgeuse Aldis Industries Pixiu [31]
Chobham Max-Tec Terra Millenium Industries Chevalier [32]
Compound Alpha Huntress
Irece 		Abysmal Manufacturing Complex
Barcella Beta 		Horned Owl
Sekhmet, Cizin 		[33]
[34][35]
Compound Beta Irece Barcella Beta Shoden [36]
Advanced Compound Beta Irece Barcella Beta Joust [37]
Compound 2110 Ferro-Fibrous Irece Barcella Beta Odin [32]
Compound CL20 Ferro-Fibrous Tamaron Ashton 'Mech Production Complex Rabid Coyote [38]
Compound H17 Ferro-Fibrous Arcadia
Irece 		Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-03
Barcella Beta 		Mist Lynx
Shadow Cat 		[39]
[40][41]
Compound H18 Ferro-Fibrous Babylon Babylon MechWorks V Uller [42][43]
Compound SJ6CW Ferro-Fibrous Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-03 Mad Dog [41]
Durandal 160 Standard Terra Aldis Industries Demolisher [44]
Durallex Heavy Corey
Quentin
Wallis
Gibson 		Hollis Incorporated
Independence Weaponry
Ronin Incorporated
Free Worlds Defense Industries 		Xanthos, Catapult
Victor, Ninjato

Marauder, Toyama 		[45][46]
[47][48]
[citation needed]
[49][50]
Durallex Heavy Special Savannah
Hesperus II
Quentin 		Technicron Manufacturing
Defiance Industries
Independence Weaponry 		AWS-8Q Awesome
BRZ-A3 Berserker
NG-C3A Naginata
Regent 		[51]
[52]
[53]
[54]
Durallex Light Gibson
Carlisle
Sian 		Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries)
S. L. Lewis Incorporated
Hellespont Industrials 		Cicada
Savannah Master
Wasp 8T 		[49]
[55][56][57]
[58]
Durallex Medium Tharkad TharHes Industries ??? [citation needed]
Durallex Nova Quentin
Coventry 		Independence Weaponry
Coventry Metal Works 		??? [citation needed]
Durallex Special Heavy Quentin
Irian
Hesperus II 		Independence Weaponry
Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
Defiance Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Durallex Special Medium Quentin Independence Weaponry ??? [citation needed]
FiberTech Light Terra Aldis Industries Padilla [59]
Forge 9 Flexweave Apollo Diplass Technologies ??? [citation needed]
Forging ZK11 Foster Ashton 'Mech Production Complex Canis [38]
Glasgow Limited Hesperus II Defiance Industries ??? [citation needed]
Jolassa-325 Umka Kerr-McGinniss ??? [citation needed]
J-Seal Standard Terra Mitchell Vehicles ??? [citation needed]
Kallon Light Shield A Pandora Red Devil Industries ??? [citation needed]
Kallon Royalstar Nanking/Thermopolis
Tematagi
Pandora 		Kallon Industries
Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited
Red Devil Industries 		RFL-3N Rifleman [60]
Kallon Royalstar Heavy Wernke
Pandora 		Kallon Industries
Red Devil Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Kevlar 5000 Hesperus II Defiance Industries ??? [citation needed]
Kressly Stoneskin 30M Epsilon Eridani Kressly Warworks ??? [citation needed]
Kressly Stoneskin 40X Epsilon Eridani Kressly Warworks ??? [citation needed]
Leviathon Plus Pinard Vandenberg Mechanized Industries ??? [citation needed]
Lexington Limited Coventry Coventry Metal Works ??? [citation needed]
Livingston Ceramics Asuncion
Bernardo
Victoria 		Earthwerks Incorporated FLE-4 Flea, FLE-15 Flea, & FLE-17 Flea [61][62]
Longanecker PlastiSteel Hesperus II Defiance Industries ??? [citation needed]
Marian Arms Standard Alphard Marian Arms Incorporated ??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 42 Tok Do Alshain Weapons ??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 43 Calloway VI
Dunianshire 		Earthwerks Incorporated
Majesty Metals and Manufacturing 		??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 44 Calloway VI Earthwerks Incorporated ??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 45 Gibson Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries) ??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 60 Gibson Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries) ??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 100 Calloway VI
Carlisle 		Earthwerks Incorporated
Bergan Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Maxmillian 300 Calloway VI Earthwerks Incorporated ??? [citation needed]
Mitchell Argon Nirasaki Maltex Corporation ??? [citation needed]
New Samarkand Teppeki Hardened New Samarkand New Samarkand Metals Narukami [63]
Omega Heavy Stellarguard Barcella Barcella Alpha Supernova [64]
Pribak 9000 New Earth Yankee Weapons Systems ??? [citation needed]
ProtecTech 4 Al Na'ir
Scarborough
Outreach 		Scarborough Manufacturers
Scarborough Limited
Blackwell Heavy Industries 		??? [citation needed]
ProtecTech 5 Outreach Blackwell Heavy Industries ??? [citation needed]
ProtecTech 6 Sian
Layover
Keystone
Pandora
Outreach
New Earth 		Hellespont Industrials
Quikscell Company
Exeter Organization
Red Devil Industries
Blackwell Heavy Industries
New Earth Trading Company




