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Line 5: | production year=2881 | production year=2881 | year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5778/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref> | year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5778/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref> − | Mission = Main Battle Tank + | Mission = Artillery Fire Support <br/> Mobile HQ <br/> Mobile Repair Base | Type = Tracked | Type = Tracked | Cost = | Cost = | mass = 175 tons | mass = 175 tons − | armor = [[standard armor]] + | armor = [[Standard Armor]] − | engine = [[fuel cell]] + | engine = [[Fuel Cell]] − | comsys = + | speed = 33 kph − | T&T = − | speed = 33 | Crew = | Crew = − | armament = + | armament = [[AC/20]] <br/> [[AC/10]] <br/> [[AC/2]] <br/> [[Machine Gun]] − * 1x [[AC/20]] − * 1x [[AC/10]] − * 1x [[AC/2]] − * 1x [[Machine Gun]] | BV (1.0) = | BV (1.0) = | BV (2.0) = 2,285<ref>[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/5778 Soarece Superheavy MBT profile on Master Unit List website listing bv(2.0)]</ref> | BV (2.0) = 2,285<ref>[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/5778 Soarece Superheavy MBT profile on Master Unit List website listing bv(2.0)]</ref> Line 25:
Line 19: ==Description== ==Description== − The '''Şoarece''' was an [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] superheavy [[combat vehicle]] produced for the [[Free Worlds League]] in the early decades of the [[Third Succession War]]. The design was commissioned by then-[[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Philippa Marik]] in [[2881]]. It was envisioned as a low-cost, highly survivable design that could engage [[BattleMech]]s and equip the League's depleted defensive formations . It would be over two decades ([[2904]]) until the final form of this design was settled, by which time it had become a mammoth of a tank. + The '''Şoarece''' was an [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] Super Heavy Combat Vehicle which was produced for the [[Free Worlds League]] in the early decades of the [[Third Succession War]]. The design was commissioned by then [[Captain-General]] [[Philippa Marik]] in [[2881]], it was envisioned as a low-cost but highly survival design that could combat BattleMechs and fill the League's thinning defensive lines. It would be two decades until the final design would be revealed in [[2904]], where numerous redesigns made it into a mammoth of a tank. The Şoarece would enter limited production, the Keystone factory would only produce a 100 units prior to [[Shiro III]] being conquered by the League. With the capture of [[Ontos]] Heavy Tank's factory, the need for the slow and ponderous Şoarece dropped few years later.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 14 Şoarece SuperHeavy MBT - Background info.</ref> − The Şoarece was put into limited production at the [[Keystone]] factory, but barely a hundred units had been produced when the League captured [[Shiro III]] and with it [[Grumman Amalgamated]]'s [[Ontos]] Heavy Tank production facility. With access to the Ontos, a smaller and ultimately superior combat vehicle, the demand for the slow and ponderous Şoarece fell off. Production ceased a few years later.<ref name=XTRO>''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 14: Şoarece superheavy MBT</ref>+ ==Armament & Capacities== + Designed originally as a heavy-hitting armored vehicle, the Şoarece sports three classes of Autocannon for its principal firepower. All three autocannons are mounted in the turret. The Smoothie-2 Light Autocannon serves as anti-aircraft; with other larger Class 10 & 20 Autocannons serving as the tank's offensive punch. All three cannons have generous amounts of ammunition, which allows the tank to stay active on the field in a prolonged fight. It also has a front-mounted Machine Gun to serve as its principal anti-infantry weapon. − ==Weapons and Equipment==+ For economic reasons, the tank's power plant is a 350 Rated Fuel Cell engine, which propels the mammoth weighted tank at maximum of 30 kph. Slow weight is practically due to the vehicle's hull being protected by 40.5 tons of Standard armor.