Partisan
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| Partisan Heavy Tank | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Kallon Industries |
| Mission | Anti-Aircraft |
| Type | Tracked |
| Cost | 1,866,600 C-bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 80 Tons |
| Armor | StarSlab/7 |
| Engine | 240 GM SuperLoad 240 ICE |
| Speed | 54 km/h |
| Crew | 6 |
| Armament |
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| BV (1.0) | 588 |
| BV (2.0) | ??? |
Description
Kallon Industries, famous for designing some of the most popular AA mechs in the Inner Sphere, designed the Partisan to bring those same capabilities onto a cheaper, more easily produced vehicle. Dedicated to destroying aircraft, its targeting systems can track up to 200 units at once, compute the optimal target, and link to the targeting systems to other Partisans in the unit. The targeting controls are even removeable, allowing its crew to work from a safer distance.
While slow and lightly armored, its role tends to keep it in rearward locations, where this is less of a liability. The Partisan is deployed throughout the Inner Sphere, although most of them are found in the Free Worlds League and Federated Suns.
Armament
The Partisan's four, turret mounted Flak Autocannon/5s, with its airbursting shells, are optimised for destroying aircraft. However, they prove more then capable at providing direct fire support when needed. Additionally, it carries twin Machine Guns for defense against infantry.
Variants
- AC/2 - An experiment at increasing its effectiveness, the AC/2 Partisan replaces the quad AC/5s with five Autocannon/2s
- LRM - Another attempt to improve the standard Partisan, this version replaces the autocannons with four LRM-15 launchers.
- Air Defense - The Partisan Air Defense Tank is a significant upgrade designed to engage and destroy Clan fighters. The older GM Superload ICE was replaced by a compact GM Super fusion engine. Its armor was replaced with advanced Kallon Unity Weave Ferro-Fibrous Armor drastically increasing its protection. A C3 Slave Unit provides for better coordination with the rest of its unit, increasing aerial defense. Finally, its weapons complement was replaced with twin Imperator Code Red LB 10-X ACs partnered with a pair of Imperator Smoothie Autocannon/2s for long range fire.
- Lance Command - The lance command variant of the Partisan Air Defense Tank upgrades the C3 slave unit to a C3 Master unit. To make room for this upgrade, the twin Imperator Code Reds were replaced with a pair of Ultra AC/5s
- Company Command - The company command variant of the 'Partisan Air Defense Tank' fits two C3 master units inside its hull. It drops the twin Smoothie AC's to make room for these complex systems.
- RAC - Mounting a pair each of Rotary AC/5s and LB 2-X ACs, the RAC variant of the Partisan is able to pump out a significant amount of gunfire in a short amount of time. It also adds another ton of armor for increase durability.
- XL - Still in prototype, the XL variant of the Partisan utilizes an ultra compact 240 GM XL engine, freeing up considerable space. Mounting 12 tons of ferro-fibrous armor, twin LB 10-X ACs, and twin Ultra AC/2s , the only stumbling block seems to be its hefty price tag.
Related Vehicles
Partisan AA Vehicle - A post Jihad design, the Partisan AA Vehicle is designed to be lighter, and cheaper, then the original Partisan without losing any of its effectiveness.