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Partisan Air Defense TankPartisan Air Defense Tank

Type/Model: Partisan Air Defense Tank
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3050
Config: Tracked Vehicle
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
   
Mass: 80 tons
Power Plant: 240 GM Super Fusion
Cruise Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor Type: Kallon Unity Weave Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
2 Imperator Code Red LB 10-X ACs
2 Imperator Smoothie Autocannon/2s
1 C³ Slave Unit
Manufacturer:    Kallon Industries
   Location:    Nanking
Communications System:    Kallon Secure Net
Targeting & Tracking System: Kallon Sure-Shot C3


Overview:
         Kallon Industries' revamped Partisan provides the Inner Sphere with its first anti-aerospace weapons platform effective against Clan OmniFighters. Using the old, battle-tested Partisan design as a starting point, Kallon upgraded the design's weapons array and added a highly effective C3 system to augment its targeting systems. The redesigned Partisan has proved a formidable opponent for Clan aerospace assets.

Capabilities:
         Pairs of turret-mounted Imperator Code Red LB 10-X autocannons and Imperator Smoothie light autocannons provide the main firepower of the redesigned Partisan. The Code Red guns deliver a lethal barrage of flak that can destroy an attacking fighter's control surfaces and cause it to crash. The turret-mounted Smoothie guns provide firepower at extreme ranges.
         The design's C3 system enables a group of Partisans to produce interlocking fields of fire to simultaneously engage enemy aircraft. Additionally, the system enables each Partisan in a group to engage a target at the optimum range for the entire group. This means that an enemy fighter will fly into a firestorm that will keep him too busy with evasive maneuvers to aim straight.
         The new Partisan also features a compact fusion engine and Kallon Unity Weave ferro-fibrous armor.

Variants:
         At least two variants of the Partisan are known to exist. The lance-command variant features a C3 Master system that enables it to coordinate the fire of up to four Partisans. The company-command variant features two C3 Master systems that enable it to coordinate the fire of up to twelve Partisans (see Capabilities for further information).
         Both of these C3 Master systems are larger and heavier than standard C3 systems. To compensate for this increased weight, the lance-command variant replaces the standard configuration's Code Red LB 10-X autocannons with a pair of Imperator Rapid-Fire medium Ultra autocannons. The company-command vehicle sacrifices both Smoothie light autocannons to make room for its two C3 Master systems and additional LB 10-X ammunition.
         According to unconfirmed reports, Kallon is working on a Partisan prototype fitted with an XL engine, twin LB 10-X autocannons and twin Ultra autocannons. Reportedly, the production costs of these prototypes stand at around 12 million C-bills each, which will undoubtedly limit the number of this new machine sent into the field.

Deployment
         Though few Partisan tanks have reached front-line troops yet, observers believe that at least three Houses have placed orders for the tank. The Kallon factory is located on the planet Nanking in the Sarna March, and recent events in that sector may be delaying delivery of Partisans. In fact, some observers claim that hostilities have broken out on Nanking itself.

Type/Model: Partisan Air Defense Tank
Mass: 80 tons
Equipment:   Items Mass
Internal Structure: 40 pts Standard 0 8.00
Engine: 240 Fusion 0 11.50
Shielding & Trans Equip:   0 6.00
   Cruise MP: 3    
   Flank MP: 5    
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 4.00
Crew: 4 Members 0 .00
Turret Equipment:   0 3.50
Armor Factor: 143 pts Ferro-Fibrous 2 8.00
    Internal Armor
    Structure Value
  Front: 8 35
  Left / Right Sides: 8 26/26
  Rear: 8 21
  Turret: 8 35
Weapons & Equipment: Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
2 LB 10-X ACs Turret 0 30 3 25.00
2 Autocannon/2s Turret 0 45 3 13.00
1 C³ Slave Unit Body 0   1 1.00
TOTALS:   0   9 80.00
Items & Tons Left:       12 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 5,066,100 C-Bills
Battle Value: 588 (+130 for C³)
Cost per BV: 8,615.82
Weapon Value: 562 / 562 (Ratio = .96 / .96)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 21; MRDmg = 16; LRDmg = 7
BattleForce2: MP: 3,   Armor/Structure: 0 / 6
    Damage PB/M/L: 2/2/2,   Overheat: 0
    Class: GA,   Point Value: 6
    Specials: c3s

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