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                 Combat Vehicle Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Monitor II Heavy Naval Artillery Platform
Designer:           Rudel Gurken
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            180
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Succession Wars / 2790
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Experimental
Rules (Year):       Experimental
Total Cost:         6,145,550 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,674

Movement Type:        Naval (Displacement Hull)
Power Plant:          Defiance HydroCell 150 Fuel Cell
Cruising Speed:       10.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        21.6 kph  
Armor:                Durallex Heavy with CASE
Armament:             
    2 Becker Naval Weaponry Long Toms
Manufacturer:         Taatyana Trans-Oceanic Shipyards
    Primary Factory:  Tharkad
Communications:       TharHes HQ-03 with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: TharHes ArtiTrack

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Overview:
    To bolster its naval defense capabilities the Tharkad militia forces called for a
    semi-mobile artillery platform.
    It should be able to linger in coastal swamps and between rocky coastlines under heavy
    camoflage for a long time until an unsuspecting enemy could be taken under artillery fire.
    Taatyana Trans-Oceanic Shipyards answered with an armed and heavily armored 180 ton motor
    barge with an exceptional low draft.

Capabilities:
    The Monitor II is armed with two massive artillery guns (naval variants of the venerable
    Long Tom III) in a heavily armored turret. Eight tons of ammunition give ample battle
    endurance and a small communication array makes sure to keep in contact with several forward
    observers.
    As it is meant to function with only a minimum of resupply it features a lot of equipment
    rarly found on combat units.
    The Monitor II carries a crew bay for up to 30 people even though a full complement would
    result in a very cramped living space. In longer periods of inactivity these vessels tend to
    accumulate heated cabins on the top deck.
    Also it is equipped with a full-blown field kitchen and enough water and food for a full
    complement for 30 days.
    A stern-mounted lift hoist helps with resupply, mostly executed by small cargo submarines,
    and three mounted searchlights, sponson and turret mounted, help with night operations
    (there use is mostly forbidden when the militia is on high alert though).
    Five tons of general cargo contain spare parts and repair equipment.
    If (or better: when) the Monitor II is finally spotted by the enemy a Guardian ECM offers
    some protection and it carries a hefty 32.5 tons of armor.
    As the engine should only be used for some close range maneuvering and onboard power the
    speed is at a bare minimum.
    Longrange relocation would be executed by heavier naval vessels.

Deployment:
    With its very special mission profile the Monitor II was never produced in great numbers but
    could be found on several water rich planets in lyran space.

Variants:
    There were never official variants but in the middle of the 2d Sucession War at the latest
    most Monitor IIs were stripped of their (now lostech) ECM systems. Some lost their valuable
    artillery guns for use in groundbased units too.
    Of these a handfull was reequipped with LRM or autocannons to be used as indirect fire
    platforms or semi-stationary Flak-batteries.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                 18.00                     
Engine:                                   150 Fuel Cell                7.00                     
    Cruising MP:                                1                                               
    Flanking MP:                                2                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            1                      0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     9.00                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                6.50                     
Sponson Turrets:                                                       0.50                     
Armor Factor:                                  520                    32.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                     100                                              
    R/L Side:                                   90                                              
    Rear:                                       90                                              
    Turret:                                    150                                              

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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Searchlight, Mounted                                      Right Sponson            0.50         
Searchlight, Mounted                                      Left Sponson             0.50         
2 Long Toms                                                  Turret                60.00        
Searchlight, Mounted                                         Turret                0.50         
Lift Hoist                                                    Rear                 3.00         
Bay, Infantry (Foot) (30 troopers)                            Body                 5.00         
CASE                                                          Body                 0.50         
Cargo, Liquid (10 tons)                                       Body                 10.00        
Cargo, Refrigerated (5 tons)                                  Body                 5.00         
Cargo, Standard (5 tons)                                      Body                 5.00         
Communications Equipment (3 tons)                             Body                 3.00         
Field Kitchen                                                 Body                 3.00         
Guardian ECM Suite                                            Body                 1.50         
Long Tom (Ammo 40)                                            Body                 8.00         
Lifeboat, Maritime                                             --                  0.00         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 99
TP: CV,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 0,  MV: 2"n
Damage: (S) 0 / (M) 0 / (L) 0
Armor (A): 17,  Structure (S): 9
Specials: ARTLT-2, CASE, CT20, ECM, FC, IT5, MHQ3, SRCH, TUR(ARTLT-2)