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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
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'''Sponson turrets''' are experimental pieces of equipment that are available to both combat vehicles and support vehicles. Often though not always mounted in pairs with one on either side of a vehicle, the sponsons allow for the placement of even larger weapons in small turrets that can protect the sides of a vehicle. This allows a vehicle to fire its side mounted weapons in a 180-degree arc, instead of the usual 60-degree arc.
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'''Sponson turrets''' are pieces of equipment that are available to both combat vehicles and support vehicles. Often though not always mounted in pairs with one on either side of a vehicle, the sponsons allow for the placement of even larger weapons in small turrets that can protect the sides of a vehicle. This allows a vehicle to fire its side mounted weapons in a 180-degree arc, instead of the usual 60-degree arc.
  
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Sponson turrets were an experimental technology until [[3079]], after which they began to be mass produced and deployed by various powers. <ref name=TRO:PTp206>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 206, "Jihad Technology Advancement Table/Turrets"</ref>
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While a pre-spaceflight innovation, the Sponson turrets were an experimental technology until [[3079]], after which they began to be mass produced and deployed by various powers. <ref name=TRO:PTp206>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 206, "Jihad Technology Advancement Table/Turrets"</ref>
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== Rules ==
 
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== Game Rules ==
 
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Sponson Turrets are available to ground, naval, and VTOL Combat Vehicles, as well as Support Vehicles. But are restricted from Airships, Fixed Wing units, and satellites.
 
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Once mounted the sponsons have the option to carry virtually any weapon. The turrets have a 180-degree arc that can cover everything on its mounted side of the vehicle from the hex row directly behind the vehicle to the hex row directly in front, and do not require their own independent armour and structure values as they are considered to be covered by the vehicles armour.
 
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For the purposes of critical hits, the weapons mounted on the sponsons are considered side-mounted weapons. Additionally, the sponson turrets cannot be jammed.
 
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Each sponson weighs ten percent of the weapons they carry (though power amplifiers, ammunition, and targeting systems are excluded from this), rounded up to the nearest half ton. Each turret is not required to house the same equipment. <ref name="TOp348"/> <ref name=TOp348>''Tactical Operations'', p. 348, "Turrets: Vehicular Sponson Turret"</ref>
 
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== References ==
 
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<ref name="TROPp43">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 43: "Myrmidon (Anti-Infantry)"</ref>
 
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<ref name="TROPp55">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 55: "Thumper (Angel) Artillery Vehicle"</ref>
 
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<ref name="TROPp61">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 61: "Challenger Mk.XV"</ref>
 
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<ref name="TRO3145p17">''Technical Readout 3145: Republic Of The Sphere'', p. 17: "Crane Heavy Transport"</ref>
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<ref name="TRO3145p23">''Technical Readout 3145: Federated Suns'', p. 23: "Hanse MBT"</ref>
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<ref name="TRO3145p29">''Technical Readout 3145: Federated Suns'', p. 29: "Destrier Siege Vehicle"</ref>
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<ref name="TRO3145p19">''Technical Readout 3145: Free Worlds League'', p. 19: "Bardiche Heavy Strike Tank"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:Comstarp9">''Experimental Technical Readout: Comstar'', p. 9: "Lightning CX-3"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:Marikp9">''Experimental Technical Readout: Marik'', p. 9: "Galleon Maxwell"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:Marikp10">''Experimental Technical Readout: Marik'', p. 10: "Thumper Artillery Maxwell"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:MostWantedp10">''Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted'', p. 10: "Karnov UR Transport (Heavy Stealth)"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:MostWantep12">''Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted'', p. 12: "Fensalir Combat WiGE (XXL)"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:Peripheryp11">''Experimental Technical Readout: Periphery'', p. 11: "Dreadnought Mk II Land Train"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:Piratesp10">''Experimental Technical Readout: Pirates'', p. 10: "Myrmidon P (Tate)"</ref>
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<ref name="XTRO:SuccessionWarsp12">''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 12: "Condor Heavy Hover Tank (Fission)"</ref>
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Interstellar Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Tactical Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Tactical Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 21 January 2024

Vehicular Sponson Turret [1]
Production information
Type Equipment (Physical Enhancement)[1]
Tech Base Clan

IS [2]

Year Availability Pre-spaceflight [2]
Year Introduced Pre-spaceflight [2]
Technology Rating B [2]
Availability Rating [2]
Availability Ratings F/X/
Technical specifications
Tons Variable [2]
Critical Slots 0 [2]
BV (2.0) 0

Description[edit]

Sponson turrets are pieces of equipment that are available to both combat vehicles and support vehicles. Often though not always mounted in pairs with one on either side of a vehicle, the sponsons allow for the placement of even larger weapons in small turrets that can protect the sides of a vehicle. This allows a vehicle to fire its side mounted weapons in a 180-degree arc, instead of the usual 60-degree arc.

While a pre-spaceflight innovation, the Sponson turrets were an experimental technology until 3079, after which they began to be mass produced and deployed by various powers. [3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tactical Operations, p. 410: "Heavy Weapons And Equipment Combat Data"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tactical Operations, p. 411: "Heavy Weapons And Equipment Combat Data"
  3. ↑ Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 206, "Jihad Technology Advancement Table/Turrets"

Bibliography[edit]

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