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General Details
Name:  Patchwork Armor
Type (Category):  Armor (Core)
Reference:  Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment (p. 189)

Description:
A special variation on armor installation, “patchwork” armor describes mounting armor of varying types on the same unit. Though no major manufacturers in the Inner Sphere, Periphery, or Clan space produce units with multiple armor types, centuries of scavenging and maverick technicians (by whim or by necessity) have sent many units into the field with patchwork armor. Under this advanced construction option, units may vary their armor types by location, rather than assigning a single type and uniform application across the entire unit.

Game Rules:
Follow the rules as set forth for the specific armor type mounted in the given location.
Unit Type Availability
BattleMechsIndustrialMechsCombat Vehicles
Inner Sphere Data (BattleMechs)
Prototype Date:  PS
Production Date:  3075
Extinction Date:  
Recovery Date:  

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage (Aero)
Range (Aero)
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
– (–)
– (–)
Variable
E-D-E-E
*
*
*
*
* See rules for this equipment

RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
PS
3074
Experimental
3075
Advanced

Clan Data (BattleMechs)
Prototype Date:  PS
Production Date:  3075
Extinction Date:  
Recovery Date:  

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage (Aero)
Range (Aero)
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
– (–)
– (–)
Variable
E-D-E-E
*
*
*
*
* See rules for this equipment

RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
PS
3074
Experimental
3075
Advanced