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PostPosted: 03-Jun-2002 21:56    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

          BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
                      VALIDATED

Type/Model:    Ausfwagen SKZ-171
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3062
Config:        Tracked Vehicle
Rules:         Level 2, Standard design

Mass:          45 tons
Power Plant:   135 InterComBust I.C.E.
Cruise Speed:  32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor Type:    StarSlab/1 Standard
Armament:      
  1 Mydron Excel LB 10-X AC 
  2 Voelkers 200 Machine Guns
Manufacturer:  Taurus Territorial Industries
  Location:    Sterope
Communications System:  Neil 6000-x
Targeting & Tracking System:  TracTex Alpha-1

==Overview:==
      As part of the military expansion program, the LBT-12 was constructed
assist the infantry units of the TC. the Libtz proved extremely suited in i
job. what it did not prove worthy at was anti-tank rolls. 

     when encountering other armored unit, its skin proved thin and its gun
holding enough punch to penitrate thick armor. thats when a contract was 
forwarded to TC HQ. The Ausfwagen, a medium weight battle tank. with a larg
engine, thicker armor, and a more powerfull gun, its proving to be a suitab
anti-tank vehicle.

==Capabilities:==
      With almost twice the speed, and two tons more armor, the Ausfwagen i
finding its way into armored units as a assistent to the Libtz. The design 
is costly, almost a 4 to 1 ratio of Libtz's to Ausfwagen's. this is caused 
the importation of the Ausfwagens main gun.

      A Mydron Excel Class 10 LBX autocannon surves as the Ausfwagens main 
which is supplied by five tons of ammo in a CASE protected bay. like the Li
the design is able to maintain long durations between suppling. 

     The choice of main gun was made in two parts, one the gun has an equal
range to the class 5, but easily twice the penitration. this means that the
can penitrate even thick hides. the second lies in the guns ability to fire
cluster munitions. allowing the Ausfwagen to disable large vehicles, by 
exploiting weak spots in there armor.

      To keep anti-tank crew suppressed, the Ausfwagen mounts twin co-axial
machine guns. each supplied with about one hundred bursts. the choice of th
machine gun was not over looked, and is the same model as the Libtz's.

      Most of the parts infact are usable by both the Ausfwagen and Libtz. 
allowing for easier production, and quick field repairs. production of the 
Ausfwagen is at about six per month, and does not appear to be expanded.

==Variants:==
      At this time only two variants have been presented. the first, replac
the class 10 LBX with a TC class 10 autocannon. this reduces the versitilit
the design, replacing it with repairability.

    the second, replaces the class 10 LBX for a TC class 20 autocannon. thi
variant drasticly reduces the attack range, and ammo endurance, replacing i
with extreme armor penitration. 

==Deployment==
     pairs of Ausfwagens are being shipped to units that are presently feil
the Libtz. as production is slow, its not believed that any single unit wil
see a company of Ausfwagens for over twelve more months.

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Type/Model:    Ausfwagen SKZ-171
Mass:          45 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  25 pts Standard               0      4.50
Engine:        135 I.C.E.                    0      9.00
    Cruise MP:   3
     Flank MP:   5
Heat Sinks:      0 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      2.50
Crew: 3 Members                              0       .00
Turret Equipment:                            0      1.50
Armor Factor:  144 pts Standard              0      9.00

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     5         30 
   Left / Right Sides:        5      20/20 
   Rear:                      5         20 
   Turret:                    5         54 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
--------------------------------------------------------
1 LB 10-X AC             Turret   0   50     2     16.00
2 Machine Guns           Turret   0  200     3      2.00
1 C.A.S.E. Equipment     Body                1       .50
--------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS:                           0          6     45.00
Items & Tons Left:                           8       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        1,145,138 C-Bills
Battle Value:      404
Cost per BV:       2,834.5
Weapon Value:      239 / 239 (Ratio = .59 / .59)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 10;  MRDmg = 6;  LRDmg = 2
BattleForce2:      MP: 3T,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 6
                   Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/1,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GM;  Point Value: 4




[ This Message was edited by: Vagabond on 2006-09-23 16:11 ]
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PostPosted: 03-Jun-2002 22:07    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

This I like. Solid. Dependable. Easily capable of inflicting massive amounts of damage in massed calvary charges. Its almost enough to make me shout my name during a joygasim.

Oh the whole I'll give this 5 Feathers. I really like this unit, and I can definitly see myself using it in the future. At the very least its hitting my notes so I can keep it in mind.

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PostPosted: 04-Jun-2002 06:44    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

What the hell does "Ausfwagen" mean? I only read German for five years, and haven`t used it much since. "wagen" is literally "wagon", but the "ausf" stumps me. "Ausführung" perhaps? As in the "Ausf G" you can see in the names of WW II German Panzers?

Otherwise, the tank is a solid design. Could prove useful for a slow-moving conventional force.

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PostPosted: 04-Jun-2002 07:27    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

Ausfwagen means absolutly nothing.

i threw it together form the Panther A's real name, so Ausf G you spoke of is just that. a ww2 panzer.

thx. the design is as close a reproduction as possible to the Panther A. the reason its max speed is so low.



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PostPosted: 04-Jun-2002 07:45    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

"Ausführung" is, literally, "construction" or "execution". In English I guess you`d
call it "variant", "model" or even "make".

The coolest isn`t a Panzer though, it`s the
StuG III Ausf G


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PostPosted: 04-Jun-2002 19:44    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

Good solid tank. Good for infantry support.

-Thats close to my fav WW2 tank, the Jagdpanther.
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PostPosted: 04-Jun-2002 20:16    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

you guys gotta get Close Combat 2 or 3....awesome WWII sims. NOTHING can kill a Kongstiger, that thing is a god-forsaken force of nature...

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PostPosted: 05-Jun-2002 03:08    Post subject: Ausfwagen SKZ-171 Reply to topic Reply with quote

Steel Panthers was really good, even if the US artillery seemed to be psychic. Killing
a Königstiger took some doing there too.

Although the funniest scenario that came as standard had no Germans, only Finns versus the Russian 44th Mechanized. Usually, playing the Finns, not a single Ivan managed to run off the board

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