Chippewa

Chippewa
Production information
Manufacturer	Bowie Industries
Model	CHP-W5
Class	Heavy
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass	90 tons
Structural Integrity	9
Frame	Bowie 50
Power Plant	Plasmastar 270
Fuel	400 - 5 tons
Armament	2x LRM-15s 4x Large Lasers 2x Small Lasers 2x Medium Lasers 1x SRM-6
Communications System	Rander 200
Tracking & Targeting System	Rander TA5
Heat Sinks	25
BV (1.0)	1180
BV (2.0)	1556

Description

Designed by the Star League, the heavy Chippewa isn't extremely fast, but it has an impressive array of armament. Mostly used in the Lyran Commonwealth, the Chippewa has become House Steiner's main heavy fighter. Prior to the start of the First Succession War Steiner captured the Bowie Industries plant on Dell, where W5 models were produced until House Kurita successfully destroyed the plant in a raid.

Armament

Short or long range, it is best to stay away from a Chippewa. With the Exostar LRM-15 and SRM-6 racks to the front, backed up by two Martell Medium Lasers in the nose and four McCorkel Large Lasers in the wings, the Chippewa can lay down a devastating first strike. For rear protection, two McCorkel Small Lasers are mounted to the rear.

Variants

• CHP-W7 - A House Steiner upgrade of the CHP-W5 using recovered technology, the CHP-W7 Chippewa features Double Heat Sinks, an XL Engine, Ferro-Aluminum armor, and all lasers upgraded to pulse lasers

• CHP-W10 - House Davion modification, eliminating two of the Large Lasers for an extra 9.5 tons of armor. BV (1.0) = 1516

References

• Technical Readout: 3025
• Technical Readout: 3025 Revised
• Technical Readout: 3039
• Technical Readout: 3057
• Objective Raids