Bombast, on 29 January 2018 - 07:05 PM, said:
Technically speaking, all Omnimechs are Battlemechs. So I wouldn't read too much into the the use of the term.
My understanding of the nomenclature is that Battlemechs and Omnimechs are not the same, as they follow different design and construction systems. Certainly Sarna uses the classifications in this way. For instance, there is the Blackjack (Battlemech) and the Blackjack (Omnimech). Even the Sarna page on Battlemechs classes Omnimechs as a different kind of machine categorically speaking.