STATISTICS
| Mass: 100 tons | Movement Type: Tracked |
| Power Plant: TME 300 Fusion | Armor Type: TME 3049 FerroFibrous |
| Comm Systems: TME Vox et Deus | Cruising Speed: 32 kph |
| Targeting/Tracking Systems:
TME 3050 TAG-Helper |
Maximum Speed: 43 kph |
| Chassis: TME Rassie-4 | |
| Armament: 1 TME/BTSTS-HAG:3000 "Big Bertha" Heavy Long Tom Artillery Gun 1 TME/BTSTS-HSRM:3000 "Roundhouse" Short-Range Missile 6-Rack |
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OVERVIEW
Designed to allow artillery support to keep up with armored advances, the Crusader is arguably a front-line artillery piece. Armored like a main battle tank and fast enough to keep up with heavy armor columns, the Crusader ensures that armor is never left without artillery support.
CAPABILITIES
The TME-182 is armed with a massive Long Tom heavy artillery gun mounted in a fully rotatable turret. To allow the gun to fire to the side even when the Crusader is on the move, the hull is unusually wide and the track suspensions can be adjusted to compensate with the Long Tom's massive recoil. Sharing the turret with the massive cannon is a short-range missile six-rack for point defense. Unfortunately, having only fifteen shots for the main gun means that the Crusader must stay near a steady supply of ammunition.
DEPLOYMENT
The TME-162 Crusader is showing up in armored divisions across the Inner Sphere. A possible variant using two Arrow-IV launchers is being considered for trade with Clan Hell's Horses.
TME-182 Crusader Artillery Tank |
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| 100 tons | Tracked | Cruising MP: 3 (32.4 kph) | Flank MP: 5 (54.0 kph) |
| Engine: 300 Fusion | Engine Mass: 28.5t | Control Mass: 5.0 t | Lift Equip Mass: N/A |
| No Power Amplifier | 10 Heat Sinks | Internal Structure: 10 t | Turret Mass: 3.5 t |
| Armor Mass: 16 t FF | Armor Points: 287 | Crew: 5 | |
ARMOR |
EQUIPMENT |
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| Front: | 62 |
Long Tom Artillery Gun | Turret |
| Left/Right Side: | 70 / 70 |
SRM-6 | Turret |
| Rear: | 40 |
15 Long Tom shots |
Body |
| Front Turret: | not applicable |
15 SRM-6 shots | Body |
| Rear Turret: | 45 |
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