Pegasus,Vedette 		[citation needed]




[16][65]
ProtecTech 7 Al Na'ir
Scarborough 		Scarborough Manufacturers
Scarborough Limited 		??? [citation needed]
ProtecTech 12 Proserpina Bulldog Enterprises Schiltron [66]
ProtecTech Light Ares/Layover/Kalidasa/Gallery
Sian
Belladonna
 Quikscell Company
Hellespont Industrials
Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion 		??? [citation needed]
Riese-100 Grand Base
Umka
Illiushin 		Earthwerks Incorporated
Kerr-McGinniss
Vandenberg Mechanized Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Riese-456 Umka Kerr-McGinniss ??? [citation needed]
Riese-500 Grand Base
Umka
Illiushin 		Earthwerks Incorporated
Kerr-McGinniss
Vandenberg Mechanized Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Ryerson 150 Pinard Vandenberg Mechanized Industries ??? [citation needed]
Series Ab Tamaron Ashton 'Mech Production Complex ??? [citation needed]
StarGuard CIV Ferro-Fibrous w/CASE Kallon Weapon Industries Wernke) HNT-171 Hornet [67]
StarGuard III New Avalon
New Earth 		Corean Enterprises
New Earth Trading Company 		??? [citation needed]
StarGuard Reflec Panpour Jalastar Aerospace Gunsmith [68]
StarGuard Type HV New Earth New Earth Trading Company Alacorn Mk VI [69]
Starshield Capella/St. Ives
Marduk
Irian
Kalidasa
Steward 		Ceres Metals Industries
Victory - (Norse BattleMech Works)
Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated
Corean Enterprises 		??? [citation needed]
Starshield A Marduk
Wernke
Keystone
Hesperus II 		Victory - (Norse BattleMech Works)
Kallon Industries
Earthwerks Incorporated
Defiance Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Starshield Light Marduk
Hesperus II 		Victory - (Norse BattleMech Works)
Defiance Industries 		??? [citation needed]
Starshield Type V Menke Ceres Metals Industries ??? [citation needed]
StarSlab-1 Menke
Salem
Gienah
Indicass
Canopus IV
Sevon
Laconis
Terra 		Menke Armor and Armament
General Motors
Gienah Combat Vehicles
Ceres Metals Industries
Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
Alliance Mining and Geology
Taurus Majoris Mining
Aldis Industries






Kinnol 		[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[70]
StarSlab-2 Luthien
Andurien
Irian
Proserpina 		Buda Imperial Vehicles
Bergan Industries
Bergan Industries
Bulldog Industries 		Tokugawa [citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[71]
StarSlab-3 Luthien
Ruchbah
Salem

Andurien
Gienah
Dunianshire
Sevon
Indicass
Laconis
Epsilon Eridani
Terra 		Buda Imperial Vehicles
Michaelson Heavy Industries
General Motors
Bergan Industries
Gienah Combat Vehicles
Canopus Industries Alpha
Alliance Mining and Geology
Ceres Metals Industries
Taurus Majoris Mining
Kressly Warworks
Aldis Industries










