LB 5-X AC

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LB 5-X AC
Production information
Type ballistic (direct/cluster)
Tech Base Clan / Inner Sphere (IS)
Year Availability Clan = 2825 (CCY)

IS = 3058 (FS)

Technical specifications
Heat Clan = 1

IS = 1

Damage Clan = 5 (slug)
1/pellet (cluster)

IS = 5 (slug)
1/pellet (cluster)

Minimum Range Clan = 3

IS = 3 IS(THB) = 4

Short Range Clan = 1-8

IS = 1-7 IS(THB) = 1-8

Medium Range Clan = 9-15

IS = 8-14

Long Range Clan = 16-24

IS = 15-21

Tons Clan = 7

IS = 8

Critical Slots Clan = 4

IS = 5

Ammo Per Ton Clan = 20

IS = 20

Cost (unloaded) Clan = 250,000

IS = 250,000

Ammo Cost (per ton) Clan = 9,000 (slug) C-bills
15,000 (cluster) C-bills

IS = 9,000 (slug) C-bills
15,000 (cluster) C-bills

BV (2.0) Clan = 93[1]
12 (Ammo)[1]

IS = 83[2]
10 (Ammo)[2]



Description[edit]

Like the LB 10-X AC, the LB 5-X AC was capable of firing two different types of ammunition: slug and cluster. A slug shot was akin to a traditional autocannon round while a cluster shot fragments like a shotgun round and spreads its damage around. This effect creates flak that is useful against VTOLs.

Variants[edit]

In the years between the Second Exodus and the beginning of Operation KLONDIKE, the nascent Clans began development of what would become the LB 5-X. Experimental prototype versions of this new weapon were used during Operation KLONDIKE in small quantities. The Clan prototype LB 5-X available during this period had identical stats to the Inner Sphere LB 5-X autocannon, other than that it required a bit more space.[3]

Models[edit]

Mydron Excel 5SG[edit]

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
New Syrtis Johnston Industries Garm [4]
Richvale Quikscell Company Condor [5]

Type OVR-X[edit]

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Orestes Odin Manufacturing Gravedigger [6]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 TechManual, p. 318, "Clan Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
  2. 2.0 2.1 TechManual, p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
  3. Historical: Operation KLONDIKE, p. 156, "Prototype Clan Systems"
  4. Technical Readout: 3060 Revised, p. 82
  5. Technical Readout: 3075, p. 54
  6. Technical Readout: Dark Age, p. 76

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