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Name/Model:         BARS
Designer:           09-Tyba
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            45
Role:               Ambusher
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3059
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         1,766,825 C-Bills
Battle Value:       693

Movement Type:        Tracked
Power Plant:          Nissan 225 
Cruising Speed:       54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Armor:                Durallex Ferro-Fibrous Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Imperator Automatic Ultra AC/10
    1 Victory Throb Small Pulse Laser
Manufacturer:         New Samarkand Armor Metals/Bulldog Enterprises
    Primary Factory:  Macksburg
Communications:       Scarborough Talky-2
Targeting & Tracking: Scarborough Assault-1

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Overview:
    Design, Fluffc and Manufacturer adapted from TRO:3063 by Steven Satak.
    
    In 3059 the Draconis Combine offered contracts for a vehicle that would replace imports of
    Johnston Industries? Goblin medium tank. The winner was Bulldog Enterprises of Proserpina
    with their ?Bulldog Autocannon Remote System? [BARS]. It houses the main gun in a lightly
    armored unmanned turret while the crew operates the cannon remotely from inside the tank?s
    hull.
    Initial tests showed the design to be a good one, although jamming of the lightly-armored
    autoloading mechanism would quickly neutralize the BARS as an effective combat vehicle.
    Despite this drawback, the prototypes were quickly accepted and production began
    immediately.

Capabilities:
    The BARS is powered by a mid-mounted Nissan fusion engine and is capable of speeds in excess
    of 85 km/h. The tracked chassis rides on a sturdy torsion-bar suspension and can traverse
    most terrain. The main gun (and only real weapon) is an Imperator Automatic Ultra-10
    Autocannon acquired from the Free Worlds League. This gun is supplied with three tons of
    special Ultra ammunition, more than enough to cause significant carnage behind enemy lines.
    While the BARS carries only four tons of armor, the ferro-fibrous weave is deemed sufficient
    for ?shoot and scoot? operations where the tank stops long enough for a few quick shots and
    then moves on. Integral Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment protects the crew from
    ammunition explosions ? which are quite likely if the BARS is caught out in the open.
    Finally, Bulldog mounted a Victory Throb small pulse laser alongside the driver?s position
    to ward off infantry attack. The BARS is often backed, hull-down, into a dug-out pit and the
    gun fired over the rear of the vehicle, allowing it to shoot and then quickly move to
    another location. The pulse laser deters any troops thinking to approach the ?rear? of this
    tank while it is firing.
    The original conventional periscopes allowed the crew to drive and aim, but the resulting
    field of vision was too restricted and distorted the battlefield view. The current
    arrangement is a series of remote cameras built into the turret and hull sides. Despite full
    integration with the existing sensor suite, it is often a daunting task for the three- man
    crew to keep watch on the monitors while bringing their gun to bear on a target.

Deployment:
    Finished examples of the BARS were rushed to the Federated Commonwealth front, where they
    were key components in the creation of the Forty-sixth Dieron Regulars on Ashio. The new
    tanks proved their worth during the ten-day campaign to liberate the city of Iscariot from
    the First Robinson Rangers. The BARS provided fire- support for the Regulars? BattleMechs
    and used the blinding monsoons to their advantage. They would dart into range, fire their
    cannons and then retreat under cover of weather.

Variants:
    Two variants have been observed in field trials. The first is the BARS II ?Bushido? tank
    destroyer. A captured Lyran LB 20-X autocannon has replaced the standard Ultra and an
    additional small pulse laser is mounted coaxial with the main gun. The armor has been nearly
    doubled with no apparent loss of speed or agility. These changes are possible due to the
    installation of an expensive extra light fusion engine. Carrying four tons of LB-X canister
    ammunition, this tank destroyer?s Class 20 ?shotgun? is expected to be highly effective
    against other tanks regardless of their tonnage.
    Unfortunately, the LB 20-X is available only through battlefield salvage and thus production
    numbers are expected to be quite low ? possibly less than twenty examples of the type. This
    is just as well ? at more than five million c-bills per unit, this version is a severe
    departure from the original frugal design Bulldog presented when competing for contracts.
    The second variant is the Type C cruiser tank. The Ultra autocannon has been switched to a
    Lord?s Light 2 extended range particle projection cannon and a coaxial mounted medium laser.
    Extra heat sinks and two additional tons of armor have replaced the CASE-protected
    ammunition bays. This variant is more likely to see production as components are easy to
    obtain.

Notable MechWarriors:
    The Examined Life
    This Dieron Regulars BARS is crewed by amateur philosophers. During an advance across the
    Galanni flats, a discussion of Capellan ideology (regarding tenets of the Lorix Creed)
    became so heated that the lance commander was forced to separate their vehicle from the
    column until tempers cooled. The ridicule they suffer for their rhetoric is offset by their
    unquestioned ability to fight - The Examined Life has one of the best kill ratios in the
    battalion.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  4.50                     
Engine:                                     225 Fusion                15.00                     
    Cruising MP:                                5                                               
    Flanking MP:                                8                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     2.50                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                1.50                     
Armor Factor:                                   71                     4.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      22                                              
    R/L Side:                                   18                                              
    Rear:                                       13                                              
    Turret:                                     0                                               

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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Small Pulse Laser                                             Front                1.00         
Ultra AC/10                                                  Turret                13.00        
CASE                                                          Body                 0.50         
Ultra AC/10 (Ammo 30)                                         Body                 3.00         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 19
TP: CV,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"t
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 2
Armor (A): 2,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: CASE, SRCH, TUR(2/2/2)
 
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