Claymore (DropShip class)
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| Claymore | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Shipil Company of Skye |
| Use | Assault Ship |
| Type | Military Aerodyne |
| Tech Base | Star League |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 1,400 tons |
| Structural Integrity | 12 |
| Length | 87 meters |
| Width | 74 meters |
| Height | 25 meters |
| Drive System | Unknown |
| Safe Thrust | 6 |
| Max Thrust | 9 |
| Fuel (tons) | 80 tons |
| Fuel (days) | 43.5 days |
| Armament | 1 x ER Large Laser 2 x ER PPCs 4x Large Lasers 4 x Medium Lasers 2 x Large Pulse Lasers 2 x Medium Pulse Lasers 2 x Small Pulse Lasers 4 x LB 10-X ACs 2 x LRM-10s 2 x LRM-20s 3 x Streak SRM-2s |
| Armor | Unknown Fore: 25 Sides: 20 Aft: 15 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Heat Sinks | 47 (94) |
| BV (1.0) | 3,989 |
| BV (2.0) | 5,034 |
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Description
One of the first new AFFC DropShip designs to be produced after the recovery of the Helm Memory Core, the Claymore is a small but formidably armed and armored assault ship.
The design phase began amid great secrecy in 3047, but the Clan Invasion refocused AFFC funds toward new BattleMech design and production, with the prototype only taking its maiden flight at the end of 3053, production approved after successful operations on combat raids with the 6th Lyran Guards in 3054. Shipil produce one Claymore every nine months, the majority posted along the edge of the Clan occupation zones ensured they became a primarily Lyran design after the formation of Lyran Alliance, with the majority of new production making their way to Skye loyalist units.
Armament
While some observers has criticized the craft for lacking adquate firepower for an assault ship, the weapon array is enough to give pause to most other DropShips. The Claymore's six nose bays contain most of the vessel's weaponry, a mixture ER PPCs, a ER and Medium and Large Pulse Lasers, Streak SRM-2 and LRM-20 launchers and a LB 10-X AC autocannon. The rear of the vessels repeats the same basic layout, save for omitting the ER large laser and Streak launcher for two Small Pulse Lasers The Claymores wing-mounted mixture of a forward facing Large Laser, LRM-10 and LB 10-X AC autocannon, paired with rear facing Large laser and Streak 2 launchers on each side also cover both fore and aft arcs.
Cargo
Designed as an assault craft, the Claymore features a single two door cargo bay, with a 329 ton capacity.
Variants
No known variants
References
- Technical Readout: 3057, pp 12-13
- Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp 10-11