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* The ''Tactical Handbook'' was the last official publication to include the rules for construction and use of [[Land Air 'Mech]]s, the previously tournament legal designs moved to optional/non-legal status with this book, signaling their decline and removal from the BattleTech universe.
 
* The ''Tactical Handbook'' was the last official publication to include the rules for construction and use of [[Land Air 'Mech]]s, the previously tournament legal designs moved to optional/non-legal status with this book, signaling their decline and removal from the BattleTech universe.
 
* The book was written from perspective of the early to mid 3050's, including still non-tournament legal "prototype" [[Inner Sphere]] versions of the previously [[Clan]]-only [[LB-X Autocannon|LB-X]] and [[Ultra Autocannon]]s and [[Streak Missile System|Streak launchers]] which would later become [[Level 2]] with the ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' and ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' prior to their "official" inclusion in [[BattleTech Master Rules]].
 
* The book was written from perspective of the early to mid 3050's, including still non-tournament legal "prototype" [[Inner Sphere]] versions of the previously [[Clan]]-only [[LB-X Autocannon|LB-X]] and [[Ultra Autocannon]]s and [[Streak Missile System|Streak launchers]] which would later become [[Level 2]] with the ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' and ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' prior to their "official" inclusion in [[BattleTech Master Rules]].
* A number of pieces of equipment described here, such as the [[Extended Long-Range Missiles]] systems, are not referenced by later works and are not tournament legal.
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* A number of pieces of equipment described here, such as the [[ELRM-15|Extended Long-Range Missiles]] systems, are not referenced by later works and are not tournament legal.
  
 
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Description

The BattleTech Tactical Handbook was the first expansion to the BattleTech board game that included so called Level 3 optional rules and equipment. These rules included the much-maligned Combat Value system for balancing force and the Double-Blind rules that enable players and a gamemaster to allow both sides the use of hidden units. Plenty of new arms, armor, and ammunition debuted. Some of the equipment and rules were later included in Maximum Tech.

Contents

  • Level Three Rules
    • Modified Movement Sequence
    • Artillery
    • BattleMech Engine Explosions
    • BattleMech Sensors
    • Craters
    • Disengaging PPC field inhibitors
    • Four-Legged 'Mechs
    • Hidden Placement
    • Hot Loading LRMs
    • Interlocking Streak Missiles
    • Jumping Fire
    • Land Air 'Mechs
    • Line of Sight
    • Partial Cover
    • MechWarrior Damage
    • Selecting Terrain Elevation
  • Weapon and Equipment Tables

Notes