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Line 2: | image = | image = | name = Mech Mortar/8 | name = Mech Mortar/8 − | Type = Missile<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 408</ref> + | Type = Missile<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 408</ref> − | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] [[Technology Rating|Advanced Technology]] + | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] − | Year Availability = 2531<ref name="TOp324">''Tactical Operations'', p. 324, "'Mech Mortars"</ref> + | Year Availability = [[2531]]<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 324</ref> − | Year Introduced = − Clan = [[2840]]<ref name="TOp324"/> − IS = [[2531]] [[Terran Hegemony|TH]]<ref name="TOp324"/> − | Year Extinction = − IS = [[2819]]<ref name="TOp324"/><ref name="SSWp102">''Second Succession War'', p. 102, "Weapons and Equipment Extinction Table"</ref> − | Year Reintroduced = − IS = [[3043]] [[Federated Commonwealth|FC]]<ref name="TOp324"/> | Heat = 10 | Heat = 10 | Damage = 2/shell (varies by ammo type) | Damage = 2/shell (varies by ammo type) − | Minimum Range = 6<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 408</ref> + | Minimum Range = 6<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 408</ref> | Short Range = 1-7 | Short Range = 1-7 | Medium Range = 8-14 | Medium Range = 8-14 Line 23:
Line 16: | Space Slots = | Space Slots = | Ammo Per Ton = 4 | Ammo Per Ton = 4 − | Cost (unloaded) = 70,000 + | Cost (unloaded) = 70000 − | Ammo Cost (per ton) = 10,000 + | Ammo Cost (per ton) = 10000 | BV (1.0) = | BV (1.0) = − | BV (2.0) = Inner Sphere:50 (launcher)/6 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 382</ref><br>Clan:114 (launcher)/14 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 385</ref> + | BV (2.0) = Inner Sphere:50 (launcher)/6 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 382</ref><br>Clan:114 (launcher)/14 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 385</ref> }} }} ==Description== ==Description== − The largest [[Mech mortar|Mech Mortar]] ever produced, the '''Mech Mortar/8''' fires more shells than any other Mech Mortar. Based on the weapon used by infantry for centuries, it fires several small shells in a high arc that fall onto the target. Though the Mech Mortar was created by the [[Terran Hegemony]], by the time of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] it had been relegated to history. It has been replaced in most military forces by the [[LRM-20]], which offers more than twice the salvo size, 50% more ammunition per ton, and is easier to aim.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 324: The Mech Mortar gets a +3 to hit modifier when fired directly; Fired indirectly without a spotter it gets a +2 modifier.</ref> + The largest [[Mech mortar|Mech Mortar]] ever produced, the '''Mech Mortar/8''' fires more shells than any other Mech Mortar. Based on the weapon used by infantry for centuries, it fires several small shells in a high arc that falls onto the target. Though the Mech Mortar was created by the [[Terran Hegemony]], by the time of the [[Succession Wars]] it had been relegated to history. It has been replaced in most military forces by the [[LRM-20]], which offers more than twice the salvo size, 50% more ammunition per ton, and is easier to aim.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 324: The Mech Mortar gets a +3 to hit modifier when fired directly; Fired indirectly without a spotter it gets a +2 modifier.</ref> − − With the reintroduction of the [[anti-missile system]], engineers revived the Mech Mortar concept. The munitions used by the mortars, though often possessing limited guidance packages, weren't destroyed by AMS systems in tests. + With the reintroduction of the [[Anti-Missile System]] engineers revived the Mech Mortar concept. The munitions used by the mortars, though often possessing limited guidance packages, weren't destroyed by AMS systems in tests. + ==Models== ==Models== {{sectionstub}} {{sectionstub}} Line 41:
Line 34: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''+ * ''[[Tactical Handbook]]'' − * ''[[Tactical Operations]]'' − − [[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Missile Weapons]] [[Category:Missile Weapons]]
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| − | | Type = Missile<ref>''Tactical | + | | Type = Missile<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 408</ref> |
| − | | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere | + | | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] |
| − | | Year Availability | + | | Year Availability = [[2531]]<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 324</ref> |
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| Heat = 10 | | Heat = 10 | ||
| Damage = 2/shell (varies by ammo type) | | Damage = 2/shell (varies by ammo type) | ||
| − | | Minimum Range = 6<ref>''Tactical | + | | Minimum Range = 6<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 408</ref> |
| Short Range = 1-7 | | Short Range = 1-7 | ||
| Medium Range = 8-14 | | Medium Range = 8-14 | ||
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| Space Slots = | | Space Slots = | ||
| Ammo Per Ton = 4 | | Ammo Per Ton = 4 | ||
| − | | Cost (unloaded) = | + | | Cost (unloaded) = 70000 |
| − | | Ammo Cost (per ton) = | + | | Ammo Cost (per ton) = 10000 |
| BV (1.0) = | | BV (1.0) = | ||
| − | | BV (2.0) = Inner Sphere:50 (launcher)/6 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical | + | | BV (2.0) = Inner Sphere:50 (launcher)/6 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 382</ref><br>Clan:114 (launcher)/14 (ammo)<ref>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 385</ref> |
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | The largest [[Mech mortar|Mech Mortar]] ever produced, the '''Mech Mortar/8''' fires more shells than any other Mech Mortar. Based on the weapon used by infantry for centuries, it fires several small shells in a high arc that | + | The largest [[Mech mortar|Mech Mortar]] ever produced, the '''Mech Mortar/8''' fires more shells than any other Mech Mortar. Based on the weapon used by infantry for centuries, it fires several small shells in a high arc that falls onto the target. Though the Mech Mortar was created by the [[Terran Hegemony]], by the time of the [[Succession Wars]] it had been relegated to history. It has been replaced in most military forces by the [[LRM-20]], which offers more than twice the salvo size, 50% more ammunition per ton, and is easier to aim.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 324: The Mech Mortar gets a +3 to hit modifier when fired directly; Fired indirectly without a spotter it gets a +2 modifier.</ref> |
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==Models== | ==Models== | ||
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[[Category:Weapons]] | [[Category:Weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Missile Weapons]] | [[Category:Missile Weapons]] | ||