Padilla Heavy Artillery Tank

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Padilla Heavy Artillery Tank
Production information
Manufacturer Leopard Armor
Mission Fire Support, Artillery
Type Tracked
Cost 14,820,749 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass 75 tons
Armor StarSlab/1
Engine Ragusson 375 XL Fusion Engine
Speed 86 kph km/h
Crew 5
Armament

Arrow IV Launchers
2 x Medium Pulse Lasers
Anti Missile System
TAG

BV (1.0) 621
BV (2.0) 1,135[1]


Description

Introduced in 2620 by Leopard Armor of Terra for the SLDF. The Artillery Tank was created as companion tank to Chaparral Missile Tank. The Padillia was usually worked with TAG equipt BattleMechs. The tank is noted for its light armor, making commanders having the vehicle protected by screened by ECM Suite vehicles & 'Mechs.

During General Aleksandr Kerensky's Operation Liberation at end of the Amaris Coup, most of the Padilla in service were destroyed in Terra's liberaton. Only twenty of tanks were found in active with Capellan Confederation by the First Succession War.

By the 31st Century, only few dozen of the vehicle were found in service of Com Guard and Free Rasalhague Republic, some of which were sold to Second Star League's SLDF as symbols.

More recently, the Word of Blake has resumed production of the Padilla, once again produced by Leopard Armor on Terra. Leopard Armor is also building the Red Shift battlemech, designed to serve as a fast artillery spotter.[2]

Armament

The vehicle's primary weaponry is its forward mounted Katyusha Arrov IV Missile Launcher. The vehicle is given 6 tons of ammunition. The vehicle self-defense weaponry includes pair of Martell Medium Pulse Lasers. To protect the vehicle from missile fire, its been armed with forward mounted Burrow Anti-Missile System with two tons of ammunition. The vehicle also equipt with TAG laser designator.

Variants

  • LRM Variant - The First Succession War era variant resulting from House Liao was unable to support ammunition for the design. So their surviving vehicles were refitted with a pair of twenty-tube Long Range Missile launchers with two tons ammunition. BV (1.0) = 855, BV (2.0) = 1,113[3]

Related Vehicles

Notes

  • The original vehicle uses Inner Sphere Advanced Rules.[4]

References

  1. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 219
  2. Technical Readout: 3067
  3. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 210
  4. Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrade, p. 131 - "Padilla heavy artillery tank tech level".
  • Technical Readout: 3058, pg. 66-67
  • Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, pp. 200-201

Bibliography