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Name/Model:         Sledgehammer SHM-X3
Designer:           Redshirt
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            55
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3067
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Experimental
Rules (Year):       Experimental
Total Cost:         11,341,092 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,874

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:                Light Ferro-Fibrous with CASE II
Armament:             
    2 Heavy PPCs
    2 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 HGM-03 was thus designed,
    equipped with a Standard Gauss Rifle, and ER-PPC, CASE, an extra Double Heat Sink, and five
    Jump Jets for added mobility.
    
    All models of the Sledgehammer have the following quirks: Variable-Range Targeting,
    Unbalanced, and Poor Reputation.

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.

Variants:
    This Mech is a variant of SHM-01, equipped with a Heavy Gauss Rifle and 10 small lasers. Its
    ambitious design concealed a flawed Gyro system that left the Mech fundamentally unbalanced.
    The recoil from the HGR only exaccerbated this flaw, leading to the development of the
    HGR-03

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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):                         13 [26]                   3.00                     
Gyro:                                           XL                     1.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  177                    10.50                     
    Type:                              Light Ferro-Fibrous                                      

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      18             25       
    Center Torso (rear):                               7       
    R/L Torso:                         13             19       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  7       
    R/L Arm:                            9             17       
    R/L Leg:                           13             25       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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CASE II                                                   RT                1          1.00             
Heavy PPC w/ Capacitor                                    RT                5         11.00             
CASE II                                                   LT                1          1.00             
Heavy PPC w/ Capacitor                                    LT                5         11.00             
ER Medium Laser                                           RA                1          1.00             
ER Medium Laser                                           LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 33
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 3 / (L) 2,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: CASEII, ENE