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Name/Model:         Sledgehammer SHM-1A1
Designer:           Redshirt
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            55
Role:               Ambusher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3082
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         10,535,867 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,786

Chassis:              Custom Built Endo Steel
Power Plant:          AMC 275 XL
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Durallex Guardian II Light Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    1 Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle
    4 ER Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Achernar Electronics HICS-15
Targeting & Tracking: Able-Seven Sensor Suite

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Overview:
    The Sledgehammer was designed by Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated as a "delivery
    system" for the new Heavy Gauss Rifles sold to them by Blackwell. Kali-Yama hoped it had
    finally created a design to supplant the old Hunchback, but this was not to be.
    
    Despite a chassis and Gyro custom-made to house the HGR, the Sledgehammer had chronic
    stability issues that Kali-Yama was never able to cure. The FWLM purchased small numbers of
    the SHM-01 for field testing, but no large orders have thus far been placed.

Capabilities:
    Carrying a Heavy Gauss Rifle with 8 rounds of fire at speeds up to 85km/h, The Sledgehammer
    is ideal for short-range ambushes. Its battery of 10 small lasers allows it to deal even
    greater damage and crit-seek at point-blank range.
    
    It is however, unstable, and the recoil of the HGR and incoming attacks stand a good chance
    of knocking the Sledgehammer over. Even worse, there is no CASE system to protect the Fusion
    Engine from the Heavy Gauss should it suffer a critical hit.

Variants:
    Kali-Yama found itself sturggling to pin down the source of the Recoil issues faced by the
    SHM-01. They had, after all, built an elaborate Gyro system specifically for its Heavy Gauss
    rifle.
    
    Desperate to make some sales and keep the Sledgehammer alive while they worked on the
    problem, Kali-Yama created the SHM-03 and -04 models, featuring alternative loadouts for
    both short and long range combat.
    
    The SHM-03 featured 5 Jump Jets, a Standard Gauss Rifle, and an ER PPC. It is by far the
    most commercially successful model of the Sledgehammer, if you can call such limited
    production a success.
    
    The SHM-04 used the Gauss Rifle's power couplings and magnetic feed rails to mount a
    Ultra-AC 20, alongside a Large Pulse Laser and a pair of anti-missile systems. This model
    was perhaps less popular with its pilots than the SHM-01, as it filled the same niche as the
    Hunchback, had a primary weapon prone to jamming, and was still fundamentally unstable.
    
    These models were received more favorably by the FWLM, if only because they didn't fall over
    when you fired the main weapons. It was discovered, however, that the over-engineered gyro
    system was still susceptible to failure when affected by outside forces. like weapons fire.
    
    All models of the Sledgehammer have the following quirks: Variable-Range Targeting,
    Unbalanced, and Poor Reputation.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 3.00                     
Engine:                                       275 XL                   8.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         11 [22]                   1.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  185                    11.00                     
    Type:                              Light Ferro-Fibrous                                      

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      18             29       
    Center Torso (rear):                               7       
    R/L Torso:                         13             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Arm:                            9             18       
    R/L Leg:                           13             26       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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4 ER Medium Lasers                                        RT                4          4.00             
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle                              LT/CT               11        20.00             
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle (Ammo 4)                       RA                1          1.00             
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle (Ammo 4)                       LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 38
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 2,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 3
Specials:
 
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