Padilla










[59]
StarSlab-5.5 Sevon
Laconis 		Alliance Mining and Geology
Taurus Majoris Mining 		??? [citation needed]
StarSlab-6 Andurien
Indicass 		Bergan Industries
Ceres Metals Industries 		??? [citation needed]
StarSlab-7 Laconis Taurus Majoris Mining ??? [citation needed]
StarSlab-9 Dunianshire Canopus Industries Alpha ??? [citation needed]
StarSlab-9.5 Mk II Salem
Pandora 		General Motors
Red Devil Industries 		??? [citation needed]
StarSlab-11.5 Type HVA Hesperus II
Laconis 		Defiance Industries
Taurus Majoris Mining 		??? [citation needed]
Type M Nanking Kallon Industries ??? [citation needed]
Valiant Chainmail Carlisle Bergan Industries ??? [citation needed]
Valiant Lamellor Robinson
Kalidasa/Kendall
Carlisle 		Valiant Systems
Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated
Bergan Industries 		?? [citation needed]
York Industries CTC-0 Keystone Earthwerks Incorporated ??? [citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ TechManual, p. 205, "Armor"
  2. ↑ TechManual, p. 33, "Armor"
  3. ↑ BattleTech Master Rules, p. 91, "Master Repair Table"
  4. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 174, "Produced Nova Cat Components"
  5. ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 32, "Grendel"
  6. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 184, "Produced Highlander IIC Components"
  7. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 168, "Produced Grendel Omni Components"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Objective Raids, p. 86, "Produced Cyclops Incorporated Components"
  9. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 14, "Glaive Components"
  10. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 28, "Produced Maxim Mk II Components"
  11. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 230, "Produced Thunder Hawk Components on Loxley"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Objective Raids, p. 141, "Produced Behemoth Tank Components"
  13. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 110, "Produced Zhukov Components"
  14. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 74, "Manticore Vehicle Profile"
  15. ↑ Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 42, "Produced Myrmidon (Anti-Infantry) Components"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Objective Raids, p. 84, "Produced New Earth Trading Company Components"
  17. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 24, "Produced Myrmidon Components"
  18. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 96, "Produced Behemoth Tank Components"
  19. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Upgrade, p. 46, "Produced Trajan Components on Terra"
  20. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation, p. 24, "Produced Behemoth II Components"
  21. ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 228, "Jabberwocky Profile"
  22. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrades, p. 106, "Typhoon Vehicle Profile"
  23. ↑ Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 32, "Produced Scorpion Vehicle Components"
  24. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 90, "Produced PPC Carrier Components"
  25. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 86, "Produced Demolisher Components"
  26. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 78, "Produced Schrek Components"
  27. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 68, "Produced Bulldog Components"
  28. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 98, "Manticore Variants"
  29. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 107, "Produced Bulldog Enterprises Components"
  30. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 12, "Produced Garrot components"
  31. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation, p. 20, "Produced Pixiu Components"
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 18, "Produced Chevalier Vehicle Components" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "TRO3060" defined multiple times with different content
  33. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 110 - "Mech Components"
  34. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 22, "Produced Sekhmet Components"
  35. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 18, "Produced Cizin Components"
  36. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 36, "Vehicle Components"
  37. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 136, "Produced Joust BE700 Vehicle Components"
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 118, "Mech Components"
  39. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 116, "OmniMech Components"
  40. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 170, "OmniMech Components"
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 12, "Fire Falcon"
  42. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 118, "OmniMech Components"
  43. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TRO:CIp20
  44. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 74, "Produced Demolisher Vehicle Components"
  45. ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 246, "Produced Xanthos Components on Corey"
  46. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 146, "Produced Catapult Components on Corey"
  47. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 105, "Produced Independence Weaponry Components"
  48. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 78, "Produced Ninja-To Components"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Objective Raids, p. 124, "Produced Gibson BattleMech Components"
  50. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 118, "Toyama 'Mech Profile"
  51. ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 (Revised), p. 98
  52. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 (Upgrade), p. 80
  53. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 (Upgrade), p. 78
  54. ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 21, p. 10
  55. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 79, "Produced S.L Lewis Incorporated Components"
  56. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 10, "Produced Savannah Master Components"
  57. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 10, "Produced Savannah Master Components"
  58. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 230, Produced Wasp 8T components
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 32, Production start of Padilla on Terra
  60. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 293, "RFL-3N Rifleman 'Mech Profile"
  61. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050, p.50-51, "FLE-17 Flea 'Mech Profile"
  62. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 242, "FLE-4 Flea 'Mech Profile"
  63. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 28, "Produced Narukami Components"
  64. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 190, "Produced Supernova Components"
  65. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 66, "Produced Vedette Vehicle Components"
  66. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060 Revised, p. 28, "Produced Schiltron Components"
  67. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050, pp. 50-51, "HNT-171 Hornet"
  68. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns, p. 32, "Produced Gunsmith Components"
  69. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 202, "Produced Alacorn Mk VI Components"
  70. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 38, "Start year for Kinnol's production noted, and where".
  71. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 102, "Produced Tokugawa Components"

Bibliography

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