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General Details
Name: Anti-'Mech Pod
Type (Category): Weapon (Other)
Reference: Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment (p. 142)
Description:
Based on the A-Pod, the Solaris-designed M-Pod was devised for use against even heavier targets, such as BattleMechs and vehicles. Its short range and one-shot capability prevented this weapon from being used in a battlefield capacity for years, keeping it in the arenas until very recently.
Game Rules:
M-Pods function as an LB-X type Autocannon using Cluster munitions (including the –1 to-hit modifier), but with a range equivalent to a standard machine gun (1 hex for short, 2 for medium, 3 for long, and—if Extreme Range rules are used—4 for extreme). The damage capacity dramatically decreases at each range bracket, however, using the 15 column for Cluster Hits at 1 hex, the 10 column at 2 hexes and the 5 column at 3 hexes. (If Extreme Range rules are used, the M-Pod uses the 2 column for Cluster damage at a range of 4 hexes.) Unexpended M-Pods that take a critical hit explode for 5 points of damage as an ammunition explosion. Expended M-Pods can still be aff ected by a critical hit in the same way as empty ammo bins.
M-Pods mounted on airborne Airships, Fixed-Wing or Satellite vehicles have no effect in combat.
Unit Type Availability
BattleMechsIndustrialMechsCombat Vehicles
Inner Sphere Data (BattleMechs)
| Prototype Date: | ~3060 |
| Production Date: | 3064 |
| 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
0
15/10/5 (–)
–/1/2/3 (–)
C
X-X-E-D
6,000
1
1
5.000 †
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✔
† Defensive Battle Value RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
MegaMek Output → Weapon List: M-Pod MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: ISMPod
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Anti-'Mech Pod
Inner Sphere Data (IndustrialMechs)
| Prototype Date: | ~3060 |
| Production Date: | 3064 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
0
15/10/5
–/1/2/3
C
X-X-E-D
6,000
1
1
5.000 †
—
✔
† Defensive Battle Value RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
MegaMek Output → Weapon List: M-Pod MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: ISMPod
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Anti-'Mech Pod
Inner Sphere Data (Combat Vehicles)
| Prototype Date: | ~3060 |
| Production Date: | 3064 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
Combat Vehicle Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
 May not be mounted in the Body
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
0
15/10/5
–/1/2/3
C
X-X-E-D
6,000
1
1
5.000 †
—
✔
† Defensive Battle Value RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
MegaMek Output → Weapon List: M-Pod MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: ISMPod
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Anti-'Mech Pod
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