Hiryo
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| Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Pesht Motors |
| Mission | Infantry Transport |
| Type | WiGE |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 40 tons |
| Armor | New Samarkand Heavy Ferro-Fibrous |
| Engine | GM 205 Light |
| Speed | 129.6 km/h |
| Crew | 3 |
| Armament |
1 x Snub-Nose PPC |
| BV (1.0) | ??? |
| BV (2.0) | 665[1] |
Description
Japanese for Flying Dragon, the Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport is a Wing in Ground Effect vehicle designed to carry Battle Armor infantry into the field while providing protection and firepower ensure it gets to the infantry's destination.
Better known as the Draconis Combine's primary manufacturer of civilian transports, Pesht Motors developed the Hiryo as a means of getting back at Wakazashi Enterprises, a nominally military manufacturer whose civilian Koi WIGE Transport intruded on what Pesht considered its personal domain. The design was already well advanced when the DCMS called on the Combine's vehicle manufacturers to develop suitable Battle Armor transports to redress the critical lack of such vehicles revealed by the Combine-Ghost Bear War. Capturing the attention of the Procurement Department, despite aggressive lobbying by Wakazashi, the Hiryo has become the Combine's Battle Armor transport of choice during the Jihad.
Powered by a 205 rated GM Light Fusion Engine, the Hiryo is capable of speeds up to 129 kph while carrying eight soldiers in full Battle Armor, its range and endurance limited only by its crew. Its troops are able to disembark either via a large rear ramp or eight extra hatches on the crafts underside for rapid airborne deployment, the Hiryo able to get its crew into and out of the heaviest combat zones thanks to its six tons of New Samarkand Heavy Ferro-Fibrous armor.
Armament
Like many troop transports, the Hiryo is focused on the delivery of its cargo and mounts a single defensive weapon, a nose mounted Lord's Light 2b Snub-Nose PPC. Able to unleashed devastating firepower, the Hiryo's high speed allows it to close to the weapons best ranges in short order.
Variants
- Hiryo (Light PPC) - A test variant developed by Pesht Motors which replaces the vehicle's Snub-Nose PPC for two Light PPCs to give the vehicle a longer range. (BV 2.0) = 686[2]
- Hiryo (MRM) - A much more radical weaponry change, the vehicle Snub-Nose PPC is replaced by a Twenty-Tube Medium Range Missile Launcher. Mounted on the nose, vehicle has been given three tons of ammunition at the cost of 4 tons of its Battle Armor/Infantry Bay. Leaving it with only with 4 ton capacity. Vehicle been noted for ability be more effected against soft targets, but the dubbed "Gunship" has proved less popular with DCMS forces. BV (2.0) = 644[3]
- Hiryo "Bloodhound" - Experimental Prototype of the Hiryo which was produced by Pesht Motors on Unity in late 3070s. This has the Infantry Transport as scout as well as transport. The variant's namesake comes from experimental Bloodhound Active Probe found in the nose. Hiryo's engine is exchanged for a Extra Light Fusion Engine, and its Snub-Nose PPC is exchanged for experimental Medium X-Pulse Laser. The vehicle's cargo capacity is reduced to only 4 tons, to allow for C3 Remote Sensor Launcher and its 4 C3 Sensors in its "Ammo" Bay. Also to help Hiryo deal with hazardous environment the Jihad has created for soldiers, its been fitted with Environmental Sealing. BV (2.0) = 628[4]
Vehicle Notes
The Hiryo original premiered in Jihad Source book Jihad Hot Spots: 3072. The original image of the vehicle was drawn by Brent Dill.In later TRO: 3075, the image of the Hiryo was changed, drawn by artist Doug Chaffee. Noticeably the original vehicle's "grill" & single pair of "runners" or vector thrusters are missing from newer TRO 3075 image. Also there was a change in the variant names. Originally, these were depicted in Record sheets of JHS:72 as Hiryo B and Hiryo C. Being replaced by weapon name that vehicle carries.
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References
- Technical Readout: 3075, pp. 50-51