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Name/Model:         Sledgehammer SHM-03
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):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         10,543,617 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,774

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:                Durallex Guardian II Light Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Gauss Rifle
    1 ER PPC
    1 Light PPC
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):                         11 [22]                   1.00                     
Gyro:                                           XL                     1.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  185                    11.00                     
    Type:                              Light Ferro-Fibrous                                      

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      18             29       
    Center Torso (rear):                               7       
    R/L Torso:                         13             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Arm:                            9             18       
    R/L Leg:                           13             26       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ER PPC                                                    RT                3          7.00             
Light PPC                                                 RT                2          3.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
Gauss Rifle                                               LT                7         15.00             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                                      RA                1          1.00             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                                      LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 35
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: CASE