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[Koniving]

Does any Battletech mech come with a Mech Mortar as part of the stock design?

[FupDup]

A quick Sarna search revealed...

Antlion quad mech from 3117: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Antlion

Ha Okoto "HR" variant from 3077: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Ha_Otoko

Crossbow Alternate D: http://www.sarna.net...sbow_(OmniMech)

That's all I got other than like a dozen different Battle Armors and a bunch of Mechassault references.

Edited by FupDup, 31 December 2018 - 02:17 PM.

[Koniving]

So, 2 out of 3 mechswith a canonicalnstock load out using mech mortars....are Clan?

Surprising. Also a lack of stock use prior to 3077 explains why I didn't find any myself (only just barely got out of the 3058 shell).

Still I was hoping for more considering the weapon system's dates.

[Karl Streiger]

The Osteon of the Society also uses a Mortar 8.
Other then those Mechs only the Gurzil tank and mortar carriers/trailer use the Mortar.

The mortar could become more important when you retcon it into the succession war era,
Always had the feeling that the mortar sacrifices to much for to low outcome.

[Bombast]

Koniving, on 31 December 2018 - 04:26 PM, said:

So, 2 out of 3 mechswith a canonicalnstock load out using mech mortars....are Clan?

Look again for another laugh - two out of the three mechs may be Clan, but all three use Clan Mortars.

[Karl Streiger]

Bombast, on 04 January 2019 - 05:49 AM, said:

Look again for another laugh - two out of the three mechs may be Clan, but all three use Clan Mortars.

Post Republic uses a lot of mixed tech vehicles, there is no hard cut between fragile throwaway clan tech and sturdy quality and traditional IS technology.

[Koniving]

From a vehicle standpoint (which is odd considering "Mech" mortar) it becomes unnecessary to retcon. Ten ton flatbed trucks are using twin Mech Mortar 1s for defense/offense. On master list despite the year listed for Star League to stop using them (the coup) they are listed as available to numerous factions throughout early succession wars and during late succession wars Lost Tech it is increased in availability and even Wolf's Dragoons are using the flatbed mortar truck. Late succ. war rennassance also has them the same. This com to yes until the early republic where their numbers dwindle..

So they are very much in use all through Classic Battletech.

But finding stock designs using them does seem very difficult.

Edited by Koniving, 04 January 2019 - 03:24 PM.

[Koniving]

http://www.masteruni...e=Flatbed+truck

Equally interesting are rocket launcher trucks. Their year of no longer being produced is 2900 however they are extinct by Clan invasion.

Side note I know there is always this big misconception about the size of vehicles. Saw one bt youtuber describing battletech tanks as the size of buildings to compete for to toe against mechs.
This is
10.832 metric tons (which BT is using Metric tons).

And this is 4.055 tons.



Also yes I am at work.

[Koniving]

Another quick comical note.
Flatbed truck on Mech Factory doesn't yield the mortar variant. But the noteworthy pilot aka flatbed truck hero is the driver of a special one replaces the srm racks of typical Clan Goliath Scorpion use with an active probe, TAG and an ecm....on a 10 ton truck.
Out of BT's support equipment this seems to both neglect more practical concepts such as remote sensor dispensers and others that I can't think of at the moment, as well as be very strange for general clan mentality.

I know they do take recon seriously as the Wolf's Dragoons is literally a massive recon effort. But the arrogance and "Here I am to challenge you" side of the warrior caste doesn't strike me as seeing much use in recon efforts let alone target painting for artillery.

Also the high use of Mech mortars by the Clans is another peculiar one.