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Name/Model:         Panzer IX
Designer:           09-Tyba
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            95
Role:               Juggernaut
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3063
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         17,506,125 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,745

Movement Type:        Tracked
Power Plant:          Pitban 285 XL
Cruising Speed:       32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Armor:                StarSlab 9.5 Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    3 Mydron Excel Ultra AC/10s
    3 Defiance B3M Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         TharHes Industries
    Primary Factory:  Tharkad
Communications:       Neil 9000 with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: TharHes Mars-5

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Overview:
    Imported from TRO:3063 by Steven Satak.
    
    The  Panzerkampfwagen  IX  is  the  first  armored  fighting vehicle (AFV) produced by
    TharHes Industries? new Combat Vehicles  Division.    Landgrave  Gabriel  Wellby  is
    risking  his company?s  fortunes  in  this  venture,  much  as  his  grandsire Michael
    Wellby  did  when  TharHes  began  manufacturing BattleMechs in the 3020s.
    
    Inspired  by  the  profits  reaped  by  New  Earth  Trading Company?s  Alacorn  and
    Defiance  Industries?  Demolisher II,  Gabriel Wellby  made  an  impassioned  speech  before
    the TharHes  Board  of  Directors.  He  capped  this  convincing presentation   with   a
    display   of   the   contracts   he   had personally   negotiated   with   the   Lyran
    military.      These agreements  required  TharHes  to  construct  a  new  assault tank, the
    Panzerkampfwagen (Panzer) IX.

Capabilities:
    The  Panzer  IX  designers  created  an  assault  tank  that is  the  equal  of  competing
    AFVs.    The  vehicle?s  ninety-five ton  tracked  frame  is  built  around  the  same  285
    extra-light engine that powers Steiner assault BattleMechs, allowing it to keep pace with
    ?Mechs of similar tonnage.   After surveying Lyran needs, the design team chose to mount a
    license-built Mydron Class-10 Ultra autocannon that presents an optimal blend of weight,
    cost, range and firepower when compared to Gauss rifles or Class-20 autocannons.
    
    The  triple  mount  can  create  a  withering  barrage,  but gunners  must  keep  a  close
    eye  on  their  ammo  supply. While  six  tons  of  reloads  might  seem  ample,  they  are
    quickly  depleted  by  the  Ultra  mode?s  high  rate  of  fire.  TharHes recommends using
    the Ultra mode only at close to medium range to conserve ammunition and extend barrel life.
    Technicians set the guns? default to single-shot mode, ideal  for  initial  encounters  at
    long  ranges  where  a  target lock is less likely.
    
    Ammunition conservation is also behind the engineers? decision to place three Defiance
    medium lasers co-axial to the main guns.  These allow ?ammo-free? close-range combat versus
    smaller  vehicles  and  battle  armor  -  an  advantage which competing designs do not have.
    
    The   Panzer   IX   is   generous   with   defense,   starting with  thirteen  tons  of
    ferro-fibrous  armor.    The  front  hull?s sloping  glacis  plate  alone  carries  30%
    more  armor  than the center torso of an Atlas BattleMech.  Ammunition bays are  fitted
    with  Cellular  Ammunition  Storage  Equipment, increasing the likelihood of crew survival
    should a lucky hit penetrate and strike unspent rounds.  As a final touch, the Guardian
    electronic  countermeasure  suite  disrupts  enemy communication, sensor and targeting
    systems.

Deployment:
    Demonstrating his confidence in the new design, Wellby donated two of the first vehicles to
    the Skye Tigers on Solaris VII.    This  popular  Lyran  stable  staged  a  show  opener
    with their  Panzer-IXs,  pitting  the  two  against  a  Demolisher  and Alacorn in a highly
    publicized match.  The new tanks played a  game  of  cat  and  mouse,  wearing  down  their
    opponents before ending the match with a roar of triple autocannons in  Ultra-mode.   The
    heavily  damaged  Skye Tiger  tanks  left the arena under their own power; their rivals
    could not.
    
    The  Solaris  battles  have  generated  great  interest  in the  tank,  persuading  Lyran
    quartermasters  to  authorize  a limited purchase of the Panzer IX.  The first production
    run has  been  deployed  to  a  grateful ?Eversworded Third?  Lyran Guards, who used these
    machines to replace losses incurred during their recent defense of the 388th ComGuard
    Division against the Eleventh Donegal Guards.
    
    If  the  Panzer  IX  can  prove  itself  with  the ?Eversworded Third,? further production
    is all but assured.  Many strategists believe   that   conflict   with   Pro-Victor   forces
    will   be   the deciding factor.

Variants:
    There are none at present.

Notable MechWarriors:
    SchädelBrecher IX
    This   blue   and   gray   tiger-striped   machine   gained notoriety and something of a fan
    following after its Solaris VII debut.  Mere hours before Victor Vandergriff and Michael
    Searcy?s fateful duel led to a breakdown of law and order in Solaris  City,  this  AFV
    teamed  up  with  two  hovertanks  and faced  off  against  a  lance  of  light
    BattleMechs.    At  the  end of a grueling half-hour?s combat, the ?IX? emerged, battered
    but triumphant.
    
    Atherton Grantrel-Bradford
    Grantrel-Bradford  is  the  scion  of  a  minor  noble  family and  commander  of  the
    SchädelBrecher  IX.    Dressed  in courtesan?s clothing and sporting a monocle, many
    dismiss him  as  a  perfumed  dandy.    Based  on  his  Solaris  record, however, Our
    Blessed Order feels this flamboyance may be a clever façade meant to fool opponents into
    underestimating him.    Atherton  has  been  MIA  since  the  rioting  began  on Solaris.
    Tabloids  routinely  report  ?Atherton  sightings?  on Galatea and the Capellan Westerhand
    Games.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  9.50                     
Engine:                                       285 XL                  13.00                     
    Cruising MP:                                3                                               
    Flanking MP:                                5                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     5.00                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                4.50                     
Armor Factor:                                  232                    13.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      62                                              
    R/L Side:                                   40                                              
    Rear:                                       30                                              
    Turret:                                     60                                              

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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3 Medium Lasers                                              Turret                3.00         
3 Ultra AC/10s                                               Turret                39.00        
CASE                                                          Body                 0.50         
Guardian ECM Suite                                            Body                 1.50         
Ultra AC/10 (Ammo 60)                                         Body                 6.00         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 47
TP: CV,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"t
Damage: (S) 6 / (M) 6 / (L) 5
Armor (A): 8,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: CASE, ECM, SRCH, TUR(6/6/5)
 
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