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 14 Şoarece SuperHeavy MBT - Weapons & Capacities info.</ref> − Originally designed as a heavy-hitting armored vehicle, the Şoarece sports three classes of Autocannon for its principal firepower, all mounted in the turret. The [[AC/2|Smoothie-2 Light Autocannon]] serves as anti-aircraft weapon, while other, larger [[AC/10|Class 10]] and [[AC/20|20]] autocannons serve as the tank's offensive punch. All three cannons have generous amounts of ammunition, which allows the tank to stay active on the field in a prolonged fight. It also has a front-mounted [[machine gun]] to serve as its principal anti-infantry weapon. − − For economic reasons, the tank's power plant is a 350-rated [[fuel cell engine]], which propels the mammoth tank to a maximum of 30 km/h. The vehicle's hull is protected by 40.5 tons of standard armor.<ref name=XTRO/> ==Variants== ==Variants== − No proper variants of the Şoarece tank are known.+ *;Soarecar : Early prototype of the Şoarece, this vehicle had heavy armor but only a pair of [[AC/5|Class 5 autocannons]] as its only weapons. The Soarecar would be judged underarmed for the [[LCCC]] and would herald development of the tank for two more decades resulting in the 175 ton Şoarece. − There was an early prototype of the Şoarece project called "Soarecar". Arguably an early predecessor rather than a variant, his mundane vehicle had very heavy armor but only a pair of [[AC/5|Class 5 autocannons]] as its weapons. The Soarecar was judged underarmed by the [[LCCC]], heralding a development cycle of two decades that ultimately resulted in the 175-ton Şoarece. ("Soarecar" was original project name before it was renamed to Şoarece—"mouse"—as a pun by the engineers).+ ==Design Notes== − + The Şoarece features following [[Design Quirks]]: − ==Design Quirks== − The Şoarece MBT features following [[Design Quirks]]: * [[Obsolete|Obsolete/2915]] * [[Obsolete|Obsolete/2915]] * [[Difficult to Maintain]] * [[Difficult to Maintain]] Line 46:
Line 36: * [[Poor Performance]] * [[Poor Performance]] * [[Accurate Weapon|Accurate Weapon (AC/2)]]. * [[Accurate Weapon|Accurate Weapon (AC/2)]]. − It also features limited amphibious equipment. ==Notes== ==Notes== − * The original Soarecar, named in honor of Helios' chariot, was reportedly renamed Şoarece ("mouse") as a pun by the Romanian-speaking engineers when repeated revisions of the design made it ever heavier. However, Romanian was described as a dead language as of 2988, lost to living tongues "less than a century after the accords established English as the Free Worlds League's official language".<ref>''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'', "Dead Languages" box, p. 11 (PDF edition)</ref>+ As of this time, Record Sheet for this vehicle maybe only found in XTRO: Succession Wars, Volume 1. The prototype Soarecar only has limited stat information available. − * Around the end of [[w:World War II|World War II]], [[w:Germany|Germany]] had famously developed a superheavy tank weighing 188 metric tons, which they dubbed "[[w:Panzer VIII Maus|Maus]]" ("mouse"). ==References== ==References== Line 57:
Line 45: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1]]'' + *''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1]]'' − − [[Category:175 ton Combat Vehicles|Soarece]] + [[Category:175 ton Combat Vehicles]] − [[Category:Combat Vehicles|Soarece]] + [[Category:Combat Vehicles]] − [[Category:Free Worlds League Combat Vehicles|Soarece]] + [[Category:Free Worlds League Combat Vehicles]] − [[Category:Super-Heavy Combat Vehicles|Soarece]] + [[Category:Super-Heavy Combat Vehicles]]
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| − | | Mission = | + | | Mission = Artillery Fire Support <br/> Mobile HQ <br/> Mobile Repair Base |
| Type = Tracked | | Type = Tracked | ||
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| mass = 175 tons | | mass = 175 tons | ||
| − | | armor = [[ | + | | armor = [[Standard Armor]] |
| − | | engine = [[ | + | | engine = [[Fuel Cell]] |
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| − | | armament = | + | | armament = [[AC/20]] <br/> [[AC/10]] <br/> [[AC/2]] <br/> [[Machine Gun]] |
