Hanse MBT
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| Hanse MBT | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | General Motors |
| Production Year"????" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation. | ???? |
| Mission | Ambush |
| Type | Heavy |
| Cost | ? |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 75 Tons |
| Armor | Kallon Unity Weave Ferro-Fibrous with CASE |
| Engine | GM 300 XL Fusion |
| Speed | 64 km/h |
| Crew | ? |
| Heat Sinks | 20 |
| Armament |
2 x Plasma Rifles |
| BV (2.0) | 1,537[1] |
Description
Designed at the wake of the Victoria War, the Hanse Main Battle Tank is a early 32nd Century Combat Vehicle originally produced for the armed forces of the Federated Suns. The Armed Forces of the Federated Suns commissioned the creation of the tank using the lessons the service had learned from the conflict. However, despite the best of intentions, the Hanse MBT would end up having a significant flaw in its overall good design. Though it they had firepower to eradicate enemy units it confronted, it lacked critical flexibility of a turret that would have brought those weapons to bear. This flaw made the tank highly vulnerable to flanking attacks as well as Battle Armor attacks.
The design would ended up gaining a bad reputation due to this flaw and produce regulated secondary Militias and mercenary companies who would learn work with its flaws make it into an effective combat vehicle.[2]
Armament and Capacities
The Tank is powered by a 300-Rated GM Extra-Light Fusion Engine, giving modest flank speed. However engineers also added a Supercharger giving it the ability boost it speeds briefly to 86 kph. Eleven tons of ferro-fibrous armor is applied to design's hull with addition of CASE protecting it from possibility of ammunition explosion.
Prominently mounted in its front are the Hanse’s main guns, a pair of Jalastar Engineering Plasma Rifles with four tons of ammunition. To give it tactical flexibility, the tanks also carries a single Mydron Snakekiller Light Class 5 Autocannon with two tons of ammunition. Lastly, the tank has four GM Light Machine Guns mounted in pairs in Sponson Turrets on each of its sides.[3]
Notes
The Hanse MBT was first created by Wizkids' MechWarrior Dark Age Collectable Miniatures game as a part of its Age of Destruction expansion set. It was later adapted by Catalyst Game Labs and redefined once the company advanced the franchise's timeline to 3145.
The Hanse MBT has the following Design Quirks:[4]