Ground Car
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Mission | |
| Type | Wheeled |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 3 |
| Armor | |
| Engine | Class 10 fusion engine |
| Speed | (see notes) km/h |
| Armament |
None |
| BV (2.0) | 55[1] |
Description
The Ground Car was presented in MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game (first edition) as a generic piece of equipment, a wheeled road vehicle similar to a regular twentieth-century automobile in function.[2] A record sheet for the baseline model was published in Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles.
At 3 tons, the Ground Car was built under Fractional Accounting construction rules.
Weapons and Equipment
The Ground Car as presented is unarmed, and armored with 1 ton of armor.[2]
Variants
It has been mentioned that some ground cars feature a storage battery instead of a fusion engine.[2]
Notes
- Sources disagree on the ground speed of the Ground Car. While MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game states a speed profile under boardgame rules of 9/14 (equivalent to 151.2 km/h max speed),[2] while the record sheet found in Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles states a 10/15 movement profile (equivalent to 162 km/h max speed). Combat vehicle construction rules would suggest the latter to be correct for a 3-ton vehicle with a class 10 fusion engine. Due to the later publication date, it can be assumed that the second source is correct. Though it seems strange for a civilian utility vehicle to be built to combat vehicle specs, bear in mind that support vehicle construction rules did not exist at the time.