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| BV (2.0) = 2,285<ref>[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/5778 Soarece Superheavy MBT profile on Master Unit List website listing bv(2.0)]</ref> | | BV (2.0) = 2,285<ref>[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/5778 Soarece Superheavy MBT profile on Master Unit List website listing bv(2.0)]</ref> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | The '''Şoarece''' was an [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] | + | The '''Şoarece''' was an [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] Super Heavy Combat Vehicle which was produced for the [[Free Worlds League]] in the early decades of the [[Third Succession War]]. The design was commissioned by then [[Captain-General]] [[Philippa Marik]] in [[2881]], it was envisioned as a low-cost but highly survival design that could combat BattleMechs and fill the League's thinning defensive lines. It would be two decades until the final design would be revealed in [[2904]], where numerous redesigns made it into a mammoth of a tank. The Şoarece would enter limited production, the Keystone factory would only produce a 100 units prior to [[Shiro III]] being conquered by the League. With the capture of [[Ontos]] Heavy Tank's factory, the need for the slow and ponderous Şoarece dropped few years later.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 14 Şoarece SuperHeavy MBT - Background info.</ref> |
| − | + | ==Armament & Capacities== | |
| + | Designed originally as a heavy-hitting armored vehicle, the Şoarece sports three classes of Autocannon for its principal firepower. All three autocannons are mounted in the turret. The Smoothie-2 Light Autocannon serves as anti-aircraft; with other larger Class 10 & 20 Autocannons serving as the tank's offensive punch. All three cannons have generous amounts of ammunition, which allows the tank to stay active on the field in a prolonged fight. It also has a front-mounted Machine Gun to serve as its principal anti-infantry weapon. | ||
| − | + | For economic reasons, the tank's power plant is a 350 Rated Fuel Cell engine, which propels the mammoth weighted tank at maximum of 30 kph. Slow weight is practically due to the vehicle's hull being protected by 40.5 tons of Standard armor.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 14 Şoarece SuperHeavy MBT - Weapons & Capacities info.</ref> | |
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| − | For economic reasons, the tank's power plant is a 350 | ||
==Variants== | ==Variants== | ||
| − | + | *;Soarecar : Early prototype of the Şoarece, this vehicle had heavy armor but only a pair of [[AC/5|Class 5 autocannons]] as its only weapons. The Soarecar would be judged underarmed for the [[LCCC]] and would herald development of the tank for two more decades resulting in the 175 ton Şoarece. | |
| − | + | ==Design Notes== | |
| − | + | The Şoarece features following [[Design Quirks]]: | |
| − | ==Design | ||
| − | The Şoarece | ||
* [[Obsolete|Obsolete/2915]] | * [[Obsolete|Obsolete/2915]] | ||
* [[Difficult to Maintain]] | * [[Difficult to Maintain]] | ||
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* [[Poor Performance]] | * [[Poor Performance]] | ||
* [[Accurate Weapon|Accurate Weapon (AC/2)]]. | * [[Accurate Weapon|Accurate Weapon (AC/2)]]. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | + | As of this time, Record Sheet for this vehicle maybe only found in XTRO: Succession Wars, Volume 1. The prototype Soarecar only has limited stat information available. | |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1]]'' | + | *''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1]]'' |
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| − | [[Category:175 ton Combat Vehicles | + | [[Category:175 ton Combat Vehicles]] |
| − | [[Category:Combat Vehicles | + | [[Category:Combat Vehicles]] |
| − | [[Category:Free Worlds League Combat Vehicles | + | [[Category:Free Worlds League Combat Vehicles]] |
| − | [[Category:Super-Heavy Combat Vehicles | + | [[Category:Super-Heavy Combat Vehicles]] |